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The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-07-25
1.-THE DEATH ROLL E:

Mrs. Victoria Winkler, widow of the
late Edward Winkler, entered into
eternal rest in the family home, 80
Water street, early Tuesday morning.
She had been in poor health several
years, suffering from valvular heart
trouble, which resulted in death.
Mrs. Winkler was born December 90,
184S, in the Province of Maria-Kron.
Austria, and came to this country and
directly to Watertown with her hus-
band and two children, Annie and JOS
ephine, in 1872. In 1880 Mr.. Winkler
died as the result of injuries received
in a railroad wreck, leaving seven
children to her care. She was possess
ed of kind disposition and led truly
christian life, being esteemed by a host
OF friends. A kind and loving mother
who was attached and devoted to her
home and the care of her children.
Surviving her are seven children,
sixteen grandchildren and two great
grandchildren The children are: Mrs.
Edward Wiedman, Milwaukee, Mrs.
Joseph Wallecheck, Webster, S. D..
Josephine, Mary, Leo, Edward and
Henry, Watertown
The funeral services will be held on
Friday morning at o'clock in St.
Henry's church, the Rev. Francis
Schwinn officiating The burial will
be in st. Henry's cemetery.
The funeral Of Mrs. Bertha Mallow,
who died Monday in Pennington, will
take place Thursday afternoon at l
O'Clock from the home to the Imman-
uel church in that town. The Rev.
Pap will officiate and the burial will
be in the Emmanuel cemetery. She
was &c years old and is survived by her
husband and three children: Mrs. Aug
ust Thelke, Miss Ida Mallow and Aug
ust Mallow. One brother, Carl NeitzeI
Watertown, and two sisters, Mrs. Jul
JUS Cebell, Watertown, and Mrs. Will
liam Kiesow, Manitowoc, survive.
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South WatertOWn.

Will Rupnow and family of Water
town and Emil Rupnow and wife of
Fond du Lac spent Sunday with their
brother, Frank Rupnow, and wife.
Quite number from here attended
a birthday party at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. Ben Strauss in Watertown
on Thursday evening
Mr.. and Mrs. Emil Reichert and son
Rudolph of North Lowell were over
Sunday visitors at the home of Will
lam Reichert.
A barn dance was held Saturday in
the new barn on the farm of William
Belize.
George Borchardt had a telephone
installed in his home recently.
Frank BUTLER of Hartford is visit
ing his brother-in-law and sister, Mr..
and Mrs. Frank Rupnow.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-07-25
WHAT EXEMPTION BOARDS
ARE REQUESTED TO DO

In the drafting of men for the first
call the local exemption boards will be
governed by regulations furnished by
the provost marshal Among them
are:
First Thing To Do:
Apply the master list of numbers to
the lists you have already prepared
under section 10 of the Regulations
and make up the lists of order re-
CURED by section IA of the Regula-
tons.
Second Thing To Do:
Consult the call from the governor
(Form 302, p. M. G. o. advising you
OF the quota to be furnished by your
board and see how many men your
board must furnish on the present
call.
Third Thing To Do:
Begin at the top of the list you have
made under section IA and count off
enough names Tin the order deter
mined by the list to make approx
mately 200 per cent of your quota. Di-
vide the list of names showing 200
mately three equal parts. Copy the
first third on Form 103-a in tripli-
cate with direction to the persons
named to report for physical examina-
ton five days from the date on which
you will post Form 103-a. Copy the
second third on Form 103-a in tripli-
cate with a direction to report for
| physical examination six days from
the date you will post Form 1O3-a.
Copy the third third on Form 103-a in
| triplicate with a direction to the per-
sons named to report for physical ex-
| animation seven days from the date
you will post Form 103-a.
Fourth Thing To Do:
t-(a) Make out a notice on Form 1913
for mailing to each person named in
your list on Form 103-a, directing
each person to report for physical ex-
animation on the fifth, sixth, or sew
enth day as above
OBJ Address an envelope to each
person directed to the address on his
registration card or as that address
may be changed by notice of change
| or address filed Herewith.
Sixth Thing To Do:
On the evening of the seventh day,
after the mailing of the notices on
Form 1O3, go through the list of those
notified. Select every name of a per-
son who is physically qualified and by
or in behalf of whom no claim of ex-
emption has been filed.
Without waiting to pass on any
claims OF exemption or for any other
thing, post those names to the district
| board under the provisions of section
"a of the Regulations as persons call
ed and not exempted or discharged. See
that these lists are in the mail on the
eighth day, and on the eighth day post
and mail the notices prescribed in
section 25.
Seventh Thing To Do:
There will now remain with Won
only those cases in which claims of
exemptions have been filed. AS fast as
proof, as prescribed in the Regula-
tons, is filed in any case, you have
three days to decide that case.
AS fast as cases are decided certify
them up to the district boards, as pre-
scribed in section "a and post and
mail the notice prescribed in section
25.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-07-25

Talk about conservation Look at
the millions of cigar boxes that are
destroyed annually in the United
States. Surely there must be some
other method by which the factory
could not use the stamp over again
than by destroying the box. Under
the present Federal law the box can
though the stamp be destroyed Bar
rels, kegs and bottles can be re-
filled, but not cigar boxes. Queer
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-07-25
Cotton Is Ancient.

Just who discovered cotton is not
known. The early records are so In
complete that no individual can be
credited with the discovery Of the val.
ue of this wonderful plant. Long be-
fore Caesars time, among the Hindoos,
they had law that If you stole a piece
OF cotton you were fined three times
Its value. Most Of the early nations
were familiar with cotton-the early
Egyptians, Chinese and other ancient
people used 1t and valued 1t.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-07-25
CHAUTAUQUA is
COMING HERE
AUGUST III
Program of Five Days Under Tent
With Many First Class At
fractions and AmuSe-
ments.

The Redpath Chautauqua will be in
WatertOwn under canvas for five days
in August, beginning on Tuesday
August 7 and closing on Saturday
August II. The program includes af-
ternoon and evening programs with a
children's hour in the morning after
the first day. Following is the pro-
gram:
Tuesday Afternoon.
Introductory Exercises ------
Grand Concert
The Merrilees, Singers, Entertainers
Organization of Childrens S Hour
Evening.
The Merrilees
Lecture, "At the Front in France"
Lieut.. Donald H. McGibney
cor the American Ambulance Corps
Wednesday Morning.
Chlldren'S Hour -
Afternoon.
Song Recital ------------
Knight MacGregor, Scotch Baritone
Reading, wind Tossed Sayles"
Clarissa Harold
Evening.
Song Recital
knight MacGregor in Highlander's
Costume
Magic and Illusions
Reno e Co.
Wednesday Morning.
Children'S Hour
Afternoon.
Hawaiian Music
Jas. r. Frew & Co.
Evening.
Hawaiian Music, in costume
Jas. r. Frew & Co.
Popular Scientific Demonstrations
of Torpedo with ears, gyroscope,
MOntraville NJ Wood
Friday Morning.
Children's Hour
Afternoon.
Popular Reading
Children's Worker
Lecture, Machinery and Men"
Charles l.. Ficklin
Evening.
Accounts Overdue "
I'm the War Zone"
'The Man Outside"
Parish Players Co.
Saturday Morning.
Children's Hour
Afternoon.
A Singing Band
Dunbar's White Hussars
Lecture, "A Square Deal in the Bare
------------------ Kingdom
w. e. Wenner
Evening.
Circus Time in Fairyland- -----
A Play by Local Children
Grand Concert "
Dunbar's White Hussars
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-07-25

Potatoes dropped in price in Mil
waukee Tuesday to $3.50 a bushel
wholesale. They sold in Watertown at
so and 60 cents a peck the same day.
Home grown stock is beginning to
arrive and the prices naturally will
go much lower. People who have been
paying SIS a bushel for potatoes for
the past few months will welcome the
change
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-07-25
WAR COST ID BILLION
UP TO JUNE 80, 1918

Washington, July 25.- Secretary
McAdoo's demands of congress for
$4,000, 100000 more to conduct the
war during this fiscal year, up to
June 80, 1918, means a total expense
Tor war in the first year of not less
than $14,O00,000,000 according to SEN
atOr SmOOt.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-07-25
The "WeII Of Jacob"

The well of jacob" In Palestine is
about mile and a half east of the
"The we'll of the Samaritan woman"
1t Is about IS feet deep and of all the
special localities connected with the
life of Jesus Christ Is almost the only
one absolutely uIdisputed, and it is
excavated in the solid rock, is nine
feet in diameter. Sometimes 1t con-
tains few feet of water; at other
times IL is dry.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-07-25
When Racoons lake Chances

The fondnesS of racoons for green
corn leads them into frequent danger,
for, when bottomland corn tempts them
away from their usual haunts, racoon
hunting with dogs at night becomes an
especially favored sport. Racoons are
remarkably intelligent animals and
make interesting and amusing pets.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-07-25
NEED MORE men
in co. E. FOR
WAR FOOTING
LEGAL Company May Be Called Into
Camp Any Time Now As Equip
ment is Ready at Camp
Douglas.

Sixty more men are needed to bring
Co. e, WatertOwn National guard, UP
to the war strength Of 144 men. Re-
cruiting is coming along fine and
these men have been accepted into the
company recently:
George R. Lambrose
Lawrence Neither
Francis Mccall.
Albert hide
Fred Schultz
Alvin Beerbohm
Ernst r. Wilde.
All those wishing to join the
guards still have chance to do so. as
the master lists from Washington
have not reached here as yet After
these lists are received and summons
sent out no one will be allowed tC
join the guard company, so those who
are drafted still have a chance to 20
with the home boys.
According to a staff correspondent
the entire equipment for the Wiscon-
sin National guard has been received
at Camp Douglas and that all the
guard companies will be in camp by
August l. According to Captain Sol
l1day, orders have not been received
by the local company to leave fol-
camp, but they are expected at any
time. Burroughs are not granted ex-
cept for urgent reasons.
Manager Seager of the Majestic
and Manager Norton of the Classic
have extended invitations to the boys
to be present at any of the performan-
ces given in their theatres.
Knights Entertain.
The Knights of Pythias presented tc
each or the guardsmen of Company Z
VINO belong to the order a small silk
flag as remembrance, and as a tok-
EN- OF their appreciation to those who
had offered their services for their
country. The presentation occurred in
| the rooms Of the order Tuesday even.
ing and was preceded by a banquet in
room especially decorated for the
occasion with bunting and flags. The
tables were arranged to form the let
| ter E and were decorated with punches
OF foliage, green and sweet peas.
Several good speeches were made
following the banquet in which the
speakers were unstinting in theil
praise for the patriotism shown by
the young men in the order. Cards fol
lowed and all were emphatic in stat.
ing that this celebration was one Of
the best ever held here.
About forty members attended the
farewell party and those to receive
flags were: Walter Simon, Oscar Zil
lsch, Walter Kuester, Ferd Ullrich
Harold Zickert, and Hilmer Kruger
Guards Will Dance.
The guards will give a dance al
Redwood tonight and those WISHING
to attend will have an opportunity Of
coming back on No. 2 on the Milwau
kee road, as arrangements have beer
made to have this train stop at Rich.
wood.
Three In One.
There are now three boys in the F
j. Mccall family in Redwood who are
| members of Co. E of Watertown. That's
a pretty good showing of patriotism
| to say the least The Mccall BOYS unde,
Uncle Sans orders are George Win
field Mccall. aged %, Francis Mccall
aged %, and Edward Mccall, aged 21
There are four boys in the family. but
Frank says the other one is needed al
nome He is only ten years old.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-07-25
Marriage Licenses.

Herbert G. Wiesecke, Irma Emile
Dornfeld, Watertown
Benjamin H. Bergholz, Jefferson,
Louise Goes, Pennington.
Frank F. Imig, Lillian Johnson,
Fort Atkinson.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-07-25

Mrs. B. a. Strauss is spending the
week with relati es at Golden Lake.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. S. Keel are enjoying
an outing at their Ferry's Point cot
tage.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Warner and
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Lichtenberg spent
the day at Hustisford
Mr. and Mrs. T. G. Roberts and
daughters Myrtle and Ruth left on
tuesday for motor trip to Turtle
Lake, where they will visit relatives
Pappas' fruit store at the corner of
Main and Fifth streets, is becoming
quite popular resort, especially for
those waiting for the outgoing inter-
urban cars. He carries choice line of
fruits
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-07-25
New Kind of MuciIaoe,

Mucilage which can be used in both
stick and book form, and of which only
the quantity desired at any particular
time can be utilized, has been invent
cd, the purpose being to guard the loss
consequent upon the drying Of liquid
mucilage.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-07-25

Potatoes are going down in price
and the size of the semmel is growing
so small that they can easily be de-
livered through the keyhole of the
kitchen door,
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-07-25
The Happy Man

1t IS good thing to start out a.
LAUGHING OF a Monday, keep laughing
on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday
De careful how you spend Friday
night, and then make Saturday the
merrlest day of the week. You will
ind plenty of company, for the world
ioVes happy man.-Charles Battell
Loomis.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-07-25

The WATERFOWL News will b,

The WATERFOWL News will be
pleased to receive all items of in
terest to its readers. Phone 80
or send by mail, or reporter will
call ii notified. We wish to make
= the News strictly home news
paper, containing all that is of
interest to the people of Water
= town, and our people can mater
tally assist by notifying the office
: OF any news concerning them
selves or their friends.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-07-25

Potatoes sold in Milwaukee stores
on Tuesday at 33 cents a peck. Well
bet the store that advertised them at
that price put on a few extra clerks.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-07-25
WEDNESDAY, JULY %, 1917.

That sizzling hot weather of Tues
day made the corn prick up it's ears.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-07-25

Job printing promptly and neatly
executed at the News office. The
union label is in use at this office.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-07-25
Market Reports

Milwaukee, July 25.-Hogs, receipts,
1900; 10@15c higher. Cattle, 500; 800
Csc lower Calves 1900; 25@50c lower.
Sheep, 300; Csc lower.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-07-25

w. e. Wenner
Evening.
Circus Time in Fairyland-
A Play by Local Children
Grand Concert
Dunbar's White HuSsars
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THE NEWS
THRICE-A-WEEK

Entered as second-class matter in the
postoffice at Watertown, Wis.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1917-05-31
Urbint had left for Pueblo before ,bo,,
could fnt0rcpnt him

urbfnt had left for Pueblo before ,hev
could intercept him.
Hes got girl up there. and he's
gone 10 get married" Tad explained,
I'm size sorry we missed him"
Dave smiled grimly at the sneaker.
Are you sure he didn't cross to the
other sidc?" he asked.
Lewis retorted warmly: "Ado,fo,s ,n
aii.right hombrr. sSd I'll back him.
Soll ed Austin. guess me an Ed
are responsible. XVI we?" Som,
skeptical expression in his henror,s
race prompted him to inquire, brusuur
~. DO YOU believe what Pm telling
YOU about his goin' to Pueblo?"
II guess he's ne-Solncwherc."
Tad uttered an angry exclamation.
Looks to me like you'd made up your
mind to saddle this thing onto him
whether he done it or not. Wei, he's
Il poor Mexican. but won't stand to
see him railroadCd, and neither will
Young Ed"
"No?"
"lou heard me! Ed will alibi him
complete"
Law answered sharply "You tell Ed
Austin to go slow on his alibis. And
YOU take this for what it's worth to
YOU: I'm going to get all the cattle
ruStlers in this county-ull Of them,
underestimate"
Lewis flushed redly and sputtercd ::
"lf you make this stick with Adolfo,
nobody'll be safe. I reckon Urbina's
word is as good as old Ricardos Ev.
erybody knows what he is."
Late" whom Dave met the Guzmans.
Ricardo told him, exciteily. "That
horse Tad Lewis is riding Is the one I
saw yesterday"
"Are you sure?"
Listen, senior. Men in cities remem-
Der the faces they see; have lived
all my life among horses, and to me
they are like men. I seldom forget"
VERY we'll. Tad says Urbina has
gone to Pueblo to get married, so I'm
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1917-05-31
No Photos in London.

photographers were forbidden to
take pictures Of the scenes incident to
the dedicntOry services ut St. Pnuls
cathedral In honor of the entry Of the
United States into the war, Il fact
which has aroused the indignation Of
newspapers and photographers. Press
photographers who attended the cere-
monies were placed on their honor not
10 take pictures Of any feature of the
service, either inside or outside st.
Paurs cathedral. The only picture Of
the king and queen was secured by
an amateur photographer who was
concealed behind II chimney on the
roof Of building along the parade
route.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1917-05-31
4 BEGAN TO
TAKE CARDUI
And Soon Saw That 1t Benefited
Me-" Writes This Kentucky
Lady. Read Her State
nnent.

Clifton Mills, Ky.-NIrs. G. W.
Woods, OF this place, writes: "Abont r
years ago got in very bad health. T
got thin weighed only 81 lbs, and r
am tall. too. l had dreadful pains in
my left and right sides. thcn
had in attendance DR.. , who rovo
medicine for about Il year, which did
me no good. He then told me to take
Cardui. He said he thought 1t would
benefit me more than anything I could
take.
II would got so bad Off couldn't do
my work at all, and was confined to
my bed part Of the time, and suffered
most OF the time; sometimes awful
then began to take Cardui
and I soon began to see that 1t bene-
fitted me. 1t cased my pains and the
enlargement went out Of nv
and have been steadily getting better
ever since.
II nm now in better health than I
have been since I first took sick, am
stout and can work all day long. !.
| certainly am getting my former
health back and have good color
and feel better than since got sick.
l now weigh 113A lbs"
If you suffer from any of the nil
mcnts so common to women. try
Cnrdui, the wOmans tonic.-Ady.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1917-05-31
DO You Think Ed Would Perjure
HimselfW Dave Asked.

going to follow him. and shall b,
there when he arrives"
"Bucno! Another matter"-Ricardr
observation-disclosures bonita--the prett,
mare. She is buried deep"
I'm glad" said Dave. "I tbinl; +,
Shnii sleep better for knowing that F"
since the recent rain had rendered
the DIack valley roads impossible for
automobiles, Dave decided TO ro to
l'ueDio by rail even though it was y
roundabout way. and that afternoon
'"liiu nm jolttng over the leisurcly
ll'iieS between JoneSville and the main
me. II" WAS looking forward TO I,
Sood nights sleep when he arrived at
''e junction; but on boarding the
l'"r'n-h'und through train he cncoun-
.'reo Judge Ellsworth, who had Just
''ard or the GarZa killing, and Of
course was eager for details. The two
men sat In the observation car talking
until late hour.
knowing the judge for man Of
hoh"r ana discretion. Dave unburdened
l'llliSelf with the utmost freedom re-
gnrding his suspicious of Ed Austin.
:, ~ 'ioiueu eS, EQ mas
,hro"h III with the rebel junta in San
Ah'ohe' and Tad Lewis Is the man they
use 10 run arms ana supplies in this
heisrporhood. That's why he and Ed
are so friendly. Urbina IS probably
your cattle thief, but he has hold
o'er Ed' ana so he rode to Las Palmas
"iieh he was pursued. knowing that no
Jury would convict him over Ed Aus
tlhs testimony"
NC YOU think Ed would perjure
himSelf?" Dave asked.
ne mas gone clean to the bad late
~ 'h're's no telling what he'll do. I'd
hate TO see you crowd him, Dave"
lh'S call YOU the best lawyer in
''''' county because you settle so many
..Svs out or court" The Judge smiled
at ms. "Well, here's chance for you
W. ~ "o me county good turn and keep
r'u austin out Of trouble"
"How?"
'e prosecuting attorney Is new
num- ana he wants to make reputa-
'ion ny breaking up the Lewis gang"
"Well?"
49,: ih'ehds to cinch Urbina. on RI
e. w "h" my testimony. You're
Irieiu OF Austin's; you'd better tip him
10 SET ms watch ahead few hours and
s'Ve himself lot Of trouble. The
prosecuting attorney don't like Ed any
TOO well. Underestimate"
me judge pondcrcd this suggestion
lor moment. "'Young Ed Is n queer
ieiiow. Once in while he gets his
neck bowed"
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1917-05-31
How Careless.

say young fellcr." said Broncho
boD, nave you got gun on your"
NO. sir" replied the man with the
brand-new cowboy uniform. II was told
that 1t was better to be unarmed so
as to avoid any impression that l was
seeking II quarrel"
well. that's Il great disappointment.
| needed brand-new gun an thought
you'd be bringing along at least pair
or en-. Don't YOU let anything like
th!S 0ccure again."
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1917-05-31
salted Fish Popular Eooa

ioM 20 conserve the fish sunn,v 70
one OF the subjects rcccivinp rp rnrse,,, -
"''ehtioh by the British board ~ "l" 'n.,,''
III conjunction with the board Of au. n,,'.
culture. One of the methuls 49,, sa
VIII probably be adopted is the 1rn,r. un
or saitlns of much larger pronnr,i",
ol inc daily catch than at present on sn
us 10 prevent waste by the fish pott,n,, no
out Oh condition. Snlted haddoc,, nrs
ihr"ldy being placed on the m,rl,t ~
considerable quantities us IN nxnor,
hieht. they sell at about - cents
pound retail, and are very palnlnh,n
one method of preparing is to boiI In
l'sh' throw away The water, ana hni,
up again but if ii is washed to rot rh
or practically I'LL the salt the hnddnc,,
should also be soaked in cold wntnr r,,.
- i"urs before cooking.