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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-07-27
TO THE PEOPLE OF HAMILTON:

We glad that Foundry We picu
y happy by those who have stood by
So Loyalty long.
The difference opinion will alteration in Niles
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-07-27

wages s. a week and secure full
pay for holidays.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-07-27

friend and a true brother. His
memory will long be cherished by
all those who knew him.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-05-03
Citv Men Aid Earmers.

Mitchell.-There will be no dearth
of farm laborers in this vicinity dur
ing the next harvest season. Under
a plan launched by the Mitchell cham
Der of commerce enough able-bodied
men living here have enlisted" TO
guarantee that any crop which ma
lures in this vicinity will be harvested.
Business and professional men, clerks,
mechanics and school teachers have
signed agreements to serve for six
days each in the harvest fields il
needed to harvest the crops. In the
further mobilization of local resources
all hotels and restaurants have agreed
to eliminate the more luxurious items
from their bills Of fare and to scruti.
nize their kitchens closely to permit
no waste. Another saving was made
possible to housewives by the pur-
chase by the city of a carload of pc.
tatoes at a price much lower than pos.
sible through the usual channels.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-05-03
Liuht Of h Moon.

That the ratio of the light Of the
full moon to the half moor should be
as nine to one instead of two to one
has been worked ont by q very simple
method.
The selenium cell is extremely SEN
sitive to the light. With this cell an
experiment WINS tried In measuring the
amount of light which comes from the
moon at different times. 1t was dis
covered that the full o gives out
nine times as much light as the half
moon. 81
The reason which the scientists have
given for this Is that 1t is due to the
varying angles Of reflection presented
by the roughened surfaces of the moon
to the sun. The moon Is brighter be-
tween the first quarter and the full
moon than between the full moon and
the last quarter. The III OF this
Is evident In the more highly reflective
character Of that part of the moon
which lies west Of the meridian.-Chi.
cago Herald.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-05-03
Seven Companies Filled.

Aberdeen.-Seven companies of the
South Dakota national guard have
now been recruited to their full war
strength. They are Companies L of
Aberdeen, B of Sioux Falls, f of Mitch
ell, G of Redfield, / of Rapid City, X O
Lennon, and NJ of Yankton. Recruit.
ing will not stop, however, until all the
companies of the Fourth South Dako.
Ia are raised to their full war strength.
Lieut.. Col. w. A. Hazel Of Aberdeen
accredits recruiting officers who de-
serve medals as "go-getters," Warren
of Yankt6n. Hurst of Redficld, Murphy
of Rapid City, Brush of Lead, and
Stokes of Abedreen. Announcement is
made that all South Dakota enlist
ments for the officers training camp
to be held at Fort Smelling for three
months this year must come through
the Aberdeen CommerciaI club. Alb
erdeen is the official headquarters for
South Dakota for the enlistment OF
civilians for the training camp. More
than twenty Aberdeen men have sig,
nified their intention OF joining.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-05-03
Drilling at Yankton.

Yankton.-The young men of Yank.
ton college will receive military in
struction while continuing their work
at school. At a meeting of the facul.
ty and trustees arrangements were
perfected for training the men on the
college campus for the remainder OF
the present year at least. Over fifty
students signed up an agreement to
meet at z o'clock five mornings in the
week for an hours drill. Mai. Fred b.
Ray of the officers reserve, who has
had national guard experience and
who served during the Spanish-Amer
lean war, volunteered his services as
drill master and will be assisted by
Lieut.. Warren Of Company M, South
Dakota national guard.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-05-03
Sentence Suspended.

Sioux ~Falls.-Judge MCGEE of the
circuit court exercised clemency Sal
imposing sentence on Frank Rickett
a Pennington county young man, who
was arrested on the charge of grand
larceny, having distracted cash from
the money drawer of a Rapid City
hotel while intoxicated. The court
sentenced him to a term Of one year
in the Sioux Falls penitentiary and
then suspended the sentence on con
dition that the defendant repay the
money, leave liquor alone in the flu
ture and support his family. If he
falls to comply with the conditions he
will be compelled to serve the sen
tence.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-05-03
CLINGS TO FETISH
As Result. Native African Is Easy
Prey to C~rocodiles.
Think. an Odd Shaped or Bright Col
ored Rock Will Protect Him From
Attacks of Reptiles In
the Water.

The killing Of natives In Portuguese
East Africa by crocodiles is so large
each year that the statistics to a
stranger are appalling. In that part
of the world the reptile as an enemy
o. human beings has the distinction of
%outrivaling the buffalo, elephant and
lion.
In proportion to population, this
fierce ~quartette kills more natives an
nually than do the tigers and serpents
In India.
And yet the Portuguese East AZ
rican does not dread the crocodile
nearly as much as he does the buff
falo elephant and lion. He ranks
the f~erocity Of these three in the or
der named.
The explanation Is found In the
~groveiing fetishism OF the natives.
The American consul at Lourenzo
Marques in that far-away country for
seven years. George Agnew Chamber
lain. told of this on a recent visit to
the United States.
Making an odd-shaped or bright
colored rock his fetish. or perchance a
! gnarled tree or branch or shrub, the
native believes he said, at will pro-
tect him from the crocodile, and rushes
unconcerned into the waters where
these reptiles swarm. ul
IAN agonizing yell soon tells of the
quick ending and oft repeated tragedy.
"Again. a medicine man In the tribe
frequently makes a native believe his
life Is charmed against danger, and
ir he plunges to meet a horrible death,
IN spite Of the fact that a moment
before he has seen with his own eyes
q crocodile attack another native.
"ThIs belief In the fetish Is the
hardest thing the missionaries and Of
ficials have to fight against. The ma
tIves have followed the practice from
time immemorial and 1t is no wonder
that this or that stream is pointed cut
as the place where ten thousand have
been killed by reptiles in a few years.
"The quiet. steady, slumbering
habits Of the crocodile have undoubted-
ly led to the wide belief In the charm
of a fetish.
"But there Is no belief In a fetish
against the rushing buffalo, the en-
ragged, charging elephant, or the roar
ing lion. Native, fetish and oil scam
per away when these three animals
come rushing on"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-05-03
Germans Join the Guard.

Tripp.-Eight young men of this
city have returned from Yankton,
where They enlisted in Company M
OF the South Dakota national guard
A large assembly accompanied by the
Trip band turned out to welcome
the men. Enthusiasm is running high,
and many more enlistments are ex.
pected. 1t is worthy of note that OF
the men that have enlisted from here
all are of German parentage and that
to date there has not been a single
enlistment Of any other nationality.
They are Herbert Wildemuth, Fred
Reiser, Sam Guthmiller, Arthur Feiok,
Alvin Hirsch, Paul Gross, Theo.
Theurer and Harry S%chweitzer.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-05-03
Retail Merchants 70 Mat

Sioux Falls.-N. S. Tyler of this city.
secretary of the Retail Merchants as
ISOLATION of South Dakota, and other
officers have completed the program
for the annual convention of the asso-
citation. which will be held in Sioux
Falls on May Is, 16 and II. The pro-
gram covers vital subjects of mer.
chandizing, which will be presented by
experts in all lines. Local merchants
and business men in general have pro-
vided elaborate entertainment for the
visitors during such times as business
sessions OF the convention are not
being held.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-05-03
Government. and RELIGION.

I consider that a functionary ought
not to Interfere with the and
customs of the people. but on the con-
trary, to e that they are preserved.
1t is not the business of the govern
ment to force a religion on q people,
but to maintain that which exists,
which, whether good or bad, has been
regulated by the spirit Of the time, the
place. and the race. II II endeavors to
put down a religion, It proclalms itself
revolutionary I'm its spirit, and tyran-
nical in Its acts, and Is justly detested.
Besides. how are you to raise yourself
above the superstitions of the vulgar,
except by understanding them and toll
Grating them?-Anatole France.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-05-03

change. / later took Lydia e. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound and soon
felt a change for the better. took it
until I was in good healthy condition.
l recommend the Pinkham remedies to
all women as have used them with such
good results. Mrs. MILFORD T. Cum
MiNGs, 322 Harmony ST., PENIS Grove.
N. j.
Such testimony should be accepted by
all women as convincing evidence Of
the excellence of Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound as q remedy for
the distressing ills of such an
d~isplacements, Inflammation, liberation,
backache, painful periods, nervousness
and kindred ailments.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-05-03
Accidental PUDDING.

Stopping a friend In a department
store recently, a Glenwood avenue
woman enthusiastically said:
II am so glad to meet you, because
/ have been wanting to ask you for a
recipe"
'If I have any recipe you like" the
friend answered, 'you surely shall
have it,
'It is the recipe for that pudding
you served the last time I had din
ner at your house."
'Last week."
"Uh huh! What do you call 1T"
"Well, I think / should call that
accidental pudding"
"What an odd name!"
'But 1t fits the dish exactly"
How do you make itT
"By accident"
"ReallyT"
"Yes. You see Ii was like this: I
had baked a fine raisin pie and was
taking It from the oven when !
zdropped It on the table where It lit
right on the edge. / didn't want to
waste 1t altogether, so I just scram-
bled 1t up a little more, put 1t In sauce
dishes. and put some whipped cream
on Il. ] am so glad o liked it,
Youngstown Telegram.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-05-03
catholic school for eeddes.

Geddes.-Under the superintendent.
cy of Rev. Mr.. Brunes, a Catholic
academy and high school will shortly
be erected in Geddes. 1t is expected
to open the school by fall. providing
accommodations for 200 students. The
structure will be of brick and three
stories high. Eventually it is planned
to enlarge it to care for 500 students.
Although the school will be built and
financed by Catholics, 1t will be open
TO all denominations.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-05-03
Get. $1,000 for a Leo.

Hudson.-The Omaha railway com
pany has effected a settlement with
Willis Thorpe, a Hudson young man
who recently suffered the lost Of one
of his legs while switching in the
Sioux Falls yards OF the railway com
pany. The company gave him 81 coo
in cash and a life pass over all Its
lines and also paid all his doctor and
hospital bills and purchased him the
best artificial limb procurable. The
trainmen's brotherhood also presented
him with $1,000.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-05-03
Rice an Ancient Cereal.

The culture Of rice Is alluded to In
the Talmud, and there is evidence that
1t was grown In the valley Of the Eu-
pirates and in Syria before 400 b. G.
1t was taken into Persia from India.
and later into Spain by the Arabs.
Thence its culture was Introduced into
Italy about 146S A. ID. The Spaninrds
are also responsible for Its introduce
ton into Peru and other sections of
Spanish-America during the early colo
niai period, but the exact date hns not
been definitely determined. The first
introduction of rice culture In the
Americas seems really to have been In
Brazil. (
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-05-03
HELPED TO ENLIST
LAD WITHOUT MARE OF PAR
ENTs ADOPTED BY A MA
VAL OFFICER.
HAPPENINGS OF THE STATE
What Is Going On Here and There
That Is Of interest to the Read
ers Throughout South d.
kota and Vicinity.
werstn Newspaper un.on Ners Service.

Nersfn Newspaper Union News Service.
Aberdeen.-Because of his patr.os-
ism, a South Dakota orphan, now a
resident of Worthwhile. has acquired a
parent and a job. A boy of II APP
peared at the navy recruiting office in
Aberdeen and sought to enlist. but
he said he did not know his real name,
nor his real age, as he was an orphan
and had been reared in an orphanagc.
The naval officer, after examining
the boy, Informed him that it was
necessary for boys of his age to obtain
the consent of their parents before
they could be accepted for enlistment.
AS the lad had no parents the Difficult.
ty was gotten around by the naval
officer taking out adoption papers for
the boy, and then giving his consent
for his adopted son to join the navy.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-05-03
Eco Day Is a success.

Aberdeen.-"Egg day" in Aberdeen
was a great success despite the fact
that the roads were muddy and a
rainfall or sleet prevailed at intervals
during the day. At noon over zoo
farmers had registered for a setting
Of thoroughbred poultry eggs which
the Aberdeen merchants association
was giving away-by the time the ex'
ercises began at the Orpheum theater
at 2 o'clock in the afternoon practi
cally every one of the 1000 settings
had been claimed. IS
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-05-03
Dakota Dentists TO Aid.

Sioux Falls.--The South Dakota
iaenfal society. composing $50 dentists
OF the state, at the annual meeting
here adopted resolutions to Join the
Preparedness League of American
Dentists as a body. Members of the
ieaxue will perform dental work free
for recruits who : rejected from en-.
llstment In physicel exapinntlons. on
sccount OF mouth i~mperfections- The
national 1eaguA constitutes the 70.
vsrv- lental corps which will be avail.
able to the government tor military
oevvica.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-05-03
THE BEST BEAUTY DOCTOR
Is cuticura for Purifying and Beauti-
flying the Skin-TriaI Free.

For cleansing, purifying and beauti-
flying the complexion, hands and hair.
Cuticura Soap with touches of Cuti-
cura Ointment now and then afford the
most effective preparations at the mini
mum of cost. No massaglng, steaming
Dreaming, or waste Of time.
Free sample each by mail with Book.
Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. l..
Boston. Sold eycrywhere.-Ady.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-05-03
sells Flax seed az COZ

Faulkton.-Joe Retz. a Faux coun.
ty farmer, is not envying other South
Dakota farmers who have made a big
killing on 1915 wheat. Retz last year
sowed five acres of ground to flax and
he has just sold the 25 bushels of seed
he harvested from the five acres for
SGT a bushel. He also took fourth
prize on alfalfa seed at the Mitchell
corn show, and grew several tons of
hay from the alfalfa.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-05-03
PATRIOTISM ON THE FARM.
important Facts to Be Remembers
by the Farmers.

important Facts to Be Remembered
by the Farmers.
The State Agricultural college has
issued the following:
Plant corn and much OF It. Plant 1t
clean in check rows and keep il clean.
Corn has the highest average food
value OF any American cereal for peo-
pie, hogs and cavalry horses.
Plant potatoes early and late. They
provide starch and energy for citizens
and %soldiery. Seed is scarce-cut
seed pieces small.
Sow alfalfa and sweet clover as
hay for army horses, hay for cattle and
and nitrogen for crops. Feed the soil
so ii will keep on feeding you.
Mobilize the waste rough feeds so
that the COW may convert them into
human food.
Don't waste corn fodder. AS silage
it supplies the best feed for milk and
butter production.
Enough corn fodder is wasted in
this state each year to feed a million
and a half more cows.
- va "iitNi Wall ms W StiipittI
the labor problem and produce the
most concentrated and well balanced
food at q time when it is sorely
needed.
Enough labor is wasted during the
winter months in this state to equal
IN army OF 100. GOO abiest workers.
Plan on a full pig crop. Wean thu
spring filters early. Soldiers and citi
e n need bacon.
Sanitation is cheaper than vaccina
ton as a preventive Of hog cholera.
Disease germs love filth. Sunlight
destroys germs.
Compound cresol, even tablespoons
fuls per gallon of water, is an eff
cient d~isinfectant about the stable.
Provide young calves and pigs with
dry beds and protect them from cold
draughts.
An Improbable animal is a poorer
property than a dead one.
Give the broody hen a job with q
nest of fertile eggs.
A spoiled egg d~eprives somebody Of
a good breakfast.
Every home a canning factory. Can
what you can't eat.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-05-03
STATE U" DOES BIT
TWENTY-FIVE PICKED MEN TO
GO TO THE FORT SMELL
ING CAN'T.
OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST
From the Capital City, the Various
state Institutions and from
Many Different Parts OF
the Sunshine State.
Pierre

1IclI0s-
A list of twenty-five picked men has
been sent to army headquarters at
Chicago by the University OF South
Dakota. These twenty-five picked stu
dents are recommended by the univer'
siiy for appointment to the army
training camp which is to be held at
Fort Smelling beginning May s.
United States Senator Thomas
Sterling consulted with the authori-
ties at Washington and asked per-
mission for the university to desig-
nate men for the training camp. Sen
versity should submit its list TO de-
partmental headquarters in Chicago.
Vice President e. Nj. Eyerly said:
"As 6 faculty we are taking every
utep to assist students who are pre-
pairing for service. We are heartily
cooperating in every way with stu
dents in their desire and efforts to
enter those positions and branches of
the army and navy in which they can
render the largest military service.9
Six or more special classes r be-
Ing conducted by university instruc-
tors for the benefit of students who
are preparing to take the examina-
lions for second lieutenant in the
United States army. These students
have been granted from all
other class work for the remainder. of
the school year and are being coached
and drilled by the faculty for the army
examination.
All students who enlist and who
join the colors before the end of the
semester have been promised full
credit and all seniors who are called
to the coiors will be given their de-
grees with their class.
Among students who have already
left to enlist either in the national
guard, the coast artillery or the army
Or navy are: Harold Sprague, Clark;
Carl Walker, Pierre; William Buell.,
Rapid City; Harold Barton, Center
vile; G. w. Hicks, Java; G. w. John
son, Thunderhawk; w. X. Herrick,
Ipswich; C. r. Husman, Presho; A.
B. Jayens, Pierre.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-05-03
Hoqs Sell for $50 Each.

Sioux Falls.-Dirks Lamfers, a Han.
son county farmer, marketed three
hogs for which he received an aggra.
gate of $24S.25. this being the highest
price ever paid in Hanson county for
this number Of hogs. The animals
brought him a little more than sS2
each.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-05-03
Woman Takes Poison.

MISUNDERSTANDING two tablets
Of poison supposed to be bichloride of
mercury. Mrs. Herman Schwartz, a
guest in a hotel, has been taken to a
local hospital for treatment. The
woman made no explanation of her ac-
tion, other than that she was tired of
life. She told the authorities she had
a husband living in Pittsburgh, Pa.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-05-03

Raymond.-John F1ahive, a well
known farmer near Raymond. was
found dead in a field, beside his pillow.
He had left the house earlier In the
day to do some blowing. A ~coroner's
inquest found death was due to heart
failure. Flahive was but rs years old.
and had been married but five months.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-05-03
Recruits for the Farm.

That the boys who leave school to
look after farm work are entitled to
the same consideration as those who
enlist is the view of State Superin-
tendent C.. II. Lugg, and he has sent
out to the school officers of the state
a letter of recommendation t local
school officers, in which after stating
what is being done in the way of grad
uating high school boys who are en-
listing in the army, he says, in regard
to the workers: while the ranks of
productive labor are not organized as
are those Of the military service, they
afford a large opportunity for patriotic
service to humanity and to our coun-
try in this time of need. Students of
the high school or pupils in the ele-
mentary grades above IL years of <
who wish to enlist in the agricultural
army for farm work or gardening may
be given a special examination to test
their fitness to be admitted to privi-
leges of this service, providing their
work for the preceding months Of the
year has been satisfactory. II the
special test indicates hat there is O
reasonable certainty of their being
able to furnish with their class this
year should they remain In school.
they may be excused from school for
the balance Of the term and may re.
ceive their diplomas or certificates of
promotion after August Is, 1917, by
presenting to the proper school au.
thorities evidence of having been reg
ularly employed at productive labor
during the spring and summer months
of the year"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-05-03
Hens Work Overtime,

Estelline.-The hens OF this vicinfty
are working overtime to increase the
egg product. In a period of six days
eggs to the value OF $1,000 were mar
-keted al this city. In n day alone
local dealers paid an aggregate Of
1000 for eggs.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-05-03
ro MERGE woen.oeket Paper..

Woonsocket.-T. e. Dillon. editor of
the Woonsocket Herald, has pur-
chased the Woonsocket Times from
pelos Hall, its owner for the past sew
en- years, and will merge the two pub
locations. For many years Woonsock-
ct has had three weekly newspapers,
the other publication being the News,
edited by E. B. Oddly.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-05-03
ORGANIZE aank.

Lake Norden.--Prominent business
men of this city and farmers of the
surrounding territory have incorpora-
ted a company and will establish In
this city a new bank to be known as
the Security State bank. II will have
a capital Of ST.. 200.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-05-03
notice TO
SICK WOMEN
Positive Proof That Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound Relieves
Suffering.
Bridgeton, N. J.-"I cannot speak too
highly of Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegeta-

Die compound o
Inflammation and
other weaknesses. ]
was very irregular
and would have ter
rible pains 30 that !
could hardly take .
step. Sometimes !
would be so misera-
BILE that / could not
sweep a room. j
doctored part Of the
TINA bsrt falt M
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-05-03

Marjorie-When he proposed to her
she asked him what kind OF answer he
wanted. and he told her the shorter
the better.
~ Alaasee-D.a she Yes7
g MarJorss-Of course not. She said
sN0."-Judge. I39s NJ
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-05-03
Favored by Nature.

Favored by Nature.
"That old horse cen TO have q
peculiar fascination for YOU"
Il can't help admiring him. lie Is
one of the few who have free of cost
all the leather they can possibly USE"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-05-03
Her Hands Full.

"Are you affiliated with any reform
organizationT
"Yes, I'm a wife,"