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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1917-12-13

Mr.. Clair d. Glidden and Miss
( Lois Warholm, both of Concordia
we're married at the Presbyterian
Atrsonage at high noon on December
Rev. Doctor Blayney of the Pres
byterian church performed the cere-
mony. The bride and groom are
prominent young people of Concordia
and after short visit here with Mr..
and Mrs. Stronquist on North Cedar
street, they will return to Concordia
and be at home to their friends for
the holidays. Abilene friends who
learned to know the bride by visits
here with her sister, Mrs. Stronquist,
extend many hearty congratulations.
4 e q
Golden Belt Social Club.
Mrs. Bessie Weller was hostess to
the members of the Golden Belt So
cial club at her home east of town,
Thursday afternoon. The following
were elected officers for the coming
six months: Mrs. Nina Madden, presi-
dent; Mrs. Cora Broughton, vice
president; Mrs. Lydia Van Deventer,
secretary; Mrs. Margaret Toulouse,
treasurer.
Mrs Vivian Nicely, the retiring
president, has proved an excellent Of
ficer and she has always conducted
the meetings with proper dignity.
Mrs. Madden, the new president, was
also the first president chosen by the
club at its organization, and all the
members gave her.a return welcome.
At the close of the meeting refresh
ments were served. Mrs Cora
Broughton will be hostess to the club
at the next regular meeting, Deem
Der 20.
Doctor and Mrs. P. B. Wilmer en-
tertained sixty guests at seven
o'clock dinner last evening at their
home on North Vine. The occasion
was Doctor and Mrs. Winners sew
enteenth wedding anniversary, but |
this was unknown to the guests un-
til they arrived at the home. Fol
lowing the most delightful four
course dinner, Miss Lois Crawford
sang. The evening was spent in play
ing auction bridge.
q 4 &
Weckel-Monroe.
A wedding which comes as a sur
prise to their many friends was that
of Miss Iva Weckel and Homer Mon
roe, which took place at the court
house, when they were married by
Probate Judge Tappen last Wednes-
day. Mrs. Monroe is the second
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. J. G.
Weckel, east of Solomon. She has
spent most of her life there, and is
well liked by all acquaintance. Mr..
Monroe lived on a farm near Abb
lene for a number of years. He is
an accomplished musician, and has
made many warm friends in this
The happy couple spent their hon
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1917-12-13
KOenig-Hiehcr.

John Hieber and Miss Fairy M
Koenig were married at the Metho-
dist parsonage Wednesday afternoon
at $3.50. The ceremony was perform
ed by Rev. G. L. Hovgard in the
presence of few near relatives and
friends. Mr.. Hieber some years
ago attended the business college
at Abilene, but is now of Stoneham,
Cols Miss Koenig is we'll known in
Abilene, and is a capable young
lady. For several years she was en-
ployed at the Seelye theater where
she always performed her services
with exactness. The bride has large
host of friends in the city, both in
the business and social life. She
is the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Will
liam Koenig, 600 North West Fourth
street.
The bride and groom will make
their home in Colorado and their
friends wish them much joy.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1917-12-13

Christm as engraved
cards, booklets, seals and
station cry. Carlso ms
News Store. Open nights.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1917-12-13
Cramer-Fouse.

Roy Fouse and Miss Flora A.
Cramer were united in holy matri-
mony Wednesday afternoon at
o'clock at the M. e. parsonage Rev.
c. L. Hovgard, pastor Of the Metho-
dist church, performed the ceremony.
The contracting parties are from the
neighborhood of Industry and will
make their home there on a farm.
Their many friends wish them long
and happy welded life.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-12-31
Gladstone a Hard, Worker.

Gladstone wash hard worker, witt,
no breads with regard 20 work, says
the American Magazine. 20 ef -G p
He turned from political response
bilities of the heaviest to Greek for
recreation. and lived his four-scOre
years and more, just as Pope Leo
NH, turned to Latin poetry for his
relaxation from worldwide burdens.
and lived on beyond four-score and
ten. living so hopefully that when,
at the little dinner given him on his
ninetieth birthday, one of the cardln,
ais said, in proposing toast to him,
Here's that you may live to be n
hundred, holy father" the old pontiff
replied: "But why limit me to
hundred?',S
They were contemporaries of Ranke,
the German historian, who at the age
of ninety-one proposed to write his
tory of the world in II volumes, one
volume to be completed each year,
and actually lived believe, to COM
plete nearly half of it.
These men had no breads; but they
allowed their energies TO worh on,
without any fear Of exhaustlng their
vitality.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-12-31

followed out Of solid rock by rude flint
instruments. Most of them were form
ed in the sides of cliffs and among
high, rugged hills.
To those early ancestors of ours, the
primeval men and women who secured.
as one would think, but scanty shelter
aud protection from these stone. caves
and holes in the rock, we apply the
generic term of cliff dwellers.
They were entirely ignorant of agrl-
CULTURE, and subsiSted by hunting abd
fishing and on the natural products
they found growing in a wild state.
What is very remarkable, at our
very doors can still be seen the itypicai
houses and handiwork OF those pre-his-
torlc tribes in the caves OF the Lancos
river in southern Colorado. These, In
MOST instances, are as weiia,rSrreserred
as Fhen their ancient occupants de-
serted them-perhaps 10000 wears
ago. When inhabited they were reach
ed quite frequently by notches cut in
me rock, and at otheE, times rope lad,j
ders must have been used. g7sd3o !ln
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-12-31
RUSSIA TO RECLAIM DESERT
Good Pasture Lands Are Destroyed at
tho Rate OF One Hundred -rhous-
and Acres Year.

The shifting sands of Astrakhan and
the measures taken by the Russian
government to deal with this problem
form the subject Of a memoir by J.
G. Firstov, published ing Grograd, OBJ
serves the Scientific Agsfldan. Ten
million acres OF the pr6viriceY in 'ques-
ition are covered with shifting sands
formed during 1.-The nineteenth century
and subsequently,. These sands have
been spreading at the rate of 100000
acres year, the result being the trans
formation of good pasture land into a
barren waste. The principal cause is
over grazing; flocks andsherds are kepu.
SO long In one place as to result In the
complete destruction Of the turf. Poor
agricultural methods are also respon-
sible. About the beginning of the pres
ent century the government took meas.
sires Of control and reclamation, and
between 1904 and 1909 an area of about
$4,000 acres was brought under cult
walton. In 1913, a special service was
ordered to deal with the question.
The province was put under the charge
o. chief forestry officer and divided
anto six districts, in each of which Il
subordinate official was appointed to
superintend the work. At the time OF
writing good progress has been made
in planting soil binders and growing
herbaceous crops, but it was still prob
lematicai whether the province was
adapted to the establishment ri for
ests.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-12-31
NEWLYWEDs DINE ON STEW
WHEY Prepares Dainty Morsel Wleh
own Little Hands But Physi-
clan Must Be Called for Hubby.

The cook had insisted on a day off.
and Young Mrs. -Freshly-Wedd was m
a quandary and her stunning new
house gown of twisted nercale, muses.
the Detroit Free Press. se
+ I'll make "a stew-anybply can
make stew :" she cried.
And she proceeded to mske n stew.
In the jcebox she found seven frank
} iurtchs,ia dozen fried oysters and three
picked herring.
How acknowledgment is the very
importantest thingy she exclaimed
sllnd she chopped It all up and added
three cupfuls Of salt and two of pepper
50 as5to be sure not TO forget the sea
soning. Then---secause she knew that
q stew must have lots of yariety-she
put in a glass of olive oil, two tnble-
spoonfuls Of grated nutmeg, two pack
ages of Saratoga chips. can Of sal
mon and q hah cake of bitter choeo-
AT G 80 Ereshly-Wedd came home
her Ben, stnlwart and handsome, who
had never known an hours illness in
his life.
"Phewl" he exclaimed. "What's
that smell?r
ITS stew ] made for you wiz my
own little hands" she told him.
'Divine aroma !" cried Freshly-Wedd,
and forthwith sat down and ate two
big platefuls, while his wife watched
him 50 eagerly that she forgot to eat
any herself.
Three hours later. in response TO "a
hurry call, Doctor Blister drove up and
rang the front doorbell Query: Who
was the patient, and why?
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-12-31
The MlddIemen.

A farmer raised peck Of wheat
beside the River Dee; boarder ate
wheated loaf way down in Ten
nessee; the loaf the boarder fed upon
cost half ms much and more as did the
farmers peck of wheat month or so
before. "Now, why is this" the board
er raved, they hold me up on bread?"
And why Is wheat so bloomin cheap?"
the plodding farmer said.
A chap beyond the Rocky ridge
raised 20 pounds &C lines: another
one in old New York was kicking on
The times. for he had downed n glass
of "ade," and, poor forlorn galoot. had
paid one-half the market price of 20
pounds of fruit. Nov, why is this,
they soak me thus for this wee sip of
'ade'?" "And why" exclaimed the
orchard man, Fam / so poorly paid"
Now hold your horses steady there,
you man beside the Dee; go easy
there, you hungry chap in sunny Ten
nessee; restrain yourself, you orchard
man, forbear this angry talk, and you
beside the soda fount in Little Old
Moo Yawk, remember this: Our food
and drink, no matter where and when,
must also be the food and drink of
thirty middemen.--Utica Globe
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-12-31
THE EVENING BANNER |
BENNINGTON VERMONT |
Monday, December 81, 1917.
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
Nswa OF chs Town and Village Ted
Briefly fer Ruay H~aderH


The free library will be closed all
day New Years.
There will no sewing at the home
of Mrs. j. G. Mccullough in North
Bennington Tuesday on account of
the extreme cold weather,
The Ladies' Aid society of the Bap-
fist church will hold their annual
business meeting in the church We'd
nesday afternoon at o'clock.
Sundays New York Times photo
gravule with war map Of western
front in France and Belgium, hand
some work of art, on sale at Evans
Adf.
New Years eve tonight will be
celebrated according to custom by
the Canadian club. All members
both regular and honorary, are invit-
ed Ladies will bring cake as usual.
Look Look! Look! Start the New
Year by having one big time at the
dances given at Forester's hall NeV
Years afternoon and evening. Music
by McGurn's orchestra Admission
| 25 cents Adv =
Six ladies of Mt. Anthony chapter
will entertain at a social in the recep
ton hall at Masonic Temple on New
Years day from TO O'Clock. All
| Masons and members of the o. E. s,
are cordially invited.
Complete arrangements are beiug
made for the Green Mountain Club
outing at He'll Hollow tomorrow re.
| CARELESS of the weather. The Wealth
er report, however. gives probabil.
ity of rise in temperaturefto tonight
VIM. Duncan and Carol Holloway,
stars of The Fighting Tran can be
seen in The Tenderfoot., from the
story of the same nameeat the opera
House tomorrow Afternoon and even
ing. Admission 10 cents TO children
and Is cents to adults at all shows
Adv.
The newly elected officers of Ben.
nington Grange will he installed at
the regular meeting OF the Grange
Wednesday night. installation to be
followed ADVERTISEMENTS. A good at
tendance IS desired. Come and bring
some member who has not been
regularGattendant
Harry B. Hopkinson, who is in the
102n9 United States Infantry some
where in France writes home that
hs is hospital undergoing treat
Rent for stomach trouble. He also
mentions the splendid Thanksgiving
dinner provided for the boys by the
United States 1t consisted of trr-
key and all the fixins. white potatoes,
sweet potatoes. boiled onions, squash,
apple pie. cranberry saucel etc He
doesn't say he is in the hospital as
the result OF the dinner eRsdi ,es
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-12-31
MONTENEGRO.

Montenegro is small independent
country in southern Europe, area about
5000 square miles and bordering part
ly on the Adriatic sea. 1t Is hered'
itary monarchy, the present king be-
ing Nicholas I. 1t Is a very noun
famous country, the Italian name Mon
tenegro signifying Black mountains, as
does also the Turkish name Kara
dog, but the mountains are not black
and the Montenegrins are brave moun-
taineers, poor, industrious and patri-
otto. AT the beginning of the present
war Montenegro took part with the
allies and later 1t was overrun by tho
Germans and Austrians and Is Still
held by them.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-12-31
IT'S SURPRISING
That so Many Bennington People
Fail to Recognize Kidney Weak
ness

Are you a bad back victim?
Suffer twinges; headaches, dizzy
spells?
Go to bed tired-get UP tired?
It's surprising how few suspect the
kidneys
It's surprising how few know what
to do
Kidney trouble needs kidney treat
mem
Doan's Kidney Pills are for the kid
neys only
Have convinced Bennington people
of their merit.
Here's a Bennington case; Benning-
ton testimony.
Kidney sufferers hereabouts should
read IL.
Wilson barrow, 314 S. Branch St,
says: MY back gave me consider
able trouble when ! stopped over and
sharp twinges would shoot through
It, used box OF Doan's Kidney
Pills and since then have had no re-
turn of the trouble"
Price soc, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for a kidney remedy-get
Doan's Kidney Pills-the same that
Mr. Darrow had. Foster.Milburn
Co., Mfgrs., Buffalo. N. V
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-12-31
EASY MONEY!

Strange Combination bCircnmstan-
ces in Tcday's Picture at ,daFteSs.o
Easy Money the latest & Br,dy.
made picture, TO be shown III sthe
Harte theatre today has fopdts theme
a, wife who doesn't love her husband
and husband who. up TO the dag of
the marriage, was a stranger to. his
wife. = ina VI eg 81,
IN this startling combination Ethel
Clayton plays the part of the wife
and makes the part fascinating
ono
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-12-31
How the aeoatv Got Even.

A Southerner recently approached
the attendant OF Y. NJ. C. A. No. 81.
81 should likes to borrow some
dies" he announced.
"Some what?"
"Some dies"
81 don't understand"
"You know. dies, things you shoot
craps with"
"Oh, dice! Sorry, but we haven't
any Of those. Dice are one Of the
few things that we don't supply"
"The boys sent me up after Them"
protested the rookie.
IT guess that was joke"
"Sny. let me take some bookings
gloves for q few minutes. I'll bring
them right back"
And thus armed, the goat with
fire in his eye. walked off in the di-
rection Of mis- barracks. Boston
Globe.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-12-31
To Remove Oil Stains.

1t has been found that oil stains on
concrete floors may be removed by us
ing mixture OF one pound of oxalic
acid in three gallons of water, with
enough wheat flour added 10 make Il
paste that can be applied with brush.
Allow the application to remain for
two days, and then remove it with
clean water and a scrubbing brush.
A second application may be neces,
sary in stubborn cases.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-12-31
Migration Of Birds.

Until the acquisition of Alaska by
the United States it was wonder
where certain wild fowl went when
they migrated from temperature climes
on the approach Of summer, as well as
Snowbirds and other small species of
the feathered tribe. 1t was afterward
found that their habitat in summer
was the waters of Alaska-the Yukon
river and the lakes of that hyper
borean region.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-12-31
6iu SunHoWers.

Giant sunflowers that grew in a gar
hen at Llauduff. Wales, were raised
from a seed brought from Australia.
and one reached the extraordinary
height of L. feet. II held only one
bloom, which was 16 inches In dinme-
rer. The giant entirely dwarfed it,
English cousins close by.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-12-31
EARLY MAN FIGHTING ANIMAL.
Ancestors Of Present People Were
Called Upon to Face Beasts That
inhabited'PIains and Rivers.

The first houses were caves. Early
man was fighting animal, and had TO
contend against the huge and feroci-
Gus beasts that infested the plains and
rivers, observes a writer. His dwelling
naturally had to he place of security
ms we'll as a hahtation. Caves were
natural and artificial, the latter being
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-12-31
You cannot afford

to experiment with the future COM
fort of your widow by neglecting life
insurance. Your obligation is Just
as great to her as it is to your wife.
Buy today and be sure. National
Life ms Co., of Vt. (MutuaL1
Earle S, Kinsley, General Agent.
Mead Building, Rutland, Vermont.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-12-31
Proof Positive.

HE runs mad after every fad he
takes up. Now. he is always dosing
himself with some infusion of bark
mo wonder his health is going to
the dogs
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-12-31
To Prevent The Grip

Colds cause Grip--LAXATIvE BRO
MO QUININE Tablets remove the
,ause. There is only one "Bromo
Quinine." T. w. GROVES signature
on box. SOC
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-12-31
HIT AND MISS


A womans idea of a perfect hus-
band is one who talks back just
enough to make an argument interest.
ing.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-12-31
Merely Eakinn.

Love is blind. the poets" declare,
Yet we know It's true
Love can see on one small chair
Room enough for two.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-12-31

Iaa Mari LalS5Ileaden TINT, eyes heavy
and dull, twltching eyelids. itching OF
The nose itching of tho rectum. short
dry cough, grinding Of the teeth, little
red points sticking out on tongue,
starting during sleep, slow fever. 81
DR. Trues elixir tho Family Laxative
and Worm EIpelcr, VIII surely and Quickly
rorsiinatIon Adults are also benefited, and
write us letters like tbis: 'DE True :
John Glass Houston,
'rcxas" AZ All dealers, 9.dT,La,rT1N
4ec Soc and ~. ps9vJSssSTsn' 49,. ~
.Mgts Mo- ..4...5 80
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-12-31

Signs OF worms are: De-
ranged stomach, swollen
upper lip, sour stomach,
offensive breath, hard and
full belly with occasional
, gripings and pains about
the navel, pale face Of
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-12-31

It's a mighty mean father who
doesn't want to do as much or more
for' his children than his father did
for him.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-12-31

The fellow who wants TO be the
victor bad enough TO cheat never gets
to be anything more than cheat no
matter how often he wins.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-12-31

A friend in need is the one that
comes along In an automobile just as
you are about to step onto street
car
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-12-31
NOTICE..

The annual meeting OF the North
Bennington Cemetery association
will be held Monday evening, Jan.
7, 1918, At eight o'clock at the par
lors of the North Bennington Nation
al bank.
f. D. Ranney Sec'y.
7StS
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-12-31
POPULAR SCIENCE

4 remarkable photograph of the
rail of meteor in flight recently
was made by an English soldier in IN
dia. sf,so..,.ts.r,,a,1.s
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-12-31

The trouble with most of us is that
we seem TO think that somebody else
ought to do the mean and dirty tasks
that we don't like TO do ourselves.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-12-31
DO YOU KNOW

That when cooked by electricity
meats shrink less than when cooked by
coal?
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-12-31
Pity the Poor Rich.

AS I take my ease in slippers, !
feel sorry for the rich"
"Why so?"
"Just suppose You were In society
and had 10 dress up and go somewhere
every night.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-12-31

Experts have estimated that the tin
deposits Of Austria, which have heeg
hut little developed, can be made to
supply about three-fourths Of that
country's needs.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-12-31

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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-12-31

Instruments invented by German
to register the electricity produced by
The heart and its distribution enable
PHYSICIANS accurately TO diagnose dis
eases of tint organ.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-12-31
That about S5oO, 600 coo a year ID hEsa 4
ing spent on education I'D the NCnifed -

That about $500 600 coo a year ID NJ
Ing spent on education ID the Unifsa
States? 5rsa lsu.sr@ ginYo5
..u ntt1 2a--2 e6f 10 aniie9p
That to Fecord9 the work. done by
stenoeraphsrs q typewriter meter has
been invented? a,gl,., ,.6 ,s "a
That Norway has established a na.1
tlona. domestic science school for girls
at Stavanger? sii 1o' IN nj
is-a,,, z se9j-15 10 nISoa & 81
Tint theamost Of Japan's pearl div
ers. are women. who begin to learn, the.
trade at the age Oft thirteen Or four
teehit yt ed petyal haa 19li
+ That ip the United States. there are
found III distinct SPECIES Of snakes,
of which only II are dangerous to
man? Il
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-12-31

SaleSman-What size shoe do You
wear?
Proud Pearly-No. ., | think.
Salesman-You misunderstood ]
didn't ask what size you liked
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-12-31

a lighthouse on nm Island In the
British channel has beer, equipped
with a telephone SO that shipping men
can land and converse with persons on
the mainland.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-12-31

In a Chicago maternity hospital
prints are made of the babies feet
with ink TO make their Identification,
certain. clr-Ei0r i'iAD-.' H.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-12-31

Pennsylvania mining laws Require
a mule to he given 700 cubic feet Of
air minute and miner 2eo cubic
feet. NV ! i9t4
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-12-31

Life is a good deal like railroad
journey. The people who ride in the
day coaches get off at exactly tho same
mans.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-12-31
Guard Children Against Worms

some OF the most dreaded diseases 81
children.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-12-31

TIE yfVUV VfI oUUH"tIOH III VIC CHHFtu
States? 5usa asnFsr" ginoo3
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-12-31

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