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The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1917-05-02
DINEO WITH THE DUKE.
No Common Kitchen Would Do For
This Soldier Of the Guard.

This Soldier Of the Guard.
During the peninsular war Il strip of
vineyards running between the two
lines was a sort of neutral ground.
where the men from both armies We're
in the habit Of repairing for drinks
and relaxation, in the course Of which
opposing forces often came across one
another. but each passed their own
way after courteous salutes. One day
British party had drunk somewhat
freely and. happening upon a French
sergeant of the guard. insisted upon
making him prisoner The man was
brought before the Duke Of yelling
ton and lost no time in acQuainting
him with his plight.
"All right" said the duke good ma
turedly. "Of course you shall 20. but
you must have something 10 eat first
And. turning to an orderly. he said.
Have this man taken to the kitchen
and given Il good meal" The French
man saluted. but made no attempt to
express his thanks. Noticing his looks.
the duke said: '"a @ =
well. what more do you want?"
General" replied the Frcnchman.
drawing himself up proudly. "a soldier
Of the guard is never asked to eat III
the kitchen"
The duke bent his brow moment as
II resenting the mans aplomb. then.
laughing, said:
Maybe you're right. Come and dine
with me."-Pall Mall Gazette.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1917-05-02
MANILA ITEMS
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Mrs. r. Rasmussen was an Omahs
| visitor Friday.
/ Mrs. Geo. Fenner and Miss Happy
|'KuwitZky went to Dow City Wednes
day to get acquainted with the for
mer's new niece, the little daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene Barber.
Homer Smith, OF Dunlap, visited old
friends here Monday.
A. w. Callahan was a Perry visitor
Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs c. T. Flaugh left on
Tuesday for Northfield, Mimi, where
they will make their future home.
Mrs. Chris Nieman came down from
Rodney Monday for a short visit with
friends.
Miss Clara Blades visited over Sun.
day at the home of her parents in IT.
win, and with her sister. Mrs. Chas.
Vail, and small son of ,Cantril, who
are visiting there. . ,..'
Mr.. and Mrs. Gunther Schmidt are
the proud parents of baby daughter
born Tuesday, April 18th. Mrs.
Schmidt is being cared for by her
mother, Mrs. Walker, at her home in
y
The Guild was entertained last FRI
day afternoon by Mrs. John Schram,
assisted by Mrs. Bufilnton.
Mrs. Fred Schram was an Omaha
visitor Tuesday.
-Four more of our young men left on
Monday for Ft. Logan, Colo, for train.
ing, they being F. y. Outright. Jr.
John Woods, .)r., Billie Hohiens and
Martin Deter. A farewell reception
was held at the Germania hall for
them Saturday evening. This makes
sixteen of our young men who have
answered their country's call. Friends
have heard from the boys who left
last Monday They all reached the
fort all right and some OF them have
been sent to different posts. Manila
is justly proud of her valiant young
men.
Miss Sylvia Cooper returned to
Gowrie Monday after short visit
here with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Harry Cooper.
Mrs. Gray, of Morningside, visited
this week at the home OF her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Lowell Brokaw, and family.
i. Alden Sykes came home Thursday
evening to attend the funeral Of his
aunt, Mrs. 'Chas. Sykes, who passed
away Wednesday night. ,
Arthur Drake, OF Denison. attended
the funeral Of Mrs. Chas. Sykes Sat.
urday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Steckelberg. ST.,
Mr.. and Mrs. John Miller, Mrs. Fred
SteckeIberg Jr. and Albert Hamann
were among the Omaha visitors Mon
day.
There was a delegation OF about
forty-tive who accompanied the sol
der boys from here as far as Omaha
Monday.
Mrs. P. J. Hanrahan and daughter.
who have been at ColfaX for the past
few weeks for the formers health, re-
turned home Tuesday. Mrs. Hanra-
han is greatly improved, which fact
her many friends will be glad to hear.
John Calvin and two sons. Harold
and Russell, spent Sunday- with Mrs.
Calvin, who is i'll in an Omaha hospi-
tai. They reported her as getting
along quite we'll.
Lawrence Reed was an Omaha Wis
itor Sunday
Ruddie Hoffiens accompanied the
four boys who enlisted as far as Oma-
ha Monday morning.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1917-05-02
A Lesson From Joy.

He took Joy home with him, and Joy
said, where's your fire." And lie
told him, 1.-THE wind came in and the
fire went out" And then Joy said,
Garry sunshine enough about you to
warm Your heart and hands" And
Joy asked him for . fiddle. but lie said
that 1t had only one string. But that
was enough for Joy. who made the
rafters ring with music. And then
Joy said: 1.-The fiddle amt all. II you'll!
just keep some mdsic in your soul
life II be hallelujah come down ull the
days Of your life."-Atlantu COnstitu-
ton.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1917-05-02
Lincoln az a Gallant.

Although wanting in the language Of
gallantry. Lincoln was not incapable OF
turning neat compliment. The art
Carpenter has told me OF one IL
would have pressed Chesterfield has
An enthusiastic lady gave the Dres
dent an entirely supcrfuous ,bouquej
The situation was momentarily embni
rassing. but with no appearance
dlscomposure he stopped down. tod
the flowers and. looking from the1
into the sparkling eyes and radiarI
face OF the lady, said. with gallantrI
| was unprepared for, Really. madaG
if you give them to me and they a.
mine think cannot possibly make
good use of them rs to present the
to you in return! Helen Nicolayl
personal Traits Of Abraham Iincolnl
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1917-05-02
Old Railway Cars.

An eastern railroad burns It's d
cardad wooden cars to recover Il
iron in them. Before the cars are 8
on fire. however, they are thorough
inspected, and all the wood availab
for further use is removed, The irt
saved from the destroyed cars Is So
as scrap. .
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WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP
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Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Scheuermann
spent Tuesday evening at the w. d.
Mundt home.
Cyril O'Brien was a Sunday visitor
at the Dan Maloney home.
Miss Marie Collins speGt Sunday
with her mother, Mrs. NJ. J. Collins.
Henry Scheuermann and wife spent
Wednesday evening with the latter's
brother, James DillavOu.
Fred Leuck and wife were Sunday
visitors at the Scheuermann home.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1917-05-02

Next Sunday morning, May 9Th, Rev
F.. f. Travis. of Odebolt, and Mr.. c.
II. Young. Of Wall Lake, will address
the congregation of Tie Dcloit Metho
dist church in the interests Of The Re
tired Preachers Endowment Fund
They will also give addresses at Boy
er in the afternoon OF the same day
Don't fail to hear these men on this
worthy cause. :. T..
Mothers council meets Thursday
May Sd. at the school house. Every
member is urged to be present.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1917-05-02

o'clock instead of 100. The Sunday
evening Epworth League service at I
o'clock and preaching at O'Clock.
Please note the change.
Edward Larsen was down from Den.
ison Sunday visiting his aunt, Mrs. T..
e. Fritz
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Robert Mahnert, of Omaha, was a
guest at the Jake Greder home the
past week.
Miss Ida Wiese is home again from
Irwin, but at present is working for
her brother, Richard.
Miss Alice Greder was an over Sun:
day visitor at the parental home.
Will Staller and Frank NOllen were
Omaha passengers last week.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1917-05-02

The only trouble with the volunteer
system for raising an army is that the
number of men who consider going to
war as a pleasant and healtliful meth
cd of spending vacation is strictly
limited
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1917-05-02

The close elections in Cuba. which
started the cry OF fraud, also started
an Instruction, which soon grew to
large proportions. s'It had been re.
peatedly asserted by the revolution
lists that when President Menocal
would resign the leaders Of the Lib
erals would quit fighting. The most
severe blow to the revOlutionists came
when Secretary Lansing said he would
recognize only President Menocal.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1917-05-02

The people who are trying to save
the country by raising gardens need
not feel it necessary to raise so much
lettuce and other transient vegetables
that will last about two weeks and
provide twice as much Of these foods
as is needed.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1917-05-02
DELoiT ITEMS

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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-02-20
INTEREST IN HOCKEY PLANS
Pacific Coast Magnates to Try Out New
Wrinkle in Order to Enliven e.
forts Of Players.

Hooked players in the Last are in
tcrcsted in the plans of Pacific coast
hockey magnates to try out u new
wrinkle, this year. In order to Gre
ate greater interest ana enliven the
efforts among individual players. the
coast men are going To award Il
championship emblem TO the player
who proves the most valuable 10 his
team throughout the season. The plan
will be worked out along lines similar
10 that in the major leagues for Sc
lecting the most valuable ball players
In the two big leagues Every hockey
player I'm the league will have Il chance
20 win the emblem, and points scored
throughout the season and recorded in
connection with the players perform
anccs, will be used in helping to decide
the winner There are plenty Of crack
hockey players on the coast, particu-
larly In the Northwest, and COMPETE
ton will be- keen until the season
comes TO close.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-02-20
PERSONAL.

Miss Mildred Macdonald has been Ill
several days this week.
Frank L. Lafrinea is critically i'll in
his home on South Main street.
Attorney O. B. Hughes went last
evening to Winhall on business.
Miss Clara Tarbox visited her mother
in West Dummerston over Sunday.
Miss Clara Blanchard is i'll in her
home on Estey street with severe cold.
Mrs. Julius J. Estey went today to
Cambridge, \. Y, to visit two weeks.
Miss Annie Ferris of New York city
is guest of MIR. and Mrs. F. A. Thomp-
son.
Miss Katherine Noble, nurse, was
called last night to Dover on profession
al work.
| Miss Elizabeth Hildreth returned last
evening after being in New York sew
eral days.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Anderson have
begun housekeeping in F. A. Betterley s
house on Canal street.
| Mrs. Gladys Caldwell, nurse, who has
been confined to her home on Putney
road with tonsilitis, is improving.
| William Hudson has finished work
for the Brattleboro Baking company
and has taken a position in Wilkins S
meat market.
Miss Lillian Tinker, stenographer for
H. l.. Olds, win go tomorrow to hel
home in Dover, n. H., to spend the rest
Of the week.
Miss Grace Leach is expected tomor
row from FitchburU where she ia q Stu
dent in the normal school, to spend /;
l0days' vacation at her home on Higl
street.
, Mrs. George Randolph and son o
Nashua, n. H., were weekend guests o
| Mrs. Henry B. Allen of Oak street. Mrs
Randolph, who formerly was residen
of this town, will be remembered a
j Miss Della Whitmore.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-02-20
A Lonely Continent.

Australia is the most isolated of all
inhabited continents and is remote
from the center of all the world S ac-
tivities, says the National Geographic
Magazine Northward the sailing dis
tance to Japan is approximately 5000
nautical miles; to India $500 miles.
South America is 1000 miles to the
east and Africa an equal distance
west.
From London to the capital Of Aus
tralia ships by the Suez route traverse
, approximately 1000 miles of water
and by the Panama canal 1880 miles
From California ports the routes via
Samoa or FIJI, or Tahiti cover a quar-
ter of the circumference of the earth
Australians only large civilized neigh
/ Dor within a radius of 1000 miles is
/ Java.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-02-20
Sporting Notes.

1t S all right to report that the big
ieaguers are to start south in one week
or two weeks from today and it s all
right to display marbles and tops in
store windows, but it will be a long
time yet before the old man quits SHOW
cling coal.
The Hanoverians are still badly up
set over Frank Cavanaugh' ; release.
To pay opt $4,000 to get rid Of good
football coach is such an amazing piece
of extravaganza that Dartmouth can
no longer be considered as poor
mans college. Cavanaugh S contract
had year to run at $4,000 a year
when his resignation was accepted. It
is understood he is to receive his sal.
airy.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-02-20
WOMAN TOO AMBITIOUS.

Excessive ambition leads all sorts OF
women to exert themselves beyond
their strength. The girl striving for
honors in school, the busy housewife,
the shop-girl, the society climber or
leader, all overtax their natural pow
ers of endurance Then come nervous
troubles, backaches, headaches, fire.
quently organic troubles, which reduce
them almost to despair.
Women suffering thus should first
recognize the necessity of putting on
the brakes and slowing down. Be
sides this, to remedy the mischief al
ready done to their health, the best
reliance is upon that famous and stand
ard medicine for women 5 ailments
Lydia f. Pinkham Vegetable Com
pound
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-02-20
SPORTING
WORLD

The only animal golfer is afraid of
is a squirrel.
Harvard boxers get their training
during the football season.
East side, West side, all around
town. "When is Les Darcy going to
fight?"
49, ,-,a4la4 +.
The retirement Of Bin Carrigan will
be a great help to seven American
league clubs.
Contrary to general belief an umpire
doesn't wear Il mask to keep him from
biting the players.
Professional football ought to be a
good field for lot of our best little
bOXiighters 10 enter.
Swedish runners will invade Ameri.
ca. Thank your stars the Swedish
wrestlers are not coming.
Someone said that it takes courage
TO play golf. 1t probably does, for
about ten bucks hole.
Higgins has the Cards Matty the
Reds and Camel the Blues. Grea
chance for little game.
Bill Morrisette. new Giant pitcher
comes to McGraw with a great repu
tation as a tenor singer.
If some players could throw base
ball the way they throw the bull wha
wonderful pitchers they'd be!
Christy Mathewson manages Cir
cinnati in summer and manages to &c
away from Cincinnati in winter.
HOnus Wagner has taken unto hin
self better half. He'll touch a
the bases in the domestic league nov
No chance to go wrong on an al
American billiard team-W. Hopp
Willie Hoppe and Bill Hoppe will d.
Above the din of the peacemakel
one hears, now and then, the fain
half-stifled voice of the baseball ma
nate.
Understand that Mr.. Stallings co
Slders himself pretty we'll fixed f,
players, but he'd like to sign few ne
umpires.
Tennis players needn't be so ches
about playing on skates. Boxers al
ballplaycrs have been going on skat
for many years.
It's easy to criticize boxers, but
we had To name the worst fighter in &
: world we'd want to be sure we cou
run faster than he.
) Three veteran knights of the ring
Jimmy Walsh, Steve O'Donnell and J
s Foley-are coaching Harvard studer
in the manly art of self-defense.
"A fighter agrees that he has
It fight his way to the top. But once
,e the top he doesn't believe he has
e. fight any more" says an expert.
"a
In If thought reading ever becomes D
or sible it will finish baseball, for umpil
q would plaster on SO many fines Il
ne every player would be several MILL
bucks in debt at the end of the seas
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-02-20
MOST UNPOPULAR WITH FANS
Proposed Reduction of BIeacher Seats
Not Favored by 5oys-Wili
Work Hardship.

Reducing the number of 25-cent
seats NJ major league parks will be
most unpopular with the fans, espe-
cially the younger generation. The
office boys have enough trouble in
their whistling lives to get together
two bits to sit in the sun through a
game. Raising four bits may become
u real hardship.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-02-20

rather slow boundcr 10 the shop That player decided to make
possible throw
to
which sailed high above the catchers
stand about above ground and
his big
it the ground Pick
pitcher who covered the plate in time
from second the wild
henye at critical
the how would have
viewed the affair?
to
Of originally
ON second despite been
retired the 3 rules
ssy In all ball stand for
tors through the playing field the
the
Bases The
placed there
nyeut accidents majority the balls fouled and thrown
directly In The is placed there
While the
the stand the umpire held ii would have done
"a had and he also took into consideration
The president of the league
d the uuure and precedent having
noon established. othc unpircs follow 1t.
b TN
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-02-20
TURNED OUT WINNING TEAM
Coach Moakley Has Been Quite Sue
eessful While al cornell-Squads
Won Many Events.

Coach Jack Moabley Of Cornell, who
recently celebrated his iifty-third
birthday during the eighteenth year
ae has spent at Cornell, has turned
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-02-20

and was protested AT the time, but the ruling was
held TO be the correct one, and is now followed
by an the umpires.
The play came up in the first half of the ninth
inning, with the home team leading by the score
~ 10 /. The visiting club started rally, getting
men on second and third with only out. spit
ball pitcher was doing the twirling for the home
team Any infeder will tell you that the spit
bah Is harder throw after the batter hits it
than it Is 10 pitch it, The wet spot seems TO
spread, and II the lnfelder's grasp happens to hit
this wet spot there is telling where he will
throw the ball II SO happened that the batter hit
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-02-20
Treasurers' Reports.

w. K. Stellman.
Selectmen.
Treasurers' Reports.
On occopnt of Tho aoo.h &c Troos,rnr
,r =
W. H. niaoAet' tue seieelmeh appoihteo
Frederic Z. Adams treasurer. This neces-
states two reports, and the combined
reports are as follows.
Or.
Combined receipts, 1923 ,1O5.02
or.
bonds ana coupons PAID, 1o,oio.oo
transferred TOT coupons, 4,1io.oo
1915-l9l6, Sl5.25
19l6.19l7, l5,75O,0o
Loans, 31,5OO.00
Interest, s4o.da
Town house, 3,S07.5o
Iown oincers, 2,4oo od
Iown farm, ,''14o.oa
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-02-20


ing the summer season.
''The gravel drawn last winter was
scraped onto the roads very early in
the spring, with the best of results, max
ing some good gravel roads where used
received from the state highway de-
partment 81, 44S.l4 for gravel drawn last
winter for resurfacing, which / think
we'll spent for resurfaeing selected
roads, making some three and one-half
miles of this gravel road this year.
~ think Vernon street should have
some kind Of hard surface road, as
gravel or any dirt road will not stand
the heavy traffic on that street. / think
granite pavement Is feet in width will
make a road for Vernon street that will
last for a long time with very small ex-
pense for maintenance.
Report of Overseer.
"On Dec. Is the selectmen appointed
me overseer of poor to fill the vacancy
caused by the death of Mr.. Ware. AS l
have had less than two months of ser
vice this report will be very brief.
At the town farm there are being
cared for nine persons, eight males and
one female, all adults. Some are very
feeble and require extra care and medi-
cal attendance.
! ''On account of the extremely high
price of the common necessities of life.
coal, wood, ETC., the expense of caring
for and helping those not at the farm
has been larger than usual, and were it
not for the help and work of the Asso-
ciated Charities, Mutual Aid association
and several other charitable associations
the expense would be very much larger
At the farm there is good set of work
ing tools, wagons, etc., stable full OF
cattle and several tons of hay more thar
needed to winter them.-Walter NJ. Rob
bins. =
Report of Health Officer
Health Officer Henry Tucker S repor
is, III part, as follows: Your health of
fcer has to report that from Feb. !
1916, to July ], 1916, there were but 2
] Quarantines of contagious diseases TIL
epidemic of infantile paralysis starte
, early in July and under orders of tn
state board of health all children unde
/ l6 years Of age, coming from infecte
, localities, were subjected to quarar
; tine of two weeks. There were so sue
J guarantees. There was not, howeve
any development of this disease. Frol
: July !, 1916, to Feb. l, 1917, there hay
! been l26 guarantees of infection
D diseases, consisting of whooping cougl
: chicken pox and measles; in the pal
7 two weeks a few cases of nump
8 Whooping cough and chicken pox are q
: the decline, but measles are still {
5 epidemic character.
The general sanitary condition
4 constantly improving with one exec
: ton, the sewage that is delivered in
. Milestone brook, because of lack
sewers to take the sewage into the ge
: eral system.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-02-20
Road Commissioners Report.

The following paragraphs are from
the report of Road Commissioner Walk
er:
u have used the drag on almost all
the roads in town and | find that it is
a great help in keeping the roads in
good condition. | think it is money well
spent using the drags on our country
roads and especially on gravel roads.
We have five drags and used one or more
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-02-20
Growing Old

There is in Growing Old.
yourself youngby dew friendships knowledge
And don't live forever old things Brighten home with
of new furniture.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-02-20
SPORTING NE VS.
BILLY EVANS SOLVES BASEBALL PROBLEMS
written Especially This Paper by the Famous American
League Umpire.)

unusual play in American league game last year
umpire called well as TO follow
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-02-20

Amount to be raised if tenn
porary loans are not paid, $36,2S3.54
A accent tax, which we rec
commend, would raise, 36,450.00
The town school district recommends
a 55-cent tax on the dollar of the grand
list of the school district.
A. w. J. Wilkins,
A. E. Merrill,
w. e. Stellman,
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-02-20
sl23.lO5.02

l9l6-l9l7 orders out, $llS.29.
Balance after orders are paid, $l,s07.25.
The principal items of receipts in the
item of combined receipts are as fol
lows:
Balance, last report, 2,O27 So
Geo. f. Fox, manager, l,715.28
". a. Subway, collector, 69,96S.ll
Money borrowed, 4l,50O.00
Postoffice rent, 10000
State of Vermont. 100000
State of Vt, state highway, l,664.41
Conn. River Power Co. account
| washout, 1914. 10000
| Peoples National bank, interest
| on railroad station account, 10000
From dog money account, 1865
Sidewalk commissioner, 1,39969
| The statement of liabilities shows an
increase of $6,557.6l since year ago,
in addition TO the county tax, the
amount of which is not vet known, but
which will not exceed four per cent of
the grand list of the county.