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Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1917-05-09
TOWN MEETING
in ARMORY
Five Minute Talks By Towns
men

A town meeting, called to mobil-
ize Newark's forces, and discuss
what Newark can do in the Pres
ent Crisis" will be held in the Ar
mory on Friday evening, May 18th.
DR.. Mitchell will preside at the
meeting. The committee in charge
has arranged for a series Of five
minute talks by representative
townsmen. No one wishing to con-
tribute his "bit" can afford to miss
the meeting.
Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1917-05-09
COUNTY AGENT
COOCH RESIGNS
M. O. Pence Named His Sue.
CeSSOr

Announcement was made last
week of the resignation of County
Agent Levi H. Cooch, the resigna-
tion taking effect April Both. M.
0. Pence, formerly agent of Kent
County and now holding a similar
position in a county in Indiana,
has been named to succeed Mr..
Cooch. He also will be assistant
State leader, and will assume his
duties July first.
Frank A. Carroll, who for more
than a year has been dairy extern
sion worker, cooperating with the
Delaware College and Federal gov
ernment, has resigned to accept the
position of county agent in Mercer
County, N. j., at a greatly increas-
ed salary.
Announcement has also been
made of the appointment Of DR..
E. R. Lamkey, who comes from the
University of Illinois as plant
psychologist in the agricultural de-
partment of Delaware College, re-
Gently created, and assumed his
duties several days ago; of C. E.
Neff, graduate of the University
of Missouri, as instructor in the
agronomy department; and Of w.
j. Young, a graduate of Syracuse
University, as instructor in the
horticultural department.
Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1917-05-09
YOUNG MEN WANTED
Naval Officer Talks At Post
Office

About twenty-five young men at
tended the meeting held at the
postoffice last Thursday, when j.
w. Williams, chief turret captain
in the U. S. Navy, told of the OPP
portunities for young men in this
department of the service. A Sec
ond meeting will be held at the
postoffice this Thursday evening,
May 10th. Everyone interested is
urged to be present.
Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1917-05-09
RED CROSS
CHAPTER GROWS
Financial Committee Named
And Circles Organized

Although organized less than
two weeks ago, the Newark branch
of the Red Cross already has about
fifty members, with prospects of a
much larger membership. A meet
ing was held at the home of the
chairman on Friday when the or
ganization was divided into circles
as more effective working units.
Many garments cut out from ma
terial donated by Mrs. A. A. Curtis,
were given out to the members to
be made according to instructions
furnished. A finance committee
was named as follows: Mrs. Joseph
H. Hossinger, chairman, Mrs.
Charles l.. Penny, Miss Alice Kerr,
Miss Lydia Fader, Miss Elizabeth
Crime and Miss Audrey Miller.
While the town has been divided
into districts anyone having con-
tributions can send them to Mrs.
Hossinger, chairman of the finance
committee.
Those who have joined the
branch are as follows: Mrs. Minot
Curtis, Mrs. Alfred A. Curtis,
Miss Eleanor Todd, Miss Elinor
Harter, Miss Frances Hurd, Miss
Marie Ritz, Mrs. Walter Runge,
Mrs. Whitson, Mrs. Thomas F.
Manns, Miss Mary Johnson, Miss
Alice Kerr, Mrs. A. c. Whittier,
Mrs. Firman Thompson, Mrs.
Charles B. Evans, Miss Lydia
Fader, Mrs. Joseph H. Hossinger.
Mrs. Charles L. Penny, Mrs. Daniel
Thompson, Mrs. William F. Hoey,
Mrs. William Kennedy, Mrs. Clar-
ence A. Short, Mrs. Ernest Frazer,
Mrs. George A. Rhodes, Mrs. E.
Laurence Smith, Mrs. Samuel c.
Mitchell, Miss M. V. Caudell, Miss
Harriet H. Winslow, Miss Eliza
beth Crime, Mrs. c. o. Houghton,
Mrs. Charles Dunlevy, Miss Jane
Maxwell, Mrs. J. Pilling Wright,
Miss Nellie Wilson, Mrs. Herbert
j. Watson, Mrs. John Pilling, Miss
Cornelia Pilling, Miss Edith Spen-
Ger, Miss Elsie Wright, Miss Eliza
beth Wright, Mrs. Annie Moore,
Mrs. Charles P. Steel, Miss Audrey
Miller, Mrs. H. E. Vinsinger, Miss
Martha Wilson, Miss Eta Wilson,
Miss Mary McKeon and Mrs. John
Jex.
The American Red Cross is
striving to increase the member
ship of the organization to one
million. A compaign organizer
reached Delaware this week to
start an active campaign with a
view to increasing Delaware men,
bership to ten thousand. All are
asked to cooperate, and everyone
who can afford to is asked to join.
By joining you are paying one dol
lar a year; you are helping sup
port the Red Cross.
Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1917-05-09
First Aid Classes Started

twenty girls from the Junior
class, Women's College of Della
ware, took their first lesson in
FIRST Aid" last evening, under
the instruction of DR.. Blake and
MISS Crime. The girls will devote
TOUR hours week, from now until
the close of college, to this work.
Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1917-05-09
Plans For Memorial Day

J. B. Luton, of Reynolds Post,
No. 80, G. A. R., is planning in
teresting exercises for Memorial
Day. DR.. S. C. Mitchell will be the
speaker at the exercises in the M.
E. Cemetery.
Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1917-05-09
Dr.. Sypherd To
Address Graduates

The committee in charge of the
Commencement exercises of the
Newark Public Schools, has an
nounced that DR.. w. 0. Sypherd of
Delaware College will deliver the
annual address to the graduates.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-09-17

A&H5EEE IA LIFEtHtsa-k
Imagine three thousand uses for
electricityl The average person will
examine his home, his city and his
surroundings first studiously to point
out more than 900 uses o electricity.
Yet q pamphlet issued by the society
for electrical development actually
t~abulates s,o2S uses for electricity in.
tos trades and industries apart from.
the many uses to be found for cleo
ttieal devices In the homes.
'Do 1t electrically 3 saving
of energy and increased facility and
anything that requires, power or light,
can be done better by electricity.
Practically every home1ln cities and
towns Is equipped with electricity. In
fact, electricity is not aluxuryj but
a necessity In the home. Electrical
dynamo plants are now manufactured
at a moderate cost which enables
practically any farmer to produce suf-
ffcient electricity to provide Sufficient
flight for his home, and power for the
co%ntrivances usually used onSthe farm.
Probably the most. difficult! house,
hold duty OF today, washing, has be-
Lconie onesof the easiest. With the tnA
production of electricity In the home,
came the electric washing and wiring
ing machine. Crude, and with many
defects at first, It 3 o passed the ex-
detrimental stage, and before long the
work q day realized that woYienss
Emancipation from washing troubles
have been ACCOMPLISHED, The electric
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-09-17
INDAYS OF OLD

1- ~ tsgf1 NF..lEt F.N NJ ENIgGSgS &
In dayssee old, when dirt was bold,
And cleaning house q bore;
When women work did never shirk,
Though backs were stiff and sore
Twas wash and bake, no rest they'd
@@s take s8
From early morn TIL night
Twas cookaAnd Hweep, 'twould make
you weep
To zee their dolsful plight!
But JOY at last THAT time mas passed;
The Juice" has come to stay.
The washing's fun, the ironing's done,
All in the quickest way.
The wizards hand DER all the land
Has helped all wotnankihH
TO cook and sew, clean high and low,
And leave no dirt behind.
s.j Mrs. L. B. NJ.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-09-17

washer has changed the wash day into
d, Wash hour. It has banished the
trials and troubles Of the old time
methods and in the modern hon1s
there is no Blue Monday-only Sum
nv Monday, with the cheerful face of
the \ housewife radiatlng smiles
throughout the. day. Then again,
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-09-17
LOSING n OF TIME.

One loses d sense Of time in the
trenches, so 1t might be well to put
the year In when you date your letter
to your boy" IA
Jim twfitlng home}--oh, It's Tues
day, ID 1t? Tuesday the what, Bill?
BfIl4-Thet seventh.
Jim-Tussday the ,seventh-erJ
what Of, Bill?
Bi1l-July.
Jim-TuesdaY the seventh Of July
|-er--1916 or 1917. Bill?
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-10-29
FRETFLlL BABIES
NEED A LAXATIVE

When your baby is cross and fretful
the chances are it is constipated and
that q mild laxative is all that is neces-
saYy to make Il comfortable and happy.
Inactive bowels are the cause of as
much discomfort 10 children as to older
people, and unless the condition is
promptly relieved is very apt TO develop
serious illness.
For children th4re is nctLing that
will act more easily than the conbina-
tion Of simple laxative herbs with pep
sin that is sold in drug stores under the
name Of DR.. Caldweli's Syrup Pepsin.
1t does not gripe ard is free from
oPiate or narcotic drugs, is pleasant TO
the taste, and positively effective; chil-
dren like il and take it readily.
If you have never tried this simple,
Inexpensive remedy, get a bottle Of
DIR. Caldwelfs Syrup Pepsin from your
druggist and have it in the house to use
the next time any of the children seem
out of sorts. A trial bottle can be OBJ
tanned, free of charge, by writing to
DR.. w. B. Caldwell, 456 Washington
ST., Monticello, Illinois.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-10-29
Large Advertising Corner
Changes Its Name
LARGE ADVERTISING CORNER

! Chicago, Oct. 2l.-The name of the
Taylor r-Critchfield- -Clague company, one
of the country's largest advertising and
merchandising concerns, has been
amended to Critchfield Company, by
the unanimous vote Of its stockholders.
This means no change whatever in
the personnel or control Of the organ
ization, except that Mr.. Stanley Clague,
whose release was granted a few weeks
ago in order that he might accept the
management of the Audit Bureau of
Circulatiops, is no longer connected with
it.
Major E. E. Critchfield has been ac-
tive in the company in an official capa-
city since the founding of the organ
ization and has been its president for
nearly six years. Under its new title
the management of the organization,
its standard of principles and the make
up of its directorate are the same.
The home office Of Critchfield & Com
pany is in the Brooks building, Chicago,
and important branches are maintained
in New York, Boston, Detroit and Mimi
eapolis. The company s activities in the
world of advertising and selling cover
period of t% lty-five years, and in
that time a business of large proper
tions, with many Of the leading manu-
facturers and other institutions num-
bered among rs clients, has been built
up. In addition to its work covering
every department CT advertising thru
out this country, the company has estab
lished a successful export department
and its sales and advertising opera
tions extend to South America ald Eu-
ropean countries, to Japan, Australia
and other parts ef the wo'ld.
The company S adherence to the finer
business ideals, and its contact with
commercial problems Of every kind, |
have brought to it both a reputation
for fair-dealing and a wide experience, 1
and this formaiity in the way of change |
Of name means no revision of policy. /
The company vii continue TO serve its 1
clients in the way that has enabled /
it to arrive at its present position in
the advertising field.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-10-29
MUD


the latter are Splendid mainly be-
cause their officers are "top-hole. !" All
you will get out of the officers ON that
subject is that Regulation No. l, when
man gets commission in the British
army is: Men first, officers next. y An
officer IS business, in other words, is to
see that his men are well looked after.
III there is any time left when. he has
done that, he may look after himself,
But Tommy comes first. That is why
the relations between superior and su-
bordinate in the mighty citizens army
of British are perfect in the highest
degree. Duke s son and cook IS son are
real pals. Glass distinction are non-exis-
tent in the England that is the trenched
fields of France and Flanders.
''Just so we keep ON livin that s
all we ask'' was the sententious obser-
walton of a mud-clotted Yorkshireman
who backed against the trench to let us
pass. We asked him the stereotyped
question Well, Tommy, how goes
itY'' His answer was Enthusiastically ty-
pical of the spirit which dominates the
whole army. The men are not happy to
be there. They long for the war to end.
They do not put in their time in the
slush and rain cheering and s;-3ing.
They banker for Blighty." They want
to go home. But not until the grim bust
ness that brought them to France is sat
isfactorily finished. They want no
Stockholm-made peace. They are fight
ing for a Knockout. They are battling
and enduring carrying-on'' ;, they call
it) on soil hallowed with the blood and
bones of too many thousands of their
glorious comrades-in-a to be salts
fled with any ending of the war which
would turn the sacrifices of those who
have "gone west" into a. mockery.
J. left behind me in London a lot of |
dismal, gloomy and downhearted friends
candidates all for Pessimists Clubs. L i
wish they could have hiked through |
the trenches with me today. 1t is the
finest cure in the world for the blues.
It may thunder and pour day and night
IN Trenchland, and the country may be
a morass for miles in every direction.
But the sun of optimism and confidence
IS always shining in the British Army S
leart.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-10-29
Margaret Mason Writes on
Gotham Fads and Fashions

I diagonally bisectcd across the front
with two inch band of vivid green
and silver broeade. The seal muff and
the huge flat seal bag show the same
green and silver bias streak. This lift.
tie jacket shows a stand up military
collar but on most of the lonp fnr
coats of the season the notch collar.
which is worn either spread omen COW!
erlng the entire back shoulder expanse
or folded up snug and close in chin
chin style is featured.
Inc Favored model for the long coats
shows the rather close fitted TOP with
a well defined waist line to which is
attached the full ripping skirt. Eth
er with or without fur girdle or belt
these coats are so decidedly new in
outline that one just has to have ones
last years coat done over to meet their
1917 requirements.
The bell sleeve is endeavoring to-
ring the changes on the fur coat sleey-
ees even as it has on our frocks. Deeply
banded in fur it is very effective.
For the ubiquitous knitters who
cease not from their purling in public
even though the snow flies come new
est hhlttlng bags OF fur, sleek and ca
paeious and thereby hangs a tail or
rather a score Of them adangle in the
row along the bottom of the bag. 1t is
a Kolinsky bag that has the tail trim
ming but much more artistic are the
bags of mole or seal, embroidered in al
design of vivid worsted flowers on the
side as if you say II flaunt all my
bright colored wool on the outside of
me ut inside I treasure only wool of
khaki and navy blue.' A cunning tur-
with these knitting bags. Cynic that I
am, these sets set me wondering if |
the poor soldier in the frozen trench
be able to get lot more
warmth out of the fur bag and bonnet
than out of the wrist1ets and mufflers
which their owners will eventually
evolve.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-10-29
Rock Point Items
Capital journal Special service)

NCapllal journal special SerVlce)
Rock Point, Oct. 27-Orlo Hum.
phreys of Victor Point was in this To-
eality this week with his grain roller
and wood saw.
Joe zubers were Salem visitors on
Thursday.
Mr. .and Mrs. w. II. Downing are on
a visit to George Downing now station
ed at American Lake. They expect to
visit Seattle and other points in their
Buick Six, providing this nice wealth
er continues.
Miss Stella Wagner and Miss Down
ing, the Rock Point teacher, called at
the Darby home Thursday.
The yard around the beautiful home
of w. IL. Downing is being improved
under the supervision Of Mr. Holmes,
the father Of Mrs. Downing.
Jack Frost left no chance for any
more green beans to grow nor potato
vines to look green.
b. G. Downing is being delayed in
his road work. OH account of not be-
ing able to secure a roller.
r. A. Blevins of Shaw with P. j.
Darby and family motored to Salem on
Saturday, where Mr.. darby had dental
work done.
j. A. Burns and wife spent Sunday
with the latter S parents near Silverton
The occasion being family reunion.
j. A. Burns and wife called at the
Darby home on Monday.
Among those doing business in Stay
ton on Monday were: Mrs. j. Holman,
P. Darby and family, Mr.. G. Holmes
and J. Staigers and little daughter.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Burns of Salem were
out to the ranch on Wednesday.
The grain in the hills is looking fine
as yet, but would be much benefited
by rain. Flowing in this locality is
because of the dryness of the
ground.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-10-29
wAcHTAIAN-ERB WEDDING

On Wednesday evening at p. m,
October "a, 1917. at the country home
of the brides parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Levi Erb. occurred the marriage Of
their daughter, Hettie Z. to George
Waehtman, in the presence Of forty
one guests, Bishop A. p. Troyer off.
eiating. A number OF beautiful and
useful presents were received.
After the ceremony refreshments
were served consisting of ice cream,
cake, nuts and candy.
The groom is a highly respected
young farmer, living on his
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-10-29
OLDER BOYS CONFERENCE
NORTHWEST, DATES 81

State Superintendent of Public In
struetion Churchill has been advised of
the dates of the Older Boys Conference
to be held under the supervision of
the interstate executive committee of
the Y. M. G. A. Of Oregon and Idaho.
They are as follows: For western Ore
gon, Eugene, November 80, and Decem-
Der / and 2; for eastern Oregon, La
Grande, December 7, and o; for south
ern Idaho, Twin Falls, December IA,
Is and l6.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-10-29

carbuncle on the small finger of his
left hand. DR.. Brewer is treating the
finger.
There will be dance and basket So
cial at the G. T. hall next Tuesday night.
Dancing will take pace on the lower
floor, while those who do not dance will
enjoy themselves with card playing and
other amusements on the upper floor.
VIM. Hassler is the possessor of a
new Ford. He steered it on a trip to
Portland Thursday.
Mrs. Adam Susbauer is seriously i'll.
A number of our young folks were to
Stayton to see the movies Sunday even
ing.
Another of our prosperous farmers
has invested in a motor car, in the per-
son Of Joseph Henberger, who has a
new Ford. Who's next9
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-10-29
How Long Must l Suffer
From the Pangs of Rheumatism?

nent good, for they cannot possibly
reach these germs which infest your
blood by the millions.
,. >, ). has been successfully used
Tor Rheumatism for more than fifty
years. Try it to-day, and you will
md. yourself at last on the right
track to get rid of your Rheumatism.
You can get valuable advice about the
treatment of your individual case BY
writing to the Chief Medical Adviser.
Swift Specific Co.. Dept. D At
lanta, Ga.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-10-29
LONGING
FOR A Child
gollng Wife AImoss in De-
SPAR. Now has Beautiful
Eaby Girl.

There is nothing more charming than
2 happy and healthy mother Of children.
and indeed childbirth under the right
conditions need he no hazard to health
or beauty. Lydia L. pinkham's Veg
etable Compound has brought Joy to
many childless women by restoring them
to normal health. Here Is notable case.
Omaha, Neb.-'I suffered from fe-
male troubles when l Was seventeen
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-10-29

years old. At eight-
cen | was married
end my trouble was
no better SO / con-
suited a physician
who said that there
W as not much /
could do and | could
not have children.
] read Of Lydia u.
Pinkham We ge.
table Compound and
decided to try ie,
end IL bae prn~asi
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-10-29
Sggblirnity Items
(Capital Journal Special S

IUapitaI journal Special Service)
Sublimity, Ore, Oct. 27.-Mrs. Henry
Duenwald and daughter, Miss Frances
who have been visiting friends in this
vicinity left Wednesday for their home
in Hillsboro.
Joseph Schrewe has very painful
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-10-29

worth its weight in gold to me for am
EoC only y well but have baby girl, SO
When hear OF any woman suffering as
55,Was ] ten her of Lydia E. PinkhaTns
Nege tab 10 Compound =" Mrs. w.
HUGHES, le Majestic Apts. ,Oa.alia, NeS.
In many other homes, once childless,
there are now children because of the
TACT that Lydia =. Pinkham' S Vegetable
compound makes women norma.
healthy and strong.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-10-29
BY M--2GARET MASON

Ah0io was notHlng Iuflner from ouI
thoughts
Than furs some weeks ago
But now what a hurry
To get something furry
Because it looks like snow?
No,
Because they become us so.
New York, Oct. 27.-"Well Norah.
have pelerine, said my next door
neighbor to her new maid the other
day. Nora's face grew long and sor-
rowful. "Indeed, Nam, and will We be
havin an operation9'' she demanded
in hushed ana sympathetic tones.
If you are uncertain like Norah as
to the nature of the lady ailment /
will do a Noah Webster to pelerine
and elucidate the fact that it is ga
lady's cape or tippet" What fur is a
pereline-is a foolish question these
days for one sees them on every hand
or more literally on every shoulder.
Most of the smartest new ones show
Sits for the arms in a fashion much re-
sembling the dolman of yesterday.
Some reach to the waist line and 9th
ers, without the arm holes of course,
mereIy ripple around Jne shoulders.
Some are crossed in front like sur
plice and fastened at the waist line be-
hind. There are divers variations and
each one more stunning than the 9TH
er. Usually a combination of two furs
is used in their evolving when the
fur is of the short haired variety such
as mole with ermine or seal with err
mine but those of Kolinsky, sable fox
or skunk are richer in the one long
haired fur.
One peachy little set in bright blue,
peau de peche and mole has a long
scarf of the blue bordered in the mole
to be swathed around il s owners lucky
little throat and caught with stun
ming silver ornament. The sassy little
close fitting hat has crown of blue
topped with two bobbing pompoms of
the mole while the turned up brim of
the mole is caught at just the right
spot with the wing of the silver orna-
ment on the scarf. A long bag of the
peau de peche finished at the bottom
with band of the fur and a pompom
swings on silver cord.G
A startling little jacket of seal is
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-10-29

farm east Of town where they expect
to make their home.
They left Thursday morning for
Newport on a wedding trip and carry
with them the best wishes Of the en-
tire community in which they live
Hubbard Enterprise
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-10-29

1t is now evident that the man who
7as to have put the Eli in Michaelis
failed to show up.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-10-29
Is there no real relief in sight?

Doubtless like other sufferers. YOU
have often asked yourself this ques-
tion, which continues to remain un-
answered.
Science has proven that your Rheu-
matism is caused by germ in your
blood, and the only way to reach it is
by remedy which eliminates and re-
moves these little pain demons from
your blood. This explains why lini-
ments and lotions can do no perma-
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-10-29

Germany's naval demonstration
against Russia was evidently designed
to give the Germans something to be
thankful for on Thanksgiving day.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-10-29
WE'VE DONE OUR HITCH IN HELL

I'M sitting here thinkin o the things
l left behind,
And hate to put on paper what is run
min through my mind.
We we dug million trenches and clear
ed 10 miles of ground,
And meaner place this side of He'll,
know, is still unfound.
But there Is still one consolation, gather
closely while 1 tell:
When we die we re bound for Heaven,
for we've done our hitch in
He'll.