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Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1917-01-04


meetings where no admission is to "
he charged. such meetings AS are
held for social or educational pur-
poses and not for the purpose OF
earning money.
Sunday school services in the
7chool house Sunday, Jan. 7, 1917,
vt 1870 a. IA.
Observation-Disclosures TorsdaP
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Hansen, Hotellet. Allie Cer vel,
kOmmen.
P. Fl. Petersen, Sex.
Dansk Brodersamfund mGder
L6rdag Aften den CITE Januar
Valg af Kasserer
j. r. Petersen, Sex.
bet Aarlige Meninghedsm0de
vii bllve afholdt kirken, Man,
dag, den Ste Jan, Eftermiddae
II. |.
Gymnastics for girls will be
taken up again tomorrow fFri-
dav) evening and continue each
Friday thereafter.
Mrs. Wayne Jacobsen.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1917-01-04

FOR THE WEEK

This column is for free use by
churches. schools. societies. lodges,
' etc. for the purpose Of announcing
InrC tmSS where no admission iS to
he charged. such meetings AS are
held for social or educational puf-
poses and not for the purpose OF
earning money.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-09-19
HUNDRED CANDLES ON CAKE.
Aged Man Celebrates His Birthday
With Family.

WauseOn, O.-Lucius Palmer Taylor.
Fulton county's oldest man, has cele-
brated his one hundredth birthday at
his home in Pike township, near Wilma
meg.
At noon there was a Taylor family
birthday basket dinner, with a huge
cake bearing 100 candles. In the after
Dol friends and neighbors were re-
ceived by the aged gentleman, who still
has a very accurate memory, has a
fairly strong voice and Is able to walk
about. Mr.. Taylor made a few remi-
niscent remarks.
lie IA born In auckland township,
Franklin county, Mass, Aug. IS, 1917,
and came to Fulton county, o., seventy
four years ago, establishing a farm IL
the wilderness on which he has ever
since resided. He raised a large fam
lily, was one of the founders Of the first
Fulton county fair and gave two IONS
to the country In the civil war.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-09-19
Fox Doc Comes Back.

Oscada, Mich. Bill Biggerstaff's pet
fox dog has returned. The last Bill
saw Of the dog was in December, when
he started a fox. He never was known
TO return without the fox before, some
times being out as long as a week. But
this time he came back In a baggage car
crate, with q note from a man near
Grand Marais, $50 miles away, who
found the dog there starving two weeks
go. Bill will send the dog out this
winter after the same fox.
canton, O.-Mrs. VIII G. Green, wife
of a Canton merchant, is planning to
turn her large estate, Glen Ardens.
near here, into a school farm, where
Canton girls will be given intensive
training N farming that will enable
them In q few weeks to hire out as
farm hands. Overalls and straw hats
will be adopted as a uniform, and the
girls will work in squads, with a cap
tain over each squad Most of the girls
are about sixteen. They will work four
days. a week, sever hours a day. The
girls will don their overalls at their
hoLnes and be taken to and from the
estate In autos.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-09-19
LEFT FORTUNE
GRATEFUL PATIENT LEAVES
LENNON PHYSICIAN
$50, 900.

Lennon. Sept. ia long time
ago, away back in 1888. to be exact.
DR.. o. w. Phelps, nov a veteran ply
stefan and a successful one, living al
Lennon, was a young practitioner
just getting a start in life at Hope
dale, Ill. One of his patients at that
time was a real estate and investment
dealer named McMan, a S%cotchman.
who was very i'll of a fever. Young
DR.. Phelps treated McMan through
charged the customary fee which was
paid, with the thanks of the Scotch
man. and thought nothing more ct
the matter. save that a somewhat
warm friendship grew up between
the young doctor and the real estate
man. Dr.. Phelps left the Illinois
town a long time ago, and when this
section of South Dakota was opened
TO settlement and Lennon was
founded, he located at this place.
The other day DR.. Phelps. on go
ing to the postoffice for his mail,
was surprised to find a letter from a
firm of lawyers in Illinois, informing
him that McMan was dead, and that.
having no direct kin, and remember
ing the skill with which his illness
of a third of a century ago had been
treated, he had left a will in which
the sum of $500 was bequeathed
TO Dr.. Phelps. DR.. Phelps was sur
prised, but he turned over his pa
tients to another physician, tempo
rarily, while he is in Illinois looking
into the matter.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-09-19
TO COMPLETE WORK
DISTRICT BOARD COMPLETES
ENENPTIONS NEXT
SATURDAY.

Pierre. Sept. 19.-The district eX-
emption board which has been in ses-
sion for some weeks past at the cap
itol. will have all its labors completed
for the present draft, excepting detail
work of office routine, by Saturday
night, September %, and will there
upon move its location to Sioux Falls,
where the secretary lives, and any
detail matters which come up after
that will be taken are of by the sec
rotary there.
Consequently the board wish the
public to notice hat any communica-
tons to the board sen to them after
Thursday. September 20, should be
addressed to the District Exemption
Board, Sioux Falls, instead of Pierre.
The board has completed, or will
complete by Saturday, all the lists
for each county for the first call.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-09-19
TO FEED UNCLE JAMS
SOLDIERS IN TEXAS
Dealers Planning to Deliver 4,395, 900
Pounds of Potatoes.

Fort Sam Houston, Texan enor-
nous quantity of foodstuffs will be re-
quired to feed the thousands Of sol
diers who are soon to be stationed In
different military posts and camps in
Texas. This is shown by the quantity
of potatoes and onions upon which bids
have just been received at the chief
quartermaster's office here.
These bids do not include the sup
plying of the new national guard camps,
but are only for the troops at Fort Sam
Houston and on the Mexican border.
They call for the delivery during Sep
TENDER and October of 1895, 900 pounds
of potatoes and 549.500 pounds of on.
ions. The potatoes and onions must be
delivered during September and Octo-
Der.
The potatoes will be distributed as
follows: Fort Sam Houston, 1000, 600
pounds; Brownsville, $4,000; Corpus
Christi, 10000; Del Rio, $4,000: Eagle
Pass. 100000; McAllen. 10000; Mer-
cedes, $4,000; Sam Fordyce, 10000. and
San Benito, 10000. The onions will
be distributed: To Fort Sam Houston,
100000 pounds; Brownsville, 10000;
Corpus Christi, 5000: Del Rio, $500;
Eagle Pass, 10000; McAllen, 5000: Mer-
cedes. 5000; Sam Fordyce, 1000. and
san Benito. 1000.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-09-19
navy RECRUITS
THEY WILL BE SENT DIRECTLY
TO TRAINING CAMPS.

Aberdeen, Sept. 19.-Seaman Bro
gan, the officer in charge at the local
navy recruiting station, has received
notice that hereafter the district Off
Gals at the Omaha headquarters will
keep no waiting list of men who go
there from %substations, but that they
will send all who enlist to the naval
training station at once.
Heretofore. men who have been
sent from substations, such as Aber-
deem. Fargo. Sioux Falls and other
similar stations. have gone TO Omaha
and If they passed the test they have
been SEN home to await their sum
mons from the navy department,
which usually came several weeks
later. This has been done away with,
and hereafter men who enlist here
will be sent TO Omaha for examina-
ton and If they pass there they will
be sent direct to the training stations.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-09-19
SELECTIVE FORCES
L. =. NOBILIZING MORE TIL
200 900 MEN-ON TO
FRANCE.

Washington, ID. c., Sept. 49,
Marshaled for the last time as al
ians and under civilian autho y
more than 200. 1000 men of the ia
tional army are going forward TO-DAY
to the 16 environments to be trained
for the battle against German autoc-
racy. Their next move will be as
fighting men toward the battle fields
of France.
The whole nation is astir with the
movement of the selective forces.
The men represent approximately As
per cent of the total quota under the
first call from each of nearly 5000
local boards. Already at the camps
is the advance guard of 5 per cent Of
the total. composed of experienced
men. including cooks. Out of this
has been created a skeleton organiza-
ton into which the second increment
will begin to be absorbed with little
confusion. When the last men of
this increment arrive the camps will
house half of the first call forces, or
343,500 men, and the other half will
follow as rapidly as quarters can be
arranged.
In a statement the war department
a v the enormous task of obtaining
equipment and supplies for the army
is moving satisfactorily. Some of the
men of the national army may be
only partially equipped for some time
after they are modified and no at
tempt will be made to furnish them
with fun war equipment until the
eve of their departure for Europe.
Some civilian clothing, such as over
coats. have to be used for a time. as
the clothing industry has not as yet
caught up with it's work.
With the mobilization of one-half
of the 6S7 900 men of the first call
under the selective service Law in
progress the question arises as to
whether that number of men will be
sufficient to fill all units of the ma
tional guard and national army.
There are indications that a defic-
iency i'm men will be disclosed when
official reports from all the 80 train
ing camps are available.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-09-19

Jme economics department and fur
sh room for the women's gymnasi-
n. This building will be put up
ear East hall, to the northeast of
hat structure, so that both dormi-
cries can use a common dining
room.
The new engineering building will
go up to the northwest of the Chem
istry building, and will be the shops
of that department. The new engi-
neering building will relieve the
strain in Science hall where class
rooms and more space for laborato-
ries are badly needed. The new
women's building, in housing home
economics. will make room in the
Chemistry building to accommodate
more laboratories there.
Homes and Finn. Of Sioux Falls
and Chicago. are the architects for
the new buildings. money for which
was appropriated by the last legisla-
ture.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-09-19
ORIGIN OF NAME "SAMMlES."
French Called Men lies Amis," and Cor
respondents Did the Rest.

The use Of the term "Sammies" to
describe u troops Is almost unknown
in France, according TO dispatches re
eeiyed from the United States marines
in the oversee expedition of the first
10 fight"
How the term came into use Is ey
planned in this wise. When the FIRST
to fight contingent steamed into port
the people on the wharf shouted.
sNivent les amis.' pronounced "Neev
lays aimee What this means ~
Tong live the (ourl friends but les
amis may sound a good deal like
les Sammies," and the newspaper
men SO interpreted 1t. Immediately the
folks lack home began calling our
troops "Sammies." but the French have
vet to acquire the habit
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-09-19
BIG POTATO CROP PREDICTED
VIII Amount to 49,, ooo,o o Bushels,
Says vrooman.

Washington, Sept. 1S.-America's
potato crop will be a vital factor In
winning the war, according to Assist
ant Secretary OF Agriculture Carl
vrooman. The country will have at
east 100. 000. 900 bus els of potatoes
IN excess of the 200, 100000 bushel crop
last year" says MIR. Vrooman.
In order to properly conserve this
supply and release other foods for mill
lary use. Mr.. Vrooman declares po-
lato warehouses must be made avafl-
able In every county in the United
States. The crop to be harvested, II
was stated, will total 462, 900, 900 bush
bis.
Community warehouses are Mr..
vrooman's suggestion for meeting the
situation and he urges farmers asso-
stations, bankers and merchants to 90
operate to make storage places avail.
able.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-09-19
Less Costly Than Lobbyists.

Madison, Wis, Sept. 49, More
money was spent in lobbyists fees
by private interests during the last
session of the Wisconsin legislature
than was spent by the state In sal
aries for members of the Badger law
making body. Reports on file in the
office OF Secretary Of State Merlin Hull
show lobbyists were paid $90,545 dur
Ing the last session. Assemblymeu
md state senators receive $500 each,
which for 1873 members of both houses
would total $66,500 Expenses of indt
vt1ual lobbyists we're over $4,000.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-09-19

tween Germany and Haiti were severed
and would remain severed until Haiti
replied to orders which the government
would get from the imperial naval
commander. Thiels, on board the Char
iotte.
Four hours were given Haiti 10 COM
ply. After that ''c0ercive measures"
would be undertaken by the warships
Charlotte and Stein. Haiti yielded,
but has harbored thoughts Of revenge
ever since.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-09-19
SHOOTING RANGE ATOP HOTEL
Roof of New York Hosiery TO Have
Rife Club Next Winter.

Roof of New York Hostelry TO Have
Rife Club Next Winter.
New York The roof OF a well known
hotel is going to be converted into a
shooting range next winter. with a club
that is 10 be composed Of men, women.
boys and girls TO do the shooting. Since
the war came To America nearly every
body wants to learn how to shoot, and
the keepers of rife galleries have been
coming money. Miss Martha Maynard
Is TO have charge Of the new organiZa-
ton, and Miss June Haughton, who il
a world famous shot, will supervise tbs
actual firing.
An architect has been directed to con-
vert the roof into an English shoot
ing ground and lodge, with provision
against any possible danger from stray
shots.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-09-19
ARGENTINA NOT SATISFIED
Expulsion OF Luxbure Not to End
Incident.

Buenos Aires, Sept. 18.-Foreign
Minister Pueyrredon has informed the
Associated Press that he was salts
fed hat the expulsion of Count Lux
burg had not closed the incident grow
ing out of the kilograms tent Berlin
through the Swedish legation.
The minister explained that he dis
cussed the recent German negotiations
ut a supposedly secret session of the
Senate and that Count Luxburg cabled
bis remarks to Berlin a few days later.
The foreign minister said he be-
lieved that Germany would make con-
cessions to retain the friendship Of
Argentina, but that unless the republic
obtains the ran and conces-
Sions desired, the friendship will end.
An anti-German demonstration
planned by foreign residents here
was prohibited by the government.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-09-19
new BUILDINGS
TWO NEW STRUCTURES FOR THE
SOUTH DAKOTA UNIVERSITY.

vermillion, Sept. 19.-Ground was
broken this week for the two new
buildings which the Olson Construc-
ton company will erect for the Uni
versity Of South Dakota.
One of the new buildings, which
is to furnish dormitory room for
women students, will also house the
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-09-19
YOUR PRESENT TO THE MA
RINE.

: Make your present TO the ma 4
: rine as compact and durable as I
: possible. Is the admonition Of I
+ marine corps officials whose ex- 1
!. pcriences In many campaigns I
+ have taught them the needs of
: the lighting
+ The important things are those 1
+ that the marine actually carries
: into the trenches-metal cases 1
+ for toothbrush and soap, razors, 4
+ water tight match boxes, steel !
+ backed mirrors, and only articles !
+ that stand exposure 10 the
!. weather are of value. Though
+ OF good quality, they should not 1
+ be expensive. as such articles are 1
/. frequently lost. Clothing boxes. .
+ kept In reserve billets lacS Of /
+ the firing line. viii hold articles /.
+ not actually In use by the United
+ States marines.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1917-04-27
One Too Many.

Mr.. Bruce Barton, editor of Every
Week, was describing the mental trepi-
dalton of friend of his who was max
ing his first public speech.
When he got up to speak the audi
ence seemed to him like the result Of
test wife tried on her husband who
came home early one morning from a
banquet where there had been guam
tity of some unknown beverage.
The wife, who found her fears had
been realized, placed two chairs fac
ing each other, sat down in one and
applied the stare test, looking upon the
inebriated one with cold, fixed stare.
"'Pll tell you all about it, my dear,
he hiccuped, "but that woman in the
other chair looks so much like you /
can't tell which is which,"
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1917-04-27
AN ANCIENT JAPANESE ART
Embroidery Made In FIowery Kingdom
for Centuries Before Country
Was Opened to World.

Japanese embroidery, now so popu-
lar in this country, is one of the Oldest
arts of the mikado's people. For CEN
turtles before the country was opened
to foreign intercourse heavily embroid-
cred silk kimonos, screens, and other
articles were made by professional
embroidery experts, principally in
Kyoto. This same profession con-
tinues today, having been handed
down from father to son for many gen.
erations. For this reason the center
Of the country's art-embroidery indus
try is at Kyoto, although cheaper en-
broideries, principally for export, are
produced in large quantities in other
part of the Kobe district.
The majority of the workers in Kyo-
to are men, who produce the finer
grades Of embroidery. 1t is essentially
household industry, and is usually
conducted in small shops, where from
three to ten apprentices and skilled
embroidery are employed. The men
received from 40 to rs cents gold per
day. The women, however, are able
to earn from Is to so cents gold per
day, depending upon their ability and
diligence.
The manufacture of handmade lace
is q comparatively new industry In
Japan, as lace was not used by the
Japanese before the advent of foreign
ers. The industry is still In its in
fancy, and the output is small.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1917-04-27
CHINESE MILITARY TACTICS
celestiaIs Planned to Trip Up Foes,
Throw Water in Their Faces and
Then Cut off Their Heads.

At the beginning of the Chino-Japa-
nese war, says contributor to the
Washington Star, one of our military
attaches saw Chinese regiment take
the field at review and go through a
very curious performance.
The soldier carried long bamboo
poles like fishing rods, and with these
they rushed at one another, yelling
wildly and making very queer gestures
and grimaces.
What's the gamer" asked the Amer
lean.
"That regiment" Chinese general
answered, lis one of our very oldest.
1t is now practicing form of assault
that dates from prehistoric times. The
idea is to trip the enemy up with the
long wand, throw water in his face
and, in the midst of his bewilderment
at this extraordinary treatment, to
cut off his head."-Youth's Compan-
ion.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1917-04-27
FOREIGN ENJOYS
HOLD CONFERENCE
BRITISH AND FRENCH COMMITS.
SION ARRIVE TO CONFER
WITH UNCLE SAM.
OUTLINING PLANS OF WAR
Simple But Hearty Welcome Given
the Foreign Representatives Upon
Their Arrival at Washington.
Conferences Being Held.

Washington.-The American capital
extended simple but heartfelt wei
come Sunday to the British minister
for foreign affairs, Arthur ]. Balfour,
and the other members of the British
commission which came to Washing.
ton, as Mr.. Balfour himself expressed
It, Ito make cooperation easy and eff.
fective between those who are striy.
ing-with all their power-to bring
about a lasting peace by the only
means that can secure it--namely, a
successful war"
The weather was perfect and Wash.
ington in the bright spring sunshine,
clad in the light green foliage of the
season, never looked more beautiful
than when the special train which
brought the distinguished visitors,
with their official escorts, drew into
the union station. Everywhere bunt
Ing flew in the light breeze, mainly the
American national colors. The British
Unionjack and the French tri-colors
were in evidence in many places, but
the local flag makers had been unable
to meet the public demand for them.
Exactly ON time, at o'clock, the
special train drew into the station
Aside from the guards only a very
few persons had been permitted to
enter the train shed. These included
Secretary Lansing, Frank l.. Polk,
counsellor for the state department;
VIM. Phillips, assistant secretary OF
state; Hugh Gibson, secretary of the
American legation at Brussels, who
distinguished himself by his extraor.
binary efforts to save the life Of Edith
Cavell, and several other state depart
ment officials.
Representing the British govern.
ment were Sir Cecil Spring Rice, the
British ambassador; Colville Barclay,
counsellor for the embassy; Thomas
Spring Rice, Mr.. Hohler, Lieut.. Col
Murrough O'Brien, Commodore Guy
Grant, secretaries and attaches of the
embassy.
AS the train stopped the two mill
tary officers of the British party
stepped to the floor of the shed. Then
Mr.. Balfour descended, hat in hand,
and was Immediately presented by the
British ambassador to Secretary
Lansing. The two secretaries ex-
changed hearty handclasp and chat
ted for few moments while the re-
mainder of the party emerged from
the train and ranged themselves along
the side to permit of photograph be-
ing taken by an official photographer,
the only one which is to be permitted
according to the present plan.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1917-04-27
BOSCHEE'S GERMAN
SYRUP
A Valued Household Remedy for
Over Half a Century.

In our climate, with its sudden
changes of temperature, rain, wind and
sunshine often intermingled In single
day, 1t is no wonder that our children,
friends and relatives are SO frequently
taken from us by neglected colds, many
deaths resulting from this cause. A
bottle of Boschee's German Syrup kept
in the house. and few doses taken In
time, will possibly prevent severe Ill
ness, doctors bill, and perhaps death.
For fifty years this has been a very
successful remedy for coughs, colds,
throat or lung troubles. 1t induces a
good nights sleep with easy expec-
toration in the morning. For sale by
druggists in all parts of the civilized
world, rs and rs cent bottles.-Adv.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1917-04-27

Sylacauga, Ala.-'I took DR.. Pierce's
Pleasant Pellets for constipation, sick
headache, dizziness, colds and la
grippe and received great benefit, also
have used the Favorite Prescription
and Golden Medical Discovery in the
family with great results and feel
safe in recommending these remedies
to anyone. MRS. A. M. CAMP.
Simply ask your druggist for DR..
Pierce's Pleasant Pellets. You will
find the signature on the package Just
as you do on DIR. Pierce's Favorite
Prescription, the ever-famous friend
to ailing women, and DIR. Plerce's Gold
en- Medical Discovery for the blood.
The Prescription and Discovery
have been favorite herbal remedies for
fifty years because they contain no
alcohol or any narcotic. Both liquid
or tablets. II not obtainable. send
$1.0O to DIR. v. NJ. Pierce, Buffalo. N.
z, for tablets. -
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1917-04-27
BANKS GoBBLE UP BIG LOAN
Two Hundred Million Dollars Offering
of War Securities Oversubscrib-
ed BY Bankers.

Washington.-The first American
offering of war securities in any form,
$2O0,0O0,OO0 in treasury certificates,
has been heavily overscribed.
How great the oversubscription is
officials are unable to say, as many
Of the banks before which the offer
had been placed informally through
the Federal reserve board have not
been heard from.
The certificates we're offered only to
financial institutions. The response,
officials believes, presages patriotic
outpouring Of funds to an extent un-
paralleled in the history Of any nation,
when the $4,000, 100000 bond issue is
placed before tho general public.