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The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-06-21
The Old Gang
(Berton Braley)

Yes there was quite crowd us. the
proud of u.s.
When we were young husky there to beat
bunch,
Big bodied was the feet each man
of US
lot of first miners. miner packed punch
We went OR toos uproarious and tanked something
glorious
Yet went to work mornings feeling little for
gang drill at ALL shovel with our skill at
Yes when it came drinking and to mining there
There!
Said Shea to all the rest of u.s. "The get the
best of u.s.
We take a of kker but carry it so WELL"
morning Shea, duty, tripped, and in an empty
chute he slipped,
guess his bleary he would have fell
Dobbs Moriarty both Joined the great majority
Theyd shaky If it wasn't for the drink
Their the county nowthey could the
bounty
OF all that whisky money that their husbands
clink
McWilliams Jim Harrgan when they a
4 again,
And died .tremens the finish of a bat
For booze has way with gets you if you stay
with IT,
we're shot pieces fore saw the
Yes would boast u.s. but kker got the
of
CThe mining supes don't you with alcoholic eye),
So aoehng drinks and quavering along
wavering-
Say haven't you two bits to feed hungry guy?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-04
ToDAY's MARRIAGE LICENSES

George NJ Benz Atlantic city. and Edith
CBmer, Atlantic city.
ws ssdaS5's { IScs w,,DR, Bancroft ST. and
netts O. Pershlng. 1891 8, SD st.
John Markowski. sl1 $. Philip ST., and Mary
Tjeiss, Sii s. Philip st.
William ]. Ryan, TOi s. 65th st., and Florence
Caveny, 1924 +. Etting St
william s. Ben1etts. Moorestown, N. j" ana
Elizabeth r. Phillips 7s2 s. AIth st.
Samuel Adams. lilO Katcr a., and OUNe
Stokes 802 S. 18th 1t.
Elmer w. Warbler 500 Il. susauehanna ave.
and Marion Iredale 9202 Ludlow 1T.
Hughie Meadows. 2O13 Latona St, and Esteine
Jemmott, 29O9 Oakford At.
Ralph S. Alton, marine corps, Philadelphia, and
Ellen NJ. Bilger, 3OS w Motifs ST.
James D. sproul 500 ~ 18th st., and Corlqne
s. Bishop. 1871 s. i1st st.
Harry ~ Shroads. Ga n. Sth st. and Sadie
william Y. Dougherty. 2343 Ann ST., and Mary
V, Bradley 2833 Ann st.
Michael Gallagher. T22 s. Clarion ST., and Mary
Burns. 32i3 Memphis ct.
Louis Bernstein, 212B s. sth st.. and Sadie
Harris. 22I4 n. Park ave.
william Dickson, 1887 n. 22d St, and Emma
Dickson. Tyrone Pa
Ernest kamperman, 2227 Lehgh ave, and
John +, Ogden, 22O9 Hunting Park ave, and
Mary n Mulhoand 21O0 Hunting Park ave.
Henry Render. 482o Richmond ST., and Helen
Marine Vennarno, atlantic city and Berenice
DAnnibeie, 1917 $. 18Th st,
y. Wilson, 5Ol2 Jackson St
william Loss. 800 York St, and Minnie OFT.
Gusfave p. PATTI tta7 \. orkney St. and
Lima Metzeo 1906 Orianna st.
George NJ. kriCger. 90 r. Cornwall St. and
James Rainey, iaGT S aIth ST., and Barbana
Livingstone, 1904 S. saith st.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-04
MEN ARE NEEDED
FOR SIGNAL CORPS
Clerks and Stehographers
to Be Enlisted Here for
IL Aviation Service
OTHER CITY NEWS BRIEFS
New Quarters at Broad Street
Station Y. M. c. A. Are Opened
With Ceremonies

The Signal Corps of the army on Mon
aay will start a recruiting campaign in
philadelphia fer 200 clerks and stenogra-
pliers for the aviation section for foreign
service. Captain T. d. Mills has been de-
tailed for the recruiting work by the War
Department. He will open offices at III
Commercial Trust Building.
One hundred clerks and hundred
otenographers are needed badly. The office
will be open between . a. m. and p. m.
Those who have Office experience will have
little difficulty in qualifying. Il was said
Three-fourths Of those who qualify will
be made non-commissioned officers, accord
ing to their merits. The others will be
FIRST t-class privates, who get S39.6O month
IN foreign service. Corporals get S432O a
month and sergeants s45.60.
William Goodman, Jr, of $3.50 German
town avenue, has left Philadelphia for
Texas where he will enter the aviation
service. He has been commissioned cap
tain.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-04
LAST CALL FOR DRAFT
SLACKERS TO MAKE GOOD
Those Not Reporting at Once Must
Serve Sentence and Continue
in Service

WASHINGTON oct 4---Draft deserters
will be tried II apprehended and. instead
Of being dlshonorably discharged, as in the
past, must serve sentence and then be
retained in service This is the War De-
partment ruling today, though It was held
that a man might purge himself Of guilt
II he reported for duty at once and con-
vnced the authorities that he did not fully
realize the gravity of his ofense
There will be roundup of deserters who
do not at once avail themselves of this op.
portunity and the department offers a re-
ward Of $50 for the apprehension and de-
livery of each Stacker.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-04
Licensed at Elkton to Wed

ELKTON. Md, oct. 4.--The following
marriage licenses were granted here today
John Overend and Margaret Z. Maginness,
James a. HenlIes and Amanda Childs, Ma
thaniel Taylor and Adelaide Nichols phila-
delphia Lawrence ]. Rogers Jenkintown.
and Eleanor NJ. Rose, Philadelphia; Charles
Cooper and Isabella Warrington. Palmyra,
~ j.; August Muehlieb, Allentown. and
Mary Machick, Lansford Archie NJ Ell
hnEsworth and Ethel Johnson, Harrington,
Deli Joseph ]. Smith and Mary Fitzpatrick,
Trenton; Harvey Campbell and Marian Mid
dleton. Moorestown; c harles Keck and
Elizabeth Bruch, Easton, Pa.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-04
Will Attend Erie Meeting

The New Century Club has selected dele
gates to attend the meeting of the State
Federation of Womens Clubs at Erie on
October l as follows: Mrs H. S. Prentiss
Nichols, president of the club Mrs Will I'M
Leverett secretary; Mrs Martha Faconer,
Mrs. John B. Roberts, Mrs l.. S. Hutchin-
son and Mrs. Henry d. Jump.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-04
VAN SEWERS FALL OPENING

A special invitation is extended to the
public to attend the fall opening of the big
]. b. Van Solver furniture house in Camden,
which is being held this week.
The company announces an exhibition Of
choice productions of art and craftsmanship
as applied to the furnishing of the home.
Many new styles of suites, as well as indl-
vdual pieces are shown exclusively, maxi
ing the collection of furniture, rugs, draper
les, etc. one of great beauty and variety.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-04
Provide Meals for Soldiers

Red Cross Auxiliary No 5, the college
women's auxiliary Of Philadelphia, provid-
ed meals for 500 members of the New
York engineering corps en- route to Wash
ington. The meals were provided under
the direction of Mrs. George d. Feidt chair
man. and Mrs Walter Judson Freeman,
director OF the commissary department
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-04
Woman Ends Her Life With Pistol

Mrs. wilhelmina Wagner, forty-three years
old. 2Ol6 North Fifteenth street, today COM
mitted suicide by shooting herself in the
chest. according to the police. Death was
instantaneous. Her husband, William Wag-
ner, was unable. to ascribe any reason for
his wife's act, declaring that she had been
free from sickness or any form of melan-
Cholia.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-04
Army Officers Talk to Doctors

A number of army officers addressed IT'S
physicians and army officers at meeting
Of the College of Physicians and Surgeons
on the prevention of disease in the army.
DR. G. E. de Schweinitz presided.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-04
Appointed to West Point

Four Philadelphia boys have been APP
pointed to the Military Academy at West
Point Ralph b. Umstead, of 29 West
Phil-Ellena street, Germantown, is the first
choice William T. Fleming, of Chestnut
Hill, the first alternate; Louis Wagner
Marshall, Of 6214 Morton street, German
town, the second alternate, and Andrew G.
c. Quay, Jr., of Plymouth, first choice from
the Bucks-Montgomery district
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-04
Goes to Springfield, Mass, for Hoover

Howard w. Seley, produce merchant. at
ia Callowhill street, has gone to SPRING
field, Mass, at the instance of Food Admin
istrator Hoover to take charge of the
Hoover marketing program in that section.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-04
Plavprounds Have Good Season

The Playground Association of Philadel-
pha has expressed satisfaction with the re-
suits attained during the season just closed
All the centers were so well patronize1 that
q real need is indicated for the opening Of
more and larger recreation centers
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-04
Pastor Resigns to Work in Army

The Rev. L. Morrel Hainer, pastor of
the Belmont Avenue Baptist Church, has
resigned to take an active part in the Y. M
c. A work in National Army cantonments
The resignation takes effect after next Sun
day
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-04
To Help Soldiers Families

A Personal Service Club will be estab-
lished in this city under the direction Of
the Emergency Aid, for the benefit of SOL
diers in Pennsylvania cantonments Twen-
ty-five attorneys have volunteered to give
their services to families Of absent SOL
diers.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-04
Store Girls Form war-Aid Club

A "do-your-bit" club has been organized
by girls employed in department stores.
with headquarters in the Woman Suffrage
rooms. 1921 Chestnut street. The club will
meet every Tuesday night to collect maga-
zines and books for the soldiers
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-04
New Y. M. C. A. Quarters Opened

The Broad Street Station Branch of the
Y NJ. c. A. has opened its new quarters
Mt Eighteenth and Filbert streets, which
will take the place of those in the Annex
Building Fifteenth and Filbert streets, torn
down to make way for the Parkway The
dedicatory exercises were in charge of
William S. Patton. assistant to the pres-
dent Of the Pennsylvania, and general
chairman of the railroad Y NJ c. A.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-04
Women at Banking School

More than $50 pupils attended the open
ing session of the school of the local chap
ter of the American Institute of Banking
In the Washington Building. OF this num-
ber 1875 were women
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-04
Police Probe Five in Machine Shop

The police today are investigating the
FIRE which nearly destroyed the plant of
the Union Machine Works and Iron
Foundry, 1929 South Water street, The
damage is estimated at several thousand
dollars It is said that a number of men
employed in the repair shop are on strike.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-04
Training in Stores Management

war course in stores management has
been opened to all Philadelphians with office
training or executive ability, according to
an announcement made by the Wharton
School Of the University of Pennsylvania.
Hitherto only students were permitted to
take the course.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-04

SUFFRAGE PRISON GARB
This is the costume being worn by
the suffrage pickets now serving a
term of Imprisonment in the Dis
trict of Columbia workhouse at
Occoquan, Va. Mrs. Abby Scott
Baker, press chairman Of the Ma
tional Woman's party, was released
when her husband paid the fine
over her protest. The suffragists
have brought serious charges
against the superintendent of the
prison, who is suspended during the
investigation. When one of the
suffragists was removed to a hos
pital a small riot took place.
The Press., 1917-12-06
WHY FERTILIZER PRICES
 HAVE ADVANCED.

Cannon and crops use the same food. Six hundred thousand tons of nitrates went to make explosives last year, in the United States alone.
 Sulphuric acid necessary for the manufacture of acid phosphate is normally made from Spanish sul- phur ores. Submarines have now almost entirely cut off this supply.
 Birthstone, used as substitute source of sulphur, must be trans ported by rail at great expense from LOuislania and Texas, since the government has found 1t neces- sary to commander Sulphur-carry- ing boats.
 Large quantities of phosphate rock from Florida and Tennessee must now go by rail at high freight rates. Uncle Sam needs the boats.
 Higher labor, machinery, coal and supply costs have caused a gen. eral advance in all raw materials, varying from 26 to 100 per cent.
 Burlap bags which normally cost 10 cents each, now cost 25 cents and are scarce at that.
 Labor which was plentiful in 1914 at $2.O0 per day Is now almost unobtainable at QS.6O per day.
 There can be but one answer to conditions such as these; namely.
 high-priced fertilizers.
The Press., 1917-12-06
WILMINGTON.

Miss Nellie woodworth was re i. cent guest of Mrs. Edwin Carpenter.
 Albert shippey of Hartford called on his sister, Mrs. c. B. Robbins, this week.
 Alphonso Ruby and family of Rus- sell, Mass, were guests of Wm. Ruby on Thanksgiving.
 A number of ladies on the Hill have formed a knitting club and m eet with each membr in turn once a week.
 Mir. and Mrs. Mondor and child of willimantio spent Thanksgiving with Mrs. Mondor's mother, Mrs. G. B. Robbins.
 Mrs. Addison Dimook left Wednes. day for Hartford where she will spend the winter with her daughter, Mrs. Arnold Houohens
 Everett Richardson of Hartford made a business trip here Monday. Mir. Richardson is engaged in the real estate business.
 Mrs. Dewitt Crane left Hillside Monday to join Mir. Crane in Eliza beth for visit before returning to her home in the south.
 A family reunion was held at the home of James Burdick on Thursday, two daughters and their families oom' ing from Lawrence and Winsted.
 Mrs. Preston is gaining strength slowly, but is still confined to her bed. Mrs. Annie Houohens is caring for her. Mrs. Houohens. whose home is now in Hartford. is a graduate nurse of a New York hospital.
 Mrs. Cummings and daughter went to Lynn, Mass, over Thanksgiving. Miss Emma Robbins was entertained by her sister, Mrs. Samuel Pourtrey. Mrs. Hattie Himmeler had as guests John Himmeler and Charlie Cowles.
 Mrs. Emily Gardner and Miss Gene vieve entertained at Thanksgiving dinner the following guests: Dwight Gardner of Rockville; MT. and Mrs. Samuel Gardner of New Haven, and Mir. and Mrs. Spooner of Spencer, Mass.
The Press., 1917-12-06

A busheI of corn vsili buy more fer tiIizer now than it would in 1914. Every purchase must be considered on the basis of relative values rather than dollar values.
 The high quotations for spring fer tilizers have caused many farmers to ask whether it will be possible to use fertilizers at profit next season. The answer to this question may be found by comparison of the relative pur- chasing power of crops before the war and at the present time.
 In 1914 the usual corn fertilizer cost $21 per ton. Today the same fertilizer costs around $32 per tOn-an increase of 50 per cent. In 1914 corn was worth about 60 cents per busheI, talk ing the country over. Today it sells at not less than $1.3O per bushel on the farm-more than 100 per cent increase.
 The same calculation could be made for wheat, potatoes, or almost any other crop (excepting in the case of those fertilizers containing pOtash).
 Each individual farmer has merely to consider whether fertilizers paid before the war; if so they will pay even better now.
The Press., 1917-12-06
Turnino a Phrase.

Mr. Choatc'S talent for multiplying words which might not signify great teal. but which not only sounded well out h,lred to create with a. jury the Impression that he sought to convey, is we'll known. On one occasion in de lending an insurance company against which q claim had been brought for the loss of a ship which was declared by the Gefense to le utterly unsea worthy AIr. Choate made great impression ny ill, I1ldm@ in his plea these swelling words: And so, gentlemen. overbUr, dened with her well nigh priceless car 90 and carrying her far more precious freight of human life. the vessel start d on her voyage, painted, but perf1di Dus-a coffin, but no shipw
The Press., 1917-12-06
WHAT CAUSED FOOD sHoRrAoEi

Herbert Hoover, U. s. Food Admin istrator, says there have been two principal reasons to account for the present food shortage. First, the "un- kindness of nature" including the late spring, droughtS, hurricanes, poor con- ditions of rainfall, unexpected frosts and periods of intense heat in sections throughout the world.
 Second, he gives reduced produc- tivity of the soil in Europe" Concern ing this, Hoover says: '"This cOndi- tion has been brought about by bad management, unskilled work, and lack of fertilizers; and these in turn can be explained by the withdrawal of men from farm and 0eld to army and fac tory, and the employment on the soil of overwOrked women, unskilled old men and listlesS prisoners. Further more the vicious submarine has sunk boat after boat filled with nitrates and fertilizers, cOnsplring to augment the pauperizatiOn of the earth, so that reduction in soil productivity was in- eYitable."
The Press., 1917-12-06
ELLINGTON. Crystal Lake.

Eli Neff spent Thanksgiving with MT. and Mrs. Wm. Shenrer.
 Geo. Cady spent Thanksgi lying with MT. and Mrs. Geo. Ellithorpe in West Stafford.
 Mir. and Mrs. Herbert Glazier of West Stafford were at Wm Shearer's g last Friday.
 Mir. and Mrs. D. H. Curtis spent Thanksgiving with MT. and Mrs. Wm. Grover in Holland.
 MT. and Mrs Clarence Newell of Hartford spent Thanksgiving with their sister, Mrs. J. R. Downes.
 NIT. and Mrs. A. NJ. Richardson spent Thanksgiving with their parents, Mir and Mrs E. B. Neff, in Rockville.
 Schools reopened Monday after the usual Thanksgiving recess. Miss Chapman, the teacher, spent the time at her home in Groton.
 Edgar Aborn and sons, Roswell and Wilford, were with Mir. Aborn's sister, Miss Grace Aborn, in Spring field for Thanksgiving.
 Miss Anna Herring, who recently resigned as teacher in the Birch dis triot school, has reoonsidered anh is again teaching the school.
 Mir. and Mrs. A. M. Webster enter tained their mother and sister from Southwick, Mass, and also relatives from Manchester on Thanksgiving day.
 Mls. Geo. Willis had as guests Thanksgiving day Raymond Willis and family, Clifford Willis and Miss Irene Minor, also MT. and Mrs. Geo. Barlow and two sons, Claude and Milton and Mrs Maria Chase of West Skaffnrh
The Press., 1917-12-06
SOMERS.

0O4NAENSs
 Dr. Francis R. Percival of Los
 Angeles, Gal arrive last week
 Wednesday and will spend the winter
 in the home of his sister, Mrs. Frank c. Moore.
 Mir. and Mrs Frank Chapel and
 daughters, Misses Ina and Ruth, spent
 Thanksgiving in Windsor Locks where
 they were the guests of their cousins,
 MT. and Mrs. Henry Rising.
 Lester W. Russell, 76, a we'll known dairy farmer, died last week Wednes. day night. Mir. Russell was at one time selectman and held other town offices. He was for many years q member of the Congregational church and a charter member of the Somers grange, with which he served as master for several years. He was one of the founders of the SomerR creamery. He is survived by his widow, three sons, Albert E. Russell of Hazardville, Mahlon Russell of Somers and Elmer Russell of Niantio four daughters, Miss Clara and Miss Elsie Russell of Somers, Miss Lena Russell, a school teacher in New Jersey and Miss Alice Russell, a teacher in Middletown, and three grand children. The funeral was held at 1 AO o'clock Saturday after noon at his home Burial was in the West cemetery
 Among those that were in town for Thanksgiving were MT. and Mrs. Aaron B Whitlock of Monkton, Md |, guests of Mir. Whitlock s parents, MT. and Mrs. Walter B. Whitlock; MT. and Mrs. Willard Prior of Worcester with MT. and Mrs. H. A. Prior; MT. and Mrs. Arthur H Gager of Phila- delphia and MT. and Mrs. Harry L. Burdiok of Uhioopee Falls with Mir. and Mrs. Henry Gager; MT. and Mrs. Isaac Ahlgren and Frederick Ahlgren of Springfield with MT. and Mrs. Larry Ahlgren; Mrs. Mabelle Niles of New York at the home of her parents, MT. and Mrs. Everett P Russell; Kibbe Pierce from Camp Devens, Aver, with his mother, Mrs. Belle Pierce; Miss Gladys K Killam of Springfield with her cousin, Miss Marion Cooley; Lucius Beardsley of New York with MT. and Mrs Horace BeaI1sley; MT. and Mrs. Frank Reid and daughter, Bernice, and MT. Ried's father of West Springfield with MT. and Mrs. John Kibbe; Mir. and Mrs. Herbert Brinson of Springfield with their parents MT and Mrs Fred E. Field; Rev. Frederick A. Baloom of Sanbornton, N. H with his daugh- ter, Mrs. Charles W. W. Pease, Miss Eleanor Cole of Mount Holyoke college, MT and Mrs. Arthur Smith of South Windsor with MT. and Mrs A. Vail Smith
The Press., 1917-12-06
Firm as a Rock.

''There,' hc said. pulling his shirt sleeves over his brawny arms and sur veying the clothes prop which had taken him the best part of the after noon to fix ill the garden. that's as firm as a rock. Even the combined forces of the elements cannot bring il down."
 Later ill the day he found the pole on the ground.
 Did you do this:" he roared to his eight-year-old son.
 ''NO, father" was the answer; "a sparrow perched on it. | seed 1t my self f."-LOndOn Globe.
The Press., 1917-12-06
The Vampire.

This is the vampire: Always inert. sitting still. spending iTc to seven hours day looking cut the window on the street. Nothing to give. and al ways giving it. Seeking amusement. entertainment. but never affordiny any. Taking. but never giVing. Sitting quietly and listening to others con. verse and confer. even when her pres ence is unweIcOme. but saying nothing but an occasional yes or no. Primitive minded and narrow. with nothing to give, she drains others of ideas with out retaining thcm-Iikc sieve Thought passes through and beyond her without stopping. She acquires nothing. gives nothing, takes every thing. One person alone with her be- comes exhausted while she is rcvivi fied.-New Yofk Globe.
The Press., 1917-12-06

Iu the city election on Monday at Willimantic Charles Gates, the re- publican candidate for mayor, defeated Danny" Dun, who has been the mayor for twelve years, by vote of 1OS4 to 646. The next board of alderman will stand five republicans and two democrats In Rockville Mayor John P. Cameron was re- elected by vote of 62I to 555 for F. G. Hartenstein the democratic candidate
The Press., 1917-12-06
6RuM BLING.

Grumhlipg IS n potent cause of ili health. 1t keeps the sensi- tive nerves vibrating with dis cordant emotions and not only hurts the gr1nnhlsr. but every one who hears it. lt really weak ems a nerson and prepares the system of the srunblsr for an attack of any nnaiady that hap pens to be prevalent.
The Press., 1917-12-06
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