davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening journal., 1918-06-14

FAC - This, the British soldiers
slang for cigaret, is rapidly replacing
"pill' and "colln-nail' among The
Americans.
PRICELESS OLD THING-The nearest
equivalent TO This in present-day Amer
ican slang is You poor fish"
SWANI- put on dog or assume
a staggering, self-con1dent attitude to
ward the world.
DIXIE Contrary 10 what one would
assume, this is English slang. A dixie
is The iron pot containing the soldiers
soup.
GADGET-Any tool or attachment Of
an sirplane or other machine.
WASHOUT-This term originated
with the aviators. but has been adopted
by the TOmmes and the lanks II
means something that has 10 be done
all over again. and rs derivation is thus
obvious.
CHEERYO or CHEERO-This Is more
popular among the naval officers and
men than among the soldiers. II Is
used as a word OF greeting or a short
toast. When a sailor meets a ship
mate on the street he calls out Cheer
yo. mate, whereaWay?' I'm this sense
it 10 a certain extent supplants the old
saltwater expression, "AhoyW
CARRY ON-This term is now heard
everywhere on the British and Amer
lean fronts. 70 has q number Of mean
ings and uses. but the basic one is to
perssyerc. stick 70 10. keep up the good
work. An officer approving the work
OF a non-com. says "Righto; carry on.
When the boys take a German trench
they shout Garry Onl'
BARRAGE ATTACKING military
use Of This phrase is OF course well un-
dersiood. but in the barracks and
camps 10 means 20 defend friend or
bunkle when he Is attacked In force
DEFENSE BARBAGE-This Is to cover
a mate in his absence from some fault
that he has committed.
No BONA curious mixture OF
French and English; no good"
MA POO - Another corruption OF
French, OF which more and more Is
Evening journal., 1918-06-14
RED CROSS REMEDIES

Compounded by expert chemists from
best drugs obtainable. The formula
is printed on each container. Red
Cross Remedies are pure in manufae-
ture, honest in ingredients and true in
advertising. More than one hundred
Red Cross Remedies sold and guaran-
teed only by
Harmonson Drug Co. SIS Maryland Ave
Strayer Drug CO., 20I W Tenth.
ohio H Miller. 22nd and Pine.
Evening journal., 1918-06-14

BY Newspaper Enterprise Association.
PARIS, June li.-Iust as the Civil
War and The Spanish-American war
added words and phrases TO the
English language las she Is spoke
in the United States which were
unfamiliar there before. SO the great
war is adding 10 the vocabulary OF
the American soldiers in France.
The "lanks," as the soldiers are
now generally styling themselves
have rapidly adopted the slang used
by the British T0mmies and the
French poilus. adding some OF their
own.
America may as well get used to
the new language now. or else
when the boys come home they
won't be ineligible.
Here is a glossary Of some Of the
new phrases the "Yanks" have
made their own, together with their
meaning:
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-09-11

most active section; scores Of fam
lilies and their soldiers can testify
to this. The chapter is already
utilizing the services OF one Rock
Island young woman who has grad
Jated from such an institute
course; hut it needs the services OF
others. Intelligent. sympathetic
Young women are wanted. prefer
ably over the age of "a They are
asked to enroll in the institute
which Will be held at the school Of
civiCs and philanthropy in Chicago.
The course Of training covers six
ecks, and includes five hours of
lectures a week, and % hours per
week actual field work ANY stu
dent who viii stay eight or ten
training which will fit them for paid
positions as home service secre-
taries.
The course is periodically offered
free of charge except for a registra-
ton fee Of s.. individuals are in
yired to take the course on their
own resp possibility Anyone inter
ested. however, should communi-
cate at once with the local chap
ter both as to method of enroll
ment and defrayment Of expenses.
Application must be made before
oct ! and should he made sooner.
i possible. Glass work begins
Oct "A. II is a splendid opportun-
ity for unusual service to ones
country.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-09-11

washable kid gloves, all sizes and all the bet
ter colors in self or contrast stitchngs 81 90 to
$500 per pair.
Ne" laL chamoisette gloves in black, white
gray and Khaki with self contrast stitchings,
85c add $1.OO per pair.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-09-11
When the Skin Seems Ablaze
With Itching and Burning

not ind a blood remedy thar app
proaches $. S. s. for real efficiency
II has been on tho market lur ~
years, during which time i has
been giving uniform satisfaction
for all manner ut blood disorders.
II You want prompt and lasting re-
Lief. you can rely upon ). 5. s. For
expert advice as 10 tho treatment
OF your own individual case write
TODAY 20 Chief Medical 4 wiser
swift Specific Co. Dept. C.fA..an.4
Ga LAdYl
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-09-11

There's Just One Thing to Do.
II your skin seems abIaze with
the fiery burning and itching OF
Eczema. real and lasting relief
can only come from treatment that
goes below the surface that
reaches down 10 tho very source OF
the trouble. 6o-cailed skin dis
eases come from a d!sordcred con
dition OF the blood. and the proper
treatment IS through the blood
Search far and near. And YoH can
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-09-11

Nearly Beer, Beardsley's 5.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-09-11
Wonderful Variety of Beautiful
New Fancy Silks
At $1.98 a Yard

stripes in color effects ranging from the soft dark to
striking, varcoored effects in scarlet emerald vivid
blues These remarkable values $19s without
doubt will be the last will be enabled to offer at this
price. All 35 and SO inches wide.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-09-11
Just In! Perrjn's and Ce71te771er;'s
French Kid Gloves for Women

essential to the costume IF bo W.
dressed woman These of
kld gloves insure correctness and best
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-09-11
HAMPTON PIONEER
IN WEST FOR VISIT

Mrs. c. J. Propst of Hampton,
Ill, left today for Plattsmouth,
Neh., where she will make her home
for the winter with an invalid sis
ter. Mrs. Propst has long served
The Argus as Hampton correspond
ent She is one of the early set
tiers of Hampton, coming to that
place with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs Abel Propst, in 1854, crossing
from what is now Bettendorf. Iowa,
on a horse ferry. She has since re-
sided in Hampton, with the excep-
ton Of number of years spent in
Grinnell, Iowa, following her mar
riage in 1873. Upon the death of
her husband she returned to Hamp-
ton and has since made her home
there.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-09-11
The Smartest Skirts

Handsomely tailored types, with pre-
deliction for materials which. achieve the
maximum in service and fashionable appear
anCe.
Satin de luxe, tricOllette, taffetas, vel
vets, novelty wool velours and serges lend
themselves effectively to the style details.
Here are severely plain-tailored skirts,
others trimmed with stitching-box plaits,
and knife Flaits- Prices $685. to S27. so.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-09-11
The New Dresses

OF soft clinging satins, durable wool
serges and combinations of both. that en-
Phaslze the becoming smartness of the sim
pie lines which govern the dignity of our
war time modes
Supplying the fashionable note of CON-
trast are little touches of embroidery or
BRAID trlnming-with buttons on the more
tailored models. Prices begin at S.. 95 and
go to $4,000 am
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-09-11

Cakes and Conservation
In these days of conservation of foodstus necessary for
our lighting the cake problem is serious one in most
households We all want the cakes but there unpre
ventable wastage of flour sugar etc, in baking or small
family
Our cake baker, by baking hundreds Of cakes day,
eliminates all wastage he you the worry the chance
OF ruined baking, he allows you your allotment
sugar and flour for necessary uses and best of m he
bakes such delicious oaks but few housewives can equal
Mr. Howe nothing but the best materials IN his cakes
his cakes fresh every day pays particular at
tenuon to special orders, wedding and birthday
Cake Department in Candy Department
Avenue Building.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-09-11

BLACK and white Kid gloves overseam Or full
pque styles self or contrast stitching at s. 90 to
$3.50 per pair.
All the new suit shades in kid gloves. many
with t"o-toned stitching effects, at $3.50, $275
$500 and $3.50 per pair.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-09-11

A wonderful variety of new buttons
have just arrived and are now on sale and
dispay-suit, coat. dress and thinning but
tons and pearl buttons in almost endless
assortment Main Aisle. 3rd Ave Bldg.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-09-11
save Peach Stones

Also apricot, cherry, plum prune Olive ana
date pits and nuts and shells. The Foveru.
ment needs them for the manufacture rf
gas masks. Dry them and deposit u Inc
barrels at both entrances Of store.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1918-06-08
Music Of orasshoppers.

NO music Is as familiar as that pro-
-duced by the locust. grasshoppers and
crickets. and, although they are not
produced by the mouth. they answer
MS calls, and are undoubtedly a IAN
guage to certain extent; and, indeed.
their calls have been reduced to writ
ten music. The music Of grasshoppers
is produced in four different ways. ac-
cording>to Scudder. First. by rubbing
the base Of one wing upon the other,
using for that purpose veins running
through the middle portion of the
wing; second, by a similar method, by
using the veins Of the inner part of
the wing; third, by rubbing the inner
part Of the wing; third by rubbing
the inner surface Of the hind legs
against the outer surface Of the wing
covers; and, fourth, by rubbing to-
gefher the upper surface Of the front
edge OF the wings and the under sur
face Of the hind legs.
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Lawn Of Twelve Tables.

The Twelve Tables was the name
given to the earliest code Of Roman
law. According to the ancient &C
count, the code originated In this man.
ner: In the year 1852 B. c., a Roman
tribune brought forward a proposal to
appoint five men to draw up a set of
laws with the view Of limiting the
power of the consuls. The aristocracy,
always furious, selfish and unwise In
their struggles with the common people
of Rome, violently resisted this reform
and for eight years a fierce warfare
was carried on between the two orders,
which ended In sort of partial victory
for the plebeians. In 454 B. C. the
senate assented to the plan Of sending
three commissioners to Greece to re-
port on the laws in force among the
different states there. After a lapse
OF two years they returned and II was
then agreed that ten men should be
selected to draw up a code. Accord
Ing to Livy and Diodorus, the laws of
the Twelve Tables were cut on bronze
tablets. whence their name, and put
up In a public place. Whether these
tablets we're destroyed by the Gauls
when they Sucked and burned Rome is
uncertain.
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Prevent Eye Strain.

Naturally, great deal of'eye trou-
Die Is not to be prevented, as 1t is all
TO often indigenous to the Individual.
out some of 1t may be. Constant eve
strain viii bring on serious and some
times incurable trouble, and that is
one of the things which one can pre-
vent. Avoid reading or sewing-in
iact, all close work-in a dim light
and-what IL just as fmportant-see
tnaf the light Is comirg from the right
direction. Never work with a light
shining directly into your eyes. 1t
should fall upon your work, and your
eyes should be shielded from its glare
by softly colored shade of some sort.
1t Is best to have the light over the
ieft shoulder. If such thing is posi-
bic.
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B. A. SOILEAU
Dentist
Office over Bank of Coifax
Can be found during business hours pre-.
pared to do all work in his line.

Partition Sale.
18th Judicial District Court, Grant Par
ish, Louisiana.
Succession of J. w. Stanfield.
BY virtue of an order issued out of
the 18th Judicial District Court and to
me directed in the above entitled cause,
directing and commanding me to -ad-
vertise and sell the property of the
above succession for the purpose of 9f-
fecting a partition between the heirs
of said succession. / will offer for sale
at the principal front door of the court
house in Colfax, La, between hours
prescribed by law for judicial sales, on
SATURDAY, June 8, 1918,
the sollowing described property of the
above succession, viz:
The S of SW I Of sec. IL. the W
of NE and NV ! of sec. Ia, tp Z n
4 west, lying west of Bayou DeGsp.
Terms of saie-Cash, for not less
than the appraised value, as per APP
praisement on file in the record of said
succession.
Coifax, La, May 3, 1918.
L. O. CLINTON,
Sheriff of Grant Parish, La.
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Couldn't Walk For
Two Long Years
Takes Tanlac and Can Now Go All
Over Town Gains Eighteen
Pounds

| Il have actually spent three
| hundred dollars for medicines Of
different kinds; my druggist sale
| was the best customer he hao
but nothing seemed to reach my
case until began using Tanlac, y
said Mrs. A. M. Richards, sos
18th street, Denver, Colo, re-
Gently.
Three years ago." continued
Mrs. Richards, Il began suffer
ing with rheumatism and stom-
ach trouble. The rheumatism
was infiamatory and, while it af-
fected me all over, suffered most
ly in my hands and feet. Medi-
cines failed to help me and l
went to Idaho Springs for treat
ment but came back no better.
For two years / couldn't use my
arms at all and when / went to
the Springs | had to take a lady
with me to help me along. My
stomach was in q dreadful condi-
ton ana | was weak, nervous
and dizzy.
Well, the results TanIac has
brought have been nothing less
than wonderful. Last winter L
weighed just one hundred pounds
and I'm sure ! weigh all of one
hundred and twenty pounds now
and, oh. | do feel so much better.
! can walk all over town and look
after my house without any trou-
bic. am already practically re-
lieved of pain my dizziness is all
gone and | certainly do feel bet
ter than | have in three,years.
Tanlac is sold in Colfax by |
Dixie Pharmacy and by one regu-
lar established agency in every
town.
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StraIahten Out

There is a lot Of fun in taking a
crooked slip Of tree and straighten-
Ing It out. You pull it this way and
that, and By and by 1t is really beau
tiful, writes Vincent in Farm Life,
Tnen, too, what splendid fruit It bears
Makes you feel like saying. "Come up
mere, you old crooked life Of mine /
Let me stralghten you outi You need
1t badly enough! Stand up to the
rack! 1t is going to hurt you a little
Dit! Grin and bear It'll The little tree
did! And you and ! are going to keep
at It until we are true mad straight
and upright! Then what fruit we viii
bear for the world. We can do It, too.
That In the best Of It."
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Partition Sale.

Partition Sale.
18th Judicial District Court, Grant
Parish, Louisiana.
James w. Caps, VS.. Isaac A. Caps
ct ais. No. 1859.
By virtue of an order issued by the
18th Judicial District Court, Parish of
Grant, State of Louisiana, and to me
directed, will offer for sale at public
auction, for cash to the last and highest
bidder, at the principal front door of
the court house, at Colfax, La, on
SATURDAY, June %, 1918.
between the legal hours for judicial
sales the following described property,
to-wit:
ST of NW4 section Is. tp. 9,nr1
west.
Said sale to be without the benefit OF
appraisenent and for the purpose of
effecting partition.
L. O. CLINTON,
Sheriff.
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Buy War Savings Stamps.
Partition Sale.

Partition Sale.
18th Judicial District Court, Gran
Parish. Louisiana.
Bertrand Stock Farm, Inc, VS.. Ollie
Capps ct ais. No. 3458,
By virtue of an order issued by the
18th judicial District Court, Parish OF
Grant, State of Louisiana, and to me
directed, ] will offer for sale at public
auction, for cash, to the last and
highest bidder. at the principal front
door of the court house at Colfax,
louisiana, on
SATURDAY. June 20, 1918,
between the legal hours for judicial
sales the following described property,
to-wit:
Wa of NEa, M of NV and SW /
of NW4; SEA of NW3 and NW3 of
SEA; NEt of SW t sec. 2, tip. 8, /,
west.
Said sale to be without the benefit of
appraisement and for the purpose of
effecting partition.
Sheriff.
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Little Johnnie is In the habit Of say.
Ing his prayers every night before
starting on his journey to Sunderland
one night ne said his prayers three
umes In succession. 1t puzzled his
mother that he should want to repeat
mem SO often. as he had never done
so before. Upon inquIring. the young
ster said, Il said 'em free times SO l
wouldn't have to say 'em for free
nights.n
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1918-06-08
The Doctor Away From Home When
Most Needed.

People are often very much disap-
pointed to find that their family physi-
clan is away from home when they most
need his services. Diseases like pain
in the stomach and bowels, colo and
diarahoea require prompt treatment,
and have in many instances proven
fatal before medicine could be procured
or physician summond. The right
way is to keep at hand bottle of
Chamberlain's Collie and Diarahoea
Remedy. No physician can prescribe
better medicine for these diseases.
BY having it in the house you escape
much pain and suffering and all risk.
Buy it now; it may save life. adv.
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Colfax, La. June 4, 1918.

Ooi1ax, La, June a, 1918.
The police jury met pursuant
to adjournment with the same
members present as on the day
before.
On motion the police jury re-
solved itself into a board of re-
viewers to review the assessment
rolls of the parish.
The rolls as completed and filed
by the assessor were brought be-
fore the board and examined and
reviewed by the board, and no
complaints from taxpayers being
made, the rolls were on motion
accepted and adopted as filed by
the assessor. .
On motion the board of review
ers adjourned. and then on mo-
hon the police jury adjourned tol
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1918-06-08
Paper Hat. and Shoes.

Paper shoes have been manufactured
ON small scale In England. the paper
being used for the uppers. The mate
rial is plated paper closely woven.
somewhat similar to that used In the
manufacture of paper hats. Paper
hDer Is also used in making a cheap
grade OF Imitation felt hats for men.
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II San
Official Proceedings of the Police Jury
Of Grant Parish.

Colfax, La. June 3, 1918.
The police jury met pursuant
to adjournment with Mr.. w. A.
Brownlee, president, and ]. M.
Jones. ]. J. Dewitt, w. P. Deem,
c. W. Calhoun and G. C. Purvis,
and quorum present.
The minutes of April l and 2
and May 6 were read and ap-
proved.
The following petition numer-
ously signed by citizens of Mont
gomery was presented by G. C,
Purvis and read by the clerk,
and same was fully discussed,
and on motion of Mr.. Purvis,
seconded by Mr.. Deem, the peti
ton was granted except as tt
the building of the sheds asked
for.
Montgomery, La, May 81, 1918.
To the President dad Members of the
Grant Parish Police jury:
Gentlemen-We the undersigned citi-
zens Of Montgomery and vicinity re-
spectfully ask you to discontinue thai
part of the Montgomery and WINFIELD
public road from the point where it in
tersects the Montgomery and St. Mau-
rice public highway to old Montgomery |
on Red river.
We also ask that the public ferry Oh
Red river at Montgomery be moved
from the present site, formerly known I
as Pixies Peak, back to where it wa.
recently moved from to or near tn.
foot of Main street in old Montgomery.
rs the present site of Pixies Peak is
We further ask that you order a shed
built on the Grant parish side of tb..
river for the protection of stock and
patrons waiting to be transferred. W.
also ask that you confer with Natchi-
'oches police jury to have a shed pro-
'ided on their bank. as there are no
'heds or protection on either bank.
Praying that your honorable BODY
AXE speedy action on our requests, as
We feel that it is a public need.
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Last crImean Veteran.

Two Crimean veterans. probably the
last In ireland. have died One was John
Hayes, age ninety-two. who was
wounded at the siege Of Sebastopol.
ana the other Denis Hehgan, age
ntnety-four. who had 50 years service.
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Not a. Bad. but :. co.d

Now and then one comes to the con-
ciusion that considering the human
race the marvel isn't that the world IS
as bad as 1t is but that 1t really Is as
good as 1t is.-Exchange.
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BY experiment with sugar beets, IT
mas Deen proved that plants growing
close to the ground thrive better when
planted IN rows running from east to
vest rather than from north to south.
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bic. ! tried nearly ev-
cry medicine / could
hear OF, among them /
used fifteen bottles of
one popular prepare.
ton, bnt never found
anything that did me
any permanent good
until / took Chamb Der.
lain's Stonactn land
Liver Tablets, which
have effected . perma-
nent cure. It has now
been five years since I
took these ablets, and
! have had no more
stomach trouble dur
ing that time. have
recommended Cham.
berlain's Tablets to :
great many sufferers
with stomach kroub1a.
and <x~~~~1s~-n-e-
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meet on the first Monday in July,
1918, being the first day of July.
w. A. BROwNLEE,
H. L. BRIAN, President.
Clerk.
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Catarrh Cannot Be Cured

with LOCAL APPLICATIONS, a. they
cannot reach the seat OF the disease.
Catarrh is q local disease, greatly In
fiuenced by constitutional conditions. and
In order to cure 1t YOU must take an
cine is taken internally and acts thru
the blood on the mucous surfaces Of the
system. Halls Cata-rh Medicine was
prescribed by one Of the best physicians
posed OF some of the best tonics known.
combined with some OF the best blood
purif IRA. The perfect combination OF
the ingredients In Halls Catarrh Medi-
results in catarrhal conditions. Send Tor
testimonials. free.
F. j. CHENEY & CO., Props, Toledo. o.
All Druggists. 75c.
Halls Family Pills for constipation.
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Notice of Election.
STATE OF LOUISIANA I

Pursuant to proclamation issued BIZ
the Governor Of the State of Louisiana,
dated Baton Rouge, La, May "a, 1918,
and directed to US, calling an election
to fill vacancy in the 9th Senatorial
District of Louisiana. composed of the
parishes of Caldwell, Grant and VIM,
and by authority vested in US by law,
notice is hereby given that said elec-
ton will be held on
TUESDAY. July I6, 1918,
at the several voting precincts of the
parish of Grant, between the legal
hours for holding an election, namely,
from a. m. until o. m.
In testimony whereof we hereby sign
our names officially on this the 18th day
of May, 1918.
A. A. DEAN.
JAS. j. O'QUINN, d. C.
j. E. NUGENT,
Board of Supervisors.