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Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-11-24

The receipt Of seven poems on IN,
subject compels this column TO de
clare its position. The snow yester
day was not beautiful. II was no
even passahly good looking. There
may be such a thing az "beautifu
snow" but/it 30 1t has escaped out
view.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-11-24

Tn" man @ho Investigated his
gasoline tank with lighted cigar.
says the Don't Worry Man on the
Oklahoma City Times, will recall. no
doubt. that Treat 'en rough" IN the
motto. slogan and clarion note Of the
tank corps.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-11-24

Tho old fashioned political reform
er who used TO make the welkin ring
every campaign about high freight
ana eNpIess rates, was rather silent
In the recent national sport contest
lie was probably afraid some one
would charge him with diSOyalty.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-11-24

Governor-elect Robertson IL in tn,
east attending meeting OF govern
Ors and governors elect, lie IL eN
prctcd Ia pick up some valuable
pointers as to how he can satisfy al
OF the seekers after place who ar
individually responsible for his elec
ton.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-11-24

There seems to he difference of
opinion between the city police and
the county attorney. but BIn Nc
tulluugh calls attention to the fact
that neither side has found any
stones To throw at the sherlffs Of
flee
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-09-21

708. Peter Philip Bernt
709. James Blaine Summers
TO. Julius George F. Sigmund
I'll Emmett Roy Gates
712. Charles Richard Rice
713. Frederick Simpson Struggled
TIA. Annunciato Lentoro
715. Henry Ferdinand Koch
ZIG. Frank Ron
TIT. William Porter Johnson
718. Louis Charles Aulbach
719. Milton Fern Brown
720. George Baker
721. Joe McNew Russell
722. Victor James Bess
1873. Richard Cleveland Griffith
TIA. John Fletcher Cate
1875. William Melvin Howell
1926. Green Hamilton Dawson
1877. Knute Owen Upton
1928. Ardon Earnest Finch
1873. Charles Edgar Thompson
1870. William Thomas Holstlaw
731. William Edward Perkins
1872. Theophilus Garrett Chestnut
1888. Henry Herman Pook
1874 Edmund Reinholdt Thornrose
1856. George Dewey Johnston
1856 Thomas James Davey
1877. George Earl Robinson
738 Frank Winton Galbraith
1873. Frank Ernest Stevens
740 Roy Young Bogard
al. Arch Daniels
742. Jose Meade
743. Van August Smith
IA. Thomas Henry Mellen
AS. Jose Garay
y46. Julian Loyola Osoru
747. Augustin Viezcarra Urriarte
748. Nicolas Felleria Erdisa
40. Jose Coleman
$50. Lester Leroy Butler
81. San Lee Kerr
so. Elpha Bird Howard
SO. Horace Boughman Rowland
"a. Charles Virgis Price
'55. Andy Martin Lunsford
'56. Jacob Miller Sheets
81. Frank Lee Jackson
'58. Vinton Otto Neiswander
50 John Henry ODaniel
so. Frank Frederick Gaines
81. Charles Leroy Abbott
So Francis Avery Smith
So Manuel Gilnaga
Sd. James Arnold Miller
65. Ray Arnold Hottenstein
Sc. Roy Burdette Jackman
81. Joseph Henry Deardoff
6S. Louis Edward MCGUIRE
SO. Richard A Peck
10. Edward Nelson Stone
II. Jess Allan. Caldwell
70. Charles Abbott
70. Erik Gullans
IA. Earl l.. cambridge
rs. William John Rafferty,
76. Warren Johnson
II. George Charles Warner
rs. William r. A. Deckard
10. John Wesley Pussy
80. Henry Nowal Biswel1
81. James Turner Winter
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-09-21

7S2. ElYa 0rYille Abbott
7S3. Edward Lee French
lisa. BENJAMIN Harrison Miller
785. Milo Harold McMinn
1856. Paul Ireland
1857. Patrick f. Brown
788. William Jennings Bower
1883. William w. Ridge
100. Elmer Francis Bower
791. Cecil Ray Engleman
1872. Russell Ireland
1893. George Edwin Does
1874. Joseph l.. Brown
1876. Lemuel E. Ridge
1876. Timothy l.. Brown
| 1877. David Wallace Simons
1913. Thomas Smallie Hutton
| 1873. William Elmer Hess
500 Samuel Jasper Wylie
| sol. Ellis Miles Kent
S02. Orville Chester McProud
| sos. Thomas Clair Clark
804. Mark Young
1905 Axel Hugo johnson
1906 Willard Leonard Anderson
| 807. Domingo Oso
1908. James Lloyd Stokes
500. Jose CAIRO
1910 George Lee Bemrose
811. Hans Olson
1872. Otis Lester Jones
IS13 Andrew Fred Anderson
S14 Nels Frederick Malcomson
IS15 William Arthur Williams
SIG Robert Meneice
1917. Norris Edward Chaplin
81S. William Franklin Roberts
$40. Jesse Walker Bolt
$40. Andrew Malcomson
821. King George Gatlin
822. Fred McNett
1928. Henry Mills
|S24, Axel Malcomson
1925. Julius Mccall Knudson
1926 Charlie l.. Mouser
1877. Frank Avery Clark
.828. Erwin William Kuenzler
829. Victoria Urquidi
$40. Benito Orbe
1871. Jose Echaniz
.832. Genaro Pertica
-833 Lucio Ateea
1874. Edward Cyrus Cook
.S35. Oliver McSpadden
.836, Jack Thompson
.837. Jose Mendibe
.838. Francis Elmore Gray
.839. Luciano Aurrecoechea
$40. Manuel Arercarringa
841. Esteban Urrisarbarrena
842. Joseph A. ]. Caldwell
843. Bert Nuckles Hausman
844. Herbert Powers Bowen
845. Edward Johnson
846. Franklin G. r. Morse
SAT. Brigham Grant Smith
84S. = Paul Jones
$40. Frederick Julius Lindall
$50. Aaron Manion King
851. Reuben Isaac Barrett
S52. Lloyd Chester Wilcox
853. Marvel Markham Dean
854. Jose Maria Huguen
855. Leon Argoitio
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-09-21

N EAlN HUME hEAf ii Blll
43O. Joseph Edward Labbee
431 Samuel Nihart
4Sz George Wallace Farlow
433 Burt Peter Macarthur
434 Leslie Brooks Green
435 James Allison Howard
436 Milton Louis McKenna
437 Thomas Philip Daniels
43S. Edward Glover Dickens
439 Robert Hicks
440. Frank Finley Whitright
AL. Thomas William DAWSON
44z. Warren Thomas Simmons
443. Durland Leroy Hill
444 Charles Edward Loop
445. Walter billiard Clayyille
446. james Alton Weed
447. Nicholas Harris James
448. James Edward Albert
449, Oscar Edward Cannon
$50. George Washington Turnes
451. Charles William Davis
452. Ernest Francis Everett
453. Harold William Davis
asa, Harry Lee Mitchell
ass. John Vernon Bumgarner
ass. Walter Roscoe Kunnecke
Asst. David Walter Wells
458. Calvin Hancin Irwin
45s. Ralph Eugene Johnson
AGO. George Henry Day
46I. Joseph Hyrum Marshall
46z. Herman Edward Perry
463. John William Proctor
AGA. William Martin Peter Dallma
465. Peter Virgil Swimm
466 John Edgar Latimore
ACT. John Groefsema
468. Guy Elmer Whitney
469. James G. H. Christian
470. John Wess Greenstreet
All, Solomon Jerome Ward
472. Maxine Reyez
473 Nolberto Gallardo
474 Manuel Alcala
475 Herbert William Zacher
476. Frank George Powell
Az Eugene Leo Weaver
ATS. Levi William Sharp
479. Eugene Calvin Phelps
480. Robert Reinart Sehlechter
481. John Mike Wilkins
482. Arthur Gilbert Nettleton
483. Mark Yale Phelps
asa. Willard Joseph Hughes
4S5, John Wesley Woodruff
486. oliver Clyde Veteto
4S7. Charles Albert Montrose
488. Fred Freeman Ashburn
489. Henry George Lawrence
400. Clarence Burton Barr
491. Henry Thomas Barber
492. Frank Sylvester Dixon
1873. James Luther Irwin
494 William Deylin
f95. Charles August Burghardt
496. Samuel J. Allender
497. Barney Lynch
498. Charles Firman Robbins
499. Walter Purdy Eaton
500 Marvin Lewis Washburn
sol. Charles Frederick Waller
502, Demas M. Vandergrift
sos. Thomas Reed Grayson
504. Arthur Armstrong Stevens
sos Stanton Park
500. Frank Moses Hobbs
507. Oliver Edward Norell
sos William Hugh Wilson
500. Roy Ellsworth Alexander
SO George Francis Lee
l11 j. Russell Pratt
112. William Harry Hinton
513 Wilmer Lone McHenry
ia Roscoe Edgar Whitaker
SIC Francis Anthony Friedman
517 Louis Leroy Snider
518. Ray C. Ward
80. Edward l.. Stevens
$40 Charles Within Abbott
l21 Milan Rosenberg
522 Rufus Willis Benton
523 Charles Franklin Dosson
)24 Lee l.. Hill
525, Daniel Webster Latimore
500 David Elmer Macarthur
527 Bernard William Dallman
52S. Samuel Bert wilkins
j29 Timothy Guy Phelps
$40. Ralph Waldo Simpkins
SOL John Hittle
1872. Ernest Albert Vance
533 Henry John Kniefel
i34 Erie Claypool Caldwell
535 Jefferson Franklin Irwin
i36 Charles Walter Ross
537 Ernest Ray Magden
53S William julius Love
500 Milo Mckinley Fields
40 Edward Frisbie Goddard
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-09-21

- - 40,
susaan~saepu-z--~~~~~~.
292. Forrest Edward Pitts
295. Mitchell ]. Burke
294. Joe Ellison Bend
295. Frederick Jordan
296. Arthur William Buhrer
297. Melvin Dewey Preston
298. William Charles Rueberry
299. Sheppard Morgan
900. Horton Harry Tate
3Ol. Homer Earl Plain
302. Alfred Edmond Granger
303. Gerald Ray Wilkinson
304. Logan Dewey Field
305. Frank Joseph Gurnett
306. John Lewis 0'Connor
307 James Motheral Mcconnell
308. Otto Earl Matthews
800. Harry Edgar Sem
$40. James Conrad Morrow
311. James Hubert Nease
312. Thetis Coppage Brown
313. James Garner
314. Harry Hamilton Willis
315. William James O'Hara
316. William Washington Bullick
317. Charles Higgins Holden
318. Albert Leroy Dirst
319. Charles Albert Edwards
320, John William Colby
321. David Lee Armstrong
322. James Lafayette Owen
323. Scott Bidimin
324. Perry Arthur Cypert
1926 Delphano Ramirez
1926. George William Cate
327. Edwin hurry Davidson
1913. Bert Sanders
329. John Mccormick
$50. Robert Osley Saunders
331. Byron Stevens
332. Thomas Reed Wilson
333. Charles Herbert Stewart
334. David Tally Hood
335. William Wallace Clays
1886. Ernest II. Love
337. Samuel Taylor
338. Carl Thorne Bailey
339. Oscar Jace Kellogg
$40, Gilbert G. Walker
GAL. Harry Sanford Ashburn
342. 0ryille Brigham Johnson
343. Thomas Nelson Smith
344. Clarence William Johnson
345. Clifford Maxwell Hill
BAG. Vincente Roas
BAT. Joseph Samuel Bennett
348. Claude 4. Mast
349. Ohio Hamilton Swain
$50. Worth Stickley Lee
}51. Mahlon Collins Swain
Boz. George Sutton
1858. Clarence Albert Miller
s54. Peter Ward Zabriskie
sos. Jose Gercia
$50. Roberto Ramirez
357. Felis Barrios
358. Resell Hubert Earl
$50. William Lee Jones
$50. Frank Pierce Callison
361. Harry Joshua Cowen
362. Will Ray Filley
1868. Ernest Bunk
,64. Robert Preston Jackson
}65. Robert Milliken
$50. Ellis Rosple Rulings
,67. Earl Stewart Kinkaid
,6S. Richard Henry Bennett
1863. Charles Coston Casey
40. William Otto Reuss
I'll. Durham Smith
~. Joseph Coley Barrett
.73. Harry Fonda
ia. William z. Smith
rs. William Winter Seward
I76. Harold Pascoe
VI. Samuel Z. Smith
'78. Brit z. Smith
'79. William Dow Sumner
$50. Burruss Moore Lynch
IS1. Archibald Frost
1872. Chauncey Herbert bowman
1888. William Edna Yates
1874. Frank Beryn Rigby
1876. Tom Franklin Wright
1876. Noah Frances Welton
1877. Edwin Henry Grebe
1873. Harvey Ceon Hood
,89. Albert Adam Evans
800. Asa Osborne Ogle
1911. Hiram James Chatterton
1872. Merton Guy Blanchard
1913. Robert S. Smith
1914. George Isaac Pickerell
1916. William Nicholas Wallace
1916. Wilbur Gray Jr.
1877. Widtfelt f. Walter
1913, Charles Newton Bartlett
1919, Horace Clark Frampton
100. Otis Ira Orion
I01 Roy Danele Gary
I02. George Edward Evans
I03. William Andrew Miller
I04. Clifford Henry Beard
los. Gilbert Sherman Swanson.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-09-21

IN, MOUNTAIN NOME,
500. Lesley Raspberry
$40. Ike King
571. VILLAIN AIdrich
572. Ed Turner
673. Henry Boston
STA. William Taylor
SIS. Walter Canadie Miller
SIC. John Lawrence
ST. Earl Amador Galindo
SIS. Henry Foster Mcclure
579. Charles Emanuel Light
$50. George Johnson Reed
5Sl. Phillip Andrew Weaver
582. Thomas Edward Lynch
583. Frank Martin
584. Fred George Toler
585. John Cannon
$3.50. Mixime N. Arwesubiata
5S7. John Arthur Shaffer
5S8. Paul Charles Ellis
$50. William Pittenger
$50. Frank e. Wilson
sol. Giles Forest Lyday
592. Henry Herbert Robinett
593. Thomas Aaron Buckley
594. Francisco Astorica
sos. John Augusta Nelson
500. Alexander r. r. Hastings
SGT. Alexander Bremner
sos. Albert Nesbert Thompson
500. Ivan Ralph Slater
500. John Clyde Little
Sol. William Irving Bunnell
602. John Allan
500. Grover C. Corder
604. Charles Clayton Shaffer
sos. Alva Lee Garrett
SOC. George Earl Amos
i07. James Harrison Highly
D o. Slduu6 IL. oldlGI
500. Marco Elias Riding
$40. James Brown Thomas
Sill. George W. Miller
i12. Charles Mayne Williams
j13. James N. Kelly
ia. Frank Clarence Endsley
SIS. Robert r. Roger
SIC. Silkman Citing Hyde
ST. Robert Lock Riding
is. Jonathan Harry Wilson
i19. Adam Ivers
$40. James Lewis Pigg
;21. Henry Herman linus
i22. Elmer Ellsworth Smith
1913. Tomas Delagdo
IA. Richard Bradley Jackson
;25. Silas Ferdinand Heidenreich
i27. Henry Oscar Kissinger
i28 Robert William Montgomer!
i29. John Hamilton Jones
$50. Lee james Mcintyre
i31. Victor Horace Walker
,32. Frank Seymour Hornbeck
1913. Alvin David Crockett
i34. Clarence Albert Turner
1876. William Chester Smith
'36. Garland Bailey jolly
1877. Willis Theodore Trimble
,38. Floyd Scott Robertson
i39. Thomas Wharton Hause
$40. William Dewey Mills
al. Frank Hall
AZ. George Franklin Kissinger
'43. Charley Hedrick
IA. Farley Jay Mcfarland
AS. Thomas Jefferson McMann
46. Rifugio Perez
AT. James Lauchlin
AS. Herbert Fennimore Woods
40. Homer Dustin Bruce
SO. Clyde Enos Bott
81. Walter Ward
80. Harrison Howell
So. Everett Trowbridge Giles
"a. Tracy Irwin Phelps
55. Mark Atwood Bullock
Sc. Frederick John Adamek
81. Raymond Marion Williams
So. Alex LaRose
SO. Albert Edward Hanks
60. Henry Foster Hornbeck
81. Vincent Aldrich
81. Harold Jacob Fleischer
SO. Arthur Randolph Burford
ga. Alexander b. Montgomery
IS. James Joseph Cole
Sc. Henry Hafer
81. Thomas Sullivan
IS. Roger George MacLelland
90. Fred Albert Granshaw
10. William Harry Coleman
II. George Arthur Patrupolos
72. Albino Ramos
10. Nelario Navarro
IA. Mosedonio Tobar
rs Emmett Thompson
rs. William Robert Bates
II. Jeffray Bernard
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-09-21

OUR ANSWER TO THE
CALL FOR FORC|
CONTINUED from page IL
162, Charlie William Brim
1913. Ray Carl Snider
164. James Frank Haney
1866. Katsuma Dol
1875. Martin Hernandez
1877 Abe o. Kessel
18S. Arthur Edward johnson
189. Joseph Francis Luhan
ITO. Guy William Marsh
III. Fred Albert Barrett
IT,. Willard Thomas Morley
173. John Angus Powell
174. Loren Pope Cox
176. Ira Ralph McAnulty
176. Ambrose Lucero
lit. Thomas Glenn
ITS. Dell Bert Warner
179. Samuel Tilden Bostic
$50. John Painter Rogers
1871. Eugene Smith
1872. George Gett Morrow
1873. Arvid William Tingwall
1874. George Mayo
1876. Lloyd Rothrock Mayfield
1855. Lloyd Blackman McAnulty
1877. William Ellison Orr
1873. Fred william Hitler
189. Frederick Donald Fowler
100. John Bert Booth
191. Samuel Clyde Curtis
1872. Matthew Peetz
1913. Frank Dewey Jones
1914. Charles Holt Parmley
1875. Riley Franklin Case
1915. Clay Clarke Case
Ut. Joseph william RueDsam
1913. Fred Thomas Best
1919. Albert Stevens Taylor
200. James Samuel Donald
201. Edmond Robert Lambert
202. Fred Anthony Terry
EOS. George Sylvanus Morrow
204. Arzie Tilman Lockman
205. Frederick Richard Fowler
zoe. Walter Charles Miller
207. Clyde Albert Love
208. Frank Victor Swager
209. William Edward Black
210. Ralph Edward Williams
I'll. Scott Moses Dooley
az. Charles Edward Ruse
123. Ruben William Boston
214. Lawrence Wesley Peterson
215. Lennie Hubert Bostic
218. Harry Garfield Anderson
at. Fred Chester Emahiser
218. Ira Watts
219. George William Robinson
220. George William Howarth
721. John Franklin Hazeltine
222. William Steven Massey
223. oliver Isadore Woodbridge
224. Jefferson Lee Brooks
225. James Seth Greer
228. Harvey James Wilt
227. Edward John Kadow
22S. William Harrison McMinn
22S. Wiley Rucker
230. Charles zernholt Brumm
ISL. George Pyette Brumm
232. Samuel Paul Dale
23S. Albert Dunn
234. Roy Ohio House
236. Charles Lewis Barton
236. Robert Hickman Lockett
237. Clyde Anderson
23S. Thomas Willis Matthews
239. Charles Edwin Marsh
240. Frank Albert Rowe
241. Walter Hugh Oglo
242. Daniel Charles Ryan
243. Oscar Lewis Tingwall
244. Frank Henry Schweitzer
245. Guy Parker Miller
246. Christopher 0rville Dice
Eat. John Levi Read
24S. Joseph Mile Cheney
249. Domingo Pedilla
250. Francisco Clayton Avellar
2b1. Walter Mouser Seesee
262. Firmin Clyde Jenkins
253. Joseph Marian johnson
264. Clifford Earl Dunifer
255. George Washington Callison
256 Charles Washington Goodman
257. Harry Clarence shrimp
25S. Floyd Delano Briggs
259. Arthur August Keaton
900. Frederick Albert Hays
561. Atwood Logan
262. William David Barclay
363. James William Meador
264. Joseph George Roseyear
166. Albert Fred Hedrick
766. Hugh Joseph Miller
287. Arthur Van Orden
26S. Frank William Schrock
269. Royal Elwood Glenn
270. Gilbert Horose Waring
371. Walter Jay Johnson
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-12-25
AXEL Ericsson
GIVES Up LIFE
Former Employe OF Deere & Co.
Killed in Action in France
Sister Gets Word.

AxeI Erickson. former Deere
employe, was killed in action in
France Nov. 3. eight days before
signing of the armistice brought /
cessation OF hostilities on the west
ern front. The word came yester-
day to his sister, Miss Signe Erick-
son, employed in the Moline
Lutheran hospital laundry.
Axel Erickson was born in
Sweden Oct. "a. 1890, and came to
this country and to Moline u years
ago. Five years ago he went to
Comfrey, MINI. where he engaged
in farming till called to the colOrS
He entrained for Camp Grant June
"A. this year. and from there was
sent overseas. Word of his death
was the first received Of him since
his leaving
His parents, three brothers and
two sisters survive in Sweden. In
this country he leaves the sister
in Moline and a brother in Mime
sofa. He was to have been mar
ried to Miss Edna Thor Of Com
frey had he returned from war.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-12-25
SEVEN IN
A MORNING RAID

Moline police raided a rooming
house al 1905 Third avenue, Mo
line. at > o'clock this morning and
arrested four women and three
men. The house was held a place
Of iU-fame The three men ar
rested are Greeks, namely: Peter
Papas. Tom Papas and George
Chickas.
One Of the four women was a
girl of Is years. Her mother lives
in Davenport and her father re-
sides in Rock Island She is being
held pending investigation. Celia
Oscoski, 10 years old, who came tC
Moline from Chicago, is also being
held
All plead guilty in the court this
morning. Chickas, alleged pro-
prietOr Of the place, was fined $50
and costs and the two Papas were
assessed SO and costs each Ruth
Van Austin and her mother, Mrs.
Beula1 Van Austin, aged 80 years,
were taxed IS and costs each. The
15-year-old girl was committed TO
city jail
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-12-25
GAMBLERS HAVE
Clever SYSTEM
Trap Door Leading to Basement
Covered With Oil Cloth
Lights on in a Jiffy.

Eleven men, arrested Saturday
evening in a raid in the cellar of a
Third avenue, Moline, coffee house,
were arragned in Moline police
court yesterday afternoon and a
collection Of $1S9.S0 was added to
the city's police funds.
The story of the raid might well
be headed. The Mysterious Light
Out system" Police had received
many complaints that husbands had
visited a Third avenue coffee house
every Saturday evening and came
home minus a good part OF their
weeks salary The place was
watched. Here's what they found:
There was q trap door covered
with oil cloth in the coffee house.
A push button in one end Of the
room opened and closed the light
current in a basement room. II the
proprietor did not like the looks Of
anyone who came into his place, he
could push the button and out
would 20 the lights down stairs and
PLAYERS at table there were left
in the dark.
Saturday night policemen enter
ed the basement room and found II
men indulging in card game and
also found S92 in the center Of the
table. The men were all placed
under arrest.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-12-25
FRENCH BELIEVE
u. S. is 200 YEARS
LATE IN STYLES

French peasants think United
States is 200 years behind time,
says J. P. Efflandt, Moliner.
member of the expeditionary fore
es in France. in a letter written to
his sister. Mrs. c. f. Wahlstrand,
Of Moline. He says:
THE town in which we are 10
Gated. waiting for moving orders,
has three little stores where wine,
nuts and candy may be purchased
They close at $50 in the evneing,
so YOU see we don't lose any sleep
on account of the stores. The ma
tives all go to bed early, and the
streets are dark at 5 p. N. The
town, about as big as Coal Valley,
mas one main street. Besides the
stores there is one other business
establishments blacksmith shop.
The people live under the same
roof with the horses. hogs and 9th
er animals Their farms are small.
but they seem to be confronted to
exist. They think they are Up-tO-
date. and that the United States is
200 years ahead of time.
They have public wash houses
in most all of the towns, where the
old AND young women. rich and
POOR alike. go to wash their clothes.
They don't boil their clothes. as
Both wood and soap are scarce ar
tic'es here.
The time we spend in France
will be just like a blank as far as
world history is concerned. because
al we know is were here because
we're here"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-12-25
FORMER LOCAL
RESIDENT DEAD
Edwin BIackman. Wen known in
Moline, Passes in Death Today
at Steger, Ill.

Edwin Albert Blackman, former
resident OF Moline and rather OF
Lee r. BIackman. city editor of the
Moline Dispatch. died at his home
in Steger. III at S.15 this morning
Death came after a prolonged SUI
fering.
Funeral services will he held in
the home Friday morning. The
body will arrive IN Moline tOmOr-
row evening and at 10 O'Clock Sri
day morning services viii be held
in the Knox chapel, in charge OF
the r. II. Graham post, G. 4. r., Of
which Mr.. Placknan was mem
Der. Iuterment viii be made in the
family lot in Oakdale cemetery,
Davenport.
Mr.. BIackman was born Dec. 10.
1914. on q farm in Buffalo town
ship. Scott county, Iowa. When lie
was at the age Of Is years. the
Civil war broke out and young
BIackman tried TO enlist but was
unsuccessful. Six months later he
tried again and was again refused,
but one year later he was accepted
as a soldier OF the state of Iowa
When it came time for his regiment
to be a part of the United States
forces, EdWin's father objected and
succeeded in getting him cut Of the
army.
In 1864. he was 20 wears old and
this time received the consent Of
his father to enlist. He became
member OF the Twentieth Iowa vol
uuteaT infantry. He was mustered
out Of the army IN July Of 1868.
He married Miss Maria J. Pes
ter OF Davenport in 1858. The
widow survives. with four chill
dreu, Lee R. Of Moline. Harrison
of Rock Island, Mrs. Mamie GILES .
Pie Of KeHosha, Wis, and Clarence
G. of Steger. Ten grandchildren
also survive.
Mr.. BIackman was well known
i'm Moline and was highly re
spected He served as deacon Of
the First Baptist church until Ieav-
ing for Florida. some years ago. He
returned six years later and re-
moved 10 Rock Island. Later Mr.
and Mrs Blackman went to Steger
TO live with their son, Clarence.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-12-25
Carl NJ. Hunter.

Carl NJ. Hunter, So years old, died
at 6:15 last evening in the home Of
his nephew, Arthur Hunter. 242S
Sixth avenue, Moline. Death was
due to apoplexy. Mr.. Hunter was
carpenter by trade and had been
employed for the last year by H.
w. Cooper Saddlery company.
He was born Jan. %, 1859, in
Coaltown, South Moline township.
His nephew survives with two
brothers. Merritt Hunter of Moline.
John Hunter of Kansas City. and
one sister, Mrs. Ed Wells of Hamp-
ton. He was a member of the
Moose lodge Funeral services will
be held at / o'clock tomorrow aft
ernoOn in the residence of his
nephew, and at . O'Clock in the
BOwlesburg chapel Interment will
be in Bowlesburg cemetery.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-12-25
FRITZ BERCSTROM
REACHES U. S. SOLT,

Private Fritz II. Bergstrom, 1870
Tweuty-fifth avenue, Moline,
wounded in action, arrived in the
United States, Monday. He was one
of the 3,0S5 officers and men who
reached American soil on the
George Washington, the ship that
carried President Wilson across
the waters
BergstrOm was wounded in his
left leg on the Verdun gront on
Oct. 20 He is a member of Com
pany z, Sixth engineers.