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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1918-08-29
Trouble With Wounded Soldiers.

IuO06SV -
= "Delmas remarks" says Annales de
Medicine, "that as soon as the soldier
enters the hospital he steps out of mil
itary discipline, and yet the hospital
authorities have no jurisdiction over
him. He can accept or refuse opera
lions, injections of drugs, etc., at his
W will. But almost invariably the
wounded or sick soldier absolutely
trusts his surgeon or physician as long
as no foreign element modiies his
grateful confidence"
He further goes on to say that two
elements may interfere, one the fear
of pain or anesthetics and the other
unwillingness to be cured and return
to military duty, and calls the latter
cases desertion. In either case pres
sure is brought to bear in the way OF
pension considerations or the return
ing Of the refractory patient to his reg
iment for disciplinary measures.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1918-08-29
Dodoinu the Draft.

A man in the draft who would much
rather have stayed at home complain
ed of having poor eyesfght. After
being put through the eye test the doc
tor told him to 60 in the next room for
further examination. The man gave a
sigh of relief. When he came to the
door he noticed a black thread running
across and lodged itn w%hereupon the
eye doctor said: "Come back, cutey ;
you're all right" ~/
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1918-08-29
NEED FURNITURE IN GERMANY
Problem Of Its Supply Has Added One
More to the Troubles of the Gov
eminent

The German government has so far
been unable to find any substitute for
furniture, and has not yet had the
temerity to ask Its subjects to follow
the example of their Turkish allies
and sit OF the floor. The result is a
scarcity that has caused secondhand
dealers to reap enormous profits.
A secondhand kitchen chair that
formerly cost about 80 cents now sells
a. - A-A-A--A t.-A ...cl =
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1918-08-29

ment for perjury the case being
booked for the next court. In addi-
ton, the offender was made to take
his little bucket and carry three and
a half tons Of his ill-gotten coal to
the sidewalk and thence load it onto
q coal cart.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1918-08-29
"MaY I have it?"

"May I have it?"
~ suppose so. But what do you
want 1t forY
~ want to use it on the scare-crow
Tn going to put out in the cornfield."
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1918-08-29
Out Gas.

Weighing considerably more than
the atmosphere, the poisonous gases
employed in modern warfare. alyays
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1918-08-29
Camp Leavenworth Fears Poisoned
Water.

Col. William A. Skunk, commanding
at Fort Leavenworth, Kan, has direct
ed that all water used In the ca'np
shall be boiled. Fear OF poison snd
disease germs caused the order.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1918-08-29

II" &.;sA e*asgt s. lszSssfe
A yieYa Of an experimental trench
showing al entrance e an underground
passage. These WaIrens are construct.
ed in all SERIOUSNESS and the boys real.
lie Something of what winter on the
other SIDE will mean.
The sun., 1918-09-15

transport: You fall asleep just before
bugle blows reveille. As a matter Of
fact it is three or four A N. You must
drag yourself up on deck and report,
fully dressed, in readiness 70 take to the
life boats in the event of being torpedoed.
The first meal Of the day doesn't come
until A. NJ, 50 meanwhile you struggle
chaotieally to reach the washroom, or
catch forty winks on deck, against vsn-
tilator. And SO It goes. Be-
tween meals there is reading and watching
the sea and sitting down-if you can.
Between reading and sitting down, If you
can, there are meals.
The sun., 1918-09-15

what the elder Jibley viii be doing. He'll
be lenning just Ike this, banging his foot
against the mahogany and saying: We'll,
I gotta q boy in France. Fill 'em up
again, Henry You see, the elder Jib-
ley's been waitin' long time to pull that
proud line"
The band began to play aft-soft,
dreamy tunes, and lively celebrating airs.
It made you forget all the petty troubles
of shipboard. 1t made you forget the hot,
close bankroom, where you'd have to 60
soon to your piece of canvas in wooden
frame on the top shelf Of a quadruple
decker Music can do anything. The
proper selection could probably make a
man contemplating suicide go and hire
hall and reeite from Browning, NATs
night with the worldw 800.
Sunset and Evening Star.
The sun set in big pink ball against
which the spars Of an intervening vessel
were silhouctted. trimmed with gilt and
mystery. The men, reading in every nook
and Granny, closed their books and
started down the matches to their hunks.
The lights were put out, and the bo'sun
appeared with his cry of "the smokin'
lamp is out ~ .-,'7< - o..
We tossed our cigarettes over the side
and watched the gray shadows creep along
the sea, the patches of floating KEEP go by;
and all the while, We were plOughing
through q little ten-by-ten mile eircled
world. A dark ship at night is
just as mysterious as the night itself, or
the vast restless sea, where mystery will
only end with the world
A Loaf of Bread. 49,. - s+'
By the time darkness had settled over
the boat and the night had twined itself
irrevoeebly around mast and rigging and
hatchway, the decks were deserted-ex-
cept for Dick and Ernie and me, and the
sentries on guard. We drifted stealthly
to the door of the ships printers shop, a
hole little blacker than blaclness, and
our friend the printer put in our hands
loaf Of freshly baked bread. hot from
the ovens of his friend, the ships baker
The salt air had made us hungry. We
tore off great gobs Of the bread and ate
rayenously.
"By the pink whiskers of my blind
,aunt!' breathed Dick, Il never thought
I'd ever go begging for bread at night"
We were-staying up devilishly late
$50. 1t was to be one of our Last nights
on board. We watched the phosphorus,
shining streaks along the ships side, and
Ernie, the educated private, explained
the working Of this weird mineral mat
ter. The deck grew cold from
freshening winds, and so we, too, went be-
low, took off our shoes, put our life belts
under rs, and rolled into our narrow
hunks. The rolling in was a nice feat.
If you weren't careful, your head would
bump the pendant form of the man in the
canvas above you.
There is strange thing about life on
The sun., 1918-09-15
LETTER No. 9:
Landing in France.

This letter begins properly with the
sighting of land.
All day the men have been making
their blanket rolls in readiness for dis
embarking, and writing letters home tell
ing of their voyage and the port they left
and the port they're approaching and
other items they should have known their
commanding officer would censor. %.
It was after the supper hour, when
Ernie and Dick and had taken our
usual posts at the port rail, that we saw
the first low line of something grayish
that proved to be land. What a hula
baloo aboard! Cheers and shouting,
whisttng and strange cries of exultation.
The coast doomed nearer. Up on the
promenade deck the band began a hys-
terra Of zippy music. A destroyer drew
alongside. 1t was one of the brave little
devils that had been tossing and bouncing
around so dizzily out on the rough sea.
Now it rode smooth on quieter waters, at
twilight, and on its fo'c's1e deck the sail
CTS; infected by our band, began dancing.
Every soldier wore smile as broad as
the Atlantic. / saw an officer look at the
scene of excitement on deck and then
exelain, God pity slaekerw And Dick
said simply this, France, at lastw He
forgot to swear Ernie detained, ia
fayette, we are here, Dick and Chick and
mep
Darkness came on, but the night was
not TO be black, iike the others. No, the
lights came on and stayed on.
The ship was bright with illumination
all night long as she lay IN harbor, with
stevedores swarming over the side for the
unloading, and the winehes rasping and
humming and squeaking with the freight
being lifted out of the holds.
There was little sleep aboard that night.
The winches rang their tumultuous song
above our heads, and there was also the
thrill of being in port, port of France.
:. We were up early the next morning,
with our packs rolled, and ON deck several
hours before it came time to climb over
the side to an American tug. Packed
full, the tug took rs to dock, where We
saw our first French sign, our first Ger
man prisoners and our first poilu march,
ing behind them. o..
Thus it was, Bill, that some time to-day
we landed somewhere In France some
howl CHICK
The sun., 1918-09-15


- when you come aboard transport
is to find Your bunk, down q dim hatch
way, put on your ifebelt, and then come
back on deck to watch the shores of the
United States vanish behind you.
Every soldier stands at the rail and
does this. And every day afterward the
troops line the deck rails, watching sea
and sky and sails. 1t is FAR more pleas
ant than staying below in the bunkroom
and less odoriferous. Besides, you have
to stay on deck during the hours when
submarines are expected.
Good-by. U. S. A.
Every inch of permissible deck space
is crowded all day long. and after the
novelty Of the great, strange ocean has
lost something of its spectacle for the
men they take to reading. They. take
to reading everything and anything,
though they ike best the ieely tales, the
wild and woody, and love, romance and
adventure. A "Y. NJ" man passed around
many books, but the selection was unfor-
tunate-school books, the religious life
of the Hindus, Mr.. Somebody's dull es-
says, pale pink novels and other volumes
well intcntioned donors were glad TO be
rid of, l fancy Nevertheless, you see
every soldier of the hundreds aboard
clutching avidly at book or a soiled and
frayed magazine, of any old date, and ar
guing sharply over who'll get next On
somebody else's book.
Soldiers at Sea.
They read anywhere: Sitting on the
matches, on the open deck, cramped and
crowded and trodden upon, squeezed in
among the winches, under the derrick
booms and ratlines and rigging, or stand
ing at the rails, where elbow room is as
popular as standing room on the opening
night of the Metropolitan Opera. Yes,
they read anywhere, provided they aren't
disturbed But sailors and working details
have habit of approaching with big
hose and little warning to food the decks.
Moreover, there are so many restrictive
cries that the men themselves shout them
in good natured buriesque.
I. =. Al il
You can't do that. Get off the boom! Out
side the ropes! Don't smoke around the
hatch"
The Mysterious Smokin' Lamp.
Smoking is allowed in open deck and
the messing places, which are the same as
the open deck. But no man can have
matches or n lighter; lie must use the
nautical institution of the smoking lamp,
which is an electric lighter down in the
engineers mess room. Somebody, up be-
times at rcveille at A. NJ, goes to the
smoking lamp and lights cigarette. That
man is mystery. Nobody ever sees him
light it. Un fact, few men ever get TO
know where the smoking lamp really is.
To some its a myth.) Later on, however,
this strange man who gets light from
the smoking lamp appears on deck. His
light is passed around from soldier to SOL
der, its circle of aequaintanceship grow
ing wider and wider, and never dying out
until s o'clock or SO at night, when the
bo'sun comes whistling along the decks,
shouting, "The smokin' lamp is out!
Knock off smokin'."
After that there is nothing to do except
witch the sun sink gloriously into the
western sea, and then descend the hatch
way to your bunk in the dark hold, where
you've slept so many nights with your
clothes and life belt on, according to
orders, with the port holes shut, the ven
tilators working skimpily and the men
The sun., 1918-09-15
Trials of a Traveller.

But the weather was propitiOus and,
after all, there were no Promethean hard
ships, only Inconvenience, such as mess
The sun., 1918-09-15
The Elder Jiblsy's Boast.

Il can picture the elder Jibiey few
days from now.T He always spoke Of
his father as the "elder Jibley," and Of
himself as the "heir presumptive to the
Jibley mortgage" Dick went on with
the picture. eyes" he said, Il know just
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-10-23
COLDS INTERFERE
|, WITH BUSINESS
DR.. Kings New Discovery
relieves them and keep
you going on the job

Fifty continuous years of almost
unfailing checking and relieving coughs,
colds and kindred sufferings is the
proud achievement of DR.. Kings New
Discovery.
Grandparents, fathers, mothers, the
Riddles all have used and are using
it as the safest, surest, most pleasant.
to-take remedy they know of.
Sold by all druggists everywhere.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-10-23
INFORMATION TO VOTERS

The following instructions
be
indicate to for.
V he shall make
ed having
a
he
to inserting writing
ballot IN
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-10-23
Keep Bowels On Schedule

Late, retarded functioning throws
the whole days duties out of gear.
Keep the system cleansed, the appe-
lite lively, the stomach staunch with
Dr. Kin6's New Life Pills. Mild and
k5n,e 81 here.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-10-23

spoiled another
Five minutes time is allowed ballot Unofficial ballots
the BOOTH be ballot
nj
be that the
ballot
on the outside be Then the should the booth
him his ballot placed
e declares presiding
is
presiding officer
() The following facsimile
HARLAN JOHNSON, County
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-10-23
NOTICE Or GENERAL ELECTION.

given hg election mHeaud Gnnta
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-08-20
CRANBURY

Frank Perrine of Phoenixville spent
the weekend with his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Samuel Perrine.
Miss Sadie Apologize and Mr.. Gin
glin of Trenton were weekend visitors
with Mrs. Anna Cole.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. s. Cole returned
home on Sunday after spending some
time with Mrs. Gertrude Schultz OF
New Bedford, Mass.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Henricus OF
Railway are visiting Mrs. Thomas
Hutton and family.
Miss Gladys. Barlow of Kingston
was a weekend visitor with her grand
mother, Mrs. Thomas Hutton.
Mrs. William Baldwin Of Trenton is
the guest Of Mr.. and Mrs. Disbrow
Bergen.
1t has been decided to discontinue
the meeting OF the Red Cross during
the remainder of August. The next
meeting will be held in the First
Church chapel Sept. ., and at the
community rooms. Sept. 4.
Mr.. and Mrs William M. Cox. Mr..
and Mrs. Raymond Grlggs and Miss
Florence Simpson spent a few days
last week at Avalon and Atlantic City.
M and Mrs. John Perrsne were
viFitors on Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs.
Clarence Perrine apd family.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-08-20
WORTHWHILE

Miss Cora Woolly was a Keans-
burg visitor Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Van Pelt and
children, of Elizabeth. spent Sunday
with Mrs. Selma Van Pelt.
Mrs. John Heyer was q Keansburg
visitor Saturday.
Robertsville Harvest Home will be
held on Thursday evening, August
%. II stormy the next fair night.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Heyer and
daughter spent Sunday with Mr.. and
Mrs. John Heyer.
Miss Eva Singer. of West Hoboken,
spent the week end with her brother,
Romer Singer.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bert Snyder and chill
d-en. of Newark. spent the week with
Mrs. Ann Snyder.
Henry Brantigan, of Camp DIX,
spent the week end with his parents.
Funeral services for the late Mrs.
Adelia G. Barber Mcneil, who died
at her home in MoTganville on Wed
nesday, was held at the Reformed
church on Sunday afternoon at 2:30
o'clock. Interment to be In Green
Grove cemetery. The deceased was
twenty-seven years of age and was
the wife of William Mcneil. She is
survived by her husband and a two
weeks old baby: also her parents, Mr..
hnd Mrs. Lewis Everson and several
brothers.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-08-20
FRENEAU

Miss Leona Duncan was a Keyport
visitor Saturday.
Thomas J.. Watts was in New York
Saturday.
Miss Mae Heyer OF Port Chester
spent the weekend with her mother,
Mrs. James Heyer.
Mrs. l.. Kelly OF Mntawan was a
Freneau visitor Sunday.
MIR. and Mrs. John Lockwood and
son and brother Allen motored 20 Del
aware Saturday.
Mrs. William b. Dean OF Brooklyn
spent Sunday in Freneau.
Mrs. Walter Crime of Morganville
was a Freneau visitor Sunday.
Miss Florence Thompson spent Sun.
day in Keansburg.
Charles McElvane was a Perth Am
boy visitor Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Mills OF the
Wright-Martin Aircraft Co.. spent the
weekend at Monmouth Farms.
8. r. Watts returned to New Yori
Saturday after spending the weekend
at Monmouth Farms.
Edward Bendy of Fort Myer. Va,
spent Sunday with his sister. Mrs
Harold ZiegIer.
Albert Wilson OF MorganvilIe was q
Freneau visitor Saturday.
Mrs. James Hawkins was q Perth
Amboy visitor recently.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-08-20
SUBURBAN NEWS
PORK HAD ADVANCED
So Agreement on Pigs Did Not Hold
Suit Over Bicycle.

So Agreement on Pigs Did Not Hold;
Suit Over Bicycle.
By Special Correspondent.
JAMESBURG, Aug. 20:-Justice of
the Peace william E. Paxton heard
two cases at Borough Hall yesterday
and gave Judgment in n case to the
complainant and to the defendant II
the other.
The first case heard was that be-
tween John G. Arway of "Glovers
Hill" section of town and John JAM
kowski of this place. Arway sold
Jankowski a SOW and agreed to let
her go at reduced price IL he could
repurchase two of the young of his
choice from the litter. When he yer
to claim the prize he was told that
pork had gone UP many points since
the bargain was made and that he
would have to pay the market price.
As no had no written agreement jan
kowski refused to close the deal and
judgment was entered against Arway.
He appealed the case.
Stanley D~eptruna sued for the price
of a bicycle loaned to Nicholas Peter
son. a friend. The latter is alleged to
have put the bike on an auto truck
driven by John Arway and that the
machine fell from the auto and was
crushed under the wheels. Peterson
was ordered to pay the owner of the
$40 and retain possession of the
wheel or given Deptruna $40 and the
wheel back in as good condition as
when he received the bike.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-08-20
PERTH AmBoY TO NEW york
SPECIAL MASTERS SALE


In Chancery OF New jersey
Between Alkaline Sylvester. ct all
Compliments, and George w. Frey. ct
al, d~efsndants. On bill for partition.
Edward w. Hicks. solicitor for COM
p~lainants.
ia the above entitled cause on the nf-
teenth day of July. 1918. I shall expose
TO sale at public vendue and sell 20 the
highest biddr on Thursday, tn TWEEN
ty-second day OF August. 1918. at two
the Court House steps. in the CITY OF
New Brunswick. In the County of Md
dlesex and State of New Jersey.
FIRST; All mat me ssT s J l0f; or sfas aii 4.
town, County OF Middlesex and State
OF New Jersey. BEGINNING at a point
IN the northerly line Of the tract OF
land conveyed TO william II; FREY ny
Cd November az, 1871, recorded IN BOOK
ise, page 90, whore said northerly III
is interested by the westerly line OF
a strip Of LIANT conveyed by said VIII
fam II. Frey to tho Raritan River Rail-
road Company by Iced dated January
rs. 1883, recorded in Book 2sf. AT page
ITO, and running thence southwesterly
along the n%ortheriE line OF a tract Of
land 80 as aforesaid conveyed 20
said William II. Fray by deed OF said
Caroline Myer. ct al. 90 the end OF
the nrst course IN said last mentioned
deed; thence along the following
courses a. gwen IN hulQ last mon
toned deed on south 10 degrees. west
4 chains and 20 links: thence (S) south
as degrees, IS minutes east, 8 chains
and 10 links; thence ca south IS de-
Ereea, so minute east, / chain n 30
links; thence (b) north II degrees, 20
minutes east II ehains and 40 Inks 20
a stake; thence (el south IS degrees 20
minutes east q chains to Peter Obsrta
line; thence ia north 81 degrees east
along a portion OF the seventh course
IN said last mentioned deed 20 the
westerly line Of a strip OF land 30 as
aforesaid conveyed 20 said harttan
River Railroad Company; thence 90
along said westerly line OF said Rail-
read Company's Land In q northwest
0rly direction 10 where said strip mar
rows from 100 feet in width 10 Cd feet
iu width thence CD In an esatsFly or
n~OrthsasteTly direction ~ feet, more
or less, 20 said westerly line OF sala
Railroad cempAny'a iapal thence klql
ia \ nOrthwesterly direction along said
last mentioned westerly line 70 where
said "trip Widens from % feet 20 100
feet thence 1l In a westerly OF
southWesteFiy direction feet alon4
lands Of said Railroad Company and
thence QD still RiORs said haiiro4d
companya land northwesteriy 10 the
place OF beginning,
Excepting. however, 90 much 81 ths
above described premises As we're eoa-
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-08-20

veyed by wiIhelmine J. Frey and VIII.
lam Frey. executors of William III.
Frey, deceased, to Milton A. Edgar, by
Iced dated January 10. 1903: recorded In
Book 343 Of Deeds. at page 45s.
SECOND: All that certain lot, tract
or parcel OF and In the Borough OF Me-
tuchen. County OF Middlesex and State
OF New Jersey: Beginning at the In
tersection OF the southerly line OF Lin
coin Avenue with h easterly line Of
Meadow Street as LAID out on a certain
map entitled-"Aap of land belonging
to isaac p. whitehead, Metuchen. New
Jersey, A. W. Marshall. Surveyor. No
vember 1879, which map Is on file In
the ONCE OF the Clerk OF Middlesex
County: thence running In a southeast
erly direction along the southerly line
of Lincoln Avenue three hundred (300)
feet to line OF lands OF Daniel Pierson;
thence in a southwesterly direction
along the line Of said Persons land
nve hundred and eighty-nve (6S5) feet
to the northeasterly corner OF lot No.
so; thence In a westerly direction along
the northerly line of lot No, 60. one
hundred and fifty (160) feet TO the
easterIy line of Meadow street: thence
in a northerly direction along the east
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-08-20
SPOTSWOCD

Private Frank DinkIe. of a Virginia
camp, is a guest of hts parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Frank Dinkle.
Among those who attended the
dance at Janfesburg on Saturday
night were: William HUM, George
Wagner. Russell Uhl, Frank Johnson,
Max Welsh.
William Corbonitz. Of New Bruns-
wick. spent the week end al the
home of Charles Shelters.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey Yahnel. OF
Wilmington. Delaware. are spending a
Jew days with Mrs Carrie Anderson
mother of the latter.
4 Max Welsh. of New York city.
spent Saturday and Sunday with hts
parentz Mr.. and Mrs. Nathan Welsh.
MI. and Mrs. Fred 6herer of Old
Bridge. spent Sunday at the home OF
the formers parents. Mr.. and Mrs.
Fred Merz.
Mrs. John Hoffman. Of PhiladeI-
phia. a guest of her sister. Mrs. Frank
Emmons. has returned home.
John SPIKE. of Moorestown. now a
resident of town. has secured employ
ment with the George w. Helme Com
pany at Helmetfa-
Miss Sarah Welsh is spending a
weeks vacation with relatives at
Boston.
Mrs. George Hamar spent Sunday
with relatives in New York city.
Isadore LabOfsky has added an
auto delivery TO his business. taking
the place OF a horse.
Mrs. John Taylor and daughters.
Misses Lillian and Violet, and Mrs.
Richard Berry are spending a two
weeks vacation In New York state
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-08-20
KEAS5EY

A joint meeting of the Keasbey
Camp Fire Girls and the Boy Scouts
of America. Troop No. 1 OF Keasbey
will be held tonight in Robinson's
Hall at s o'clock.
The Keasbey, Junior Fire Company
will meet tonight at s o'clock In the
fire house.
A well attended meeting OF Protec-
ton Fire Company No. / was. held
in the fire house last night. Vice
President Michael Parsler presided.
A final accounting of the carnival is
being prepared.
Mrs. Matthew Schaub. of Fords.
visited at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Claus Lund In Bay View avenue. last
night.
Mrs. George Schmidt. OF Smith
street. spent last night in Perth
Amboy.
Mrs. Lewis E. Meyer. of Bay View
avenue. spent yesterday afternoon
out of town.
(. The Improvement Association will
hold a meeting in the fire house to-
night.
Mrs. Claus Lund of Bay View ave.
nue.. visited friends in Perth Amboy
last night.