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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-12
CELEBRATE VICTORY HERE
Community Sing Mt Central Park
School Tuesday Evening.

Topekans will have an opportunity
to celebrate the recent victories in
France at a community sing to be
held at Central Park school grounds
in the southwest part of the city Tues
day evening. August 13.
The patriotic singing under the lead
ership of n. w. 3cnning of the City
Y NJ. c. A. will be followed by short
patriotic address by Percy Atkins, Y.
NJ. c. A. secretary from Frarce
Special musical numbers will be
given by Mrs. Benning and by Miss
Florence Bair. The local union OF
Christian Endeavt has charge of the
evening program.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-12
PUNISH GENERALS
Three Commanders in Picardy
Cashiered for Defeat.
Many Hun Soldiers Court
Martialed for Treason.

London, Aug. 12.-Three German
generals recently commanding near
Montdidier have been cashiered for
neglect of duty. according to Belgian
reports received in Amsterdam and
transmitted by the Exchange Tele-
graph company. A large number of
soldiers were court-martialed at St.
Quentin Saturday for high treason.
The Germans in Belgium are show
ing signs of great uneasiness and the
German emperor is reported to have
moved to Brussels.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-12
Temperature Readings

The wind was blowing at 20 miles
an hour from the southwest at 2
o'clock. Temperature averaged IL de-
grees above normal.
Sunday was the hottest August II on
record. The lowest temperature in
the last twenty-four hours was IS at
o'clock this morning.
According to Meteorologist Flora
the temperature today may go above
los.
The nigh est temperature OF. record
for this date was los in 1913, the
lowest 56, in 1893. Tonight's tempera-
ture will Le about IS. The tempera-
ture tomorrow afternoon will again
be around 100.
Weatnerman Flora says that there is
If,nntinra.t a, I,.,rro ,,..,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-12
Women watch Crossings.

Anniston, Ala, Aug. 1.-THE
Southern railroad has begun installing
women as crossing watchmen- Mrs.
B. NJ. Mitchell and Miss Lille Hall,
the pioneers. are showing themselves
fully capable of holding these places.
Their hours are from a. m TO pm
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-12

An Atlantic Port, Aug. 1.-TWO
steamers with survivors of vessels
sunk by German submarines off the
Massachusetts, coast reported today
that they were proceeding to port but
the number aboard or the names of
the ships were not stated.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-12
GET ANOTHER ZEPPELIN
British Bring One Down in Flames Off
the Dutch Coast.

London, Aug IA German air
ship has been brought down in flames
north of Ameland- on the northern
Dutch coast, the admiralty announced
today.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-12

Lafayette. Ind. Aug. 12.-Dr. Dan.
Brummitt told members of the Meth
odists church at Brittle Ground insti-
tute that there are today more than
a half million Methodists fighting with
the armies of the allies overseas.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-12
LOSE SIX AfOTORBOATS
Patrol Sent to Holland Coast to Re-
connoiter Fail to Return.

London, Aug. 1.-THE admiralty
announced today that six British mo-
torboats have failed to return from a
accommodating expedition carried ont
on August | along the west Friesland
coast OF Holland.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-12
COOL WAVE COMING
Northwestern Temperature Due t.
Reach Here Tuesday Night.

WEATHER FORECAST FOR KANSAS
Partly cloudy tonight and Tuesday. not so
warm tonight in north and west portions
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-12

sented three weeks ago when the Ger
mans made a stand along the Ourcq
river and the heights of Fere-En-Tar-
denois. This stand it developed was
enemy to get his artillery out of dan
ger and remove stores from the
threatened region as far as possible.
Main Stand on oyon-Nesle Line.
The coming day or two probably will
be marked by savage fighting, especial
ly on the south, where the continued
progress of the French would weaken
the whole German position if it does
not turn the flank of the Noyon-
Nesle line, which it appears may be
the first definite front upon which the
enemy may elect to stand.
The front as = stands today runs in
generally straight line from the
begins to curve eastward until it
reaches the Disc. The high ground on
the north is p owing difficult of cap
ture by the allies, while to the south
heavy forces of Germa;- reserves are
reported coming into the fight.
Paris reports unofficially that 40.-
600 prisoners have bee1; taken since
Thursday mor,-ing. Thi brings the
| total number of Germans captured in
| Marshal Foch's two great drives up &c
! $4,000. The number of guns so far
| taken by the allies in the two often
sives totals almost 1000.
| Huns Try to Hold.
| tBy the Associated Pressl
| Standing before the Peronne-Chaul-
nes-Roye- Noyon line, the Germans re-
| inforced by reserves, are fighting bit
/ terly to stop the allied advance and
| prevent a probable disaster to theil
! arms. South of the S0mTe. the Brit
| ish have heon slowed up b-'r around
Continued on Page Twol
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-12

The kaiser once growled because
q. S. shells were used against him.
Now he's facing his own make.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-12

WEATHER FORECAST for Kansas:
tonight and Tuesday.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-12
Makes Strong Stand Before
ChauInes, ROye and Lassigny.
Only Slight Changes Reported
Since Sunday.
AMERICANS ARE NOW IN BRAY
Are Fighting on Outskirts of
the Little French City.
French Are Closing in Slowly
on Town of LasSigny.

With the French Armies in th'
Field Aug Il (2:40 p. M ).-Frencl
troops. closing in upon the importan
base of Lassigny. have advanced t.
within two miles OF that place. The!
have captured Curry Qess than tw'
miles to the southwest) and have ad
vanced south of" Loges wood (tw'
miles northwest).
There is little change in the situa
ton elsewhere. Contact between al
lied and German forces continue
west of RoYe.
The Home news., 1918-06-21

said that because he is tongue tied and it was easier for him to say.
 We'll, we did not. went there before school next morn ing and Sam said look what happened and he was almost crying because this is what had gone on. Well some old chick ems had been there and they had scratched up our whole farm up the vile old chickens and eaten up all our seeds that had not sprouted and there was not any farm left.
 We'll we called the two col ored boys an they were as mad as anything but they said if they could find those chickens they knew what they wold do with them and so we wold be- gin all over again and make a new farm, because the spring was early yet and if those chickens cam back we'll just let them try it that's all.
 So we are going to start our farm again and it is going to be mighty good farm. She said this army was going to have 5,000,O00 boys and girls just as many as there will be soldiers in the army, and our farm is going to be the best because we have already got the experience of one farm and we wold not take anything for how we felt when we saw
The Home news., 1918-06-21

our own plant coming up and getting ready to eat. That IS a kind of a felling nobody knows how much excitement there is in it till you see your own plant coming up like that.
 Well and so that iS about all because our army is getting ready to begin and help win the war and see their own plant coming up. Well we have got some pretty good spades and hos and rakes and trowls and we found where those vile old hens came from. They belong to old MT. Iron ket lives three doors up the street from Sam so we thought we better warn this old Iron ket and we wrote him a note. It said if any more vile hens found on our farm they VIII be the propty of a poor colred family that it in need.
 So we expect there will probably be no more trouble and pretty soon some morning we will see our own plants coming up again and will all be looking at our own good olo plants and wearing our badge of the U. s. s. G. Army.
 Yours sincerely, PENROD SCHOFIELD.
The Home news., 1918-06-21

our back yard but you cold go to the place 100000 times and look at it for a couple of hours if you wanted to, but you wold never see any difer- ence. But that was when we were little and now we are go- ing to be in the U. $. s. G. Ar my of course we wold know better. When we were little we wold just as leaf do our planting in October as any other time.
 Well, so one morning Sam called me over there and he was all hopping when I got to our farm because there was a little plant sticking up out of the ground and signs of some more coming with little leaves and all. l tell you we never did feel better than when we say that because it was our own little plant on our own little farm and it made us feel hungry like we wanted to eat it right away but we did not because of course it wold be to yong and if we went and eaten it we cold not sell it. We'll, we were pretty glad all day and after school we sat and looked at our farm and pulled some weeds out and we cold see this plant was some bigger. Sam said it was going to be po- tatoes and I said onions. Yer man said corn but he probably
The Home news., 1918-06-21
PENROD ON THE
 U. s. s. c. ARMY
Hon. Franklin K. Lane,
 Secretary of Interior,

WI1CC d 1SNCO1t iCHOO0C Ac~AOAAA5 vegetables to eat and all. His name is Mir. Tarkington or something like that and he said he would address the letter and all and write what is at the top of this letter to start with. Well 1 do not know much about raising vegetables yet but I will tell you all l know. Miss Spence said our class better join the U. $. School Garden Army and when she says we better why we usulay we got to. Besides she said the U. s. Government says so too and it is the School Garden Army of the U. $. Gov ernment and if we belong to it we are just as much in the army as if we had guns and will get a badge and all and besides can get some money by selling the vegb1es. We'll I wold like to have some money by selling the vegbles. We'll, I wold like to have some mon ey and so wold any other boy and girl in the army and have a badge. And 1 can eat some of the vegbles myself and all We. anybody wants to be III the army of course, so l am now going to be a member of the army. Anybody what says I am not going to be ask whoever they like they will tell them quick enogh 1 am going to be in the army be- cause I am going to be in the U. $. s. G. Army. It has the U. s. before it and I guess that is enough for me l guess.
 We'll so we thought we had better get some practice rais- ing some vegetables, so we went to Sam Williams's yard and got two colored boys so as to have them to do a good deal of the work, as they have got to work almost all the time anyway at their own house. These two colored boys they used to live in the country out about five miles and one-half miles and they know how to raise cabaj and all.
 We'll, Sam said we could dig up his back yard and he wold help some. We also got some seeds that we got by trading some old iron to the rag man, and we had onion seed and we had some potato eyes and also some corn. Well, it did not look like much use. You can dig up yard and put these things in and cover them up, and maybe put some rich dirt on top, and it does not look like much use, I tell you. We'll, we sat around there after school for several days; when we had put all these things in the ground we felt like we wished they would come up so we cold look at them.
 This is not the first time Sam and I have planted seed be- cause I expect in our time we have planted more cherry stones and peach stones and orange seeds and lemon seeds
The Home news., 1918-06-21

"l' space coneouseo Tor the w inning of the War & SONS GENERAL MERCHANDISE, McCRORY, ARKANSAS
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1918-02-14

til I'm on my way to the front.
If you can / wish you would gel
a leather folding frame, some
thing like a pocket book, and
put a picture of each of the
family in it and send it to me.
The ground is still covered
with snow. Instead of it melt
ing, every few days it SHOWS
again and makes it thicker.
don't mind it, tho. as it's dry
and | have fieeced-lined over
shoes that keep my feet warm
all the time.
don't see Clanton and
Chief very often now that
Pm stationed over at this field
which is several miles from the
main camp. Neither of them
has had any flying yet but have
to do guard duty. I'm certainly
glad l got into the flying game
soon and Pm looking forward tc
being among the first to go tc
the front, tho | would like tc
have lots of machine gun prac
tice before going.
Write to me as often as you
can. 1t has been over two weeks
since | last heard from home
and I'm afraid my mail is being
sent somewhere else. Lots OF
love to all.
Your loving son,
Gilbert Morrison.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1918-02-14

live here than at - yet it is
such an Improvement on the
latter that Pm in no hurry to
get away. Our course will pro-
badly last about three weeks and
then we will be ready for the
front. There are about twenty
of us officers here and twenty
cadets who are taking a machine
gunners' course.
We are having lectures on the
machine gun and the theory OF
firing from a moving plane at a
moving target and, too, we GO
up and practice it. The first
day we went out in a motor
boat with rifles and shot at
targets on the water. Then
yesterday we went up in mach
ines and shot at stationery bal
looms. One of our bunch ran
into the balloon by mistake but
managed to get down without
being hurt. This morning we
did no flying as the weater was
bad but very soon we will go up
and shoot at a bag which is
towed by another machine. You
can see that the course is very
interesting and it is more a mat
ter of shooting than flying.
Now that we have learned to fly
we'll it has become a secondary
affair. Naturally a good flyer
who can't shoot is of no use as
a chase" (fighting) pilot.
At last the Christmas box you
sent has arrived and | am enjoy
ing it immensely. 1t had been
sent to 80 as they thought we
were going there hence the de-
lay. The candy is fine and !
have given some of it to several
French people. They were aw-
fully pleased. Tell Aunty | am
enjoying the cigars very much
and only wish Christmas came
oftener. AS yet l haven't re-
ceived sisters box but am ex-
peeting it soon. | wrote Mrs.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1918-02-14

the rows were numbered the
same as the ear. When the corn
was ripe each row was gathered
to itself and weighed to see
which did the best. All this
time the cob with the number
and half the corn on it had been
carefully saved so that the rats
and weevils could not get to it.
If row No. Is did better than all
the rest the other half of ear No.
Is was planted in a little patch
all to itself and so you get five
or six bushels of corn that is lots
better than the rest.
want every corn club boy to
start breeding corn right in his
acre and have corn to sell at
$500 to $500 a bushel instead
of $3.50.
Now, boys, | am offering SIS. 90
for the best single ear $1,000 for
the best 10 ears, and the boy
who has a good 10 ears will stand
a better chance to win the $25. 90
first prize. So you must get
busy and send me your name and
get your corn.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1918-02-14
January II, 1918.

january IL, 1910.
Dear Mama,
AS today was Sunday I had a
half holiday so | took in a little
of the town and promenaded on
the pier. All of us are staying
here in and go out to the
school at $50 a. m. and return
at 4:S0 p. m. | am at this hotel
and have a nice room and get
one meal a day here for only $40
a week which is very reasonable
and it certainly is worth it to
have a good bed to sleep in and
good food.
This is a beautiful place and |
imagine it would be a wonderful
place to spend the summer IN
time Of peace. While Of course
it is a little more expensive to
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1918-02-14

Smith a note tonight thanking
her for the handkerchiefs. o.
my first ride the other day
went up to twenty-five hundre|
feet and took good look owe
at the ocean and how it did maxi
me long for home. While d
course | don't want to leavI
here until we've given tn
''Boche" a good licking and
lasting one yet | can't help a
times but wish that | were bacl
in the states. Pm glad to b
one of the first flyers to repre-
sent America on the front but
hope we don't suffer the sam
experience as did the frs
English. My faith isn't shaken
tho, and | won't believe I'm
going" until Pm gone.
When / left Clanton an,
"Chief" were still doing guar,
duty. Pm sorry for them TO
they are both anxious to fly ant
get their commissions. Com
missions are harder to get ovel
here than in the states and the!
may have to wait a long time.
It is time for dinner so II
stop. Lots of love to all.
Your loving son,
Gilbert Morrison.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1918-02-14

For Years
Can Now
Eat and
Sleep
To My
Satisfaction

our boys are on the firing line.
They must be fed. Not only SO
but those at their elbows must
also be fed. The only way this
can be done is for every family
to follow the rules laid down and
save that the fighters may eat.
Those who fail or refuse to do so
are not merely slackers, they
are greedy deserters, esteeming
appetite above country and per-
sonal ease above the cause of
humanity.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1918-02-14
Could Not Eat or Sleep
Made Well BY PERUNA'

Mr.. william Z. Denny, 1923 ParI
Ave-, Springfield. Ohio, writes:
II find great pleasure in writing
you and thanking you for what Pc
runa has already done for me.
have been troubled with catarrh foI
years, and II had affected my head
nose. throat and stomach, that
could not eat nor sleep with any sat
isfaction.
II have tust taken three bottles. ]
can eat most anything and am greatly
relieved OF nervousness. so that whom
] lie down ] can sleep without the
least trouble. I recommend il to all
those whe arc sufferers Of that dread
ful disease. catarrh."
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1918-02-14
How Would You Like a Bread
Card?

The American people are not
yet given bread cards, but re-
ference to other parts of this
issue will show conclusively that
the people will not get as much
-four as they did last year. The
food administrator has decided
to put the people on a $3.50
wheat ration and they had best
come to it right now and save
trouble later.
1t is suggested that we have
ii wheatless meals each week
and 10 with wheat. Enough
flour will be allowed the country
to do this and no more. If part
of the people fail to observe the
rules as laid down all will suffer
together when the allowance is,
all used up. The wheatless
meals, therefore, is community
matter and it is tie business of
every housewife to see that
others observe the rules, and re-
port any not 50 doing.
ne are in a desperate war and
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1918-02-14
Letter from France
Somewhere in France,
January 2. 1913.

Dear Mama,
wish you could take look
into our barracks just now you
would think it a club room in
stead of soldiers quarters in
time of war. Some are sitting
around the stove reading, SON e
playing cards and still others
are working with puzzles that
came in Christmas packages.
We've been having lots of good
eats for nearly two weeks fer
every day somebody gets one or
more boxes. AS yet none of
mine has come but Pm expect
ing them most any day. How
ever, I've had lots of good
things to eat as a box for one
means a box for all. We have
an officers mess now, too, and
get good food there it costs US
81 day but it is worth it for l
feel so much better when Pm
getting good fare.
Yesterday being the first of
January was a holiday so we
didn't fly. In the afternoon,
tho, several Of us went out with
our automatic colts and did a
little target shooting. Day be-
fore yesterday we flew in forma-
ton Of fifteen and went over
several of the towns in this part
of the country. 1t is mighty
pretty to see so many machines
flying over. We fly in groups of
five, one right behind the other.
The machine behind is always
higher than the one in front.
That makes it possible for a
machine following to be able to
dive and catch up with the one
in front in case he is in trouble.
We fly within 100 feet of each
other, so it is hard work tho
very interesting.
Several days ago l was sent
out on reconnaissance work had
to draw a map showing the posi-
ton and arrangement of some
trenches used by French stu
dents. When / got over them !
throttled down my motor and
drove the machine with my
knees while ! drew the map.
Driving a machine has become
automatic with me now so /
don't have to think about what
I'm doing.
Reed Chambers from Memphis
and | have planned to go up
soon and see how high we can
get. At present 1900 feet is
the highest I've been.
| have intended having some
pictures made for some time bnt
the camp has been quarantined
for so long that ! haven't been
able to get to town. As soon as
I can I'll have some made. but !
may not have an opportunity un-
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1918-02-14

We must send more wheat and meat
to Europe. Corn will be one of the
determining factors in the amounts Of
both that can be spared from our nor
NAL consumption. II we use more OF
1t on the table, in place of wheat flour.
it will release wheat for export. If we
feed more to hogs and to cattle, it will
increase our production of meat. With
bumper corn crop in our cribs we
have enough to do both.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1918-02-14

We offer One Hundred Dollars Rewart
Tor any case Of Catarrh that cannot b,
cured by Halls Catarrh Medicine.
Halls Catarrh Medicine has been tal<el
BY catarrh sufferers for the past thirty
i've years. and has become known as TIL
most reliable remedy for Catarrh. HalPl
Catarrh Medicine acts thru the Blood OF
the Mucous surfaces. expelling the Pol
son from the Blood and healing the dis
eased portions.
After you have taken Halls Catarrl
Medicine for q short time you win see
great Improvement in your genera
health. start taking Halls Catarrh Ned
cine at once ana get rid Of catarrh. Sen.
for testimonials. free.
FL. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo, Ohio.
Sold by az Druggists. &c.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1918-02-14
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