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Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1918-07-26
.
Such q Relief.

She put down the book with q sigh.
"What is it, darling" he asked.
"Ah, dearest, I'm so happy" she re-
piled. -'-
"But you had such q sad look in
your eyes just now"
II know. I've been reading about
the unhapplness that the wives Of men
Of genius have always had to bear.
Oh, Alfred, dear. I'm so glad you're
Just an ordinary sort Of q fellow.Ns.
Stray StorieaL ...s-.~ ..- -"'"-se
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1918-07-26
Red Cross Social

There will be q program and ice
cream sociable at the home of Fred
Headineton, Tuesday evening, July
3oth. Program consists of humorous
NAV entitled Renting the PIckln-
mines" also readings and music.
Admission 10 and Is cents. Come out
and help the Red Cross.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1918-07-26
Old Treasures.

visitor-You must have saved old
things for years to make that large rag
bag.
Elderly Friend-Dear me, yes. Why,
there's Lay confirmation frock, and
there's my going-away dress, and
there's my paauve poplin of the Paris
exhibition. They've all some wear In
them yet !"--Lond0n Opinion.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1918-07-26
Smart.

Nell-What would you give to have
such hair as mine?
Bell don't know-what did you
give?-Boston Evening. Transcript
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1918-07-26
For Sa3e.

Twin cylinder motorcycle, in first
class coalition. Inquire at the Bonair
store. 43-tf
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1918-07-26
For Sale.

Graded Black Poll Bull. Big
enough for service. Henry L. Herold,
Route 5, Cresco, Ia. 47-2t-p
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1918-07-26
For Sale.

. A small stack of mixed clover and
imothy hay. Phone s46. /. L. Eaton.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1918-07-26

For sALE-A good work mare.
Phone N. o. 2. J. E. Carroll, Cresco.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-11-30
TALK OF THE TOWN

Sale of dress goods at Abbott's Satur-
day
Special turkey dinner Sunday at the
same old price 1t would costyou much
more elsewhere. Hotel Barre, ]. Y. Row
en-, manager.
Mr. and Mrs William Greig and daugh-
ter, Evelyn, of South Barre, left yester-
day for Lowell, Mass, where they expect
to pass the winter
Sergt. William Imlach returned this
morning to Camp Mckinley, Portland
Me, after spending Thanksgiving at the
home of Mrs, Jane Lille.
Notice; Now is the time to save money
on Andes ranges and heaters, also nice
| line Of second hand stoves See us. Il. A.
Prindle & Co., Worthen block
Mrs. A, B. Upham of Boston will speak
i at the Baptist church next Friday even.
ing at 1880. Mrs Upham is recommend.
ed as speaker of wonderful power and
| viii bring the story Of her parents ex;
perience among the Cherokee Indians
where they hbored as missionaries for
some years.
The free prophetic lectures that were
postponed on account of the influenza
will now be resumed Sunday and Thurs.
day nights at 7:45 at the r. Of p hall
The subject for Sunday night, Dec. i
will be "The Signs of the Times or
Current Conditions and Their Meaning
Conducted by Evangelist L. s. Hartwell
All are cordially invited.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-11-30
TALK or THE TOWN

Handkerchiefs from Marshall Field
Go. at Abbott's.
Harry C. WhitehiIl publisher of the
Waterbury Record, called on friends in
Barre yesterday.
what Our American Boys Have Done
in This War;" will be the theme at the
Presbyterian church Sunday evening at
Z o'clock.
Mr.. and Mrs James #. Kenefick and
little daughter Margaret, Of st. Johns
bury, former residents of Barre, visited
relatives in the city yesterday and to-
day. Mr. Kenefck, having been appoint
ed postoffice inspector, recently re.
turned to Vermont, after stay of sew.
eral weeks in Philadelphia.
]. G. Sellers of Greenfield, O., a re.
tail monument dealer, is registered al
Hotel Barre while passing week in the
Barre granite district. During his stay
here Mr.. Sellers is placing orders foI
several granite memorials to be deliv'
cred early in the winter.
Private 0rviIle Yomgson of the 306th
field artillery is confined to GONZALES
cent hospital, according to letter re.
ceived yesterday by friend in Barre
The young man was assigned to the hos
pital for treatment, after he had beer
gassed and affected by shell shock The
letter was dated Nov. Z, and the writer
said that he expected to get back into
the fighting at once.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-11-30
The Daylight Store


everything. OF course haven't been in
France long enough to know anything
about the country, but from what | have
seen | know ! am going to like it.
'rhe rest camp where | am is in a
very pretty place, near beach woods
and overlooks some fine country land
and also the harbor The woods and
fields look more like Vermont than any
place | have seen since | left Burling-
ton.
'No doubt you were glad to get the
card telling Of my safe arrival in Eng
land. ] figured that you would get it
either Yesterday or to-day. Don't worry
at all about me, because | am feeling
fine and enjoying myself all the time
There Is fine bunch of fellows in my
company and we have good times to.
gether, and there are so many fellows
from home in the unit that | can't get
lonesome. expect to get home in a
few months, for the allies are certainly
handing it to them strong now.
mo doubt YOU have got all of your
garden produce gathered by this time
The seasons must be long here and the
winters mild, for the gardens are green
vet and | saw many young cabbage
plants set out in the gardens we passed
on our way TO this camp.
"This win not reach you the 18th, but
| wish you both many happy returns Of
the day.
"There is concert Just started here
in the Y. NJ. c. A., so I'll close now and
listen to it.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-11-30
WRITES OF ITALIANS JOY.
Sergeant Herman P. Duffany Was with
u. S. Ambulance Service in Italy.

Sergeant Herman P. Duffany, formerly
OF Barre but who entered service from
Boston, writes from Italy to his wife,
who was Miss Olive Robinson, formerly
a school teacher in Williamstown and
Chelsea, and gives some interesting side
lights on the Joy of the Italian people
during the last few days before the close
of hostilities. Sergeant Duffany enlisted
last December, spent the winter at Camp
Johnston, Jacksonville, Fla, and sailed
for Italy in June. He is an expert me-
chanic with machine shop truck unit 1855
in L. s. ambulance service.
Sergeant Duffany writes as follows;
November A, 1918.
This is the first letter / have written
in a week, as have been on four days'
trip to Milan. A fine trip and was there
two days, so had time to look around a
bit. Some beautiful places TO visit
around Milan. Went TO see the cathe.
dral 400 years in construction, finished in
1916.
No, we were not there when first in
Italy as you thought, but in Treano.
| This was my first visit to Milan Treano
is much nicer city to visit, much like
some of the cities in the states. Milan
has beautiful parks, monuments and cas-
| ties. Castles are an old story to us now,
as nearly all the towns have them. When
| went to France on the three weeks
trip over the Alps in August, II started
from Treano. have booklets of these
places to show you when come home,
and tell you all about my experiences,
but not at the front When we left
Ireano we were quite near the front for
few days. Then the big drive began.
They got them on the run. Think they
are still going and so far away don't
know as we will ever catch up. Thought
we would stay here (near Venice) for
the winter, but are SO far back now, will
probably have to move again.
The Italian people are pretty tickled
about peace with Austria. Have been
ringing the bells ever since. They only
rang them before as warning. We
are going TO see the ruins tomorrow. 1t
is some joke for soldiers to have to take
a day off to see the lnesl
Our machine shop is nearly finished
and is good one, with a good floor.
Everything in fine running order again.
Hope we can stay here long enough to
use il.
Don't worry about me- / am well and
comfortable. Three of us occupy q small
room, but are not so badly off at that.
November s.
Well what do you think of the war
news now? You see the boys probably
decided they wanted to get home for
Christmas and started to clean things up
bit. Guess the Austrians are done and
Germans ready to quit We visited the
front the other day, or what was the
front when the drive first started. It
was wonderful sight-all the ruins,
and roads and fields fun Of shell holes /:
the trenches and dugouts had been
shelled until cleaned out. Many shells
and guns left. | have four big Austrian
shells, all different sizes. Hope | can
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-11-30
ENJOYING LIFE IN FRANCE.
Burlington Cousin Writes Miss Lille Fin,
of His Trip Across and Doings Since

of His Trip Across and Doings Since.
The following letter was received by
Miss Lille Fine from Jack Fine of Bur
lington, cousin. The young man has
visited Barre often and is known by
many here. Before going overseas he
was employed in clerical position in
the war department in Washington, d. G.
He says: After spending two weeks
In New York City, during which time
had very good time, and treated roy
ally even being given a farewell party
by my cousins, / received my orders to
proceed over here After an uneventful
journey which greatly enjoyed, spend
ing my time reading, dancing on deck,
seeing the sights on sea, etc, arrived
safely in France. As for submarines,
luckily for them, none was seen.
ARRIVING in France, / was sent TO a
rest camp for four days, and there re-
ceived my orders to proceed to headquar.
tiers for assignment. After touring
France for two days more, received my
assignment to the city from whence
came However, before leaving this place
visited one of Frances famous cathe-
drals, and ii surely is wonderful. Taking
the next train back, reported to head
quarters, and was given an opportunity
to 20 out and get a room. Wen, can
YOU imagine me trying to speak French
Nevertheless ! managed to get a beauti-
full room with French family, who
speak no English, but manage to get
along with them with the aid of die
tionary, The people treat me very nice
and try to do all they can for me. The
other night they invited a girl to the
house that spent three years in a normal
school and who speaks English fuently,
and needless to say, we had an interest
ing chat. During my spare time / study
French and am getting along nicely.
Last Tuesday night / enjoyed a con-
cert given by one Of the best U. s. naval
jazz bands, composed mostly of profes.
SIGNALS, who were on the stage before en-.
tering the service They certainly were
very good and enjoyed it. Wednesday
night / enjoyed my first movie in one of
the French theatres when | saw "Amer-
ica's Answer" which was also very good.
"This is nice city, though quite diff.
ferent from our cities in the states. They
have some odd costumes, such as the
wearing Of wooden shoes, which make an
awful racket in the early hours of morn
ing The weather is very mild, and con-
tinues so throughout the year.
"My work here is practically the same
as that in Washington, and am getting
along nicely"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-11-30

bring them home. Heard the guns for a
couple of nights when big drive started
but they drove them back so fast that
we are now further from the front than
when we were at Genoa. Hope our next
move will be toward home. Guess the
people in the states will be as glad to
see the boys returning as they viii be to
get home,
We have just started Red Cross So
ciety here in town, but it probably won't
last long now.
The weather is fine, not at all cold
Suppose there is snow at home
November 10.
This is our first Sunday in this part of
the country Have been walking and
sightseeing all the afternoon. Went up
in one of the high bell-towers Could see
all the surrounding towns-country as
level and straight as a plain. Wish you
might see all these places also, We then
visited some Italian generals home.
Beautiful gardens, park, lake and small
streams, Boats to ride on lake, and an
outdoor theatre surrounded with fine
statuaTy Never saw so beautiful a
home in the states. Would like to have
seen il before the war when it was kept
up properly. No one but soldiers has
lived there in long time and they de-
stroyed nearly everything. The lady il.
charge took US through the rooms to see
paintings on walls and ceilings and other
artistic designs The large hall and
winding stairs were of marble. The lake
was ideal for moonlight row. The
moon is so very bright here when it does
shine.
November IL
Great news to-day! Looks as though
we would be coming home soon now. The
Italians are having a big parade tonight,
with bands, rockets and lights to ceIe-
brate the signing of the armistice.
The French soldiers are putting on a
show this evening but think ! win write
instead Of going out Some Of us did
our washing to-day Don't know when
we will be going home, but all are anx-
ious to 60 and talk Of nothing else.
The French, Italian and American sol
diers sure are making one big noise in
town tonight. They have been return.
ing from the front all the week and still
coming as strong and as many as at first.
] should have written Saturday but a big
fire in town Saturday morning cut off all
the electric lights. | hope to be with
you before many months now. Remem.
Der me to all our friends.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-11-30
FEELING FINE AND HAPPY.
Pvt. Carl D. Waterman Enjoyed Ocean
Trip and New Sights and Scenes.

In letter to his mother, Mrs d. S.
Waterman Of Washington street, Pvt
Carl d. Waterman writes Of his journey
across the ocean and what had happened
up to the time he wrote, Nov. 3. He
says;
Il am in France at last, but not at
the place where we are to be located
We came to a rest camp to-day and no
doubt will move on in few days / will
be glad when we get settled in some
camp, for hope to find some mail from
home there, at least some that was for
warded from our camp in the United
States.
I'VE had fine trip across the ocean
and no accidents. After spending short
time in rest camp in England, we
started again for France. The camp
where we were was all right, but | can't
understand why they call it rest camp,
for we slept in tents on board floor.
However, we had good sleep and
chance to take bath, shave and have a
general cleaning up. The camp was To-
Gated Just outside a very pretty little
English town, which we had chance to
see on our way to the station The
houses are of a different style than
those at home and are all built of either
brick or stone. Many of them had some
fine vegetables growing In the front yard
in very neat little gardens.
One thing that l noticed along the
road and in places around the camp was
lot of holly growing. 1t grows to
pretty good-sized trees, but in many
places it is kept trimmed for hedge.
i wish could have sent some home, so
you can imagine how pretty it looks
growing.
From what ] saw of England / like
the country fine, but believe me they
are always behind the times with nearly
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-11-30
DO YOU WANT LABoR7
If So, Register at Employment Service
Office in Barre.

To all employers Of labor in Washing
ton county:
BY order of the adiutant general, rep
resentatives of the department of labor
are to be sent to military camps to as
sist men discharged in securing suitable
employment. Employers of labor are
not permitted to deal directly with sol
diers at the camps Manufacturing con
Germs in Washington county who are in
need of employees are urged to register
Immediately with the local employment
Office in Barre, in order that the employ
ment service may have records upon
which to base information to be fur
nished TO the camp commanders and to
the various federal directors of states
in which camps are located.
George L. Hunt, chairman labor board
for Washington county.
Montpelier, VT, Nov, 20. 1918.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-11-30
EXPECT OPEN FOOTBALL
When Harvard and Brown Clash for the
Seasons Wind-Up.

Cambridge, Mass, Nov. 30.-An exhi
bition Of open football was expected
when the Harvard and Brown service
eleyens brought the New England cole
giate football season to close to-day at
the Harvard stadium.
Harvard has defeated Tufts and Bos.
ton college in the two games it has
PLAYED, while Brown, after a disastrous
early season, gained supporters by the
excellent attack it developed last week
by beating Dartmouth.
Flynn, Browns first string fullback
was unable to play because Of illness.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-07
100000 Tons of Coal
Bought by DR.. Day

AS result of contract closed yes
terday by DR.. Jonathan C. Day and the
DeJulio Company, coal producers, of
22O Broadway, 100000 tons OF anthra-
cite will be purchased by the city, de-
liveries to be begin Immediately. De-
cision to buy the coal came after a
conference of the coal committee of the
Mayors Committee on National De-
fence, in the Office of City Chamberlain
Alfred j. Johnston.
"The coal will come from the Schuyl-
kill region of Pennsylvania" said DR..
Day. Samples have been submitted
and analyzed and found to be above par.
The coal will be handled by dealers,
and if there is any saving, and l be-
lieve there will be some, it will accrue
to the advantage of the consumer, not
the dealer"
The commissioner added that if the
Board of Aldermen at its meeting
on next Tuesday put through a $780,
900 appropriation for food and fuel he
would make a contract to spend $780,
900 for coal, in addition to the O00U-
ton contract
Among those at the committee meet
ing were Michael Burns, of Burns
Brothers; Thomas F. Farrell and P.
Brady. also coal dealers. Bernard Suy"
dam, of Elmhurst, sent a telegram ap-
proving the contract, adding that the
10000 ton pockets of Queens are vir-
tually empty.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-07
u. S. Cotton Control
Is Asked by South
Bankers and Producers Ask
Wilson to Fix Price and
Regulate the Sales

NEW ORLEANS, July 6.-Establish-
ment by the government of a corpora
tion to be known as the United States
Cotton Corporation, with power to buy
for the account of the United States
government such cotton as may be Of
fered for sale without other available
buyers at price to be fixed by Presi-
dent Wilson, will be recommended to
Congress by special committee con-
sisting of one banker and one cotton
producer from each of the states of
the cotton belt
Resolutions to this effect were passed
at conference of cotton states bank
ers and producers.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-07

ords Of the Tenement House Depart
ment. These, at the rate of four per-
soma to an apartment, accommodated
3,1S724s individuals. The city's aver
age increase in popuation is LOT 900, of
whom 10000 live in apartments. OF
these $4,000 pay rentals Of $50 or less
month. 1t is also estimated that the
normal increase in population will re-
.quire at the lowest $4,000 new house
keeping units annually.
Building Mark Falls
But New York has fallen far below
this building mark. In the first six
months of this year plans for about
1000 apartments renting for $50 or
less a month. were filed. The follow
ing table will show the decline in
apartment units built to rent for $50
month or less:
New-York tribune., 1918-07-07
lent; another may be far behind its

ment; another may be far behind its
schedule.
Sitting at his desk In Washington.
- y, A. Morrow, the director Of trans
poreat'on and distribution, with all the
information before him, directs the
movement Of coal accordingly.
emergencies are thus met scientin-
eaily, not impulsively. His organiza-
'ion has a perfect liason with tho car
service of the railway administration,
IL Is a liason without red tape and
sealing wax.
mere Is no writing Of archaically
formal letters to the man across the
nall or across Washington or across
the country. 1t is instead the tele-
phone and tho telegraph and the on
the-job informalty of Jim of fuel call
ing up friend AL of the railways and
saying: "Say, AL, North Carolina is
up against it. Well have to divert
some coal from Kentucky, which can
spare 1t and has the cars. Shoot five
hundred cars from Kentucky to North
oafol'na tomorrow, and oblige yours
truly"
You're on" says AL, and the trick is
turned.
1t is the virtue of the zone system
1hat 1T has no twilight zone
New-York tribune., 1918-07-07
Mrs. Mary Hope Norris
Wins Divorce Decree

Mrs. Mary Hope Norris, a member Of
a well-to-do Southern family, was
yesterday granted a decree of divorce
by Supreme Court Judge Hotchkiss
from Captain Benjamin F. Norris. u.
S. A.
Justice Hotchkiss's decision marks
the end of a noted romance which be-
gan six years ago. Mrs. Norris was
born in New Orleans, and had been
married once before. She made the ac
quaintance of Captain Norris, a New
York lawyer, on an automobile trip
1912. A swift courtship followed on the
part of Norris, and two months later.
on September II, they were married.
They separated in the early spring
of 1916 From that time until July I
of that year Mrs. Norris had detectives
shadowing her husband, and the e'0
finally reported that the lawyer and sne
unknown woman" registered at an ung
town hotel as "Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Mr.
ton, Boston"
At the trial, before Samuel J. Go is
smith. as, referee, Captain Norris the
fered no defence.
In December, 1916, Mrs. Norris be "~0
suit in the Supreme Court for S50ines,
damages against Mrs. Pearl Margdus-
Shontal, wife of Max Shontal, de
in hops and malt, for alienation OF. ~"S
husbands affection. 1t was allegebeen
Mrs. Norris that Mrs. Shontal, by ,onth
and other means, persuaded Norr. AZ.
leave his wife and devote his 'he
and attentions to the defendant An Of
By agreement Captain Norriserage
nav G110 month o1jpoopv 70 b;o
wife during the time he is in m1urine
service ~
New-York tribune., 1918-07-07

On this decline in new buildings the
report says:
This shows that in the years 1913
to 1916, inclusive, only sufficient new
apartments were provided for the
normal increase in population and in
1917 for only 30 per cent of the normal
increase.
BASED on these figures, for the first
half of 1918 less than 25 per cent Of
the housing facilities necessary to
meet the normal growth of population
are now being constructed. This state
ment is based on the reports Of plans
filed and not of work actually under
construction"
The survey was made by the Real
Estate Board Of New York, Brooklyn
Chamber of Commerce, Brooklyn Chap
ter Of the American Institute of Archi-
tects, Bronx Bureau of Buildings,
Queens Borough Chamber of Com
merce and the Staten Island Chamber
Of Commerce.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-07

" ASHINGTON, July 6.--When
N the fuel administration de-
w cided on the zone system Of
apportioning and distributing coal it
got its feet on solid ground I'D began
10 emerge from the morass of the hit
and-miss, opportunistic, non-policy that
marked its formative days. The zone
system is simplicity itself and common
sense. 1t consists of nothing but treat
ing the principal mining districts of
the country as so many national coal
bins and assigning to each a certain
volume of consumption in certain
definite territory.
The zone system not only clarifies
the relations between production and
consumption but it does away with the
absurd transportation waste Of hauling
coal into a given district at the same
time that coal is being hauled out of it,
thus using two trains to do the work
of one.
Applies to Soft Coal
1t applies only to bituminous coal,
but it incidentally regulates the dis
trbuton of anthracite, too, because al
most everywhere, except in the North
eastern section, naturally tributary to
the limited anthracite fields in Penn
sylvania, the consuming districts that
use both anthracite and bituminous
have been assigned an increased per-
centage of the latter and get CORE
spondingly smaller percentage of an
thracite, leaving more anthracite for
the Northeast.
New York, for instance, gets 1885,
600 tons of domestic use size of an
thracite this year, as against 14,200,-
600 tons last year, and all the steam
sizes the railways can haul. Twenty