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Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-01-31
BROADWAY DAZEC
WHEN BROUGHT FACE
TO FACE WITH WAR

New York, \. Y, Jan. 3l.-NeN
York City is getting its first actual
taste OF war The novelty is not
altog, Their pleasing le, IN some in
itanccs. it is decidedly amusing.
Broadway, Tor the instance. Their,
no Monday one can 20 into a rcstaur.
ant. Including hotels an cabaret5,
ana enjoy a good meal III well heat.
I'd room. Eut no drinks.
There's thu slmle- Broadway with
out It's drink before. during or after
q meal If Broadway longed for a
drink on Monday then II had TO hunt
up a hoatlesS saloon or cafe and or.
der from a lisgrnntled barkeep OF
waiter, shiyoring in hSayy glove
oarmuifs, caps and overcoats.
New York can do little shopping
on Mondays. The department store
are closed on that day and the foo
sellers are only permitted to heat tn,
places OF business until noon. Il
they elect To Keep open after the moor
hour, they can Use no fuel.
But the enforced IDLE on Monda!
find one ISOLATION. The theatre,
remain open. All theatres aud NOV
les. now do thriving business o.
Mondays and then on the following
dav remain closed
Subways, elevated lnesv and sur
face cars observe Sunday schedule o.
Mondays and the larger busines
buildings try To get along with one
elevator each OF course, one car
play pool or billiards or dance OF
Mcuday, hul on Tues lay-no amusc
menta, nc lieat and Broadway dark
Then Broadway also realizes ther,
il 4 war
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-01-31
Hard 10 Get Over Road.

Memphis, Tenn, Jan. 3l.--Ilastrlct.
ed travel is not confined 70 those who
speed across the country In trains de
luxe and upholstered puliman' Ho'
Dos and Other species OF migratory
humanity complain that ii is becom'
ing increasingly difficult 10 get over
the road" because CT special agents
employed by the railroads to guard
against | ". ". activities.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-01-31
Grand Ridge and Vincinity
BY GENE BfRNES

Wrtord Hook spent a few days
this week with home folks.
y telegram has been received by t.
d. Williams OF Easy Washington street
from hl4 son, Lieut.. Il. {. Williams
Hho Is stationed az the Lewis Gun
works. Utica, y. Y That he has been
instructed 10 make ready 20 leave for
toreigl service AZ an early date was
made known. Lieut.. Williams IL one
Of the village popular business men
ana has host OF friends who wish
him success.
We very much regret to note IVES.
ley tinker confined To his home again
by Illness.
} Earl GOchonorc who is home on Il
furlough from Camp Pike. spent Fri.
day vii hhis sister. Mrs. Leonard Linn
OF this village. Mr.. Guchonore be
longs 10 the expert trainmen service.
Mr. and Mrs. C.. J. Sheehan Of Pc
ora. were recent weekend guests o;
the formers mother, Mrs Jerry Shee
nan. west OF town.
Mr. and Mrs James Thomas oil
Streator attended the 18th wedding
anniversary celebration OF Mr. and
Mrs. Lewis Antram at their home last
Tuesday evening There were about
sixty present on this occasion.
Several hundred heat OF cattle and
hogs We're shipped from this point dur
Ing the last week.
Forest Jones was a passenger &c
20 Chicago Friday a. N. G. X, Palmer
Is substituting at Porter 4 Co s dur
ing Mr. Jones absence.
Il il reported that John Heath has
rented the property on Sylvan av
enuo recently purchased by James
Patterson and will move 10 the same
this spring
Mrs ] G. Dlder who has been on
the sick list, we are pleased to report
improving
NJ. ". Poundstoue. the hardware
man. was looking after business II
Chicago last week.
The members OF the d. T. clut
have issued invitations for dance t.
be held In the * OF G. hall AZ Ottawa
Wednesday evening. Jan 30. for tn,
benefit Of the soldier boys,
James Ramsey has returned to hi.
home III Estcrville Iowa, after short
visit with relatives and friends in ,hi,
vicinity.
Many from this locality attended tht
public sale held at the Charles Al
berts home near Welsmann on last
Friday.
T.. T. Hodeson was a business call
er In Ottawa Saturday morning.
Mrs. Frank Geiger was taken TO st
Mays hospital. Streator Friday nooi
for treatment. Mrs Gelger underwear
an operation at Springfield some tim,
ago aud her condition has never I'm
proved as her many friends hoped /
g would However. all are hoping 70
I good news al very eraly date.
: Mrs, Frank Lehr was called I,
= Sreator on last Wednesday by tn,
i illness o. her mother, Mrs Evans
g who It was reported had been poison
I cd hv notfnn uuuoapp \IrU I'vnpe [
now improving
Waller Potter, the efficient and gen
y al delivery man for the village store
OF Porter a. Co. I. ". Newman an
VIM. kllpatrick has decided to fart
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-01-31
SURGEON SAVES LIFE or
eOV WHO BRINGS SUIT

New York Fifteen years ago u.
Edward t. kellogg. IL noted surgeon,
performed an operation on William
Pefiman, which saved the boys life.
Perlman, however, lost two toes ~ a
result OF the operation Later lie
sued thr surgeon or 5000, damages.
4 jury has Just decided that pcfrl
man, VINO IN noW twenty-five years
old, is not entitled to damages.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-01-31
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MERIpEN.


More snow, it SHOWS. SHOWS or
blows nearly every day, the beaua.
III! snow is about two feet deep ana
the sleighing is tine only where it ia
dri!tcd the roads being Iull again,
half OF the travel is through the fields
Last Friday 1t was II below zero.
All through this month it has been at
or below the zero mark and fuel
scarce. Talk about conservation, how
can We conserve when We have scarce
~ enough fuel 10 keep rs warm. Some
places schools are closed for want of
fuel why not close saloons. Cabarcts
and movies and keep all schools
running Some Jay our school boys
and gals viii be called 10 run our
government. Give them chance,
that they may De better qualified than
some OF those filing high positions a,
the present time
Sh0ycling snow is still in order. The
roads anl walks drift fun again most
every night Il seems our winters
have changed again and We are get
ting oar old time cold weather an,
snow remember m lSSl.lSS2 tn,
roads We're dritied so the snow wen
over the fences IN some places
4 -.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-01-31
A. LOOpHOUND.


The light upon our corner
Is burning bright tonight
Dut oh, believe me brethren,
Its an unusual sight.
It's out each two nights ou' OF three
And fickerS are but rare
I'd call the city fathers up
Du. RS . sin TO swear.
Suggestion 10 the street cleaning
department why not tag every snow
shovel? rs about the only thing now
that hasn't been tagged
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-01-31
Some Chickens.

The following notice appeared Ia a
Minnesota paper
Il have been instructed by the vii
lage council 10 enforce the ordinance
against chickens running AT large and
riding bicycles on Inc sidewalk VII.
laxe constable"
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-01-31

Here's a letter We just received:

Here's letter We just received,
Dear Shrap;
I see De the papers that Commis
siousr Campbell charges tina, there IS
gambling going Oh in Ottawa. Now
Shrap. wanta Say ,hat there ail't
nothing OF the kind-at least ii there
Is never seen none OF il. In fact
not only deny the allegation bur I
defy the alligator. have lived In
Ottawa for over forty years. and |
know every saloon. cigar store. club
house and other place OF recreation in
town, and make EN- all on my rounds
every night In all my HE never
seen slot machine nor even Il punch
board. and as for 4 poker game. be-
lieYe me, Shrap. there aint no such
critter.
Given under my hand. and sealed
With kiss.
A. L0OpHOUED.
p g. vas born blind and never
got over Il. Will you kindly use youc
influence 10 get me a job on the police
force. as they tell me that blind cops
always get rich.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-01-31
Philippines Population.

GorefnmeG, officials recently esti.
mated the population of the Philip.
pines at slightly more than 9,6OO.UOO,
the Island of Lu2oD having about ono
half the number
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-01-31
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS
Warranty Deeds.

Ray Arthur ana wife 10 James and
Ruth Brcyitt, II - b y. Side add.
Streator. s2.So0.
Georgia /. fuscy and husband to
Wills A. Clark. It's ! b t., Highland
"rt add. Ottawa. 81.
Quit CLAIM Deeds.
John Thomas ct al to Anna NJ Roy.
or. ei. It = Broadway'S add. Strea.
tor. 81
Sabiathy Smith to Geo. T.. Hessen.
berger. It's . i D g. Mendoza. 81.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-08-06

lar meeting at the residence of Gov.
Henry W. Reyes Monday.
Miss Lillian Anil, who has been for
the past two or three weeks In Somer
ville the guest Of Mrs. Charles Gage, has
returned.
The ladies are preparing for their an
nual church fair, which comes off Aug.
80. This bids fair to outshine all pre-
yious fairs, if we can judge anything by
the signs of the times.
There were between IS and 100 men
who eongregated in Goodman hall last
Saturday night, and your scribe thought
| that these representative men--which in
cluded men from Vershire, Fairlee, Ha-
verhill, Piermont, Oxford, Corinth and
Bradford had gotten together just in
order to congratulate the president Of
| the farmers association, Fred Gorham,
| on becoming grandpa--went over to par
take of the refreshments and as there
was none forthcoming he had to retire
| in good order and leave the reporting of
said meeting to more competent hands.
He did learn, however, that the purpose
Of this gathering was to arrange COM
/ bine in which they could purchase their
/ grain in large quantities, thus saving the
middeman's profit. He heard nothing
: mentioned about raising their own grain.
/ Eggs and the butter they consumed for
I home consumption or their ''taters" eth
err, and he went home wondering what
| had become of the farmers wives who
always had few eggs for sale in their
| egg baskets and few pounds of extra
/ butter to dispose of. "Turn backward,
turn backward time, in your flight.
Make us a child again, just for night.
| In recent issue Of the Boston Sunday
/ Globe we noticed under the heading Of
webster Portraits His Hobby" two pic
4 lures, one of Daniel Webster, the other
/ Edwin A. Bayley of Boston. You can
/ readily distinguish The Godlike Daniel
from Mr.. Bayley by the broad-brimmed
hat which the expounder Of constitution
wore when his picture was taken while
sitting under the elm on his New Hamp-
shire faFmt Edwin A. Bayley, the rider
of the hobby, a prominent Boston law
/ yer, the president Of Dartmouth Alumni
association, and we modestly state, a
/ Newbury boy, is a collector Of portraits
and memeRtoes of our distinguished
statesman, and in the past 20 years he
has collected everything he could find in
\ the line OF pictures, which cover periods
of Webster's life from the time he was
20 to portraits taken at the age of 10,
in 1852, One Of his most priced treas.
ures is miniature painted by hand Of
! Webster on porcelain or copper. It was
/ a scarfpin worn by Webster's son,
Fletcher, and is very small, measuring
seyen-eighths by three-fourths Of an inch.
Mr.. Bayleys enthusiasm Of Webster
knows no bounds and he claims that the
famous statesman stood pre-eminent in
three OF the highest and most intellec-
tual branches Of human thought-name-
| ly, as lawyer, orator and statesman
/ The year 1910 also marks the l50th anni-
versary OF the graduation of Rufus
Choate from Dartmouth, who, next to
Daniel Webster, is the most distin-
guished aIumnus Of the college
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-08-06

and chairman of the local board, got in
weighed into lottery scheme by a
charming Red Crosser and Is now the
proud possessor of pair of pillow cases.
and the poor man does not know what
to do with them, as he is a widower
Will some real good woman advise him |?
Those who attended the moving pic
lures last Friday night at Chadwick hall
had real treat. The pictures were clear
and were the kind which pleased New
bury audience If Mr.. Carbee keeps on
in this line he Is assured OF increasing
patronage. If he 10 encouraged by our
presence, his coming every two weeks
will be looked upon with as much favor
as our Nellie ellis, whose coming every
two weeks is one of the bright spots In
these dark days.
Was it put up job with the autocrat
of Bradford 1.-THE man who holds the
lightning in his hand) to turn off the
power last Friday night so the audience
at the moving picture show had to sit 80
minutes In total darkness awaiting his
maiesty's pleasure Some of the young
people seemed TO enjoy it, but there
were a few who were too old to fully
appreciate it.
Warren w. Bailey, the Arm & Ham
mer soda man, is home getting acquaint-
ed with his family
L. W. Boswell and family have been
on an automobile trip, visiting friends
in Concord, N. II.
The residence of Mrs. T. c. Keyes is
receiving coat of paint. n. E. Hutch
ms Is the knight of the brush.
Miss Anna Morse is spending part Of
the summer with her sister, Mrs. Thorn.
as G. Reyes
Charles Fl. Bayley Of Boston was in
town last week as active as usual, and
on Thursday, that hot day, kept DR..
Kelley and Prot. Barber busy following
him about setting up the sign boards
which point the way for the automohil-
| list. The sign in front Of the postoffice
| gives the name of our town and gives
| the distance to Breton Woods as we'll
/ as White River Junction, at the arch ia
| one with Wells River. Three are at the
upper end Of our village and one at the
creamery. The triangle in front of the
| postoffice is to be gTassed over, and we
have reason to expect in the near future
q drinking fountain of artistic design
will be placed thereon. The Barnett
property il to be repaired and made
/ tentative Now then Is the opportunity
| for the right man to lease this property
and set the house in order TO hold some
Of the stream Of travel which is CON
tinually gaining in volume and win flow
! through our lovely village as long as the
Connecticut viii flow on to the sea.
| Harry E. Crane of Danville, our for
mer principal, who has been at his home
| for the past few weeks, has gone to Has
kell, N. j., to accept position as bust
ness secretary Of the Y. NJ. C. A.--Bos.
ton Globe
Mrs. Mora Whitney of Boston is the
guest of Mrs. H. G. Bailey
| The w. C. T, u. met with Mrs. Sidney
Temple Tuesday.
! oxbow chapter, D. A. R., held its regu.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-08-06
NEWBURY
Town Without Public Flag for Public
Celebrations.

simultaneously with the dispatch an
nouncing the capture of the crown
princes army and 100000 prisoners came
the ringing Of the telephone bell at the
mayors office and shrill voice "born
to command" wanted to know what un.
der the sun we were doing down there
that the Stars and Stripes had not been
| flung out to the breeze in honor of the
great victory.
Then commenced lively hustle for
the flag. The chairman Of the Republi-
can committee was called in and he had
To confess that he had not seen the Re-
| publican flag since ii was put away in
camphor at the time Wilson was elected
| for the first time, and he had about
come to the conclusion that they would
never need it for Republican celebra-
| ton. The chairman of the Democratr
committee informed the Office that the
Democratic flag had tapped itself out
growing over the election Of President
Wilson twice, and it was gone. Both OF
the culprits stood with hands down. II
was quite evident that Newbury had no
public flag. Now this ia pretty how
do-you.do Newbury without public
flag What are we going to do when
our boys march into Berlin and have
the peace Of civilization signed in Pots
damn
| We are not moss backs Let us get a
hustle on and be ready for the grand
| jubilee which is sure 10 come. CRsar's
ghostl We don't want to hear that
voice again over the phone, and We
would be scared stiff if the owner Of II
should stalk into the Office with fire in
her eye. There is no place to duck.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Jacque Van Meurs OF
New York are spending few days az
Wildwood hall, guests of Mrs. Meur's sis
ter, Miss Edith Drant
Mrs. Susan Scruton has entertained
guests past week from Waltham, Mass
Mrs. Eaton and Mrs james.
Mr.. and Mrs Edgar Mcleod and ELS.
worth Lyons Of Boston spent the week
end with Mrs McLeod's mother, Mrs
George Avery.
Mrs. Myra Burbeck johnson, regent Of
the 0xbow chapter, D. A. r., was in
town Monday and while here attended
the meeting Of the d. A. r., which was
held at Mrs. Henry w. Reyes Mrs
johnson is the wife of Gen. Herbert
johnson Of Montpelier.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Fletcher and daugh.
ter Of lrasburg were in town few
hours the first of the week.
Dr. Darling has finished hsying and
has now gone into the automobile bust,
ness
NJ. G. Knight, our popular town clerk
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-08-06

tomobile from Burlington, in which were
two men from the mechanics school at
the University of Vermont and civil
ian. Az soon as the accident occurred,
it is alleged that the number plate was
removed from the Burlington car 1t
Is stated that the latter car was speed
ing and that it struck the Bristol ma.
chine with such force as to nearly rip
off the body. The forward wheels Of
the machines we're locked.
In North Hero, Ford touring car,
said to have been driven at high speed
by Stanley Tudhope Of Isle La Motto,
turned over three times. Tudhope and
three men with him, Walter Mcfver of
Alburg Center, Warren .Simond Of Isle
La Motto and man named Miller, were
thrown out and made unconscious and
after being taken to nearby house
were removed to their homes. The car,
which belonged to Tudhope's father, was
almost new, and was completely wrecked.
There seemed to be no reason for the
accident, as the road was wide and in
excellent condition.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fl. A. Sheldon of Ad-
Olson were considerably bruised when
they turned out for large touring car
in Brandon and went over an embank-
ment and down into small stream,
turning over. Neither was injured Sc
riously
Cars of Dennis D. Cloyes of Middle
bury and Mr. Marseills of Salisbury col
lided at Lake Dunmore and the machines
were damaged, but neither man was hurt.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-08-06
WILLIAMSTOWN
Hugh Seaver and Miss Ethel Rye Mar
ried at Brides Home in Randolph.

A pretty home wedding took place i'm
Randolph Saturday, July ~, at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Palmer Rye,
when Mr., Rye gave his daughter, Ethel
Pearl, in marriage to Hugh Leland Seav-
er of Randolph, formerly Of Williams
town. The ceremony was performed by
Rev. Fraser Metzger in the presence Of
the immediate relatives and few
friends Of the bride and groom, the sin
gle ring service being used. The bride
was attired in a gown of blue messaline
and carried q bouquet of white carna-
tions. The bride is popular young
lady of Randolph. She attended school
there and is now an operator in the Of
flee of the Randolph Telephone company
The groom Is graduate Of Williams
town high school, class of 1913, also OF
Goddard seminary, class of 1918. For
tho past two years he has been mail
carrier on r. f. d. route from the Ran
dolph postoffice. He recently enlisted
as mechanic in the U. S. service and
expects to leave Aug. Is to attend tSa
mechanical school at Tufts college.
After receiving the congratulations
and best wishes Of their friends, re-
freshments Of ice cream and cake were
served, following which the young couple
left on an auto trip amid shower Of
rice. The young couple have the best
wishes of host of friends.
There will be canning and drying
demonstration at fremen's hall Wednes-
day afternoon at o'clock. Come and
get some new ideas to help in this great
problem of food conservation. Mrs. L. d
Gale, chairman of food conservation.
The C. E. society of the Congega-
tional church will hold lawn party on
the church lawn Thursday evening, Aug,
s, at o'clock, program to be given by
the young people of the East Brookfeid
Christian Endeavor society, The con-
cert viii be given from the bandstand
by the Williamstown band. Ice cream
and popcorn for sale, Proceeds to be
given to the Red Cross.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-08-06
FORMER BRooKFIELD BOY KILLED
Noah c. Frink, Who at Enlistment Was
Farmer in Charlotte.

Charlotte, Aug. 6.-Mr and Mrs. Cor
nelius Frink received word Saturday
that their son, Private Noah C. Frink,
was killed in action, July II. He was in
the 5sth infantry. He was SO years Of
age and besides his parents leaves four
brothers, three Of whom, Clarence, George
and Charles, are IN service. His fourth
brother, Elliott, lives here on the farm
that he and Noah took few years ago.
Young Frink enlisted last February
and was sent to Camp Greene. He was a
Mason and was a prominent member Of
the Congregational church here and was
very popular in church work, A memo
rial service is to be held at the church
for him next Sunday.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-08-06
: SUNDAY AUTO ACCIDENTS.
No One Seriously Hurt, but Bristol Wom-
an May Have Internal Injuries.

Sunday was day of automobile acct
dents, but no serious consequences re-
suited. In East Middlebury, Mrs. G. P.
Ferary of Bristol was badly bruised and
may have internal injuries as result
of the collision of the car in which she
and her husband were riding with an au-
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-08-06
Notice.

want to notify all berry piokers they
must keep out Of my pasture, and also
the adjoining lot, known as the Human
lot This notice is final.
DAVID WATSON.
Orange, VT, Aug. 3, 1918.
The sun., 1918-10-08
BROWN TAKES DOWN
mo FOOTBALL" SIGN
Decision to Abandon Sport Is
Reconsidercd and Big Squad
Reports on Gridiron.

PRovIDENcB, r. l., Oct. 7,--Following
the announcement that Brown had
dropped Intercollegiate sport for the
duration of tie war there has been a
calmer consideration Of the athletic
situation and Brown football players
once more are on Andrews Field. Coaches
Robinson and Hahn to-day held n work.
out with forty players. and before the
week Is out q Student Army Training
Corps eleven will have been chosen to
represent Brown. The first game will
be played with the Newport Naval sta
ton next Saturday.
A batch of new material reported.
Several Of them are huskies and, pro-
vlding they live up to expectations,
should place the Brown unit among the
headliners in the East.
Perhaps the most promising was
George Johnston. who played tackle for
Hamilton Institute in New York last
fall. Johnston Is a six footer and tips
the beam at 100.
Another promising looking tackle was
Shurtleff, who played for East Green.
wich Academy. Shurtleff Is in good con.
dition, having been in the navy for q
year. 1t looks as II the tackle positions
would be well taken care of. Fred
Higgins is one Of the leading candidates
for the berth. ., ...
Other candidates to report were Sun.
derland, an end; McOsker. n back
Sweet, an end Shefelman, n line man
Ross, a halfback. and Brass, q fullback
The sun., 1918-10-08
Anglers Meet Both Kinds Of Luck.


Capt Kringle on the twenty-siNth trip
OF the Perry Fishing club hold recently on
board the Captain Lor at the Angler Banks
cau.ht Z u pound blacknsh that carried
of the pool, amounting 10 $3.50.