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Charlevoix county herald., 1918-05-31
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Believe IN The
united STATES
BY Jesse Lynch Williams Of the
vigIIantes.

Have you read THE Americans
Creed" that quintessence of American
ism, In 100 words, by William Tyler
Page? The creed that won the 81 1000
prize out of 1000 competitors?
Well, If you have not, you must. And
If you have, you have not done enough.
You should learn 1t by heart. Every
child in the country should master 1t
like the multiplication table. 1t will
do far more good and, incidentally, 1t
does not take so long. 1t should be
made part Of the Opening exercise"
at every school. 1t should be recited
standing as with the Apostles Creed
in some of our churches.
Here 1t Is. Examine Ii closely and
you will see why 1t won the prize:
Charlevoix county herald., 1918-05-31
Clear, PeaChy Skin
Awaits Anyone Who
Drinks Hot Water
Says an inside bath, before bresVC
fast helps us look and feel
clean, sweet, fresh.

Sparkling and vivacious-merry.
bright, alert-a good, clear skin ard
natural, rosy healthy complexion
are assured only by pure biCod. II
only every man G1i woman could be
induced to ad"r, tie aOruing inside
bath, what Il Hraii.y'l change would
take I!ace. lGa:cG o t.e thousands of
slckiy, ah&'iair ...- men, women
ana SirlS, W., .'tr or muddy
complexion; n.t ~. IT the multi
tudes of re- = wrecks" 'rundowns."
brain fags' an pessimists we
should see yirI.c. optimistic throng
OF rosy-cheeNed people everywhere.
An inside bath is had by drinking
each morning, before breakfast,
glass of real hot water with a tea
spoonful of limestone phosphate in it
to wash from the stomach, liver, kid
neys and ten yards of bowels the pre-
vious days indigestible waste, sour
lamentations and poisons, thus
cleansing, sweetenins and freshening
the entire alimentary canal before
putting more food into the stomach.
Those subject to sick headache, bill
iousness, nasty breath, rheumatism,
colds; and particularly those who have
pallid, sallow complexion and who
are constipated very often, are urged
to obtain quarter pound of limestone
phosphate at the drug store which
will cost but trihe, but is sufficient
to demonstrate the quick and remark
able change in both health and appear
ance, awaiting those who practice inc
ternal sanitation. We must remem.
Der that inside cleanliness is more inn
portant than outside, because the skim
does not absorb impurities to con-
taminate the blood while the pores in
the thirty feet of bowels do.
Charlevoix county herald., 1918-05-31
Don't Like kaiser's Face.

When the War Mothers met In the
assembly room of the library at Bed
ford, Ind, they found a picture Of the
kaiser exposed on a table, possibly
placed there by joker. The War
Mothers tore the picture into small
pieces and then stamped on the bits.
What the women thought Is not for
publication, but what they said would
make the ears of the kaiser and the
joker burn.
Charlevoix county herald., 1918-05-31
SHE GOT GOOD RESULTS.

This honest testimony from a woman
who has suffered should be needed by
all afflicted with backache, rheumatic
pains, or any symptom of kidney and
bladder trouble: 81 have got such
good results from Foley Kidney Pills
that | sleep much better. Mrs. Chas.
Gray, go Sixth ST., Detroit, Mich"
-Hite's Drug Store.
Charlevoix county herald., 1918-05-31
Club Bans EvenIno Dress.

Until after the war no evening
clothes will be worn by the men and
women at the Spokane Country club.
Decision to bar formal dress has been
made by the entertainment committee,
and IL is declared to be In keeping
with other war economies.
Charlevoix county herald., 1918-05-31

Dccu III Ddu uedlL0
and had several at
tacks of nervous
prostration until it
seemed as if the
organs in my whole
body were worn
out. j was finally
persuaded to To
Lydia E. Pinkh&
We table
pound and it mGS
a well woman Of
me. l can now do
oil pou hot1caxty1,rlr
Charlevoix county herald., 1918-05-31
Christmas Gift Late.

A Christmas present mailed her in
1914 while she was studying art in
New York has just reached Miss Jessie
Perkins of Princeton, w. Va. Upon its
arrival Miss Perkins telephoned Mrs.
Hartley Sanders and Mrs. II. M. John
son, sisters, thanking them for the
present.
Charlevoix county herald., 1918-05-31
VENT HATRED ON
NAVAL PRISONERS
Huns Reserve Their Worst for
British Seamen.
TOO HORRIBLE TO PRINT

Sentries and Guards Encouraged to
Punish ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Beat
ing on Bars for Release From Burn
ing Cell Are Prodded Back With
Bayonets-"The Tree" a Form Of
Torture Worse Than Anything
Known to lnquisition.
Charlevoix county herald., 1918-05-31
THE AMERICANS CREED:

81 believe in the United States
of America as government of
the people, by the people, for
the people; whose just powers
are derived from the consent
of the governed; a democracy in
republic; sovereign nation of
many sovereign states; perfect
Union, one and inseparable; es-
tablished upon those principles
of freedom, equality, justice and
humanity for which American
patriots sacrificed their lives and
fortunes.
II therefore believe 1t is my
duty to my country to love it. to
support Its Constitution, to obey
Its laws, to respect its flag and
to defend 1t against all enemies"
Charlevoix county herald., 1918-05-31

A widow always pretends THAT she
i in't trying to help man when he tries
to kiss her-but she is just the same.
Charlevoix county herald., 1918-05-31
NERVOUS
PROSTRAHON
May be Overcome by Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound This
Letter Proves 1t.

West Philadelphia, Pa. During the
thirty years have been married, have
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-06-13
Attest,
Walter Osborn, Auditor.
Leon, Iowa, Tuesday, June

Leon, Iowa, Tuesday, June T.
1918.
ment with all members present and
upon being called to order by chair
man Hastings the following business
was transacted:
The board continued the business
of equalization and the approval OF
+ho follouipo vacation claims:
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-06-13
Attest,
Walter Osborn, Auditor.

Leon, Iowa, Monday, June 8; ; d9lS.
Board met pursuant to adjourn,
ment with all members present ana
UPON being called to order by chair
man Hastings the following business
This being regular meeting time
to adjust the values as between the
several townships and towns as re,
proceeded to the business in hand.
At three O'Clock the board went to
view the road at Jackson cutoff and
at five O'Clock they returned.
There being no further business
to come before them for the day
they adjourned to meet at elght
l.. p. Hastings,
Chairman.
Attest,
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-06-13
BOARD PROCEEDINGS
Proc ceilings of the Board of Super
yisors of Decatur County, Iowa.
June Session. 1918.

Leon, Iowa, Monday, May -, 1918.
Board met pursuant to adjourn
ment with members l.. +. Hastlng 3
and w. H. Golfer present, absent +.
Upon being called to order by
chairman Hastings the following
business was transacted: -,
This being a special meeting call
ed for the purpose of final hearing
on the road case of petition Of p;
Housh ct al. for road in Eden and a
Center townships, and It appearing ,eali,, =
that the original petition haVlng
been made enormously under the
law it was moved and carried that
the proceedings in regard, to the
same should be dismissed.
There being no further, business
to come. before the board for the
day at five o'clock they adjourned
to meet at eight O'Clock Monday
June 3rd
Chairman.
The Washington times., 1918-01-04
By EARL GOODWIN.

Ii any set of men needed instruction in reading
Handwriting the WALL it is a choice group of coal men
who are crowdng the coal business into the hands of the
United States Government And far the disgruned
and coaess portion of the public concerned that would be
the best thing that could happen this winter this particular
neck of woods There is big list of coal dealers Wash
citizen But of the greedy and proeerng practices of
certain others whose must withhold it do
are enough to make Satan blush -. !.
A hundred thousand tons of coal delivered here in
December and at that long lines of people shveng in
the btteres weather have had for thirty years Waiting
for coal tickets at undermanned emergency coal Office
while the customers of favored dealerfavored by the
Devils luck and circumstances of the coal busness-haye
sn resulting IN prestige for certain dealers who will be able
to say their customers suffered AND IN OTHER Dl
RECTlONS RESULTING IN FREEZING HOMES AND
PERHAPS DEATH Scores of socaed ''ittle dealers un-
able to fill their ORDERS while the trucks of certain other deal
ers have been loaded day and night.
Can anyone tell WHY the coal here did not pool
their labor and equipment if there labor and equip
ment shoragef of the dealers have been rushed
they could not handle their pethOrc orders with their equip
ment why in the of common didn't they call on
the other fellow whose teams lying idle, whose
toners freezing and unable to get lump Of anything
to burnt 1t looks to there attempt to freeze
out somebody beside the householder who will suffer anyhow
Freeze the people only once, l warn you. You'll have
only the chance After that the people will the coal
little of the hOggng and favoritism and freezing will
turn the trick.
God put the coal into the ground for the benefit of the
entire world not for the benefit of coal dealers who happen
Ostle their weaker brethren and gain the inside track
Men who forget that fact sometimes squat the ground and
think all the coal theirs because they happen to squat
first The United States is quite likely to along
and put the fear of God in their hearts, and incidentally take
the coal business to be that everyone will receive
the treatment. t-.N-
dollars in ordinary times will be selling at anthracite
prices when the Government takes the business especially
when the shipments of soft coal greater than eye
The Washington times., 1918-01-04
Average Man Hates the
Vampire Woman
By Winifred Black

For it is cruel to try to take an
other woman's husband away from
her, and it is selfish to make eyes
at an engaged man and attempt to
keep him tied to your apron
strings when the girl he's engaged
to wants to cry every time she
looks at you
l suppose you think you are
wonderful fascinator, Mabel. l
hate to be unkind, but really
must tell you that l can see by
your letter that you are just a
foolish, self-conscious, self-cen-
centered little girl who's been to
too many movies and seen too
many beautiful vampires.
Whisper-poor child-let me
tell you a secret:
The average man is bored to
death at the very idea of a YAM
pire. He wants some one to love
and some one to love him. He
wants a home and companionship,
and children and a fireplace, and
books and confidence, and trust
and peace of mind.
He may watch a pair of dang
ling earrings once in a while Just
for change, but deep down in his
heart he's glad the girl he loves
doesn't wear them. And when he
fatters you and is what you call
attentive" he's just thinking
what on earth he'd do to his sister
if she ever flirted so outrageously
with a strange man as you are
flirting with him.
Why Not Like Women?
The average man is a pretty
decent chap, Mabel. if you only
knew it. and he isn't quite such a
guileless lamb as you'd like to
make him think you think he is.
He knows that he isn't always
so awfully big and so awfully
brave and SO terribly strong, and
every time you tell him that he is,
he wonders what you're trying to
get out of him.
And please, Mabel, turn over a
new leaf tOmorrow-make a New
Year resolution:
Like women just little bit, or
at least pretend you do, anyhow.
You're one of them yourself, you
know. and whatever you say about
them applies, of course-don't you
see?
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The Washington times., 1918-01-04
M ABEL says she likes men
W in the letter she's written

IN m 6AAS AlhNo AAANh
Vl in the letter she's written
Oh, how she does like them!
They're so big and brave, and
strong and noble, and generous
and so-attentive.
But she hates women-oh, she
simply can't bear themI
They're so little and mean, and
jealous and envious, and gossipy-
so cowardly, so treacherous, so de-
ceitful-she just can't bear to be
with them.
Poor Mabel. l don't suppose she
realizes that she's drawing a map
of her own mind and of her own
character when she says these
things.
Men big and generous, and noble
and brave. So they are, every bit
Of it-some of them.
But some of them are little and
mean, and spiteful and grasping,
and stingy and tyrannical, and
bullying and suspicious and jealous
oh, yes, they are, Mabel.
Think of your brother at home.
your own dear brother. Don't tell
me you get on well with brother.
l know you don't. Mabel-girls
never do.
Brother never is nice to them.
He's always so "strict" and so un-
reasonable and wants sister to be-
have like a nun. so she always
says. And he hasn't half such a
high ideal Of men as Mabel has.
Some of them are all right. he
thinks, and some are part right,
and some are all wrong.
A Big Little Secret.
Now, as to the women, Mabel.
Are they all so dreadfully mean
to you? How flattered you must
feel. Why, you seem to be a regu-
lar Cleopatra, walking right away
with every man in sight, whether
he's married or single, engaged or
free, and YOU think that the reason
women aren't nice to you is be-
cause they're jealous of you.
No, Mabel, you are wrong, abso-
lutely wrong.
There may be some women who
dislike you because you're so fasci-
mating, but most Of them dislike
you because you are such a little
goose, and a selfish, cruel, schem-
ing little goose into the bargain.
The Washington times., 1918-01-04

man at home, about his home life
but it is possible that their ad-
vice about his business life might
be without value. The business
man, you see, is almost a stranger
to them.
Do not misunderstood me. Do
not imagine that | approve of the
light-hearted worker who, in bust
ness hours, uses up his own time
and that of his associates by tell
ing them all the latest stories, or
by cheerfully prattling about his
own affairs.
But If a worker can carry a
buoyant optimism into his business
if he can laugh and joke at work
without injury to that wOrk-then
he is a fortunate man and his
associates are fortunate in having
him with them.
His Cheerfulness is a definite
asset to him, to them, and to the
business. Consciously or uncon-
sCiOusly he helps to keep up the
interest and enthusiasm of his
fellOw-wOrkers; he helps the
morale of the office force.
BE an Optimist.
Business is a serious thing. II
is apt to take the gayety out OF
one sooner or later. II 1t seems
TO you a fine, stimulating, eXhil-
arating sort of fight, congratulate
You on that point Of view. And |
feel sure that Your common sense
will tell you when TO laugh in an
office, and when not to. One
learns such lessons very quickly.
The important thing, n. f., is to
he yOurself-bOth i'm business and
away from it. II you are a born
optimist. hold fast to your optim-
ism and thank God for il. The
world needs optimism more today
than ever before. And optimism
will carry you to a point beyond
any point reached by a pessimist
of equal ability
Combine your optimism with sin
ccrity, good Judgment and tact.
Don't force it down the unwilling
throat Of a man who gloOmily pre-
fers to look at the dark side of
things. Don't be SO perpetuaIly
gay that You annoy those around
you. Above all. don't be too op-
timistiC about the troubles of other
men. The world is full OF these
CHEEKY souls and they annoy us
sadly.
All this is general, of course. for
] do not know you. Consult one of
your business assOciates-onew who
IS friendly and sincere. Put your
little problem before him. Ask
him if he finds you lacking in
proper seriousness.
The Washington times., 1918-01-04
ALetter on Room Rents

With your kind indulgence, 1 would
like to pass my opinion upon what 1
term Gambling" in the "CIty Beauti-
full" And l think 1t would be the
part OF wisdom for the public to be
allowed. through your kind offices,
TO express their opinion editorially.
When the women OF this city hear
Of the different gambling dens being
raided, they throw up their hands in
horror and Immediately proceed to
better conditions by launching a Vice
crusade. But, l want to ask them
what they are doing when they Will
rent an apartment for from S35 to
$40 per month and in turn charge a
girl from $50 to $50 for one room.
In fact, they charge enough for one
room to pay the rent OF the whole
apartment. This is nothing short of
highway robbery.
The Washington times., 1918-01-04
Poem By
Ella Wheeler Wilcox

The horse has no passion to kill,
Like the man and the tiger and bear;
Yet slave of murderous will
To the front of the fight he must fare.
Now the heart Of horse has love
For the master and home it knew;
And the mind of horse can prove
That memory dwells there, too.
Oh, think on the bLoOd-red sod
Each rounded man prdys to God;
And think from the heart of a Steed
There must rise in his hour of need
A cry for his master, WhO seems
A god in his eqRine dreams.
The Washington times., 1918-01-04

Girls from all over the country
have come here In the service OF
their country. and they are grated
from the minute they get off the
train at Union Station There should
be a Rent Commission established to
put a stop to all this, and the agents
and owners OF apartments who rent
one person more than one apartment.
should be Investigated and put out
of business for they are no better
than the speculator.
These women will probably call
themselves Christians, and think they
are "favoring the girls" by even
renting them room, but / ask them
to 20 over all this and then write
me whether or not they can call
themselves CHRISTIAN WOMEN.
Yours very truly,
MISS BERTHA CUSTER
The Washington times., 1918-01-04
Dedicated to the Red Star Society.

edicated to the Red Star Society.
Copyright. 1915 Star Company
The world as we see i now
Is only half man-made;
As the horse recedes with a parting bow
We know the part he has played.
For the wonderful brain of man,
However mighty its force,
Had never achieved its lordly plan
Without the aid of the horse.
The forests felled by hand
BY the horse were carried away;
And furrow and field we're made to yield
BY his willing toll each day.
He helped bring true in til S age
The visions our forbears saw,
And oft was given a grudging wage
Scant fare and bundle of straw
The Washington times., 1918-01-04

NJ o, H. E., he need not. And
N II I were you, should not
worry very much over that
particular criticism made by the
family.
Family life is the finest and the
most cherished of our human in
stitutions. 1t brings us our great
est happiness. But there is no
denying the fact that in the or
dinary routine of family life our
dear ones often take out of us.
consciously or unconsciOusly, al
most as much as they give us.
They do this in various WAYS.
One method is by critlcinm-criti-
cism given with the startling can
dor that prevails around the do
mestic hearthstone.
Criticism Is Good.
That criticism is good for us. II
we deserve it, We may be inspired
TO correct the fault so frankly
pointed out. II we do not deserve
tiff the critic happens to be
wrong-we are at least led to
think and to watch ourselves far
more closely than we might do if
we lived alone.
Next to criticism, the thing most
frequently offered us in the family
circle is advice. We get that ad-
vice whether we want it or not,
Frequently. as in your case, it is
combined with criticism. And,
usually, the adviser is hurt if the
criticism and advice are not re-
garded.
In reviewing family advice and
family criticism, there are two
possible courses for us TO follow.
The first is to accept what is said,
and profit by it, if one is sure it
is good.
The second, to be followed if one
is in doubt, is to consult an out
side friend whose judgment one
values.
For after all, II. F., the family
does not always understand us
quite as we'll as its members i'm
agine they do. We are too close
to them; they are too close to Us.
They see only one or two sides of
US. They can advise, II. f., the
The Washington times., 1918-01-04
The Horse

THE man who goes into the fight
With the heart of volunteer
Has the high ideal of doing right
To conquer his pain and fear,
And the man who is forced TO go
Has his pride, and his will and his faith,
To help him over the road of woe
To the goal of a crutch or death.
But the steed that is dragged from his stall
To be plunged in the hell of war
Why, what does he know of the countrys call
Or the cause he is suffering for?
But think when he lies in his pain,
Tortured and torn by the fray,
He must long for the touch of a hand on his name
And the fields where he used to play.
The Washington times., 1918-01-04
and Work Are
Team Mates
By Eliza b eth Jordan

DEAR MISS JORDAN
am a young fellow, rather
unusually successful in business.
considering my age. Ny family
warns me that. thought / have
gone up" very fast / won't stay
up unless 1 become more "serf
GUS"
My family thinks I laugh and
joke too much. They say my
business associates won't have
any respect for my judgment.
Is that true? Need a young bust
ness man be cold and stern TO be
respected? n. f.
Chicago.
The Washington times., 1918-01-04
Think How Hot 1t Will Be Hereafter
Too Much Coal.
Continued From First Column.)

Continued From FIRST COluHpJ
few minutes they can coal in the tabernacle by letting
the fires go out-Sunday will produce the heat
Read Dante's description of the He'll from which Billy
Sunday you.
Read of the mournfu dreary spirits some OF them IN
red hot fire some in boiling oil and pitch frozen in ce
created by the cold caused by the tapping Of Satan wings
Sunday will explain you that while too LITTLE coal
here earth is unpleasant, TOO MUCH COAL HERE
LATTER is considerably worse
The Washington times., 1918-01-04


This suggestion will hurt the feelings of lawyers
who believe that they ought to fill all the Offices and create
more and then fill them. But it will suit the farmers and
suit all kinds of common
Carl Nelson of many editors throughout the
try giving to the farmer the voice protest and construction
that he has needed for long time.
There has been too much lawyer in the bossng of the
eounty Lawyers make the laws then sit the bench
dges and interpret the laws The complicated the law
the longer the lawsuit, the better for the lawyer
The lawyer depends for his living upon rich clients
When you I'LL your legislatures and Congress with law
ye ou send lawmakers not representatives OF the peo
PIE, hut representatives of rich clients.
Carl Nelson's suggestion that $4,000 farmers in one
State ought to have at least many assembymen the
1900 lawyers of the State is sound.
The editors of country newspapers throughout the coun
Try more and more doing for farmers the masses OF the
people what the clever lawyers have been doing for chosen
clients The country editor is the farmers lawyer and voice
and by the his is the best of all advertising
mediums in proportion to circulation
National advertisers could double their profits by sys
temac extensive persistent of country newspapers
And In doubling their profits they would build
those country newspapers each of which is national police
man. fighter for good government along sound
tive lines and the representative of farmers upon whom the
nation must rely for food, in peace and war.
The local editor is personally known his readers. An
advertisement in the local paper attracts attention because
is published BY FRIEND.
The reader of the country newspaper the purchaser of
goods OF all kinds from the paint the roof to the cement
in the cellar floor Furniture Clothes books automobiles
EVERYTHING from of sardnes to passenger auto
mobile be sold through the country newspaper
nomically certainly than in any other way.
Every country editor is salesman controlling from five
hundred to five thousand frstcass American customers.
And that country editor is THE ONLY SALESMAN
that can reach that tremendous buying public Big bust
alert advertising agents. should remember this
The country advertising columns represent for
the able advertiser undeveloped gold mine.
The Washington times., 1918-01-04
A Bad Case.

MARTHA coNNELL, OF 2TOo P
street northwest, needs coal to do
washing. NINE DAYS AGO she
left her coal application at the
Emergency Bureau witt the def
mite promise to her that she
would receive an order by mall.
The poor woman hasn't received
il yet