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The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1918-10-18
LETTER OF CONDOLENCE

Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Mummaw OF
Poe are in receipt of the. following
letter of coincidence on the recent
death of their son, Edwin, from the
latter's commanding officers at the
Ohio Mechanics Institute at Cincin-
natl, Co. E:
Students Army Training Corps
Ohio Mechanics Institute
Co. E
Cincinnati, o., Oct. 9, 1913.
To the parents of Private Edwin =.
Mummaw:
Coincidence
The officers and men of this detach-
ment of the U. S. army take this
means, together with the floral tribute,
to express to you their sympathy and
appreciation of their loss or a broth
er-in-arms. Your son gave his lie
for his country and for the cause OF
humanity just as su".ly and Just as
nobly as tho he had fallen On the tleld
Of battle. :,
We write these lines, not so much
of coincidence, for who would dare 10
pity YOU, but of deepest sympathy to
YOU as you stand in the shadow, which
is the earthly side of those clouds OF
glory in which your sons life has
| lust passed. Many will envy you that
when the call to sacrifice came. you
were not found among the paupers to
whom no gift of life worth offering
had been entrusted. !.
With our deepest regrets and heart
felt sympathy, we remain,
G. J. Carlson,
1st. Lieut.. Inf. U. 5. A. Com
Ralph Young,
I'd Lieut., Inf. u. s. Army.
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1918-10-18
~ A w. S. S. MEDAL

In recognition of War Savings stamp
sales effort and ability, there will be
awarded to Caroletta Dry Of Lodi by
the educational division of the Ohio
War Wa Savings Committee, a bronze
medal Similar medals are being
presented to the boy or girl in each
county &C who made the best sales record
during the Vacation Thrift Contest, St.
but who failed to win one OF the 20
= According to certiication made to
state War Savings Stamp headquar-
ters by s.. F. Dimmock, county cha1r-
man, the winner OF the bronze meoa q.
in This county, has a sales record Of
s3270 90 in War Savings Stamps. This
sale was made between May l ant
Sen september 10, the period in which tn
Vacation Thrift Contest was conduct
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1918-10-18
w. II. Sipher
GROCER
Pickles

We. have everything required for
making those delicious homemade
pickles. Pure Spices-either whole or
ground; Cloves, Cinnamon, Ginger,
Mustard, Allspice, Catsup Spice, Mixed
Spices, Celery, Mustard and Dill seed.
Preserved Ginger for Ginger Pears.
We also have the jars to put the
pickles in.
Our Pure Cider Vinegar is unexcellet
Our jar rubbers are just little dit
ferent from the others,-and custo
mers say, better.
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1918-10-18
Medina MARKETS

Market prices are corrected every
evening.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-01-25

brought down from the attic quietly,
though, as he said, 1t wasn't any use
on earth up there" There were two
lame chairs from Periods attic, and
along one wall ran low and feeble
structure intended to serve as bench
or divan. This would come in handy,
Sam said, If any of the party chad to
lay down or anything" and at pinch
(such as meeting of the association
it would serve to seat all the members
in row.
For, coincidentally with the develop
ment of the shack, the builders became
something more than partners. Later
no one could remember who first sug-
gesred the founding of secret order
or society, as measure of exclusive
ness and to keep the shack sacred to
members only, but 1t was an idea that
presently began to be more absorbing
and satisfactory than even the shack
itself. The outward manifestations of
1t might have been observed In the in
creased solemnity and preoccupation
Of the Caucasian members and in a
few ceremonial observances exposed
to the public eye. AS an instance of
these latter, Mrs. Williams, happen
ing to glance from rearward window,
about four o'clock enc afternoon, found
her attention arrested by what seemed
to be flag-raising before the door of
the shack. Sam and Herman and YER
man stood~in attitudes of rigid atten-
ton, shoulder to shoulder, while Pen
rod Scbofield, facing them, was ap-
parently delivering some sort of ex-
hortation which he read from scrib-
bled sheet of foolscap. Concluding
this, he lifted from the ground long
and somewhat warped clothes-prop,
from one end Of which hung whitiah
Gag, Or psnRen, bearing an inscription.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-01-25
SEEKING HAPPINESS FUTILE
Experience Not Gained by Pursuit, but
Comes to One Who Does Kind
Deed Without Thinking of 1t.

Those who seek happiness never find
it-a truism that has been going the
rounds since philosophers began get
ting their words into print or upon
craven tablets, observes the Dayton
News. But 1t is we'll to repeat 1t Oc-
caslonally, to keep it ever before the
masses of humanity, that it may he
come so much part of our creed and
faith that the youngest among us and
the oldest may realize the full meaning
of the expression.
There is no greater unhappinoSS
than that of pursuing happiness, for
happiness is never Overtaken by those
who pursue it. Happiness comes TO
him who is not thinking of it; to him
who is doing something for others,
with never a thought of his own hap
pinesS. No man has ever yet followed
course of conduct with his own hap
piness in view and achieved his pur-
pose.
Service to others-that is all there
is to life that savors of happiness. The
service need not be great; 1t Is given
to few persons to be of great service.
And those who are of great service do
not realize it-they do not start out
with that in view.
To be kind and courteous and con-
siderate Of the comfort of others--that
is the service which brings happiness.
The man who helps n crippled old
woman upon the street car Is happier
for doing so. The fellow who stops to
wipe away the tear from the eyes Of
child who bruised its hand; the wom-
an who visits sick ncighbor to see IL
she can be of any use; the man who
puts another in position to help him
self--theSe little services are quite
great in the realm of things that go to
make for happiness. And they are
possible with all of us.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-01-25

Of about twenty-five feet of garden
hose in fair condition. One end of it
was introduced into the shack through
a knothOle, and the other was secured
by wire, round the faucet of hydrant
in the stable. Thus, If members of the
order were nssailed by thirst during an
important session, or in the course of
an initiation, it would not be necessary
for them all to leave the shack. One
could go, instead, and when he had
turned on the water at the hydraGt,
the members in the shack could drink
without leaving their places. 1t was
discovered, also, that the section of
hose could be used as speaking-tube;
and though 1t did prove necessary to
explain by shouting outside the tube
what one had said into It, still there
was q general feeling that 1t provided
another means Of secrecy and an addi-
tional safeguard against intrusion. 1t
is true that during the half hour i'm
mediately following the installation of
this convenience, there was little
violence among the brothers concern
ing q question of policy. Sam, Roddy
and Verman---Verman especially
wished to use the tube "to talk
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-01-25

through" and Maurice, Penrod and
Herman wished to use 1t "to drink
through" AS consequence of the
success of the latter party, the shack
became too damp for habitatlOn until
another day, and several members, as
they went home at dusk, might easily
have been mistaken for survivors of
some marine catastrophe.
Still, not every shack Is equipped
with running water, and exuberance
betitted the occasion. Everybody
agreed that the afternoon had been
one of the most successful and impor-
tant in many weeks. The Order of the
m-Or-In was doing splendidly; and yet
every brother felt, in his heart, that
there was one thing that could spoil 1t.
Against that fatality, all were united
to protect themselves, the shack, the
ritual, the opera glasses, and the wa
ter-and-spoaking tube. Sam spoke not
only for himself but for the entire or
der when he declared, in speeding the
last parting guest:
"Well, we got to stick to one thing
or we might as well quit George Bas-
set better not come pokin' around"
'No, sir!" said Penrod.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-01-25
VALUE OF PORPOISE JAW OIL
Grafton of Delicate Mechanism Re-
tanning Fluidity at All Times.

In this Fastening age of ours. when
may sound paradoXical to say that-~e
owe our punetuallty and time saving to
the playful porpoise. And yet such.
indeed, is the fact, says the Scientific
American, for watches, clocks and the
still more dignificd chronometer would
not run month in and month out with
regularity but for the lubricant OBJ
tanned from its jaws.
This oil has the unique property Of
being able to retain It's tluidity summer
and winter, and there is an authentic
record Of the lubricant doing its work
ut temperature Of quite 100 degrees
below the freezing point. A variety Of
other oils have been tried for the same
service, hut all Of them have proved
far less reliable. In a watch or chro-
nometer the oil must stay where put
1t must not "Crocp" over the mcchan-
ism and thus steal away from its pro
per post of duty. Therefore, it ought
not to run away in the presence Of
considerable heat. Neither should the
oil OXidiZc, evnpOrate or grow rancid.
These eXactlng requirements are met
in their entirety only by porpoise jaw
oil. and it is no wonder that the stuff
when refined soils wholesale In tn
neighhorhood of $25 gallon There
are many other mechanisms, that are
best cared for by using porpOise jaw
oil, such, for instance, as talking ma
chimes, delicate recording apparatus,
etc. .
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-01-25
Copyright, 1917. Wheeler Syndicate, Ine.)

and the effect upon him was what
alienated his friends. Then these alien
ated friends were brought (by odious
comparisons on the part of grown peo-
ple) to a condition of mind wherein
they suffered dumb annoyance, like a
low fever, whenever they heard
Georges name mentioned, while asSo-
citation with his actual person became
every day more and more irritating.
And yet, having laid this fuse and hay.
ing kept it constantly glowing, the
grown people expected nothing to hap
pen to George.
The catastrophe befell as q conse-
quence of Sam Williams deciding to
have shack In his backyard. Sam
had somehow obtained vastly piano
box and quantity Of lumber, and,
summoning Penrod Schofield and the
colored brethren, Herman and Verman,
he expounded to them his building
plans and offered them shares and
benefits In the institution he purposed
TO found. Acceptance was enthusiastic !;
straightway the assembly became n
union of carpenters all of one mind,
and ten days saw the shack not COM
pleted but comprehensive. Anybody
could tell, by that time, that it was
intended for shack.
There was door on leather hinges !;
it dropped, perhaps, but it was door.
There was a window-not glass one,
but, at least, it could be ''looked out
Of" as Sam said There was a Chin
ney mnde of stovepipe, though that was
merely decorative, because the cooking
was done out of doors in an under
ground furnace" which the boys ex-
cavated. There were pictures pasted
on the interior walls, and, hanging from
a nail, there was n crayon portrait Of
Sans grandfather, which he had
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-01-25

George Bassett was boy set apart.
Not only that; George knew that he
was boy set apart. He would think
about 1t for ten or twenty minutes at
time, and he could not look at himself
in mirror and remain wholly without
emotion. What that emotion was, he
would have been unable to put into
words, but it helped him to understand
that there was a certain noble some
thing about him which other boys did
not possess.
Georges mother had been the first
to discover that George was a boy set
apart. In fact, George did not know
it until one day, when he happened to
overhear his mother telling his aunts
about it. True, he had always under
stood that he was the best boy in town
and he intended to be minister when
he grew up, but he had never before
comprehended the full extent of his
sanctity, and, from that fraught mo-
ment onward, he had an almost the
atrical sense of his set-apartness,
Penrod Schofield and Sam Williams
and the other boys of the nelghborhood
all were conscious that there was
something different and spiritual about
George, and, though this conscious
ness of theirs may have been little OBJ
scure, It was none the less actual. That
is to say, they knew that George Bas-
sett was boy set apart, but they did
not know that they knew it. Georges
air and manner at all times demon
strated to them that the thing was
so, and, moreover, their mothers alb
sOrbed appreciation Of Georges Won
derfulness from the very fount of 1t,
for Mrs. Bassett's conversation was of
little else. Thus, the radiance of his
character became the topic of envious
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-01-25
Platinum Substitutes.

Since the development of "palau,"
the palladium-gold substitute Tor plat
mum, trials have been made with mix
lures of these two metals in varying
proportions. The alloy containing 60
to 90 per cent of gold is to be known
as "rhotanium," and has specific
gravity Of 16 to 1875, is malleable and
ductile and can be welded without fiuX
or other agent. 1t proves entirely
satisfactory for most chemical and
electrical purposes for which platinum
is used, though it Is not suitable for
use with hot concentrated nitric acid,
nor for electrolytic anodes. For jew
elry it is thought to be even superior to
platinum, as 1t is harder and stronger
and takes better finish and it has
practically the same color, can be
worked as readily and does not tarn-
ish or corrode.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-01-25
There Was Something Different and Spiritual About Georgia

parental comment during moments of
strained patience in many homes, SC
that altogether the most remarkable
fact to be stated Of George Bassett Is
that he escaped the consequences as
long as he did.
Strange as it may seem, no actual
violence was done him except upon the
incidental occasion Of a tar fight, into
which he was drawn by an obvious &C.
centricity on the part of destiny Nat.
urally, he was not popular with his
comrades; In all games he was pushed
aside, and disregarded, being invaria-
bly, the tail-ender in every pastime in
which leaders "chOse sides;" his coun-
sells were sighted as worse than
weightless, and all his opinions instant
ly hooted. Still, considering the cir
cumstances fairly and thoughtfully. 1t
is difficult to deny that his boy COM
panions showed creditable moderation
in their treatment of him. That is, they
were moderate up to a certain date,
and even then they did not directly at
tack him-there was nothing cold
blooded about it at all. The thing was
forced upon them, and, though they all
felt pleased and uplifted-while it was
happening-they did not understand
precisely why. Nothing could more
clearly prove their innocence of heart
than this very ignorance, and yet none
of the grown people who later felt
themselves concerned in the matter
was able to look at it in that light.
Now, here was characteristic working
of those reactions which produce what
is sometimes called "the injustice OF
life," because the grown people were
responsible for the whole affair, and
We're really the guilty parties. 1t was
from grown people that Gergie Bassett
learned that he was boy set apart,
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-01-25
GroWnups Not Apnreciattve.

The greatest of our many pleasures,
perhaps, is TO write pieces for and
about children, because they are the
only ones who appreciate things that
are done for them. Grownups don't
appreciate that sort of thing. They al
ways find something wrong about It.
The reporter doesn't live who can
write a piece about grownup in
which the grownups can't find some
mistake. But children overlook de-
tails, and are grateful for tho re-
porter's kindly intent. THE other day
we wrote Il piece for the little boy
who lives in the big apartment house
where everybody else is grown up.
Last night we saw the little boy, and
asked him If he saw the piece. He
said yes, his mamma had read It to
him. And then he ran up and kicked
us on the shins. 1t was the first time
he ever had flattered us with so much
as glance, and Immediately we knew
we had made friend for life. We
have written verse by the yard for
grownups, but If they ever were
pleased with it, they kept the fact
carefully concealed. - Kansas City
Star.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-01-25

~ Eeep tne seCretS- houuy ie~
peated.
ITO keep the secrets in infadelaty
and violate and sanctuary"
"What?" Roddy naturally inquired.
Whack
"Oww cried Roddy. "That's no
fair"
"You got to say just what / say"
PenrOd was heard informing him.
"Thats the ritual. and anyway, even
IL you do get 1t right, Verman's get to
hit you every now and then, because
that's part Of the ritual, too. Now go
on and say 1t. I solemnly swear to
keep the secrets In infadelaty and vio-
late and sanctuary"
81 solemnly swear"-Roddy began.
But Maurice Levy was tired Of being
no party to such fascinating proceed
ings, and he began to hammer upon
the door.
"Saml Sam Willlams !" he shouted.
"Lemme In there! know lots about
'nishiatin'. Lemme inm
The door was flung open, revealing
Roddy Bits blindfolded and bound,
lying face down upon the floor Of the
shack but Maurice had only fugitive
glimpse Of this pathetic figure before
he, too, was recumbent. -Four boys
flung themselves Indignantly upon him
and bore him to earth.
Hi !" he squealed. "What you dom?
10
And, from within the shack, Roddy
added his own protest.
"Let me up, can't you?" he cried. II
got to see what's gOin' on out there,
haven't l? guess I'm not gOin' to lay
here oil day! What you think I'm
made Off"
"You hush upw Penrod commanded.
"Thls Is nice biznuss !" he continued,
deeply aggrieved. "What kind Of a
'nlshiation do you expect this is, any
howl"
swell, here's Maurice Levy gone and
seen part Of the secrets" said Sam, in
voice of equal plaintiveness. Eyes;
and I bet he was listenin' out here,
too"
'Iemme upw begged Maurice, half
stifled. 81 didn't do any harm to your
old secrets, did l? Anyways, just as
soon be Insulated myself. l amt
afraid. So If you 'nishiate me, what
difference will it make If did hear
little?"
Struck with this idea, which seemed
reasonable, Penrod obtained silence
from every one except Roddy, and it
was decided to allow Maurice to rise
and retire to the front yard. The
brother members then withdrew with
in the shack, elected Maurice to the
fellowship, and completed the initiation
| of Mr.. Bits. After that, Maurice was
summoned and underwent the ordeal
with fortitude, though the newest
brother-still tingling with his own ex-
periences-helped to make certain
parts of the ritual unprecedentedly Sc
we're.
Once endowed with full membership,
Maurice and Roddy accepted the OBJ
| legations and privileges of the order
with enthusiasm. Both interested
themselves Immediately In improve
ments for the shack, and made excur-
slons to their homes to obtain mate
rails. Roddy returned with a pair Of
lensleSs mother-of-pearl opera glasses,
contribution which led to the crea-
| ton of a new office, called the 'war-
ner," 1t was his duty to climb upon
the back fence once every fifteen min
utes and search the horizon for in
| truders or anybody that hasn't got any
biznuss around here" This post proved
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-01-25

so popular, ut first, that 1t was found
necessary to provide for rotation in Of
flee, and to shorten the interval from
fifteen minutes to an indefinite but
much briefer period, determined prin-
cipally by argument between the in
cumbent and his successor.
And Maurice Levy contributed a de-
vice so pleasant and so necessary to
the prevention of interruption during
meetings, that Penrod and Sam Won
dered why they had not thought of 1t
themselves long before. 1t consisted
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-07-13
Carpenters

John P. Picket, secretary of Car
penters Local Union No. 1457, Sid
ney, Neb., was a Denver visitor this
week and made pleasant social call
at The Bulletin office. He says about
half the members of his union are
now working in the harvest fields at
So per day, board and lodging. This
is requirement of the Nebraska
state council of defense and none of
the boys are kicking.
Secretary Picket left with The Bull
letin editor photograph of the float
the Sidney Carpenters Union had in
the Fourth of July parade, a COM
plete cottage drawn by an automo-
bile. After the parade the float was
taken to the public square and auc-
toned to the highest bidder, bringing
1910, the entire amount being donated
to,the Red Cross war fund.
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-07-13
Building Trades

Practically no opposition developed
to incumbent officers of the Denver
Building Trades Council at the semi
annual election last Friday night and
the roster remains almost the same as
during the first half of the year. Fol-
lowing are those elected and installed:
President-Ch Charles M. Moore, Sheet
Metal Workers.
Vice-President- Vandermu-
len, Cement Finishers.
Recording Secretary-M. j. Cham
berlain, Elevator Constructors.
Financial Secretary-Henry Fildes,
Glass Workers.
Treasurer-Walter L. Fowler, Car
penters No. 1874.
Doorkeeper-James Thomas, Build
ing Laborers.
Business Representative - Peter
Johns, Carpenters No. 55.
Executive Board-Carl Jaensen,
Plumbers; John F. Maloney, Steam
Filters; Chris Doss, Electricians; w.
J. Hamilton, Structural Iron Work
ers; S. S. Forrest, Painters, and
James Dunhill, Hosting Engineers.
President Charles M. Moore was
elected delegate to the State Fedora
ton of Labor convention.
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-07-13
News of the Labor Unions
Plumbers

The Ladies' Auxiliary No. to
Plumbers, Steam Filters and General
Pipe Filters held their public installa-
ton of officers Tuesday night, July 9,
at lower Howe hall, James c. Bulger,
vice-president of the United Associa-
ton acting as installing officer. The
following officers were installed: Myr-
tie Eisenhard, president; Georgia
Kirtz, vice-president; Irene Morrison,
I secretary; Helen WOLF, treasurer;
Dorothy Wilson, chaplain; Clara
Teedeman, conductress; Jaunita Com
mons, guard; Cora Kingston, musician |;
Elizabeth Power, press correspondent;
Grace Colbum, Georgia Kirtz and
Emma Eyser, executive board.
After these ceremonies a few re-
marks were made by Harry Power,
Carl Jeansen, J. c. Bulger, Ed Eyser,
Jack Brandons and Jim Branning.
Then short musical entertainment
was given by the following: Leona
Commons, Mildred Kingston, Aud
way WOLF, Pauline and Dean Stedow,
accompanied by Mrs. Stedow, David
Stedow, Mr.. Kaiser. A fancy dance
by Baby Colburn; recitation by Clara
Teedeman.
We had the pleasureof having with
us Mrs. Ed Lost, whose husband has
been called from Wyoming to the COL
ors. Mr.. Lost is the son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Fred Lost, who are members of
Local No. 3, and of the auxiliary.
As a fitting final to an enjoyable
evening ice cream and waters were
served.
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-07-13
Barriers

Denver BARRIERS are rejoicing over
the prospect of shorter workday,
beginning either October 1 or No
vember l. In conference with the
representatives of the federal fuel ad-
ministration for Colorado, Ed Ander-
son and Jack Connolly were informed
that it is the intention of the local
fuel administration to close all bust
ness houses at 6 OF $3.50 during the
fall and winter months. The action
is taken in order to conserve fuel.
1t is probable that the barber shops
in Denver will open at o'clock and
close at 6 or $50, the exact time to
be determined by the fuel admins
traitor later in the season.