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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-07-19
Questions and Answers.

Questions and Answers.
Why Drag In Ancestors?-In the
Office where / work there is
Young imam whose father died OF
consumption. For the past Few
weeks | have noticed that he
coughs a good deal work in an
adjoining room with the door open
at all times, but l pass through his
room and he through mine in our
work. is there any danger Tor
person not very strong? r. A.
Answer-The cause Of the faz
theirs death would not enter into
the question. II the young man
has tuberculosis, and is not consci-
entiously careful there would be
some danger to ANY one coming
within the five-foot barrage.
Softening Hard Water - Some
time ago you suggested something
for softening hard water. AS this
will save soap. wonder if you will
be good enough to repeat the in
structions. MRS. q. w.
Answer-"Temporary" hardness
removable by boiling) may be re-
moved by caustic lime. A few cents
worth of lime will remove hardness
which would decompose many dol
lars worth of soap. This temper
airy hardness is due to lime carbon
ate which is precipitated by boil
ing or by caustic lime. "Perman-
ent" hardness (not removable by
boiling) is due to lime sulphate and
lime chloride Caustic soda is best
for permanent hardness. The
amounts to use depend on the de-
gree of hardness.
Corns and Calluses-There has
appeared in your column a formula
for solution to apply for the re-
moval of corns and -calluses from
the feet. / was advised that 1t
proved very effective, but my friend
has lost the formula. Would you
mind repeating it? NJ. {. q.
Answer-Dissolve 80 grains of
salicylic acid in half an ounce of
flexible collodion. Paint corn or
callus every night. following pro-
longed hot soaking of foot. In a
week or so the corn or callus soft
ems and is easily rubbed off. Either
condition is certain to return I'M
less the ~ill-fitting or Improperly
shaped shoes are discontinued.
Friction and pressure cause corns
and calluses.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-07-19
The Power of Music Charms.

Music hath charms to soothe the savage breast,
does stop there:
In the West End hospital at San Reno, Italy,
music master has been undergoing treatment He was
with a machine gun company at the front when the
explosion of grenade thrown by the enemy left
him deaf and dumb. The third act of Puccni's la
Boheme' played in tho hospital aRd in his eager
ness follow the music the musician recovered his
speech
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-07-19
Italy's Plea.
speech.

Italians in America petitionng the govern
ment in Rome to do it's utmost to retain whatever
U. s. A. after the war. The ministry, realizing the
soundness of their views is seriously considering
the appointment Of commission to make a special
study of the new trade conditions, so far as they
affect the L. S. A.
What would happen if our friends from sunny
Italy deprived of their macaroni and spaghetti
is terrible to contemplate
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-07-19
Legislators on Their Knees.

By unanimous, vote of the English house of COM
August next-the fourth anniversary of the decara-
Of war-members Of the house will attend serv-
ice in st. Margarets church Westminster, to invoke
the Divine blessing on our just cause.
To commemorate the fifth year of such a righteous
in the indicated will be most heartily ap-
proved by every member Of the allied family
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-07-19
The Day I'm Davenport

Anticipates Trifle.-The at
taches of the Davenport Savings
bank are having a great deal of
amusement over a document which
they have just received This pur-
ports to be the last will and tes-
lament of the kaiser, and was sent
here by Raymond Lucht. former
clerk of the bank, who is now at
the Great Lakes training station.
1t is most official appearing
document and the fact that, even
in the spirit of fun, It indicates the
expectation of the end by this enc
my leader, has aroused jubilation,
Plan Disease Fight.-Pfans for
an educational campaign to be
waged in Davenport in an effort to
eliminate the spread of yenereal
diseases were outlined yesterday
afternoon by Lieut.. A. ]. McLaugh-
lin, U. S. A medical eorps. speak
ing before a joint meeting of the
Scott county board of supervisors
and the city board of health at the
court house. Steps to check the
disease in the tri-cities by detain-
ing persons afflicted with the dis
ease were discussed and plans pro-
posed for the establishment of TEN
porary isolation quarters.
Has Freak Flg.-Permission to
exhibit a freak pig having two
bodies, eight legs and one mead,
was asked of the city council
Wednesday by Henry NJ Stiff, a
farmer residing on R. R. 5. The
freak is a Scott county product,
being born on Mr.. Stiff's farm
1t died soon after birth, and has
been preserved for exhibition pur-
poses.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-07-19
Doing Without.

The "Do without" club is the newest protege of the
committee on women's organizations Of the state
council Of defense The members pledge themselves
10 give up some indulgence and letting the dimes,
nickeIs and quarters so saved turn themselves into
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-07-19

Arrest Colored Gunman. - Earl
walton. colored, was arrested by
Detectives Estes and Quinn on a
downtown corner yesterday after
noon, and when searched at tho
station. two automatic revolvers
were found In his pockets. One of
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-07-19
Marriage Licenses.

Leonard Schwartz, Stockton, Ia.
and Alma Alpeh, Stockton
John H. Schroeder, Davenport,
and Edna Scheel, Davenport.
Oscar Gallerich, Burlington, and
Bertha Hamilton, Burlington.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-07-19
]. l. Merrill.

]. l. Merrill.
J. L. Merrill is the new president
OF the All America Cables which
operates the only direct cables ser
vice Of $4,000 miles of cable between
North and South America. This
service supplies most OF the general
news for newspaper distribution.
Merrill is one of the best known
cable operators in this country.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-12-13

What could possibly be more glad
idening than the sight of real Ameri-
can doughnuts, hunks of luscious pie
real hunks? Nothing-unless 1t might
Ibe the sight of an honest-to-goodness
American girl. And the combination
Of the three and maybe couple OF
mugs of good hot coffee thrown In for
good measure nobody but a really
tired, hardworked Yank can really ap-
'preciate this food for the gods anu
comfort for the heart Of man.
"It amt the coffee nor the pie nor
the doughnuts, not even the pretty
girls" said one young soldier; lit is
the sight of woman who looks like
your mother-with her little cap q
rtrifle askew sometimes, and maybe u
lock Of hair Strengthened out Of curl,
lust like mother used to have hers
come when she was hurrying too hard
that's the thing that makes fellow
glad he happened to be with this par
.ticular bunch. And when that woman
says, Here, son. have another piece OF
lpier 1t goes right through your heart
land makes you feel that If you ever
lido get back to the old U. S. A. again
you'll not forget mothers birthday and
you'll remember to say the kind things
every single day of your life"
The Red Cross serves the lads of all
the nations, of course, but it Is par
ticularly partial to the khaki clad
youths with a bit of slang and the call
for the matches and the cigarettes.
They are the ones who appreciate the
American crackers and jun.
There are the canteens close to the
trenches, of course, and the huts where
the men may so and battle and have
their clothes freshened up, and the
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-12-13

! Under the banner Of the Red Cross
American women are working In
lhomes, churches, clubs, schools, shops,
theaters, factories, hospitals and IN
thousands of Red Cross work-rooms.
u The hum Of sewing machines, the
whizz of muslin torn to accurate strips,
the rat-tat-tat of volunteer typeWrit-
ers, the purr Of boiling kettles in can
teens, the rumbling Of automobiles of
the Motor Corps, the soft click of knit
ting needles in lonely cabins and farm
houses, all blend into a great anthem
Of service.
About S,00O,0OO women working
through Red Cross Chapters and
branches are making with their hands
relief supplies-surgical dressings,
knitted articles, hospital and refugee
garments-or working az volunteers,
subject to any call day or night, at 500
railroad stations throughout the coun-
try and at the ports of embarkation, or
serving in volunteer Motor Corps.
Truly here Is an army with banners
banners of q red cross on white field.
For the period up to the first of July,
1918, American Red Cross Chapters,
through their work-rooms, had produc-
ed 1872, 74S,1O7 surgical dressings, TO-
134,5O1 knitted articles, 10,7S6,4S9 hos
pital garments and other hospital sup
plies and refugee garments, making a
total of 221, 2S2, 1888 articles Of an esti-
mated aggregate value of at least S44,-
100000.
Last spring during the Red Cross
war fund drive, when thousands of wo-
men workers in cities in every state
formed their great symbolic process
sions, those who looked on saw them
as the representatives of all our Amer.
lean women working in this war, and
heard In 1.-THE Battle Hymn Of the Re-
public" to which they marched, the
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-12-13
MONEY NOT THE OBJECT.

Our obligation to our own soldiers
and sailors and the privilege of minis.
tering to the sick and wounded, Of
feeding the hungry, housing the home
less and rebuilding the waste places Of
our associates in the war, call the en-
tire American people TO the support Of
the Red Cross spirit now as never be-
fore. The money to be raised in men,
bership dues is secondary. 1t is the
spiritual phase that Is important, for
1t will show the suffering people Of
the world that the American people
will see them through their experience
to the very end.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-12-13
COMFORTS, SMILES AND CAKE :.
LIKE MOTHER USED TO MAKE
Thus Every Red Cross Canteen Becomes Bit Of Home
for Our Soldiers in France.

railroad station canteen service, and
the big canteens with the writing
rooms and showers and libraries, and
lounges where q fellow can. rest
while, but the boys who have been
there insist that they love the little
rolling canteens that just naturally
spring up where you least expect them,
most Of all.
Many well known names are on the
lists of canteen workers, for Amerl'
can women were quick to seize the OPP
portunity for service. The poorest
soldier on his leave may be served by
an American woman whose hospitality
was formerly dealt out by her maids
and butlers-and whose guest lists In
Guided only the most fashionable
names in the social register. Now 1t
Is she who hands over the pie with
her own hands and then gathers up
the dlshes-yes, and oftentimes washes
them when help is scarce, for they
have to be washed and made ready
for the next lot of soldlers-and one
cannot disappoint the boys who are
never too tired to respond to the call
Of duty.
Another part Of the canteen service
is the "store," where the soldiers are
supplied with their needs, where
things they have lost in the heat OF
battle are replaced, tooth paste hand
ed out, razor blades, towels, tooth
brushes, all sorts of things, not forget
ting the post cards to send home ana
the ever wanted packages of cigar
cites.
Taking1f all in all, the canteen does
far more than fill the stomachs OF the
men-it puts something worth while
into their hearts.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-12-13
CoMNIssI0NER,s SALE OF LAND.

COMEnsSI0NER'S SALE OF LAND.
Pursuant to a decree of the Circuit
Court of Highland county, Va, in
the cause of G. A. Robertson etc. VS..
w. T. Gwin and others, will on
Monday, January 7. 1919,
offer for sale at public auction that
tract of land in the Big Valley of
said county adjoining the land Of C.
E. Kelly and others containing 37a
acres more or less. There is a good
dwelling house on this land with all
necessary and convenient outbuild-
ings, fruit trees etc., and is desira-
BILE home.
TERMS-Cash sufficient to pay
costs Of suit and sale and the remain
der payable in three equal annual
instalments from the day of sale and
bearing interest therefrom for which
the purchaser will be required to ex-
ecute bonds payable to the court,
with personal surety to be approved
by him, and the title will be retain
eG as ultimate security.
EDWIN 3. JONES, Comr.
I, w. H. Matheny, Clerk of the Cir
cult Court Of Highland county, here
by certify that the commissioner has
executed the bond required of him
by the decree mentioned
w. M. Matheny, Clerk
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-12-13
Make SOLDIER FEEL he
IS As GOOD As EVER

Men disabled in the service who are
.eturning from the front and who tnh
hard at first to see their way to-
ward earning livelihood are spec
cial problem for the Red Cross. Un:
Ter the Smith-Sears law fund Is ap-
.ropriated to -re-educate every dis.
bled man who will take the opportu-
rity to make a living. 1t is felt that
such men are likely to be weakened
n their resolution to keep their self
aspect and find real work by the mis-
aiken charity of hero worshippers, VINO
will forget them once the first flush of
var enthusiasm is over. Here the sup
port of the disabled mans family must
re enlisted, for in the last analysis II
s the mans family who will be the de-
ermining influence in his rehabilita-
ion. The relatives must be braced TO
meet the situation-to make OF them
selves for the man a bulwark against
announcement and weakness.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-12-13
SMILES AND TEARS GET MIXED.

Two little stories came to the Red
ross headquarters from over the seas
short time ago. One was story or
ravery that brought the tears, and
he tale of tears that brought smiles.
The first story was of soldier who
.sked for a light. He was in bed, and
, cigarette was between his lips, plac
ID there by the nurse after she haf
.inished spreading his blanket VI
smoothly. At his question, she turned
and gave him a box of matches and
hurried on, then remembered that the
arms beneath the blankets were with
out hands.
Nurses have to be without tears, but
there were tears in her eyes as she
turned to strike the match and light
the cigarette for him.
.. "Quit that" he said, "they were good
mits, and they helped get three or four
Germans before l lost them, but they
amt worth crying about, so thereP
And the tears story that brought
smiles? Well, that was the story of a
big, husky, colorcd man, who sat read
ing, and the Red Cross worker at the
,.anteen saw that he had tears running
iown his cheeks. She was curious to
know what he might be reading and
was astonished when she looked over
his shoulder to see that 1t was the
canteen cook book.
He smiled through his tears as he
saw that she was watching, and said.
sheepishly, "You sure must excuse me,
ma'am, but this here book done make
me blamed homesick. I'm 'shnmed to
make a baby outen mahse'f, but this
makes me think O. home"
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-12-13
AMERICAS WOMEN JOINED
IN ANTHEM OF SERVICE
Millions of Red Cross Workers Do Multitude
of Little Things at Home Which Enable
Our Boys to Do Great Things in France.

varied sounds of all their eager labor.
The things they made, which car
ried message Of love from the women
Of this country, quite apart from their
great money value, went from thelr
work-rooms on great adventures. They
have gone into front line trenches, to
emergency hospitals in foreign villages
and into the most modern operating
rooms They have wrapped lost and
frightened children in warmth and
sheltered aged refugees from the cold
They have gone overseas into strange
and sad places, into Russia and Ser.
bia and Palestine and Italy and
France. They have gone into our own
huge environments for our own young
soldiers.
The Department Of Nursing Of the
American Red Cross is the great re.
cruiting agency Of the United States
Army and Navy Nurse Corps. By the
first Of October it had assigned over
$4,000 graduate nurses to active mill
tary service at home and abroad. II
has provided over, 700 nurses for the
Federal Public Health Service and the
Red Cross Town and Country Nursing
Service, which co-operates with the
local health boards in the communities
which 1t serves.
The statement of the Home Service
of the American Red Cross to all OF
our fighting men that it is prepared to
help in any emergency that may arise
in their homes-help in legal ways,
medical ways, business ways, friend
ship ways-would not be possible with
out the vision and the active co-opera-
ton Of thousands of American women.
In every division Of the Red Cross,
from coast to coast and from Canada
to Mexico, they have seen this service
as the elemental right due from the
American people to their defenders.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-12-13
The Red GHdSs :
IS REAL SERVICE
BY FRANK MORRISON,
Secretary American Federation OF
labor.

The work of the Red Cross is not
confined to our boys on battlefield or
in hospital nor amidst the ruins OF Bel
GUM and other portions of devastated
Europe. One of it's great activities Is
any necessary aid to the dependents OF
members of Americas military forces.
On the battlefield the Red Cross pre-
sents an heroic figure. In America,
removed from destruction and death,
the Red Cross steps silently to the
side of the father and mother whose
GOV Is "over there" and who need coun-
sci and aid. =.
No service is too small for the Red
Cross If allotments from the govern
ment or from their son are delayed, or
information on the governments war risk
insurance is wanted, the Red Cross Is
Goth counsellor and friend. 1t enters into
the home in the true spirit Of charity
secrecy.
But first and foremost our soldiers in
field and hospital must be given the most
attentive care possible. Nothing we can
do will equal their share In this move
ment for world democracy. and the Red
Cross presents an opportunity for US to
play our part in this great drama by
contributing to the extent Of our ability.
The Red Cross appeals to organized
| workers because of it's one quality
| service.
Behind Red Cross service Is an en-
aobling charity that Is not defaced by
| cost marks, democracy that personiiles
Jefferson's great principle OF equality and
| a religion that is beyond sectarianlsm.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-12-13
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Notice to Phone Holders
of Monterey Switch Board

The committee respectfully request
that all lines be put in repair run
ming into said switch board before
winter. The Switch Board will be
fixed so it will do until new one
can be had.
Also every stakeholder must pay
all arrears by Dec. rs, and if not
paid by then will be placed in an
officers hands for collection
J. H. SAMPLES, Gen. Mgr.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-12-13
RED CROSS WOMEN
CITED FOR BRAVERY

American women at Epernay, south
of Rheims, have been cited in an order
Of tn, day for remaining at their posts
in an American Red Cross canteen un.
der bombardment for six days.
Throughout this battle they continued
to feed and care for wounded.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-12-13
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA
University, Va.

Special War Courses are offered in
addition to the usual courses in the
College, Graduate, Law, Medical and
Engineering Departments. Ten dol
lars covers all costs to Virginia stu
dents in the Academic Departments.
Send for catalogue.
!. Howard Winston, Registrar. -
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-12-13
AN AMERICAN RED CROSS TRUCK TOBACCO
FOR OUR FRONT.
BEST CHRISTMAS GIFT.

starving, sick and homeless that our
humanity does not depend upon the
excitement Of war; but that neighborli-
ness Is just as strong in us in times
Of peace. A unanimous response will
hearten the whole world.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-12-13
a.*****************.
WHAT RED CROSS MEANS.
Your membership In the great

. Your membership in the great :
! American Red Cross means the :
+ mothering Of those little children !
! made desolate by the invasion Of !
+ the Hun. Mrs. Lars Anderson In :
+ her recent book on conditions :
! over there says: at is the poor, :
homeless, motherless Riddles that !
+ somehow make all the other hor- :
+ rors of war fade away into dis :
+ lance. These frightened, crying, .
. dying, innocent children, who do :
+ not know what 1t Is all about :
. they wiring your heart dry" :
4. IL H. L 4 e & 4 4. l. =. (. 4. L 4. 4. 4. 4 &
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-12-13

What finer Christmas gift could the
American people give to stricken
world than the announcement on
Christmas Eve that the entire nation
has answered the Red Cross Christmas
Roll Call. It would signify to the
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1918-11-12
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H0MESnA

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The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1918-11-12
BEAT GERMANS:
AT OWN GAME
Yankee Chemists Devise New
Headache Tablet In Which The
Heart Depressing Tendency is
Counteracted by Heart Toning
Elements. Aspitone, the name.

In August, 1914, when the war COM
menced, many of the newer remedies pre-
scribed by our American physicians and
druggists were made in Germany" To-
day we are making all of them for our
selves and for half of the globe.
During the first four years of the war
American genius, prompted by necessity,
has concentrated it's attention upon the
chemical industries. American discoveries
have followed in such rapid succession that
only the scientific journals have been able
to chronicle them ALL The latest and one
of the most serviceable in the field of
medicine is the perfected headache tablet
called Aspitone, in which the heart de-
pressing tendency is deftly counteracted
by heart toning elements.
Physicians and druggists maintain that
it should and will take the place of all
powders and tablets for headaches, neu-
ralgia, colds, la grippe and general pains
They explain that Aspitone gives simple
relief from the pain, which if chronic,
should of course receive diagnosis by
physician. =,
NOTE: The product referred to above
is sold only in unbroken packages, price
35c, and may now be obtained at
Pc. WAY, DRUGGIST.