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The Raymer enterprise., 1918-08-01
Decidedly an Improvement.

Mrs. Flanagan was doubtful about
the new patent carpet sweeper, but
the traveller was expert In singing Its
praises. and the result was that she in
vested In one. Some time later the
traveller was passing that way again,
and he called on Mrs. Flanagan and
asked:
allow do you fnd the new carpet
sweeper working, madam? Far bet
ter than the old-fashioned broom, isn't
itY
"Shnre,' she replied, ut bates the
ould broom into fits. Why. | car
knock ould Flanagan three tonnes as
fur with It,"
The Raymer enterprise., 1918-08-01
For pimply Faces.

To remove piInples and blackheads
smear them with Cuticura Ointment.
Wash of In five minutes with Cuticura
Soap and hot water. For free samples,
address "Cuticura, Dept. X, Boston,
At druggists and by mail. Soap rs
Ointment 25 and 50.-Adv.
The Raymer enterprise., 1918-08-01

A woman never thinks Of anything
special to say until she hears some
other woman talking.
The Raymer enterprise., 1918-08-01
Identified.

The queen Of hearts, she made some
tarts. "You are surely sugar card,
We remarked admiringly.
The Raymer enterprise., 1918-08-01

Be happy. Use Red Cross Bag Blue;
much better than liquid blue. Delights
the aundress. All grocers. Adv.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1918-11-28
CHAPTER XXI.
"The He'll Hole of Germany"

ne FIcH fIoIe OF SeTIndVy.
On arriving at Brandenburg we wer,
marched the three or four miles north
west to the camp. While we were be-
ing marched through the streets n
woman walked alongside Of us for
quite way. talking to the boys In
English and asking them about the
war. She said she did not believe
anything the German papers printed.
She said she was an Englishwoman
from Liverpool and that at the out
break of the war not being able to
get out of Germany. she and her chill
dren had been put in prison and that
every day for over week they had
put her through the third degree; that
her children had been separated from
her and that she did not know where
they were.
She walked along with us for several
blocks until sentry heard her say
something not very complimentary to
the Germans and chased her away.
When we arrived at the camp we were
put into the receiving barracks and
kept there six days. The condition of
these barracks was not such that you
could describe 1t. The floors were ac-
tually nothing but filth. Very few of
the hunks remained +; the rest had been
torn down-for fuel, suppose.
(To BE CoNTINUED)
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1918-11-28
catarrh Cannot he Cured

BY LOCAL APPLICATIONS, as they
cannot reach the seat OF the disease.
Catarrh Is a local disease, greatly infiu-
enced by constitutional conditions. HALLS
CATARRH MEDICINE will cure catarrh.
the Blood on the Mucous Surfaces OF the
System. HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE
10 composed of some Of the best tonics
known combined with some OF the best
OF the Ingredients in HALLS CATARRH
MEDICINE IL what produces such won-
derful results in catarrhal Conditions.
Druggists TIC. Testimonials free.
y. ]. Cheney & Co., Props, Toledo, q.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1918-11-28
Winnipea's Growth.

Prior to 1870 Winnipeg was nothing
more than chief trading post of the
Hudson Bay company. whose head
quarters were at Fort Garry (erected
In 1880, on ground now included in
the city. The first house of the ham,
let was built in 1860. The city was in.
corporated In 1873, and Its growth
since has been, marvellous. The area
of the city by 1912 was 12.700 acres.
The population In 1870 was|30O; In
1918 1t was 10000.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1918-11-28

thing better to look forward TO and
some relief from the awful misery.
Mr.. Gerard WINS passing through the
French barracks and a man I knew
there told him there was an American
there. The Germans did not want him
to see me, but he put up an argument
with the commanding officer and they
finally said he could interview me. ]
never was 50 glad to see anyone as
l was to see him. The picture is still
with me of him coming In the door,
We talked for about an hour and a
hnlf, I guess, and then he got up TO
go and he said would hear from him
In about three weeks. Just think what
good news. that was to mel
They let me out of the guardhouse
and celebrated by doing all the dam
age to German sentries that could
do. The men In the camps went wild
when they learned that Ambassador
Gerard was there, for they said he was
the only man in Germany they could
tell their troubles to. The reason was
TINT he was strong for the men, no
matter what nationality, and put his
heart into : the work. / am one of
those who cannot say enough good
things about him. Like many others,
IL It had not been for Mr.. Gerard l
would be kaput by now.
A few days after this / was slow
again as we were marching to the
bread house and the guard at the door
trlpped me. When l fell / hurt my
wounds, which made me hot. Now
had decided, on thinking It over, that
the best thing to do was to be good,
since l was expecting to be released,
and I thought 1t would be tough luck
to be killed just before l was to be
released. But l had benin the Amer
lean navy and any garby of the U. S. A.
would have done what did 1t must
be the training we get, for when n
dirty trick Is pulled off on us we get
very nervous around the hands and are
not always able to control them.
So / went for the sentry and wal
Hoped him in the jaw. Then received
his bayonet through the fleshy part Of
the forearm. Most bayonet wounds
that we got were In the arm. But
l
those arms were In front of our faces
ut the time. The sentries did not aim
for our arms, you can bet on that. A
wound of the kind got would be moth
ing more than a white streak II prop
erly attended to, but I received abso-
lutely no attention for 1t and 1t was
long time in healing At that, was
lucky; another bayonet stroke just
grazed my stomach.
/ had been at Dulmen for three
weeks when we were transferred to
Brandenburg, Hnvcl, which is known
as "the hell-hole Of Germany" to the
prisoners. 1t certainly is not too
strong n name for 1t, either.
On the way we changed trains at
Osnabruck and from the station plat
form I saw German soldiers open up
with machine guns on the women and
children who were rioting for food.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1918-11-28
IL Worked,

"What I don't understand is this"
said Mr.. Jagsby, as he reached home In
the wee sma' hours. II told Sam at
the poker club to tell you l was not
there and he said, BOSS, dey amt no
use tryin' to fool de mlssus, cause she
done got de goods on you"
"Oh, that's easily explained" an
swered Mrs. Jagsby. "When he started
to say you were not there told him
you were sitting right in front Of the
telephone and could see you.-Birm-
ingham Age-Herald.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1918-11-28
Lose Hair Suddenly.

In the western parts of New South
Wales men are often denuded Of all
their hair. A man will go to bed APP
parently nothing wrong with him and
wake up in the morning to find that
every hair on his body has fallen out
during the night. This disease has
never been known to attack woman.
Once the hair falls out In this fash.
ion, nothing yet invented will make a
new crop grow.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1918-11-28
Invents pevIee for Ruua..

A farmer of Jersey county. Illinois.
is the inventor Of a device with which
he claims to have caught 35 bushels Of
grasshoppers in a single day.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1918-11-28

No really great man ever thought
himself sO.-Hazlitt
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-11-15

Church bells rang until the steeples
rocked. Whistles blew until the
steam ran out. 1t was just one
grand riot of rejoicing. Regardless
of the "flu" the people were just
bound to parade. The two bands,
The Ely City Band and The Fin, sh
Band, blew the rims off their horns,
nearly so at least. A stranger here
from Mars would have gone home
and reported the people here as bugs
and crazy nuts. Staid business men
used both lungs to the breaking
point in shouting-Hoorah! And
over all the city the noise of the cans
and cow bells made charivari sounds
that no policeman interfered with,
but instead, winked with the other
eye.
1t was the greatest day in the
history of Ely, or the whole world
for that matter. For it sounded the
end of militarism for all time.
At the City Hall the parade rested
at ease after its trip over the city.
M. j. Murphy introduced Superin-
tendent White of our public schools,
who in short but intensely patriotic
speech told us facts which brought
cheer upon cheer. He was followed
by Geo. l., Brozich, who also was lis
tened to with the greatest of interest
and cheered heartily for his manly
American and patriotic utterances
The parade and the rejoicing were
not held to celebrate the defeat OF
the Germans, but from the fact chat
millions of people now will be out
from under the yoke of oppression
and the mailed fist. Each individual
will now stand on his own merits
Might will not make right and au-
tocracy will never again have the
chance to prepare forty years to
subdue the world t. is military wish
es. And that was .he why of the
parade. Small wonder that people
yelled and pounded the old wash
boilers. Many a father no doubt
looked at his "kid' N the parade
will never be called upon now to be Il
soldier" Many a good old mother
to, beamed on her small boy beating
his dishpan and with acc heart SIM
ply bursting with love, repeated the
wish of the father. Never again in
our lives will SUI murderous
thing as war be allowed, as The
Beast forced upon us. His idea Of
world dominaticn has gone a glim-
merine. Other countries will now
see the futility OF such aspirations
and thus war must end. A congress
of Nations will spr'ny out of this
war and little AMI big will receive
their just attention. From now on
the sword must be shaped into plow-
shares and, the people be united in
to common brotherhood for the
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-11-15
FLU EPIDEMIC
NEARLY OVER.
STRAGGLING NEW CASES AND
OLDER CASES IMPROVING
RAPIDLY.

Health Commissioner, DIR. o. w.
Parker, reports the flu epidemic
which has held the city in its grip
the past four weeks, practically end
ed. Only struggling cases are being
reported and the older cases are get
ting along in fine shape. The emer-
gency hospital in the lodge rooms
still has dozen or more patients
but the rush seems to be over.
The city committee and the police
department with the board of health
are still on the job and new cases
and also older ones are being hand
led with dispatch. 1t can be safely
stated that conditions will be normal
in another week.
DR.. Parker reports that the ban
will be lifted week from next Mon
day providing that conditions con-
tinue as at present. 1t is supposed
by that time that all flu will have dis
appeared from the city. The teach
ers who have been away since the
schools closed were this week mott
fed to report on Monday morning,
November 25th for duty.
Over 700 people have been vac
cinated at the Shipman Hospital this
week and many more will be before
the week ends. Vaccine is being
received from the Oliver Iron Mining
company the Duluth & Iron Range
company, the State Board of Health
and the Mayo Clinic at Rochester.
Notices have been issued and dis
tributed inviting everone to become
vaccinated. No charge is made for
this service. In another column will
be found notice regarding vac
cination.
Since the Miner was printed last
week several deaths have been re-
ported.
JOS. Brodnick, a miner employed
at the Pioneer, died Saturday after
a short illness. He was So years of
age and leaves wife and family.
John Needham, who has been en-
ployed in the woods of this vicinity
for several years, died Sunday hav-
ing been brought to the Shipman
Hospital from one of the camps.
Jessie Jensen, employed as cook
by the Swallow & Hopkins company
died Sunday at the hospital.
Elvira Burrati, two years af age
died Friday evening after a short
illness.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-11-15

good of the whole. The parade Of
Monday was inspired by this idea.
The end of all wars was in the minds
of the paraders. The end of hos
tilities and the securing Of that for
which we fought fer and won, made
the distance of the parade, but a
step. One could have gone on for
hours with such a prize as the whole
world has received, putting a spring
in every individual.
1t was glorious day for mankind
and one the present generation will
never forget.
And again we say and shout glad
Hurrah!
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-11-15
We HAD
SOME Time.
ELY GOES OVER THE TOP WITH
ITS CELEBRATION OVER
NEWS OF PEACE.

Ely celebrated, Monday, in truly
patriotic manner. Everybody was
there with bells on. This time the
news was signed by one in authority
and we all believed it and busted q
lung over the best news ever coming
to any people on this glorious foot
stool.
Bill was vanquished and four-ffths
of the people of the world shouted
Hurrah!
Hand-bills were scattered over the
city shortly before noon that at
80 parade would take place.
News of this kind travels quickly
and all those who were not ill were
there at / 100 P. M. The gathering
place was at the City Hall as usual
and soon the streets were filled with
a laughing, shouting and hilarious
people. The City Band opened the
program and soon the multitude was
forming into tours, fives and skies
abreast and the march over the city
began, with the finest old flag in the
world leading the parade.
Invite youngsters to a noisefes
and he will never be late or UMPIRE
pared. \ They were all there and with
every noise producer found on the
home premises. Hundreds, seeming
ly, of cowbells were doing their best
to send sound to Berlin that The
Beast might hear of our hilarity.
Wash boilers, cans, dustpans any
thing that had a noise in it was
there and doing duty. And those
without cans used their lungs and at
each corner of block three cheers
and tiger went up over the good
news that The Beast would eat out
of our hand and now was asking for
the mercy which Belgium pleaded
for in vain.
The bushes portion of the city
was traversed and along the line
from beginning to end the National
colors made long, moving picture
in glowing colors mile in length.
1t was one great continuous yell.
good mile over all. Perhaps two
thousand Americans were in line.
Possibly more. Business houses
had closed for the afternoon. The
mines closed. When the noon train
came in the engineer tied the old
whistle down to wide open and came
in to the city spreading the glad
news that Democracy had won.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-11-15

Mrs. Hilma Maxi, aged 80 and the
mother of five children, died Friday
evening of pneumonia after a short
illness. Her husband was formerly
police officer in the city and many
friends join in rendering himself and
the motherless children their SYM
pathy.
While Ely has been held up to rid
icule by some of the other towns
with the claim that the protection
afforded was inadequate to the grav-
ity of the situation and that the
Board of Health was amiss in its
duty, it must be noticed that we were
most sorely afflicted early in the ep-
idemic when the flu was considered
by the larger part of the population
as grippe and treated accordingly.
The malady seemed to sweep upon
this city in week and everyone had
it. Whole families became i'll at
once and so rapidly did the dis
ease spread that attendants for the
afflicted was out of the question.
The sick were nursing the sick.
The other towns on the ranges are
getting their share at the present
time and quarantine, closing Of pub
lie places, schools, etc., has been Of
not much avail. The cases at Vir-
ginia, Chisholm, Hibbing, Duluth and
other cities are increasing and the
mortality is great. The eastern
cities and army camps have been
most sorely afflicted.
Pennsylvania had 100000 cases
and 81 900 deaths. Out of 1000
patients in the Cook County Hospital
at Chicago, 81 per cent Of them
died.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-11-15
BROUGHT HERE FOR BURIAL.

The remains of Mrs. NJ. Hendrick-
son who died suddeaiy Sunday at
her home on Lake Vermilion, were
brought to the city for burial, the
funeral being held Wednesday. The
family formerly resided in this city
having made their home near the
Presbyterian church for many years.
She is survived by her husband and
two children.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-11-15
NOW AT FORT SILL.

A letter from DR.. G. T. Ayres
with the medical department of the
aviation section of the service says
the DR.. is now at Fort Sill, Okla
homa. He has moved. to the latter
camp from Scott Field at Belleville
Illinois. He says that things are
going smoothly and that he is well
pleased with his work.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-11-15
LEFT FOR CAMP.

City Attorney and Mrs. H. ]. Mer-
dink left Saturday by automobile for
Stephen where Mrs. Merdink will re-
main until the return of Mr.. Mer-
dink who goes to the officers train
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-11-15

ing camp at Camp Zacheray Taylor,
Louisville, Kentucky, where he en-
tiers the artillery branch of the SER
vice.
Until the expiration of his term,
the first of the year, Attorney Carl
H. Schuster of Biwabik will be in
charge of the City Attorneys Office,
an arrangement with the city coun-
Gil having been perfected to this end
at the last meeting.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-11-15
CARD OF THANKS.

We take this method of extending
our heartfelt thanks to the many
kind friends and neighbors, es-
pecially the ladies for their help du-
ring the illness, and to those who
sent the handsome floral tributes at
the death of our husband and father.
8 MRS. M. NICHOLS
leland FAMILY.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-11-15
SAND FAMILY,

FOR. RENT-Five Room residence
with bath. Conan Street near the
Lincoln school. Inquire at First
National Bank. ai.!
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1918-01-04
SEED OF ALL KINDS
TO BE VERY SCARCE
Will Be Shortage of All Farm Seeds,
According to G. P. Bull of St.
Paul

Indications point to a shortage of
practically all farm seeds, says c. P.
Bull, of the Minnesota Experiment
station. Oats, wheat, and to less
extent, barley, are being sought by
Montana. Corn, clover and millet
will be seeded in North Dakota.
Corn, oats, wheat, clover, alfalfa and
millet will be sought by Northern
Minnesota farmers. Northern Wis
consin is in need of corn, clovers and
alfalfa. In addition to these, rough
age crops, especially hay will be de-
manded.
Men who have been fortunate and
have ripe corn, or seed of any kind.
should consider it their patriotic
duty and their opportunity to report
the fact to the Minnesota Crop I'M
provement association, that their
names may be included in the seed
list. Men who have ripe flint corn
of any variety should save it all for
seed to supply northern Minnesota,
North Dakota and northern Wiscon-
sin.
An advertisement in ones local
paper also may find purchaser on
the one hand or man who has seed
for sale on the other
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1918-01-04
Much Milk Wasted

Three and one-half billion pounds
of milk are practically wasted in the
dairy states every winter. This
makes 21,00O,O00 pounds every day.
The foregoing is startling state
ment but R. M. Washburn of the di-
vision of dairy husbandry, Mime
sofa College of Agriculture, says it
is true. The farmer feeds most of
his skimmilk to hogs. This milk,
fed to hogs, produces only 20 per cent
of its energy value in edible pork.
Eighty per cent of its energy value
is lost. Mr.. Washburn says, though,
that some milk is necessary to start
pigs off strongly.
Much more of the energy value of
the skimmilk will be saved if it is
made into cottage cheese. Every 100
pounds of skimmilk, says Mr.. Wash
burn, is equivalent to 20 pounds of
ordinary meat, and will make Is
pounds of cottage cheese. The
cheese contains about one-third more
protein and one-third less energy
than meat, and is therefore, essenti-
ally equivalent to meat.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1918-01-04

S. J. Lundeen spent Christmas
with friends at Hancock.
Miss Agnes Peterson returned to
Starbuck Monday morning.
Adolph and Chas. Bruer and Hoyer
Bros. went to st. Paul with cars of
stock Thursday.
Mrs. Foley and daughters of Fargo,
N. D., spent Christmas with Mr.. and
Mrs. P. H. Foley.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. M. Larson and
family spent New Years with Mr..
Larson's mother at Morris.
The Schwagrel family of Browns
Valley visited few days this week
with Mr.. and Mrs. l.. J. Schlattman.
Miss Annie Wenholz spent the hol-
idays with her parents near Cotton
wood. Her place at the bank was
filled by Miss June Ethelson.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. j. Devereaux, Mr..
and Mrs. Henry Ghurt and Mr.. and
Mrs. Calvin Foster spent Sunday
with Mr.. and Mrs J. A. Schultz.
Miss Hazel Gulbranson spent
Christmas with her parents here
She returned to Starbuck the day af-
ter Christmas where she is employed
as saleslady in the Farmers Store.
Only few of those winter apples
left at $1.25 per basket. Get some
before they are all gone. Fancy
Washington apples at $1.25 per box.
Lee & Ware, next to Sun Office. adv.
The New Years dance at Alberta
proved to be most enjoyable affair.
Quite a large number were in at
tendance from Morris, Chokio and
Graceville. Supper was served at the
Andert Confectionery.
The holidays being over business
is just beginning to return to it's
normal state. We hope everyone en-
joyed Merry Christmas and a Hap
py New Year and that they will have
many like returns of a cheerful
Christmas tide, mingled with those
nearest and dearest to them.
Peter La Plaza received a phono-
graph of one of the latest designs
from an eastern music house Wed
nesday. Pete is some musician him
self and working tremendously with
the photograph he will no doubt be
able to ward off that "tired feeling
these long winter evenings.
Miss Ellen Peterson came up from
Hancock to spend the holidays.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1918-01-04
Why Cobb Is In Demand.

Irving Cobb is back in New York
from his Ossining-near Sing Sing
prison-farm for the winter speaking
season in New York. Cobb has on an
average of fifty invitations week to
be the chief speaker at dull banquets.
He settles on about two.
1t is said that these constant re-
quests are what drove him to leave
his Riverside Drive apartment for the
country. At luncheon recently he
told Of laborer on a railroad disput-
ing the right of way with a limited.
AS Cobb expressed it he was total
loss"
A claim agent scurried to the widow
and pressed five 500 bills in her
hands and had her sign on the dotted
lines. The next week she blossomed
out in gay widow weeds and met a
friend:
MANY 20 shorely must be lonesome
with Jim gone"
"Indeed I isl
"Gwine to get hitched again."
II dunno. Railroad men doan' have
muasl time for co'tin and doan' want
no other kind of man."