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Denver labor bulletin., 1918-02-09
PLAN TO MAKE WAR BONDS SELL QUICK
BY POOLING INTEREST FOR DRAWINGS
George E Cranmer Has Proposition for Sale OF
Bonds Whereby the Buyer Retains Original
and Is Given a Chance o Win d
potency Every Six Months

4 new plan to make forthcoming
sales Of government war bonds more
popular among wage earners and 9TH
crs Of small investing capacity is pro
posed by George +. Cranmer, member
Of the Wilson, Cranmcr & Co. bond
dealers Of this city. II is that the
interest on these bonds be pooled and
drawn by numbers, something like a
large sums, while losers retain their
lottery, so that winners would receive
original investment intact
This plan has been very successful
in England and France. says Mr.. Gran
mcr. and he believes it would greatly
accentuate the sale Of bonds in de
nominations Of 500 in this country.
While no bond would be issued for
less than 500, arrangements could
be made for onc-tenth interest in
bond. which would cost $40.
Details of the Plan.
Mr.. Cranmer's novel proposition
would provide for the sale of S5,000.-
600 600 or more United States gov
crnmeut ! per cent war bonds, due
thirty years from date, retirablo at
option Of the government, within tif-
teen days after any interest date in
the order in which the bonds are is
sued, interest to be paid semi-annu-
ally or quarterly. In explaining his
plan to The Bulletin. Mr.. Cranmer
said:
"Thc interest on each million dol
lars Of this issue is to be combined.
which would amount TO $4,000 every
six months, or $4,000 every three
months, to be drawn for by the hold
ors Of 500 bonds, This could be di-
vidcd into privcs of whatever size
would attract public interest. The
drawing could be made very dra-
matte and conspicuous occasion by
having it done at Washington. as the
draft drawings were, and have the
drawing done by our most distin-
guished men in rotation, such as eN-
presidents of the United States, Sam
uel GomperS and other national char
actcrs.
Would Make Bonds Popular.
"The advantage of this sort of bond
would be that it would be n kind of
security suited to the many millions
who are wage carners or salaried en-
ployes. The burden of war financing
would be more widely distributed and
the financing more quickly accom-
plished than either thru liberty bonds
or war savings stamps. These bonds
would be so popular that the public
would come after them with rush,
instead of being pursued and solicited.
"The present system of financing
the government is unfair to the work
ers. as it is not the type of security
which appeals to them. The interest
on 500 makes them no better or no
worse off, while for the very rich in
weston and big institutions tax cx-
empt, secure, low rate bonds are at
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-02-09
HACK ETHAL BROS.
Undertakers

Members of organized labor in
Denver and vicinity are generally
informed as to the courtesies and
attention given by Hackethal
Bros, Undertakers, located Mt
l45l Kalamath street Phone
Main 365S. Theodore and George
Hackethal comprise the firm, the
latter beirg n member of Denver
Typographical Union No. 49. Their
office and parlors are open day
and night
Milford chronicle., 1918-07-12
LETTER FROM PARIS C. GREENLY

June D, 1918.
My Dear Sister and family
For long time have been intend
ing to write to you again in answer
to your fine letters received lately,
but have been so busy most of the
time that | have done but very little
letter writing; | managed to write to
mother nearly every week and that is
almost the limit, but today l received
your last letter and it was so much
enjoyed that / am going to answer it
at once.
1t certainly is good to hear from the
States and my friends and relatives,
and to know that everything is going
along so we'll. 1t makes me feel so
much more eager to do all | can when
I know that the folks at home are
getting along so nicely. andO also to
hear that America is awakening to the
real situation of this horrible war, for
| know, as most of the people over
here know, that if America had not
entered this war that Germany would
have gained a great victory over the
Allies, and might have won the war,
but now it is impossible for Germany
to win. All of the Allies are now so
proud of the American soldiers. and
the French can't do enough for our
boys; they are such good comrades
with the French soldiers.
Matte. since writing to you, or
since you heard from me through
Miss B. l have changed my place of
abode again. You see | am a Meth
odist preacher, and have the habit of
moving so it comes perfectly natural
to me to move every so often. Well,
it is the method over here to move the
Y M. G. A. secretaries pretty often.
This is my third move since being
in France, and now in day or two
l am to move again. / rather like it
because this is giving me chance to
see so much of the different parts of
France and the different phases of the
war. My five weeks in France we're
very valuable to me. became ac-
quainted with Paris, which is beyond
doubt the most wonderful city in the
world. And my work in that club
was to have charge of the entertain
ments, concerts and religious ser
vices This gave nae an acquaintance
with many of the very finest Ameri-
cans over here, also many of the
French and English artists in Paris.
Besides I came to know several hun
dred OF our American soldiers sta
toned in Paris, so that whenever
would go out on the streets in any
part Of the city, was sure to meet
some Of them who came to our club
and knew me. It made me feel quite
at home there. But really did not
care to spend all Of my time in Paris,
the life seemed out Of place with the
sacrificial spirit Of this horrible war.
Every night when would retire to
my fine soft bed in a large room with
luxuriant furniture could not help
but think Of the many thousands out
on the ground sleeping with only a
blanket over them, and living on
"hardtack," so when the opportunity
came for me to leave Paris for a Hut
out in camp, at once accepted It.
] have been out here three weeks, and
Milford chronicle., 1918-07-12

now am beginning to get a real ex-
perience of this war. / am out from
Paris about thirty miles, and about
as far from the battle front as is
Harrington from Dover-just close
enough to hear the big guns almost
continuously and see their flash eV-
cry night. 1t sounds just like a big
thunderstorm gathering in the west
Besides hearing the big guns every
night we have regular visits from
the German aeroplanes. They have
missed only one night out of sixteen.
They furnish us enough entertain
ment and excitement to break the
mOnotony. About the only damage
they do is to prevent US from sleep
ing in our beds, and blow up a few
old houses. A few bombs have fallen
around our camp, but we beat it" be-
fore they get there. One fell along
the side of my hut the other night and
peppered it with shrapnel until it
looks like a pepper-box lid. But
there were no soldiers in camp, as
we take all precautions and are new
er here when the bombs are dropping.
l should like to send you a picture of
my new sleeping quarters and my
sleeping robes. Part of the time
sleep in trenches and part of the time
up to one of the large caves where
all the people living in the city go.
| wear my steel helmet and gas mask
when l go to my sleeping quarters.
night in one of these caves is one
OF the most amusing experiences 1
have ever had in my life. A Fourth
OF July celebration or a Buffalo Bill
Wild West Show, are tame affairs to
one of these nights. About five
o'clock in the afternoon you will see
the people start for the caves with
their wheel-barrows of bedding. little
children, dogs and cats. And the
line of stragglers continues until
about dark. After every one has fix
ed up his or her place, then all come
outside and sit around waiting for
the alert signal that the Hun aero
planes are coming; then all beat it"
Tor the cave. 1t is very dark inside
and of course no lights are permitted
in the cave, so shortly someone be-
gins to make light to find his place
or smoke a cigarette, and at once
about a hundred voices in all lang
uages yell at him to put out the light
Then about the time all is quiet or
tine Dig guns start 10 firing. the little
babies begin to cry and the French
women to quarrel, and the American
and British soldiers to swear. the
dogs to bark, or the Negroes to pray
II they get scared; then some drunken
Frenchman stumbles into the cave
and proceeds to light match. where
upon another big yell goes up to nut
out the light, followed by another
Darrage Of cursing, OF profane lang
gage. Then, when everything quiets
down, and you think that you will get
some sleep. all around you the heavy
artillery OF snoring starts up. sound
ing like lot Of buzz-saWs or pigs in
a pen, and no sleep still. Then some
English soldier will begin to tell an
American soldier all about the three
years Of war he has been in, and will
never stop until you bawI him out
Then some one in the back Of the
cave VIII start to find his way out to
see II the Huns are sons yet, and he
Milford chronicle., 1918-07-12

will step on the stomach of somebody
and cause another big yell as if the
cave was falling through, whereupon
every sleepy soldier will pour forth
his wrath and call down heaven judg-
ment upon Kaiser Bill and everybody
else who won't let him sleep. And
so it goes, a multitude of different
sounds pounding your ear all the
time. The tragedy of it all is that
when American soldiers swear at the
French for making so much noise or
/ lighting a match the French can't
understand them. so the soldier gets
all the madder. Added to all the rest
! occasionally a big rat runs across
/ your feet. Then you imagine vermin
/ is in the straw and you get the "coot-
les" marching all over you. Now if
there is anything in war life more ex-
citing than one of these nights in a
cave, | don't know what it is That
is what we have about every night
Well, | guess this fun for us is
about over, for we are expecting to
move our camp back to the rear far
ther, in a day or two, and it will be
somewhere very near Paris in a very
fine French town. 1t will be a better
railroad center for our troops.
The following is the nature of my
work here:
This is a Replacement Camp; that
is, the troops for a certain division
come here to be assigned 20 uie COM
pany and regiment they are to fight
in, and to take the place of those GO
ing back for a rest or who have been
killed or wounded. Some times we
have the camp full of soldiers and
again there are very few here. l am
the only Y. NJ. C. A. secretary and
that keeps me very busy most of the
time. | sell them all sorts of tobac-
Goes, cigarettes, and cakes, in fact
everything soldier needs going into
the trenches. Then in the evening.
after supper, before we go to the
caves, l often have a religious ser
vice with the boys, especially if they
are to go up to the front the next
morning. And l make it Just as evan
gelstic as l can. 1 always make the
appeal to them to take the stand for
a Christian life, and every time vet
the boys have responded in large
numbers. Last Sunday night we took
the piano out in front of the hut and
several hundred gathered around IT
and we sang number of HYMNS and
repeated together the 2Srd Psalm
The Lord is my shepherd
gave them a short talk on the issues
OIL this war, and what dangers thew
were about to face, and what God
could mean to a soldier in the honr
OF death, and danger; then made the
appeal, and fully two hundred sold
lers stood with hats off and hands
raised, many Of them with tears
streaming down their faces. It was
an impressive sight to see. lxnouino
that in a few days many of them
would probably fall upon death. 9TH
ers upon severe wounds, but now
trying to find God. Oh, if the moth
er OF every one Of those boys could
nav nave STOOD where I stood and saw
her boy promising that he wouId start
Christian life! In the relieions
services that I have held since being
over here in France l have seen NOT
less than five hundred Of our soldier
Milford chronicle., 1918-07-12
IMPORTANT.

Growers and shippers of farm, field,
forest, feathered, finned and furred
products can, as a rule, make more
money shipping their fruits, Vegeta-
bles, eggs, poultry, FISH, etc, to the
firms In this list who specialize and
need them than by cOnsigning same
TO others that do not solicit.
Every house in this list will be exc
pected to treat the shipper fairly or
the name of the firm will be dropped
and further publication refused.
Shippers who indulge in loose
methods or worse, must not expect to
receive the same treatment and re-
turns from Commission Houses as
those who deal fairly and meet the
requirements of the various markets.
The shipper is advised to get in
touch with the firms found In the
classified and advertising columns be-
fore making further cOnsignments
elsewhere. The difference in the re-
turns may be considerably in your
favor.
FRANK A. D0ERINGER,
Milford, Del.
N22) !
Milford chronicle., 1918-07-12

boys take the stand for Christ. o.
course that does not mean that they
have all become Christians, but if for
one hour it awakened their religious
nature and gave them an inspiration
for a better life, and made God a little
more real to them, then it was worth
while. | consider this part of my
work far more vital and helpful than
selling them tObaccoes and candies.
| | am so glad to be over here and to
have a small part in fighting this
world war for righteousness, Free
dom and Democracy. OF course there
! are dangers connected with it, but
some one must face them, and l am
willing to take my share. l have no
fear of being killed; by taking all
precautions | am pretty safe, but if
death should come to me as it is COM
ing to thousands of others, then | will
accept it as Gods will for my life.
l hope that you will not worry
about my welfare, for l am enjoying
the best of health, get plenty to eat
eat with the Officers-have three
American negro orderlies, one to keep
the Y. NJ. G. A. hut in shape; one
to do my laundry, and another to keep
my room swept out and to run my
errands, and have a major, captain,
and several lieutenants, and a num-
Der of sergeants, corporals and pri-
Yates as my good friends and COM
rades. | am thoroughly happy in
my work, even though / don't get any
sleep at night. Now that we are
moving the camp back near Paris we
will not be in any danger from the
air raids or big guns
Will, | am certainly sorry to hear
of your mothers death. You have
my sympathy and prayers OF course
we all must face that loss some time. I
but it is a shock when it comes, and
brings grief Our greatest consola- !
ton is in the belief of life after death. !
and the belief that our departed low
ed ones are happy with God. When
you think of your mother now it will
not be thoughts of anxiety about how I
she is getting along, but she will be |
ever present with you and no longer |
suffering from pain or trouble, but |
her memory will be a constant inspir- |
alton. Please bear my sorrow and |
condolences to your father for me.
1t does seem so sad for him to be 1
left alone, and yet he is not alone for
God is with him.
Now l must close as | have many
other things to do today. appre-
ciate all of the peoples interest in
me, for it means much to me in these
days of such awful tragedies all
around me. Give my greetings to
them all. I received Elmers' letter.
also Grace's, and several copies of the
little paper Elmer sent me. was
more than pleased to get them. With
love and prayers to all, I am,
Your brother,
Rev. Paris c.. Greenly.
Y. M. c. A. Secretary,
II Rue d'Aguessian, paris, France.
Milford chronicle., 1918-07-12
SHAWNEE.

AL Watson of Wilmington spent a
part of last week with his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. George Watson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Calhoun,
Miss Ida Calhoun, Miss Mabel Steven
son and Raymond Warren mOtOred to
Ocean City on the Fourth.
Harold Watson has gone to Will
mingtOn to work.
Mrs. Lewis Prettyman, Mr.. and
Mrs. Pierce Prettyman and Mr.. an4
Mrs. Edward Donovan were RehOboth
visitors on the Fourth.
Misses Mildred and Helen 'Greenly
are spending this week with ther
cousins, Gretchen and Master IrviHg
Calhoun.
I The stoFk has again visited shaw
nee, this time leaving a fine daughter
at the home Of Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur
Stayton.
W. 7. Workman and family spent
the Fourth in LeWes.
Thomas Abbott was a Georgetown
visitor on Friday Of last week.
Rufus Abbott and family went to
Bowers on the Fourth.
Sunday School at 2 D. m. A patri-
TIC service will be held in the evening
beginning at 8 o'clock, when a service
dag will be unfurled in memory Of
ne boys who have gone from here.
Ihere will be recitations, special
music and an address by Rev. R. X.
stephenson Of the M. E. Church of
Milford and also by our pastor.
Milford chronicle., 1918-07-12
Rea the Ads in This Issue

English money, as it is altogether differ
ent from ours. l will bring some Of it
home with me to show you.
Give my best regards to all the people
around home. Tell them 1 would like 70
write to them all, but it is different over
here than back in the States; so you can
tell them that you hear from me. We
only have two mails a month going over
to the United States. At the present
time we are about 1900 miles away from
home and may be farther before we get
back. 1t may be a month before you get
this letter and probably two months. [
have a lot l would like to tell you about
my trip that We are not allowed to tell.
| hope I will keep feeling as we'll while
am over here as I do now.
The climate here now is warm days
and cool nights The crops all look fine
ant the hay is ready to cut. The pota-
toes are knee high. and all the flowers
and trees are in full bloom
l look like a mnlatto. l am sunburnt
so. l am out Of doors all the time. It
IS healthful. The people over here all
ride wheels; men and women alike, and
when they are out for a walk they all
larry canes-even right young girls,
lbout 16 years old. Their carriages are
,-wheel concerns. The horses are nice
md large and the roads are nearly all
stone
Well. goodbye for this time. As ever.
Your loving son,
ROBERT.
private Robert Deputy,
Replacement Hospital A,
American ENpeditionary Forces,
Via New York.
Milford chronicle., 1918-07-12
LETTER FROM ROBERT DEPUTY.

Mrs. Susan Deputy. 306 Lake Avenue,
Milford. Delaware, has received the fol-
lowing letter from her son, Robert Dep
uty, who is on active service, overseas;
June 4, 1918.
Dear Mother: l have arrived in Eng
land safely and am well. We had a very
pleasant trip across the ocean. Quite a
few of our boys got sick, but I didn't
happen to get sick; guess because 1 had
| travelled on the water before The first
/ few days out the weather was fine and
the sea was as calm as the Delaware
J Bay, but we had a couple days of rain
and pretty high winds, and the sea got
! pretty choppy; then, also, l was real
/ glad when we reached land, as l got
tired at looking at water from morning
until night For several days in sue
] cession. after we reached our seaport, in
England. we took train to a Rest Camp
about two hundred miles through Eng
land, to rest up from our sea voyage
before we started in on our steady work,
which l think will be hospital work We
are expecting to leave the rest camp to-
morrow to probably go TO some large city |
in England al a hospital and settle down
there for awhile.
This country is without a doubt the |
prettiest l have ever seen. l have been !
taking in all the coast scenery around |
the Rest Camp the last two or three |
days 1t is beautiful around here. Last
Sunday Stanley Vibbert, Homer Wagner
and myself walked around nearly all day
taking in the sights. The people who
own the large estates and mansions here
have thrown open their gates to the Z.
S. soldiers to go through and look around
elran Of -, v.1r
10 acres Of trees, lawns, flowers, gard
ems and trees around the homes
We still have the same bunch Of boys
with US that we had at Fort Ogelthorpe
and Allentown. Homer Wagner and my
self still sleep together Stanley Vib-
bert and the rest Of the Milford boys are
in the next tent to ours
l am writing this letter in one Of the
Y NJ. c. AS over here. We are to
have a nice concert here tonight but we
may not be here to hear it. +
We are not allowed to say much in ,
our letters, only that we arrived safely
and are well, and about the scenery. :
Can't tell you where we are, or the 7
names of the places where we have been Z
or anything about tine war, SO there is
not very much to say. But l will have i
a lot to tell you when I get back, which a
hope won't be so very long
1 believe l am feeling better than
ever did, since came over here. be- ! I
leive it must have been the sea voyage
that did me good. I go to bed before 10 '
o'clock every night, and it is not realI
dark here until IL o'clock in the even F
ing and daybreak at about o'clock in
the morning; so you see we do not have =
much night here, about or 5 hours. h
but we don't get up until o'clock in A
the morning. Another funny thing here, n
It is now noon and you people back in the \
States are just getting ready to go to n
work. The time here is about hours s
earlier than at home n
We had to get all our U. S. money
into English money before we
'ould buy anything over here. It took q,
IS two or three days to get on to the 4
Milford chronicle., 1918-07-12
ANTS and RECEIVERS WANT YOUR SHIPMENTS FOR 1918

Butter, Eggs. Poultry, Wanted bT
Kelsey, A R.. Cor. I'd & CalloWhill
CLANS and Crabs. Wanted BY
Bay Fish Co. 1921 N. 2nd
Scnoch, George Y. 1881 s. Water
Corn, Cob and Shelled, Wanted BY
Bastian, Geo. H. 1887 E. Passayunk
Eggs, Wanted by
Nice & Schneider Co. ...6-10 S. Water
Eggs and Butter, Wanted BY
Bowers, r A Company 9&11 N. Water
Macdonald. John ]. Co.. .13 So. Water
Eggs, Butter and Poultry Wanted BY
FullwOod, VIM M & Co. 1862 South
Eggs and Poultry. Wanted by
Coulbourn NJ. 1872 Callowhtn
Stein, Edward P & Co. .S0S S. Front
Thurber, Stephen .......11 s. Water
Fish, Wanted by
American Fish Co Dock st. Fish Mkt
Sparks, C V & Co. 5 Dock st Fish Mkt
Fish, Snappers and CLANS Wanted By
Clark, Stiles&Co. IA Dock St Fish Mt.
Potatoes, Sweet s. White, Wanted By
Brown, Wesley. .106 Little Dock
Poultry LGVe), Wanted by
Parsons & Bro. .......224 Callowhill
Smell, Samuel ............524 So. End
Rags and Paper Stock, Wanted By
Infante Bros. 1886 s. Water
Rope and Canvas (OId), Wanted By
Chaulk, John J. & Co. 506-S S. Del. Av /!
Scott. Thomas J........774 S. Front !
Milford chronicle., 1918-07-12
THE FOLLOWING COMMISSION MERCHANTS and
Furs and Ginseng Wanted by

Furs and Ginseng Wanted by
Boehmer. VIM & Co.. 159-16S W 25th
Lodewick, ]. S. Co., 11O-112 W. 26th
Fruits and Vegetables, Wanted By
(See those under Apples. Etc.
Guineas, Pigeons. Squads, Wanted BY
Heineman Bros. .217-21 Washington
Krakaur Poultry Co. Inc.19-24 18th av
Poultry Oressed), Wanted BY
Heineman Bros. ..217-21 Washington
Poultry Oressed) and Calves, Wanted
Hinrichs. W. J. Co.. Inc. .423 W. 14th
Poultry Dressed) and Eggs Wanted
Strauss & Adler. Inc. .651 Brook av.
Poultry (LiVe), Wanted By
Kassel, David c.. .16-17-1S 18th Ave.
Krakaur Poultry Co. Inc. 1924 18th az
Poultry and Squads DressedD Wanted
Heineman Bros. .217-21 Washington
Silz. A. Inc...........416-420 W. 14th
Poultry, Squads and Eggs, Wanted by
Durham. n. & Sons. 313 Washington
Hovey, Chas. B., W. Washington Mkt.
Potatoes and Onions, Wanted By
Doran, JOS. A., Bronx Prod. House
Brenneis, Harry, Bronx Prod. House
McArdle, Harry ], Bronx Prod. House
Squads. Wanted by
1eineman Bros. .217-21 Washington !
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coUNTRY STORES

j. NJ. Tomlinson. Bridgeton, n. j.
d. J. Stathem, Upper Greenwich, n.
Smith Bros. Fairton, n. j
r. T. Johnson, Bridgeton, n. j.
Thos. SOults. BridgetOn. n. j.
Chas. T.. Gasllill, Newport, n. j.
j. A. Grace, Cedarville, n. j.
j. W. Nickel, Elmer, n. J
NJ. F. Riley, Elmer, N. J.
c. l.. StrattOn, Elmer, n. J.
+. Shlmp Co, Salem, n. J..
5. c. Sheppard, Quinton, y. J.
h. A. Grace, Wildwood, y. j.
n. Freireich, York, Pa.
JOS Russo. York, Pa.
H. +. Lodge, Holly Oak, Del.
5. +. Porter, Holly Oak, Del.
W. s. b. Cottman, Hurlock, Nd
w. J Grove, Hurlock, Nd.
w. c. Dean & Bro, Hursock, Nd.
A. & 5. Morris. Hurlock, Nd.
j. r. Worrall, Kennett So, Pa,
o. L. Bell & Bro, Laurel, Del.
h. c. Carmine. Laurel, Del.
L. w. Birmingham. Laurel. Del.
+. S. Burford, Laurei, Del.
G. r. Hastings & Bro. Laurel, Del
j. H Marvel. Laurel. mel.
f. $. Paynter Lewes, Del.
h. T. Elliott. Millsboro, Del.