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Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-10-24
Called for Sea Duty

Mrs. A. Martin, who resides south
Of Baraboo near Devils Lake, has re-
turned from Burlington, Iowa, where
she visited her son, Louis T. Martin,
who is in the navy. Concerning the
young man the Burlington Hawkeye
OF recent issue says:
Louis Martin of the navy recruit
ing office, leaves for Des Moines and
then to the Great Lakes station, his
ultimate destination being sea duty.
He has been in Burlington since last
April and has won many friends here.
being polite courteous and attentive
to duty His home is in Baraboo,
Wis. All who know him wish him
good luck and are certain that he will
acquit himself well, no matter where
he may be put.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-10-24
Appreciates Red Cross

In active service with the American
Elk. Forces, August 28, 1918.
Dear Folks:
Well, we are settled again for a
while. | do not know for how long
but l think for quite a while, for we
are now UP where we belong, l wish
you could see the place where we are
located. We are about six miles from
the front and on still nights we can
hear the ''heavies' sending Jerry
some presents. We will soon be
ready to send him some presents, too.
| will be glad when we get started but
it will probably be few days before
we are ready. 1t is quite cool where
we are located, and gets real chilly at
night. We have good huts to live in
though, so if it gets real cold we will
, be protected. My mind wanders to-
day SO can hardly think of anything
, to- write. I got letter from Marion
, about a week ago, but as we have
been travelling ever since I have not
had time to write until now Believe
; me we have seen lot of France and
it seems as though there are more
/ Americans here than there are
French. I want to say one word about
; the Red Cross, The Red Cross is the
!, mother Of the soldiers in France.
will never forget one Red Cross sta
!. ton we saw. We had been on board
a train for 4S hours with cold, corned
Willie as the maiE item of diet
We stopped at station, got out, lined
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-10-24
HOOVER, THE MODERN
MOSES, OFFERS
NEW COMMANDMENTS
Thou shalt not serve bread ane

Thou shalt not serve bread and
butter, save on request.
2. Thou shalt not serve more than
one kind Of meat or poultry at one
meal.
8. Thou shalt not serve sugar, save
on request.
q. Thou shalt not serve more than
three meals day to any one person,
for fourth meal is unnecessary and
an abomnation in the sight of the
food administration.
5. Thou shalt not pamper thy
guests with side dishes, for verify they
are in the nature of superfuity.
6. Thou shalt not supply bills of
fare, for they are waste of paper
and are but printed snares to entice
persons to devour food which other
wise they would do without, not know
ing thou hadst it.
z. Thou shalt cry aloud the excel
Iencies of meals which consistent of
fish and garden truck, for such find
favor in the eyes of the food conserva-
ton.
s. Thou shalt hurI the table d'hote
into outer darkness, thou and thy man
servant and thy maid servant, and
all who dwell within thy caravansary.
9. Thou shalt remove all sugar
bowls from thy tables and place them
in high places out of reach, for they
are but vanity.
10. Thou shalt take careful note of
all cooks who burn food and render it
unfit for consumption, and shalt rep
rimand them and punish Them and
take heed that henceforth they be-
come social outcasts and abhorred by
all men.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-10-24
Near Where Shot Fell
ALFRED

| got the papers you sent me some
time ago and also letters from a lot
Of my friends in Baraboo. AS | am
very busy I'll have to make this one
letter answer them ALL Am always
particularly interested in the letters
from the fellows over there and the
casualty lists. These doggone Boston
papers only print the New England
news and to see their casualty list
one would think that their boys are
the only ones in this affair.
No doubt you have heard of the
Spanish influenza epidemic here. 1t
is quite serious in Boston and the
school here was quarantined for two
weeks but at the school now, it has
been almost entirely wiped out, due
to the very systematic method that
was adopted to combat it. We were
kept out of doors all day when the
weather permitted-there was no
school-and given plenty of exercise
and recreation. Now we are restrict
ed to certain districts when on liber-
ty. Boston is absolutely tabooed. Bud
Peck had it but is all over it and well
again.
Harvard opened under the same
system that understand has been
adopted all over the west. The at
tendance here is hardly one-half of
what it was before the war. Harvard
being entirely a mans school is hit
harder than the co-educational uni.
versities.
No, Mrs. Curry, there is no distinc-
ton made between regulars and re.
serves here. The course is identical
for both, the same classes being at
tended by both and no favoritism is
shown either The country realizes
that to do this affair up brown, abso-
lutte unity is essential all over and
there is no time for petty sentimental
tiles to interfere with our remarkable
efficiency.
| was down about the Charleston
navy yard a few days ago and saw
which touched here on the trial trip
She had her flock or mosquitoes with
, her. Mosquitoes are the little sub
chasers that convoy all the ships near
the coast. They. are only 10 feet
long, gasoline driven, and carry q
crew of 26 men. The new Ford
chasers are 220 feet long and carry
AZ men, Each one carries a listening
devise by which submerged subma
rine can be detected from 6 to
miles away. They are also equipped
i with wireless telephones as we'll a:
/ telegraph. Of course, the range o.
I! the telephone is comparatively small
as yet but no doubt it will some dal
be perfected to send just as great dis
tances as the telegraph, as it works
on almost the identical principle.
could tell you some interesting thing
about it were | permitted to do so.
is not out of the bounds of possibilit,
that some day it will take the plac
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-10-24

up and got coffee that only woman
can make. / could have drunk a dOz-
en- cups of it and we also got some
real bread But there was one thing
The girl that handed us our bread
looked every man in the face and
smiled, smile that would make
man go over the top. Every man
spoke about it and how good it made
them feel Will close, with love,
SGT. CLAUDE L. AMES.
166th Aero Squadron,
A. P. o. 703,
Am. Elk. Force,
France.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-10-24
Baraboo Bird Man Takes Trip
Bly,, II, Reg. 2, o. A. +. D.
Camp Taylor, KY.

Mrs. F. A. Philbrick has received a
clipping from a Cedar Rapids Iowa,
paper which tells of a trip made by
her son, Orriel Philbrick, now a flyer
The article reads:
Cedar Rapids entertained two aero
nauts over night--Friday night. One
was Lieut.. Bert Blair, Waterloo boy,
and the other Sgt. Philbrick Of Bara-
boo, Wis, now members of Squad
ron 20, at Rantoul, Ill. The two men
had awaited to Waterloo, to enable
the lieutenant to visit his father and
mother and to do few stunts for the
dairy cattle show.
Friday they started from Waterloo
on their return trip intended to give
Cedar Rapids a few thrills. But the
winds were so high that they were I'M
able to make more than fifteen miles
an hour, forward movement Their
gasoline was used up rapidly so that
they had a alight to replenish. But
in the high winds they did not dare
to make the city, so they drifted east
ward and finally made a landing on
the Swan farm, back of the FitZ-
gerald farm, which is on the
Springville road about three miles
out. The sensational affair startled
the surrounding country side and as
the news was carried by telephones,
people began to pour in the farmers
all using their automobiles. And they
gJy1fi dY1nc h = 7
course there were rumors of accidents
and so, but the landing was entirely
without mishaps. The aviators left
their machines under guard and were
invited to the Fitzgerald home, one OF
the best in the country where they
ate their fill of everything in sight
| Mrs. Fitzerald in feeding them re-
membered the fact that one Of their
own sons is somewhere up in the air,
while a second son is in the navy. II
is hard nowadays for an aviator to
| land anywhere in this country without
| coming in contact with families who
have sons in the same service.
In Cedar Rapids the two aviators
made the acquaintance of Mr.. and
Mrs. J. F. Whelihan, through their
son Jack" who is in the same ser
vice, and at their hands they received
many attentions.
| Yesterday morning, long before day
light few Cedar Rapids people, in
| Guiding Mr. and Mrs Whelihan es
corted the boys to their machine on
| the Swan farm and after overhauling
it bit, they turned it against the
| wind and shot up into the air. Tt
show that they were all right they cir
cled back over the field and waved
them we'll and then they started
toward Davenport, half a mile up il
i the air.
From Letter
Mrs. Philbrick says in a letter tt
her he wrote that they went ovel
one hundred miles above a big fos
that was fifteen hundred feet thick
When they got above it the sun wa:
shining and it looked just like biz
sea of cotton. They cast their owl
shadow on the clouds The camp il
now quarantined.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-10-24
Days Without Rest

Alfred Argyle, son of Mr.. and Mrs
Arthur Argyle, sci Ninth avenue, Bar
aboo, has written as follows:
Somewhere in France.
September 13, 1918.
Dear Dad:
suppose Mother, Helen and you
have been wondering what became OF
me. For the last several months
have been in places where there was
no time to think of writing although
l thought of you constantly.
We are now somewhere in the in.
terror of France, long distance from
the battle line, for rest and training.
We are billeted in q small village of
about fifty natives and a regiment of
soldiers. We never have the luck to
secure fair sized town to billet. Our
quarters are in the attic of an old
stone barn, but that is a paradise to
the front.
Our division has been in several of
the biggest engagements of this
years battles. If you read the pa
pers from July 20 to August 7 and then
again on different front from Aug.
% to Sept. 4, you would know exactly
where and what our division did in
action. The division surely won a
fighting name. Our regiment alone in
the last encounter captured over two
thousand prisoners, some of Ger
many's best troops. We were out
night and day mending our lines, for
communication is hard to maintain
under heavy she'll fire, so you see we
have our duties in action With each
advance made by the infantry the
signal men follow laying the lines so
the rear can have communication
with the front lines at the earliest
moment. When we were on the line,
it was over week that / never had
my clothes off, and often | thought of
home and something to eat, but one
must expect nothing to eat at the
front, for it is impossible to bring up
food on the line. Tomorrow, we
start in drilling, for the regiment has
received a number of new men from
the states and they have to have a
stiff drilling before going on the line.
1t was on this last front, that it
was the first time we worked in con-
nection with the tanks. They go
ahead paving the way for the infan-
try which follows in waves directly
behind the tanks. The tanks destroy
all machine guns nests and hard
--------- for the infantry, while
the infantry cleans up as they ad-
vance.
The war situation surely is encour-
aging by the latest war communicates.
An American soldier over here
does not think much of the fighting
qualities of a German. The prison
ers that were captured by our regi-
ment were rather anxious to get out
Of the war and they were not slow in
shouting 'Kamerade," and relieving
themselves of their steel helmets.
Will write another letter shortly
Lovingly
Lovingly, your son,
ALFRED.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-10-24
Albert BIanch in England

A Baraboo young man, son OF Mr..
and Mrs. Albert Blanck, Baraboo
writes as follows:
Somewhere in England
Well here I am safe and sound and
feeling mighty fine. Hope this finds
all of you the same. Will write you
a real letter the first chance | get.
Best regards and lots and lots of love
to all
In haste
ALBERT BLANCK.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-10-24
Would Make a Good Soldier

George Wait, an old nan living
alone some 10 miles west of town.
was arounsed about II o'clock last
Saturday night by rocks falling on his
house. On going to investigate sew
era1 shots were fired into the house,
some few entering his head, though
not seriously injuring him.-van Bur.
en- County Democrat.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-10-24
Arrives Safely Across

Mrs o. G. Wheeler has received
word that her nephew. M. J. Pufahl.
has arrived safely overseas. He was
banker at Eureka, S. D., and left
with the boys from there, although his
home is in st. Paul
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-10-24
With Rainbow Division

John Koberstein, Sank city, says:
Frank Griffin, who sailed with the 85th
division, writes that since arriving IN
France he has been transferred to the
famous Rainbow division, and is now
in active service.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-10-24
Harry Schutz Across

Word has been received by Mr.. and
Mrs. William Schultz, Alderman, that
their son, Harry has arrived safely
overseas. Corporal Harry Schultz is
with the Supply Co., 331st Field Ar
tillery.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-10-24
Fred Owen Across

Mr.. and Mrs. Nathan Owen have re-
ceived word from their son, Fred D.
Owen, that he has arrived safely over
seas.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-10-24
GLIB.
H. D. @. r. S. Troop
3rd Army Corps,
A. P. 0. 754.
Injured While Fighting

The name Of Harrison L. Conan,
Baraboo, appears in the casualty list.
His injury is reported as severe.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-10-24
"A Beautiful Thought for Today

One who does just what he's paid
for eventually finds himself DONG
nothing and receiving less.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-10-24
Sees Brothers

The following letter written by V.
A. Gibbons to his grandmother, Mrs.
MARY Gibbons, arrived in Baraboo af-
ter Mrs. Gibbons death:
August 20, 1918.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-10-24

Alfred Argyle, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Arthur Argyle, 521 Ninth avenue, Bar
aboo, has written as follows:
Somewhere in France.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-10-24

In active service with the American
Elk. Forces, August 28, 1918.
Dear Folks:
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-03-05
If Too Fat Get
Mere Fresh Air
Eat All You Need, Including Candy
Reduce Your Weight--herc's
the Secret.

Lack of fresh air, it Is said, weak.
ems the oxygcncarrying power Of the
blood. the liver becomes sluggish, fat
acc9mulates ana the action OF many
OF the vital organs is hindered there
by Tho heart action becomes weak
work is an effort and the beauty OF
the figure is destroyed
Fat put on by indoor life is un.
healthy, and if nature is not assisted
in throwing it oil a serious case Of
obesity may result
When you feel that you are getting
too stout take the matter in hand at
once Don't wait until your figure
has become a joke and your health
ruined through carrying around bur
den of unsightly and unhealthy fat
Spend some time daily in the open
air. breathe deeply, and get from any
druggist a small box of oil OF koron
capsules; take one after each meal
and one before retiring at night Also
follow the simple directions that come
with the box
a testing supply of oil Of korcjn
capsules, with interesting book, will
be mailed free Gin plain envelope if
you write to Korein Company sta
ton f. 307-N, New York y. Y
Weight yourself every few days and
keep up the treatment until YOU are
down to normal Oil of koren IL alb
solutely harmless, is pleasant to take
and helps the digestion
TO those who realize that over
stoutness imperils health in numer
Gus ways, in addition to constant
mental and physical discomfort. this
suggestion to try a simple, harmless
reliable means of probable speedy
relief should be most welcome
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-03-05
i. S. TO HURRY UP
ITS AIR PROGRAM

Washington March 8 Indicating a
new burst Of speed in the aviation
program, the War Department this al
ternoon asked Congress for an addi-
tional appropriation Of $450,0oO0uO.
The request was laid before the
Senate military affairs committee as
an urgent deficiency bill
II was explained that 5000, 900 900
was needed to supply deficiencies in
he $640.O0O,0OO appropriation About
$3.50 900. 000 is needed for additional
material
To fill an immediate need for men
n the aviation section OF the War De
Dartment today issued call for
10000 machmists. mechanics, chauf'
teurs and other skilled workers
Men in the draft may be indicted
by applying to their local draft board
Men not registered may recruit
They will be sent to San Antonio
Tex for course Of instruction at
he flying fields
The urgent deficiency bill makes al
appropriation Of $76l,00000O. Con
tract authorizations total S419 600 000
The increase Of $73,000,000 over the
House bill will go largely to the
army and navy.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-03-05
Simple Way To
End Dandruff

There is one sure way that has never
failed to remove dandruff at oOcc, and
that is to dissolve it, then you destroy it
entirely To do this, just get about four
ounces Of plain, common liquid arvon
from any drug store (this is all you wild
need, apply it at night when retiring;
use enough to moisten the scalp and rub
it in gently with the finger tips.
BY morning most if not all, OF your
dandruff will be gone, and three or four
more applications will completely dis
solve and entirely destroy every single
sign and trace of it, no matter how much
dandruff you may have
You will find all itching and digging
of the scalp will stop instantly, and your
hair will be fluffy, lustrous, glossy, silky
and soft, and look and feel hundred
times better,
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-03-05
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Helen Brown Read. Who sings al the
high school Thursday evening. under
the auspices Of The high school or
chestra. comes highly recommended
she has had wide experience in
grand opera and concert work. both
ia Europe and America She has sung
in France. England. Scotland and
Wales. and has toured the middle
west in concert work Wherever She
goes her pleasing personality and
charming voice have won for her
many friends. Miss Ida Chamberlin
of this city will accompany her in
her group songs. The tickets for the
concert. when are selling at the
school arr going rapidly and packed
house is assured for Thursday even
ing.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-03-05
j. S. FIGHTERS ARE.
HONORED FOR VALOR
ON THE BATTLE LINE
FRENCH PREMIER oEcoRATEs
SIX AMERICANS-oNG ILLINOIS
MAN AMONG THOSE TO RE
cEIvE HONOR AT HANDS or
FRENCH GOVERNMENT

With the American Army IN
France. March 4 tdelayedi--
Georges Clemenceau, Premier oil
France. today pinned the war cross
upon six Americans, heroes OF FIJI
day mornings raid. The men thus
DECORATED were;
\ lieutenant from Chicago. VINO
captured a German entangled III the
barbed wire single-handed anu shot
another who resisted.
A lieutenant from Charleston, 5 C.,
who raced through the German bonn
bardment and the barrage OF the
American batteries. ordering his men
into action.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-03-05
Ottawa Amazed
By Sudden Action

The quick action Of pure Layoptik
eye wash is startling. a school boy
had eye strain so badly he could not
read A weeks use Of Layoptik sur
prlsed his teacher SO much she used
It for her old mother ONE WASH
showed benefit A small bottle is
guaranteed to benefit EVERY CASE
weak, strained or infamed eyes The
QUICK result is astonishing Alumni
nun eye cup FREE VIM, d. Duncan
druggist
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-03-05
Chinese Favor Large Families.

Chinese are proud of large families,
for 1t Is locked upon as a sign of good
temper and right living. A large fam
lily living together and not dividing
the property Is sign Of prosperity.
One Of the highest honors, WI Flu
Tung Fang, or five generations under
one roof, is coveted by all but attained
by few.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-03-05
Avoid BAD Temper and Live Long.

Every time & person gives way to q
bad temper they pur poison into their
system which has to be worked off at
the expense of their general health.
Every time one laughs heartily they
add to the length Of their own life and
add to the happiness Of the lives of
others. Nature kills off the right ones.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-03-05
Buildinu Stsiwart Character.

Stalwart character. that invaluable
possession which, partly because it is
an invisible possession. often is hard
10 understand. is just the net result OF
daily devotion 10 duty.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-03-05
BOY THRIFT CHAMPION
MAXIMUM WAR SAVER

This IS the hoy Thrift Champion
Tie is John Foley. Joliet township
high school student, and one of the
most active workers ia the War Saw
iugs campaign throughout tne state,
Since the opening of the campaign in
Illinois inst December youHs Foley
has purchased 5000 worth of War Saw
ings and Thrift stamps. He has set
his goal nj 81 1000 and hopes 10 reach
the maximum amount aud become a
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-03-05
Men Idolize Colonel.

The officers and enlisted men are
unanimously boosting for their
colonel. who was in France as an OBJ
server long before the United States
entered the war.
Experience thus gained is standing
the men in good stead This officer
employed the principle Of leaving
the front line lightly held (but not
leaving it empty by any means) while
keeping plenty Of reserve troops
available nearby. This enabled the
Americans to give the Germans the
drubbing Of their lives
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-03-05
TESTING a Gees Speed.

An experiment was once made to soc
howefast bee could fly. The hive
was attached to the roof of a train
which attained speed Of 80 miles an
hour before the bee was left behind.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-03-05
STRENGTH in Truth.

We think that we shall win truth
by striving after strength, instead Of
knowing that we shall gain strength
just in the degree that we become true
Phillips Brooks.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-03-05
Veteran Sergeants Honored.

An infantry sergeant from Detroit
AZ years old, twenty years in the
service. and who refused retirement.
With his gas mask on. he emerged
from his dugout when ordered to
come out by a German captain. shot
the enemy officer dead with his auto
matte. called out his comrades and
then killed a second German Incl
dentally he saved the company's log
book.
A sergeant, aged As, from Jones
Vile. Ark. who also refused retire
ment. After the American captain
had been killed this sergeant com
manded the company, He organized
both the defense and the counter at
tack.
A private from st Louis. an artil
leryman, who carried dispatch
through the barrage.
A private from Brooklyn, also q
dispatch bearer.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-03-05
November Receipts.
Total .............


Nov. 10. Ed Clancy supplies Sl6Io
II Supplies local chapter ~
- Stamps ..........,.,. ~
- Express on yarn .... 40
rs lbs yarn at SID. 1850
u Pair of needles al 25c LOO
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-03-05
Daily Thouaht.

Few persons have courage enough
to appear rs good they really are
J. c. and A. w. Hare.