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Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1918-04-30
HOW WAS THE LAST WAR
FUND SPENT !?

1t is a fair question and it is fairly answered
in the detailed and itemzed reports that have been
published in the newspapers of every town and city
of the land
You never saw it? Then ask at the nearest Red
Cross Chapter, write for the Red Cross wants
you to know where your money went.
They say that Red Cross supplies have way
of coming through time.
Italy surely has found us not wanting in
promptness when her great trial came.
And Roumania they said no allied nation could
get through to help her dire need.
But the Red Cross found way
It's not always cheap way-"Needs must"
costs money. But did you give that money to be
saved-or to lives? Are you not willing to
pay five dollars fifty to bring something of com
fort to racked, tortured mortal who but for
you would surely die?
And Of one thing you may be sure. Not
penny of that Hundred Million has gone for any
thing but War Relief.
In the Red Cross there is no high salaried
bureaucracy, extravaganza administration ex-
pense. All of the higher officials and nine-tenths
of the workers unpaid volunteers.
The cost of raising and collecting the last War
Fund was about one-haf of percent, more
than covered by the banking interest the money.
Your Red Cross needs another hundred million
to tighten just little Of the awful load of misery
s.over there" Your share is all that you give
and then a little more.
Will you hold up your end
re Red Cross by
Brown Brothers
W. Ralph Burns
The Charles Town Garage
6 Coal Co. Isaac Herr Co.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1918-04-30

Oh all kinds done promptly. realty
and at Lowest Prices at he
SPIRIT OFFICE.
Handsome new faces Of --latest
Style Type recently added 10 our
already excellent job outfit.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1918-04-30
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far your money ad
M JEFFERSON.
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H. largest local eTeu'af'"D'
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-06-04

FOR SALF--A room moderp house and
bath, basement under entire house, nire
lot. good neighborhood on south side
and close td school This Is sure 10 he
business property soon. Buy TINS, rem
it and make a big profit this fan; $1,000
rash do~n Selling price only S5,Iau,
The balance will be made easy for you,
Phone 4l26. +. + Tryon.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-06-04

HOUSES FOR RENT-One Groom mod.
,'u, on jitney very attractive homt 10
.tnt to good tenant Also I-room mod
IN convenient to car line, located in
g south part Of town, SIS. Phone
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Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-06-04

HOUSE-For sale by owner. beautiful new
seven room house, consisting OF living
room, library or music room, two bed
rooms, enclosed sleeping porch, dining
room, kitchen, bath. large screened IN
back porch, porch across entire front
basensnt l2x3o feet. oak floors through
out, beautiful fixtures aad nicely dec
Grated. ali built-in features: garage with
cement floor and driveway; located IN
100 block North Elwood avenue price
$500 NJ. o. Mason care Oklahoma
Tool & Supply Co, phone 7so0.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-06-04

'e1a' . !, - ~ 7Go.cart; good condition very
Us - ~ - Sb.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1918-01-03
Publication of Letters Barred.

Orders have been issued by the war
department. that publication of SOL
diers' and sailors letters is barred and
friends and relatives of men in the
army or navy who give such letters to
the press for publication will have to
run the risk of having their soldier or
sailor correspondents tried by court
martial. The government will hold all
soldiers and sailors responsible for the
publication Of such letters. The order
is occasioned by the fact that much in
formation Of value to the enemy has
been made public through publication
of soldiers and sailors letters.
The Union will strictly observe the
war departments orders, although it
has at all times exercised care in print
ing excerpts from the letters of boys
in the service. n
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1918-01-03
MAKING Money Rapidlv.

Twenty-Five thousand dollars for a
song is quite a neat, but not gaudy,
sum for half hours work. That is
what George M. Cohan earned for his
war song, "Over There" which he
dashed off in exactly 80 minutes. He
has just sold it to New York music
publisher.
The price of $4,000 represents $161
word and $138 note. A complete
opera, such as one by Puccini, for in
stance, is frequently valued at $4,000.
The highest previous payments a word
for writing were 81 to Kipling and So
to Colonel Theodore Roosevelt. But
it took war jingle, done in half an
hour, to run the price up to $161 a
word, and the song was composed in
Tinpot alley, Pittsburg.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1918-01-03
Rush at Princeton POstOffice.

Owing to the Christmas holidays
there was heavy rush of business at
the Princeton postoffice and Postmas-
ter Briggs and her assistants were
kept on the jump. AS an instance Of
the amount of work which the post
office officials were called upon to per-
form it is only necessary to state that
in the six days prior to Christmas 210
sacks of mail $4,000 packages) were
dispatched, while 300 sacks $4,000
packages) were received. War stamps
sold during the same period amounted
to $105 and thrift stamps to $44.50,
while postage stamp sales for the last
six days in December amounted to
$593.87.
In spite Of all the extra work en-
tailed during the holidays Mrs. Briggs
and her assistants succeeded in hand
ling the burden in regulation time
there was no delay either in the dis
patch or distribution of mail. Every
thing goes with clockwork precision in
the postoffice.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1918-01-03
Loyal Old Ben Carter.

Old Ben Carter, writing from Ten
strike, encloses the wherewithal for a
renewal Of his subscription to the
Union, and among other things takes
occasion to remark: ~ want you to
get bill passed DISTINGUISHING every
anarchist and to prohibit every one of
the breed from ever holding office or
public position Of any kind in this
state. ! have been a regular sub
scriber ito the Union since the spring
of 1880 and I like it, for it always ad-
vocates true Americanism. I am over
80 years Of age, descended from rev.
dictionary stock on both sides of the
house and am proud of my ancestry.
I am just as loyal to my country today
as I was in the sixties when I shoul-
dered my musket and for four long
years fought to preserve the union.
Wish I was few years younger that
I might get into this scrap"
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1918-01-03
A Light Session

Last night the village council nea
in regular session and but little hasS:-
ness came up for consideration,
E. L. Mcmillan sent in his resignsa-
ton as chairman of the citizens coup--
mittee appointed to investigate and re-
port upon the proposition of sailing.
the power plant. Mr.. McMillan's time
is so largely taken up with other mat
ters-many of them war measures
that he is unable to attend to the work:
in the manner in which he would like.
The resignation was, on motion, ac-
copied and G. A. Jack appointed a
member Of the committee, that body to-
elect its own chairman. ~
Jos. Craig's resignation as member
of the Water, Light, Power & Build
ing commission was read and, OF no-
ton, accepted.
With the exception of the auditing
and allowance of small number OF
bills, the above constituted the busi-
ness Of the session. .
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1918-01-03
First Mile Laos Boy to Fall.

Washington, Dec. 29.-Genera]
Pershing today reported on December
81 the death of Private Prudent r.
Van Ressighem from a railroad acct
dent. His father, Hector Van Ressig-
hem, lives at Onamia, MINI.
Young Van Ressighem is the first
Mile Laos county soldier boy to fall in
the war. He was FL years old when he
enlisted in the engineering corps at
Rock Island, ILL.,, where he was en-
ployed. The latest report from him
was that he was running an engine
somewhere back of the lines in France.
On Monday, the day the sad message
conveying the news Of his death
reached his family, his sister, Mary,
had just received Christmas present
from him which had been sent from
France. ..... 81.
Quite recently another son died at
home, which makes it sad New Year
for the doubly bereaved family.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1918-01-03
days observers stationed in the latter
We're able to watch the enemy's move
ments at close range and telephones
their information to headquarters
Potato Market at Standstill.

~ Potato Market at Standstill.
With the exception that Triump1@
are now $3.50 per cwt. fiat and that
the range on Kings has dropped 1@
cents, there is no change in prices.
The demand from outside points HAS
improved, especially in regard to seea
stock, and half a hundred refrigerator
cars have been dispatched south dug.
ing the week in addition to few CARS
of table potatoes. 49,
Receipts at the warehouses are Eight.
about half dozen loads daily being.
marketed, and there is, of COURSE. "a
reason-the low prices prevailing
Buyers are, however, of the opinioga,
that heavier receipts by them wiE9
shortly ensue as the season is draw
ing to close. r. ...
According to the expressions Of
many farmers it would pay them bet
ter to boil their potatoes, mix thenn
with meal, and feed them to their Egsa
stock than to market them at G!ase
present prices.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1918-01-03
Rally at the WOrkrOOm.

Now that Christmas all it's
extra work is past-it is to be hoped
that the women will once more rally at
the Red Cross workroom at the arm
DRY. There is much sewing to be done
as little has been accomplished the last
few weeks.
Some Of our boys are already in
the hospitals in France and the likeli-
hood is that there will be more and
more all the time. Don't let it be on
your conscience that you did not do
your share toward making them as
comfortable as possible.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1918-01-03
The Trojan Horse Revived.

History's ancient example Of camou-
f1age, the Trojan horse, has modern
variation Of peculiar interest. During
the fighting near Craonne on the west
ern front, some time ago, a horse
broke his traces and dashed across
"No Mans Land" toward the German
defenses. When near the edge Of the
first line trench he fell. The French
Immediately made the best Of the op-
portunity and set camoufage artists
at work fashioning a papier mache
replica Of the dead animal. Under
cover Of darkness the carcass was re-
placed with the dummy. For three
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1918-01-03
LOwell-Lindsev.

Foster F. Lowell, the second son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Herman Lowell, and
Etha M. Lindsey, the oldest daughter
Of Mr.. and Mrs. A. S. Lindsey, were
united in the holy bonds Of matrimony
at 3+p. m. on New Years day. The
wedding took place in their own fu-
ture home, one mile east of Princeton,
and the ceremony was performed by
G. B. Osgood, state superintendent of
missions for the Minnesota Christian
Missionary society. Edna Lowell, Sis
ter Of the groom, was maid of honor,
and Clair Lowell, brother, attended
the groom. \ ...s
The bride was prettily dressed in
blue taffeta and carried bridal roses.
The only guests were the immediate
relatives Of the two families, and Miss
Ethel Benson, of Parkston, S. D., who
is visiting Edna Lowell.
Following the ceremony a social
time was enjoyed, after which the
company gathered about the table for
the wedding refreshments. Many use
full gifts from friends were received by
this worthy young couple.
MIR. and Mrs. Lowell took the even
ing train for Milaca, where they will
be the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Clair
Lowell for few days. They will be
at home to their friends after Jan. FL
Many friends join in congratulations
and best wishes for happy life.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1918-01-03
An Interesting Announcement

Beginning next Sunday evening, and
continuing until the end is reached, DR..
Peatfield will interpret in detail the
symbolic prophecies of the last book
Of the bible the Revelations. Begin
ming with the opening of the first seal
the book will Unexplained in light of
fulfilling history until we reach the
present war. Up in Mayville, N. D.,
four years after Mr.. Peatfeld had
worked through this same study, by
public request, he went through it 8
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1918-01-03
"Go-Lightly" Morrill, Out on Bail,

Rev. G. L. Morrill,, the long-facea
pietist pastor Of the Peoples church off
Minneapolis, is out on bail on $4,000
bonds following his arrest on Monday
upon federal complaint charging kina
with sending obscene and improRen
matter through the mails. The charge
was based on Morrill's book, Tbs
Devil in Mexico"
"Go-Lightly" pleaded not guilty.
and, upon release on bond, stated That
it was his intention to make a Hsas=
trip to Ecuador, but would be back Re-
fore the April grand jury meets.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1918-01-03
Farm Bureau Association.

Milo L. Warner is expected here this
week to assist in the membership cam
paign for the Mile Laos County Farm
Bureau association. If 200 members
are secured, each paying $3.50 per
year for two years, the county COM
missioners will appropriate $1,000 a
year for this period and the federal
government will pay the salary of a
county agent 81 300 a year-to in
struct farmers in agricultural prob
lens. The proposition has heretofore
been lucidly set forth in the Union.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1918-01-03
Mrs. Christina Swanson.

Mrs. Christina Swanson died at the
home Of her grandson, A. B. Anderson
in Baldwin, on December %, aged So,
years. Death was caused by ailments;
incumbent on old age She was born
in Sweden and came to this country
many years ago. s;>,
Funeral services, conducted by Rev.
Peterson, were held on Monday, aDE
the interment was in Oak. Knoll.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1918-01-03

second time so keen was the interest
aroused. The Princeton public is posi-
lively assured of an exceptionally in
teresting series Of addresses, as these
mysterious symbols will be faithfully
explained in full detail. We shall close
this study in 81 Sundays with the
question, IFS this terrible war Arma-
geddon?" a.5 g.. ....- .
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1918-01-03
Mrs. Wilhelmina Minks.

Mrs. Wilhelminas Minks, wife OF
Christian Minks, died at the home off
her son, Adolph, in Bogus Brook town
ship, on Christmas day, aged 70 years.
Death was caused by old age. FuneraE'
services were conducted on December.
20 BY Rev. Lang.
Mrs. Minks was born in Germany
She is survived by her husband,
and five sons, besides number Of
grandchildren.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1918-01-03

Hannah A. Johnson; John J. Gobel and
Mary Shockley; Chas. w. Leroy and
Emma Leroy; Ejnar M. Jensen and
Florence M. Jensen; Otto I. Eber-
hardt and Agnes R. Allison; Gerret S.
Kiel and Grace Schultz; Robt. B.
Goebel and Edna P. Butterfeld; Fos-
ter F. Lowell and Elpha M. Lindsey.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1918-01-03
Mrs. J. E. Horton.

Mrs. J. E. Horton died at her home.
in north Princeton on December rs at
the age Of SO years.
Funeral services were held at the.
family residence on December %, Rev.
Peatfeld officiating, and, the remains
were conveyed to Minneapolis for M-
terment.
Mrs. Horton was born in Ohio liz
1848, and had lived iii Princeton three
years. She is survived by her husband
and one son. ,.,s
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1918-01-03
The Service Flag.

OllOWlng is d timely llCCle SIOTy
from the Kansas City Star:
Today I ordered a service flag, and
when I said, "One star, please" it was
with a swelling heart, for that star
stands for my first kin contact with
the war. And yet it is not my flag,
but goes to my sister mother of the
lad who has just gone to France with
the gas and flame division.
My pride in the single, beautiful
blue star is as nothing as compared
with the pride his mother will feel
when she sees it. To her the star will
represent lad so teeming with
strange fancies and ambitions that he
puzzled and distressed while he de-
lighted her. He thought it was de-
creed that he would be great writer.
He did succeed in writing the class
play last year when he was graduated
from school of agriculture.
On the farm his mother was
dreamer, too, and she knew there were
possibilities in her boy, but she dared
not define them. She was in duty
bound, she thought, to discourage him
and yet she didn't. Instead, she fos-
tered his least practical aspirations.
Then, at the moment she had dread
ed most-the time for him to launch
out upon life-came war, and her boy
was one of those in training at Fort
Smelling. He did not get commits
sion. Perhaps he was too young or
too much of dreamer. But the train
ing seemed to take all the nonsense
out of him, all the indecision, vague
ness. She hardly knew her boy for
the same retrospective, perhaps ego
tistical, youth who had entered the
officers training camp.
He was one of those who returned
for the second training, and in all the
days of his furlough at home on the
farm she had a soldier in her house,
not dreamer. He would not miss his
daily target practice for any holiday
making she could plan. The poetic
drama he had been at work upon was
not resumed.
'Let Percy Mackaye go on writing
them; want to help live an epic"
That was his attitude, and it persisted.
The second training camp brought no
commission, but it brought no admit
ted regret either. His mothers heart
had been ready to melt in tears, but
who could weep over lad like this,
chin in air, proud with new and far
flung pride, thinking of trench tactics?
How her fingers flew at the knitting
after he told her the ''bought socks"
made his feet sore. And they could
fly! Don't I remember how I was
startled over and over again by her
when I was the baby sister and she
could already make the needles fly!
But my yarn always frightened and I
did not learn to knit.
And now Mary's son has gone to
France in gas and flame regiment
and Mary will sit in a lonely Mime
sofa farmhouse and knit everything a
soldier can wear. She will supply her
son and then go on knitting for his
regiment. She will go without shoes,
if necessary, to buy the yarn, and she
will look out and see the single star
on her service flag and her heart will
find comfort in the thought that she
is helping win the war.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1918-01-03
The Heart of Darkest Africa

Next Monday evening DR.. Peatfe59
will give his fourth illustrated lecture.
when the subject will be as above. We
shall follow the footsteps of the great:
Livingstone into the heart of that
mighty country, which will some day
startle the world with it's progress
even as our own country: has done.
Don't miss this. It is worth while.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1918-01-03
THERED CROSSDRIVE
Princeton Village Membership Aggre-
gates Complete Returns
From County Not In.
Mrs. Harry Sh0ckley Succeeds in Get
ting Largest Number of Mem
: bers in Village, 157.

Lie SSuS1OAS 1CSPOIlSS w C4AS 1SSu
Cross drive here shows that the citi-
zens Of the village Of Princeton are not
only patriotic and true, but are also
appreciative of the privilege this won
derful society extends to them, in CIV
ing them the opportunity being
members-of reaching out helping
hand to minister to the sufferings of a
war-stricken world. From almost
every house in town the blessed en-
blem Of the Red Cross shone forth on
Christmas eve as symbol of honor,
and many were the homes where there
were as many red stars on the white
field as there were members in the
family. - .......r. e....
The final returns show that almost
81 per cent of our population are now
members Of the Red Cross. We had
before the drive 236 members. Seven
ty of these renewed their memberships
and the drive added besides these re-
newals-499 new names, making a
grand total of 735 memberships in the
village of Princeton alone. The work
for the drive was so well planned by
the central committee that only the
severe weather interfered with the sys-
tenn, also the working out Of the plans.
It however represents great deal of
work. -
Rev. James A. Geer, as chairman of
the membership committee, was busy
man, taking many long, cold drives to
keep the machinery running smoothly
and trying to keep at all times at least
within telephone touch with the nu-
merous chairmen all over the county.
Our competent and hard-worked Sec
rotary, Clifton Cravens, was kept busy
issuing the blanks and has put in many
hours checking up the names and keep
ing the numerous lists correctly tabu-
lated for the report. ss..s e., +. -
To the different chairmen and their
faithful co-workers much praise is due.
It meant the sacrifice of much time
and energy, and at time when usual
ly every one feels his home ties are
binding. The returns from all over
the county are encouraging, but as
they are incomplete they will be given
in full at a later date.
There was quite a little feeling of
friendly rivalry in the soliciting in the
different wards in Princeton, and it is
interesting: to note the results.
1t is a coincidence that as the wards
are numbered so also is their final
place in the race. Ward No. 1, with
Mrs. Harry Shockley as chairman, won
first place with 157 members secured !;
Rev. Peatfeld's ward, which is number
2, stands second with 1926 members;
the third ward, under Rev. Geer, shows
returns Of 106; Mrs. T. H. Galley, with
the smallest ward, number 4, makes
the excellent showing Of 81; while the
fifth ward, which embraces the north
side Of the river, shows up with a
total of 81 new members. Besides
there were 80 who turned in there
memberships directly to the secretary.
This is surely record of which
Princetonians may we'll feel proud.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1918-01-03
She Had Met Him

An architect remarked to woman
that he had been to see the great nave
in the new church. She replied:
Don't mention names; I know the
man to whom you refer" Galveston
News.