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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-03-20
ANSONIA SCHOOL
CHILDREN LEAD
IN STAMP DRIVE

Results of the statewide war saw
ings drive in the schools are already
surprising expectations, and chill
cren of Connecticut every week are
contributing thousands of dollars to
the support of the government in
time of war. Practically every city
and town in the state has responded.
Ansonia still leads with approximate
ly 80 per cent. of its children enroll
eG.
"The object of the thrift drive in
the schools" said the state director
of war savings, sis first to help the
government defray the enormous ex-
penses of the war and, second, to en-
courage thrift among the children by
earning and saving.
Through the domestic department
of the schools we are teaching the
children and also their parents how
to conserve food, how to make use of
the meat and other articles of diet
which are ordinarily thrown away;
how to make over articles of clothing
that would otherwise be discarded.
I'VE are urging the discontinuance
of pertain habits of extravaganza.
Last year $13,00O,0OO was spent on
chewing gum in this country. Three
hundred and sixty million dollars was
spent for candy. We do not ask the
children to give up these habits alb
solutely but we ask them to curtail
their consumption of these luxuries
in order to release for government
work men and women needed in more
essential lines of industry.
Some of the ways in which the
children are taught to save are as
follows: They are asked to bring to
| the school the newspapers when they
are cast aside. In several of the
schools $50 a month is raised through
the sale of these old newspapers
| They are asked to bring old rubbers
| and discarded kid gloves, which are
| sold and turned into useful arti-
| cles.
with the money which the chill
| dren obtain from the sale of these
| things that ordinarily go to waste,
they are taught to buy War-Savings
Stamps. 1t is also pointed out to
! them that many of the articles which
| they bring to the schools can be
used by the Red Cross. In this way,
they are taught mercy, side by side
with thrift"
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-03-20
IMPOVERISHED
KNIGHT OF MALTA
wins LAW SUIT

Rome, March 20-War memories
of the Middle Ages have been renew
ed among the princely houses of Italy
by the recent decision of the Roman
civil courts condemning the old and
famous families of Corsini and Bar
berini to restore to the young daugh-
ter of the Prince of Sciarra property
rights involving a large money in
come, vested in the ancient order of
Except among noble or Catholic
Excel among noble or Catholic
families the very existence of the
militant religious order of the Knights
of Malta had been forgotten here, yet
the decision of the court has shown
that large properties still are in the
possession of this order founded many
centuries ago at Jerusalem and
which successfully controlled the ISL
ands of Rhodes and Malta until driv-
en- out by Napoleon.
The lawsuit was brought by Prince
Maffeo Sciarra in the interest of his
daughter. Formerly himself one of the
richest princes of Rome, he had be-
come so impoverished that he under
took several years ago the selling of
automobile insurance in order to earn
a living. In his misfortune he re-
membered that his family had once
been prominent in the knights OF
Malta.
Then he discovered that owing to
the great wealth of his own father
and grandfather they had probably
neglected a handsome income of S.
900 or $4,000 year due as heirs of
a Knights of Malta title, an income
which for the past hundred years
had been enjoyed by his relatives of
| the princely houses of Corsini and
Barberini. Prince Sciarra decided to
sue for the accrued income.
After two years the court has now
| decided that the Princes of Barberini
/ and Corsini shall make joint restitu-
ton from the year 1919 until 1853,
| then that the Prince Corsini shall
make full restitution from 1853 until
1880, and the Barberinis from 1880
until the present time.
| Prince Sciarra and his wife and
daughter have once more taken their
place among the proud and exclusive
families of old Rome.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-03-20
Daylight saving!

invented the art
OF daylight saving. And
despite the new national
law, they'll continue to
beat you out of bed in the
morning.
fIf you keep them, you must
keep them confined.
fAll of which reminds us
that we have bought wire
fencing for our ag1,icul-
tural department by the
80 carload.
livery kind Of fence for
every purpose, at the right
price.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-03-20
STRICKEN IN THE.
STREET
Completely Restored To Health
By "FTuit-a-tives
eso sT WALLER ST. MoNrREA


ttIn 1912, I was taken suddenly i'll
with Acute Stomach Trouble and
dropped in the street. was treated
by several physicians for nearly two
years, and my weight dropped from 225
pounds to 1Go pounds. Then several
Of my friends advised me to try "Fruit-
a-tives''. I began to Improve almost
zViM The first dose, and by using them,
I recovered from the distressing
Stomach Trouble all pain and
Constipation we're cured. Now I weigh
2OS pounds. 1 cannot praise ''Fruit-
a-tives" enough. H. WHITMAN.
Soc. box, for $3.50, trial size, 25c.
Atall dealers or sent POSTPAID by Fruit.
a-tiyes I.;mitril O--dansf,,:r.-. NY.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-03-20
DEsPoNDENT WOMEN.

Nature intends every woman to be
cheerful, light-hearted and happy,
but when dragged down with pain
and suffering from female ills, will
power alone canont overcome ner-
vous, respondent condition. Multi
tudes of American. women, however,
have found that there is one tried
and true remedy to restore health
under such circumstances. and that
is Lydia E. Pinkhams vegetable
Compound, made from heros and
roots. This old-fashioned medicine
is now considered the standard Amer
lean remedy for such conditions
Adv.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-03-20
FARMERS MUST
USE SUBSTITUTES
FOR WHEAT FLOUR

Rice will probably be materially re-
duced in price April 1, according to
information received from Washing
ton by the Federal Food Administra-
| ton for Connecticut The slight ad-
vance which rice has shown the last
few months is due to the fact that the
mills have been running to their ut
most capacity to fill orders for rice to
be shipped to our own soldiers and to
their comrades in arms. This I'M
precedented demand has been met
and on Feb. 1 there was surplus of
1 100000 bags or 100000 900 pounds
of rice.
AS a result of the editorial discus
sion in several papers of the Food Ad-
ministration's regulations concerning
purchases of wheat flour by farmers,
fresh element of uncertainty has
been introduced and the office of the
Federal Food Administration for Con-
necticut has been forced to issue an
other supplementary explanation of
the conditions under which farmers
may purchase wheat flour.
After the recent newspaper publicity
on the discovery" that farmers who
raised THEIR OWL WHEAT
were really on the parity of conditions
with housewives and city household
ers who had no substitutes, it develop
ed that farmers were importuning re-
tail merchants and practically de-
handing purchases of straight wheat
flour without substitutes.
The Food Administration to-day
made it clear that in all these cases
the burden of proof is on the farmer
and it is his privilege rather than his
right to secure the precious wheat
flour without substitutes if he can
convince the retailer that he has the
substitutes and will use them in ba-
king victory bread or in other ways
that the city housewife is now using
the substitutes.
| No retail merchant has to sell
| straight wheat flour to a farmer I'M
less he is conscientiously convinced
that the farmer has raised the requis-
lite amount of substitutes and is actual
ly using them. Farmers and city
folks alike are now limited to sales
of "a 1-2 pounds (1-S barrel sack
and unless the retail merchant is pos
tive that the farmer purchaser has on
hand and will use an equivalent
amount of substitutes, he is forbidden
to sell to any farmer, the wheat flour
SO urgently needed in Europe to keeI
the Western Front from breaking.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-03-20

Germany believes in disarmament
for all her enemies.
America Day, appointed for April
6, at the beginning of the next Lib
erty bond campaign, will not unlike
most of our holidays, be principally
observed by attending double header
ball games.
The people who used to hold up
their hands in horror at the idea of
war, are now often the same ones
that deplore our lack of ability to get
into the war faster.
The question is asked what will be-
come of the draft deserters. At pres
ent outlook they will get long per-
iod of perfect safety in Jail.
1t is a terribly serious offence for
our sentries to sleep at their posts, but
before shooting any of them it would
be a good idea to practice on some
of the German spies first.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-03-20

An early movement of the Austria
liam wheat crop is reported. Dutch
ships will carry to the Pacific coast
the supply needed.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-03-20

Bank robbers blew the safe of the
State Bank at Zephyr Hills, Tampa,
Fla, killed one man and shot another.
They got no money.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-03-20

The National Education Association
announced it would present a bronze
tablet to the school selling the most
thrift stamps.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-03-20
BRIEF NEWS NOTES

Baseball fans are at Albany to speak
in favor of the Sunday baseball bill.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-03-20

Charles Strauss, commissioner of
water supply, sent his resignation to
Mayor Hylan.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-03-20

Minneapolis mills will begin grind
ing rice flour on a large scale.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-03-20

All members of the Romanoff fam
lily living in Petrograd over 16 years
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-03-20

SWEET PEAS, vIoLETs. TULIPS.
DAFFODILS.
JOHN RECK s. son.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-03-20

old must register so the Bolsheviki
can watch them.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-03-20

Some of the men are getting ready
for the garden season by putting in
supplies of cigars to smoke. while
resting.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-03-20
AMERICAN HARDWARE
STORES

(l1corporate1)
lyon 4 Grammar. Retail DfviuioB
FAIRFIELD AVE, AND AQDl.1.E Sr.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-03-20

1t is perhaps appropriate that our
''tin" soldiers are canning a lot of
Germans.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-03-20

The Socialists use the privilege of
free speech to denounce the war.
which is being used to protect just
such principles as free speech.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-03-20

Germany believes in disarmament
for all her enemies.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-11-27
SUGAR SHOWED
our BACKBONE
American Willingness to Give Up
Luxury Demonstrated Ma
tons War Conscience.
STAND WITH THE ALLIES,
~ Reducing Consumption People 81
the United States Avertsd .
Famine a Home In Spite
Of Low Supplies. 4

The fact that the people Of the
United States were able to reduce by
more than one-half million tons their
July, August, September and October
consumption Of sugar proves conclu-
sively that their war conscience was
thoroughly awakened and that the
country as a whole stood ready TO fol-
low the injunctions of the Government.
Our normal consumption of sugar In
the four-month period beginning with
July has been 100000 tons per month,
total of 100000 for the quarter
year
In July, when our sugar stringency
began to reach its height, consumption
was reduced to 100000 tons. In Au-
gust only $4,000 tons went into dis
tribution and In September only 279,-
900 tons. In October the distribution
fell to 100000 tons.
II the general public had failed to
observe the injunctions OF the Food
Administration this country would
have been In the throes of a sugar
famine before the end Of August Our
visible supplies were so low as to bring
great anxiety to those familiar with
the sugar situation. They feared that
II would be absolutely impossible to
reduce consumption to q point where
sugar would no longer be q mere lux
ury In the American diet,
Few accomplishments of the Food
Administration will stand forth SO pre-
dominantly as this reduced consump-
ton Of sugar. By II we have been able
to bridge over the period Of stringency
until the new beet and Louisiana cane
sugar crops were In sight
Now the nation IL In q position %
that II we choose we may return to
eur normal home use Of sugar, and
Europe, with the release of ships to 90
far afield, can maintain its recent re-
stricted rations. If. however. those
nations are to increase their use Of
sugar very considerably Il must be by
our continued sharing with them
through limiting our own consump-
ton.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-11-27

I Hoseley has about 10 cases Of fla
Dr. Penten Of Smyrna Is attending
them
James Ford, who is in the navy, il
home on furlcugh and is also re-
covering from flu.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. ID. Weeks left for
Long Beach, Fla, Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Lewis spent Sun
day at Don Marion's.
Mrs. David Garfield of Traverse
City is visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Pete
Mrs. ID. A. Church was in Grand
Rapids Friday to visit her daughter
at the hospital.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harley Pickens of
Remus called on Moseley friends Sun
day.
Will Engle and wife were in Grand
Rapids Saturday. c
Miss Matilda Davis spent Saturday
with her uncle, Hosmer Andrews.
Miss Gertie Potruff is home from
Ann Arbor for, a few weeks visit.
Lewis Potruff and family and Mr..
Gageby and family have moved from
Moseley. a.
John and Helen Andrews and Mrs.
Will Engle spent Sunday afternoon
with Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Ford of South
Vergennes.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-11-27
ASHLEY

The Ladies' aid will have a chick.
en- pie dinner at the home of Mr.. anc
Mrs. Russell Slayton on the State
road Friday at noon, Dec. Ii. Every.
one urged to come and have gooc
time.
The results Of the Christian enlist.
ment were very gratifying here. The
committee did their work well and
reached over $50 persons and report
splendid interest excepting in a
very few places.
Our school district, No. 6, with Mr.
Ellis as chairman in the War Work
fund, turned in 1912 in cash and
pledges to Mr.. Brooks for our share
Everyone in the district gave for this
good work.
Come to church Sunday. Morning
service at 1890; evening B. Y. p. u.
at 1880. Topic, "All for Christ. Our
Pleasures" Come prepared to join
in open discussion the subject, 1.-THE
best time / ever had Tell what it
was.)
Mr.. and Mrs. Lou Longstreet and
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Macarthur made
a trip to Grand Rapids last week.
Mrs. s. Brown and Mrs. c. L.
Beardslee we're callers on Mrs. Frank
Rasmussen Thursda.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Acker who have
been spe ding the summer with her
daughter, Mrs. Finn Tuthill have re-
turned to their home in Seattle.
Mr.. ard Mrs. Ambrose Allchin spent
Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. w. L.
Hoover.
Miss Ethel Brown was home over
Sunday.
Mr.. sn ! Mrs. Palph Hall were callers
on Mr.. and Mrs. George Hall Sunday
afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Don Stevens enter
tanned their cousin, Miss Hutley q few
days last week.
The latest stunt in tree climbing
was done in this vicinity by q Ford
car last week Tuesday. Rev. Ellis
may be able to tell something about It
no damage was done to the tree.
Orley Wood spent Sunday night
with Mr.. and Mrs. Allchin. The en-
CINE on which Orley was firing was
laid OF in Bedding for repairs.
Mrs. w. L. Hoover who was taken
seriously i'll Monday is reported i'm
proving.
Mrs. Robert Wood was a caller at
Mrs. Rasmussen's Monday.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-11-27

school where she is teaching near
Moseley in few days.
Visitors 1T Noble Spencer's during
4 the week were Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Bowman Of Oakfield, Mr.. and Mrs.
G. M. Spencer, Mrs. A. Wood and
Mrs. III. Weller.
Claude Elkins returned home on
Thursday night from the north where
he had been hunting the past ten days.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Mason of Oak
| field were guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Will
Hessler Saturday night and Sunday.
Relatives and friends of Leroy How
ard, former Grattan boy, were very
sorry t. heer of his death which is
reported to have occurred in hospital
in France where he vent some time
ago as secretary of the Knights of
Columbus and as no one has seen his
name in the official reports it is hoped
that the report may prove to be unau-
thentic.
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Lessiter, Mr.. and
Mrs. K. K. Lessiter and children and
Miss Kittie Lessiter Of Belding were
Sunday guests at the home of George
Written in Harvard.
Miss Eloise Brooks spent the week
esd with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
E. l.. Brooks.
Mrs. Hollis Brooks is spending the
week with her daughter, Mrs. Harlie
Weller and family. Ea.
Brace Dor ovan, aged 20 months,
passed away Sunday evening at the
home of his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Tom Donovan in Grand Rapids of
pneumonia following an attack Of flu.
The little fellow was brought to the
home of his grandparents. Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank Donovan Tuesday fore
noon by Undertaken Fred Vanderpool
where the funeral took place at 1
o'clock. Rev. Ellis officiated and the
little form was laid away in the Ash
ley cemetery. 800
Mr.. and Mrs. James Williams of
Oakfield visited relatives here Mon
day.
There will be an Eastern Star So
Tcial at the Masonic hall Nov. 80. A
chicken pie dinner will be served: All
cordially invited 20 attend.
Mr.. and Mrs. Amos Leatherman
epent Saturday with friends in Dut-
ton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Donovan and
Mr.. and Mrs. Don Donovan spent
Thursday with relatives IN Lansing.
julie Osmer who has been home sew
eral days suffering with tonsilitis, il
better and will soon be able to return
to Grand Rapids to complete his time
serving on jury there.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-11-27
LONG LAKE

Charles Stein and ( 6larS1ca jRey-
holds spent week in Lingef Longer
cottage.
Ben Hall and son Ray returned on
Tuesday from Freeport after spend
ing about six weeks on the fruit farm.
Grandpa Lambertson is spending a
couple of days at the lake.
Charles Hamblin and mother mo-
tored up from Saranac Sunday to see
John Hamblin and family who have
been i'll the past week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Cowan and
Mr.. and Mrs. Levi Marshall we're up
to their cottages last Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed. Morse have had
as their guests the past week Mrs.
Morse's sister, Mrs. G.. H. Boyd Of
Laingsburg, Parker Morse and fam
lily and Lindley Morse Of Saginaw.
Mrs. ]. E. Dodson and daughters,
Marie and Ruth, Miss Elizabeth Son.
tag and Bob Pretzel spent Saturday
in Ionia.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. E. Dodson were in
Bedding Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hiram Hall of Chad
wick spent Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs.
Ben Hall.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Burger were in
Ionia Friday.
Ney Olmsted and daughter and Mr..
and Mrs. Fred Buck spent Monday
afternoon in their cottages.
Mrs. Phebe Mcconnell Of Bedding
spent Tuesday with Mr.. and Mrs.
Miles Merriett.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-11-27

r Our exports since is country
+ entered the war have justified q
+ statement made by the Food Adj
+ ministration shortly after its con-
+ ception, outlining the principles
!. and policies that would govern
/, + the solution Of this country's
+ food problems.
\ THE whole foundation of de-
+ mocracy," declared the Food Adj.
; 4. ministration, lies In the indi-
= vidual initiative of its people
1. and their willingness to serve the
! interests of the nation with COM
f, i plete self effacement In the time
+ of emergency. Democracy can
+ yield TO discipline, and we can
= solve this food problem for our
i. own people and for the Allies in
+ this way. To have done so viii
+ have been a greater service than
+ our immediate objective, for we
r have demonstrated the rightful-
+ ness OF our faith and our ability
+ to defend ourselves without be-
+ ing Prussianized.@
L n 4 4. . - a q
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-11-27

Julian EItinge in The ' Clever Mrs.
Carfax," Thanksgiving at Empress,
matinee'at 2:30 and evening at 1850.
1t doesn't take longDfor Mi-o-na
stomach tablets to end indigestion.
First dose relieves. Guaranteed by
Wortley g. French.-Advertisement.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-11-27

Some people think they have solved
the cost of living question by taxing
95 per cent of the people to pay for
wage advances for the other FIVE per
cent.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-11-27

Great rejoicing is felt over the
prospective return to peace basis,
when we can all go to work producing
things that we don't need.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-11-27

The newspapers wit. seem queer
without war news and with nothing
to put 96-point headline onto but a
fire in the coal sheds.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-11-27

Now that wheat substitutes are no
longer required what are they going
to do with all the pine shavings and
worn out door mate?
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-11-27

Miss Katherine Cannon, who has
been real sick at the home Of her par
ents the past week, Is some better and
expects to be able to- xeturn to her
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-11-27

The girls will all welcome the SOL
s aas y b, sSs z 4. e ID Be taken
joints. rs
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-11-27

Turkey dinner at the City Restau-
rant, so cents.-Adv.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-11-27

Turkey dinner at the City Restau-
rant, so cents-Adv.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-11-27

Married women are urged to take
hold and supply the shortage Of
teachers. Having learned to control
their husbands, they should be good
disciplinarians.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-11-27

Turkey dinner at the City Restau-
rant, 80 cents.-Adv.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-11-27

+ + + i. = + + !
The Washington times., 1918-02-05

looked out over the sunlit lake. a
dreamy expression in his eyes. 81
have never seen such a beautiful
day." he remarked 10 Joe Goss, just
before he advanced to meet Ryan.
The men toed the scratch. There was
a bit of sparring.
Ryan held his left hand out. his
right covering his ribs and the mark.
Sullivan's position was Strikingly
different. as his hands were held well
away from his body, ready to swing
out with either hand.
Sullivan Scored First.
Round Paddy Ryan danced about
for a spell. Sullivan Tented and let
go a curious blow with his left arm
extended. Ryan rushed with full
force against it. 1t was a pile driver
OF a blow and landed on Paddy's
mouth, seemingly dashing his teeth
down his throat. Sullivan then let
go q singing right which left its
mark. Ryan's forehead was opened and
the blood spurted. Paddy WAS floor
ed like a log amid cheers. Sullivan
had. scored first blood, first knock
down in the first round in thirty-sive
seconds.
Round Prompt TO the call the
men advanced. Sullivan looked like
a demon. He was elated. with his sue
cess. Sullivan essayed to land with
left and right sledge hammer blows
Ryan looked scared, attempting to
avoid the rushes, but TO no avail Sui
Iivsn slashed out with his right. He
followed this with terrific blows
which seemed to knock Ryan's head
almost off his shoulders. Ryan was
determined. Closing in. he threw
Sullivan with a cross bullock hold
and dropped him heavily to the
ground, heels up. Sullivan walked to
his corner laughing. The time of the
round was forty seconds.
Round 3-Ryan began warming dp
He began hostilities with a right TO
SuIlivan's eye. countering with II
terrible blow, Sullivan opened a cash
on Ryan's nose. In another counter
for a right on the head Sullivan drove
TO Ryan's neck. Ryan delivered
right to the head with no effect. Sui
Ivan showed his appreciation by a
blow on the mouth hard enough t.
have felled an OF. The force Of the
blow seemed TO drive Ryan almost
through the turf. Tie fell heavily.
Sullivan walked ieisursly to hiI
corner while Ryan was picked up