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The Arvada enterprise. (Arvada, Colo.) 1908-1970, 1918-03-14

Bonnie. tho six year old son Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Ben Morgan, is
confined to his bed with hear,
trouble. believed to be the result
Of the recent scigc Of pneumonia
he suffered.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-05-11
Use Less Soap
By DR.. SAMUEL c.. DIXON
Commissioner Of Health Of Pennsylvania

In this season and at this time when
thousands of u young troops are be-
ing modified for the National army
and are, of necessity, exposed to I'M
usual conditions often producing nerv-
Gus chills, is the wise time to econo-
mize on soap. Again, when the cost
of living is so high all along the line,
1t will be an economy to use less soap
as it is a m~uch-abused article. 1t is not
necessary, as so many seem to think,
to have a stiff, creamy lather in order
to dissolve the dirt that is filling up
the pores of the skin. On the contrary,
very little sculpture soaps re-
Quired to break up the dirt and per-
nit the water to remove 1t from the
pores so that the glands may perform
their normal duty.
The pores are the openings on the
surface of the skin of the sweat glands
and must be kept clear and free from
either dirt, soap or any matter that
would tend to interfere with their ac-
ton in the elimination Of perspiration.
Imperfect action of the sweat glands is
a source of disease, various matters
accommodating in the system, which
would otherwise be eliminated.
Therefore, economy in soap would
not only be a saving in money, but
would help in saving human life, by
cutting down respiratory diseases.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-05-11
Man Without His Pockets
in the Various Garments
Would Be in Predicament

Pockets are among the most use
full things ever invented, says the Bal.
timore Sun.
What a man would do for a place to
put his hands had he no pockets is
hard to imagine.
No man knows exactly how many
pockets he has. If you don't believe
it, ask the first man you meet. He
can't come within four of it.
Each suit of clothes is equipped
with so many of these repositories that
the average she" can't think right off
the reel how many he has got.
Give a man a suit of clothes without
a single pocket and he would be lost.
Just look what a man carries around
in his pockets.
Half a dozen letters, q can of tobac-
co and a pipe, or two or three cigars
(more often these are worn in his vest
just over his heart), a fountain pen,
a pencil or two, a photograph of a
dizzy broiler he doesn't want wiley to
see, a knife that won't cut anything, a
key ring with ID keys on it, some
stamps all stuck together, a few rubber
bands, a memorandum book, a newspa-
per clipping or something the local pa
per said about him, a watch, a poker
chip, a card or two admitting him to
his favorite club, a pocketbook with
some money in 1t, a laundry ticket, a
rabbit foot. a clasp of a silk garter, a
few cigar store coupons, Q deck of
cards, a pistol, a recipe for curing a
cold, a piece of court plaster, a drear|
book, a lock of hair. and on .
finitum.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-05-11
Cotton and Soy Beans Fat
Producers Giving America
Advantage Over Germany

"The Germans, with their colossal
military preparedness, failed miserably
at one point. They had soldiers and
guns galore, but they were short of fat,
says Milo Hastings in Physical Culture
writing on "The Extravaganza of
Meat" No provision had been made
In their domestic economy to produce
home grown vegetable fats. When i'm
portations were shut off and the guam
titles of live stock were reduced as a
matter of economizing grain food, the
Germans both industrially and dieteti-
cally suffered acutely from fat priva-
ton.
Their laboratory food scientists had
told the military authorities that car
bohydrates were dietetic equivalents Of
fat. Through the means of most pain
full experience the Germans found out
the scientists had been mistaken, and
smuggling fat into Germany today is
as profitable as shipping whisky the
week before Christmas.
"In America we have no such prob
lem of the shortage of fats. AS a by
product of u cotton industries we
have an annual production of 100000
600 gallons of oil, and we have the soil
and climate suitable for the production
of other vegetable fats. Among the
most promising of such fat producing
crops is the soy bean.
"The soy bean is a sort Of vegetable
live stock. All the arguments in favor
of live stock apply to this distinctive
plant. Its growth enriches the soil by
the extraction of nitrogen from the air,
hence it is a source of actual gaining
in soil fertility. The soy bean in our
Southern states yields thirty bushels to
the acre-one-third of the product be-
ing Oil and another third protein. Both
elements are excellent human foods,
and it is only a question of learning
how to work them up into a palatable
FORM"
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-05-11
john LIS Place in History
May Never Be Attained by
Squared Ring Men of Today

Not only was John L. Sullivan the
b~est-known of all American pugilists,
but it cannot be denied that the great
majority of his fellow-countrymen, no
matter how much they disapproved Of
prizefighters and prizefighting, had for
this particular product of the squared
ring a feeling in which there were ap-
preciable elements of pride and affeo-
ton, states a writer in the New York
Times.
He was, of course, for many years
the idol of all to whom such prowess
as his appeals, and there seems to have
been no doubt that the man had lik-
able qualities In addition to his cour-
age-which Is a quality that earns and
played or how.
A tale used to be told of somebody
who yentured to converse in the pres
enc of the Archbishop of Canterbury
about an approaching battle between
the then heavyweight champions of
Great Britain and the United States.
According to the legend, the prelate
professed his proper ignorance of such
matters, but could not refrain from
adding that nevertheless it seemed to
him probable that the Englishman
would win. So Sullivan, even in his
most roisterous days. was expected to
win by the whole American public, and
when at last he fell there was more
sorrow for his defeat than acclaim for
the victor.
No other pugilist ever has gained in
America the position Sullivan held, and
probably no other representative of his
class ever will do so. There was some
thing amiable, ever in his follies and
weaknesses, and he was picturesque
and quotable long after his inevitable
fate overlook him.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-05-11
Catarrhal Deafness Cannot Be Cured

by local applications. as they cannot reach
the diseased portion of the ear. There Is
only one way to cure catarrhal Deafness. and
that is by a constitutional remedy. Catarrhal
Deafness Is caused by an infamed CONDITION
Of the mucous lining of the EustachIan Tube
When this tube is infiamed you have a rum
bling sound or imperfect hearing. and who
It Is entirely closed. Deafness Is the result
Unless the Inflammation can be reduced and
this tube restored to its normal condition,
hearing will be destroyed forever. MANY
cases OF deafness are caused bv catarrh. which
is an inhamed condition Of the mucous sur
faces. Halls Catarrh Medicine acts thru the
blood on the mucous surfaces or the system
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any
case of Catarrhal Deafness that cannot be
cured bv Halls Catarrh Medicine. Circulars
free. All DRUGGISTS. TIC.
F. ]. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo. Ohio.
advertisement
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-05-11
PLAN w. S. S. DRIVE AT
CLOSE OF LOAN CAMPAIGN,

With the closing of the Third Lib
erty Loan Campaign, the officials of
the National War Savings Committee
of this State are preparing for an in
tensive War Savings drive. The ar
my of workers who have been engaged
in the promotion of the sale of War
Savings and Thrift Stamps are to be
REINFORCED by many of the Liberty
Loan workers.
Very few people appreciate the fact
that the sum the Government is try
ing to raise through the sale of stamps
is but one billion dollars less than the
amount it has just raised through the
Third Liberty Loan bond issue. Yet,
while the loan was raised through sub
scriptions ranging from a thousand
dollars to several million dollars, the
War Savings Committee must gather
in its quota through quarters, half
dollars and four dollar pieces.
AS the Government is DESTROYS of
enlisting every man, woman and child
in it's army of savers, the War Saw
ings drive must be managed more Wig
orously and intensively. While the
Liberty Loan ca~mpaigners gathered
in their subscriptions through banks
and in large sums, the War Savings
Committee must reach the masses
through the schools and through house
to house canvass by volunteer R. d.
carriers and other such mediums.
The Government is trying to swell
it's wal chest through the sale of these
stamps and the sum will not be raised
unless the masses wake up to the ne
cessity of backing up the men in the
trenches. Because the subscriptions
through which it is trying to raise the
two billion loan happen to be in sums
of quarters, half dollars and four dol
lar pieces, the proposition is far from
being an %unimportant one and will not
take care of itself unless the men and
women of the nation rally back of it.
1t is the quarters and the half dol
lars that will supply the fighters with
shoes, socks, trench helmets, gas
masks, trench tools, %bayonets, rifles,
bayonet scabbards, cartridges and 9TH
er implements of warfare, and unless
the quarters roll in faster than they
have been thus far. the Government
will not be able to keen the men sup
piled with the material necessary to
carry on the war to a successful ter
mination. The men in the trenches
expect every person at home and be-
hind the lines to keep them supplied
with all the necessities, and it is there
fore imperative that the masses lend
their quarters and half dollars to the
Government in order that it be able
to properly supply and back up the
boys at the front.
Judging by the interest the men
and women of Ocean County have
been taking in the War Savings cam
paign in the last few weeks, it is
hoped our county will reach its quota
by the end of the year, but it is i'm
perative that the quota be oversub-
scribed in order that the enemy be
made to realize that Uncle Sam means
business and that the people of the
nation are back of the Government
to a man. And to accomplish this it
is important that every person engae-
ed in the campaign get to work with
more vigor and determination in order
that every person of the county be
enlisted in the armv of war savers.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-05-11
GREATEST CIRCUS is
COMING SOON.
Barnum and Bailey Show Will Posi-
lively Exhibit in This Vicinity.

Barnum and Bailey Show Will Posi-
lively Exhibit in This Vicinity.
There is to be a real circus day this
year-a Barnum & Bailey circus day.
Advance guards of the Greatest Show
on Earth that this seasons
route carries it close enough to be Wis
tied by everybody in this vicinity.
Thirty acres of tents will be set, and
the big show will be exhibited in AT
lantic City on May Is.
A wonderful new program is prom
Used, and it is claimed that this season
the monster entertainment has more
and better things to show than ever
before. Starting with a magnificent
pageant entitled, aladdin and His
Wonderful Lamp" the circus will occu-
py three hours or more with events in
air, on platform, and rings, and in the
huge h~ippodrOme surrounding. Not
one moment will be lost in all of the
spaces of the vast enclosure.
The opening feature is the first at
tempt at Chinese pageantry in the his
tory of American circuses, and it has
been described as the most gorgeous
presentation ever attempted. The sto-
ry of the genie slave of the magic lamp
is too well known to need description
here. However, it may be well to call
attention to the possibilities for dis
play in coloring and magnificent set
tings in the Chinese locale, and to the
fact that Barnum & Bailey have spent
81, 1000, 900 to reproduce all of it's glori-
Gus possibilities.
The circus program, which follows
the pageant, is made up almost entire
ly of names and acts new to the Amer
lean public, the cream of all continent
tai circuses having rushed to the big
shows European agents for booking on
account of the closing of most of the
big foreign circuses. There is a COM
plete Chinese circus, replete with
thrilling aerial and acrobatic feats; the
famous Hanneford family, champion
riders of Europe, will display their
wonderful skill; Signor Bagonghi, the
dwarf bareback rider, described as the
equestrian comic of the century, will
thrill and %convulse with laughter; Pal
lenberg's wonderful bears will ride on
high bicycles, skate and perform on
the trapeze; there will be more clowns
than ever before, and in the menagerie
will be seen many new specimens of
wild and untamed animals. There are
a dozen new baby animals in the great
zoo.
There will be more than one hund-
red acts, and to name and describe
them would occupy too much space.
The parade, which is entirely new,
will start from the show grounds as
nearly 10 o'clock in the morning as
possible. 1t will be three miles in
length and there will be six bands,
three calliopes and a steam piano to
create music for the marching throng.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-05-11
America Greatest Amy
Fighting Force. Number 2.l3o,554, Assembled Within
Ten Months Time

America has 2,139, 554 men under arms, according to figures an
of Queens at the annual meeting of the Port Washington q. T. Business
Mems association. Representative Caldwell said the figures he quoted
were those which he had recently learned as a member of the house COM
mittee n military affairs:
According to Representative Caldwell, the governments armed
strength is divided as follows:
Engineers corps, 119,476.
Ordnance corps, 10000.
Signal corps, 151,747.
Quartermasters corps, 100000.
Medical corps, $4,000 officers.
Medical corps, 1905 enlisted men.
Veterinarians corps, 10000.
Sanitation corps, 3945.
staff, 52,129.
Staff officers, 63,851.
Enlisted men, 1,479,259
Called under the draft and due to report, 74,7O6.
Of this number, the speaker asserted, $685. were drafted men and
the remainder volunteers
"The great opponents of preparedness" continued the representative,
event through the country declaring that the administration would be
of ten months we have more than two million men under arms and that
we are in this war and that we 1T going to see it through to the finish.
eve have the men, we have them under shelter at fifteen environments
of wood, fifteen under canvas and twenty training schools for aVlators. A
Job that equals in labor the building of the Panama canal And we did
it all in ten months.
"Our reports show we have the best engine for the airpanes and that
before many days we will be turning them out as fast as one every minute
"Every man who goes to France has four suits of clothes, four pairs
of shoes, and is well provided for"
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-05-11
NOTICE OF SPECIAL ELECTION.


To the Legal Voters of the City of Pleasant
willie or to Whom 1t may Concerns:
Notice is hereby given that on
TUESDAY, MAY Fl, 1918,
there will be held in the City of Pleasant
VILE, a Special Election of the legal voters
of the City of Pleasantville, to determine by
ballot the following question
shall the sale of intoxicating liquor as a
beverage in Pleasantville be prohibited ?"
Said Special Election shall be conducted by
the District Boards of Registry and Election
in the several precincts of the City of Pleas
antville, as provided by law, and Polls gail
be opened and closed at the times fixed by law
for opening and closing the Polls at the cleo
tion of the members of the General Assembly,
viz. commencing at 6 o'clock in the morn
ing and closing at Z O'Clock in the evening.
And notice is hereby further given. that
the board of registry and election will meet
at the following designated places:
FIRST WARD
First Precinct = Otis Barber Shop,
North Main and Greenway Avenue.
Second Precinct - Red Ven Hall,
Washington Avenue and First Street.
SECOND WARD
First Precinct - Martins Cigar Storer
South Main and Lennox Avenue.
Second Precinct - cox's Barber Shop,
341 S.. Main Street.
NEHEMIAH ANDREWS,
City Clerk.
Dated May 2, 1918.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-05-11
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

Estate of Hezekiah ireland. Deceased.
Pursuant to the order of Albert G. Abbott.
Surrogate of the County of Atlantic, this day
made on the application Of the undersigned.
administrators of the said decedent, notice is
hereby given to the creditors Of the said de-
cedent to exhibit to the subscribers, under
oath or affirmation, their claims and demands
against the estate of the said decedent, with
in nine months from this date, or they will
be forever barred from prosecuting or recov-
ering the same against the subscribers.
LEMUEL E. CONOVER,
Atlantic City, N. j.
HEZEKIAH l. CONOVER,
Atlantic City. N. J.
Mays Landing, N. j.. March 18th. 1918.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-05-11

In judging a bank always remember
that capital and surplus give security
to the depositor and any possible
shrinkage in the securities Of the bank.
The capital and surplus of this bank
form a margin of safety that u
absolute security to those who intrust
their money to us-Pleasantville Trust
Co. adv.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-05-11
SPECIAL NOTICE.

All persons are warned against
emptying the contents of cesspools
and sewage of all descriptions any
where in Egg Harbor Township with.
out having obtained a permit therefor.
All persons violating the law in this
matter will be prosecuted to the full
extent.
w. ]. HUDSON, NJ. D.,
Health Inspector for Egg Harbor
Township.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-05-11
So Runs the Rule.

"Why don't you
listen when l talk
to your" demand
ed his wife.
Listeners hear
no good of them
Selves" he re-
piled, sentiment
ously.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-05-11
NOTICE TO DOG OWNERS.

Owners of dogs in Egg Harbor
Township are notified that beginning
May 20, 1918, all dogs will be assessed
according to the Township Ordinance,
viz: 81 for n dog and So for each
additional dog.
By order of the Township Commit
tee.
JOHN H. SMITH, President.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-05-11
PUBLIC NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given that persons hav-
ing bills against the City Of Pleasantville
must have them in the hands of the City
Clerk on Friday preceding the regular meet
ing nights of Common Council, which are
the first and third Mondays of each month,
otherwise they will not be paid.
By order Of the Common Council Of
Pleasantville.
NEHEMIAH ANDREWS,
City Clerk.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-05-11
Prevented.

"That novel has had a remarkable
sale," commented the bookstore man.
"Have you read it?"
s"Oh, mol l wouldn't dare read it, al
my duties require me to be enthusiastic
in recommending it to customers"
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-05-11
WARNING TO OWNERS OF
PIGGERIES
In Egg Harbor Township.

TT g TdTpoT TOWhsnTp.
Owners of piggeries will hereafter
not be allowed to maintain the same
except on permit from the Inspector
Of the Board of Health. A permit
must also be obtained to haul garbage
in the Township. Failure to secure
permits will result in prosecution.
By order of the Board of Health,
VIM. HAUENSTEIN. Sec,
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-05-11

o1
I suspect the men
who have pro-
posed to me of
being after my
N O n e y, and /
would not marry
a man who did
not love me for
myself alone.
Miss Curlylocks
But, my dear,
the age of mira
cles is past.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-05-11
L
NOTICE.

All persons are warned not to dunn
Rubbish in Egg Harbor Township.
Violations will be vigorously prose
cuted.
JOHN ]. BLACKMAN, Pres.
VIM. HAUENSTEIN, Sec.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-05-11
Shake Into Your Shoes.

Aliens Foot-Ease, the antiseptic powder for
painful, smarting, tender, nervous feet. 1t
takes the sting out of corns and bunions.
Used by the American, French and British
troops because it takes the friction from the
shoe and freshens the feet.-adv.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-05-11

A SMILE FOR You
Real Music.

Real MUSIC.
He-Most girls, 1 have found, don't
appreciate real music.
Second He-Why do you think thatf
He-Well, you may pick beautiful
strains on a mandolin for an hour and
she don't even look out of the window,
but just n honk of a horn and-out
she comes.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-05-11

Could Save Much Food.
"The movies are doing all they can
to help out in the war;"
"Have they announced a pieless
dayT
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-05-11
A Job for DetaiHe.

"The Scrappingtons are having thei
portraits painted"
"By a battle painter?"
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-05-11
A Cruel Hint.

Miss Uglyface-
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-05-11

BY virtue of a writ of feri facias, to ne d.
rected, issued out Of the New Jersey Court o6
Chancery, will be sold at public vendue, on
WEDNESDAY, THE TWENTY : NINTH
DAY OF MAY, NINETEEN HUN
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-05-11

JOHN H. SMITH, President.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1918-04-18
In MemorIum.

"Consider it, this outer world
We tired on, as q harp--
A gracious Instrument
On whose fair strings
We learn those airs
We shall be set TO play
When mortal hours are ended.
Let the wings Of thy spirit
Move on it as wind,
And draw forth melody;
Let thy thought go up
AS birds go up,
That when thy wake,
Shake off the dew and soar
The sudden passing Of Mrs. Carrie
Olivia Wade, wife of Senator B. 81,
Wade, from earthly scenes to awell
earned reward, was a severe shock
to the hosts Of friends and relatives
including neighbors for miles around,
10 whom she was ever a ministering
angel in the community in which she
dwelt during the brief space OF a
beautiful life: a life SO fraught with
the spirit of Christianity, so replete
with true womanliness, aboundlng IN
goodness, gentleness, grace, and ey-
srv sovereign virtue beauty, love,
and tender charity for all things of
divine creation, that its longest year
seemed hardly to span moments
fight, and its cessation but the herald
Of a greater and more appreciable
need among the ransomed and blest.
"A fuller scope, as it were, for the
gift of her precious presence, her nu-
merous talents and benign influence
to be felt by example through express
sion Of loss here below.
Representing on both sides Of the
family the preudest names of Jetfer-
son and Adams counties-the Dun
bars. Shields, Rosses and others equ-
ally prominent, being daughter Of
fair Martha Darden and Doctor Pat
Wade, and cousin Of her distingu-
ished husband, lineal descendant Of
Sir Isaac Dunbar and Captain Ross
Of Revolutionary fame, whose tomb
in the ancient burial ground at Pros
pect Hill is reputed to have cost q
fabulous sum.
The old Manor and the historic one
preceding it, destroyed by fire fol
loving the reconstruction period Of
the State, knew many mistresses Of
noble descent, but none who wore the
mantle Of royalty more gracefully
than this gentle Daughter Of tbs