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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1918-10-17
The Iowa County Democrat
A WORD PROSPECTIVE

The present publishers have published The Democrat
good many years. and during all those years have been
dgent in business. It has been earnest endeavor
the community we'll in the way of country newspaper
In spirit of fairness all have published the of
local happening tried promote the home and the
home country and have said say about POLITICAL
TO the line of endeavor will apply the time before
US The Democrat not the biggest newspaper the world
but it's length breadth and height equal 1t published
in compact FORM and contains only fresh live matter Near
lily all the type used in its production every week
Because is large have been able meet and
hope be able successfully the great shortage
print paper The paper will be issued in eghtpage
of six columns each It will be filled with matter worth
whe and will be we'll worth the subscription price of
81 80 per year advance At this rate adding sub
scrbers our list.
change in postal has increased the of
postage somewhat to all newspapers and quite largely
newspapers carrying five per of aversng but the
have been made in spirit of fairness country
papers, and with due regard the important service which
advertising mediums they render to retail merchants SOL
Levtan of Madison who from pack pedd1er
full merchant and banker gives all credit for his present for
tune newspaper ADVERTISING Addressing the Wisconsin
Association of Retail Merchants recently Mr. Levan de-
clared 1.-The the best friends the retail
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CRAWFORD BROTHERS. Publishers
Mineral Point, Wis, October TO- 1918
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1918-10-17
THE BOYS AT THE FRONT
WATCHING LIBERTY LOAN
BY Lieut.. George Savage, Fighting
Priest of the French Army, Who
Fought in the Trenches More
Than Three Years.

France did not want war. She did
everything that she could in honor do
to prevent war, but war was forced up
on her by Germany.
For four years France has waged
this war with her whole soul and now
America has come into the struggle
with all her power in man and mate
rial resources.
We are now sure that we can win
this war. We have for the. last few
months witnessed the turning Of the
tide in favor of the allies, but we
should not however, be led away by
our recent successes.
Let the people at home understand
that they, as we'll as the men on the
fighting line, have to take their share
in the struggle. This war is not war
Of soldiers alone, it is a war Of ma
tons. The front is not cover there"
only, it is everywhere.
The men over there are doing their
share. They are giving their lives.
Let the people at home understand that
the only business today is to win the
war.
Let nobody be deceived as to the dur
alton Of the war, or conclude from our
recent successes that the end is near
We shall win. We are at a turning
point. But the end is yet far away.
1t is my conviction-and all soldiers
who have been two or three years at
the front, will tell you the same thing,
that this war may last two or three
years more Woe to us, if, by false
optimism or weakness in our determi-
nation, we should come to Slacken in
our efforts Our mistakes should have
to be corrected with the blood of our
boys
The boys at the front are watching
this Liberty loan. They shall judge
by the amount subscribed of the inter
est the people at home, in the state,
in the county, or town are taking in
their efforts and in their sacrifices.
They know that when the order comes
to attack it is their duty to go and to
give their lives if necessary, and they
are willing to do it. But they feel, too.
that when the call comes from the
president to the people at home to give
the money necessary for the prOsecu-
ton Of the war. it is the duty Of every
one to give all that he can and that the
people at home should be willing to
do it, 1t is their Share-and how
small whom cOmnarpd to that of the
fighting man-in the struggle.
Let the men at the front know and
feel that the people at home are heart
and soul with them in this war; that
the people at home are ready to make
every effort and every sacrifice as long
rs will be necessary to win that com
plete and decisive victory which shall
secure for all nations freedom and
lasting peace.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1918-10-17
JONESDALE
BY LUCILLE HARRIS.

Mrs Arch Stewart of Winslow is
visiting her brother Frank Van Matre
at this place.
Alvin Sullivan of Dodgeville was
caller here Monday evening
Mr. and Mrs Peter Ley were Mineral
Point callers Sunday
A number from here attended the fu-
neral of Leo Hittesdorf at Hollandale
Monday.
Eight load of stock were shipped from
here Wednesday, Sumter Jackson,
John Sullivan and James Higgon ac-
companied the shipment.
Mr. and Mrs Henry Skinner and Mrs
Clara Buckingham of Waldwick were
callers here Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs Frank Duncan and fam
lily were Dodgeville callers Saturday.
Richard Jackson of Mineral Point
was caller here Wednesday.
Misses Mary and Monica Burns were
Dodgeville callers Saturday
John Ley had business at Dodgoyille
Tuesday.
Mrs j. E. Harris, Mrs Charles Buck
ingham, Mrs Jesse e. James and Miss
Elsie THICKER visited at the Edward
Fitzsimons home near Mineral Point
recently.
Miss Evalena Ley was a Dodgeville
caller Saturday.
Volney Whitford had business at
Dodgeville Tuesday.
J. e. Harris was a Waldwick and
Hollandale caller Tuesday.
Ward Yount of Freeport had business
here Wednesday.
Mrs Frank Van Matre and Mrs Arch
Stewart were Dodgeville callers We'd
nesday.
Jack Burns and Edward P Ley were
Mineral Point callers Thursday night.
Mr. and Mrs Chris. Whitford and
family from near Waldwick visited on
Sunday at the Volney Whitford home.
Jesse q. James transacted business at
Dodgeville Wednesday.
Misses Gwendoline jackson and Ce~
celia Ley returned to Dodgeville Mon
day, after spending the week end at
their homes here.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1918-10-17
SET PACE FOR YOUR NElGHBoR.

Don't wait to see how much your
neighbOr is going to subscribe to the
Fighting Loan, but buy bonds to the ut
most limit of your ability and set
the pace for him. A loan quickly over
subscribed will have a wonderful eff
feet in stimulating the morale Of the
allied countries and allied armies
while the reverse will be the effect in
Germany, whose people at last are be-
ing told that United States is fighting
resources.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1918-10-17
U. S, Public Health Service Issues
Official Health Bulletin
on Influenza.
LATEST WORD ON SUBJECT.
Epidemic Probably Not Spanish In
Oriqin-Germ Still Unknown-Peo-
pie Should Guard Against "Droplet
nfection"-Surgeon General Blue
Makes Authoritative Statement

Washington, D. C.-(Special)-
though King Alfonso OF Spain was
one of the victims Of the Influenza cpl
demic in 1893 and again this summer,
Spanish authorities repudiate any
claim to influenza as spanish" dis
ease II the people Of this country do
not take care the epidemic will be-
come so widespread throughout the
United States that soon we shall hear
the disease called american" inf1u-
enza
In response to request for definite
information concerning Spanish infiu-
enza, Surgeon General Rupert Blue OF
the q. S. Public Health Service has
authorized the following official inter
view:
What is Spanish Influenza? Is it
something new? Does it come from
Spain?
1.-THE disease now occurring in this
country and called Spanish Inf1uen-
"a resembles very contagious kind
Of cold accompanied by fever, pains
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1918-10-17
WHOLE NATION AT WAR;
NOT ONLY SOLDIERS
BY C. n. Martin, Major Gen. v.
S. Army, Commanding Camp
Grant, Illinois.

The Fourth Liberty Loan
should again forcibly remind
everybody that the whole nation
is in the war, and not merely
the men in uniform.
We are teammates in
mighty game; 4 game which
has been developing for cen
turtles. The contending teams
are Autocracy and Democracy,
and life Is the stake for which
they are playing. We are now
at the very climax Of that age
long struggle.
Your part on the team re-
QuireS Il devotion and disinter-
eSted forgetfulnesS of self as
complete and unfagging as you
expect from the men in uni
form. No one can do his duty on
any team who measures his
duty by any other standard than
his entire abilities. 1t cannot be
measured by comparisons with
the performances Of others.
Do not think that the front,
only, is the war; the front is a
part of the team. | like to think
that it is part Of sufficient i'm
portance to engage your en-
thusiastic interest and support.
The anxiety with which you
wait for good news from the
front is of the same variety as
that which the front waits for
good news from the back. ANY
especially good plays on any
part Of the team strengthens the
heart of every member Of the
team.
1t is your play now; oversub-
scribe this loan cheerfully and
with enthusiasm.
Get into the game.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1918-10-17

in the head eyes, ears, back or other
parts of the body and feeling Of Sc
we're sickness. In most Of the cases the
symptoms disappear after three or four
days, the patient then rapidly recover
ing. Some Of the patients, however,
develop pneumonia, or inflammation
of the ear, or meningitis, and many of
these complicated cases die. Whether
this so-called Spanish influenza is
Identical with the epidemics of influen-
"a Of earlier years is not yet known.
"Epidemics of influenza have visited
this country since 1647. 1t is interest
ing to know that this first epidemic
was brought here from Valencia,
Spain. Since that time there have
been numerous epidemics Of the dis
ease In 1889 and 1890 an epidemic
Of influenza, starting somewhere in the
Orient, spread first to Russia and
thence over practically the entire civ
ilized world. Three years later there
was another flare-up Of the disease.
Both times the epidemic spread wide
ly over the United States
although the present epidemic is
called Spanish Influenza there is no
reason to believe that it originated in
Spain. Some writer's who have studied
the question believe that the epidemic
came from the Orient and they call at
tention to the fact that the Germans
mention the disease as occurring along
the eastern front in the summer and
fall of 1917"
How can spanish influenza" be rec
ognized7
'There is as yet no certain way in
which a single case of Spanish inf1u-
enza' can be recognized On the 9TH
er hand, recognition is easy where
there is group of cases. In contrast
to the outbreaks Of ordinary coughs
and colds, which usually occur in the
cold months, epidemics Of influenza
may occur at any season Of the year.
Thus the present epidemic ragged most
intensely in Europe in May, June and
July. Moreover, in the case of ordi-
nary colds, the general symptoms
Clever, pain, depression) are by no
means as severe or as sudden In their
onset as they are in influenza. Final
~, ordinary colds do not spread
through the community so rapidly or
so extensively as does influenza.
I'm most cases a person taken sick
with influenza feels sick rather sud-
denly. He feels weak, has pains in the
eyes, ears, head or back, and may be
sore all over Many patients feel
dizzy, some vomit Most of the pa
tients complain Of feeling chilly, and
with this comes a fever in which the
temperature rises to 100 to 1O4. In
most cases the pulse remains relative
~ slow.
I'm appearance one is struck by the
fact that the patient looks sick. His
eyes and the inner side of his eyelfds
may be slightly 'bloodshot,' or CON
gested as the doctors say There
may be running from the nose, or
there may be some cough. These signs
Of cold may not be marked; never
theless the patient looks and feels very
sick.
"In addition to the appearance and
the symptoms as already described,
examination of the patients blood may
aid the physician in recognizing Span
tsh Influenza for it has been found
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-05-31

oven)- supplemented. II it be desired. by one
pint of any other liquid from the cook-pots in
the thermos bottles
The thermos bottles, to call them, have
hinged covers. clinched tight by heavy springs.
Mineral wool 60 preparation Of asbestos) is used
to insuate tieir contents. They have been
tested in zero weather and even under such con-
ditions will keep their contents above eating
temperature" for "a hours
Now suppose that the troops have come to
halt. encampng for the night or longer. The
front section (limber) of the rolling kitchen is
detached from the cooking section, and frcm
the former is removed the cooks chest-a roomy
box OF sheet steel that contains wonderful
variety Of useful things. presently to be emu
merated.
The thermos likewise removed and
placed the ground near By. conveniently for
use II required in case II be so desired, these
insulated receptacles may be employed as fire.
less cookers. This leaves the Timber ION two
wheels and drawn by the pair of horses) free
for use as a wood cart. supply cart or water
cart. The six cylindrical cooking vessels viii
serve TO fetch 72 gallons OF water-enough for
an entire company.
The cooks chest placed on the ground. does
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-05-31
Soup, Stew, Tea and Coffee.

Ordinarily two or the four cylinders are used
for soup or ste~. and Two for tea or coffee. But
when a larger quantity OF food is needed, use
can be made of two more cylinders, carried In
the front section. or timber. BY this means an
additional "a gallons may be supplied.
The two cylinders In the Timber. however. are
meant under ordinary circumstances for other
purposes. They are in effect the inner Innings
Of pair of enormous thermos bottles. in which
soup or other food may be kept hot for "a hours
II desired.
II appears then that the rolling kitchen has
a maximum capacity for boiling ~ gallons OF
food and drink. One such outfit is designed to
feed 200 soldiers. giving to each man one pint
Of stew soup. one pint of tea or coffee. and
one liberal helping OF roast meat (from the
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-05-31
Operating the Containers.

The 12-gallon containers Tor soup or con,o
Cor stew are of course, very heavy when iul , 4,
but, to lift them into or out of the stove an
for carrying the cooked foods over short va
tances. five-foot wooden poles are provldeu' NV,
with hooks SO adjusted as to srapple Nhlou 10
suitable holes) the edges of the huge cooh'"e
pots. When not in use, the poles are heiu
cleats along the sides of the cooking se0'
and timber. -.
Thanks to these ingenious arrangement on
entire company of $50 men can be served VIZ VIZ
a meal in a very few minutes And, by the ""'
II is worth mentioning that the above-mehtion
steel legs of the cooking section are uhoI s,
able If a careless driver were to move ~ y"
with the machine without lifting the legs nv nv
their carrying position they would simply Tran
behind.
The cooks chest is a multum in parvo' com
parable to the famous and inexhausuble oas
of Mrs. Swiss Family Robinson. In the bottom
Of il are six canisters, for holding sugar pesns
etc A triple compartment contains salt, pep
per and spice In camp the canisters are placed
on convenient shelves and the emptied ehes'
serves the purpose OF a big bread-box.
The chest also contains cleayer meat
saw, two slicing knives. two skinning knives, a
steel for sharpening knives, two big forks. two
big dippers, two big ladies, two big spoons and
a food-chopper. Additional tools are carried in
a tool-box beneath the footboard OF the timber.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-05-31
Soldier Critics.

The soldier is aIways very eXacting person
IN regard to what he calls his grub II 1t be
not just as he wants 1t, he Is discontented ana
may even become mutinous. Uncle Sans fight
tho men are in this respect rather pampered. DR..
Harvey W. Wiley, the food expert. says that they
would be better off with half as much to eat, but
other authorities would be likely to disagree
with him.
A soldier, for fighting purposes, is no better
than his stomach. 1t is of utmost Importance
not only that he shall have enough to eat. but
that his digestion shall be kept in good order.
In former days it customary for soldiers to
make and bake their own bread in the field.
This is no longer allowed.
The war department maintains schools for
bakers in which enlisted men thoroughly learn
the trade. Thus American troops. wherever they
may be, are always supplied with bread good
and wholesome as any city bakeries could
furnish
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-05-31
The Rolling Bakery.

Even more remarkable than the kitchen on
wheels is the rolling bakery" which "a new
American invention) IS now uncer considera-
ton by the war department. 1t is an automo-
bile bakery. mounted on the chassis Of motor
truck. and, with FIVE men TO operate It. does cit
IS claimed) as much work as li2 army bread
makers can accomplish by methods hitherto
adopted.
most rapid movements OF troops in the ield-a
very important advantage. inasmuch as its out
put of fresh bread is always available for the
soldiers; Of bread. that is TO say, right out of
the oven. Its capacity OF production Is 1000 TO
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-05-31
A Nouel Example of
Yankee Ingenuity
QndthePartNPlays
in the Life of the
Soldiers in France
By RENE BACHE
Bv RENE BACHE

A MERICAN soldier boys in France are being
IN fed from rolling kitchens'-this rather
picturesque descriptive term being applied
TO certain new-fanged culinary outfits on wheels
that go along with the American armies abroad.
This mover style of military kitchen is quite
a marvel OF Yankee ingenuity Drawn by
couple of horses, it resembles in a way an artil-
lery timber and gun-carriage Replace the lat
ter with a cook-stove and the former with
cooks chest (surmounted by a driving seat,
and you will understand the arrangement-the
stove and chest being each of them mounted on
a pair of wheels.
Thus when troops are halted for meal the
cook-stove may be detached from the timber,
or front part, and, though standing on pair of
wheels, 1t is made a fixture by setting a brake
and dropping four steel legs to hold it securely
i'll position
1t would be more appropriate to call this rear
part the cooking section inasmuch as it is a
good deal more than a mere stove. 1t is Of sheet
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-05-31

steel, with a cast-iron firebox and Cat the rear)
has an oven that offers accommodation for one
huge roastingpan on its bottom and two smaller
ones on a shelf above.
Supplementing the oven are four cylindrical
food-containers with a capacity Of IL gallons
each. for soups, stews and boiled meats. TWO
of them are set in heavy metal jackets. to pre-
vent scorching of meats cooked in them.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-05-31
Lining up for Meal at the Rolling Kitchen Headquarters

duty as a serving table, the roasting-pans from
the oven being placed upon it, and the men re-
ceiving their individual portions OF meat from
the pans as they pass by in single file, each one
presenting for the purpose his aluminium plate
Further along he gets his helping OF soup OF
coffee in an aluminium cup with tinned-lroh
handle
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-05-31

6O00 loaves per day, of any size, weight ap
shape that may be desired
The rolling bakery makes loaf from star
to finish, taking the -four and other ingredients
board in bulk, preparing the dough in an
automatic mixer, kneading it, dischargng 1t into
"rising troughs," and kneading 1t again as 1t
passes along chain-operated belt-conveyers. to
be nodded into loaves and discharged ready for
the ovens.
tons 1t Is 7 4 feet. wide and 20 feet long, with
a six-foot drop extension in the rear little
lower than the main body, so that the bread can
be panned at mans standing height. One side
of the body Of the machine unfolds to form a
bakers work bench. When set up for operation,
the whole affair is covered by canvas tent 2S
by "a feet
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1918-10-04
OUR PROPHET-PRESIDENT.

Our President is not only the most
enlightened statesman of the present
age, but is endowed with the vision
of the old prophets. His conception
of the war issues, and his interpreted
ton of the principles of peace, as
given by him in his latest address,
stamp him as such. The rule of
right and justice and truth in all
international relations is the gospel
he proc1aims. It is his message to
our allies as we'll as our enemies.
Will this gospel be ignored at the
end of the war? We doubt it, Our
diplomats and the diplomats Of our
allies, whoever they be, will not
go back on our Presidents solemn
announcements that are equivalent
to national pledge. Verify, the
millennium is approaching. If one
of Our ancient prophets called Cyrus
the "anointed of Cod" what will
future seers call Wilson if he helps
humanity realize its most cherished
hope, universal peace based on uni
versal justice?
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1918-10-04
THE WEAKEST LINK IN THE
CHAIN IS BROKEN.

If the latest dispatches are cor
rect, Bulgaria is actually suing for
peace. Is it perhaps the beginning
of the end? Let us hope so. When
the Allies conclude separate peace
with Bulgaria, on terms that will be
strictly just, and in accord with
Wilson's ideal conception of the
issues involved in this war, Turkey
will necessarily have to follow suit,
for she will be completely isolated
from her confederates, and at the
mercy Of the allied forces in Mes
opotamia and Palestine. The terms
that will be submitted to Turkey
are we'll known complete freedom
for all subject nationalities, Armen-
ians, Syrians, Jews, and Arabs. We
are thus approaching the denoue-
ment of the great war drama God
works in wondrous ways.
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1918-10-04

AS far as we can see, all the good
that Rabbi Ephraim Frisch has so
far accomplished by his letter of pro-
test to the President is that he gave
orthodox and conservative rabbis an
opportunity to rave and rage against
Reform Judaism and Reform rabbis.
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1918-10-04

Zionism finds no sympathizers
among Christian Science Jews. The
Mother church is our Zion and
Boston our Jerusalem, say they.