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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-06-29
Q. NJ. C. Detachment,
Barracks 635,

camp funSIOns ran.
"All men of the camp quartermaster
detachment" the bulletin concludes,
will comply with the above instruc-
tions and will not have their mail ad-
dressed in care of any warehouse or
office. but in care of their barracks"
So, mothers. brothers andN sweet
hearts, you will help your loved ones
comply with an order of the executive
officer and obtain more prompt de-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-06-29

Army City is another place where
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-06-29

One Year Ago General John J: Pershi ing
vanguard of Americas Army of Freedom. This pho
tograph shows him descending gang plank leading
to French SOIL It represents an incident that thrilled
the world for it was the first time that American
army had been sent to Europe. Soon after his arrival
in France General Pershing went to the tomb of
Lafayette and with note of reverence in his voice.
uttered the words that won the heart Of France,
Lafayette, we are here"
Monroe City Democrat., 1918-02-01
THE UNIVERSAL GAR

Now that the government has
taken over control of the railroads
we shall have a chance to see if the
advocates of government ownership
had the right idea. Certainly it
seems that economy can be effect
ed and service vastly improved BY
cutting out a great number of the
duplicate trains that have been
competing for business. That has
begun. Passenger service may be
less luxuriant, but if the business
of the country is better served there
will be little kicking except by
those who travel for pleasure. And
they can take their pleasure some
other way-or what would be bet
ter still at this time-go to work.
It is a we'll established fact that
there is wide spread discomfort
among the people of Austria-Hun-
gary as well as among the people
of Germany. The discomfort is not
made public through the press but
it is known that the people are
hungry and are clamoring for
peace. A rigid censorship muzzles
the press but facts will get to the
front in spite of the rigid censor
ship.
Monroe City Democrat., 1918-02-01
War Savings.

Thrift Stamps and War Savings
Stamps are the most democratic Of
investments and America expects
every American to show love of re-
publican institutions by investing
10 this democratic security. The
aggregate amount of the invest
ments and the number of investors
in these War Savings securities are
in way the answer of the people
of this great Democracy to the call
of the cause of democracy through
out the world and the vindica,ion of
civilization and humanity.
They afford every person, however
humble and however small his
means, the opportunity to contribute
his part, to do his bit, in this
great struggle against the military
masters of Germany who seek to
dominate the world in, Coz e,npt of
justice and right and freclJn and
without conscience and without
mercy.
Surely every American desires to
have part in the defeat of auto,
cracy and the success of liberty
and right.
Monroe City Democrat., 1918-02-01
A Few Years Ago.

Nobody had a silo.
Operations were rare.
Nobody swatted the fly.
Nobody had the appendicitis.
Nobody sprayed the orchards.
Nobody wore white shoes.
Cream was S cents a pint.
Cantaloupes were muskmelons.
Milk shake was the favorite
drink.
You never heard of a Tin Liz.
zie."
Farmers came to town for their
mail.
Doctors wanted to see your
tongue.
Nobody listened in" on a tele
phone.
The butcher threw in" a chunk
of liver.
|, Straw stacks were burned instead
OF baled.
People thought English sparrewl
were birds"
You stuck tubes in your ears t
hear a phonoeraph and it cost yot
a dime. y
Monroe City Democrat., 1918-02-01

When dry weather comes the far
mer keeps on blowing. Any mer.
chant will agree that is the wise
thing for him to do. When business
slows up bit the merchant quits
advertising, thus relaxing his efforts
to stimulate trade. Why does he
not profit by the example of the
wise farm r?
Monroe City Democrat., 1918-02-01

Not the least annoying part of this
war is that we have to listen to the
drivel of every chump who has
money enough to pay his passage to
Europe, where he takes peep at
the trenches through a field glass.
returns to this country and breaks
loose in the newspapers or on the
lecture platform.
Monroe City Democrat., 1918-02-01

Of course it takes a long time to
knit a pair of socks, but one pair of
the homemade kind will withstand
a diamond drill toenail longer than
four pair of the boughten variety.
Monroe City Democrat., 1918-02-01

Corn isn't one food it Is a dozen
cereal, vegetable, bread, dessert.
1t has more food value in it, dollar
for dollar, than meat or eggs, or
most vegetable. 1t is plentiful and
its use is patriotic service. Eat
more corn.
Monroe City Democrat., 1918-02-01

A British expert says that the
United States will be the deciding
factor in the air in defeating Ger
many. 1t has been favorite max
i'm that there is always room at the
top. and here is a brilliant chance
to prove it.
Monroe City Democrat., 1918-02-01

Corn is more than food to us; it is
a symbol. Staying right at home.
it plays colossal part in the war,
for 1t sends the wheat abroad. Corn
is the home guard among food pro-
ducts. Wheat is the soldier of the
line.
Monroe City Democrat., 1918-02-01

The collectors of internal revenue
are making extensive preparations
to collect the taxes of the new laws.
Be sure and make your return. if
you come within the provisions of
the taxes.
Monroe City Democrat., 1918-02-01

The "old timers" of forty years
from now will say to each other,
DO you remember the 1lth of Jan.
uary. 1918. when the temperature
went to 125 degrees below zero?"
Monroe City Democrat., 1918-02-01

A railroad man informs us that a
government controlled hot box is
just as difficult to deal with as it
was before it acquired William Gibbs
McAdoo as its guardian.
Monroe City Democrat., 1918-02-01
PAY Of Enlisted Men,

ray VI EllllSlHu m6ll.
The pay of enlisted men depends
on their grades, ratings, and length
of selvice.' From June 1, 1917 and
continuing during the term of the
war the pay of enlisted men is as
follows:
Men receiving $50; All privates,
the Army entering grade.
Men receiving $33: First-class
privates. men promoted to act in
minor noncommissioned officer Ca
pacity.
Men receiving $36: Corporals,
saddlers. mechanics. farriers and
wagoners. and musicians of the
third class.
Men receiving $3S. All sergeant
grades the line, which Include
Infantry, Field Artillery, Coast Ar
tillery. and Cavalry; cooks, horse
shoers, band corporals. and musi-
clans of the second class.
Men receiving $44: Serseants Of
the various corps of the Engineers,
Ordnance, Signal Corps, Quarter
master Corps. and Medical Depart
ment; band sergeants and musicians
of the first class.
Men receiving $48: Battalion
sergeant majors. squadron sergeant
majors. sergeant majors Gunior
erade). sergeant buglars, master
eunners and assistant band leaders
of the line.
Men receiving $51: Regimental
sergeant majors, reeimental supply
sergeants, sergeant majors (senior
erade), quartermaster sereeants of
the Quartermaster Corps, ordnance
sergeants. first sergeants, electrician
sereeants of the first class, assistant
engineers and battalion sergeant
majors and battalion supply SER
geants of the Engineers.
Men receiving $50: Sergeants,
first class. of the Medical Depart.
ment.
Men receiving $7l: Hospital SER
geants, master engineers of the
junior grade, and engineers.
Men receiving $81: Quartermas-
ter sergeants of the senior grade of
the Quartermaster Corps, band lead :
ers, master signal electricians,
master electricians. master engi-
neers of the senior grade, and
master hospital sereeants.
All enlisted men, while on de.
tached duty not in the field where
there are no Army quarters availa-
BILE. receive in addition to their pay
SIS per month to cover the expense
of housing and also a suitable al.
lowance for subsistence and for
heat and light.
An enlisted man in active service
has no necessary personal expenses
except for barber aud laundry, Uni
forms. underclothing. shoes, hats,
quarters, medical attendance, and
subsistence are supplied them at
Governmental expense. Such ma.
terials as tobacco, postage, confec-
tionery, and incidentals of individ'
ual taste may be purchased at the
post exchange at cost.
Monroe City Democrat., 1918-02-01

Farmers everywhere are urged to
harvest whatever natural ice they
can in order to conserve ammonia
which is usually used in making
artificial ice.
Monroe City Democrat., 1918-02-01

mo more secret treaties" is a.
mighty good peace plank, and free.
dom of the seas" is nearly as good.
These two conditions. with "reduc-
tion of ornaments" will come near
insuring peace.
Monroe City Democrat., 1918-02-01
FRIDAY. FEBRUARY /, 1918

The Hun stood on the Western front
Whence air but him had fled;
I'll stick around this Tommy brunt
And fight until I'm dead"
Just then he heard a noise above,
1t chanced to be shell
It opened up with British love
And sent that Hun to hell.
Monroe City Democrat., 1918-02-01

Nobody will object if the govern
ment decides to take over January
and February. On the contrary the
people will be willing TO throw in
March for good measure.
Monroe City Democrat., 1918-02-01
Notice..

The War Department has asked
the assistance of the Public Service
Reserve in securing the voluntary
enlistment before February 1st, if
possible, of men of military, but
not draft age, in Motor mechanics
regiment now organizing for ser.
vice in France connected with avia-
ton and seven thousand artisans Of
the following types:
Auto and Gas Engine men.
Auto and Motor Truck drivers.
Blacksmith forgers
Canvas workers.
Cabinet makers.
Harness makers.
General mechanics
Lathe hands.
Milling and Planers Tool makers.
House and Sign painters.
Sheet Metal workers.
Acetyline welders.
Wheel wrights.
Cooks.
Opportunities for promotion to
non- commissioned officers best in
the service The pay is exception
ally good. with additional bonus for
foreign service and further allow
ance for wife and family
The men for the Motor mechan.
les regiment includes Electrical
workers, Chauffers. Tire repairers
and such men as would naturally
be needed in the aviation service to
which branch this body of men is
to be attached.
Age limits. 18 to 2l and 80 to 40
The men will 90 at once for
training to Fort Hancock, Augusta,
Georgia. simply enlist at once at
the Army Recruiting Station.
A German writer urges his
countrymen to be more vindictive,
and says Germany has nothing
more to hope from gentleness. Does
this presage the introduction of a
new kind of liquid fire that is less
gentle than the old kind?
Monroe City Democrat., 1918-02-01
The Democrat for Job Work.
Are You
Going
South?

To the Land of Winter Sun
shine, where cold is forgotten
and summer pleasures mock the
calendar? Golfing, bathing. mo-
toring-all the exercises and rec.
reation you crave, all the rest
you seek. The next best thing
to getting there is the pleasure
OF going there-if you take a
Burlington-planned trip. Wheth-
er Florida every winter is year.
ly custom, or you're experiencing
it as new joy-Burlington Serv-
ice will add to the pleasure of
the trip.
To keep well is your first and
most important duty, The best
way to do this is to get away
from zero temperature, blizzards
and slush.
Let's talk over your Winter
health. rest and pleasure plans.
Low round trip Winter Excursion
Tickets now on sale to Florida.
West Indies. Gulf Coasts points,
Central and South America, and
Texas.
Let me help you plan a perfect
Winter tour.
s. B. THIEHOFF,
Tkt Agent the Pleasant Way to Travel.
Monroe City Democrat., 1918-02-01

We must send more meat and
wheat to Europe. Corn will be one
of the determining factors in the
amounts of both than can be spared
from our normal consumption. If
we use more of it on the table. in
place of wheat -four. it will release
wheat wheat for export If we feed
more to hogs and to cattle. it will
increase our production of meat,
With a bumper corn crop in our
cribs, we have enough to do both.
Monroe City Democrat., 1918-02-01

Someone has invented a noiseless
engine for automobiles. What we
are particularly interested in just
now is someone who'll invent a
method for getting rid of the nut
who sits in his machine and dis
turbs the entire heighborhood by
honkine his horn, rather than get
out and ring the front door bell. ,
Monroe City Democrat., 1918-02-01

Entered at the Postoffice at Monroe
City, Mo. as Second-Class Matter
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-01-18

As scarce as the necessaries Of life
are in the world today and as severe az
weather conditions have been here.
more than one good responsible white
citizen whose business keeps him every
hour Of daylight has spoken to The
Falcon of the impossitility of getting
the idle negroes of this community to do
an honest days work. Many people
are using wood as a matter of economy
and conservation, and they are unabl
to get it cut up, and yet there are
about town no less than fifty negr, es
above the age Of fifteen who have no
visible means of support. We need a
vagrancy law and il vigorously enforced.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-01-18

The headquarters of the liquor
dealers in Cincinnati is flooding the
country with bugaboo stories of death
to state rights in the adoption of the
prohibition amendment, but such scare
stories will bring them little. This
whole nation il ms good as dry from
the day the amendment was submitted
to the states. And the liquor people,
dealers and users, by thier defiance of
milder regulating laws. are more to &C.
count for the rapid strides of probibi.
tiOn legislation than all other things
combined. Every violation of these
prohibition laws has been nail driven
in the burial casket of the liquor bust.
naaa
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-01-18
Girls Have Pretty Face
And Beautiful Complexion

An Atlanta man makes new discovery
that makes an old face look years
younger. II your skin is dark, brown,
or covered with freckles or bIemishes,
just use little Cocotone Skin Whit.
snsr; it's made with cocoanut oil and is
perfectly harmless. A few days us.
will improve your looks 100 per cent
The WORKOUT skin comes off evenly,
leaving no evidence of the treatment,
the new healthy under-skin appearing
as a lovely new complexion.
just ask your druggist for an ounce
Of CocOtone Skin Whitener, amp II he
will not supply you seud twenty-five
cents 10 The Cocotone Co., Atlanta, Ga,
and they will send you box by return
mail
If your hair is hard to comb, is kinky,
happy and will never stay straight, just
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-01-18

While urging American farmers to
speed up the production of feed Al d
iood crops and most animals (and.we are
Joining energeticatlv in this eff ), }
Uncle Sam is allowing union mep in
many cases to tie up coal production
while his people shiver with colt, ship
builders to stop the progress of build
ing bis ships while his own soldiers in
France and those of our allies need
every possible ton of ocean transporta-
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-01-18

ton, railroad men TO tie Up Transports
lines within our home territory while
millions of tons of freight DEEDS to be
moved to its place of consumption.
Let US urge all hands alike, farmers and
union men, to show their patriotism BY
producing to his full capacity.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-01-18
Keep Yourself
Up to Scratch
Fortify Your System Be-
fore it Weakened by Ills

Don't wait until your are actually sick
to take laxative, you know ian ounce
of prevention is worth pound of cure"
If YOU will just take LlV. VER.LAX
regularly. il will keep you continually
in the best possible shape. bright ener
getic, and happy. 1t is made of harm
less vegetable matter. and by acting
gently but effectively keeps the system
cleared of poisons and ready to perform
its best work.
LIV-VER-LAX is sold under an alb
solnte guarantee to give satisfaction.
or money will be returned. For sale in
Soc and 81 bottles at Rhes Drug Co 10 /
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-01-18

nervousness, n II Q
was in a run down
condition. Two OF
our best doc tors
failed to do me any
good. | heard SO
much about what
Lydia E. Pinkham's
V a BILE Com
pound had done for
others, l tried it
and was cured. ]
am no longer ner-
vous, am regular,
and In aYcallant
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-01-18

The Falcon farm will assist County
Agent Owen in his campaign to increase
boy production this year. We have
kept only one brood SOW past years,
but will keep three this year, Will
you do ss much.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-01-18

Not a mare in Fayette county capa
BILE Of raising a colt should fail to be
bred this spring. The world has never
needed horses and mules worse than
she needs them today,
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-01-18

health. / believe the Compound will
cure any female trouble. Mrs. ALICE
HELLER, Christopher, Ill.
Nervousness is often q symptom Of
weakness or some functional derange-
ment, which may be overcome by this
famous root and herb remedy, Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, as
thousands of women have found by
experience.
II complications exist, write Lydia E.
Pinkhsm Medicine Co., Lynn, Mass, for
suggestions In regard to your ailment.
The result Of Its long experience 10
at your service.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-01-18

There are vet farmers who resent the
advice Of scientific men employed by
the Government and other agencies for
experimental work, but such farmers
are becoming fewer every year.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-01-18

Mississippi scored first, Virginia Sec
Ond, in adopting the prohibition am
endment to the United States consti-
tuition. Who'll be third?
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-01-18

Ten hens kept in every back yard not
now raising chickens, and carefully
handled, will furnish billion dollars in
eggs and meat by next Christmas. Will
you help?
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-01-18

UI-Fos s 90 nlPa0VEn caScARA

1ATU3 . - bHANNLH blsSsN
A Digestive Liquid Laxative. csthsrtic
and Liver Tonic. Contains Csscara Bark,
Blue Flag Root, Rhubarb Root, BLACK
Root, May Apple Root. SIENNA Leaves and
nepsiz. Conbines strength With psla-
mhas sromatsc tzstE- DuS nz riE. -
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-01-18
HOW THIS
NERVOUS WOMAN
GOT WELL
Told by Herself. Her Sin.
cerity Should Con-
vince Others.

Christopher, lll.-"For four years |
suffered from irregularities, weakness,
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-01-18
DEMOCRATIC NOMINEES

Raise hog this year and this will
help defeat the Germans.
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1918-07-05
THE BUSINESS VIEW.

The time is not far distant when
a prohibition zone viii surround mills
and factories, even az schools and
churches are now protected, within
which no liquor will be sold. It is big
business that is now talking, not mere
" preachers and reformers. Large
financial interests are at stake. Com
petition Is so close that the very ex-
istence Of factories In the race for
trade and maintenance is threatened
unless the field be a clear one with no
mill discounted by lower standards Of
efficiency than another No business
will tolerate the drink habit today.
Trust companies presided over By
bo0zers are tabooed by the investor.
Time was when the brilliant alcoholic
could hold his place In almost any
Job or profession. That time is past.
Industry and education have come to
realize that dependabillty is better
than brllllancy itself and that brill
liancy is more common with men Of
clear heads than with those whose
brains are muddlcd with alcohol. -Yar
mouth Times.
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1918-07-05
rHELuMP IN HIS SIDE.

A workingman, almost ruined by
drink, was induced to sign the pledge
for year. When the year was out,
he went and renewed 1t for life. He
had just received his wages, and had
the money in bag in his inside pocket,
when he met the saloonkeeper at
whose place he used to drink.
"Well, old fellow" said the saloon
keeper, chow do you doi"
"Pretty WELL" the workingman an
swered, "Only I've got a hard lump
here on my side"
"Oh" said the other, sits cold water
does that; if Sou'd drink some good
liquor, it would soon take the lump
away"
But" said the man, II have just
renewed the pledge for life, and |
can't do It."
"Then, mind what / say" said the
saloonkeeper, ''that lump will go on in.
creasing, and very likely before an
other year you'll have another on the
other SIDE"
II hope So" said the workingman,
taking out his money bag and shaking
1t. "It's cold cash."
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1918-07-05

ICES the work of the villages and ham.
let's surrounding 1t. Before the war
the yearly export of boots and shoes
amounted to over 100000, divided
among 20 manufacturers. They were
Of common variety, sewn by machine,
generally with nailed soles, and were
almost solely destined FOR export. But
the chief industry Of Nancy is the max
Ing of straw hats, which once -four
ished all over Alsace, and after our
defeats migrated to Nancy.
In the town itself, as / saw during
my late visit, most home workers are
employed at making hats, while the
large factories often employed as
many as 5000 work people-and two
thirds Of these were women. This
trade, of which Nancy has the monopo-
ly in France, has been a great loss for
Germany, especially for the Rhine and
Saar provinces, where, strangely
enough, most of the towns continue to
work for Nancy. The plaits, however,
which serve to make straw hats, are
quite an industry in themselves. In
their raw state they come chiefly
from China, and are sent to Italy and
Switzerland for the bleaching process,
whence they are imported into France.
England, which is the chief intermedi-
airy, yearly imported half million
tons of plaits. But even here Nancy
was making great progress before the
war, and with groups which had
formed in Lyons and Caussade was
trying to make herself independent of
both England and Switzerland.
Straw Hat and Printing Press.
The trade Of straw hats gives rise to
many others, for Nancy. after having
received the raw material, turns out
every kind Of hat trimmed and ready
for export, and for this accessories OF
all kinds are needed. What struck me
most when ] walked through the large
workshops were thousands and thou
sands of bell-shaped hats, put one into
the other, forming immense pyramids.
1t was the Panama hat, the light,
white head cover which is so great
favorite and almost endless in its
wear. These hats In their primitive
state are the product of the Bourbon
palm or latania, and are sent by the
republic of Ecuador. The dressing of
the Panama hats is one Of the great
industries Of Nancy, and it is all the
more important at the present time
when our women have been compelled
to take the place Of men, for this is a
light industry, well within their pow
ers.
The printing works of Berger-Lev-
rault form one of the most interesting
features OF Nancy. They are famed
not only all through France, but may
say the world. Here is the printing
done Of almost all the branches Of the
French government, and the proprie-
tors are the publishers for the minis
tries Of war, finance. police and many
other departments, for which they pro-
vide millions Of copies.
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1918-07-05
Camp Fire Hlnta

A camp fire for cooking will burr
with a steady glow II q small bag Of
charcoal is added to the wood after
1t has a good start. One successful
camper builds his fire in a small trench
about IS inches long and few inches
wide and deep. Two fiat stones placed
across the top for the frying pan and
kettle give an even heat. Meat, pota.
toes. corn and apples can be roasted
by holding them over the fire on the
ends Of green, pointed sticks. An old
newspaper Is useful in starting the
FIRE. and plenty OF matches should be
at hand. Worlds Chronicle.