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Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-08-20
Hard Downtown.

oppose my face is dirty said the
Office boy in the elevator, what bust.
ness is that of yours? You amt my
father"
mo. but I'm bringing you up" re.
piled the elevator man.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-08-20
Brutal.

She--"Before we were married you
praised the beauty Of my eyes"
He--"Well, | didn't notice you
squinted until your rich uncle died
without leaving you anything"
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-08-20
Under Many Influences.

our judgments are so liable TO be
influenced by many considerations,
which almost without our knowing If.
are unfair, that it is necessary to keep
a guard upon them.--ChurlpS Dickens,
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-08-20
Shoe Sale

II Won haven't taken advantage OF
the f. a. G. closing out shoe sale do
IL now, as there are unheard of bar.
gains.
Only seven more days.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-08-20

When Baby was sick we gave her
Castoria.
When she was 4 Child she cried for
Castora.
When she became Hiss, she chung to
Castoria.
When she had Children she gave them
Castoria.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-08-20
Association.

"A man is known by the company
he keeps
eyes. replied Miss Cayenne. land
many are unknown by the company
they pretend TO keep"
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-08-20
Mistaken FEELING.

Sometimes we feel Ike we are real
snappy and positive, when we are only
impatient and disagreeable. Our Boys
Magazine.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-08-20

He said that if it We're looked al
in certain way person could see
TWO circles instead Of four straight
lines provided the magic words
"Kassips and kassipes" were first
pronounced
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-08-20

vOR QUiCh RESI- LIS TRY THt
"WA.lT" ADS, IN THE FREE
TkADER.JOURNAl.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-08-20
SOCIETY NOTES

y . =
The ladies' Of ST. Francis parish
will hold an all dag meeting on
Thursday. August -, at the home
Of Mrs. Louis Wilcox, Az IVES, JET
ferson street. The day will be spent
in sewing for the Red Cross and a
picnic luncheon will be served a.
noon.
The marriage % il.iss Vqma |.
Snarr. daughter OF Mr. and Mrs
James H. Snarr. OF 5l3 Cornell street.
and Theodore VI. Eusrls. son Of Mr..
and Mrs John Eustis 9l9 West
Main street. will be solemnizei on
Saturday. August "a, AT high noon.
at the home of the brides parents
in South Ottawa. Only the immedi
ate families of the young couple viii
witness the ceremony. Following the
ceremony Mr.. Eustis viii take his
bride on short honeymoon trip. af
ter which the young couple will re-
turn 70 Ottawa 10 make their future
home
A party of girls Went 10 Starved
ROCk this afternoon 10 spend A week
camping in the state park They ex,
pect 10 spend very pleasant time.
Bathing and dancing and with var.
ious other amusements. The party
will be chaperOned by Miss Estella
Failing Those making up the party
are Flossie Neil, Grace Farley.
Clara Mackenstock, Ruth Keim and
airline Mottaz.
4 demonstration OF -four ana sugar
substitutes will be given on Thursday
afternoon August 22nd. al the Wo.
mans Club House in DAYTON. Miss
Helen Glotfeltcr. Comfy Home Al.
visor will be in charge Of the demon
stration. There viii be no admis
sion charged, and all women are IN.
Nitei to attend this demonstration.
. q 81
A canning demonstration will be
held at the town hall in Troy Grove
on Aug. p, at . o'clock, under the
auspices of the Home Improvement
Association Miss Helen Glotfeter
county home advisor, viii conduct
the demonstration, aud will inswer
all questions in connection with the
canning Of fruits or vegetables. All
ladies in The community are invited
TO attend this demonstration.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-08-20
TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY
main want add section page fiyeD

FOR SALE Household goods cor.
sisting Of bed, bedroom sets. dining
room table, chairs buffet, book cases,
etc. All in first class condition Can
between the hours of a. m and )
p m. Mrs. Catherine MOrrissey, ll20
La Sale street Phone jj7lK or
506R
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-08-20

WANTED 10 rent, cottage or apart.
ment for family Of three. by Sept.
or Oct Phone 422-L.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-08-20

WANTED Man or woman to work
IN kitchen. s35 per month. room
land board, Apply W Speer, Tent
Colony.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-08-20
CHICAGO MARKETS

Chicago market report furnished TO
The Free TraderJournal by W l..
Etnyre, member of Chicago Board Oh
Trade, M0l0ney building, phone lO4i
Correspondent Lamson Bros 4 20.
Chicago
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1918-12-19
WAR HAS HUMOROUS SIDE
If You Don't Believe II, Just Read
These Extracts From Letters.

Some extracts from letters receiv
ed from soldiers or their wives b,
the War Risk Insurance Board follow
l have a 4-months old baby and h
is my only support.
A lone woman and parsely depend
ant.
He was inuucted into the surface
Previous to his departure we wer'
married to justice of the peace.
She is staying at disapated house
He was discharged on a goiter ant
went home on it.
Owing to my condition which / hav
emit walked for three months for {
broken leg. l enclose lovingly yours
1 am left with child months ole
and she is baby and can't walk.
In the service of the United States
Armory. He is my best supporter
received my insurance polish ano
have since moved my postoffice.
| am a wife and only sir.
You ask for allotment number.
have four boys and girl.
Please correct my name and
could and would not go under an con-
sumed name.
Please return my marriage certifi-
cate, baby hasn't eaton in three days
l am writing in the Y. M. c. A
Now Mrs. Wilson | need help bad
with piano playing in my uniform
See if the President can't help me.
need him to see after me. Both sids
of our parnts are old and poor.
Please send me a wife's form.
l have been in bed Is years with
one doctor and intend to try another.
Hello Mr.. Wark Risk insurance,
how are you? l am well and hope you
are too.
Dear Mr.. Wilson, have written to
Mr. Headquarters and have received
no reply and if l don't get one | am
going to write to Uncle Sam himself.
| am porr widow and all | have is
in the front.
We have your letter. am his
grandmother and his grandfather and
he was kept and bred up in this house
according to your instructions.
amt received no pay since my hus-
band has gone from no where.
You have my little girl boy. Will
that make any difference?
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1918-12-19
WHEN THE YANKS "MOPPED UP
AVeteran of Chateau Thierry Says No
Prisoners Were Taken.

When you listen to the thrilling
stories of Sergt. Sam Miller and Pri
vate Jack Shapiro of Chicago, boil
wounded in the historic making bat
tie in the Sweltering heat of last July
at Chateau Thierry, how our marines
and regulars tore open the necks Of
their hot shirts off altogether ane
flung them away as they dashed into
the fighting that turned the tide Of
the long fought war, your chest begins
to swell and you're proud you're
American.
az was in the third wave, the mop
ping wave, as the army calls it, and II
was our business to kill what Germans
remained when the first two waves
had passed." Sergeant Miller said
eve had been cautioned not to take
prisoners. And we didn't. We were
going to be merciful to some of the
fallen Huns, but when they began
raising themselves up on their elbows
and taking shots at US we let them
have it. We killed them all--mopped
them up-after we saw their treach-
ery. That's what we were in the scrap
fort was plain duty.
at was wonderful to see the boys
Just before we got the order to cut
loose. They were like bulldogs on
chains. Then the word came. 1t was
terribly hot. The army shirts made
it hotter. The lads ripped open the
backs of their shirts or tore the shirts
off altogether and threw them away.
Others rolled up their sleeves. Then
they went at the Huns. All the Of
ficers of my command were killed: l
found myself leading forty fellows
all my pals.
We fought on just as before.
When we got to where the German
line had been we expected to flnd
trenches, but the place was full OF
holes big enough for dozen men,
Machine guns were buried down IN
THESE DlJS So dS W DC iiiNioiOt~-
"The fire just SKINNED few in
ches above the ground. We leaped IN
to these holes while German planes
were dropping bombs above. We final
ly shot our way clear.
81 got mine on my fifth hop over
the top-bullets through both legs. l
was out on the field fourteen hours
before the ambulance men found me.
was in a hospital several months
and I've been on crutches ever since,
but I'm satisfied. 1t was worth the
experience"
81 was in the same scramble, and
my experience was much the same
as Sam's," said Shapiro. eve killed
Germans like they NOV grass back
home here. Drawer fellows never llv-
ed than the boys in that Chateau
Thierry fight.
eve marched for days without
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1918-12-19
His Preference.

Alvine had always longed for dog.
One day the nurse announced that II
nc would pray for it, God might SEND
MIN a brother or sister very soon.
That night the nurse overheard him
saying his prayers. He ended with:
Dear God. would like brother or
sister, but II it's just the same to you,
I'd lots rather have a dog"
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1918-12-19

sleep or food. We slept while the rain
poured when we finally got the
chance"
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1918-12-19

Diamond Edge knives and razors
at Reilly's.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1918-12-19
Underwear

Then there's our Underwear department,
very complete in every detail in Union Suits
and two-piece garments, in light, medium
and heavy weight in wool or cotton or Mixed
for men, women and boys and girls.
The Washington times., 1918-08-15
CONSCRIPT RUSSIANS

LONDON, Aug. ia dispatch to
the Daily Mail from Vladivostok,
dated Sunday, says the Germans al
ready are conscripting Russians on a
small scale.
taken by the Czecho-Slovaks," says
the dispatch, '"German flying columns
are impressing males from eighteen
to forty-five years Of age, and are
bringing those who disobey the mo-
bilization order before GermaniZed
revolutionary tribunals. which con-
denim them to death. These con-
scripted units have German company
and platoon commanders, and are
stihened by twenty GermAps or Mag
yars to every sixty Russians.
The Washington times., 1918-08-15
PLUMBERS FAVOR
BEER AND WINES

Labor leaders today are gratifed at
the response to their appeal for Aid
in the hght now being waged for q
restoration OF beer and light wines In
the District
Resolutions urging the repeal OF
present prohibition laws in this city
were unanimously adopted last night
at a meeting OF the Plumbers and
Gasfitters' Union. Local No. 5. More
than 400 members OF the union signi-
fed their desire for a law permitting
the sale OF beer and wine. A commit
tee was appointed to present the
resolution to President Wilson, and
the matter will be brought to the at
tention OF Congress when that body
reconvenes.
The action of the plumbers and gas
filters is in line with the efforts OF
the Central Labor Union to restore
beer and wine to Washington work.
men, The central organization Is call
ing on every union in America to aid
in the fight. and 1t has the assurance
OF hearty support from national abo:
leaders.
President NJ NJ. Moran and John
A. Mcdonald, business agent OF the
Plumbers Union, have been appoint
ed a committee to draft the resolu-
tion authorized last night. They eN-
pect to have same ready for presen.
tation next Tuesday, when the matter
will be taken up with President Will
son by national labor official.
The Washington times., 1918-08-15

will be married in q smart travelling
gown Of gray embroidered silk. with
gray feather hat, and her corsage
will be Of Bride roses and lilies-of-
the-valley. She will be given in mar
riage by her mother, and Senator
Kenneth Mcclellan of Tennessee will
be best man Miss Pittinger Is q
graduate OF Belcourt Seminary and is
well known in Washington, having
visited here on several occasions. She
and her mother are now the guests
of CONGRESSMAN and Mrs. Ezekiel
Gambler of Mississippi at Congress
Hall Hotel
Mr.. Mccormick, who is well known
in Tennessee, is a member OF the
make their home in Memphis.
= Visiting Long Island.
Mrs. James Mcdonald, who has been
visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Francis Bunall
Hoffman at Southampton, L. L, is now
the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Robert A.
Gardiner at Maidstone Hall, their place
at East Hampton, L 1.
Mr.. and Mrs. William A Glasgow,
jr., will return today from White Sui
phur Springs, where they have been
for a short visit.
Monday night, August 10. will be fete
night at the Club de Vingt with the
milk fund for French babies and
wounded soldiers in France as the
beneficiaries. Michio Itow. the jap
anese dancer, and his company viii
give a Japanese play al fresco, follow
ed by dancing. The Japanese Ambas-
sador, Viscount Ishii, heads the list Of
patrons, which also includes Mrs. New
ton d. Baker, Mrs. Colville Barclay, wife
Of the charge d'affaires OF Great Brit
ain; Mrs. James Hamilton Lewis, Nine.
Collardet, Mime. Chovel. Mrs. Richard
Crane, Lady Grant, Mrs. Thomas l.
Chadbourne, jr.. Mrs. Charles L. Nc
Cawley, Mrs. Richard Townsend, Nine.
Laboulaye. Mime. Vignai, and Vance
Mccormick.
The Washington times., 1918-08-15

the seaside Mr.. and Mrs. RapIey will
make a tour of the Adirondacks and
New England resorts.
Having closed her apartment in the
Farragut early In the season, Mrs.
Margaret Monteiro Berry Is spending
the summer at her Country estate
"Overton." Bradley Hills. Nd, where
her nephew, Cartwright Carmichael
and his younger brother. are her
guests. William Donald Carmichael
jr., of Durham. N. C., paid Mrs. Berry
visit while en- route to join the avia-
ton corps. on Long Island
Lieut.. and Mrs. Newbold Noyes are
receiving congratulations on the birth
of a SON. Lieutenant Noyes Is In
France at present, and Mrs. Noyes
Is spending the summer with her
parents. Mr.. and Mrs Thomas Ewing,
at Sorrento. Me-. where the baby was
born. tH.t
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Noyes are leav-
ing town Friday to spend a few days
in Atlantic City. after which they Will
go on up to Sorrento and make their
new grandson's Acquaintance.
Miss Gladys Hinckley entertained
guests at dinner at the Club de Vingt
last evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. L. Harveycutter
who have recently been in virginia
for stay of some weeks, have gone
to Cohasset, Mass, to remain until
autumn.
Mrs. J. William Lee, who has a cot.
tage at Braddock Heights, Nd. for the
summer. has with her her sisters, Mrs
Poist, Miss Noyes, and Miss Georgie
Noyes.
The Washington times., 1918-08-15
Good Toilet Soaps and
Cooling Powders

Earl Sandalwood Bath Soap, regular
I5c size; special. ....... s............l Re
-Molarch Toilet Soap, Witch Hazel, But
termilk. and Oatmeal; extra special, q
cake -
Munyon's Witch Hazel Soap, q cake Ice
'-Colgates Coleo Soap. a cake. .lOe
,-Armour's Sylvan Toilet Soap. all oocrs;
regularly 15c cake, for. I've
-Armour's Auditorium Bath soap, "a
cake - - -
-Stork CASTLE Soap, a cake. ........1 ice
Palm Olive Soap, a cake. ..'''. iOe
Dora Face Powder. regularly SSc poN.
Java Rice Powder, q box. ;....''' -
-MeIbaline Face Powder, box. 80
-Brown's Garden cf Allah Toilet
water - 80 -
-Kolynos Tooth Paste, at. .zse
,-colEate's Dental Cream, at. .lOc ana n2e
-Kann's LIB. box Rorated Talcum at ise
-Kanns lib. box Violet Talcum: for lee
.-Babcccks Butterfly Talcum: tor; .1Se
-Colgate's Talcum. all odors, for iSe ane
25e. -,
Special lot Toilet Paper. 1000 sheets
In a roll. extra value. at. roll 'Aoe
The Washington times., 1918-08-15

Lieut. Prince Henri de Ligne, OF the
Belgian legation. left New York,
where he has recently been staying,
yesterday for Saratoga Springs, N. Y
The Washington times., 1918-08-15
SIVN FEINERS WARNED

DUBLIN, Aug. 15.-The Lady Day
meetings. scheduled for Omagh on
Lady Day" by Sim Feiners and
Dillon followers, have been forbidden
by the authorities here unless off,
cials of the organization obtain the
permits required for all gatherings.
Ignoring the rule requiring permits,
officers OF the Sim Fein have in
structed their 1,S00 societies to go
ahead with their meetings, apparently
intending to force a showdown with
the government
John Dillon, labor leader, left early
today for Omagh, where he was to
address q gathering this afternoon.
The Washington times., 1918-08-15
ENLIST IN NAVY

With more than 500 applications
already on. hand. the local navy re-
eruiting office, 306 Ninth street north
west, at noon today announced that
no more applications would be re-
cefyed from women in the rating OF
lannsmen for yeomen, as messengers,
and minor clerical workers in the
Navy Department bureaus here.
Expert typists and stenographers
win bS enrolled until further orders,
Il was announced by Lieut. J. Frew
Hall. in charge of local recruiting.
Forty-eight women accepted as
landsmen for yeoman were sworn IN
yesterday and assigned to active
duty.
The Washington times., 1918-08-15
Harrah-shepherd wedding.

Rev. Philip NJ. Prescott, OF this
city and Narragansett Pier, r l.,
will perform the ceremony at the
marriage of Miss Maude Gwynne
Shepherd, daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs.
William Shepherd, OF New York. and
Ernest Harrah, whose wedding VIII
take place on Saturday afternoon,
August "a, at the summer home OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Shepherd, "Sunnymead."
Narragansett Pier.
Miss Shepherd will have 4 quiet
wedding with no attendants and only
a small company OF relatives present.
but the ceremony will be followed by
a reception to which a large number
of Invitations have been issued
Miss Shepherd is a niece of Mrs.
Cornelius Vanderbilt, OF New York.
Miss Helen Welsh and Capt Alex
ander Wheeler, u. S. A., were among
those dining at the Purple Iris Tea
House last evening.
Mrs. Frank Lord, whip has been talk
ing an automobile trip through New
England with Mr.. Lord, is now at Blue
Ridge Summit. Pa. Miss Isabel Noyes
will Join her there next week.
The Washington times., 1918-08-15
Photo by clinedinst

Photo BY CIinednst
MRS. SYLvANUS STOKES, JR,
Washington girl will the brdh party attending Miss
Daphne Elise Duane and Capt Richard Barton French their
riage at Manchester, Mass, this month.
The Washington times., 1918-08-15
on On a Motor Tour.

Mr.. and Mrs. William Harrynnn
Rapley left by motor this morning
for Spring Lake. Af:ss q week at
The Washington times., 1918-08-15
To Visit Chicago.


Mrs. James Hamilton Lewis will go
to her home in Chicago for a brief
visit as soon as she feels equal to the
trip. Mrs. Lewis has been Ill for
some weeks. first in a hospital and
later at her apartment in the Shore
ham, but is now convalescing. Sena-
tor Lewis is now in France on an
important mission.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank S. Peabody
have gone to New York from Wash
ington and are at the st. Regis Hotel.
Capt. and Mrs. Archibald Barklie,
who have been at White Sulphur
Springs. w. Va, for a visit, have ar
rived in New York and are staying
at the Plaza Hotel.
Mrs. Brainard II. Warner and her
son, Hamilton Warner, are at the
Hotel walcott, New York, for brief
stay.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-02-20

ponds upon whether everybody comes
aboard or not. If the boat is wrecked
1t will not be by a German subma.
rlne. No, it will be by those who re.
fuse to make the voyage. When
thousands upon thousands of men are
making the real voyage out across
the Atlantic on to the battlefelds of
France, how much courage does IL
require to make one whose only dis
comfort is saving-at per cent in
terest' compounded quarterly?
The man who says that he is un.
able to save anything is either an OBJ
ject of sincere sympathy on the part
OF his fellows or should hang his head
in deeper shame than his brother who
can honestly make such statement
There are very poor people in
Lakeland and some of them can show
heir Thrift and War Saving Stamps
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-02-20
Home Guards To
Participate In
Battalion Drill
At Barlow FRIDAY

The Home Guards OF this city plan
to 80 in force to barlow on FEBRUARY
* 10 participate IN the battalion drlll
ana review, winch Will INCLUDE the
iour companies OF the county.
The local company has been some
what handicapped by the tact that its
captain has been unable to give it any
attention tor several weeks. Then,
100, in the allotment OF uniforms, it
was found that a number c. the
Guards were unable to secure uni
forms, for, while the full number was
sent here, there was a shortage OF
tAe larger sizes and some of our full
g. own soldiers were unable to get
INTO the uniforms provided.
Notwithstanding these handicaps, it
is hoped that creditable showing
may be made at Barlow, and q very
full attendance should be on hard to-
night to assist in making the
fnal arrangements for attending the
drill.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-02-20

iastic cooperation will easily enable
Lakeland to meet the call which the
Government is making along this line
of savings.
The sum allotted to Lakeland as
the total amount of savings Invested
in stamps) for the year is $1SO,OOOO
or this (up to Feb. 16th) only 49,.
C12.71 has been subscribed.
Let us all remember that this is
our money, all the time our money,
all the time available should necessi-
ty require it, but in the meantime
available for the use of our country
in helping to win the war, and for
every Sab invested this present
month in War Saving Stamps the
United States Government will pay
to the holder thereof on January /,
1923, the sum of Five Dollars. being
the principal and compound interest
at four per cent.
Some Things to Think About
We are the richest nation in the
world yet our per capita savings are
far below those of most civilized PEG.
pies.
The daily contents of the American
garbage can are said to be sufficient
to support the average French fami.
ly for a week.
A dollar boarded is a Stacker; a
dollar wasted is a traitor; a dollar
saved is a patriot,
The success of the thrift plan de-
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-02-20
REV. WALLACE WEAR
CALLED BY C0RDE[f
BAPTIST CHURCH;
has NOT DECIDED
IF He Will ACCEPT

Rev Wallace Wear, pastor of the
First Baptist church, has received
two calls to the pastorate of the First
Baptist church of Cordele, Ga, and he
may accept the call, although as yet
he has not finally made his decision.
The first call came in January, and
this was turned down by Mr.. Wear,
hut the second Sunday in February
the Georgia congregation refused to
accept the decision, and issued an
other call, giving Rev. Wear all the
time he desired to consider the mat
ter. The offer carries with it an in
crease in salary and also a handsome
anG comfortable pastorium, besides a
fine church and large membership.
Under the leadership of Rev. Wear
The Lakeland church has made a
most wonderful growth, both in a ma
terlal way as well as spiritual. the
church building having been enlarged
until 1t is one of the handsomest
structures in the State. Rev. Wear
mas always taken a civic as well "A
religious interest in everything per,
tanning to the welfare of Lakeland
and his membership as well as the
punllc as whole, trust that he will
Eng 1t possible to continue his work.
50 well begun, in this city, and re-
main at the head of the First BAPTIST
chnrch OF Lakeland. He is prone to
ieaNe, but the call is so urgent that
ne may accept, although as yet he has
come to no definite decision.