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The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-10-14
A Real Surprise
treasure.

st. Louis Post Despatch:-T was
talking to my colored man of all work
the other day." said James Yates
Mellen, of Cleveland, "and I asked
him if he went to church.
'Yessuh, l goes to church every
Sunday he said.
Are you a MEMBER"
"'Yessuh.'
Prespeteeryn.'
"'Do you believe in the doctrine of
election?'
'Yessuh.'
DO you think l am elected to be
saved?"
"Law, Mr.. Mellen, l didn't even
know you all was candidate"
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-10-14
UNCLE SANS
ADVICE ON FLU
u. S. Public Health Service Issues
Official Health Bulletin
on Influenza.
LATEST WORD ON SUBJECT.
Epidemic Probably Not Spanish In
Origin-Germ Still Unknown-Peo-
pie Should Guard Against "Droplet
nfection"-surgeon General Blue
Makes Authoritative Statement.

Washington, D. C.-(Special.)-Al-
though King Alphonso 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 a Spanish" dis
ease. If 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" infiu-
enZa.
In response to request for definite
information concerning Spanish infu-
enza, Surgeon General Rupert Blue of
the U. S. Public Health Service has
authorized the following official inter-
view:
What Is Spanish Influenza? Is it
something new2 Does it come from
Spain2
THE disease now occurring in this
country and called Spanish 1nfluen-
"a resembles a very contagious kind
of cold accompanied by fever, pains
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-10-14
Stand by the War"

Chairman Will H. Hays, Of the Ma
tional Republican committee, in pa
triotic and ringing editorial in the
National Republican today, calls on
all citizens to stand by the war, and
spend the last drop of blood and
treasure for this purpose, if need be.
"The Republican party says to the
country-Stand by the War.
ain this declaration of purpose is
included the statement which the
Democratic party seems to have
adopted as a slogan-'Stand by the
President
"Stand by the President in support
of all war measures is a duty and
,rivilege which the Republicans have
assumed as a matter of course, as to
all that the great office implies, and
in the performance of which duty the
Republican party has functioned far
more fully and efficiently than the
Democratic party, and in which
course we shall persist without wa
yer or shadow of turning.
""The Republican party says--Stand
by the War.
"This includes more. 1t includes,
Stand by the President; it includes
stand by every public official, high
or low, measured by the thorough
ness with which that public official
stands by the war; it includes stand
by the government; stand by this
country; stand by our allies, every
one; stand against our enemies in
this war, every one; stand by our
soldiers in France and the soldiers
of our allies; stand by every effort
for War Saving and War Giving in
this country; stand for the Fourth
Liberty loan and every other war eff
fort; stand for the cause for which
we fight; stand by the irreducible
minimum of peace terms so splend-
idly enunciated by Senator Lodge;
stand by the war aims of this coun-
try TO vindicate American rights, in
terests and honor and to forever end
Prussianism in the world and the
oppression which it typifies, and to
make certain forever the inability of
mlitarism, PruBsian or otherwise, to
disturb again the peace of the world
stand irrevocably for a peace with
victory only and not for a peace bas-
ed on compromise of principles
which would make of our sacrificfe a
sacrilege to be made again by our
grandchildren.
"All this we say-Stand by the
War-and for this purpose we dedi-
cate the last of our blood and of oul
treasure"
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-10-14

Lewis, member of Lewis Bros, mer-
chants in Morgan. The funeral SER
vices were held at the home in Nor
gan Sunday afternoon and the body
was brought to Newport for burial in
the Pine Grove cemetery. She was
81 years of age.
A. S. Cover has closed his labors
IS steward at the Y. M. I. C. rooms
and is employed at the Frost Veneer
factory.
w. R. Magoon has moved from the
Burbank block on Second street into
the Valuria Cole tenement on West
Main street.
Henry Paquin is the new steward
at the Y. M. I. C. rooms.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-10-14
mo PEACE"

Written for the Caledonian by M. A.
The Kaiser's dream has gone TO
smash 80
And now forsooth, he offers peace;
The thought of Eloodshed gives him
pain,
And he would have all warning
cease.
He wishes time, to study we'll
The cards he's holding in his hand !;
He doesn't want the allied troops
To harm him, or his fatherland.
His herds may butcher, rob, and
burn,
No matter when, oh how, or where !;
But when the Allies follow suit,
The Kaiser cries at isn't far"
We haven't time to banter words,
And now, we have them on the run,
We must not stop the fearful chase
Till Germany holds every Hun.
Ard then, Wen tell them what is
what, ,As
In terms they'll have to understand;
And Wilhelm's throne will tremble
some,
And ague siezc the fatherland.
The peace the world is going to have,
Is not the kind they prate about;
God help our boys to hold their
ground,
Till Germany has found this out.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-10-14

tor of the Baptist church, officiating.
The burial was in the West Derby
cemetery. The Memphremagog lodge,
No. SIS, f. & a. NJ, attended in a
body. The bearers were members of
the Order. Ben, as he was always
called, was Of a jolly disposition, and
always had a smile for every one
and viii be missed By large circle
OF friends.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-10-14
A Big lob on Their Hands

So far as the Banner has observed
there are only three Republican
papers in Vermont supporting Dr..
Mayo. This does not indicate a very
serious detection. 1t is true, however
that IN the eastern and northern
counties numerous letters from Re-
publicans are appearing in opposition
to Mr.. Clement. The Republican
state committee this year has q big
ger job than usual if it expects to
make Il Observation-Disclosures Ban
ner.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-10-14

In the head, eyes, ears, back or other
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 infiuen-
"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
flized world Three years later there
was another fiare-up of the disease
oOlll llLuSS lllc SplOcIulC SlJI6du w IAlC-
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
Tnnntinn tho disease no a
the eastern front in the summer and
fall of 1917"
How can Spanish Influenza" be rec
ognized?
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 Grdi-
nary colds, the general symptoms
(feVer, pain, depressim) are by no
means as severe or as sudden in their
onset as they are in influenza. Final
ly, ordinary colds do not spread
through the community SO rapidly or
SO extensively as does Influenza
"1n 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
ly slow.
I'm appearance one is struck by the
fact that the patient looks stick. 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 a cold may not be marked; never
theless the patient looks and feels yeryy
sick
SIN addition to the appearance and
the symptoms as already described,
examination of the patients blood may
aid the physician in recogn Izing Span
ish influenza, for it has been found
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-10-14
PRESS COMMENT
Ended Primary Day

There seems to be absolutely no
interest in state politics in Vermont.
1t is a foregone conclusion that Mr.,
Clement will be elected and whether
his majority is, little larger or a
little smaller than usual won't change
the course of world affairs. The Yer
mont campaign ended primary day
News.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-10-14
iarain Ernest Moshcr

Benjamin Ernest Mosher, who has
been in poor health for the past year
passed away at his home at the East
Side, Thursday forenoon, at ten
o'clock. He was born at Stanstead,
Que, Sept. Is, 1853 and came to
Newport about 80 years ago. He
learned the harness trade when only
10 years Of age and has followed
that trade for nearly so years, hav-
ing been employed for nearly II years
by the firm Of True and Blanchard
Co, having closed his labors with
that firm about one year ago. He
leaves besides his wife, three sons
Charles Mosher of Island Pond,
Ralph Mosher of Newport and Ben
jamin Mosher Of this city; also one
grandson, Lawrence Mosher, who has
made his home with MI. and Mrs.
Mosher. since a small boy. The fu-
neral services We're held Sunday af-
ternoon at two o'clock at the home,
and the burial was in the Pine Grove
cemetery. Rev. George Pomfrey, pas
tor Of the East Side Baptist church
officiated. The four sons acted Us
bearers. Mr. and Mrs. Mosher had
one other son, Clarence, who died
several years ago.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-10-14

For the theft Of an auto from a
Duxbury man, John Norton of Fays-
ton was committed to the State Pris-
on to serve a maximum sentence of
FIVE years. Norton sold the car in
Northampton, Mass, but returned to
Vermont without extradition and was
prosecuted in Barre Municipal Court
by States Attorney E. R. Davis.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-10-14

The rich territory of West Africa
appeals to the German economic ex-
pert as the possible site of a Teuto-
mic colonial empire that would over
shadow even Emperor Williams
fondest dreams.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-10-14

Shelburle has raised 100000 in the
Fourth Liberty loan, which was $685.
600 over it; quota.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-10-14

Bennington's allotment in the
Fourth Liberty loan was $352,000 and
it went over the top by taking $780,
800.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-10-14

Prudential policy holders please
read the notice on the first page.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-10-14


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The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-10-14

Oscar Berry of the U. S. Marines
is home on a weeks furlough.
Mrs. Bert Lewis died at her home
in / organ Friday afternoon after
being sick Il short time with pneu-
monia. She was the wife of Bert
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-10-19
Alaska HAS GIGANTIC CLANS
aRazor', Blvalyes That ATTAIN Length
OF Eight lnehes Are Plentiful In
Northern. Waters.

Any new source of food supply is I'm.
portant In these days, and the govern
ment fisheries bureau Is greatly de-
lighted at che discovery Of the vast and
hitherto unknown beds of clans OF
the coast OF central Alaska, not far
from Cord6va. One bed n 90 miles
long and from three TO Eve miles wide.
The clans are quite different from
those common in our Eastern markets,
says the Philadelphia Ledger. They
are "razor clamsv-a kind OF bivalye
that derives its name. appropriately
descriptive. from its likeness in shape
to q razor. aH
Razor clans Of a related species are
rather plentifully found Cthough not
great beds n them) in Long Island
sound and elsewhere along the Allan
tic coast. Nobody ever thinks Of eat
Ing them. yet they are delicious
The variety represented on the Alas.
kan coast Is of larger size, common
~ eight inches long. and is 80 good
TO eat that during the last two years
great quantities have been put up In
cans for market-thc 'meats" that is
1 to say. 1t promises fishery produc-
| tive Of much excellent food. Indeed
| there is no other shellnsh on the Pa
cific coast that compares with the ra'
zor clam as delicacy for the table
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-10-19

Mother is little girl who trod my
path before me
Just bigger. wiser little girl who
ran ahead
Bigger, wiser, stronger girl who al
ways watches DER me.
One who knows the pitfalls in the
rugged road tread
Mother is a playmate who will always
treat me kindly
Playmate who will yield me what
true happiness demands.
She will never let my feet stray into
brambles blindly--
Mothers just bigger little girl
who understands.
Mother is an older little playmate
Who'll befriend me
Yesteryear she travelled in the path
that's mine today a
Never need I fear foe from which
she might defend me
Faithful little pal who ran ahead
and learned the way.
-Stricqland Gillian In Good House
keeping.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-10-19

Timothy Hector,
IIoosiek Falls. N. Y.
25t5
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-10-19
$iso Reward, 500

The readers, of this paper will be
pleased TO learn that there Il AZ least
one dreaded disease that science has
been able 10 cure IN. all IFS stages and
that Va catarrh. catawh being greatly
influenced w constitutional conditions
re1uites constitItiohAl treatment Halls
caiarrh Madeleine Us taken internally and
acts thru the Hlood on thn Muepfls Sur
faces OF the SyAiem thereby, destroying
the Foundation Of the disease, giving the
patient strength br building Up the con-
Nliutlon and ASSISTING nature In doing its
work, The proprietoSs have so much
fElth In the curative power Of Halls
CatArrh Medicine that thoy offer One
Hundred Dollars for any case that a fails
10 cure. Send for list of testimonials
Address v. !. cHENEY 4 CO, Toledo,
Ohio. SOLD by All Druggists. 7Sc.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-10-19
8 Cure for russreuIosI. Claimed.

. An Italian physician, Prof. Domenico
10 Monaco. announces that he has
evolved remedy for consumption.
The base of his discovery lies in his
finding that sugar applied TO the bron-
chlal secretions caused the disappear
nnce not only of the secretions but Of
tubereie BaciIlI as well. The impor-
lance OF this Hes in that the bronchial
secretion is held to be necessary We
hlcle for the existence and growth Of
consumption germs.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-10-19

No remedy is better known than
Foley's Honey and Tar for giving
quick relief from coughs, colds and
Group. Mrs. W. NJ. Stevens. Vivian
w. va, writes: %when ms baby was
i1,mcnths old he had'a terrible cough
and nothing did him any good. ! read
about 'Poles's Honey ard Tar, and tn,
fifst dose helped him and in two days
the eshsiI had stopped, can SOS
Ftleys Honey and Tar saved m,
babys .lifeYafter everything else haC
failedT Contains no opiates. Sold
Everywhere. b.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-10-19


The Brattleboro Reformer calls at
tention to point that has often oc.
CURED. especially to the parents OF
soldiers who do not yet think they
are beyond the age OF active life. Ex-
aegeration. in literature and on the
stage, however. coordinate with the
average american way OF expression
The Refornef article is As follows:
Why is il that artists and writer's OF
stories SO often picture the parents Of
boys In service as being considerably
more than middleaged? Magazine
covers and the stories therein gener-
ally give us the impression that
father" Is a gray.beard with the ro-
tund figure of sixty-odd, while we get
tile idea that mother is consider.
ably more than fair, fat and forty
or course picture of aged parents
bereft OF their only sen is much
more touching than one OF an alert,
upto-tlate couple who look perfectly
well able TO take care OF themselves
until som comes home A story In
a recent number OF one OF the most
popular publications describes the
mother as person of withered hands
and smoothly parted slivery hair As
a matter OF fact the average mother
OF our soldier boy hasn't withered
hands, and not many OF them have
silvery hair ~. is more than likely
that her eoiffure with few Il any
traces OF silver. is arranged in the
latest fashion and with no smooth
partings; and she is often to be seen
tripping along the street in smart and
youthfull apparel. which has no rela.
ton 10 the elderly Costume OF the
magazine COVERS Father" may be OF
draft age himself and oftentimes
when in the fftles looks about as he
did twenty years ago and feels as
much the fighter as ever. Isn't Il the
grandparents instead Of the parents
the magazines have been describing?
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-10-19

According to the latest figures
Readsboro and Manchester have TAX
en- their full quota OF war saving
stamps and Arlington, Peru and Ru-
pert are we'll ahead OF Bennington,
The quota is only 500 per capita and
there ia no good reason why Benning.
ton should be so slow in this matter
when the town record is so good in
other lines OF war service. This town
lis behind Brattleboro, Montpelier ST
Bloomsbury, St. Adams. Bellows Fails
and Springfield In other words Ben
nington is the tail ender OF all the
towns OF its class in the state of Yer
mont. z-4-s
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-10-19

This paper has not yet made up its
mind whether II wants to support a
wet candidate on dry platform. or
a dry candidate on wet platform.
Barton Monitor.
Why not Join the crowd? You
know very well who is going to be the
next governor Of Vermont. You do
not agree with him ON one point, but
he viii be the choice of a maj0rity Of
the voters. Besides; he may be a
good deal nearer expressing the senti.
ments ~ a majority Of the voters on
that point than you suppose. Do not
forget that l3.e00 majority against
( the Perry bill.--vereennes Enterprise.
Stand up for what you believe 10 be
right and best for the state OF Yer
mont even IL you Know you viii be IN
the minority. Those who rush for
the band-wagon are those who haven't
the courage of their convictions In
considering the question OF supporting
a candidate for governor, however. re
member that YOU are not likely q
agree with either candidate ON al
questions and you should not allow
one issue TO outweigh other considera
lions just as important.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-10-19

This is the last day OF the Fourth
Liberty Loan drive and bennington
and bennington county have a right
to feel proud of the record they have
made. Bennington has over six hun
dred boys in the service and is glad TO
loan the money to pay their expenses
on the march to Berlin. Some see
tons Of the country do not seem will
ing TO do much more than buy chew
ing gum and toothpicks for their boys
in France.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-10-19

is that the older you are the greater
return YOU can obtain from money In.
vested In the purchase Of an annuity.
Write MS FOR full information Ma.
tional Life Ins. Co. OF VI. (MutuaiO
Earle 5. Kinsley General Agent. Mead
Building, Rutland, VI, ADV.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-10-19
Saturday, October 10. 1918.

The, Bradley corporation which
started business in Vermont at South
SALISBURY and moved from there "a
Putney. has outgrewa the plant there
and is to move TO Brattleboro where
1t has leased the old Carpenter organ
factory and expects to largely in
crease itsobusiness Brattleboro has
been hard hit by the war and is IN
need OF new manufacturing plants.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-10-19
The New Clothing
Situation. -

This Advertisement is to explain what the conditions
have been and what they today, you why
clothing prices have advanced. III
When war was declared the government of slthe
United States went into the market to provide military
clothing for her fighting men. - sstf'ff
Quick action necessary Great quantities of Wool
Immediately required for the making OF uniforms,
shirts and underclothing. k&
The next step to weave the wool into cloth in 4
time have the finished garments manufactured and sup
piled the soldiers before cold weather To do this
quired every available loom L
The textile industry almost stopping making civilian /
fabrics and began to work goods for the Army and Navy
This past the Quitting of far greater
Der of troops for winter has been the problem Of the nation
Nearly every Wooden mill is on government work.
How has all this affected civilian clothes?
The demand TO rsuch large quantities of wool has
drawn the reserve supply in the United States and has
sent the prices soaring tfN T9.s. ~ -
Just recently the government fixed the price at Csc
against Zoe in normal times.
The increased cost Of clothing today due 10 the in
creased Of DOL and the increased cost of labor going in
The manufacture of wooens and the finished garments.
Is there going to be inadequate supply of clothing
fer CT ian ';ee?
We do not believe so.
The whole situation resolves itself into the question Of
raw material shipping and manufacturing s.ss
More wool is being grown and ships being built.
The WOODEN mills of this country the largest in the
world but labor shortage has been and will continue to be
serious handicap RS sfs essss. ..ss4,,esf 4
Furthermore the majority of looms must keep on max
ing military fabrics because the soldier first In
consequence less civilian fabrics can be made.
This does not that you will go cold. 1t means
you must Buy only the clothes you need.
If you will come to with your clothing needs
you money in almost all departments of store
the most of stock bought before these large ad
vances were made and marked at fair profit
BURT BROS.
BENNINGTON, VT.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-10-19

Having purchased the stock OF
monuments, headstones and markers
OF the late James S, Clark ut bis shop,
z Church street, North Bennington, ]
VIII dispose OF the same rather than
move them to Hoosick Falls. There
are some good designs, and any one
contemplating the purchase OF med.
lum or small work, will do we'll to
look them over. and get prices from
P. II. Mccarthy az the shop at any
time. e''e t''l ".'''
Timothy Hector,
fIon.fol. LN,1ls N Y