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Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1918-07-20

Cerruanys penetration Of western
Russia ana TinlanG las been accom-
panied by such brutaliues that the
minority socialists Ia the reichstag
have been attacking the government
policy strongly. Their leader Hugo
Haase. asserts that since the Germans
entered Finland 1900 workmen have
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1918-07-20

when the news came of the assas-
slnation of Count Won Mirbuch. Ger
man ambassador To Russia, in Mos
COW, at the instigntion of group Of
social revOlutionists, there were
many predictions that the kaiser
would get revenge 10y sending "A great
army to occupy the chief Russian
cities. and indeed il was semi-othcial-
~ stated in Berlin that such would be
his course. But after breaking Off
diplomatic relations the chief Hun APP
parently thought better of it and a
mild statement was issued hoping
that the Russian governments and peo-
pie viii succeed in uipping the pres
ept revolutionary agitation in the
bud Il is not easy to see now Ger
many would gain much by further
grabbing IN distracted and starving
RUSSIA.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1918-07-20

Such splendid work Is being done by
the air forces of the allies ON the west
front that military observers now as
sert the superiority in the air now UNI
questionably rests with them. The
British flyers have engaged In a mum
her Of extraordinary exploits. and the
French and Americans are keeping up
their end Of II most satisfactorily. on
Wednesday a squadron Of American
scout planes flew back of the German
lines in the Chateau Thierry region
for 80 miles, obtaining valuable in
formation and all returning safely.
Colonel Roosevelt was eIated by thu
news that his youngest SON Lieut..
Quentin Roosevelt. had downed his
first Hun plane. Bombing raids on
German cities by the allied airmen are
increasing In frequency and effective
hess.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1918-07-20

Through German sources comes the
assertion that THE soviet government
Of Russia has declared II viii ally
itself with Germany IL an Angio-Jap-
anese expedition intervenes In Stbrrih.
No doubt Lenjue would commit him
self 10 such ii course, but It is ques-
ton whether he would be sustained
by any great numbers Of Russians.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1918-07-20

Tie senate gave q big boost to the
pian for boue-dry America by
voting in favor Of the prohibition
rider 10 the agricultural extension
bills II went on record FIRST by re-
vets.ug the ruling Of the chair, thar
the amendment is general legislation
and therefore barred from IA appro-
prlation measure. The vets admitted
their defeat since the move for war
prohibition originated IN the lower
house. and relied on me president TO
veto the hill on the ground that the
workers in vital war Industries should
not be deprived Of alcoholic beverages
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1918-07-20

There have been many stories 81
the declining morale Of the German
troops. due partly t. the prcEai,2""
of Spanish iuhueszn, but it. would be
foolish e. gov optimistic over these
reports. The enemy is stili strong and
can produce an amazing number Of
men. aud conf ience I'm our victory
must be- based on our growing strength
rather thuu on his growing weakness.
Tho stream Of Americans across the
Atlantic continues. although IL may bs
they are not being sent $50 rapidly just
now as ia recent months. The war
department recently decided that all
men of the new drafts should bee given
six months training on This side.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1918-07-20

The pan-Germau party triumphed
over its opponents and forced the
resignation of Foreign Minister Won
kuehlnann because of his peace i'm
possible by force" speech. and then
proceeded To pick Admiral won Hintze.
the trckiest and most disreputnble Of
Ieuton diplomats, as his successor.
Great excitement In the reichStug re-
suited and the socialists agreed not TO
vote the war credit which could not
be passed without their aid, until me
new minister had announced his poi
icieS. Won Hntze is swashbuckliug
militarist and the creature of Admiral
Won Tirpi2. AS minister to China he
disRrHccd himself. and as minister TO
Mexico he deliberately stirred up n
row between IIuertu and Carrnuza in
order TO embroIl the United States.
The French press accepts the selec-
ton Of Won Hiutze as evidence that
the mllitarists In Germany are strong
or than the diplomats and are deter
mined upon war 10 the finish. They
believe he will do the pan Germans
much more harm than good.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1918-07-20

In preparation for tie next big drive
Won Ilindenburg called for Il million
more men. to be taken from the fac
tories. their places being filled by pris-
oners and foreigners, and, contrary TO
agreements, by exchanged prisoners OF
war Recruits OF sixteen. seventeen
and eighteen years are being called.
aud everything Indicntes that the gu
preme command Is stralnIng every
nerve to end the war this year. To
encourage the troops there has been
systematic campaign 10 misead
them as to Americas participation In
the war. The people now refuse to
believe we are taking an nctiye part
I'm the conflict or that there are more
than n few thousands OF our men Ia
trance.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1918-07-20

~ "H'iAA ltNNtltu. anu extremists III
Vienna are asserting that both the
emperor and the empress should be
literally sequeStered and made TO take
orders from Berlin. Hungary, too, is
furious at Austria because the Hun
garian regiments were forced to bear
the brunt Of the attack IN Italy and
in some cases were practically wiped
out.
"a
There were no major operations on
the italian front last week, but the
Italians increasingly harassed the
enemy by raids and sorties and in the
mountain region improved their own
positions considerably. The American
aviators on that front kept up their
excellent work.
ON the western front there was an
ominous silence on the part of the
Huns. The usual 80 days needed by
them to organize IA new drive had
nearly expired, but still they did not
start. However, abnormal activity was
observed behind their lines, especially
in the regions where the Americans
are stationed. On Teusday the French
undertook the first considerable in
fantrY operation in many days and,
with the aid of tanks. advanced more
than mile on n front of two and
half miles northwest of COmpiegne.
Prisoners and guns were captured and
positions occupied that serve to pro-
tect the important railway junction Mt
Estrees-St Denis. General Petan also
took important ground east of the
Retz forest on the Marine front. There
were many raids by all the allied
forces during the week and some ar
tillery activity beyond the ordinary In
the British sectors.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1918-07-20

Military operations Of prime impor-
lance last week were confined to Al
banln ii field Of which little has been
heard for long time. There the
ltaians and French got very busy aud
with the aid Of British naval forces
in the Adriauc started an offensive
that met VITA considerable success
and is still ogrossing as this is writ
ten Withhi few days the allied
forces Ind advanced more than TWEEN
ty-tiYe miles On a battle front sixty
miles long. mad captured Fieri. an I'M
portant town eight miles from The
Adriotic. sni had practically sur
rounded B"rat the chief city Of south
eru Albania. They also had occupied
mountain positions of great strategic
value. Before The week closed The
Au~triaus had evacuated Brrat.
This Albanian offensive was counted
on To- have great political effect. es-
pecially H. Austria Hungary and
among No." small nations of the BAL
kan~. Already il had caused evident
HtfE-tNs bf'TN HtiitffE Iiif tiffF~ bi iilf
central powers that face the allies
FROM She Ad'iatic to SalonikL IN
Macedonia they made several costly
aud ton attacks on the allies. The
apparent objective Of thr allies IN Al
bunia ls the Shkurdm valley and the
old Roman road the Via EgnatIa.
'eadia% 20 the Vardar valley and open
ing tha WY 20 "a movement toward the
east that would outdauk the enemy
north or Aouastir
If tho AustriAns are declsively de
tented IN this region the kaiser may
force them TO accept Won Below as
their generaIisshno, despite their pro-
t"eyS The efforts TO Germanlze the
Austrian general headquarters have
STIRRED uu the already angry people
Of roc dual kingdom Another row
there mas been caused by more or less
open assertions that Empress Zita
7Iined the offensive on Ifaly by pre-.
venting the use Of gas aud otherwise
hampering the commanders. A big
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1918-07-20
CHAPTER XII.

"Oh, My Poor Tootles."
sc IA AYBB IL you tried again."
III said the captain to Lucille,
n the pup might hear you.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-07
A Surprise.
Norwich.si

It was in Byradville, Tenn, that Roxanne and Phyllis were sitting on the porch alarming socks when MT. For sythe and Douglass Byrad came in the front gate to take Phyllis home.
 Next Friday Phyllis would be IS, said MT. Forsythe to himself that night, and never had any pleasure. Phyllis neither had any friends until she moved to Byradville and went to the academy and met friends there 15 in all. So Mir. Forsythe planned a surprise.
 Friday Aug. 4tR, IS girls and boys gathered at the front gate. Phyllis put on your old dress, commanded her father, after he bad explained that the party was going for a hay ride in celebration of her birthday. <
 Roxy hurried Phyllis into her dress and soon all were started toward Providence Knob. It was a beautiful shady place where the party spied a sign in greeting to her, "A happy birthday to Phyllis" :"
 The feast was enjoyed by all. Soon it began to grow dark, when the col onel and Mir Fersythe started fol home. It was q beautifu1 night. The moon shone flall It was near midnight when all were near home, sleepy an6 tired. That night Phyllis fell asleer thanking God for such happy time She had never been So happy before.
 LOUISE WELTIN, Age fl. F. Norwich.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-07
My Trip to EaIl River.

Dear Uncle Jed: One day my mother and my sisters and I started for a weeks trip to Fall River, where we had formerly lived, and having arrived there, we hired 8 room with two beds at @ hotel for the week, then took our meals out, and sometimes ate them up in our room, which was lots of fun. We had a little stand which we placed between our beds and we sat on the edge of our beds.
 One day we had the table set with goodies for dinner and each one had bottle of soda water of a different color; and all at once someone said something funny and I threw myself back on the bed and spilled the soda water all in flood, and you-would have laughed to death to see it. If I had been good catcher like Fatty in the show I might have been able to save the dinner.
 When the bottle came down we could not tell whether our dinner was nince meat or hash.
 We had a program laid out for ev- cry day that week. We went to many beaches and parks and playgrounds. I went to one playground and it had swings and tennis sets and dances and a lake, and there were teachers Tor the little children who blew bubbles and made boats. Swinging teachers were the teachers in charge of the swings.
 IRENE EVANS, Age 10. PIainfaId
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-07
The Pound of Flesh.

There was once in Italy an Italian by the name of Pedros, and he was about to get married with Helena, an- other Italian. The marriage was to take place in one week and Pedro had not enough money. He went to a money lender, who was a Jew. He had borrowed from, him two hundred
 dollars, and he also made a promise
 that.-.if he could not pay the money in one month he was to give the Jew a
 pound of his hesa.,; 4<
 The marriage took; place and Pedro
 forgot about the money. But the Jew
 seeing him on the street aecested him and told him Of his promise. This is the last day. said the Jew, aand if you cannot pay me my: money at mid night tonight you will appear before the court .tonnofrow.,f-
 Pedro, knowing this, told his wife the bad news. rr ns-
 Helena, who was wealthy, gave him the two hundred dollars to pay the Jew but it was too late to pay, for it was past midnight .t'
 l The next morning Pedro, his wife and the Jew were in court discussing the case. Helena wanted to give the Jew ten times the sum but the Jew refused t'sa money. The Jew was handed tnife with which he was to
 cut the f,3sh,s but before he touched Pedro, Helena said: .Remember, you said pound of his flesh, and you are
 not to touch drop of his Blood" The Jew knew this but did not think | they; would find him out. He took his hat and went out very mad because refusing the money.
 Now Pedro and Helena are Twins l happily. Pedro owing his life to his wife, Helena -. =
 ] s JOSEPH ,CYR, Age fl. I ? Jewett City.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-07
LETTERS OF AekNowLEDeMENr

z Lydia 1usar. of vsrsaiIies-- I thank you very much for tho prize book I won. I read it through and found it was a good story. :
 Edith Hathaway. of Gosaen--I rs-
 eeived the prize book entitled Ruth Fielding Down in Dixie. I Ike it very
 much. Many thanks for 1t.
 irene cruthers, of Norwich = Just
 Ia line to thank you for the prize book,
 The Boy Pilot of the Lakes. have read it and found it very interesting. Louise Wslton, of Norwich--f tfonl
 you many times for the prize book ] received I've partly read it and think lit very interesting. i Daniel A. Main, of Mystical saw my story in the paper Friday while was at school When I got home that night I found q beck there, called | 1Re Comrades in New Mexico. I waS very pleased with it. and thank you Ivery much. shall enjoy reading 1t Irene Evans, of Plainheid--I tharl, you very much for the prize book. have read it and found it interesting
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-07
Tie Otis Librsry.

On an angle caused by the connec-
 ton of two streets stands a pronli-
 nefit and well known building. the Otis Library. It is situated on a slight em =
 bankment sfopihg downward until
 nearly level with the street. The cen
 ter of the roof is composed of heavy
 glass. Ivy extends over the greater
 part of the, exterior.
 Of a dark. red hue, the building breathes forth sobriety. Three large gable windows on the east side, partly underlined with ivy, add to the attrac- |tiveness. Fitted in on the remaining sides of the building are windows of ordinary size.
 Above the massive, outside door is a
 stone slab. rectangular in shape, with the words "Otis Library inscribed on lit. Fancy iron engravinss adorn the upper panel of the door. which is built |of wood and painted black.
 Stone steps lead to the entrance. Three wide slabs of stone form a pathway in the yard. Being a. narrow Iyard it is Particularly seen so on the west side as it comes in contact with the street through three or four feet lower in depth. An iron fence sur rounds that side No fence surrounds the front yard. A stone wall surrounds ! the east side, rising higher with the embankment. A lawn is visible on this Side.
 This building is in a prominent sec- ton of the city, overlooking Union Square. Its west side faces the Cen | tral Baptist church, it's back faces the '. NJ. c. A. building. it's east side faces Bfoadway and the front side faces the
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-07
poErRy.
AslTEHaErlc..

Many a little makes Id naickle." It takes five pennies to make nickel; It takes a nickel. to buy. an egg, For the little red hen is a first-class ]: yegg. sS gsk It takes five eggs for acustard pie, So ve don't have ang, when eggs are high; Hs | g.a For it takes i've pies for our familee, Counting my brothers and sisters and ~as me, @ 4 ( < ssf '.e And my mothers Paw and my fath-
 CTS Nav t
 And my fathers father and mother
 in-law; And twouid- take five families big as
 ours, .... .-, And all of 'em gifted with extra powers se ls In wind and muscle and arms and legs, To earn the money to buy the eggs. And if all five families wanted pie, With milk so scarce and eggs so high, -. .s,--c How many pennies would that be? l hate arithmetic. don't you And I wish this blanied old war, My teacher says, then to me! was
 thru!
 { Junior Palladium.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-07
LETTERS TO UNCLE JED.
A Lesson for Life.

Dear Uncle Jed: I am going to tell you the story of A Lesson for Life.
 One rainy day two brothers, Harry and Fred, could not play out of doors. So they began to play hide -and-seeb in the house.
 At last Harry hid in a large box and for a while Fred could not find him.
 He was about to give up the search when he heard a noise. It came from the big box that stood against the wall
 Going softly towards the box, he saw that the-lid was not quite shut and he could hear someone moving in side.
 : Feeling sure that Harry was hiding there, he ran to the box, shut the lid, and turned the bey, locking in his brother
 Harry cried out and tried to push open the lid. but he could not. Just then Fred heard his mother calling and ran off to see what she wanted.
 She sent him on an errand and when he came back she asked him where Harry was.
 Fred laughed and said he had locked up his brother. His mother told him to set the little fellow free at once, and went to see that he did it. When she saw the box she quickly turned the key and threw open the lid As soon as she saw Harry she cried out: 'Oh, Fred. What have you done?' There in the box lay Harry, quite still. He neither moved nor spoke. "Oh, Fred! Run for the doctor | nuick!" said his mother as she lifted | Harry out of the box and laid hin
 upon the sofa.
 Off ran Fred as hard as he could se
 He soon brought the doctor back wftl l him. They were just in time. | After while Harry opened his eye 1 and was able to Sit up. l Oh, how glad Fred was then. H had not meant to hurt his brother.
 Why did it hurt him so much, doc tor, to be locked up for such a 1ittl 1 timer" said Fred | Because he soon breathed all tn pure air in the box said the doctor 'Tf fresh air had rot been given hin i by opening the box, he would sool
 have been dead. -..s ,.
 T hope you will not forget this, m. boy; we need good pure air all tn 1 time. Bad air is. poison, and thos | who breathe it will be i'll, and may die
 To keep your health you must breath pure air" 1 How thankful Fred was to see hi little brother well again! As for him | self, he had learned a lesson for life IRENE STEWART, Age II. Jewett City.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-07
A Farmers PIiaht.

Dear Uncle Jed: As I was walking out to see the spring birds. I heard somebody hollering "Whoo:" looked over the stone wall and saw it was my grandfather. blowing a new field.
 ~ went on looking for some more birds, and in short time I heard the same voice again Whoa, Back!" I jumped upon the stone wall and was just in time to see my grandfather going over the blow handles.
 It seems my grandfather hollered ."Whoa!" but the horses kept on go- ing until the blow struck a large stone which made the blow stop quick and made my grandfather fly some distance.
 He got up and looked around. and saw I was looking at him. He called me over and I ran to see if he was hurt. I started to laugh to think how funny ne looked in his plight. I help ed him to unharness and he decided that the new field would not be plowed that day, ..
 Canterbury.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-07
Abraham lincoln,


 In Kentucky in 1S0s a, little boy was born whose name was Abraham Lin- coin. When little Abraham was seven years old his father moved the family from Kentucky to Indiana Here they lived in a house sefa4l1e toughest ana poorest sort known to backwoods peo- pie. .esxzsss.s,ssssss. .zzsssaz sslsssss-s
 Poor little Abe sometimes attended school The schoolmastArs were harsh men who made their pupils study by means: of long. beech switches. The sclloolmasters did not know much themselves, but.Abraham soon learn ed to read and write.
 He could not get many books as books were few and money scarce The Bible, Aesop's Fables, Pilgrims Prog ress and the Lives of Washington and K Clay, he read over and over again for he could get no others
 One day Abe. by this time eighteen years old rowed two men with their baggage from the shore out to d steam boat in the Ohio river. The men gave him two silver half dollars and he was overjoyed to think that he earned the money in so short time.
 Tn 1S46 Lincoln became a member of congress and orl March 4, 1861. was elected president of the United States and reelected a gain in November, 1864. .. Shortly after his reelection Lincoln was shot by Wilkes Booth, April IA, 1865, as he sat i11.a theat3a GLADYS WILLIAMSON. Norwich
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-07
The Old ArnIe Dealer.

Dear Uncle Jed: He is a short man with a gray stubble beard. He is in variably clad in a snuff colored surtout which half conceals a pair of gray pantaloons. His whole dress though neat and entire is fimsy with much wear.
 He sits on a bench in the depot with two baskets deposited before him on the f1oer,- with a board stretching from one to the other, upon which are placed some russet and rosy checked apples, a plate of cakes and ginger bread, box of variegated candy and that delectable continent known to children as Gibraltar Rock, neatly done up in white paper, a half peck measure of cracked walnuts, two or three pint measures of the kernels ready for purchasers. Such are the small commodities which the old apple man has to sell.
 Thus it is that our friend comes daily before the world ministerinS to the petty needs and freaks of appetite of the people. In this way our friend earns his subsistence. HELEN D. CAMPBELL.
 Norwich.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-07
Fritz.

Dear Uncle Jed A dog comes in our school every day. He is a big shaggy dog and his name is Fritzy.
 Our teacher has a record where bear growls, and Fritz begins to bark. so we all begin to laugh. One day Fritz did not come to school because his master took him out to find three cows that were lost, but Fritz and his master came home without the cows.
 Sometimes when it is a rainy day and Fritz comes in school and tracks the floor up with his footprints and shakes his long shaggy hair to get the water out, he vets the floor. When Fritz is cold after coming in from outside he lies down by the stove and stays there for a long time. When he is warm he comes out and walks around.
 Everybody likes Fritz, and so do I. I like him better than any of our dogs. I thank you very much for the first book you sent me, and l like the book. SARAH SCHATZ, Age 10. Yantic
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-07
A Practical Inka

!. James Hardy was very fond of pick- led tongue sandwiches. The crowd with whom he associated knew this. The bridge whist club met to play whist every Saturday night. After the games arefreshfnents were usually served. The evening on which this in- tcident occurred. the. game was played at the home of Mrs. Knapp. Mrs. Knapp was charming and entertain Ing hostess as well asa: great hand at practical jokes. As there were no heavy losers this evening, everyone was particularly happy.
 eve are ready for the refreshments. Jane" said Mrs. Knapp, turning to her maid Bring in tongue sand wiehes." .H
 Tongue sandwiches? All. Serve me first, please, Jane." You can readily guess by whom this remark was made.
 look of understanding passed be- tween maid and mistress When the sandwiches were served, MT. Hardy |ehose the most inviting one on the plate, bit into it. made a grimace but said nothing. The other people were enjoying their sandwiches.
 Well. Jim. you must be about ready for another" said Mrs. Knapp. The company, knowing Jina's fond ness for tongue sandwiches, laughed and one remarked.
 Ready for another! He can do jus tice to a plateful.''
 There's something the matter with this sandwich" mumbled Hardy. What do you mean?'' asked Mrs. Knapp innocently. .s T don't know, but it's mighty tough and I'm quite sure I chose the best one on the plate" After inspecting the sandwich for a while, he exclaimed, well, what do you know about tfiis!" Now what do you suppose represented the pickled ton que in inc sandwich. A piece of shoe leather tongue, nicely trimmed and mustardAd HELEN KLINGoN, Age 1s. Colchester. - ts-,~s