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The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-12-21
Mr.. AND MRS. MILO BASSETT
ENTERTAIN BOY SCOUTS

The home of Mr.. and Mrs. Milo Bias
sett, As New Road, was thrown open
last evening (Friday) for the enter
tainment of the Boy Scouts of Pleas
antville and they were given the treat
of their lives in the shape of Choco-
late cake, doughnuts and pumpkin pie,
washed down with delicious cocoa in
unlimited quanGties, to all of which
the Scouts did ample justice. The
troop was entertained by Lieutenant
Francis Goodwin with stories of Army
life in the Philippines, Mexico, and the
recently ended great world war. Lieu
tenant Goodwin, whose marriage to
Miss Gwendolyn Bassett was solem-
nized several weeks ago, enlisted in
the Regular Army some eight years
ago and by faithful attention to his
duties and a regular course of study,
fitted himself for and obtained his
commission. He told of his varied ex-
%periences in a vivid and at the same
time most modest manner, and drew
a very happy comparison between the
training of a soldier and that of a Boy
Scout, which made a deep impression
upon his eager listeners.
Among those present were Mr.. and
Mrs. Milo Bassett, Lieutenant and
Mrs. Francis Goodwin, Scout Commits
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-12-21

sioner Macmillan, Scouts Howard Bas-
sett, William Field, George Field, Wes-
ley Ford, Charles Ford, George McGin-
ley, Carl Whitman, Ernest Hartley,
Alfred Fenton, Wilbur Bennett, Joseph
Thompson, Clarence Peterson, Clifford
Somers, Coma Van Lew and Harvey
Steelman.
Before breaking up for the evening
three hearty cheers were given for
the Bassett family and a special vote
of thanks rendered to Mrs. Bassett and
Lieutenant Goodwin for their share in
the Home Coming"
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-12-21
CONCISE NEWSLETS
ABOUT H CITY
interesting Local Occurrences
Briefly Told

In the casualty list recently pub
lished appear the lanes of Benjamin
F. Childs and Herbert Horn, of this
city, both of whom are reported as
slightly wounded.
Two cars, one driven by Fred
Schnierle of P~leasantville, collided on
the Boulevard Thursday night, demol-
ishing both cars. The occupants were
not seriously injured.
The public schools of P~leasantville
will be closed for the Christmas holi-
days mex week. There was a general
exodus of the teachers yesterday (Fri-
day. for their respective homes.
Any contributions for the Christmas
basket of the Christian Endeavor Soci-
ETY. of the First Presbyterian Church
may be left at the home of Miss Mar
jorie North. Distribution will be made
on Tuesday.
Charles c., Frank and Earl Albert
son are well and safe in France. Their
mother, Mrs. D. l.. Albertson, received
letters from them since the armistice
was signed, and are all coming home
in February.
Because of the lack of a quorum, the
regular session of City Council of
Pleasantville was not held on Monday
night. A special session was called
for last (Friday) evening to complete
the business of the year.
Mrs. Anna Sims, mother of Clifford
c. Sims, of 119 N. Second St, suffered
a paralytic stroke Thursday afternoon
from which she has not regained con-
seriousness. She is about so years of
age and has enjoyed good health, and
is quite vigorous for n of her adj
vanced years.
Word has been received by his fam
lily of the serious %wounding on October
9Th, of Enoch Clifford, of the A. E. F.
somewhere in France. Young Clifford
is the only son of Mr.. and Mrs. Job
Clifford, of North Fourth street. He is
we'll known in this vicinity as an eX-
pert wireless operator.
A fire at the gas house in Pleasant
vile on Friday evening, Dec. 10, great
ly alarmed our citizens when nearby
tanks of large capacity containing gas
were endangered. Quick response of
the fire company and prompt work in
extinguishing the blaze, which destroy
ed a good part of the roof of the gas
making plant, doubtless saved what
may have been a very serious situation.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-12-21
LET'S CLEAN UP A BIT.

Under the above caption, the Allan
tic City Daily Press says editorially :
THE untidy appearance of sections
of the chief entrance to Atlantic City,
the P~leasantville boulevard, has pro-
voked comment from the motoring
public, and the hope has been express
ed that the city will not permit the
conditions to continue throughout the
winter.
1.-THE principal ag%gravation to citi-
zens and some visitors who have &C.
casion to frequent the route across
the meadows, comes from that terri
tory where the Westy Hogan gun club
had its shooting bee in September.
"The rubbish left behind by hat ag-
%gregation of sportsmen and their
friends, constitutes a nuisance and an
eyesore. Boxes, boards, old paper and
a quantity of other refuse transform
the area into an unsightly region. The
paper blows about with each gust of
wind, adding to the general ~slovenli-
ness of the spectacle.
1.-THE Pleasantville boulevard is a
remarkable boulevard in more than
n respect, and nothing should be
permitted hat will detract from it.
The city should devote sufficient at
tention to this matter to provide a
remedy for all u%ntidiness in the vi
entity"
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-12-21
TOURING CAR AND OCCUPANTS
PLUNGE INTO THoROUGHFARE

Chalmers touring car, plunged through
the wooden railing of the Meadow
Boulevard yesterday morning, into the
waters of the T~horoughfare, and were
drowned like rats in a trap. They
were Herman ~Startzenbach, saloon
keeper, Texas and Atlantic avenues,
and his wife; Casper Baldee, a NUM-
ton worker employed at Amatol. His
watch stopped at 2.06. Daniel McCar-
thy, also a munition worker employed
at Amatol. The fifth an elderly lady
believed to be the mother of either
Mr.. or Mrs. Startzenbach.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-12-21
TRAILS OF TREACHERY.
(SiXth Episode).

Bob Moore, the hero, scales the
walls of the burning house in which
Alice Grayson is bound prisoner and
swings with her to safety by the aid
of a branch of a tree.
Beautiful Leah Baird is in the role
of the heroine and the hero is por-
trayed by Charles Hutchinson, one of
the most capable of actors and an
athlete whose skill and daring have
given him an enviablA reputation.
To the lover Of p~hotodramatic SER
ials the appearance of Sheldon Lewis
as Barclay, the detective, has been
welcomed with great pleasure. The
master-villain of many serials here
assumes a part different from those
which have given him an odious name
and the interest in him grows with
each episode. Here he is the rectifier
of wrong, rather than its perpetrator.
This great patriotic and romantic
serial possesses many values. 1t not
only displays rare treatment of amaz-
ing mysteries, but is both educational
and instructive. Alice's uncle, inven-
tor of a wireless torpedo, is slain by
German spies after he has refused to
sell his invention to Hartman, an
agent of the Kaiser, and the plans are
stolen.
Alice becomes a huntress of Huns
in quest of the papers. Hell activities
take her into many tense situations,
where death seems certain, but from
which she repeatedly escapes. Love
grows between her and her frequent
rescuer, Bob, the young mining en-
gineer, who is fleeing from the author
tiles after being falsely charged with
shooting of Zaremba, chief spy, who
deceived his sister. He accidentally
discovers Alice in the hands of Ia
remba's gang, from whom he rescues
her.
After the escape from the burning
house and anxious to fulfill their mis-
sion, Alice and Bob return to the
workrooms of the plotters. The route
takes them through winding passage
way of a sewer. They are discovered
and made prisoners as they are about
to enter the secret workroom.
They are bound and a bomb is ig-
nited with a time fuse placed IA
them.
For the news accurately stated, SUBJ
scribe for The PIeaSantyille Press.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-12-21

lNSURANCE-Fire. Automobile, Plate
Glass. MAX n. kIRSCHT, p. o.
Box 3o1. PleasantVille.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-12-21

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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-10-05
WAR TALK DELIVERED
BY M'GRAW
CONTINUED From Page One)

divisions and regiments before them.
Likewise the Americans were familiar
with existing conditions across No
Mans Land, the speaker stated.
Chateau Thlerry
Mr. McGraw touched upon his visit
to Chateau Thierry two days after
the Germans had been driven out OF
tho city THE little city of Chateau
rhierry has normally population OF
10000 said he at is located in one
of the most beautiful and most fer
tie valleys in all France Stately
rows of trees beautified the town.
standing guard over the century old
buildings of exquisite architecture.
That was before the war. AS we pass
ed through the town I took particu-
lar care to note the destruction.
Those once beautiful trees were rag
ged stumps and | did not see a
house that did not have from one to
100 shell holes in it.
But the people are bravo and de-
termined. That's the spirit of France.
Germany thought that by lombard
ing Paris with a long range gun, by
destroying life and property indis-
criminately, by dropping hundreds of
bombs fro msirplanes on Paris, that
the morale OF the French people
would be broken. Instead. of that,
the french determination is strength
tened with every bit of destruction.
with every innicent child or woman
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-10-05

$2,500, subscribed $1,000, Minco, with
a quota OF $4,000, subscribed 100;
Verden, with quota of $4,000 sub
scribed 5000. These are all reports
of the work done on the first day in
each town.
Likewise, the soliciting committees
in Chickasha are encountering num-
erous situations that are encouraging.
One committee, working on Choctaw
avenue were after quota OF $6,600.
They kept plugging along without
making any estimate of their total.
When they knocked off work last
night, they had $7,7OO subscribed
with several individual cards yet to
be worked
"Bll" Scares Committee
1t took Bill" Mangin the fifth
street candy man to throw the worst
scare into the committee. In pre-
vious drives, bill" has been buying
about 5000 at a. crack This time his
quota was cut to $100 The commit
tee called on him yesterday afternoon
and advised hi mthat they had him
down for 500 worth of bonds.
Just make it twenty times that
much" said Bill.
Members Of the committee tainted
away. Finally Fred Frey, thinking
that his ears had played him false,
said: Here, Bill, come on. give
us your check for $100"
81 said put me down for twenty
times that" replied Bill, waxing
rather warm under the collar
DIDO you know that twenty times
that would be two thousand dollars ?"
stammered Mr.. Frey.
Sure, ! know it," was the prompt
answer from Bill the foreigner.
What's the matter? Amt I a good
American? Don't you thing my check
is good for $4,000? I've got the mo-
ney and / want the two thousand
dollars worth of Liberty Bonds"
He got EN-.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-10-05
Chckasha High Wallops
Lads From Broom Corn
Section By 200 Count

say, who carried the bal, to the &c.
yard line. Coach Clarke's men then
tightened and worked line punges
with consistent gains by Redwine,
Witt and Phelps. The visitors ad-
vanced the ball to their opponent's s
2o-yard line. but in attempting 10
pass the ball was intercepted by
"Spink" Williams The third quart.
er ended with the local gridsters in
possession of the ball on their u.
yard line.
Fourth Quarter
After falling to make downs in
the first three plays in the fourth
quarter Phillips booted to Lindsay.
who returned only few yards.
The gridsters from the broom corn
section then attempted to forward
pass; Chickasha intercepted, and
again lost the ball by tumble. Lind
say secured possession of the ball,
and lost ten yards on a fake play
After a time of close playing on both
sides and with the ball in the cen
ter of the field, Chickasha passed to
Field netting a gain of 1S-yards.
During the next few plays Chicka-
sha failed to make downs and the
ball went to Lindsay on her own 15
yard line. Lindsay was then penal
lied five yards for holding, the first
penalty of the game, Failing to make
downs on attempts to plunge the line
and forward pass, Redwine, of Lind
say punted to Phillips who returned
to Chickasha's 30-yard line. Chicka.
sha attempted to gain over the Lind
say line and after being penalized
5-yards for holding, punted behind
the goal
Lindsay was given the ball on the
locals 20-yard line. Again the visi
tors tried line plunges, and on Chick
ashas 15-yard line, fumbled the ball
Penny. Of Chickasha, recovered and
on the next play, Phillips went
through the line for the third and fl.
nal touchdown. Williams kicked goal
and the game ended, Chickasha 20.
Lindsay 0.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-10-05

The dardnrrs Kicked OF to Linl-
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-10-05
GRAZING FARM

Half section. 4 miles from good
town, Z IL miles from Guthrie, so
cultivated, IS Bear creek alfalfa bot
tom, 10 acres bottom along draw,
about 80 hay land, balance scattering
timber, running water; railroad
stops on farm, good school one-foulth
mile from house, state road, excel
lent cattle or sheep ranch. Price
$500. Mortgage $1,000, balance cash.
Write for my list Alfred Adler,
Guthrie, Oklahoma. sit
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-10-05
Natural Sequence.

In one Of his essays Aristotle says
thiS: Il have noticed that land that
produces beautiful flowers and lus-
cious fruits also produces a very ex-
cellent, intelligent and >nblC class Of
men and women" Aristotle seemed TO
look upon this as a sort of coincidence.
but later in life he discovered that in
stead of being a coincidence it was
sequence.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-10-05
JEWELER AND OPTICIAN

slaughtered and want to say to
you that France would fight until
every man. woman and child died in
the cause before she would submit
to the Prussian rule. AS one mother
who has lost her last son In battle
said to me, / was only his mother,
he belonged to France
Hun shock Troops Shocked
THAT fight around the Marne
marked the first big action in which
the Americans participated. 1t mark
ed the first time that Americans
and Prussians had met on the field OF
battle and the raw farmer lads from
America beat the best fighters Of
Hunland at their own game.
"a colonel told me the story Of
how the Americans took a small vii.
lage north of Chateau Thierry. 1t
was important that the point be
taken by nightfall The position was
held by Prussian shock troops. They
had everything to fight for, for the
Prussians are the rulers of Ger.
many.The order to advance was given
and the former boys from America
went over and met Germanys picked
men. No prisoners were taken, no
quarter was asked or given on either
side 1t was a fight to the absolute
finish and both Prussians and Ameri-
cans knew it. The order was to clear
the village of Prussians by dark The
attack started with the sun an hour
high. just as the sun sank below the
horizon, the last live Prussian was
driven from the village l want you
to know that every American soldier
is shock troop, the best soldiers N
all the world, and any average Amer
lean doughboy can whip, single hand
ed any three Germans in the kaiser's
army.
Morale Is 100 Per Cent
Il believe that if it were possible
for permission to be given the Amer.
lean army tomorroY to come home
and leave the job undone, 80 per
cent of the boys would say Not on
your life I'm here until the thing
is finished doubt if "a man would
come home.
you who have boys in lFrance
We're it possible for you to bring
your boy back homo today, were
possible for you to bring him away
from the fight and leave the other
American boys in France, would you
do it2 say you would not. You
would be just like the boys. You
want to fight it out, and they want
to fight it OUT
Mr. McGraw, in closing his ad-
dress with a short appeal for the pur-
chase OF Liberty Bonds, stated that
the opinion expressed by military
men as to the wars duration were
three: That tho war would end this
year; that the Germans would be
whipped in the fall of 1919; and that
the war would continue from two to
three years longer mo one knows
the date on which the war will end.
Everybody knows that it will end
when tho Germans are whipped to a
finish, said the speaker
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-10-05
Tne Lineup

Substitutes: Ross for Blundeu.
Touchdowns: Williams. Fields
Phillips.
Referee: J. b. Hill 90. u
Head Linesman: Neal Dieknsn.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-10-05
COUNTY TO GO
OVER is FORECAST

CONTINUED From Page one)
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-06-14

here, have suffered, II being esti mated
that the loss 10 these two fruit farms of the
apple, peach and pear crops will reach
f25, 900
Losses have also been reported in young
poultry which were either killed by the
hail or drowned by the rain.
In Dover the electric light current was
restored late yesterday afternoon.
Two silos on the farm of former Judge
Daniel o. Hastings. two miles west Of
Dover, were blown down and are n total
loss The two remaining ones were
injured badly.
Fortunately, the path of the storm did
not include the great fruit section oi
Camden and Wyoming all Of which prac-
tically escaped without injury
During the storm n dwelling near
kenton, owned by former Kent County
Levy Court Commissioners Charles t..
Sherwood was struck by lightning and
entirely burned down, being total loss
Dover possibly was never hit harder
by any previous storm Trees which
had stood the storm Of moro than n
hundred years, Of great thickness, we're
uprootcd and thrown To the ground
Tops of trees we're twisted and broken
and hurled across electric light and teie-
phone wires, or blown completely across
houses. landing in yards
Fully FIVE hundred window panes were
broken in various houses OF the town.
At Wesley Collegiate Institute, many
windows were broken by the hail Church
spires and smokestacks, watched closely
by those Interested, swayed bnek and
forth but fortunately were not blown
down,
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-06-14
KENT COUNTY STORM
DID GREAT DAMAGE
Survey of Devastated District
Reveals Heavy Losses to
Crops of All Kinds.
Special Correspondence of Every Evening


Dover. June IA Later reports of the
storm which swept over Dover and other
parts OF central Kent county, Wednesday
afternoon, Indicate damage of several
hundred thousands of dollars to crops
of all kinds.
II. II. Zimmerlv. Kent county farm
agent. made hasty trip over the storm
wrecked district. which extended from
kenton across West Dover To tasson 4
Corner, following the tlartly road to
Dover sweeping almost everything IN ITS
path Continuing through Dover, the
storm went toward Little Creek and Cow
gils Corner and on 10 the Delaware Ray
The width of the path varied from one TO
two miles, the most severe damage being
done between three miles west ot Dover
and four miles cast, where the hail was
so severe that practically all crops IN ITS
path have been ruined hcVand repair
In many instances entire fields OF tomato
patches have been wiped out, either 10y
cutting off bv tho hail or being drowned
out hv the food This crop may, however
bc replaced by rcpanting.
MANY hundred acres Of wheat are n
complete loss. the stalks being broken oil
and the heads driven into the ground
Corn. too. has suffered. although II ~
thought not dangerous
The damage 10 the grape crop nj the
VINEYARDS of Moore, WilIin. ilIpwcll
Niifiin. Massey, Ridgcly, all within n
radius of one mile of Dover. ~ estimated
at $40. 900. what grapes being left on the
vine. being so badly bruised and cut rs
90 make them unfit even at maturity
The fruit orchards of Walker Niflin
and Henry RidGcly just across the railroad 4
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-06-14

Amount of duplicate
should be e....... 5 37,OOS 6S
Mrs. Mary Jordan, wife of John J.
Jordan, died yesterday at her home at
the Model Farm, near here, aged 66 years.
The cause of death was valvular heart
disease. She is survived by her husband
and nine children, six grand
children. one great-grandchild; one sister.
Mrs. Joseph Shaffcr, of Palmyra, \. j.;
and two brothers, Michael 0'NeiI, OF
Rivcrton, \. j.. and James O'Neill of
Fairview, Pa. Her chldrcn's names are:
Mrs. John McEermott, Riverton, n j.;
Joseph Jordan. New Castle; Mrs. John
Sheridan, New Castle; Mrs. Albert
Schuchardt. New Castle; John G.
Jordan. Philadelphia, Mrs A. Brown,
Lancaster, New Castle; Mrs. Alfred
Lofland, New Castle: William Jordan.
New Castle; Francis F.. Jordan, New
Castle
The funeral will be held Monday morn
ing with High Mass IN St Peters II. {.
Church at nine clock. lnterment st.
Peters Churchyard.
Miss Martha Harrington left yesterday
for Baltimore where she Will spend a
few days with friends
The Foreign Missionary Society of
Nazareth NJ r. Church has decided 10
months 1t will hold it's next meeting
in September
Last evening about $50 a motor
cvcle carving two passengers running
1T high rate of speed near the cross
roads, sighted an automobile also travelling
al high rate of speed In order TO avoid
a head-on collision the motorcycle swerved
10 one side. and in doing 80, upset, throw
ing the occupants INTO the ditch along the
road After several minutes the men got
up. started their machine. and were off
again They were uninJured except for
a few minor bruises about the body
Mrs. NJ C. Ba rnetr who has run the
Shock Cottage most successfully for ten
wears has leased the Bclhaven Hotel for
the season and Will bc glad to sec her old
friends and patrons at her new place
where she feels sure she can give them
better service and accommodation
Dancing, private and public parlors.
smoking room. card room with hcst
service possible on the boardwalk ADV
Paint 5 first duty is 10 protect. its
second to hcautifv Lucas Tinted Gloss
Paint docs both satisfactorily J r. 4
L. r Eliason, Inc-Adv
Man wanted to work in restaurant
Apply Hotel Louise Adv
Lucas Tinted Gloss Paint ha. back Of il
so years of successful paint making FN-
periencc Is the best teacher Let lis tell
YOU about IT. J T 4 L. +. Ehaeon Inc
Adv.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-06-14
NEWS Of THE DAY
At NEW CASTLE
Council Fixes Sl.65 Tax Rate and
Contracts for New $l1, 400
Fire Engine.

Stan Correspondence of Every Evening
New Castle, June l4.-The tax rate for
next year is TO be 81 65 on the 500. This
Was settled last night At a special meeting
Of City Council which went over the
whole municipal financial situation, fixed
the rate and passed the general appropria-
ton ordinance The meeting Also settled
the new fire engine matter by contracting
for an Ahrns-Fox machine At cost of
Sll 400. which was the cause of the in
crease in the tax rate
The appropriations, rs listed IN the
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-06-14

Nervous Gentleman lfrom the coun-
try Oh. little lamb and some potato
Brisk Waiter shouting up the res
taurant One lamb. one potato
Nervous Gentleman: Waiter. waiter.
a little less lamb. please, and-and little
more potato-Tit-Bits
Late War Edition" grcets our ewes
daily. If only il were the late" war!
London Opinion
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-06-14
DESTROYED BY LIGHTNING.

Special Correspondence of Every Evening
Smyrna, June 14-During the severe
storm of Wednesday afternoon the
residence of Charles f. Sherwood.
miller of near Brenford, was struck by
the lightning and was burned to the
ground
The -four mill adjoining was not AT all
damaged Loss about $4,000, covered
by insurance.