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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-05-17

well and feel fine in the morning and
able to do my work. / gladly recon-
mend Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound to make weak nerves
strong. = Mrs. ALBERT SULTZE, COS
Olmstead ST., Winona, MINI.
How often do we hear the expression
among women, 81 am so nervous, I cam
not Sleep" or cit seems as though /
should fly" Such women should profit
by Mrs. Sultze's experience and give
this famous root and herb remedy,
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com.
pound, trial.
For forty years it has been overcom-
ing such serious conditions as displace-
ments, Inflammation, liberation, irreg-
ularities, periodic pains. backache, diz-
illness, and nervous prostration Of
women, and is now considered the stan.
dard remedy for such ailments.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-05-17
Military,

An army officers wife wrote to r. A.
M. G. officer, saying her child was suf-
fering from teething. She addressed
the letter, 'Dr. Brown"
The recipient returned it with the
remark that he should be addressed
Brigade Surgeon Lieutenant Colonel
Brown"
Whereupon the lady wrote back:
'Dear Brigade Surgeon Lieutenant
Colonel Brown: / am sorry about mis-
take.-YOurs, Mary Jones.
"P. S.-P!ease bring your sword to
lance baby's ms."-Tit-Bits.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-05-17
COCK FIGHT AUDIENCE
HELD UP BY BANDITS

Greenwich, Conn. - While
sporting men from points in Con-
necticut, n. j., and New York
were enjoying a series of cock
fights in a barn near here six
bandits, heavily armed and
masked, held up the entire party,
obtaining several thousand dol
lars. The automobiles used by
the sporting men had been dis
abled, preventing pursuit. The
bandits emptied their revolvers
and then escaped. Eleven sport
ing men have been arrested for
violating the law which prohib-
its cock fights.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-05-17

| imperial waters by which nature SEEM
ed to have destined it to become an
imperial port. For protection of COM
merce it united with Bremen and Luz
beck in the formation of "hause," or
! league, and soon, with the incorpora-
ton of other cities arose the "Hansea-
tic league" which for long years actu-
ally dominated the commerce Of Eu-
rope, establishing branches and head
quarters in other commercial cities and
even almost playing game Of fifty
fifty in LONDON itself, having for long
period an establishment at the Steel
yard in that city. 1t secured special
privileges in several Of the chief cities
in northern Europe and held undis-
puted sway of the Baltic sea and Ger
man ocean. 1t suppressed land robbers
and sea pirates, but eyacted undue toll
from other countries and with their
progress within themselves began its
decline.
Nearly Ruined by Davout.
1t was Macmillan I, who in 1910 de-
clared Hamburg an imperial city, and
it was under the sway Of Napoleon I
that 1t met with ruin, beginning with
it's corporation into the French empire
in 1910, just 300 years after the historic
decree of Macmillan. For more than
year, beginning with 1913, the city
was under the control of the French
General Davout, who gave free reign
to pillage, and the population rapidly
dwindled from 100000 to nearly 3d.
600. After Napoleon it entered the
German federation as free city of the
empire. From this it developed as a
commercial and maritime city with
amazing rapidity, suffering only one
check, the disastrous fire in 1912.
Hamburg is essentially free city"
1t has absolutely home government.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-05-17
Father and Son.

Il don't know but III get into this
war myself before it's over" unused
Farmer CorntOsSel
Wouldn't that be fine!'' exclaimed
his wife. Maybe you an Josh would
be in the same company"
at wouldn't do. Josh has had too
much start in the chance for promo
ton. Like as not he'd be under the
painful necessity of disciplinin' me fur
net speakin' respectful to my superior
officer"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-05-17
Women War Workers.

American women in France are TAX
ing their place in war as unhesitating-
ly as the soldiers in the trenches are.
This is the word that has just been
brought back to America from France
by Mrs. Luther FL. Gulick, formerly of
Brooklyn, now of South Casco, Me-, di-
rector of the Camp Fire Girls Of
America, who recently spent ten days
In a 7. M. G. A. hut at Toul, as near
the American front lines as women are
permitted to go. At the point where
she worked, each woman in the can.
teen is provided with a gas mask. in
case, of sudden need Of 1t.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-05-17
Needed Special Coffin

Putnam, Gonna special coffin 80
inches in width, "a inches deep and 6
feet in length had to be built before
Uric Paparie, forty, the largest man
In this city, could be buried. Last
summer, when taken ill, he weighed
415 pounds, and since his illness he
added so pounds.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-05-17

stuck by his key, watching his home
burning, and not knowing whether or
not his family had been saved.
With the arrival of relief the teleg-
rapher dashed from the telegraph Of
flee and to his home. The blaze was
under control, but not until it had
practically ruined the home. Howev-
er, the wife and her newborn baby
were safe, railroad men having placed
them on cot and carried them from
the burning home to place Of safety.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-05-17
MAN REFUSES TO QUIT JAIL
Astonishes Court by TearfuIiy Re-
questing Judge to Extend His
Sentence.

st. Louis, Mo.-Alexander Bastien.
seventy-seven years old, a gardener Of
East st. Louis, H., refused to be re-
leased from the county Jail at Belle
vile recently. He had served a six
months sentence for vagrancy.
Tearfully he asked Justice Wange-
lin to lengthen his sentence.
"First time ever heard of anybody
wanting to remain in that JAIL" JUS
tice Wangelin said. "Fifty-three
days."
Bastien was privileged prisoner
and made daily trips from the Jail to
the county wOrkhouse, eight blocks
away.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-05-17
England to Grow SunfIoWers.

The production of sunf1oWers is
being encouraged in England The
ministry of food and production de-
partment has issued instructions on
how to grow sunflowers and advises
all persons to grow them, explaining
that the seed is rich in oil and makes
an excellent chicken food.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-05-17
Courtesy of the French.

Benjamin Franklin, in his memoirs,
speaking of one of the skirmishes in
the French and Indian war, tells how
the French troops marched from
Rhode Island to Virginia, without oc-
casioning one complaint for the loss
of pig, a chicken or even an apple.
They are the kind Of soldiers to whom
honor is more than word for dress
parade.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-05-17
orioln Of Military Salute.

The form Of the military salute Of
subordination to officers-the hand
lifted level with the brow-is said to
date back to the time when knight
hood was in flower and men rode in
tournaments for empty but brilliant
social honors. The contestants. upon
entering the arena, rode up before the
box of the queen of love and beauty"
md yelled their eyes with lifted hand
as though shielding them from the ra-
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-05-17
The First Primitive Measures.

Doubtless measures of all kinds
were originally taken from the human
body. An inch is roughly tae length
of the top joint of the thumb. A span
is quarter of pace. and pace is
half ones height. The span and the
pace were probably the foundation of
all measurement, and we will speak
quite commonly of so many PAGES dis
tant.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-05-17
A Victim of Fate.

when l began
business" said
plutocrat YEARLY.
81 made a solemn
vow that when !
had made an even
million / would
quit"
"B ut you've
made that many
times over" said
the other man,
"and still you are
accommodating"
That's t h e
curse of it. When
ever I think I've
made an even mil
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-05-17
HAVE ALAUGH

His Temptation.

81 hope my husband won't get in
weighed into any games with those card
sharks"
"Oh, he'll know when they are try
ing to cheat him."
"I'm not afraid of that, but you
know, he's a sharpshooter."
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-05-17

They were shaped like cones. AS their
bottoms were pointed they would not
stand erect. When a man had his drink
ing horn filled he disposed of it's con-
tents at a single draught and did not
lay it down until he had drained it.
These horns were tumblers In the sense
that they would not stand upright. AL
though our modern glasses do not have
this Objectionable quality, the name
that originated in early Saxon times
still persists.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-05-17
Six Thousand Words a Minute
BY New High-Speed Telegraphy

A seven-league stride has recently
been made ip high-speed telegraphy.
An apparatus which in actual tests
has proved its ability to transmit
over a single, grounded wire 5000
words minute has been evolved. The
real significance of this escapes one
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-05-17
STUCK TO HIS
POST OF DUTY
Railroad TeIegrapher Stayed "on
Job" While His Home Was
Burning.

Lock Haven, Pa.-B. R. Staver, rail-
road telegrapher, on duty near Lock
Haven, Pa, stood at his post of duty
and watched his home burn, unable to
leave his telegraph key. He knew
that his wife and their three-day-old
baby were in danger and helpless, but
the thought of possible railroad
wreck, with its consequent loss of life,
kept him at his post.
When Staver saw the smoke rising
from the roof of his house he turned
In an alarm and then summoned an
other telegraph operator to relieve
him. Until the relief arrived Staver
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-05-17
Egyptians Fond Of Pigeons.

Certain Egyptians carry on to a re.
markable degree the business of rails
Ing pigeons. On one estate the Ia Dig.
con towers, each composed of abont
Loo clay Jars. set one upon another
Each jar forms comfortable house fo,
the family Of pigeons occupying 1t.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-05-17
Mental Industry.

"It's wrong to
say 1 don't work,
mister" sal d
Flooding Pete.
"What work do
you do?"
brain work. I
have to think up
a terrible lot of
excuses for not
acceptin' jobs"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-05-17
Our Army and What it Costs
Most People Figure Expansion Much Less and
Cost Much Greater Than Facts Warrant


dusy expanded the
written
letters and packages
1T
When America strength of all
2l2tE}4-9524 officers
the grand Of the (al
branches) 1652,725-123S01 1,52S924
The detailed figures worth
as
AprI,19 April, 1918
Officers Men officers Men
l2,I9l
National Guard .3.73s 1918 1888 4Sl58
neserVe corps I'm serVe 4OU 9ozo ,oooo
National army Observation-Disclosures. % 516iSS9
Total 123S01 152S924
The of the thing that is
generally billions
been instead that been expended
shoe things properly cargeable to
the war-were $3OO6,76
Of depart
billions dollars
vered
following
Civil establishment 162O5143O0
Military establishment 743S35,463S
Rivers and harbors 34731,150OO
Total .$7464 III, 7564S
lions during the period from June To- 1917 March 1913 follows
establishment
Military establishment 2S9 SSssSs5
harbors
$3OO6761,9O715
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-05-17
Used Ball Bat on Fish.

Chicago.-Ty Cobb methods Of
catching fish cost John Roman and
a pal $40 and costs each. They were
charged with having caught pickerel
In Wolf lake by hitting them on the
head with a baseball bat.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-05-17

dance of her charms. The expla-
nation may or may not be correct
very probably it is not, but it is a
pretty conceit and fits in with the
glamor that gives a tinge of romance
to war.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-05-17
PLAN AHEAD FOR
BETTER POULTRY

One must plan ahead in order to be
successful in any line of endeavor.
Poultry keeping is no exception, writes
an authority. If you do not have the
breeding birds you need for the seas
on of 1918, now is good time to get
them, There is countrywide scare
ity of good birds for breeding purposes,
higher prices than in past years. 1t
will not pay to get inferior birds in or
der to save a little of the purchase
price.
If you are just starting, or if you
want new blood, you can buy either
stock or eggs for Matching. Men are
more likely to buy stock because they
do not usually handle eggs so care
fully as women and also because uSu-
ally they have more money to spend.
To buy stock is the safer plan, of
course, and on the whole is better, but
it costs more money. For both stock
and eggs prices are high and will con-
tinue so. One cannot expect to buy
eggs for Matching in 1918 in quantities,
at So per hundred. Such low prices
are now absurd for eggs from stock Of
any decent quality at all.
Most poultry breeders, except those
who have a large number of birds of
superior quality, are compelled to re-
plenish their flock with new blood al
most every year. Our flocks either
go up or go down. Just because prices
are higher than normal we must be
careful to get good quality in What
we buy. This is time when poor
stuff will not pay. There never was
a time when it was so true that "the
best is none too good" 1t does not
pay to keep inferior fowls now.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-05-17
A Patriot.

Hes real patriot, anyhow"
What makes you thing SOP"
Hes taken big government con.
tract for the same profit he'd charge,
a private corporation"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-05-17
An Excusinq Spirit.

Didn't l see the. grocer's boy kiss
you this morning, Susan?"
"Yesm. But he amt to blame,
ma'am. Twas the iceman set him
the bad example,
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-05-17

6O O0A = SOssA
st at night
would lie awake and
get so nervous /
would have to get
up and walk around
and in the morning
would be all tired
out. / read about
Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Com
pound and thought
/ would try it. My
nervousness soon
"a
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-05-17
| ,fted o.Pound Hoo: Fell Dead.

Springfield, Ill.-Lifting 300-pound
hog to demonstrate his herculean
strength, Leon Lansinkiewiecz. COM
planned Of feeling I'LL. A few minutes
later he dropped dead of ruptured
l0rta.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-05-17
Up-to-Date.

HAS your cook anything deleteri-
Gus in your daily diet, Mrs. Comeup?"
Sure, she has. eve have everything
now that's the STYLE"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-05-17
Manager George StalIings
Is in the Game Heart and
Soul on the Ball Diamond

Fred Mitchell, manager of the Chi
cago Cubs, delights to tell stories of
his former boss, Miracle Man Stallings
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-05-17
I | 1

lion find on figuring it up it's either
little more or little less, and I've
got to renew the heart-breaking strug-
gle" And the unfortunate man sighed
heavily.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-05-17
Natural Sequence.

"What did Gings do when his wife
made such sweeping attack upon
him?" 'fWhy, he busted
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-05-17

IF l had weak heart do you think
Ia want to go into this kind of .
WARP"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-05-17

Wise men act as if they expected to
live 100 years, bnt are prepared to
shuttle off tomorrow.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-05-17
WOMAN'S NERVES
MADE STRONG
By Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound.

Winons, MINI. Lei suffered for more
than a wear from nervousness, and was
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-05-17
Twenty Years Ago.

Bicycles were as common as
legs.
Automobiles and mlllionaires
were rare.
Table board was So week,
or So a week with the "best
I room in the house."
Hotels had q 'bill of fare"
. and the menu" with prices
marked opposite was almost
unknown.
Appendicitis had just been
discovered.
Nobody wore white shoes. and
palm beach suits were in the
"alpaca stage"
Jules Verne had a monopoly
on the Washington
Times.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-05-17
OF Course Not.

"Why am 1 rejected" asked the
applicant for military service.
"Weak heart" replied the exam
lining surgeon.
'Weak hearth" retorted the youth.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-05-17

Money talks when it is put up as
guaranty.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-05-17
Early Crop.

Early Crop.
SO you own a good many suburban
houses and small farms. Live on any
of them?"
"No."
Then you don't raise anything your
self"
"Oh, yes; every spring raise rents"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-05-17
WHY They Are Called TumbIers.

About $500 years ago the Saxons in
England used drinking vessels that
were made of horns of cattle or oxen.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-05-17

wv YHILE it has been suspected
AN/ that the cunning of Ger
man kultur" exaggerated
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-06-20
WHAT THE HOME SERVICE DOES

The Red Cross Home Service Sec
ton of Hays, Kansas Chapter Is rem
dering valuable service OF the boys OF
this county who are now in our coun-
try's forces. They are helping the
families of these me min many ways,
especially in explaining to them the
provisions of the War Risk Insurance
Law as it relates TO allotments and al
lowances, compensations and insur-
ance.
The Home Service Section has
opened an office IN the first house
west of the Baptist church on Craw-
ford Avenue and the representative
Of the Section is there every day be-
tween the hours of 9 to II a. m
Recently the Home Service Section
rs sent letters to all the men who
have been called by the Draft Boards
to go to cantOnments inviting them
TO come to the Home Service Office
where the work of the committee is
explained and many preplexing pro
blems which are worrying the boys
are solved Often times the mere
fact that the soldier boy to be learns
that the Home Service Section is in
existence TO help take care of his
loved ones while he Is away lifts a
great load of worry from his mind
The boys In this county are leaving
US without these family worries. Gen
eral Pershing has said, ga worried sol
dier is a poor soldier" and 1t is the
am of the Home Service Section Of
our Red Cross Chapter to see that
every reasonable service Is given to
the soldiers family, as nothing can
DESTROY the morale Of q soldier quick
er than worry about the peace, safe
ty and health OF his loved ones back
home
The members OF the Home Service
Section of this county viii be very
glad to be Of service to the enlisted
men. They are: Edward o. Rogers,
Chairman; May Bemis, Secretary /;
Curtis Wann, H W. Chittenden. J.
H Simminger, Hiram Addison, Ed
Rea. Father Mark, Chas- King, Mrs.
G. G. Cochran
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-06-20
From Ben Westbrook

Preside. San Francisco. May 26.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilson,
My Dear Friends:
Today is Sunday and having just
finished a letter to mother thought
about you folks so here goes.
I was enlisted and gone before
could hardly realize what had taken
place. / didn't like it so well at Fort
Logan but of course that is just a
recruiting barn, and those fellows in
charge have so many men to care
for that everything not sunshine and
roses.
I went through the shot in the
arm 0. Z. but others got rather sick
They don't drill the recruits at Logan
and so we could rest after our un-
pleasant trip. In the clothes line of
our equipment we were issued one
suit of khaki, one of underwear, one
of 0. D. shirt, two pair of socks, one
OF leggins, one of large drill shoes and
a felt hat, two wooden blankets, one
large bag for clothes and one small
kit for mess
The food wasn't so good at Logan
but we are getting good chow now.
For dinner today we had roast beef,
mashed potatoes, canned corn, let
tuee, bread, coffee and . sort Of cake.
OF course 1t can't be like the good old
home cooking but the boys are get
ting fat on their bones just the same.
| The trip from Denver to San Fran
I cisco was a most pleasant and an in
teresting one. One thousand dollars
could not buy the little experience
I've gained already.
We came across the Bay by boat
to San Francisco where we were load
ed into motor trucks and brought to
this place, the Preside of Fort Scott.
Our blankets and bags had not az
rived yet so they gave US hot sup
per and three blankets and told to go
to bed.
There was forty-five of US in the
bunch. Thirty was taken to I'LL up
the forty-hfth company, whi1e the
remaining fifteen was placed in the
forty-fourth. There were four Of US
in bunch from Hays; three went to
the forty-ffth and two to the forty
fourth. It doesn't seem to bother
me much though I would like to be
nearer some one from my home town.
About six of the Hays boys were left
IN Fort Logan. / sure hope some of
them are shipped to this company.
Hicks Gross, Arthur Hemphill, Dew
ey Garrett and myself were the four
to come here. We were IN Fort Lo-
an four days
I am sleeping fine but rather cool
Right up next to the bay and can see
everything that takes place on the
water almost. l saw a seal last night,
and thought Il unusual but they say
it is a common sight here.
Oh yes, here is one big thing I
want to tell you Our Sergeant
| learned that we had no wooden under
wear, etc, so he marched Us up to
the supply Sergeant's quarters and
gave US each one Of our fifteen q fine
sweater, muffler and caps which wer7
knitted by the Red Cross and am
sure thankful for the same They are
real red blooded people those knit
/ ters-
They have Us IN quarantine IN or
der that We may get used to the eli
mate but I have a cold as have al
/ the other boys There hasn't been any
/ disease IN our quarters yet There
are a great many things to take up
ones time when out Of this quaran-
tine and I expect to keep my time
occupied too. Well / viii have 70
close nov. Good luck and best wish
Friend Ben.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-06-20
A Fungus Growth

In every town there are certain
women who have time to dress in all
styles of the times, but have no time
to do any useful work In truth it
seems that they can do nothing use
full. They are parasites on society
lust as much as are the l. W. w. out
fit. There is fungus growth in
plant life that has a pleasing appear
nee, just as do some of these females,
but the fungus is drawing the life
blood from the plant to which it
clings. What of the fungus fe-
males"-RusseIl Reformer
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-06-20
Why Printing Costs More

A tabulation issued by the Minnea-
polls Paper Company shows the fol-
lowing increases since August, 1914.
in the labor and materials which go
into job printing.
Bonds, ledger papers, ETC. 55 per
cent.
Book papers, SO per cent.
Metal, brass rule, etc. 115 per
cent.
Inks, bronzes, etc, 65 per cent.
Canvas, $50 per cent.
Leathers. 800 to 500 percent.
Glue, 100 per cent.
Oils, 73 per cent.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-06-20
Card of Thanks

Not being able to see everyone IN
person 1 take these means 10 thank
the good people Of Hays and in fact
the people OF the county for help and
assistance in this great calamity
which fell upon US especially wish
TO than kthe Red Gross and Royal
to thank the Red Cross, Royal Neigh
bOrs, the Hays Home Guards and all
other fraternal organizations which
helped US. I thank you one and all
from the depth Of my heart.-Wil-
liam Harmon and family.