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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-09-19
ATHENS.

George Riggs was in town several days
last week.
George f. Mitchell returned from
Maine Monday.
The Windham County Agricultural
field meeting and picnic. which was post
poned from Aug. % because of bad
weather, was held in the White church
Sept. y. There was a fair attendance
and an interesting and instructive pro-
gram was presented.
Lewis Reed and Miss Bonalyn Smith
We're married Saturday evening. Sept. II
at the home of the brides parents. Mr.
and Mrs. Stephen Smith Only immeli-
ate relatives of the contracting parties
We're present. Mr.. Reed returned to
Camp Devens Sunday.
Mrs. Aramantha Mitchell York. IS.
died Sept. in the home of her niece,
Mrs. Nal Bemis, after lingering illness
of several months. She was born il,
Newfeld, Me-. the oldest child of Capt
Charles and Ruth Wentworth Mitchell
She was married to William B. York OF
| Clarion. Iowa. Oct. 2. 1879. and they lived
in Lowell. Mass. and Billerica Mass.
until Mr.. Works death in 1885 when she
went to live with her brother, George V
Mitchell sia New6eld. 4 In ldlao5 they
lmoved to Athens where they aave since
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-09-19
GERMAN PRISONERS
REALLY DETECTED
Claim That Their Attitude is Due to
Fear of Treatment Refuted by
Letters Written

.LONDON;. Sept, l british Wire
less service) - German wireless reports
asserting that the detection of captured
Germans is due to fear of bad treat
ment rather than weakened morale are
refuted by letters written by German
prisoners in England,
Referring to the political conditions
in Germany one prisoner wrote: 81
should think those who have been de-
.eived would be pretty tired of it by
low and their eyes be opened.
Regarding German officials the writ
r says: The next Reichstag election
after the war viii show these gentry
what's what.
Writing to a friend in America a
prisoner describes conditions in Ger
many as unbearable Good luck | am
lot there, he says, otherwise | would
be no more among the living. / can
1nly advise YOU not TO go back uless
YOU are forced to do SO.
:" 1t is only for mad clique of mill.
tarists who are dragging our honest
names in the dirt and whom we are
o curse for our pitiful situation, bat
| | hope that the rest of the world viii
| bring them back to their senses soon
| - have not heard of my brother
| Wilhelm, lately, poor lad he has TO fght
for his mad kaiser but | have strons
| hope that he will soon become such
brave soldier as | ami hope you will
/ understand
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ANOTHER BRATTLEBoRo CASE.
It Proves That There's Way Out fol
Many Suffering Brattleboro Folks.

just another report of case in Brat
tlcboro. Another typical case. Kidney
ailments relieved in Brattleboro with
Doan's Kidney Pills
John Fenton, blacksmith, 1e Law
renee ST., says: "About five or six
years ago, did a great deal of heavy
lifting at my work and strained my
back and il affected my kidneys. The
kidney seeretions were highly eolored
and too frequent in passage, obrigin2
me 70 get up two or there times at
night ! had distressing pains across
my Kidneys and it was difficult for me
to do any heavy lifting When / did
lift, the pain shot up and down by
back and could hardly stand erect
Reading so much about Doan s Kidney
Pills, ! bought some from the Brattle
boro Drug Go. After l had taken them
for three days, felt better and when
! had taken two boxes, ! was complete
~ rid of the trouble. had no attacks
Of kidney complaint until last spring
when ] again had backache. ] again
used Doan = Kidney Pills and one boz
relieved me of the trouble.
COO. at all dealers Foster-Milburr
Co, Mfgrs.. Buffalo, n. Y--Adv.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-09-19
METZ VALUABLE
GERMAN POINT
Center of Iron Fields That
Supply Much of Ore
Used by Huns
FORTRESS MOST
FORMIDABLE ONE
I:;;s;s;slas M
City Has Population of 10000 and Is
an Important Railway Center as Well
as Mining Center-Surrounded by %
Modern FortreSses
Modern Fortresses.

WASHINGTON, Sept l9.-Ohen-
sive operations toward Metz strike at
one of the most important German
bases in the West. The city and the |
twenty-eight encircling forts comprise
what has been regarded as one of the
most formidable fortresses in the world.
Metz also is the center of important
iron fields, which before the war sup
piled France and Germany with more
than two-thirds of the ore used by their
iron manufactures. uA1
Metz is on the Moselle. 1917 miles
/ east of the French border. The city
lays astride the Moselle river az well
as on both sides of the Seille Part of
| the city is on islands in the Mosellc
To the east. north and northwest are
the iron and coal fields of French and
German Lorraine. Deprived of these
fields Germany could not conduct the
war another three months, it is assert
ed.
The chief iron field on the Rhine
district is that of Lorraine, including
the Bassin de Briey, (the center of
which is the little village of Briey.)
the greatest iron producing region in
the world It is located mainly in Al
SAGE Lorraine and overlaps into Bel
gium and Luxembourg. 1t extends along
the Franco German frontier for thirty
five miles. almost up to Pont.a- Nous.
a son.
: Germany s possession of the major
portion of this productive area followed
the signing of the Treaty of Franz.
fort in 1871 Previous to the present
war Germany obtained from the mine
on her side of the frontier 21000,00l
tons of her total annual production Of
} 2300O000, while France got $4,000.
y 600 ont Of total production of %
100000
). Since her occupation in 1914 of tx
mines on the French side of the fror
tier Germany has added to her minera
: wealth the 100000 tons annually oh
4 tanned by the French bringing her T.
tai production from Lorraine alone n
1 to 43,000.o00 tons a year.
u The only practical road to this iIc
l portant region, military authoritic
/ agree, is the valley of the Moselle. a
4 the head Of the valley and barring tn
way lies Metz, ranking with Stras
1 burg as one of the two great bulwarl
of the German southwestern frontiei
1 Metz. is a city of 10000 populato,
1 its chief industries being the manufac
y turing of weapons, clothes, shoes an
hats.
As a fortress Metz has been impo
tant since the Roman era. Since tha
i'll time it has never succumbed to fror
I'd tai attack. Its present system of fort
NJ ication includes % detached for
i which circle the city proper. The on
IS YER chain of defenses, built within ii
s. last two decades, and undoubtedly pc
t. feeted since the outbreak OF the pre-
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-09-19

ent war, extend to Thionville on the
north, and Gravelotte ON the west.
West and southwest of Metz the
.conrse of the Moselle is lined with high
wooded hills. The German fortress
also is protected by heights and woods
northward. On the south, however, the
terrain is more open with few hills and
little wood.
From the American lines southwest
of Metz the nearest forts are Forts
Haeseler and de Sonny ON the right
bank of the Moselle and Fort Kron-
prinz on the left bank. Fort de Sonny
is less than five miles from the French
town of Arnaville, on the Franco Gerr
man border. .The forts surrounding
Metz were similar to those at Liege,
which were notable for their disap-
pearing turrets. German guns, howev-
err, overcame these forts.
Metz also is an important point on
the railway line supplying the German
line eastward from Laon.
The fall of Metz, not only would seal
the fate of the iron and coal fields, but
through the severance of railway lines
imperil the German line west to Laon
and thence northward to the Belgium
coast. All reports of possible Ger
| man retirement in the west have in
Dictated that Metz would form one OF
| the bastions of the German defense.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-09-19
STATIONS RIVER.

Austin Fordham has finished work at
The Inn.
Chauncey Whitcomb was in Brattle--
boro Monday. -.
!. Eva D Hobart of Washington visited
friends in town Sunday.
A G.. Campbell and family were in
neering, n. H., over Sunday.
Charles Wright and family of Bellows
Falls are stopping at the Inn.
The Nature club held a corn roast at
Will Wright's Tuesday evening.
Henry Nichols visited his. son, VIII
liam, at Camp Deyens last Sunday.
Miss Honorah O'Connor of North Wal
pole, n H., is boarding at the Inn.
Will Dean, ir., returned Saturday after
a few days visit in Worcester, Mass.
Mrs. Cora Hooper went Monday to
Ludlow to visit her mother, Mrs. Tyo
Jesse Cenate and Roland Simonds were
home from Camp Devens over Sunday.
Mrs. Fordham and son, Austin, re-
turned to New York last week Satur-
day.
George Davis and Mr. Bardwell of Bel
lows Falls We're guests at The Inn Sun
day.
Miss MariorEs Parker left Monday to
Eenter the Skidmore school for girls al
Saratoga, N. Y.
Chauncey Whitcomb> who has beer
working in Bethlehem.AN. H., this sum
mer. returned home Monday.
t Mr. and MrssF. P. Morrison. and Mrs
Abbie Hammond attended Neighbors
inioht at the GRANGE in Chester last Tues
Eday night.
G. Fl. Twitehell has received word tina
his son. First Lieut.. Clarence Twitchell
is stationed at Camp Keaney, Lind
Vista, Cal.
A lively time is expected at The In
this winter as several families have al
ready registered. \ few more rooms re
main untaken.
Mrs Martin Sparks and airs. Sara
Carlton. who have been visiting Mr.
Cartons daughter in Claremont, n. II
returned home Saturday.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-09-19

Last wear more than 10000 horses
we're killed for food in Paris.
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r. l., is spending vacation with her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. G. S. Sherman.
Mrs. Peter Hopkins and Miss Rena
Mather Of Brattleboro were guests of
their aunt, Mrs. George Prouty, one
day last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clifford Laze1le re-
turned to their home in Brattleboro
Sunday after spending several days
with relatives and friends here
Mrs VIII Bemis returned TO her home
in Brattlebore Tuesday after spending
several days with. her parents, Mr.. and
| Mrs. c. H. Benris. His father accompa-
MED her home to attend the Valley
| fair.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-09-19
OLD FASHIONED REMEDIES

grandmother s remedies compound
ed from the medicinal roots and herbs
Of the fields are now found upon the
saelves Of the modern drug stores in
attractive packages and are among
the best sellers in prepared medicines.
Prominent among them is that famous
old root and herb remedy, Lydia E.
Pinkham $ Vegetable Compound, which
for generations has been relieving the
women of America from the worst
forms of female ills and is now con-
sidered the standard remedy in its line.
ADV.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-09-19

homes in Massachusetts. Mrs. s. ".
Sturgis, who has not been in good
health all summer, was accompanied to
Boston Saturday by Dr. A. H. Wright
of Wilmington.
With 40 in the last class Of regis
trants in addition to those already in
the service and those who had previous
ly registered, it seems as if Dover
stands N position to furnish her
share of man-power for the army in
case of necessity, and doubtless there
are others past the age of IS years
who could serve along some lines in
the work, if their country calls.
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EAST DOVER.

Mrs Charles Edwards and Mrs. Carl
Brown attended tae funeral of Milton
Bingham in South Newfane Tuesday
Mrs. Mary johnson of Greenfield,
Mass, is spending the week with her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. ]. j. Worden.
Mrs. Claude Prouty. who is working
in Brattleboro, and daughter, Evelyn,
visited over Sunday at their home here.
Miss Gace Sherman of Providence,
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-09-19

made their home She leaves two broth
ers, George L. Mitchell of Athens and
Al |. Mitchell of Newfield, Me-, her niece,
Mrs. Harriet NJ. Bemis, and more distant
relatives. Funeral services were held
Tuesday, Sept. 10, Rev. III. P. Sweet off
eiating. ". A. Wyman and Mrs Ned
Wyman sang. There was an abundance
of flowers. The remains were taken to
Maine for burial in Maplewood cemetery,
Parsonsfield
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-09-19
Put STRANGERS Above Relations.

It was vizier, Ibn Al-Amid. who
lived in the eleventh century, who
wrote this strangely modern advice:
'Choose your friends among stran-
gers, and take not your near relations
into favor Relations are like scor-
pions, or even more noxious."
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-09-19
WEST DOVER.

Cecil Davis came home from his
school in Groton. Mass, Saturday TO
respond TO the call TO appear in Brat
tleboro Tuesday to be examined for
the draft.
Most of the summer people have left
their Coldbrook homes for their winter
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-09-19
Bring Your
Prescriptions
Here

II you want them filed with the purest
and freshest drugs, and with the great
est care and accuracy - filed precisely
as your physician orders them filed
to produce the exact effects he desires
We are proud OF the record we have
made IN our prescription department.
And yet we All prescriptions at very
reasonable prices, and I'LL them quickly,
too.
The Arvada enterprise., 1918-05-09
twADSWoRTH ROAD TO BE
IMPROVED BY COUNTY

There now seems to be every pro-
ability tnat Wadsworth Avenue road
will be improved by tho County Com.
missioners part way between Arvada
and BroomReld. At leust this spring.
A committee Of business men, includ-
Or. c. V. Shoop and J. II. Denslow
who recently purchased the big Lo-
throp ranch. journisd to Golden
Tuesday and laid their petition be-
fore the Board Of County Commits
siontrs, who we're very receptive to
the ides and promised to come to Ar.
vada Monday. next and go over the
road and decide what can be done to
put this road In better shape. Those
Of the party from Arvada were A.
!. Davis. Senator Stslcy. Mayor r.
Russell, T. c. Hurst and W. W. Mo.
bcrly.
All who can conveniently do no are
requested 70 meet the Commissioners
here At ten o'clock Monday morning
and 60 with the party over the road.
The lowering Of the Muhlsnbrock
hill. the Strengthening Of some Of the
curves further north and . general
rooundins UP Of the road arc some
Of the improvements contemplated.
The Arvada enterprise., 1918-05-09
A RED CROSS DINNER
AND DANCE

On Saturday evening Mny II.
1918, the Denver View unit Of the
Arvada Branch Of the Red Cross will
serve q six o'clock dinner at Fremont
Grange Hall. Afterwards dance
will he given for which Denver or
chestra will furnish the music.
The Grange has given up their reg.
ular Saturday night dance for this en-
tsrtsinmcnt and Mr.. II. c. Trail has
donated the veal for the dinner.
The drawing will take place for the
calf which Mrs. o. G. Binklcy has civ
ven to the Rcd Crons. 1t 1890.
The charge for the dinner vii he
35c for adults and 2bc for the child.
rem whila the tickets for the dance
will be Soc for the gentlemen and 25e
for ladies.
Come out and do your Bit" for
the boys who are risking their lives
Tor you "Some Where" In France.
The Arvada enterprise., 1918-05-09
LETTER FROM MRS. sCHuL

LETTER FROM MRS. SCHUL
Mrs. Frank Schellenger received a
letter this week from Mrs. John
Schul at San Jacinto, California, in
which she relates their experiences in
the recent earthquake In interesting,
most graphic manner and staes that
no one was killed and only one wo-
man was hurt. The store buildings
were all torn to pieces and the house
in which the Schul family were living
tell to the ground. They were COM
pc'led to move out the same day.
None were Mt home when the
quake came, which was veryfortun-
ate for them. Roy was the first to
discover that their house had fallen
In, but at first 1t did not appear to be
so badlydamaged. The family went
up town to see the awful havoc play
ed there before attempting to go In
their own house and in the meantime
another shock made matters worse.
The quake came ut three o'clock p.
m. and the family managed to move
into another house and had supper ut
nine that night. They were just
coming out of ncighbor's house
where they were calling when tho
hig quake camc and could zee the big
clouds Of dust in the mountains, ~
II seemed to bc much more pronoun-
ced there. Mrs. Schul said she got
on fence till the shock was over, ~
she could not stand on the ground.
It was the brick buildings that
suffered tho greatest damage. Tho
cement buildings were not damaged.
An earthquake was experienced In
Snn Jncinto eighteen years ngo, but
this w6s the worst ever experienced.
Mrs. Schul writes thnt Clara II
married und that George 10 In the
the hospital of an army camp In
Washington with the measles. He
Ia expecting to be taken over most
any time.
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WE HAVE SHOWN
OUR LOYALTY


On behalf Of the United States
humble servants we are. we con-
grstulate tho people Of Jefferson
We to our appeals for bubscrip-
ton to the Third Liberty Loan.
The government asked Us for
100000.
While the returns are not yet
all in we feel safe In saying
that you have loaned to your
government ABOUT two and ahalf
times the amount asked for, and
established \ record for the
Fifth Liberty Loan District
which any other district In the
state or even In the whole Fed
eral Reserve District will find II
difficult 70 equal.
Over 2IOO or our people have
made this most xafe and wise In
vestmcnt, and each one IN TO be
congratulated upon having done
so.
And all this has been done
without ono dollar Of expsnss to
our national government. save
for part Of the advertising
matter that WAS furniShed.
The Captains and Llsutcn-
ants Of the Liberty Loan army
have worked untirinnly, bcnring
aii their own expenses to accom-
publish this result.
The Women's organization.
headed by Mrs. Willimain &.
Coors. has wonderfully assisted.
The newspapers have done
more than their share.
To MI the thanks Of their gov
crnment should bs extended.
On May 9th the opportunity
to subscribe ended. II IL hoped
TINT all who hsvo sent their sub
scriptions to the various bmnks
will ssc that their payments are
made promptly. m the work en-.
tailed on the banks IL very great
and they should not be put to
any unnecessary expense.
Again. we thank you al for
your earnest cooperation In Civ
ing this splendid evidence Of
our country's loyalty.
X. BROAD. Chairman.
II. II. DsFRANCE. Maj.
The Arvada enterprise., 1918-05-09
WAKE UP, TEACHERS!
This is essentially = plea to the
married woman. ---

WAKE Up, TEACHERS!
This 10 essentially 4 plea to the
married woman. i'a t
You have quit teaching. You
are married and have . good
home. You do not have to tench
any more. But the times have
changed within the year. You
do not need the money, but the
schools need you.
Many schools In this and other
states will not open next fall be-
cause there are no teachers for
them. The young men have
gone 10 war, and In too many In
= stances the young woman teach
Or IL drifting Into other positions
where the work Il less exacting,
and the dollar return, perhaps
greater. She may. have forgot
ten that teachers' salaries are
going higher, too.
Unless the exteacher comes to
the rescus now children will be
bs the losers. Nobody else can
Ill her place.
Al . patriotic duty II II up to
the married woman teacher to
get back into the harness. She
may be rusty. she may not be
quite up 70 her standard Of five
or ten years ago, but II she was
) ever any good. she can brighten
up wonderfully by o few weeks
review at Colorado Teachers Col
lses summer school or else
where. II this is impossible.
then by attendance At the near.
est Teachers District institute.
>. The public school has made
this nation what Il is today.
Must we let Il 20 backward now
for lack Of teachers? Married
women, Il 10 up to you. Think
about II.
; J. q. CRABBE. President
Colorado State Teachers Col.
Greeley, Colorado.
esSss - $ssH -
The Arvada enterprise., 1918-05-09
ExAmiaAtion Notss.

Examination Notes.
Examinations In the high school
begin on Friday morning and conf Tin
ue through till Wednesday.
Examinations in grades begin on
Monday and continue till Thursday.
Pupils who have an average grade
Of no or above In subjects md de-
pertinent are excused from the final
tests.
School will close Oh Thursday. and
pupils will como hack on Friday
morning at 8 o'clock to receive their
report cards and promotions. .'
The Arvada enterprise., 1918-05-09
Cyaduatss of 1919.

Elson Abbott. Louvia Alto, Rob-
ert Buck. Myra Campbeli, Ruth
Desch. Ernest George. Evelyn Henry.
Loretta Kammerer. Hplh Lowor.
Carlisle Miner. Anner A1sr, lncy
Nicholson, Ruth Plnttner, ,Hnxcl Rob.
inson, Elsie Riniker. IIclma Rcdxtrosn,
Thompson Secrest. Marion Shoop,
Nina Snydeal. Helen Townsley,
Ralph Smith. Elsie Evans, Gertrude
Gillelnnd. Esther Bishop.
The Arvada enterprise., 1918-05-09
School Commence
n1ent May 18th

The bachalaureate sermon to the
graduating class will be given in the
NJ. F.. church, Sunday evening, May
II, p. m. DR.. Williams of the
Presbyterian church will give the SER
mon. This will be union service,
and all are invited. [
The commencement exercises will
be held at the Presbyterian church,
Thursday evening, May l6. Admis-
sion to this exercise will be by ticket
as usual.
DR.. D. Shaw Duncan, professor of
history in the University of Denver,
will give the class address.
Music will be furnished by the
high school chorus, and the high
school orchestra. Miss Ruth Descl,
will give the valedictory, Miss Helen
Lower will give the salutatory, Mr..
Carlisle Miner, the class history. Mr..
Thompson Secrest, the class prophecy
The program will be about as fol-
lows:
!. Orchestra-Grand Opera Selec-
tions."
2. Invocation.
8. National songs of our allies
a British,
h Italian,
French,
d U. s. A.
4. Salutatory-"T h American
Flag" ........ Helen Lower
5. Girls Mandolin and
Moonlight .......... Bliss
8. Class History Carl Miner
Z. Chorus-"Song Of the Vikings
Tanning.
8. Senior Girls Quartet
"Be Ny Love, Be My Own
Capua (Itslian popular song).
b "Ross Of My Heart"-Lohr.
8. High School Orcliestra-
"Diana" (Overture). Ascher.
b "Misererer" (From II Trova-
tore). Verdi.
10. Chorus-"The Lark at Morn
Came.
II. Class Prophecy .-...-s....s...s.e y
........ Thompson. Secrest
12. Vocal Solo--"God Be With Our
Boys Tonight "-Bowles :.
Ho,>l DOl,s,,o,,
l3. Senior Class Song-Bliss.
II. Valedictory-"The World Must
Be Made Safe for Democ-
racy" ........ Ruth Desch
Is. Chorus-"Old Glory"-McCurdy.
l6. Class Address DR.. d. S. Duncan.
II. Presentation of Diplomas. -.
....... DIR. Foster
lE, BenediotiOn.