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Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1918-10-31
Sour Stomach

Eat slowly, masticate your food
thoroughly, abstain from meat
for aiew days and in most cases
the sour stomach will disappear
If it does not, take one of Cham.
berlain's Tablets Immediately at.
ter supper. Red meats are most
likely to cause sour stomach and
you may find it best to cut them
out-adv.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1918-10-31

An operation was performed
last week at the Burge Deacon.
ess Hospital in Springfield on
Rev. G.. w. Holmes, and he ap
pears to be doing nicely.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1918-10-31

Woman's friend is a Large Tri.
al Bottle of San0l Prescription.
Fine for blackhrads, Eczema and
all rough skin and clear compl.x
ion. A real skin Tonic. Get a 5Oc
trial bottle at the drug store ad
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1918-10-31

Ben Grover has returned
home.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1918-10-31

j. W. Byng of Ava was here
last week.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1918-10-31

l.. T., DeVinna of Mountain
Grove was here Saturday.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-07-28
USELESS QUESTIONS

For the sake of efficiency in the army,
Il is suggested that hereafter all useless
questions shall be mentioned only by
number.
1t is estimated that this will save
enough force expended in unnecessary
movements of the vocal cords each day
to dig 1874 miles of trench six feet deep,
or transport 1863 doughboys month
from New York to Liverpool
Thus one doughboy simply says to an
other, EMO. 80" The proper answer be-
ing in each case. II. ID. H." abbre-
waited form Of II don't know" The
more important useless questions in the
A. f. f. follow:
% Say, what day is this, anyway?
(2) When are we going to get an
other mail?
CD How many troops do you suppose
we've got in France?
ta) Have you heard when we are 60
ing TO get paid?
60 What the devil is the matter with
them cooks?
co Who dye s'pose designed that
monkey hat?
ca Seen anybody with my "Satur
day Evening post'9
go How much do you owe the gov
eminent?
t0) DO YOU know when we're going
up the line?
tio) How much longer do you think
this thngl last?
Others will be published from time to
time as occasion requires
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-07-28
THE ONCE OVER

Beauty isn't everything, even when
you're soldering And a lot of strange
equipment will get by at inspection if
you have an excuse-always providing
the excuse is good enough.
In the case of the Engineers, Ry.,
the excuse happened to be good enough
and they certainly had lot to make
excuses for
The Engineers have been over
here since along last summer. They have
transported much ammunition to the
front and established a record for rum
ming trains close to the line. Although
nominally "non-combatant troops" they
have, in more than one emergency, taken
guns and given Fritz little entertain
ment. 1t was after such an occasion
that an American major general inspect
ed one battalion of the regiment
The Engineers had been attached, at
different times, to both the French and
the British, and during these periods of
service had replenished from the Q. nj. s
of these armies the American wardrobe
and outfit they started with This had
been augmented with articles gathered
promiscuously, and without apparent
favoritism, from French colonial troops,
Portuguese and Chinese.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-07-28
A FIELD NOTEBOOK

When they lined up for the inspection
some had American sombreros or steel
helmets, and others wore French and
English headgear of various types There
were men with leather puttees, men with
spirals, men with canvas leggings and
men with no leggings.
One corporal sported pair of rubber
boots. They were just as variegated as
to breeches and blouses and even arms.
One mans total armament consisted of
a maachette donated by Moroccan.
The general alighted from his automo-
bile for the inspection, and after one
glance at the troops restrained, with OBJ
vious difficulty, some kind of strange
emotion. He gathered himself together.
however, and made his tour Of the ranks,
pausing just once before tall private
dressed in the contributions of four ar
mics, with French rifle, minus breech
bolt, held at port.
Cant shoot Germans with that" said
the major general.
"No, sir" agreed the private, "but you
can harpoon 'em"
After the inspection the major gen.
eral made a little speech. 1t was about
as follows:
Il want to compliment you men on
what you have done. From all | hear.
you have been doing wonderful work.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-07-28

said the captain. eff you go on up the
line bit you'll run square into the back
part of the front. You can't miss it,"
The man stumbled over a couple of
hundred shell holes and finally got lost in
communicating trench.
where's the army" he asked a sem
try.
Guess they're up at the front" said the
sentry First turn to the right, then
left, then right again, about face and
straight ahead. Be careful and don't
right oblique at that last turn or you'll
wind up in Potsdam."
"This is my first trip to the front" said
the man.
"The front?' said the boy on the fire.
step. eff you want to go up front you'll
have to get permission from the second
lieutenant out there in the peep post"
"Are you the lieutenant who shows
folks the 'front.'" asked the man.
"I'm lieutenant" answered the lieu
tenant, "but Pm not the right guide. I
guess the man you want is out with that
patrol up front there"
But by this time the man was all tired
out, so he curled up in the peep post and
went to sleep.
Next morning he snapped out of it and
went to look for the patrol. He had an
idea that it might be waiting for him.
He stumbled into trench. There were
lot of one-time Germans in it, but they
weren't any good to anybody any more.
"Hoozair?" beloved a Yank sentry.
pardon me-" said the man. 81 only
meant to go as far as the front. / see
I've got away past it.
past it?v echoed the sentry. "'Hell,
we romped ahead a couple of kilometres
last night The front is up yonder
piece"
SO the man bit the pin off hand gre
made and swallowed it.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-07-28
PRECIOUS SCARS

We were sitting in the inn courtyard of
the Pink Owl in Beanville.
"Some day." my friend observed, "the
scars on these walls will be of real COM
mercial value.''
"Why?"
Because tourists from America will
flock here; some Of them ex-A. E. F. men,
some of them the folks back home who
now SO eagerly are porting over the war
news. The Pink Owl has nineteen scars,
disfigurements now, but after the war
every one of them will do it's bit to at
tract the attention and the trade of the
romantic minded tourist"
Sounds highly probable, doesn't it?
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-07-28
THE, HUNT FOR THE FRONT
JOURNEY DIRECTED BY NOBODY IN PARTICULAR

Once upon time there was man.
He might have been a civilian or he
might have been soldier; don't know
and it doesn't matter. Anyway, he land
ed at base port in France; he might
have come in a transport or he might
have come in banana boat or a box car
or dory; / don't know and it doesn't
matter. And the name of the base port
might have been Stockholm or Vladivos-
tok or South Bend.
All of that is beside the point and
might as we'll not have been written, but
tons if this story began as it should,
which is as follows:
Once upon time there was a man who
landed at a base port in France.
where's the 'front.'" he asked.
THE 'front.'" echoed the Engineer SER
geant-you can't get off at base port
without humping into an Engineer SER
geant, can you?-"the front? Say, you
don't suppose we keep it in box here in
town, do you? Go on along up the line
and ask"
So the man went on along up the line.
"Where's the front?" he asked.
"The 'front.'" repeated the sergeant in
the Q. NJ. Che wasn't Q. NJ. sergeant,
note; just a sergeant in the Q. M. c.
"the front? We're just out of fronts.
Guess you'll have to get along with the
one you got. Hold on-maybe they could
give you one in Paris"
SO the man went on to Paris.
He stayed two nights and day, and
there was an air raid each night, or at
least an attempt to hold one, and there
were stray shots from la crosse Bertha
during the day.
$50 this is the 'front.'" he remarked,
inquiringly.
"Who said it was?" countered the M
T. "You get your travel orders o. KID
and stamped and I'll start you toward
the front
So the man got his travel orders o. KID
lie took IA train as far as trains could
go and then he walked. He walked many
dusty klos.
At last he came TO a division headquar-
ters.
Where is the 'front.'" he asked.
a busy colonel. who was running his
fingers over map as though he were
tuning it, jerked his head up toward the
northeast.
The man walked many more dusty kilos
and came to regimenta headquarters.
On Che way somebody shelled him and
spoiled couple Of asparagus beds and
ripped seven leaves from an apple tree.
All" said the man to himself, "the
front ut last"
How do you like IL here ut the 'front.'"
he asked
Like it2' repeated the doughboy. II
don't know amt been there since Tues
day. You might so on up the line and
ask the I'd Battalion They're in the line
finding out whether they like it or not"
II WAS dark when he reached I'd Bat
talon headquarters
DO you find this very fronty 'front.'"
he asked
"lf you're one of those eophers who
ARE looking for the war" said the major.
You'll have to go on up the line. Our
laison with the Boche Is very poor lust
nov. SO can't order special Smelling
fol your benefit. Glad to have seen you"
What part of the front is thS?" the
man asked at company headquarters.
This is the front part of the bnek,"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-07-28

work beyond mere verbal praise. But 1
want to say that there hasn't been
stranger looking battalion of soldiers
since Villas Bandits"
Since then the Engineers, Ry..
have been known as Villas Bandits.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-07-28
OLD AND NEW STYLES

In camp back home: Sir, I have the
first sergeant's permission to speak to
the captain.
In billets over here: Sir, the Top told
me could speak to you about this here.
In the trenches: Say, captain
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-07-28
THE TANK

AlNN
Oh, she's nothin' sweet to look at an no
symphony to hear;
She amt no pone of/beauty, that's
cinch--
She bowls like Holy Jumpin' when fell
Ter shifts gear,
But she's sure lovey-dovey in pinch.
Just head her straight for Berlin and no
matter what the road,
Or whether it's just trenches, trees and
mud,
And I'll guarantee she'll get there with
her precious human load
And her treads drippin' red with
German blood.
Oh, you tank! tank! tank!
She's pippin, she's daisy, she's
dream!
Where the star shells are a-lightin' up the
thickest of the fghtin'.
She'll be sailin' like a demon
through the CLEAN.
If the way is rough and stony and the
vantage point is far,
Just slip her into high and hang on
tight,
Shove your foot down on the throttle
and to hell with all the jar
She'll take you clean from here to out
Of sight.
Course you've got to clean and scrub her
same as any piece of tin
That's worth the smoke to blow her up
the flue;
But just whisper to her gently, pat her
back and yell "Giddapv'
And there amt thing she wouldn't do
for you.
Oh, you tank! tank! tank!
She's Lulu, she's cuckoo! She's
the goods
When the Boches see you comm they
will set the air to hummin
Awavn' of their legs to reach
the woods
When the last great rush is over and the
last grim trench is past,
She will roll in high right through old
Berlin town,
nerds raisin' hob,
Intent on runnin' Kaiser William down.
Then she'll find him and We'll bind him
to her grindin, tearin' treads,
And we'll start her rollin' on the road
to hell
Shove her into high and leave her, tie
her bloomin' throttle down;
Well say she's lived her life and lived
it WE'LL
Oh, you tank! tank! tank!
She's a devil! She's a dandy!
She's sublime!
When her grimy hide goes hurlin'
through the dirty streets of Berlin
Watch the goose step change to
Yankee double time!
Sgt. RICHARD C. COLBURN,
Tank Corps.
TOUJOURS LIE MEME
| No matter how wise or how foolish
The company's cook may be,
! When down at the table we're seated.
Two things we all plainly can see;
When we look at the chow,
There's the bosom of SOW,
And eans-beans-beans.
If quartered in city or country,
The cook never misses his aim;
1t messing In swamp Or on mountain,
Two thinrs will roma ou;to +bo GO ~, i. :.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-07-28
CROSSES


Each life must have its crosses,
And soldier gets his share,
From trip across the ocean
To the envied Croix de Guerre.
There are crosses by the Censor,
Far too many, so it seems;
There are crosses in the letters
From the grille of his dreams.
There's cross that's worn by heroes
Who have faced a storm of lead;
There's cross when he is wounded,
There's cross when he is dead.
There's an iron cross awarded
For murder and for rape;
It's the emblem of the devil,
It's the cross of sin and hate.
There's the little cross of Mercy
That very few may own;
For a soldier it is second
To the cross of God alone.
It's a cross that's worn by women
When we see it we believe
We can recognize an angel
By the Red Cross on her sleeve,
Pvt. Harry H., st. Louis, U. S. M. C.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-07-28
SONG OF THE CENSOR MAN

Oh, | am the man with mightier pen
Than the chisel the lawgiver knew;
The snip of my shears is more dreaded
of men
Than the sword that Napoleon drew.
foil the young man with a nose for tina
news,
And l stif1e the first feeble note
Of the soldier who ventures to air anv
views
That he never was paid to promote.
Oh, it's snip, snip, snip is the rhythmic
swing
Of my shears in the morning light,
And clip, clip, clip is the raucous ring
Of their voice in the starry night.
l may strike from the calendar all of its
dates,
And l rob every town of its name,
And rarely letter but sadly relates
The tale of my terrible fame.
Oh, l know all the secrets that ever were
told,
Till every unfortunate prays
That the book of omnipotent knowledge
| hold
May be sealed to the end of my days.
On each written syllable proudly state,
pronounce benediction or ban;
For I'm the personification of Fate
The redoubtable Censor Man.
JOHN FLETCHER HALL,
Sgt, Acting Chaplain, Inf.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-07-28
The Am1y's Poets
We get bosom Of SOW,
And beans-beans--beans


We get bosom Of SOW,
And Observation-Disclosures.
When tasks for the day are all ended
And weary are body and brain.
Small matter it makes if we're eating
Indoors or outside in the rain,
The cook makes his bow
With the bosom of SOW,
And beans-beans-beans.
Of all that I've learned in the armv.
This fact am sure know we'll
And others are certain to tell you
The soldiers worst picture of hell
Is thrice daily chow
With the bosom of SOW,
And Observation-Disclosures.
Corp. VANCE C. CRISIS, Engrs.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-07
THAT PEACE PARLEY
LOST TO VIEW
ONLY VAGUE REPORTS COME
FROM BREST LITOVSK AND
REAL RESULTS UNKNOWN.

London, Feb 7.-Resumption of peace
negotiations at Brest Litovsk today, if
1t occurs, will take place in a fog OF
vague reports and contradictions as far
as the outside world is concerned.
Statements in many German news
papers indicate n probable breach be-
tween the Germans and the bolsheviki,
and the conclusion Of a separate ar
rangement between the central powers
and the Ukraine, No light on the situa-
tion comes from Russian sources.
A dispatch frcm the Petrograd cor
respondent of The Daily News under
Tuesdays date says there has been no
direct telegraphic news received there
from Brest Litovsk for four days.
The Germans alleged that the wires
were damaged, wnereupon the Russians
similarly damaged" the direct wire be
tween Petrograd and Berlin used by the
Austro. German delegation. Foreign
Minister Trotzky is reported to be at
Brest Litovsk, but nothing has been
heard from him.
In the meantime. the bolsheviki con
tinue to circulate, by means of the
WlTeieSS' SldteIneiIS IesdiuLl5 lAe III
umph Of the bolsheyist congress in the
Ukraine.
NJ. Kasakod, former chancellor Of the
Russian embassy at Toxic, has been
arrested by the bolsheviki. He Is
charged with attempting TO influence
the Japanese and British embassies and
the Chinese legation against entering
into relations with the bolshevist gov
ernment.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-07
DR.. SON INJURED
WHEN OIL TRAIN
STRUCK AUTO

DIR. J. f. Son was seriously injured
yesterday afternoon when his car was
struck by an oil train switching on the
Seventh avenue Santa Fe crossing in
the northeastern part Of the city. He
was thrown from his car and dragged
about sixty feet, sustaining cuts and
bruises, although no bones were broken.
The car he was driving was wrecked
and the car which struck him was de.
rallied. The accident occurred about
4;SO o'clock while Doctor Son was re-
turning from a call. He was driving
west and because of the deep cut near
the crossing could not see the train
in time to avoid an accident The train,
made up Of oil tanks, was backing these
cars on the switch track to the oil
refinery. Doctor Son was Immediately
taken to the Hardy Sanitarium. but
was later removed to his home, SO2 D
street northwest.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-07
BOATSWAIN Of
TUSCANIA TELLS
HIS EXPERIENCE
THEY'VE GOT HER NOW" HE
SAID TO MATE WHEN TOR
PED0 HIT SHIP.

London, Feb. 7. -- Thomas Smith of
Glasgow, a boatswain's mate on the
Tuscani, said the steamer was proceed.
ing to an English port under convoy.
AT 5;45 o'clock on Tuesday evening"
he continued, 81 was in No. / room
talking with fellow boatswain when
heard a terrifice explosion and felt
the vessel heeling over. | said to my
mate.
They've got her now
I'VE commenced lowering boats on
the starboard side. The soldiers were
lined up on deck waiting for the boats.
Unfortunately, many jumped overheard.
81 found the boat at No. station. TO
which ! proceeded. had been blown to
pieces 1 then helped to get boats "a,
9B and &C away with full compliments
and the second officer got boats l to Z
safely away.
After seeing these launched, / pro.
ceeded to the other deck, where |
launched raft. l picked up fourteen
soldiers and two Of the ships crew,
who We're swimming about. We had no
oars and had to paddle along with our
hands. We We're picked up at 9 o'clock
in the evening and landed Wednesday
morning"
The first survivors were landed at
1870 o'clock Wednesday morning. From
then until Z a m. many patrol boats
arrived, each bringing a full compile
ment Of survivors, the number of whom
by that time had reached $50, includ.
ing forty members of the crew.
All the medical men at Larne, on the
eastern coast Of Ireland, where some
Of the survivors We're landed. were
requisitioned.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-07
RUSS PEASANTS
BEGIN PLUMBER
OF RICH CLASSES
LENINE TELLS THEM TO GO AND
TAKE LAND AND TREASURE
OF VICTIMS.
ARE GIVEN FREE REIN
-POlice Are Dead and Buried, and the
Masses Must Take Affairs in Their
Own Hands-Pit Ten Peasants Against
Every Rich Man." Is Order.

Petrograd, Wednesday, Feb. 6.--With
the approach of the spring planting
season, land distribution is becoming an
acute problem. Unemployed worlImen
who are leaving the cities for their ma
tive villages to get land, rapidly are
spreading the economic struggle through
Russia
The all-Russian congress of work
mems and soldiers delegates adjourned
without adopting the plans OF NJ. Kale-
gayev, the minister of agriculture, for
the apportiOnment of the land. COnse-
quently, no definite explanation has been
established for the method of division.
The land-owning peasants as well as
the bourgeoisie are to be deprived of
their estates. Premier Lenine today
addressed a large gathering of agtators
who are to depart soon for the prov
inces to lead the confscation campaign
He urged them to make war on all
village eXploiters and rich peasants as
they did on the wealthy landowners.
I'VE have taken the land to give it
to the poor peasants" the premier said.
'Do not let the rich peasants or ex.
ploiters get the agricultural implements
Pit ten poor peasants against every
rich one, The police are dead and
buried and the masses must take affairs
in their own hands
External war is being finished now
Internal war begins, but not a war
with arms. This is an economic war.
The masses must take back what has
been stolen from them. The rich who
have hidden their wealth think the
masses will pull them through. Some.
how we must uncover the hidden wealth
or otherwise the boshevist government
is bankrupt.
'"The republic needs twenty.eight bill.
lion rubles annually The prospective
income is only eight billion rubes The
hidden wealth must be uncovered and
placed at the disposal Of the govern.
ment."
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-07
NEGRO KILLED
LAST NIGHT
ED LEE PEW SHOT TO DEATH
EPH FIELDS SURRENDERS
AT COUNTY JAIL

Ed Lee Pugh, negro. was shot and
killed shortly before o'clock last night.
in front of a restaurant on East Main
street, just across the Santa Fe tracks.
He was shot four times with .32.
caliber automatic pistol, three bullets
entering his back and one entering his
side. The shooting attracted large
crowd of negroes, but none appeared to
know what led up to the killing.
Pugh, who was about thirty years old,
was the son of Taylor Pugh, barber
in the Wilmington hotel barber shop.
Eph Fields, another negro, went to
the county Jail and surrendered shortly
after the shooting.
The dead negro had been employed
in pool hall on East Main street and
Fields has been for a long time employed
as hostler by Sheriq Buck Garrett.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-07
"WE MUST WIN THIS WAR"
BAKER TELLS AMERICANS

Washington Feb 7.-Secretary Baker today issued
the following statement:
"The sinking of the Tuscania brings face to face
with the losses of in its most relentless form. 1t
is fresh challenge to the civilized world by ad-
versary who has refined, but made deadly, the
stealth of the savage in warfare.
eve must win this and will win this war.
Losses like this unite the country in sympathy with the
families of those who have suffered oss they also unite
to make determined purpose to press on.
GAS rapidly details in, they will be given
to the public in order to relieve anxiety where possible;
and notice will be sent promptly possible those
whose and brothers have been added the nations
heroic dead"