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The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1918-10-01
DOTY STATES HE HAD
GREAT TRIP ACROSS
Doesn't Think He Will Stay
There Long If Success
=. Continues J

The following letter has been re.
ceived by relatives from Sergeant s.
s. Doty, who is now with the Ameri.
can Expeditionary Forces In France:
| am dropping you a few lines to
let you know where am as 1t has
been a long time since you have
heard from me. 1t was impossible to
answer your last letter before | left
the States.
v We had q great time coming across.
! would like to tell you all about it
but we are not allowed to write any.
thing that happens on the way so ]
cannot write about It, / am getting
along fine and in the best of health
and hope that you are the same.
We have very good place to stay
here and ! like it very much. If the
war goes on the way it is now, I don't
think that we will be here so very
long.
SERGEANT S. S. DOTY,
End Co., 4th Motor Mech. Regt
Air Service Production Center No. q
A. p. o. 713,j A. r. F., France
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1918-10-01
TRACY EXPECTS WAR
TO BE OVER BY XMAS
Howard Boy Urges People Ia
Buy W. S. S. And Lib
erty Bonds

In letter to friends, Private ID. "
Tracy Of Howard, now serving with
the A. r. II. in France, urges all to
buy more war savings stamps and
Liberty Bonds to speed the defeat of
the Hun. The letter follows:
This evening, Harvey Stull handed
me two clippings OF Howard news,
taken from the county paper. was
pleased to note that few more of
the boys have entered the service
/. We look for the war to be practi.
cally over by the holidays. The boys
who left the last of April hope to
come I'M onl the home stretch. The
latest contingent will never see the
front They have our sympathy, for
we feel that the excitement is well
worth the risk.
We would ibe pleased to hear from
any friends. If you have any spare
county papers, any of the boys here
would beSglad to receive them.
Buy w s. s. and Liberty Bonds
and add'a few beans to our soup. We
are coming home in time to join
Worth Laughrey, Dan Stull and Jake
Stricken in the big spring drive on
the black suckers.
PVT. d. V. TRACY,
Battery d, 323rd l.. f. A.,
American E. r.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1918-10-01
EVERY DAY is FOURTH
OF JULY in FRANCE
Cam Declares That Most
Cities Are Actually Torn
To Pieces

The following letter has been re.
ceived by his mother, Mrs. Millie
Cam, from Marcus Hanna Cam, whit
Is now serving in France;
| am in very good health. We have
a Fourth of July" every day here.
can speak little French and am try
ing TO learn more about it.
Most of the towns are actually torn
to pieces and anyone who has seen
them in peace times would scarcely
recognize them. | have been picking
blackherries in No Mans Land. That
is something out of the ordinary.
The people live funny over here
COWS and chickens in the same house
with them. They raise fine gardens.
all kinds of vegetables and other gar.
den truck.
Remember, was scared coming
across the great body Of water-was
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1918-10-01
STILL HAVE GERMANS
ON RUN SAYS. WELKER
Urges People To Buy Liberty
Bonds To Give The
Yanks Courage

Writing to his parents, Mr.. and Mrs
Charles Welker, of East Hamtramck
street, Lawrence Welker of Il Battery
134th U. s. +. A., tells of the doings OF
the boys in France. Extracts from
the letter follow:
Everybody is well and looking fine
and in the best of spirits. Jim Ora
hams sister was to have seen him yes
terday, which she did and he was Ger.
tainly glad. to see her. 1t certainly
would be great to meet ones sister ov-
er here, being so far away from home.
We had few good showers yester,
day and today and it is much cooler
not quite so hot and disagreeable. u
We still have the Germans on the
run, making from 12 to Is mile ad.
vance every day. taking large numbers
of prisoners. besides numerous guns
and ammunition so it wont be great
while before we have them across the
With the peoples support behind us,
we will win surely and we don't want
them to give up subscribing to the Lib
erty Loan and saying, oh, what's the
user because if the people back home
lose courage, then we do too; whereas,
If they give lot more, then thatIhelps
the Yanks to knock off that many
more Huns.
LAWRENCE WELKER,
E Battery, 134th U. S. +. A.,
37th Division, 52nd Brigade,
A. E. F., France, via New York.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1918-10-01
FEENEY GETS HIGHEST
GRADE In ELEC. EXAM.
Has Also Passed His Over
seas Examination And Got
First Pay

In a letter to r. J. Tedrick Carl
Feeney, who is stationed at Camp
Taylor, KY tells of the work at his
camp. Extracts of the letter follow:
Some time ago ! received your wei.
come letter. Have no excuse for not
answering It sooner except my naftr.
al laziness
have been receiving Mr.. Dorgan,s
excellent paper, The Daily Banner,
every day since my arrival You see
|! saves two things: First. it saves
me from living in ignorance Of home
news; second, IL saves the people the
extra effort of writing public news
when personal news is SO much more
interesting
1t Is so cold here that we are al.
most frozen as stiff as icicles, but
we have been issued heavy overcoats
and that helps some. We expect to
get our wool o. ID. uniforms and our
"heavies" in about week May be,
we won't be here by that time.
Fifty out of our company are going
to Fort Benjamin Harrison in the
morning. They are all railroad men,
don't know what they will do with
me yet. Took the electrical examina.
tion and got grade of "A"-the best
possible.
Have had and passed N.Y. overseas
examination and received .stmy med
al on which is stamped mySname and
army serial number. This is worn
about the neck.
We have received our first pay.
The amount was S5t small. but wei.
come. ~
Carl. FEENEY
Camp Taylor,
Louisville, Ky
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1918-10-01

troops formerly stationed here must
have left. Its author Is Sherwood
Eddy. You have. of course, heard Of
him. ! have heard him speak in the
United States and he Is a minIstcr
Of unquestionable character and pow.
erful personality This is Il little vol
nme he has written since the war
broke ont. and Is entitled Suffering
and the War" ! am going to try and
send It to you. II may help you IN
some Of your thinking as it has MT
will be able to write yon hgain soon.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1918-10-01
THINGS STILL GOING
GOOD, SAYS WILKINSON
Returns From Front And Gets
Furlough To City
OF Paris

Extracts of letter received by Mr.
and Mrs. w. b. Wilkinson OF East
/ Gambler street from their son, Henry
Il. Wilkinson, who has been in France
for nearly year. follow:
have been moving around so much
of late that | haven't written for sew
eral weeks, especially since the middle
of July and | have also missed the
mail in the same manner, but 1t Will
probably catch up with me in a short
time now.
! have been near Paris number of
times, but never had an opportunity to
see it until few days ago. got a
two days leave for Paris. but did not
get to see so very much of 1t in that
short time, although did enjoy every
minute of it. | have seen cities and
cities but Paris is in a class by itself.
know the papers have kept you
pretty well informed of what we are
doing. Things are still going good
and strong and our outfit has been
fairly lucky in the number of men lost.
haven't run onto any of the Ohio
boys that came over this summer. but
have been through places where some
of them are stationed so know there
are some of them here anyway.
This has been a mighty fine day and
evening, clear and warm, and have
my pup tent here on the side of hill
where | watched the sun go down and
.S.ka moon come up--the came old moon
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1918-10-01
PARKS FlOWERLESS

IBy Associated Press TO The Banner1
CLEVELAND, O.-As a result of
the federal fuel order restricting
greenhouses to fifty percent of their
normal fuel requirements, Cleveland
parks will be practically flowerless
next year. Public Square probably
will be the only city grounds where
there viii be no curtailment of hot.
house flowers.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1918-10-01
STONE SAYS IT'S HARD
TO KEEP UP WITH HUN
Brands Stories OF Lack Of
Food And Clothing AS
German Lie

The following letter has been receiv.
ed by Mrs. w. b. Wilkinson from her
brother, ID. c. Stone, Jr., who is serv.
inE in France:
Have little time this afternoon
and so will write you. | am feeling
fine and am spending my spare time
sleeping for there are so many times
when the big guns fire barrage that
sleep is out of the question and then,
some time Fritz comes and he must be
sent back faster than he came.
always thought it would be quite
an event to see No Mans Land, but !
find IL no place for man who respects
hide and have seen lots of land that
looks better to me. ..
We understand there are stories 60
ing around the States that the boys
over here don't get enough to eat or
wear Well, that is just another Ger
man lie. The chow here is good and
plenty of it, too. This morning | had
pancakes with sirup, bacon, bread and
coffee; for dinner, boiled beef, pota-
toes, carrots, bread and butter and CO.
Goa, and Hoover did not cut the meat
for us either and we have all the bread
we can eat. AS for clothes, we don't
need many. Fritz Is retreating so fast
that you get out of breath trying to
keep him in sight, and the weather
here now is about like June in the
States.
when it rains as 1t has been doing
s3E great deal lately, the mud Is fierce
u know, for I started down from my
dugout the other night on side hill
to reach the valley. | got there, but
not by walking. When I stopped |
was camouflaged for sure. To say |
was not in q good humor woul be put
ting it mildly.
General Pershing has published a
letter of praise for the And Divi-
sion, the unit to which Henry Wilkin-
son is attached, and the one ] am in,
for their work in pushing the enemy
hack, but don't think for minute that
the Hun can't fight.
Tell the folks not to worry about
me, for If one obeys orders, one stands
n mighty good chance of going back
to the good old u. s. A. have not
seen fellow from Ohio for two weeks,
but from every other state and coun-
try.
The more ! see of France and her
people, the better ! like both. 1t Is
nothing to see bent. old men and wo-
men working in the fields with shells
dropping all around them. ! asked
Through an interpreter) an old wo-
man if she was not afraid of being
killed. She said, No, for France needs
the grain and all her family of four
boys and her husband had given their
lives, and this was all she could do.
This is the spirit of the French every
where you CO. In fact, it's hard to
keep them out of their villages, even
during an attack.
Well, must stop and carry on"
DAN C. STONE. Jr..
d Co. 1O9th Inf,
A. e. r., France.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1918-10-01
EACH VOTE COSTS 81
fBv Associated Press to The Banne

fBy Associated Press to The BannerJ
MARION, O.-The Marion county
board of elections has announced that
it cost more than $1O0 for every vote
cast to hold the recent primary elec,
tion In this county. The total vote was
$500 and the cost was little more
than $4,000.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1918-10-01

sick coming over, but am now well
and healthy.
] am the same az usual When !
sleep at night In a dugoW : can hear
the shells flying over my head and II
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1918-10-01

sounds like a day in July. am right
at the firing line and like It first rate
MARCUS HANNA CANN.
y Co. 36ith Inf
A. Z. O. 7G6. A. r.. u.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1918-10-01
Mews of the Boys Here and Over There

that's shining on you. It's good to be
here in n rest camp after what we've
been doing.
It's fine night to sleep so I'll
crawl inside, cover up and dream OF
home.
HENRY l.. WILKINSON,
42nd Division,
A. II. f., France.
Evening journal., 1918-07-18
HAITI 22D NATION TO
DECLARE WAR ON HUNS

Haiti, whose council of State has de-
clared war on Germany, is the TWEEN
ty-second nation tc ioin the war against
the kaiser. The o.. 2i are the follow
Evening journal., 1918-07-18
LABOR MEETING TONIGHT.

Because Of the generally manifested
interest in the employers meeting to be
held at Eden Hall. No. 2i0 West Tenth
street, this evening. large attendance
is expected Harold Stone. chief Of the
mobilization section of the United
States Employment Service. will ex-
plain TO the employers the provisions
OF the new labor laws. The meeting
Will be held under the auspices Of the
United States Employment Service and
the United States Public Service Re
serve Of Delaware. together with the
Chamber Of Commerce, which has pro-
vided the meeting place and with its
entire membership will be present.
Evening journal., 1918-07-18
MUST REPORT ALL
GRAIN THRESHED

The United States Food Administra'
tlon is requiring that each thresherman
report the number of bushels Of wheat
thrashed. The administration has pro-
vided small record books to each
thresherman so that he can keep his
daily records and make his monthly re-
port very easily Blanks for the month
ly report have also been provided.
The monthly report will be mode to
the county agent and as the agent is
required to make his report by the
1fth OF each month 1t is hoped that
each thresherman will make his report
the last day OF each month.
Evening journal., 1918-07-18
FALLS ON STREET.

Edward Tugger sustained a scalp
wound last night when he fell at Eighth
and dupont streets. He was removed
to the Homeopathic Hospital.
Evening journal., 1918-07-18
GIRLS! USE LEMONS
FOR SUNBURN, TAN
Try I'll Make this lemon lotion
TO whIten your tanned or
freckled skin.

Squeeze the Juice of two lemons into
a bottle containing three ounces Of
Orchard White, shake well. and you
have a quarter pint of the best freckle,
sunburn and tan lotion, and complexion
whltener, at very, very small cost.
Your grocer has the lemons and any
drug store or toilet counter will sup
ply three ounces Of Orchard White for
a few cents. Massage this sweetly fra
grant lotion into the face, neck. arms
and hands and see how quickly the
freckles, sunburn, windburn and tan
disappear and how clear, soft and white
the skin becomes. Yesl II is harmless.
Evening journal., 1918-07-18
IN. NIXON LEAVES TRUST co.

j. II. Nixon, for several years treas
urer Of the Delaware Trust Company,
has resigned TO accept the yice-presi-
dency and treasureship Of the Mer-
chants and Manufactures Exchange.
New York. The exchange owns and
operates the Grand Central Palace. New
York, control Of which was recently
purchased by Alfred I. dupont. While
severing his connections with the Del
aware Trust Company. 1t is expected
that Mr.. Nixon VIII still be closely as
sociated with the various enterprises
In which Mr.. dupont Is interested.
Evening journal., 1918-07-18
New, Positive Treatment
to Remove Hair or Fuzz
Beauty Notes)

Women are fast learning the value OF
the use Of delatone for removing hair
or fuzz from face, neck or arms. A
paste is made with some powdered
delatone and water and spread on the
hairy surface In 2 or 3 minutes It is
rubbed off, the skin washed and every
bit Of hair has disappeared. No fail
ure will result If you are careful to buy
genuine delatOne.
Evening journal., 1918-07-18
PICKED TROOPS SENT
AGAINST AMERICANS

BY Newspaper Enterprise Association.
PARIS, July is.-Soldlers OF the 2sth
German division opposed TO American
units on the west front were espec-
tally selected by the German command
to give the death blow" to the Ameri-
can forces. according to a letter taken
from a German prisoner.
Evening journal., 1918-07-18
SPECIALISTS FOR AEN

Young and middle-eaod mon. n n
aced Of treatment for private pcfyia
servous % blood siseasss, skin erup.
lions, kidney or urinary troubles, come
10 US and let us show you how sulokiy
results arc produced by our Special nj.
rect Treatmcnt We remove tho ef.
rcrta Of youthful errors and oxcossos
pnd restore the strength, visos and VI
kality Of normal manhood.
Hsve you seoretly suffered frem son-
krscts1 disease oS hsvs you been ~
prspsgiy trsAtsdf Woull you like Il
know how nsrvous snd organic wsak-
pess vaSicossas, prostate 6issasA
)pssas, drains, ulcers, sores s.d con.
Iaglsus blood peissn can BE- curcd7
kouh yea like 70 be healthy, strons,
Snbitieus Vigorous, naniyf We In.
bite you - cell for frec, oonAaertiaI
bsuRsitatiou. Avoid experinents. Come
y ~ bsee1s others fall snd ssvs time
knl uency. once housa. . 4. n. 10 .
,. ~ dnliy czespt Sunday. u you esa.
~ ~ nv, wsits us . letter tsllinS ~
khGt Afeeass pa desire oured.
Penna. Medical Institute,
y Sasy n1de- fslh asd 0astsat St<x !
14Es6oaphiA
Evening journal., 1918-07-18
p'NEIL GOES TO FORT DUPONT.

Receiving word yesterday that John
O'Neil, Of Seaford, who had been ar
rested as a military Stacker and then
released on his promise to enlist. had
failed to keep his promise, Deputy
United States Marshal Conway arrested
O'Nell. The young man was taken to
Fort DUPONT today.
Evening journal., 1918-07-18

large and small newspapers viii be
asked 20 name committee, which viii
suggest a plan to the telephone-tele-
graph administration for adequate wire
service for press dispatches. Some
system Of determining a preferential
treatment for press dispatches will be
fixed.
Evening journal., 1918-07-18
TRUCK TRAIN GOES THROUGH.

Thirty automobile trucks of the
Quartermaster's Department. U. S. A,
in charge Of Lieutenant w. S. Patter-
son, spent last night in this city. being
parked in the rear OF City Hall. The
trucks, in charge Of sixty or more sol
dlers, left here at o'clock this morn
ing, bound north.
Evening journal., 1918-07-18
FIRE In A COAL CHTTE.

The district fremen responded to an
alarm Of fire early this morning from
Box 224 when a blaze was discovered
in a coal chute at the power plant OF
the Wilmington and Philadelphia Trac-
ton Company, along the Brandywlne
creek. The blaze was extingulshed be-
fore any serious damage was done.
Evening journal., 1918-07-18
AUTO SPARES BOY.

Joseph Fahey. aged i2 years, was
slightly injured last night when he was
run down by an automobile owned by
Frank Chadwick, Of Seventh and Pine
streets The boy was removed to The
Delaware Hospital, where 1t was found
he was only slightly injured.
Evening journal., 1918-07-18
WILMINGTON w. c. T. U. MEETING.

The monthly business meeting Of the
Wilmington w. C. T. u will be held
at the headquarters, No. 100 West
Eighth street, at 2.30 o'clock tomorrow
afternoon. At the last meeting Mrs. j..
r. Martin presented flag to the union:
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1918-04-26
TOday is ArbCr Dav

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l.. j, Ringo thi5 week sold his
homestead to Mr.. Hicks.
Plant good blg garden, and thus
produce as much Of your living a,
possible.
Mrs. Kriehn and Mrs. Sherman
went to Winner sunday, returning
Monday.
Dr. Perrin of Rapid City was a
west bound passenger on the Stage
Wednesday Of this week.
\ deal was recently closed whereby
Collins Jordan became the owner of
the VIII Jordan homestead in Butte
Valley.
The Misses Qgdon are contemplat
lnS opening confectionery and soft
dunk stand III the west room of the
barber shop building.
If YOU can't fight, buy Liberty
Bonds or War Savings Stamps but
don't be il Stacker. You've done
your bit, now do your best
Now then, everybody go to work
there Is plenty to do. The state law
mas put a ban on loalers, who are not
d whit better than pro Germans or
enemy spies.
George and Jake Jerred Of Gregory
were over night guests in Wood Wed
nesjaY they were driving bunch
Of 5f head of cattle to a ranch north
west of White River.
Rev. Van Valkenhurgh will preach
at Wood next Sunday morning at
| clock, at Cody at three o'clock.
and at the Satree School house in
Hosebud Valley in the evening at Z
O'Clock. All are requested to attend
these services.
Quite crowd of young folks en-
loyed a social dance at the Hotel
Fairview Wednesday evening Of this
week, The dance was complimentary
10 the boys who leave today for Camp
Funston from this part Of the county.
\ very enjoyable evening is reported
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1918-04-26

Upt to the time OF going to press
George Daacon manager of the Liber
ty Loan Drive in the east end of the
county states that his district has
subscribed for $l7,000.0O worth of
the Third Liberty Loan and the fig
ures are not yet complete, as no re
port ha. been received from four
townships in his district and the fig
ares in of the townships reported are
yet incomplete and when the final fig
ures are in for this district the total
subscriptions will be swelled consid
erably. The subscriptions by town
ships IN this District as reported are
us follows:
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1918-04-26
MAS1N MERRILL WRITES FROM
COVER THERE"

In France
$50 L. NJ. Sunday March lo 1918
Dear Folks:
Just little note, to have it on its
way TO YOU, While | am getting loca.
ted over here in my new world.
Ny first impression of France is
certainly charming one. We got
il3side and dropped anchor about
noon, on beautiful warm, sunshiny
day. The hills around the harboI
ave a patchwork of different shades
of green and its "A world of spring.
You can't imagine what pleasing
sight il is to come here in mid-win-
ter, almost, and to find things grow
Ing and the air So springlike and
mild.
We had scarcly dropped anchor be
fore the ship was surrounded 10y boat
loads of little French boys and girls,
who threw us kisses in exchange for
nickeS, dimes, quarters, candy and
tobacco. They are beautiful type
of little urching and are sweet in
spite Of dirt and CRIME. know
am going TO like them.
Now, | shall have to go to plugging
on French so that | may get around
and make myself understood. If
have to stay in one place any length
of time, where there are no Army
quarters furnished me, | shall go to
some private home, rather than a
hotel. for | think that is the easiest
way to catch on to the language.
] have no idea yet of where am
TO be stationed, but I'll likely get my
orders tomorrow or next day and
then proceed there. OF course I'll
not be able to tell you what place |
am at but your mail will always
reach me if addressed as have it
below
Now, don't worry about me if you
don t hear from me regularly for you
kEoH m going to be terribly busy
oven here, also. there Will probably
be many DELAYS in the mail.
Write whenever you can and rest
assured am being well cared for
and happy.
Yours truly