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Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1918-07-18
Letter From WIN. Bowen
(His First Flight)
JULY 9, 1918

Hello Pokey:
Well, am at it sure enough
now. Trying to make an aviator,
and the queer part of it is | have
commenced to feel that | am go
ing to get next to the game.
Was graduated from the ground
school at the University of Califor
mia, at Berkeley. And just a Few
days after that we were sent here
to Mother Field.
From all appearances this is a
regular flying field. Ii is new
field but it is sure working. Don't
know just how many planes and
officer instructors and speciali-
zed enlisted men they have here.
About 1000 in all | guess. Prob
ably planes up in the hundreds.
Everything is new, all buildings
and planes etc.
We are in the first i12 cadets
here and no more coming lately.
The whole outfit here are work.
ing as hard as they can to make
filters out of f12 cadets. Makes me
feel sort of important until | get
plane into some thing | don't
quite understand. But we of the
last bunch always have an instruc-
tor with us yet and l have found
that you can put a lot on conf
dence in these men.
The training planes are 0lrtiss
type with 8 cylinders, Curtiss o.
\. motor. The motor alone costs
close to $4,000 and they certainly
are good, dependable motors but
all motors stop at times without
much cause think. But that us
ually don't amount to much as
long as you have a decent place to
land.
And say Pokey when you hear
some of these fellows telling that
they can't do STUNTS with a train
ing plane. Guess about the best
way to explain that is to try to
tell you how it occurred to me-.
On July 4, we were assigned TO
our instructors; each instructor
having 4 or S cadets, and that af-
ternoon we We're scheduled for
what they call a JOY ride. But if
the fellow that | was with thought
he was showing me good time,
he was mistaken. While | had all
the confidence in the world i'm
this particular man. Ii is pretty
hard for a fellow who has never
been off the ground to feel ex-
actly at home 1900 feet or so in
the air and strapped in the back
seat OF a rolling, bucking, air
plane with a driver that has the
mania for doing stunts.
| have learned since that the fell
low | started with is one of the
best stunt filters. When we got
ready to start he asked me if |
wanted to do few stunts. did
not know just exactly what to
say. Well l will admit that it did
not sound very good, but | told
him | would like it only | was
afraid would get sick and deco
rate the ship.
He came back with broad smile,
and said: well we will see how
you feel when we get up
| guess it is about the same
with everybody. You sort of lose
rack OF everything as TO location
Of things on the ground. Every
hing looks 80 queer and out of
shape.
We climbed to about 1000 feet
and the instructor shut off the
motor and asked me how l was
feeling. lied to him and : told.
him | was feeling fine. He ask
I'd me if | wanted tospin, (mean-,
ngstail spin.) told him maybe l
could stand it a cOuple of times
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1918-07-18
LETTER FROM Vim. souLpEn.
A Few Statements Regarding the
Death of Julius Muller
June As, 1918

JUNE TO, 1918
Dear Mother and ALL:
Well it has been a long time
since l have written you as l have
been extremely busy and have not
had time to write sooner.
We are having ideal weather
here now and sure hope it con-
tinues. am still feeling fine and
eat everything and sleep fine and
SO ! guess | am all right Ell?
l am sorry that | did not get to
write you sooner about julius
Muller. He was right here with me
except a little further up. He had
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1918-07-18
Gard Of Thanks

We wish to thank our neighbors
and friends who were so kind dur
ing the dark hours of our darling
Helen's death, sister and daugh-
ter. Also for the beautiful flowers.
Mr., and Mrs. Rollie McCricket,a
and family.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1918-07-18
Letter from Bryan Butcher
Newport. r.. l.. .Jnlv Gil

Newport, R. L., July 9th.
Dear Mother and Sister:
just mailed you card and a
package of post card views few
moments ago and in the card
promised you a letter this even
ing. have found vacant place
at the y for wonder so will not
wait until tonight but will get at
it now and then can go to bed to-
night, early. This is supposed to
he an afternoon Off but if thew
catch you loafing in your tent,
you are put on camp detail. That
is what l speak of on my card. |
managed TO give them the Slip or
would still be working They sure
don't mean for you to have no idle
moments about the place. They
had Il fire drill here right at chow
time and talk about excitement.
You can sure see it then. The big
fire truck comes out first, then
the small hose truck and next the
engine. Every company must stop
and head for your company street,
then after you report grab any
thing that holds water and start
towards the fire. They have real
system here it is not like in old
Mo. Valley, where every one has
an idea of their own and can tell
some one else what to do. You get
command here and you do it
whether ii is right or wrong. Like
the other day we had a green Co.
commander and we were headed
for the bay and as he did not give
the command, column right or
column left the boys went down to
the shore and would have been
walking on water now if he had
not finally woke up and gave the
command. II you put my letter in
print which gives the bill of fare,
we had on the 4th of July, | bet
all the men left in the Valley will
join the navy. OF course we do not
get that every day but you can bet
Uncle Sam does not intend to let
us starve. | have been given shore
liberty several evenings of late,
so That | may get my teeth fixed.
| could get the work done here,
but as there are only 3 dentists
for about 10000 men the appoint
ment would be late in August and
don't care to wait that long. I
guess some of the dentists could
get q position here and enough
practice so they would know all
about the business when they got
out. The one thing think about
is when | can get shore leave and
come home, expect that will be
about Christmas or Thanksgiving.
Then we VIII all meet at Carroll,
and won't it be a fine celebration.
| expect ii will be some time be-
fore leave here as we get the
same drilling as a soldier before
we are allowed to go to school and
then we gel our rating and are as
signed to the work where we can
do best. believe The Y. M. C. A. is
the best place for boys to stay
around. they sure treat US fine.
sent Il box To Joe with some star
fish in it and she will send you
one OF them received a letter
from YOU aud 2 from Joe, also a
great big home made cake from
her. They all went fine, but can
get along without the cake if |
gel my letters. look for them Just
like some men look for Saturday
night and pay day. Well dear ones
will close for this time and get
ready for chow. Tell everyone
hello for me. Hoping you are all
we'll and happy as | am, | remain
as ever. Your loving brother,
Bryan
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1918-07-18
Can't Be Bought.

It doesn't make any differences, how.
rich man gets to be, he can't enjoy q
good nights sleep any better Tim the
poor man-Detroit Free Press.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1918-07-18

Two Important Chains.
Love is the golden chain which
buds household together. Kindness
ls the Chain which binds households
together.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-10-03
WHERE THE MONEY GOES

One 500 and one $50 Liberty bonds
will provide 10 pistols and four signal
rockets or enough T. N. T. for bursting
20 nm howitzer shells or 800 hand
axes to be used in the prosecution OF
the war. Two 500 bonds will provide
5000 machine gun rifle cartridges.
Nine 800 bonds will provide go demol-
ition drop bombs. Fifteen 500 bonds
will provide one 81 nm gun.
Three $1,000 and one $500 bonds viii
supply the army with five dozen pack
outfits. Nine $1,000 bonds will provide
20 600 gas or phosphorus grenades and
10 $1,000 bonds will purchase 10000
rifle grenades. One l6-nch sea coast
gun can be bought with 115 $1,000
bonds.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-10-03
SUCCESS DEPENDS ON WOMEN.

If the mothers and sisters over
here could be made to realize just
what has happened over there
there would be no hesitancy. no re-
luctance, but they would go out and
fight over here to make the hghtlng
Fourth Liberty Loan the biggest and
the quickest the world has ever
known. says Dorothy Cish. Miss
Gish is a noted movie star. With her
mother and sister she spent number
of weeks in the territory invaded by
the Germans in the first big drive OF
the war and II is from the fullness OF
that experience that she speaks. The
success Of the loan, she says, depends
on the women
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-10-03
WHY MONEY is NEEDED

The cost of 3-inch C23 calibre) gun
and mount complete for the United
States Navy is $4,000. yet with the ex-
ception OF the airplane machine guns
which cost $3.50 II is the least expen.
sive OF any. A 16-inch gun $50 cali
bre) costs S256.00O and 16-inch (45
calibre) costs S2l5.OOO. A 14-inch $50
calibre) costs $l66,OO0. An S-inch
Howitzer costs 1000 complete, s1J,-
600 for the gun and $4,000 for the
mount. II our sailor boys are to ac-
complish the thing for which they left
home and friends they must DO sup
piled with these guns and plenty Of
them. Fighting Fourth Liberty bonds
will buy them.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-10-03
SIX
Tho kalser's Sons Versus the Six
lew Sons of Presidents.


Cited for conspicuous bravery in
action" Enlisted as private"
KILLED In action" Under such
headings the sons OF American for
mer presidents appear in accounts Of
the great war tina; has rent the
world. They were OF the first TO re-
spond to the country's call and have
been conspicuous in its service. No
safe place in the rear for them!
Theirs not to say go" but come
There are six OF them, six sons OF
our former presidents, shoulder TO
shoulder with the sons of you and
me, sharing with them the dangers.
the tortures,- yea. the death-ot the
trenches, of No-man's Land, OF the
ferocity of the Huns.
And the six sons OF the arch Hun?
! Where are they when danger calls?
They are brilliantly placed in COM
mand' and then disappear from the
public eye oisiy to reappear at some
safe vantage point or in revolving
escapade with victims of invaded
countries. Only one of them. the
| Crown Prince. has ever been re-
ported in a battle and then hedged
about so that no harm could come to
him.
For all his dashing about the Kali
ser himself has stayed far from the
| danger zone. This self-styied CO.
partner with God takes care to sur
round himself with his legions, his air
planes and every other known de-
vice to protect him from his enemic1
whenever he invokes the Divine
protection In the open field.
Just one of the imperial family
have the dispatches said anything
fine about. Duke Ernest August OF
Brunswick who married the Kaiser's
only daughter. He is reported to
have commanded some troops on the
Russian front and gone insane over
fthe horrors he saw there.
Bacchanalian feasts for the Hun
princes while the men suffer and die
in the trenches.
Voluntary assumption OF peril and
sacrifice for Americas FIRST sons"
4 No honorary positions for them but
hard and dangerous service.
Shall ii be the rule OF the Hun or
the reign OF democracy?
Verify he who loseth his life shall
! find Il.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-10-03
DORSET HOLLOW

Mr.. and Mrs. John Wildwood of Rut.
land were guests of Mr.. and Mrs Nm
Kelley over Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. j. L. Moon and daugh.
ter VINO spent the summer at their
home on Glen Farm, have returned Ia
New York. '
Mr. and Mrs NJ. II. Lowell. who
nave spent the summer at their cot
lage have returned to their home in
New Rochelle, n. Y.
The Misses Millers and Miss Whit
ing and a friend who have spent a
week here. have returned to theiI
home in Deerfeld, Mass.
Miss Ruth Mclaughlin OF Marches
ter spent the week end with Miss
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-10-03
LIBERTY LOAN INTEREST RATE

Secretary McAdoo has definitely
announced that the Fourth Liberty
Loan bonds, the Fighting Fourth, will
bear AZ per cent interest. The Sec
rotary has been insistent that the Gov
eminent interest rate should be stabil.
lied, say at Az per cent, 30 that all
business and all investments might be
adjusted to that basis. land so that we
ourselves may protect ourselves
against successfully increased rates VI
interest on Government loans', as he
said in the Third Liberty Loan cam.
paign
Nehher our patriotism nor our sup.
port OF the Liberty Loans are meas.
ured in fractions OF per cent.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-10-03
Proclaim your Loyal Service
THE FABRIC OF OUR FLAGS

THE FABRIC OF OUR FLAGS
Adapted from poem by William Ludlun, Jr.
on The Fabric" printed In The Photo Era
The fabric of our flags was spun
From more than simple thread,
IT was woven from the hearts and
hopes
OF our heroic dead;
The blue field proves their constancy,
The red their sacrifice,
The white the Faith for which they
died, tn4.t.
And nobly paid the price.
The stars were plucked from
Heavens vault
And stitched upon the blue
AS shining lamps of Liberty
To light the whole world through.
God blessed the shuttle as IL sped
To warp and wool entwine,
And Love, by deft and tender touch,
Completed the design.
Twas Freedom snatched them from
the loom E4b efG 9YiQ ISL
For Liberty TO bear,
AS banner, pledge and star of Hope
To mankind - everywhere.
All that we are, or hope to be
Is woven in their folds;
The glory of our Nation stands -
A Nation we uphold.
The fabric of our flags was spun
By those who lived and died
That we might have that liberty
For which they Fate defied;
And we, If of their breed and blood,
Must strive with every breath,
For those that follow after us,
Yea, even unto - DEATH
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-10-03
oERMANvTEW oF CHRISTIANITY

Read this by Friedrich Wilhelm
NietFsche and then think OF the women
end children whose blood was spilled
in invaded Belgium and France and OF
the Lusitania;
II condemn Christianity. To me II
Is the greatest OF all possible corrup-
tIons. The church Is the great para
site; with its anemic idea OF holiness
Il drains life OF all its strength, It's
love, and its hope. call
Christianity the one great curse. the
one great intrinsic depravity. the one
great instinct OF revenge. for which
no erpedlont Is sufficiently poisonous.
secret, undcrhand to gain its ends.
call II the one immortal shame aud
blemish upon the human race
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-10-03
BUY A LIBERTY BOND.
BY Mary Christina Austin. Boston
Mass.

BY Mary Christina Austin. Boston,
Mass.
Arise, We sons OF Liberty;
The time Is drawing nigh
When ey'ry man OF patriot mould
Must heed his Country's cry.
our brothers IN a foreign land
Are fighting Freedoms CauBe
Their daring deeds OF bravery
Call forth rounds VI applause.
They give their lie for our defence
They strive to keep W. free;
Shall we not help them with our mita
TO trampn tyrsnny2
Cold IL tiq heart and base the miud
And sOtdId y TIE Alate
Who WIN not buy frseman'1 bond
Democracy TO napA
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-10-03

Tie the broken parts of china TO-
gether with stout string, being sure
that the edges meet evenly; then COM
pletely snbmerge the dish in a pan of
skim milk and place on back of stove
to gently simmer all day. Do not re-
move from the milk until thoroughly
cold and even then don't cut the string
for "a hours. Hot water will not cause
the cups TO come apart again.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-10-03

Atlittle book with the title Of 'srhe
Vest Pocket Argument Settler" has
been observed at book store. Now
who in the world ever had such an ar
gument about a vest pocket as to try
TO write book about 1t? Maybe the
book wasn't about vest pockets, after
all.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-10-03
Prevents Windows Sticking.

To make a sliding screen or win
dow sash move easily, rub a paraffin
candle along the edge which is likely
to bind. This is an effective lubricant
that lasts 4 long time and is easily
replenished. Dry soap may be used
In this way.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-10-03
Thrived Without Wheat.

American Indians thriyed and grew
tall and muscular without wheat; but
we can't tell whether that Is what
made them red.-St. Louis Globe-Dem-
ocrat.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-10-03

Upheld by our men and means the Stars
and Stripes are today the confidence of our
Allies and the hope of the Liberty loving
world.
BuyFighting Fourth Liberty Bonds
And fly the flag with four blue bars
R,,. ;hoy+, Roads 4I,o anna. o,,. Lo,c ;, Save
-7' = :. I ~ 80 - 49, " Buy
France fight to the utmost and
Buy
Buy tOdGy-dt any bdnk-CaSh or .o1eep
ilSt0LrientS NNDA[NZl
q al
Liberty Loan Committee aSsEsl
of New England 2salslsssa
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-10-03
Dorothy Kelley

Dorothy Kelley
Mrs. William Kelley and son, John
were in Rutland Saturday shopping.
Mrs. Mary Harwood Of West Road
is visiting her son. Henry Harwood.
Edward Kelley was in Rutland to
see Doctor Bellerose saturday.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-10-03
More Worthy Of Respeet.

'rs got mo- respeck fob man dat
goes fishln' on Sunday" said Uncle
Eben, dan has foh de one dat hangs
ground de house wifi crouch an ex-
poets de whole family to wait en- him."
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-10-03
Cheerful Observer.

When the man above endeayors to
dlscredit you, be of good cheer, for 1t
Is probable chat you are getting near
enough to crowd hlm.-Dayton News.
The sun., 1918-07-21

parts In a stock company. receiving
therefor a weekly wage said to have
been twenty dollars. She then de-
cided to try her luck in the East.
came to New York, and was engaged
for the Giffen & Neill stock compan.,
in which she later became leading
woman.
She scored her first real success as
Mrs. HILLARY in The Senator" and
then played the leading comedy
parts in The Railroad Of Love-"
Nancy and Company" The Last
Word and other pieces. As Phyllis
In The Charity Ball she proved her
self an able emotional actress, and
after playing in The Wife" "1n Spite
of AL" The Dancing Girl" and IAN
Enemy Of the King she scored
strongly as Nora in "A Dolls House."
her first attempt at an lbsen role.
Miss Bates was then engaged by
Augustin DAILY and played cycle of
Shakcspearian roles with his COM
pany. Then, after another starring
tour with Frawley. she created
striking role as the Countess MIRA
In The Great Ruby at Days Thea
tire, New York.
The sun., 1918-07-21
GRACE kEESHON

Miss Larrlmore calls the family circle
the Adler Salon, which is the maternal
or paternal name. Jacob Adler the
Yiddish actor. being her uncle; and
furthermore, just to prove that the
salon is a fact and not a Pigment of
imagination. she is not backward In
issuing invitations to lonely infants
who look so spiritual that she per-
ceives the need Of homemade cooking
to bring them back to a material
plane.
Although Miss Larrimore is es-
sentially home lover the dissertation
anent the Adler Salon is not TO be
construed as being more important
than her work on the stage. She
started in few years back with Ed
mond Breese in THE Misleading
Lady" later appearing in Fair and
Warmer" in the role created by Madge
The sun., 1918-07-21
BOTH A KING AND A QUEEN.
Characterization That Suits q
Girl From Winston-Snlem.

1t would be a shame to take a blond
beauty like Allyn King away from Flo
Ziegfeld and the "Follies" and tuck
her away in some drama, but that il
what Miss King desires to do. Stop
ping a woman's wishes Is Just the
same as trying to improve on Canu.e
by brushing back the surf at Long
Beach with a whisk.
Just to show that Miss King usually
gets what she wants, It Is SUFFICIENT 20
mention that four short years ago Miss
King was dreaming quietly in Win
stonSalem, Moth Cahlina, among
the scent Of magnolias and rum tod
dies. And then, with a rapidly that
surprised everybody but herself. came
New York. song, a cabaret, salary
the Midnight F'rolic and the Follies.
with which institution she has been
resting for three years.
Her first chance they always get
them sooner or later, although fow
have been known to get gray while
adhering to the policy Of watChful
waiting) came a couple of seasons
back, when, while as understudy TO
Ina Claire, Miss Claire became i'll and
Miss King took her place. She was
successful and has been ever since.
Now as has been before mentioned,
Miss King desires to play STRAIGHT
roles in the legitimate field, and it has
been told, also. that Miss King gets
her own way. Which is as il should
be with all ambitious girls who st'rt
at the bottom and work toward the toy
instead of starting at the top and
working toward the bottom.
So, releasing the secret, Miss King
has been offered a dramatic role and
will start some time soon, leaving Just
as Ina Claire did, for just what part
or parts she refuses to divulge IInr
ambition will not be thwarted urla
her other wish comes true. Whi,a -
that, being Southern. she reckons she
wants family. Whether ii is h",a.sa
there may be a shortage Of eligible
men or whether Leon Friedman Nts
been preaching the maxims of uar.
riage. it is diff1c,lt to analy4e. but N-s
Kings public announcement r.gor'.u-
marriage brings the percentaEo =
similar wishes among the girls IN q -
"Follies" 10 eNsctly So per cent. Wh.,h
% also as 1t should be.
The sun., 1918-07-21
A SAD STORY.
Or the Censored Troubles of
Lillian Lorraine.

Judging a person by surface indica-
lions is a barren amusement at the
best. DisiIlusionment causes per-
sons true self to execute a slow but
sure retreat beneath hard shell, as
does the tortoise. Yet hard exterior
does not neces sarily mean hard
heart Willie Collier has been known
on two separate and distinct occasions
10 give more than a nickel for tip
and
Back in the days before San Fran
Coast rather than through the great
fire, Mary Ann Brennan robbed the
coast city Of one of its most beautiful
sights by leaving and coming East.
Her piquant prettiness was such that
il was inevitable she should enter the
theatrical field. and shortly after there
appeared in the chorus of 1.-THE Gay
White Way" slim and boyish girl
who was Mary Ann rechristened for
stage and other purposes as Lillian
Lorraine.
Which is the unromantic beginning
of romantic decade. The only ro-
mantle and significant part of it all
was the name of the production. After
everybody had decided that IL was bet
ter to watch the thoroughfare. rather
than the show. Miss Lorraine, Mary
Ann no longer, appeared with THE
orchid being advanced from the
third TO tho secori row of the chorus
Her first appearance in the froSt line