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Autos. Boats, Motors. Etc.

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Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-12-06
ANNUAL MEETING
OF RED CROSS
Fulton County Chapter American
Red Cross Holds Annual Meeting
and Election Of Officers-Finan-
cial Reports Of Chapter and Bran
ches-Yearly Report of Work Done
Appeal for Workers and Recent
Receipts.

The delayed annual meeting of
Fulton County Chapter American
Red Cross Society was held last
Saturday afternoon, November 30th
N the High School auditorium
There was not a large attendance
the energy of Red Cross workers be-
ing directed not so much to attend
ing meetings as to actual work as is
shown by the reports which follow
The following off GERS were elect
ed: Chairman, Judge Fred H. Wolf;
Vice Chairman, Mrs. W. 7. Camp
bell; Secretary, Davis B. johnson;
Treasurer, Ed Scott.
The following were elected trus-
tees to serve for three years: Mrs
Dewitt Williams, Mrs. Bert Poor
man, Mrs Marion Crisman, Mrs. W
IT. Campbell. Mr.. Fred H. Wolf, Mr.
E. E. Hallett. Mr. w. H. St.andish
Mr.. o. C Standish, Mrs. Nora Pat
terson, Mrs. Agnes McClarren, Mrs
Fred L. Croninger, Mr.. Clyde L. Can
field.
The question arose in the meeting
as to whether subscribers to the
War Chest Fund were by virtue o.
their subscription members of thu
Red Cross Society; in the discussion
that followed it was shown that i
that were the case in regard to the
Red Cross it would hold for all O
the organizations that are entitled
to draw from this fund. As a mat
ter of fact the War Chest Fund j
FOR the purpose of financing the wa
work of these organizat ons and no
to pay memberships and subscrip
CONTINUED on page four)
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-12-06
FROM TEACHER
DOwell School Wants To Share Let
ters From Their Former Teacher,
Sergeant Gayle I'll. Somers With
Tr bune Readers Scenes In
France and Belgium.
Editor of The Tribune.
Daar Sir
Wauseon Ohio
Dec l, 1918


Dec l, 1918
Editor of The Tribune.
Dear Sir,
We have just received some very
interesting letters from our old
friend and teacher. Gayle H. Som
ers and we would like to share
them with the readers of your paper.
We surely appreciate the Tribune as
you send it to US each week and we
enjoy most of all the letters from
the boys "Over There" Their des-
cription of foreign countries makes
geography more interesting.
The Dowell School
Gladys M. Somers, Teacher
Belgium, October 1918
Dear Mother and Sister:
We have been moving around so
much during the last three or four
weeks that we have had no chance
at all to write. We are in Belgium
now and the more / see of this coun-
try the more l am in favor of sweep
ing the whole German race into the
sea. l felt sorry for France but
can't tell how l feel for Belgium.
We passed through miles of coun-
try where towns were marked by a
little board on stick, that was all
the sign there was of a town that
had once been the homes of hun
dreds of happy families. There was
not a living tree in sight in any
direction, everything was dead.
Tonight all of us seem to have
the letter writing spirit. We are
lying on the floor of partly ruined
Belgian house. Five of US are
grouped around one tiny candle and
all writing, | am using the top of
my mess pan for desk.
The shutters on the windows Of
our quarters are full of machine gun
holes. There isn't a piece of glass
in the house and there are Belgian
soldiers buried in the yard, l bur ed
one myself in a shell hole out in the
back yard since l came here.
The armies of the allies are rap
idly clear ng Belgium of the Ger
mans, every where they are success
full. It might possibly be that we
would put the finishing touches on
the Huns by the time you get this
Wouldn't that be fine?
The Belgian people are coming
back to their homes now and it sure
ly is a. pathetic sight to see fam ly
consisting only of old men, women
and children return to pile of REQ
dust that was once a home. We cal
those brick piles monuments te
German kulture."
The huns are a long way from
CONTINUED on page eight)
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-12-06
Lights and Shadows in The Daily
Routine Of An Army Hospital Man
In France-The Scenery The
Sights And The Sounds-The Mail
That Doesn't Come.

Many of our Fulton county read
ers are acqua nted with Mrs. Madi-
son Fields and her son Otto, who
were former res dents of this coun.
ty; all of these will we are sure en-
joy reading the following letters
which Mrs. Fields has loaned US fol
pubiicat yon:
France, Oct. 24th, 1915
Dear Ma,
Well here l am again and still
rightside up with care. l am in the
recreation room which is about the
same as the Y. M. C. A. only it is
run by the Bed Cross. They have
services in here and also social gath.
erings such as parties and musicales
and tell you there is some good tai
ent in the army and no wonder when
we stop to consider that the present
army is made up of men from every
walk OF lie. They had a party and
Of course refreshments such as co.
Goa, bread and cheese sandwiches
pickles cake and smokes also music
and cornical stories acted out and be-
lieve me I nearly busted my belt
laughing, and since then l can hard
" get rly face back in shape. One
story N particular was about a drunk
man in a hotel who went to the clerk
and sa d "Shay clerk, give. me the
kew to room four hundred and shixty
eight and the clerk said, "Man l CAM
do it for there is man sleeping
there by the name of Brown" anc
the drunk man aa "That'sh me
fell cut of the window" since then
cant keep my face straight for he
cid it in such funny way. l like
: bore exceed n@'y well and have {
good job. I am ward-master nov
and in charge of. ward of twenty
eight men There is more than one
building large as the normal anc
everything is clean and I scarcely
know when it is raining unless l gt
out doors. Am busy, well now yor
know me; and I don't stand arounc
with my eyes half shut either, The
floors are dandy to keep clean too
for they are oiled and cement a
that and we nearly break our neck
sometimes; I have of course a lot o.
beds to make but I like it. To
night another patient came in ant
before he came in I had his bed al
prepared with nice clean sheets an!
turned back nice nurse fashion" O.
course, and one of the men came il
end his eye caught the bed and hi
walked right over to it and said
"who made the bed" and I said b"
did" and he said "say isn't that
dandy?' who are you going to pu
into it? and l told him of coloret
Continued on page eight
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-12-06
GREAT GRANGE DAY AT

DAAEALLE L
The County Pomona Grange held
very profitable meeting, Saturday
Nov, %, as guests of Bradley
Grange. The features of the bus =
ness session were the appointment
of program committee, consisting of
D. w. Williams, w. B. McClarren and
Ethel Mann and the arrangements
for a corn show to be held at Ottokee
Grange the fourth Saturday of Jan
uary, 1919. Prizes wll be offered
for the best ten ears. of yellow and
white corn and also for display Of
several var cites. The premium list
with instructions will be published
soon.
The election of officers resulted as
follows:
Master-E. J. Krieger.
Overseer-AC. A. Hayes.
Seed. w. Williams.
Steward-O. o. Whitaker.
A. S. "A E Bonar
Chap.-Agnes H. McClarren.
Treas,-F B. Barnes.
Sec H. Gasche.
Gate Keeper. S. P. Dinius.
Ceres Enid George.
Flora-Mrs. E. J. Kreger.
l. A Stsward-Ethel Mann.
County Superintendent of Schools
Harry NJ. Jay gave a very helpful
and interesting address on Rural
Schools. This was one of the best
of it's kind ever given in the grange
and was wei rece' we'd and highly
appreciated by the members.
Sister w. B. McClarren presented
an excellent paper on the Changed
Condition Of Women" 1t has been
said that the mission of women in
our order S to elevate, to purify, TO
develop tie talent powers, to bring
out their best thoughts, and to kin
de within all a thirst for higher
growth and broader culture. TIL s
1h'e paper of the sister, together
with papers Of the d dscussion in the
sub-granges shows that they are well
and nobly fulfilling that mission.
County Agent Cave gave a short
report Of his work and outlined the
work for another year. He urged
all farmers to Join the Farm Bureau
which is at the disposal of all farm
ers n the county free Of cost, who
are interested in the advancement Of
agr culture.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-12-06
sOvER AND THERE five TIMES over RHOSPITAL SERVICE
Letter From Corporal Robert Bliss
Onnette, With the Fight ng .3Sth
Infantry-Five Times Over and
Only Few Scratches-Ga' e
Dennis Joins the 38th

The follow 'ng letter was received
Thursday, November 28th and as
many of Corporal Bissonnett's s
Wauseon friends are anxious to hear
from him we publih it herewith:
Oct. 20, 1918
Dear Mr.. Kenyon.
l expect you tn nix l am a fine
specimen for not writing to you
since l came overseas, but l assure
you that l have not been writing to
anybody but my mother and one or
two others and it has been about all
l could do to find tine for that.
have been on the front with A Co.
Of the 38th since the 21st OF July,
have been "over the top" five times
since that date and have seen some
Of the hardest fighting that any out
fit ever has seen. They are recog-
nized as the best in the A. E. T.
have been lucky though and have
come out with only few scratches
had some m ghty close calls, for
when big CT Con hits close to
vol you don't feel very comfortable.
l have been on four different sectors
which has pretty well covered
France. In travelling from one
sector to the other we travel in
either truck or box cars, the box
cars are labled ''cheveaux 81
"Honmes 40', one thing sure we all
travel the same, lots better than
walking.
We have just come off the front
and it takes a lot of work to get
The outfit back in shape, at present
I have been acting top Sergeant Of
the Co. and it has been keeping me
mighty busy too. The First Ser
geant of the Company is at school,
am expecting him back at any time
I have charge of the 1st Platoon.
Since day before yesterday we had
a few replacements and there hap
pened to be one from Fulton Co.,
Gale Dennis, the others were from
my old outfit back N Sherman
Gale is looking fine and was glad to
get in this Co.
We have always had mighty fine
officers and I will stick with them
II we have to go through Hell to
win. We have gone through a
young He'll. already to win but al
wavs came out ON top.
Have been broke so long I don't
know how it feels to have money
but will be back in rest billets soon
and expect we wal be paid then.
Corp. Robert ]. Bissonnette
Co. A 38th Inf, A. P. o. TAO
American E. F. France
A good clean place to eat
I VIII MIC ININrrIlDT A
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-12-06
RED CROSS CHRISTMAS
DRIVE FOR. MEMBERSHIP

Slogan: "Univeral Red Cross Mem
tership" Aim: Every adult citi-
zen of the United States member
of the American Red Cross; every
boy and girl in the u. S. a member
of the Junior Red Cross.
Date: December 10th to Decem-
Der 23cd inclusive.
Adult membership fee: $100 per
year. no rece ,pt given; instead you
viii receive a 1919 Red Cross button,
a package Of ten Red Cross Christ
mas seals, (these seals will not be
placed on sale this year, and a Red
Cross Service Flag showing men,
hers of family who are in the mill
tary, naval, air, medical or nursing
service of the United States.
Reasons why every one should
either renew their membership or be-
come members are so many that we
haven't space to enumerate them
here.
Prominent among them is the stu
uerdous work VIII ch the American
Red Cross has before it in: Provid-
ing fer American Soldiers and Sail
ors stll on active duty overseas and
in this country, caring for the sick
end wounded in hospitals overseas
and after they are returned to this
country, aiding the government ir
carrying cut It's policy of recon.
strueting men disabled by wound:
On earring for those dependent upor
them; home service n sections af
fected by Spanish Influenza and 9th
er epidemics, providing food anc
cloth NC for the starving and desti
tute peoples of war stricken Europe
It is an honor to be a member O
Fulton County Chapter or any o
its branches because Of the splendic
record Of work which it has accom-
plshed.
Every 100 per cent American WI
want TO be a member of the Ameri
can Red Cross.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-12-06
Sergeant Don Meyer Writes of HIS
Trip Across the Briny, Travels
Through France and Experiences
In French Training Camp-Resol-
YES Never More to Kick on Eats.

Nov. 10, 1918
Dear Mother and Dad:
Well here are a few lines tn S
morn to let you know I am going
and feeling pretty good.
Will try and give you little
summary of myself for the past six
weeks.
First of all l am sorry to hear
that we having such an epidem C
in the states ard hope you both are
keeping well. l know how it works
and it goes pretty hard for the men
in camps for they do not do any,
thing til it is so late and they are
kept moving
Well l left the states on the 10Th
md arrived in Liverpool on the 29th.
The trip across was very good and
| was not sick at all, the sea was
very rough the last half of the
Journey and we had a great many
that were sick on boat. The eats
were nothing very good and I think
that is what caused a great deal for
instead of eating their meals they
went to the canteen and ate candy
etc instead. After landing on Sun
day morn about 500 we swung our
packs and walked a few blocks to
the ra lroad station where we board
ed the train and rode the rest of the
day. The cars were typical of the
pictures you have seen of them.
The tracks were very clean ETC.,
compared to the R. r of the states.
The houses and buildings were all
made of brick and you saw no wire
fences or W ndmil's or anything of
that sort, all fences were hedge,
but every inch of ground was under
cultivat' on. Well we landed at
Winchester. Eng. about 700 that
eve in a pouring rain and walked
about three miles with full packs
to the camp where we were quarter
ed for three days. The first day we
rested and talked over our trip, the
next day we took a Ike to town
where we went through the Cathed-
raj.
There are lot of things I can tell
you when l get back to you but now
| will not go into detail. Well the
next morning we made our packs
and walked back to the station
where we took the train to North
Hampton and there we boarded a
small boat in which we crossed the
channel in, there we left after dark
and it was only few hours ride
but the channel was awful rough
and most of the boys were SEX,
also officers. Again 1 was lucky
Well we landed at LeHarve, France,
where we again swung our packs
Continued page four)
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-12-06
REAL CAUSE FOR
THANKSGIVING

A real cause for thanksgiving
came to many homes in Wauseon
and vicinity last week in the shape
of letters from Soldiers overseas.
A large consignment reached
Wauseon post office last Thurday
evening; the office was closed but
Post master Weber and Clerk Dis
brow worked out the two large pack
ages and some way some of those
who had been waiting with some
anxiety for news from their absent
ones heard about the arrival of the
letters and got them Thursday eve
ming. Among these letters we have
heard from some that were written
on the very day that the armistice
went into effect, others were dated
so near the time that people were
assured that their men were alright
when the fighting ceased.
A letter from DR.. R. O. Buck
which came in this bunch, tells of his
sitting in his room upstairs in a
French farm house close to a stove
that was minus a fire; he writes that
the house in which he is staying is
about a quarter of a mile from the
hopital where he is on duty. Cor
poral Buck says that the weather is
rainy and that he has to wade
through mud every where he goes,
but that he is feeling fine, weighs
more than ever before m his life,
has gained twelve pounds since he
has been overseas, has talked with
many boys who have been over the
top and is ready to go himself when
ever opportunity offers.
A card dated September 9th and a
letter dated September 18th both
from the German Prisoners of War
Camp at Rastatt, Baden, from Ii.
Darby Kenyon told that he had been
slightly wounded but was alright,
well fed, had good companlons, was
spending his time drawing and
studying French and his worst trou-
BILE was that he could not be doing
something for the cause. Else
where in this issue will be found ex-
tracts from. others of the letters
that came last week and brought real
cause for Thanksg wing with them.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-12-06

A good clean place to eat,
32-f-c WILLIAMS CAFETERIA
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-12-06
New GeOrgette Waists for Christmas
$500 to S7.OO

We are showing some extremely attractive
Georgette Waists in smart styles which range in
white, fesh gray, blue, etc., that make excellent
Xmas gifts for they are bound to bring good cheer
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-12-06

At the horne of Mr.. and Mrs.
Fred Burr Wildwood on Thursday
November, 30th, a daughter.
At the home cf Mr. and Mrs. Carl
r Orth. Wauseon, Friday November
29th, son.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-12-06
THE RETURN BEGUN

Eight Fulton County solder re-
ceived honorable discharges from
the military service of the U. S. at
Camp Sherman last week; four were
Metarnora men; three Fayette and
one, Walter Gottschalk, Wauseon
man. All eight reached home by
Saturday
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-12-06
aYor,vE cor nae FLUE'

The following verses were written
by Corporal Cleo F. Duff, son OF Mrs.
John stahl Of Fayette. Corporal
Duff is now stationed at Camp Sc
vier. South Carolina and he evidently
speaks from exper ence;
The Flue =.
When your back s broke
And your eyes are blurred
And your shin bones knock
Aand your tongue is furred
And your tonsils squeak
And your har gets dry
And you're doggone sure
That you're going to die
But you're skeered you won't
And fraid you will -,
Just drag TO bed and have your chill
And pray the Lord
To see you through
For you've got the Flu, boy
You've got the Flu.
When your toes curl up,
And your belt goes fiat
And you're twice as mean
AS a Thomas cat
And life Is a long and small curse
And your food all tastes
Like hard boiled hearse
When your lattice aches
And your heads a buzz
And nothing s as it ever was
Here are my sad regrets to you
You've got the Flu boy
You've got the Flu.
What is it like
This Spanish Flu?
Ask me, brother
For I've been through
II is my misery out Of despair
It pulls your teeth
And curls your hair
It thins your blood
f,.a k~1vs vour bones
And fills your craw
With means and groans
And sometimes may be
You get well
Some call il Flu
call II He'll.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-12-06

That cough or cold in the head
can be ended eas'lv bv Hyomei. No
stomach dosing. Breathe it through
the nose and mouth Money back
if it fails. Read & Wager.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-12-17
WILL SPEND $6OO,OOO,OOO
ON NATIONS PUBLIC WORKS
italian Government Authorizes En-
penditure Of Large Sums to Read
just Industrial Conditions.

NEW YORK. December l6.-Am cx-
penditurc OF 100000. GOO has been au-
thoriZcd by the italian government for
pubic works to be undertaken by con-
Germs Formerly engaged in war indus
tries This is part of the plan APP
cliitate the transformation of indus
arles from Il war TO a peace basis.
Inc plans for reimbursement are COW
cred by three DEGREES proposed by Mir
N!ttl. Minister Of the Treasury. and
approved by tho cabinet.
y complete inventory OF ali con-
tracts awarded by the government. the
amount OF war material received. cred
us advanced and the part of the con-
tract siiil to DO fulfilled is provided
Sity for speed in all war industries
mad made such an inventory impos-
new decree a complete. exhaustive rec
be made
The work in war plants turing the
transitory period is regulated by 4
second decree, which orders: that all
work for war purposes be temporarily
tracts be commenced; that factories
whole output or plants were rcquisi-
toned may~bcgin work on private or
dcrs; raw material assigned TO the
factories Tor use in war work may be
used for private orders. providing for
NAL request of.tho War department is
asked and consent is received
The assigning OF contracts for pub
lie works 10 firms formerly in war In
dHstries Is EeEulated by a third decree,
which authorizes the following cXpcnd-
iturcS: s369.o0o,oo0 for railroad ma
tcriais ana work on railroads Eencr-
ally: S2oO,o"o,Oo0 for drainage works
and rccla1nation OF waste lands
bridges, harbor improvements and
roads: Sloo.o00.00o for works Of public
character which come under the iuris-
diction of other ministries such as that
OF education, health. ctc
y fund of S20Od0 600 has bccn s,t
aside. in addition to 81 800, 200 ALREADY
raised. to help those who. because OF
the nature of their work. may be forced
into an involuntary period of d;s0ccu-
patton. For the establishment of Ia
Dor agencies and exchanges $500. 900
from the aforementioned sum will be
used at once.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-12-17
HOME OF THE P|LsENER
CLAIMS INDEPENDENCE
Secretary of Czecho-Slovak Legation
i'll London Relates interest
ing History.
ELECTED THE HApsBURGs
Claims That They Later Violated TIN.
Liberties Extended, and .Rcvolu-
ton Followed Which Resulted in
Execution of Nobility.
BT VLADIMIR NOSEK,
Secretary of tho Czccho-SIovnk Legal
ton In London.


LONDON, December 16.-Thrce hun
drcd years ago we hod an independent
kingdom, and legally we are an indie
pendent state now. a.
We elected the Hapsburgs to the
throne OF Bohemia in 1925. but they
violated our liberties and we revoited
in 1920. The liapsburGs. however.
crushed the revolution. rcvcnged
themselves by executing our nobility.
and tried by absolutism TO abolish our
Bohemian constitution.
SO we come 10 the present day. Dur
ing this war we have taken the side
of Great Britain and her allies. We
have been enemies Of the Germans
throughout our history. 1t has been
against our interests to fight for the
central powers
We claim as our Independent terri
tory Bohemia. Moravia. Austrian
Silcsia and Slovakia. in Upper Hun
gary. This is territory in which
Czecho- Slovaks form the great ma
jority of the population. The form OF
constituent assembly. which will have
TO be elected. l think il will be II re-
public.
We have a government. which is now
recognized by Great Britain and her
allies, with a provisional seat in Paris.
and we also have an Independent army.
which is fighting against the central
powers.
Before it's recognition our govern
ment WAS known as the Czccho- Slovak
national council. which had Il mandate
l'''' ''i' 'ht pdTllcS III 800
hemia to represent tho people in Great
Britain and the allied countries. It's
ministers are Professor Masaryk. the
Prime Minister, who is at present in
Washington; DIR. Bcncs, Minister OF
Foreign Affairs, and General Stefanik
famous airinan and scientist, who en-
tered tho French army as IA private
and has since been promoted to the
rank of general. General Stefanik is
at present at Nladivostok.
We hope to make Prague. in Bo-
~ 81 In
population of about 100000.
In the AUSTRIAN Parliament the
CZccho- Slovaks were represented by
los deputies. On October 10 they left
the assembly In body and declared
that they would never enter It again
They severed all bonds with Austria
and their president. NJ. Stanck. de-
clared that they would not negotiate
with the Austrian government. and
that only the Czccho- Slovak govern
mcnt in Paris was entitled TO do So
Our nations numbers about $4,000 600
people. and the area of territory
miles.
We have rich country with WELL
developed industries. We have our own