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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-23
sHAFTsHuRY BOY WRITES
Letter from Wallace Harrington While
in France.

Mr. and Mrs. Fred Harrington OF
South SALISBURY have received the
following letter from their son. Wal
lace Harrington, who is a member of
Battery G., 302nd Field Artillery with
the American Expeditionary Forces in
France:
Dear Father and Mother
Can write you now where | am as
the censor hasTa.sed the lid bit, and
can also write you of the different
places where we have been. | do not
know what part of the letters they
have killed in the past so will tell you
of our trip across very briefly. We
went out Of Boston harbor July 18th
and went to Halifax, staying there
two days. By the way, | saw the ef-
fects OF that big explosion that occur.
red in the harbor You will remem.
Der il was shipload of high cxplo-
slyes. Our convoy across consisted
OF twenty-four ships, one OF which
was a British cruiser which was with
us all the time The rest of our es.
corl which were some good old U. S.
destroyers met us about three days
out Of Liverpool We mad a sub.
marine attack in the Irish sea. There
must have been several submarines
but they did not get any of our boats.
Every time periscope showed an.
the destroyers with their depth bombs
certainly raised the devil with them.
Two were sunk.
After staying two days in rest
camp at Liverpool, we went to Win
chester to another, then Nurthampton
and across the channel to lie Harve
After another rest, we took a freight
car ride to Bordeaux where we train
ed until coming up here the last OF
October AT present | am on the st
Mlhiel sector about half mile be-
tween Nerdun and st. Mihiel. Tho
town we occupy now is called ,lgD.
en'Woeyre- that is what is left Of il.
1t was once occupied by the Huns and
is partly blown to pieces.
lam writing in a Y. NJ. c. A. hut
and as II is going to close soon. win
ring on and write book letter.
'WlIc
Wallace"
Corporal Wallace II ra.tal,
Battery c.. 302nd g..
American Il. +.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-23
BEST YEARS OF LIFE STOLEN
Spanish Influenza Epidemic Found
Most Victims Under 80.

New York, Dec Is The Spanish
influenza epidemic which swept this
country during the autumn stole"
millions OF the best years of life from
American manhood and womanhood
Henry Moir. an insurance authority of
this city. declared here today.
The average economic loss of active
life in each case of death from the
malady or its aftermath was at least
rs years. said Mr. Moir, emphasizing
the popularity OF the epidemic, which
found most OF its victims under 80
years of age, as compared with the
average life Of So and 50 years of per-
sons insured in well established COM
panies
Addressing the association of Life
Insurance presidents, Mr. Moir, who
is president Of the Acturial Society of
America, described how the epidemic
had dislocated the standard of NOR
tally experience OF the insurance
companies in the past 10 years With
70 pestilence taking toll of lives in the
United States and Canada during that
period, he said, the standards Of
health of persons under so wore
found to be much better than at any
recorded time in the past But the
influenza epidemic, causing S6,S2S
deaths inNA4 large cities in eight
weeks, or an average of four OF every
1000 OF the population, he added, haa
brought q new element into the situa
tion, Investigation of claims before
several large insurance companies, he
declared showed that 10 per cent. OF
The deaths were due to influenza end
81 per cent. to pneumonia following IN
auenza while less than . per cent
were OF persons over So years, &c
against so per cent under 20 and ST.
per cent under 35
From these figures. the actuary
said il was apparent thai the age of
maximum virulence OF The epidemic
had been under 30, taking the young
and vigorous those whom we ex-
pected 20 undertake much OF the
worlds work"
Mr.. Moir warned the public. that
there is no assurance that the danger
is past I'VE learn" he said, that in
huenza is now revisiting Europe and
this time there are indications that it
may Be r- Objectionable than the
m'!aer form of midsummer. We
should. therefore, take warning from
ms reanssS0re and observe watchful
care to prevent further infection.
since the disease has distinctly de.
creased aad seems to be dying out in
this country
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-23
NOTICE
bennington County savings Sank

Bennington County Savings Bank
The annual meeting OF the corpora.
,ors OF the Bennington County Saw
ngs bank will be held at tho office
OF said bank in its bank building in
Bennington, VT, on the first Wednes-
day LIST day OF January, A. d.. 1919 at
2 o'clock p. m, for the purpose OF
electlng board OF trustees for the
year ensuing and the transaction of
any other business found necessary
when met especially to fll-vacancies
In the number of corporators and to
alter aud revise the bylaws.
Charles H. Dewey, Secretary,
Dated a. Bennington, VT, Nov. so,
1918.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-23

NARRAGANsETT BAY, MED
lUM AND SELECT OYSTERS,
CHESAPEAKE MEDIUMS,
HARD AND SOFT SHELL
CLANS, GLUE POINTS,
SHRIMP AND LOBSTER AND
EVERYTHING IN SEA FOOD,
FRESH, CANNED OR SALT.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-23

SAGE, AMERICAN, CREAM,
sNAPPY, PiMENTo, KRAFT,
PURITY CROSS, PARMEsAN
CHEESE; WEST RIVER AND
sRookFlELo cream cry
BUTTER.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-23

The annual meeting OF the stock.
holders Of the First National Bank OF
North Bennington, W.. will be held NJ
their banking house on Tuesday lht
seventh day of January. 1917, ct ten
o'clock. A. NJ. for the purpose of elee:
ing BOARD OF Directors for the ensn.
Ing year and for any other proper aut
necessary business.
Ralph A. Jones. Cashier
Dated North Bennington, W., Dec.
emher, 5th, 1918.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-23
BIG TASK OF RED CROSS
Coming Of pesse Increases the Work
Of That Organization

Washington, Dec 19-Thc coming
OF peace has served to increase rath
er than diminish the work OF the
American Red Cross. said Provost
Marshal General Crowder in state.
ment issued today IN connection with
the Red Cross Christmas membership
with the war at an end he said.
The Red Cross must turn its hand to
The rehabilitation OF the devastated
land Just delivered from hostile oceu.
patton and among all those eople
who, for more than four years 'nye
lelt the heel OF German oppression
To cmbarrass its activities at this
tine Is to add misery and suffering"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-23
s244 FOR ONE DAYS PAY
shiphuildinu Employee Receives
Enormous WAGES.

Enormous Wages.
Boston, Dec 10 Ralph Adams
cram, member OF the Boston plaY.
ming board, told the members of the
Boston Housing association today
that he had found at the Fore River
yard OF the Bethlehem Shipbuild .ng
corporation die cutter who received
Ss2l for one days pay For period
OF four months this man averaged
S22O every working day. Mr.. Cram
said. This according to Mr.. Cram.
was considered by men at Fore River
10 be record wages paid during the
war IN American shipbuild.ng plants.
The die cutter, according 10 Mr.
Cram, was given a new machine IN
work with which made Il possible for
MN to Increase his output greatly.
while the piece work basis anon
which ne was paid remained un.
changed for the period OF his record
wages.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-23
hnnua lank hleetlnn

~ annual meeting o. the share
hH'dtl of the First National Bank OF
= unlAston, VI. for the election OF
.se, ,ors and transaction OF any
3 .er business which may be properly
brought before said meeting, will be
lac q at the banking house of said as.
ISOLATION ON Tuesday January 14th.
1919 at ten o'clock a. m.
l. A. Graves, cashier.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-23

The annual meeting OF the stock.
holders OF the CoLn,y National bank
viii be held at their banking rooms,
Bennington, VT, on n, day, January
Z, 1919, at 10 o'clock in he foren1on
for the election of directors for the
ensuing year and for the transaction
OF such other business rs may prop
erly come before The meeting
ltr""'s u Webster Cashier
nalel LoA..- III ". Dec 1. 1918.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-23
eE@~,. FOREIGN MINISTER

German Minister to Denmark Re-
eeiges Appointment.
Copenhagen Dec 2l- Count Won
Bro, .JoriR-nt1aa, the German min
sier to Denmark, has been appointed
German foreign minister say Berlin
reports
The Prescott daily news., 1918-09-27
Re a Volunteer Bgp Fourth liberty Bends Sept 28h and Volunteer Days

way measures. Halfway won't push our ooy min. the Rhine. 1t is up to to buy bonds wlth 3orafu vested dollar plus every dollar we can save D5 frugal living for six months to come.
 Ycu don't have pay all cash for your bonds Iou your first payment from cash in the bank, and 'dNe tia balance out of your daily, weekly or monthy S'o
 Tie forced saving you do will mean nice nest ong tor the bonds you buy and pay tor as you oood will prove splendid investment that will pay you 6 be interest every six months After the war the Do to do worth more than you paid for them Don't neS" ~ dcyn" your duty and do it quickly. Don't let the SUN 6V
The Prescott daily news., 1918-09-27

O. bls oay .vory00e VT E gvea opportunity to scp ug buy nonds w,c-: being solicited do sa Place. N.l- deeisuaed where volunteer subscriptions will be rv=d These places vl b2 4n0cu7ced in the papers and l. signs Your card will b- o fife tere. Cards ths4 who volunteer Will be fer active solcts..on which v1 begin Monday 5sete-c & so orc will 1o overeo.cd D. rot wait fer some crr ale1 your sub p.on jsst boys "ovel there l"@.
 Figure the }e,y .~--ala you cau subscribe Be ready when Vour,eer Days Th.s is half
The Prescott daily news., 1918-09-27

Believing that 1t is the duty of every person who enjoys the freedom and privileges of citi- zenship in our great Country to do his utmost to help win the war, the following firms and in- dividuals have periodically con- tributed the money to pay fof this and other advertisements 0f the Fourth Liberty Loan: Prescott X Northwestern Ky. Co. Bank of Prescott Ritchie Grocer Company Ozan-G -GraysOnia Lumber Company NJ. NJ. Smyth McRae x TOmpkins Ozan Mercantile Co. Junction City Lumber Company Nevada County Hardware Company Nevada County Abstract Company Hesterly Drug Store Prescott Mercantile Company Prescott Hardware Company J. Suckle
 Moore & Martin J. X. White X Company Buchanan Drug Store Gentry, Buchanan x Company W. K. Buchanan H. A. Hamilton X Company Farmers Supply Company Wat W. White Harrell Auto Company First State Bank Guthrie Drug Store West Side Barber Shop Joe Boswell
 w. B. Waller F. l.. Cox X Company East Side Barber Shop Southwestern Ark. Telephone Co
 Dr. W. w. Rice
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-10-25
RESOLUTIONS OF RESPECT.

Whereas, it has pleased Our Heav- enlv Father to call to her eternal reward, our devoted member and sis ter, Mrs. Martin A. George, There, fore, be it Resolved, That the under signed committee humbly submit to tic dictates of Divine Providence. sall in our sorrow, strive to say. "rhy, will, not ours, be done. ' Resolved, That we express our sense of the loss to the family, in this removal from our midst of one whose example of life we may gath e. strength for the duties that are to come
 :, Resolved, That we extend our pro- found sympathy to the husband and children, ill this their sore bereave- irent and lovingly commend them to Him who alone can administer gen. uinc comfort in time of such trials. :. Resolved, That a copy of these res oiution be sent to the family and a copy te spread on the minutes of this Council.
 Pine Bluff Council No. 2967, < Knights and Ladies of Security. Ecmmittee:
 ' Mrs. c. A. Mcdonald. !. Mrs. Emma z. Marshall. Mrs. Martha Meeks.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-10-25
PERSONALS

Miss Mae OvertOn of Rison who has haen the guest of her sister, Mrs. W (. Jones, at 1919 East Sixth ave- nue. for few days, went to Little Rock yesterday.
 Miss Emma Warren went to, Little n1ck yesterday to visit relatives.
 Miss Catherine Johnson of Knox v;]la Tenn, has gone to Little Rock, after spending ten days with her cousin. Mrs. Mike Danaher, at 222 Laurel street ', sexenth avenue is visiting relatives in Little Rock. ,....
 Mrs. j. w. Adams has returned to bpr home in Englan1,> after short nslt with her sister, Mrs. J. B. Tol4 sen on West Fifteenth avenue. :. Mrs. Ura Joyce Spring of Little Rock was in the city yesterday in interest of the National Home Find- CTS. for children of Arkansas. ':
 M. F. Cross has returned to his home in Louisville, after two months st.y with his niece, Mrs. M. s. o. Ccnnor, at 1906 West Seventh ave- TUG. Miss Esther Emmerson of the Y. w C. A. Home went to Cummings yesterday to visit Dr. and Mrs. Sam Coiquit.
 Mir. and Mrs. w. A. Payne have returned from a three weeks vist to Alexandria, La, and Washington, D C.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-10-25
FOOD ADMINISTRATION CARES
 FOR INFLUENZA PATIENTS

The Experimental Kitchen of the United States Food Administration in Washington has been turned into q convelescent diet kitchen in which food is prepared to send to the en- ployees of the Food Administration who are ill with influenza
 Tn addition, the diet kitchen is supplying the Red Cross daily with hot soup to be distributed to other influenza patients.
 All the food sent out is prepared lby dietary experts ill the clean we'll equipped kitchen in the Food Admin istration building. It is then packed into thermos bottles and delivered to the patients by tthe wives of the officials of the Food Administra- tiol.. who have volunteered their au tomobiles and their services to the work
 They also see that the sick mem- bers tJf the Food Administrations staff are properly housed and are receiving the best medical care.
 Two houses have been opened as temporary hospitals where patients may be brought who cannot receive in their own rooms the care they need A visiting nurse attends promptly to those who would other wise be unattended. and a number of the members of the Food Admin istration staff have volunteered to do nursing duty if it should be nec- ess&ry.
 On the first day of the diet kitch- ems activities in behalf of the sick 13 quarts of soup and 29 custards were distributed. The next day the following amounts were sent out:
 e3 quarts of soup Vegetable soup, mutton, beef and chicken broths). 31 custards.
 |! portions of apple sauce. C quarts of milk. boxes of crackers.
 In addition to this 25 quarts of soup were given to the Red Cross to distribute among their patients. This important work will continue as long as it is needed. and the many anxious mothers of Food Adminis- tration employees may rest assured that their daughters-or sons-are getting the best of care. The cafeteria of the Food Admin istration has taken an important step in combating the spread of influenza by opening it's doors for three meals instead of only at the customary lunch hour. In this way it offers relief to the already overcrowded restaurants of the city and 1t pro- vices a place for the war workers to get clean, wholesomely prepared food at moderate prices.
 The Food Administration is recom- meding that other war bureaus open thei1 cafeterias for three meals in- stead of one, and so relieve the congestion in the restaurants of the capital. '''
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-10-25

meal more than one-half ounce of Cheddar, commonly called American cheese.
 General Order 8. No public eating place shall use or permit the use of sugar bowl on the table rlunch coun- ter. Nor shall any public eatingplace serve sugar or permit it to be served unless the guest SO requests and in no event shall the amount served to any one person at any one meal exceed one teaspoonful or it's equivalent. General Order g. No public eating place shall use or permit the use of an amount of sugar in excess of two pounds for every ninety meals served, including all uses of sugar on the table and in cooking, excepting such sugar as may be allotted by the Fed eral Food Administrators to hotels holding a bakery license. No sugar allotted for this special baking -pur- pose shall be used for any other pur- pose.
 General Order 10. No public eat ing-place shall burn any good or per- init any food to be burned and all waste shall be saved to feed animals or reduced to obtain fats:
 General Order II. No public eat ing place shall display or permit to be displayed food 5!on, its premises in any such manner as Way cause its. de- terioration so that it can not be used for human consumption. ssssss>
 General Order 12. No public eat ing-place shall serve or permit tt
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-10-25
WHAT TO EAT WHEN
 ONE HAS \ COLD

Prevalence of influenza in Wash in? ton, D. C., has meant that some- thing must be done towards feed ing those confined to their rooms with no one to care for them. The experimental kitchen of the United States Food Administration has promptly gone about this work, send ins; out quantities of soup, custards, milk and crackers every day. These are just such foods as one should eat during the first stages Of a cold. The fact that colds may turn into something worse. especially during such an epidemic as the pres ent. should be sufficient warning to anyone to call doctor at once and be careful to eat properly, that the colt may be quickly thrown off. During the first few days eat light laxative diet of low fuel value, letting hot lemonades or orangeade, broths or gruels With crisp toast, baked potatoes, mild stewed fruits and vegetables and milk be the chief articles of diet. This should be fol- lowed with diet of ordinary fuel value and then as soon as the cold seems to be "broken,r by one of higher fuel value than usual, so as to aid the body in recovering. Here are some menus for meals during the first few days of cold.
 Breakfast.
 Oatmeal Cruel
 Crisp Toast
 Hot Lemonade
 Lunch
 Hot Beef Broth
 Baked Custard
 Dinner Baked Potato Poached Egg
 Apple Sauce
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-10-25
INFLUENZA )S 0N
 DOWN GRADE IN LOCAL SECTIONS
Dr. McMullen, County Phy- sician Requets That All
 Certificates Be Filed.

The influenza epidemic is on the decline according to yesterdays re- ports, the number of cases decreasing from 94 on Tuesdays report, to 55 on yesterdays record
 Dr. T. w. Woodul, acting physician, says that he deems it an unwise plan to lift the quarantine until the damp weather discontinues and the percent age of cases is lowered a great deal more.
 There are now about 400 cases of influenza i'll the city. Surrounding towns are suffering fro mthe spread of the epidemic A number of deaths have occurred in Altheimer within the past few days and conditions are not improving.
 Three deaths were reported in Pine Bluff Wednesday, which was an in crease of one over the previous days report.
 Official Statement.
 Dr. B. c. McMullen County Health officer issued the following order Thursday in regard to local and county physicians filling out death certificates
 l wish to very urgently request of all physicians in Pine Bluff and Jef- ferson County to fill out death certi- icates promptly and fully by so doing then will will not only comply with the law but will enable the state authorities to check the percent of in- fluenza, in relation to is mortality rate and complications.
 Undertakers can assist very mater tally in this matter and I most sin cerely hope they will cooperate with physicians in seeing that the death certificates are filled out promptly, coincisely and fully, and that the cer- tificate be placed on file at very ear Hest possible time. with Harvey Hogg, at the Cotton Belt Bank.
 There are very few states that do not have reliable certificates, relating to births and deaths. Arkansas ap- pears in the latter list.
 Let us start now to remove it from same.
 E. c. McMULLEN, & -a County Health Officer. :,
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-10-25
LOCAL. CAFES AND
 RESTAURANTS GET
 NEW REGULATIONS
Food Administrator Hollis Receives New Rules for
 Eating Places

County Food Administrator M c. Hollis received orders Thursday after noon from the United States Food Administration regarding the War Program for eating places in the future. The new regulations preced all previous rules and regulations for eating places in Pine Bluff. The ru- les and regulations received by Ad- attached to all menu calc.s in restau- rants. cafes. hotels or any public eat ing place.
 The complete regulations received by MT. Hollis are as follows:
 ''The following general orders have been issued by the United States Food Administrator governing the op- erations of all such public eating places, these orders to be effective October 21, 1918. It has not been deemed advisable or necessary at the present time actually to license the operation of such public eating houses but in cases where the patriotic CO., operation of such public eating places can. not be secured by other means, the United States Food Adminstra- tlon will not hesitate to secure com piance with it's orders through it's control of the distribution of sugar. flour and other food supplies.
 "A failure to conform to any of the following orders will be regarded as wasteul practice forbidden by Sec tion Four of the Food Control Act of August 10, 1917.
 General Order l. No public eat ing-place shall serve or permit to be served any bred or other bakery pro- duct which does not contain at least 20 per cent of wheat flour substitutes, nor shall it serve or permit to be served more than ounces of this bread, known at Victory Bread, or if no Victory Bread is served, more than ounces of other breads (sueh as corn bread, mullins, Boston brown bread, etc. Sandwiches or bread serv- ed at boarding camps, and rye bread containing 50 percent or more of pure rye flour, are excepted.
 General Order 2. No public eating place shall serve or permit to be serv- ted bread or toast as garniture or under meat.
 General Order 3. No public eating place shall allow any bread to be brought to the table until after the first course is served, or the meal is 1 placed on the table.
 General Order 4. No public eat ing-place shall serve or permit to be | served to one patron at any one meal more than one kind of meat. For the tn epurpose of this rule meat shall be considered as including beef. mutton, pork, poultry and any by-products therof.
 General Order 5. No public eating place shall serve or permit +c be serv- ed any bacon as a ga1nitu, General Order 6. No pull eating place shall serve or perm to be served to any one person at any one meal more than one-half ounce of but ter.
 General Order z. No public eating
 place shall serve or permit to be
 served to any one person at any one
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-10-25
PAVING WORK IS
 ABOUT COMPLETED

Within a few weeks the work of poving in District No. 43 and Curb and Gutter District No. will be completed. The work of laying this paving was begun over year ago. but due to the war it was impossible tc make very much progress, as ma tGrial was very scarce. The Kaw Paving company were the contractors and the work was under the manage men' of George Williams, superin- tendent. The paving is of rock 'hase. with an asphalt surface
 The district includes East Twelfth avenue from State to Tennessee. Fourteenth from State to Georgia, Alabama from Twelfth to Eighteenth, and Georgia street to Harding street. The work has been completed on East Twelfth avenue, State to Geor- gia Alabama and Georgia streets are also completed.
 This new paving connects the Tamo pike with this section of town. Here tofcre this section of town was not accessible to the pike, due to the bad condition of the street.