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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-05-16
Lone, Aged o Is Sole lnhab.
liant Left in French VII.
lage.
AAnED MOoIMTABlE
An Who survived Hun Carnival Of
Rage and Rapine Which Swept
the Place. Left Long. Long
Ano.

American Army Headquarters in
Fr1nce.-In the charred village they
call her La Dame lndomitable. Not a
bad name for her. either. There Is q
great gun In the French army called
Indomitable. The enemy has trained
Its heavy weapons on this giant cylin.
der of destruction. but old Indomitable
still belches its deadly hail upon the
Huns, and 30 the old lady Of - was
named after this famous gun. writes
Don Martin In the New York Herald.
! saw her the other day in the recon-
structed ruins Of her once comfortable
house. Two artillery offioers-Xmeri-
can-have billets with her. She takes
care Of their rooms, shines their boots
and leggings and puts on a button now
and then when they know nothing
about II.
Then, when she Is not busy Mt home,
bhe washes dishes for the Salvation
Army canteen or performs more labori-
Gus service, for all Of which she re-
ceives ten cents IN hour. That Is
enough. She doesn't need much. She
begins her daily routine at five In the
morning and finishes at seven In the
evening. Then she walks two miles
to a shop to get her allowance Of
bread, and after ten O'Clock, when her
boys" are in bed and asleep, she
throws herself on a bed OF boxes and
old clothes, with one blanket for cov.
ering. and sleeps.
Villages Only inhabitant.
La Dame 1ndomitable is the only in.
habitant left In the village. 1t Is no
place for women. Children-all who
survive the Hun carnival of rage and
rapine-left long, long ago. The old
folks dragged a weary way from the
humble, aged stone buildings in which
they and their ancestors had lived for
many generations-yes, for hundreds
of years. Soldiers occupied the towh.
Then the Germans came. Three times
the quaint village was taken and re-
taken. The gaunt remnants Of the
OLD dwellings could tell frightful stor.
les Of slaughter and magnificent tales
OF valor. So can La Dame Indomit.
able. But she says little. She Just
works. She wants to help France. OF.
hcers told her a long time ago she
could 60 anywhere she wished. Even
the grandeurs Of Paris were pictured
to her In the hope that she might be
lured from the abode Of danger In
which she resides.
But why should she 60?
mo. I'm not DID," she says. I'm
only sixty-fve or maybe seventy. I'm
q strong woman yet, but when l carry
water this long, long distance and then
walk to the boulangerie for bread some
times my heart beats too fast maybe.
but that's all."
So there she stays. She has been
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-05-16
. DAGGER
IN THE BACK

That's the woman's dread when she
gets up IN the morning to start the days
work. oh! how my back aches" GOLD
HARLEM Oil Capsules taken to-
Gay eases the ~backache OF tomorrow
taken every day ends the backache for
AL time. Don't delay. What's the Use
q suffering? Begin taking GOLD
MEDAL HARLEM on Capsules today and
be relieved tomorrow. Take three or four
every day and be permanently free from
wrenching. distressing back pain, But be
sure to get GOLD MEDAL. Since 1886
GOLD MEDAL HARLEM Oil has been the
National Remedy OF Holland. the Govern
ment of the Netherlands having granted
q special charter authorizing It's prepa-
ration n sale. The housewife OF Hol-
land would almost as soon be without
bread as she would without her "Real
Dutch Drops" as she quantity calls GOLD
MEDAL HARLEM Oh Capsules. This IL
the one reason why you will find the
women n children OF Holland 80 sturdy
and robust.
GOLD MEDAL are the pure. original
HARLEM Oil Capsules imported direct
from the laboratories in HARLEM, Hell
land. But be Eure to get GOLD MEDAL.
Look for. the name on every box. Sold
by reliable druggists in sealed packages,
three sizes. Money refunded II they do
not help YOU. Accept only the GOLD
All others are limitations, Adv.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-05-16
PATHETIC IGU
AMONG WAR RUINS

seen away up u the brow Of the hill
looking down on the German-held terri.
tory. One does not need glasses to see
IT. She trudges along shell swept roads
when II 10 Necessary. as II often ia.
"A shell may hit me-yes. perhaps.
sometime. But we all have our work
to do"
Waves Of deadly gas swept over the
stricken group Of ruins from time to
time. La Dame lndomitable has her
mask. An officer gave 1t to her. II is
the best. The officers see that she gets
the best. Her two American artillery
officers hurry to their billets when the
gas drifts into the village. They have
nothing to do there. They Just 70 to
make sure that their hostess is safe. I
had q cup OF chocolate with her In her
house and learned her story. l do not
think she ever told II before.
Thanked BY General.
"When the war was Just at the be-
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-05-16
Spends 100000 a Month in
Mlnistering to Soldiers.
Two thousand Workers Are with tx.
pedltlonary Forces and 5000
In American Camps.

Washington.-In its work Of minis
tering to the social, recreational and
religious welfare Of the boys and young
mel OF this city and county who have
enlisted In the National army. the 7.
y. {. a. ID now expanding a total Of
3,oOo'OW a month. These, together
with other Interesting figures on the
scope OF the work IRE contained In a
bulletin Just received from the Nation.
al war work council.
According to the statement Of the
council. the home" side Of army cnmp
IRE 10 being maintained among the
hundreds Of thousands Of soldier boys
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-05-16
Arranges Compact Nautical Chart.

Economizing time. space and paper,
Capt. Fritz i. Uttmark. head of a gov
eminent nautical school in New York,
has devised q new chart for finding u
ships position ut sea- A vessels posi-
ton by the present method can be as
certained only after n p%rotracted cal
culation on about 200 square feet Of
charts. This difficulty has been over
cnne by n plotting chart less than one
square foot in urea.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-05-16
Farmer Kills villa c...

Live Oaks. Cal.-Winr. ,ou.
near here. recently killed two iars.
Wild cnts along the Feather riys.
while engaged 10 hunting 1ock rch.
oits. One OF the wild cats raced nm
a tree ana started to show fight when
wing discovered 1t. A shot brought
II to the ground. Its cries Of rsre
ana pnin brought Its mate 10 ths
scene, and Wing dispatched the rec.
ono cat with q shot from his eun.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-05-16
Castor Oil for Airplanes,

The italian minister of agriculture
has appealed to the province Of Catu-
MIA to 60 into the business of cult
waiting riclnus (castor-oil secd) on a
large scale, offering to supply the seed
free and TO buy the shelled product at
250 lire per quintal (about 90 80 cents
a pound). The oil is TO be used for
nirplane engines.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-05-16
Voice Of Vanity.

Are you sure the baby resembles
me?' asked the proud futher.
Absolutely. Aren't you p.cnsed?"
"Yes. I'm pleased. The only thing
Is that the youngster will get over be-
ing rather Fed faced and uld-headed
and ! probably won't"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-05-16
America 10 Saving.

That the American wal savings
drive is already running ahead Of the
English campaign. In volume Of week
~ treasury receipts. Is shown by com
curative figures made public by the
national savings committee.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-05-16
YOUTH is VICTOR
OVER NOTED u

In France in April, 1917. He brought
down - Germans for certain-he
actually saw that number crash-but
ne o down many more out Of ron.
trol. Among the % were the German
superfyers Voss and Schafer,
The story Of the defeat of voss.
VINO had been credited with being the
greatest airman Of all the armies, Is
thrilling. When Rhys Davids went IN
with a squadron Of six and four Ger.
mans were sighted. 1t was not SO easy
as 1t seemed. for Voss was among
tnem, and he took on three Of the
British machines. Two Of these he
put out OF action. causing them to re-
turn home with their engines full Of
lead. The third was the boy from
Elton.
Foss and Rhys mnde a duel Of II.
The Hun was in a triplane, and there
was a most tremendous fight. The
story OF It was afterward told to the
family by IN officer acquainted with
the facts.
Il want to give voss all credit"
snys Miss Rhys Davids, sister of the
brave young airman, in repeating tho
story. He had a fearful fight with
the three for twenty minutes. and
then my brother and Voss wheeled
round and round; and then. suddenly.
Eoss crashed to earth.
Yes, my brother spoke Of one or
two narrow escapes. On the very first
time ne went up out there something
made him turn round, and to his as.
constituent he saw n Hun on his tail.
II he had not glanced round at that
moment he would have been killed.
Worse still, his gun jammed, and for
ten minutes he had to get out OF this
machines way by rolling and turn
ing. Then suddenly. to his amaze
ment. the Hun turned tail and went
home. That Il n Of the
escapes he had.
MY brother was inclined to Ay
recklessly low, and that Is probably
how he met his death in October, last
year. We knew he was missing, and
we hoped and hoped for eight weeks
before we had any practical certainty.
Shot "Painted Banana"
"He had very often been in a big
fight OF % on each side, and when he
wrote home about such, he said: IAN
o a think Of is pumping lead into
any machine you see and looking ont
and avoiding collisions. Just missing
each other by perhaps a couple Of
feet. He used to laugh when he saw
the German machines painted IN like
an unripe banana. He described one
OF these machines. md said that when
II came toward him he chuckled with
laughter Mt the curious appearance Of
1t. and then let fly. He brought the
painted banana down."
And now young Rhys Dayids has
himself been brought down. But he
lives a memory Of s~choolboy British
pluck that can never die.
Among other raiders mentioned In
the Gazette is Lieut.. X. Fl. Ayre. r. r.
G.. who during n Of his 'many sue.
cessful raids bombed IN enemy air
ship shed. and on another occasion
bombed a railway station from n
height OF 800 feet. He also derailed
part OF n train and poured machine
gun fire on It's occupants. The mill.
tary cross is awarded to him.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-05-16

ratns for promoting the play spirit
among the troops in their leisure
hours.
The Y. N. G. A. has established .
chaln OF huts and dugouts along the
front lines occupied by American
troops over there" and Is meeting the
needs OF the sammies al they take
their places in the Lorraine trencho.
me 7. m. G. A. huts on the Russian
front have been demolished BY German
guns n the no secretaries there have
retired before the advance Of the Huns
and are now established 10 Sihs,,.
awaiting an opportunity to return 10
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-05-16

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It, Glass.
You may not believe me. but many's
the good story I've told under the old
tree out there"
II do believe you. I noticed when
] saw II that the tree was n chcstnrt.~
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The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-03-30

Judge Samuel j. Pugh Of Vanceburg
Is here ON legal business.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-03-30
ONE AIRPLANE Is AMERICAS
CONTRIBUTION TO ALLIED
FLYING FORCES SINCE U.
s. ENTERED WAR

Washington, March 27-Lieutenant
Colonel E. Lester Jones of the sup
ply division of the signal corps, test
flied before the Senate Military Com
mittee today that only one airplane
had been shipped to Europe by this
government since it entered the war.
This statement was made in re-
spouse to a question asked by Sena-
tor Wadsworth of New York who
charged that government officials
were making deliberate effort
through the Committee on Public In
formation to milslead the public re-
,arding the fact as to the airplane
situation.
Senator Wadsworth displayed list
If captions for pictures sent out by
he Committee for use on March 80,
telling of great number of airplane
bodies which are now waiting ship
ment to France. He said he had call
ed the Committee to say that these
statements were untrue and had been
told the information came from the
Signal Corps.
Chairman Chamberlain at once or
dered a representative of the Commit
tee summoned.
Lawrence Rublee of Chicago, direc-
tor of the Committees division of pic
lures, appeared shortly afterwards
and testified that the pictures on
which the captions were based, wee
obtained from Colonel Deeds of the
Signal Corps. He added that Colonel
Deeds gave no. information regarding
shipment of airplanes to France. but
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did advise that the airpianes were
coming through the factories so fast
that they had 10 BIO stored In ware
houses.
Members Of the committee declared
the captions were misleading and
should be withdrawn which Rublee
agreed TO do at once. He said the
captions were written by Morris
Strusky, OF New York, an employe Of
the Information Committee, who told
him they were based on "the state
ment OF Secretary Baker" Rublee
conceded that the captions were
"nambouyant" and they would not
have been sent out had they been
submitted to him.
When Senator Frellnghuysnc. OF
New Jersey, wanted to know II "the
censorship bureau did not need CEN
sor, Mr.. Rublee said there was cen
sor In the Signal Corps. He Is Lieu
tenant Burkhardt, and Chairman
Chamberlain ordered him summonded
for tomorrow morning.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-03-30
GLAD TO TESTIFY
Says Watoga Lady, CAS- To What
Cardui Has Done For Me, So
Az To Help Others"

Watoga, W. Va.-Mrs. S. W. Caldwell,
Of this town, says: when about IS years
Of age, ! suffered greatly :. Sometimes
would 90 month or two, and had
terrible headache, backache, and bearing
down pains, and would Just drag and
had no appetite. Then II would last
:. two weeks, and was so weakening,
and my health was awful.
My mother bought me bottle Of
Cardui, and began to improve after
taking the first bottle, so kept Il up till
took three Il gained, and was well
and strong, and ! owe II all to Cardui.
| am married now and have 3 children
Have never had 10 have doctor for
female trouble, and just resort 10 Cardui
II | need a tonic. lam glad 10 testify 10
what II has done for me, so as 10 help
Others"
II you are nervous or weak, have head
aches, backaches, or any Of the other
ailments so common 10 women, why moi
give Cardui trial2 Recommended by
many physicians. In use over 40 years.
Begin taking Cardui today II may
be the very medicine you need.
NC-lO
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-03-30
BOYS WORKING RESERVE

The United States Boys Working Reserve the boyower mob
zng division of the United States Employment Service has begun
national campaign enroll least 100000 boys for service on
farms summer Boys of 6 and Il eligible
to membership in the Reserve
The drive will be conducted similarly to that Of the United
States Public Reserve for 100000 shipbuiders.
Boys working Reserve machinery has been organized and
State appointed all States The Reserve already is
strongly organized in the West Illinois, Kansas Wisconsin, Mis-
Indiana other States already have enrolled large numbers
of boys Indiana than 5000 members in its Reserve
national membership of the Reserve than 75O and
many boys performed service farms last year
The State and county directors will be assisted the enrolling
by the NJ c. A. the Y w. H. A. Y NJ Knights of Columbus
Boys Club Federation Boy Scouts and all other organizations IN
position aid The public and private schools to be used as
modifying ceners with the teaching staff enrolling agents
In addition enrolling boys for food production many OF the
States prepared preparing train Reserve members for farm
work and Pennsylvania have made
preparations for the establishment of farm training and supply
camps Indiana large of farm land that will be used
training grounds Illinois, Wisconsin and other States have
pee programs of agricultural instruction Iowa teaching
boys handling of horses and machinery New Jersey
and Illinois insist only carefully selected boys will be sent to
their farmers they will not admit to the Reserve boys below
a reasonably high scholarship standard
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-03-30

The above Mr. Henry city, by
his Henry Edgar, enlisted
declared The
and they published in New papers,
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-03-30
THE COUNTY AND CITY HEALTH
OFFICE SHOULD BE ONE
AND THE SAME

The proposal of an arrangement
whereby the County Health Officer
would act in the same capacity for
the city is meeting with general ap-
prevail
1t is one of the most progressive
steps that has been proposed in this
community in long time and if con-
summated will greatly facilitate the
work of the health authorities.
Experience has proven that Public
Health work is profession, separate
and apart from the practice of medi-
cine and it is hoped that Council will
be liberal in providing funds to carry
on the work which we understand the
City Board Of Health has rlanned.
Every citizen is interested in having
a clean, healthful city and there is
only one way to get it-keep a man
on the job whose business it is to
see that the sanitary laws are obeyed.
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GOOD CAUSE FOR ALARM
These Figures VIII Make Maysyille
People Take Notice.

Deaths from kidney disease have in
creased 721o in twenty years. People
overdo nowadays in so many ways
that the constant filtering Of poisoned
blood weakens the kidneys. Beware
of fatal Bright's disease. When back
ache or urinary ills suggest weak kid
neys, use Doans Kidney Pills, live
carefully, take things easy and avoid
heavy eating. Doan's Kidney Pills
command confidence, for no other kid
ney remedy is so widely used or so
generally successful. Home endorse
ment is the best proof Of merit. Real
this Maysville residents story:
Miss Dora Edgington, Wood ST.,
says: 81 have used Doan's Kidney
Pills and from the results received, !
have every reason to recommend
them. At times my kidneys have be-
come weak and have been irregular in
action. My back has ached, too, and
has been very weak and lame across
my kidneys. When | have used Doan s
Kidney Pills for this trouble, they
have never failed to relieve the COM
plant in a short time. | gladly ad-
wise anyone to get box of Doan's
Kidney Pills at Chanslor's Drug Store,
If troubled in that way"
Miss Edgington is only one Of many
Maysville people who have gratefully
endorsed Doan's Kidney Pills. II your
back aches-if your kidneys bother
you. don't simply ask for kidney rem
cay-ask distinctly for DOAN'S KID
,'TY PILLS. the same that Miss Edig-
ilgton had-the remedy backed by
home testimony. Coo all stores. Fos-
ter-Milburn Co., Props. Buffalo. N. Y.
when Your Back is Lame-Remember
Tho Name"
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-03-30
OUR COLORED CITIZENS

- The Easter Cantata, "The Lighted
Cross to be given by the Bethel Bap
fist Sunday School Sunday evening
promises to be grand musical trea
and no one should miss it. The can
tata will be interspersed with Easter
and patriotic plays and exercises an
propriate for the occasion.
FRANCES STRAWDER, Supt.
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INCOME TAX RETURNS

by the Department of Justice at Washington
that is proposed to prosecute enessy and vigorously all
slackers in the matter of income tax returns.
many people knowingly fail to make out income
The present law hard to understand Many OF
those do make from the task of filling out
their blanks with their brains in whir There should be
method devised of making this law and its application easier to
understand.
April next the day which income tax return
be made and those doubt about the questions Of their liability
will wisely going the Federal building and
tanning themselves The exemption has been greatly lowered in
past year. many people who did not have to make returns
in the past are now required After the all in
will doubtless be weeks before will know how closely the
official figures will approximate the Congressia estimates but is
certain that several billions dollars will be collected these
payments.
The has stay The income tax returns
complicated and hard understand but the system of taxation
the est yet devised 1t will be continued in the United States
both in war and in peace.-Lousvie Evening Post
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THE ANSWER TO THE VOLUN-
TEER

TER
Why didn't you wait to be drafted?
The answer is simple enough.
You didn't need brass band to lead
Your made of the right kind of stuff
Your banquet win come when its over
That's when you'll want to be
" cheered,
And when you know you deserve it,
Because you have volunteered.
Don't get discouraged so quickly,
From what I've seen I've bunch.
That from out of the millions of sol.
diers.
Uncle Sam likes you the best Of the
bunch.
You don't complain of your duties,
OF hardships you've naught to fear:
You lick up your meals with a relish
Because you've volunteered.
You weren't dragged in with a num-
Der.
AS though you we're nothing at all,
And you didn't go round with frown
Afraid that your country would call.
"srg7
You didn't buy every paper
And scan the columns with fear;
You marched right along with your
head up high.
Because you volunteered.
What II the little draft willies,
Do get little more praise?
Praise won't get" the Kaiser
Its real work we want these days.
Just keep your eye on Berlin, boys,
Never mind about brass bands and |
cheers An
The glory will go to the heroes,
AND THEY'LL BE THE vOLtN-
TIERS.
:. Henry z. Pogue. Of this city. by |
4 the mosquito feet when war was
! one Of his friends in the service.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-03-30

The War Risk Bureau recently announced tho
reason delay in sending allotment checks soldiers de
pendens because of the receipt by the bureau of 10000
asking the for the delay The the small
for bling ry at school his mother had spanked him being
a sug-abed. -