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The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1918-07-10

have a fairly good time and keep out
of mischief while here.
l have seen a lot of France since
had an easy time of it for the last
month outside of some awuflly tire
some rides and little work fixing up
camps.
/ hope everything is o. K. on the
farm and that you folks raise lots of
things to eat, because I'm sure eating
my head off over here and they don't
seem to grow much here except some
grapes for wine.
We are camped in very pretty
spot just now, right near deep swim
ming hole and we have dandy place
to do our washing. It's funny to try
and make the people here understand
you and we furnish a lot of excite
ment for them I guess. Although
things (anything in the 'eats" line)
are awfully high and scarce here, we
manage to get along and are pretty
we'll satisfied with everything. Have
plenty of tobacco and toilet stuff on
hand so consider myself lucky. Wish
I could eat good old Iowa dinner
though once in a while.
I will try and write a more inter-
esting letter next time. AS have
not studied out the censoring system
much yet, and don't know just what
we can write, hope this will do for
this time.
and long way from the firing line,
I am as we'll as possibly could be
so don't worry about me.
Your very good friend,
Private Joe M. Bieser. 4.
Co. D., 43rd Engineers,
via New York.
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you will watch Little Willie take the

job p. D. @. l
Tell Gertie C. that will send her
most any variety of cootie she wants,
but most Of them have been used to
living in military surroundings and
she must prepare special diet for
them until they get acclimated then,
no doubt, they will raise her several
large families. will make the selec-
tion from the best fighting strains
that are available.
My typewriter connected with a n
shell, and so am back to the pen
and ink. except when can get the
use of mochine as I am doing now.
1t rather messed my machine up bit
and in fact have not seen it since,
nor any small part of it.
sent Morton, anose cap off Ger.
man gas shell, and 1t Twill make him a
swell paper weight if he cares to use
it for that. Ittook all the goodey out
of it so it will be perfectly safe for
him to play with If he so desires. l
got a piece of q nose cap and made
a cigarette lighter out of it, and the
funny part Of it is that the thing
works fine. am sending M. brig
is made by French solder out of a
shell fragment. They cut various dies
and hammer the brass and copper to-
gether into them and make the things
which they sell for 5 francs ($l.0O)
Convenient, and a great saver of
matches. which are scarce in the
trenches and always wet.
Well, I guess this is all for this time
so will close. G
Am enclosing a photo taken recent
ly which is rotten but all could get
Love to all,
Sid
1st IL H. s. Bonney. U. S. R., R. G. q
Am. Elk. Forces France.
list U. S. Engineers, Inft.,
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committees entrusted with carrying
ont the Dlan" St&

committees entrusted with carrying
out the plan"
Mr.. Patterson is well pleased with
the fuel situation in Crawford county
and particularly here in Denison. Al
ready large percent Of the normal
amount Of fuel consumed is now ~
the bins ready for next winter. Coal
dealers have urged their customers to
put in their supply Of fuel early and
a large number have done so. Mr.
Patterson hopes to have coal bins ~
every home and business block filled
this summer in order that dealers
may accumulate supply in their bins
at the track There Is bound to be =
fuel famine this winter, but whether
or not we will have 1t in Crawford
county depends entirely upon the As-
tion taken by our people. The RI
view urges everyone to order their
coal now. Don't delay.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1918-07-10

Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock at the
German Lutheran parsonage in thle
city occurred the marriage of MiAS
Frieda Mesenbrink and Mr.. Shearl
Oldfield, Rev. VIM. Frese performing
the ceremony. The young couple
were accompanied by Miss Anna Mes.
enbrink, sister Of the bride, and VIM.
PrObanZ, esSs
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1918-07-10

We have been requested to urge al
those who may have old silver which
they are willing to donate to the war
fund which is in charge Of the Wom-
ems Foreign Missionary society at
Denison, to leave same at Chambers
Inns jewelry store as early as p0asf-
BILE as the ladies wish to close the
drive very soon. 3Si
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JOE BIEsER WRITES

Mrs. c. H. Richardson, prominent
Red Cross worker residing in Jack
son township, has handed the Review
an interesting letter from Joe M.
Bieser who is serving in France. The
letter follows:
France, May 10,
. II a. m.-Rain.
Mrs. G. H. Richardson,
Dear Friend and Friends:
Have been wanting to find time for
a letter to you for sometime, but really
have had SO much to do and also so
much to see that this is the first
chance I've had to hunt up paper, etc.
am not any too well satisfied with
this country but guess I'll manage to
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'MEE1INGF0R G EGG
CONSERVATION
Series Of Meetings Arranged for Fri
day. July 12th-PouItry Man
From Amea to be Present.
NOTE Schedule GIVEN BELOW
Meetings Will be Of Interest to the
Merchants and Farmers Alike and
Should be Well Attended

A series Of meetings for egg con-
servation has been arranged with the
merchants of the county for Friday,
July 18th. Thousands of dozens of
eggs are lost in this county every year
becauseeof the indfSerance to holding.
AS many are Of poor quality for the
same reason. The enormous egg loss
es can be reduced by more careful
Gambling and handling of the eggs. On
hauling to town, for instance, the quail
ity of case of eggs is spoiled if the
egg case be exposed to the hot sun
for an hour while being hauled to
town. .
The meetings are for merchants and
farmers. A poultry man from the
State Extension Department will dis
cuss in detail some Of the egg cand-
ling features which are briefly de.
scribed. -.
A good fresh egg should have a
small air space. The yolk should not
be very plain. There should not be
any black spots or rings. Sometimes
the egg shell will have fine cracks in
it. This is commonly known as "check'
eggs. and should not be shipped with
first quality eggs, as it rots very
quickly. 49,.
Blood rings are partially incubated
eggs and show distinct ring of blood
on the yolk. They are classes as un-
fit for food and should be rejected
Moldy eggs generally have cracked
shells, and show black spots before
candle. They are unfit for food.
Black rOts look more or less black
before the candle, and are unfit for
food. =.
Mixed rots, white rots or added
eggs when turned before the candle
show the yolk more or less mixed up
with the white. They are unfit for
food. -
Stuck yolks are eggs with the yolk
apparently stuck to the she'll. When
given twist, if the yolk does not
float free, the egg is unfit for food.
If the yolk floats free, and is not
broken, it may be sold for food, but is
of inferior quality.
Heated eggs are due to careless
They are caused by ex-
posure to the sun or other heat which
starts decomposition. They are usual
ly found only in the summer time, and
before the candle, will show very dark
heavy yolks.
The following is the schedule for
the meetings. Merchants especially
should attend since the recent food ad-
regarding the handling of
eggs will be discussed. People inter-
ested in egg production should attend
as WELL
Friday morning at 10000 o'clock
City Hall, Dow City. Merchants of
Dow City, Kenwood, Arion, Charter
Oak and Buck Grove. ...
Friday Afternoon at $500 o'clock
City Hall, Kiron. Merchants of Kiron,
Schleswig, Deloit and Boyer.
Friday Evening, at $3.50 o'clock
Commercial Club Rooms, Vail. Mer-
chants of Vail, West Side and Manila.
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The girls who think they can attract
admiration by expensive clothes gen.
orally succeed in advertising them
selves as very costly acquisitions.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1918-07-10

The public is in great doubt about
the pacifists as it is impossible to say
whether they should be shut up in
asylums or allowed to go at large in
charge of keepers,
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1918-07-10

The Burlington Hawkeye notes that
opponents of good roads are becOm-
ing fewer and their influence is less"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-06-29

Numbering for whom it IS you are
giving things up. when you don't
eat quite as much white bread as
you'd like tor a bag Of candy.
It's for the soldiers who are fight
ing for us over there in France,
and for the Allies. who are Rghting
with them, and for the little hungry
children and their mothers, who are
in the countries where the war is.
OF course, remembering alone won't
do it, but remembering such things
is sure to remind you how little
that slice Of bread or piece of candy
really means to you, and how very
much to them.
And then you can ask at home
for corn bread, and rye bread, and
the other different sorts of war
bread" Explain why, and see
how glad everyone will be to do
what you ask. Try to eat more po-
tatoes instead of bread--and things
like rice and hominy and oatmeal
are awfuliy good. Don't eat much
cake or pie, or crackers or break.
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fast foods made of WHEATON, can
easily find out which ones are by
asking or looking on the package.
As for cookies. there never was
anything better than oatmeal cook
les!
Eat less candy, frosted cakes,
puddings, sundaes and sodas, and
les ugar on your fruit and cereal.
You can still use maple syrup and
molasses and corn syrup as much
as you like-and fruit really makes
a fine dessert! Tell your mother
to look up all the list of good things
that will give just as pucl: strength
as meat, and use them sometimes
instead. Many people think we eat
too much meat anyway.
You can do these things, all you
children! And surely it won't be
very hard, if you think CT the SOL
diers, and the thin pale little chill
dren of France and Belgium. Best
of all, you'll be playing your part in
winning the war-and il can be a
big part, too!
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for them. Isn't that all the more
reason that you, who like corn
bread and lots OF other kinds, and
can get them, should eat them all
you can? And don't you want to
send your wheat -four to the poor,
little boys and girls of France and
Belgium?
About Sugar and Sweet Things.
There are two ways of getting
sugar-from sugar beets or from
sugar cane. The beet sugar used
to come mostly from the great
plains Of Europe, but now most of
the beet sugar fields there are in
our enemy's hands. Cane sugar
comes from the tropics-much of
It from the far-away islands of Java
and Cuba. Cuba is where most of
our sugar comes from, but now that
our Allies cannot get as much as
they need, we are sending part of
this supply to them. SO you see
we must be very careful about
sugar too, for there is hot nearly
enough for all, il we use it the way
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We used to do. In France today
every person can have only a
quarter of what we each ate be-
fore the war. Cutting down a little
shouldn't be very hard on us-do
you think SO?
About Meat
Meat is scarce in Europe, be-
cause SO many cattle have had to
be killed and so many then have
been stolen by the Germans and
because it is so hard to send from
the far-away countries chat have
enough. Here again our country
must come to the rescue. Already
the meat ration" of the Allies is
being made smaller. Ii we want
them to have enough we must see
that we use less ourselves. And if
they don't have to eat their own
cows there will be much more milk
for the children. Growing children
must have milk, you know, to keep
well.
How You Can Help.
You can begin to help just by re-
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it came up Red tried to put in his
bid, but was soon downed. The bid
ling continued and Snip was finally
sold to lady for one hundred sew
enty-five dollars,-m more than Red
had ever seen in his life. He
Rugged Snip for the last time, and
then walked away with his head
bowed.
AS the lonesome boy sat on the
step that evening he heard the re-
port that some of the boys had re-
turned from France, among them
his brother. He ran to the pier and
as the wounded Yankees were be-
ing carried in, he heard a man say
that most of the men would re-
cover because of their great
strength, and the aid that they had
been given by the Red Cross. At
last he was happy. Bill was home
again and he had given his all.
THE TALE END
Continued from Page One)
growed de res oh de way yo'self,
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all think.
Wen yo' kuz twenty-er-so yo'
come t'yo' Aunt Sue an Uncle
Dayey to break de news dat
y0' wuz married, to yo' other foxes
instead OBJ yo' bruvvers an sisters,
an de wusn't a row lax yo' thought
they'd be, an, Marse, yO' married
ness has turned out lax de res OBJ
ems-'cept yo' daddy's.
Sue had taekn care OBJ yo' gran
daddy's and 20 daddy's, an yo'
kitchen TO- bout eighty years. 1t
wuz yo' Uncle Davey an yo' Aunt
Sue ya'd come to when you wuZ
young an got hurt.
"Marse, ah jest wonder eff Sue
an ali will go to de same heaven
wot yo' daddy an yo granddady's
gone to, Gin yo' tell me? All hez
done read de bible cleah fru TO- or
FIVE time an still ah can't believe
dat Sue an all am good enough tliv'
in de same place.
Don't cry den, Marse Henery, eff
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dab amt ma parli place tween de
what foxes heaven an de niggers'
heaven someday we'll all enjoy a
life de bible says am everlastin'.
Den we all Gin wurk an play an
half OBJ US won't hefta muse de sick
cause de won't be no sick t'nu'se,
ah'm suah OBJ dat and we'll all be de
same as ekwuls.
"Marse ,yo' he'd jes better hoP my
man tighter cause ah'se neah de
crossin' ovah place-yes derse Sue
comm down de OF path lax she
uster-
"Dere she's wavin' at me-ah' sc
goin', Marse Henery, dere am de OF
oil foxes an de older niggers-it's
all wun heaven-ah'm a agoin'-
ahll be dab in a minute, Sue
Goodby, chill Henery, stay here
while yo' can an den go t'heaven.
God blessyo'-Sue."
And the old man stretched out
his arms and me Sue-in another
world.
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AUCT1ONED

INV ~ = AOAvA1D
They were marching away TO
give their lives if necessary, for
their country and their country's
people. Those boys in khaki were
going to France in the monster
ship manned by their eo-workers,
the lads in blue.
As Red" stood on the crowded
street, he watched, with tears in
his eyes, the long ranks march by.
1t was like dream, never ending;
so many of them there were. His
brother Bill was among those men,
the brother who had been his
mother, father and brother COM
bined ever since the death of his
mother when the little boy he was
only four years old. 1t had been
eight years since then and the two
boys had learned to confide in each
other as though they were really
parent and child.
Now all that was left 10 comfort
Reds" poor aching heart was Snip.
the little dog who had played with
him ever since he had rescued him
from the usual tormentors who
sometimes wreck puppy's life.
After Red" had tied tin cans to
his tail, to his hearts delight, and
! when he had been In the act OF
giving the little dirty dog taffy to
make his jaws stick together, he
had seen the pitiful look in the
dogs brown eyes and had run
i! away with Snip in his arms.
From that time on Snip was
Reds" daily companion. At night
Bin and Red would sit on the step
talking while Snip lay at their feet.
Red waved a last goodbye to the
soldier forms as they passed out
| OF view and then turned for home.
Their pleasant little room had been
changed for one smaller and in a
dirty neighborhood, for Red could
| not pay the rent for the larger
room. Red and Snip passed slowly
past the old room, and Red thought
of the good times which he and his
brother had had in that place then
he turned and walked more slowly
to his new room.
AS the months passed on Red
! sold papers for living. This was
hard work, for some days the sales
were not good and he and his only
| companion Snip had not enough to
eat.
Red was always thinking of his
brother Bill in France who perhaps
was fighting in the trenches.
"Oh!" he said to Snip, If l could
only help a little. You know, old
fellow, / can't buy thrift stamps or
anything to help my brother.
can't even Join the Red Cross.
The boy could not even sell the
furniture for it was not worth any
thing. Then he heard of the
"White Elephant Sale" to be held
to help the Red Cross. Contribu.
tons were necessary and the boy
falt -Gka
up Snip that Bill might live. Why
should he hesitate a minute when
It came to sacrificing for his broth
er? Bill might that moment be ly-
ing wourded with no one to care
for him.
So it came that the last afternoon
bis pocket and took SNIP % the
scene Of the sale. Snip was a very
clean little dog the day he lay on a
table in the market place and he
attracted much attention from the
crowd.
At last the bidding Logan. 1t
started at twenty-five cents, and as
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-01-20
ENGLISH RIOT,
SEEKING FOOD
Long Lines Wait Many Hours
in Vain Quest for Sun
day Dinners.
HUNGRY, SAY WORKMEN
Weather and Poor Transport
Service Is Blamed for
General Shortage.
HUNGRY, SAY WORKMEN

LONDON, Jan. INSTRUMENTATION -
demand q better distribution Of food
were held at Brighton. at Firth. In Kent,
and at other places In England to-day.
while men. women and children stood In
queues, in many cases in vain. for .
Sunday roast, margarine. butter or tea.
At Firth 5000 workers from ono Of
the big war factories formed . process
sion and marched to the local food com.
mittee's Offices to protest against theis
wives and children having to wait Ions
hours outside the shops Of the grocer,
and butchers and then being obliged te
come away empty handed. The naef
say that owing to the scarcity OF food
they ara unable to work. and. the per.
csntsse % sickness has been high. =
Meanwhile the sbaecAefs shops wert
closed and the grocery stores virtually
were sold otit this morning and the met
were waiting in the streets for the foot
committee to take some action.
Food demonstrations and queues II
London and in many other parts Of tn,
country to-day were bigger and NOR,
numerous than ever. Everywhere II
London crowds gathered at the butche
shops at an early hour. there being a
least a thousand persons at o'clocl
waiting to be served in the retail SOC
| tion OF the Smithheld market. Mos
of these got limited portions and wer
luclsier than the people In the suburbs
| many of whom were unable to get an
meat, the retailers having received onl
Q fraction Of their supply.
| This was due not 80 much to tn
shortage OF cattle ana sheep az to tn
weather. which made 1t impossible i
many districts to bring live stock (
the market. and to the faulty distribu
ton of the meat available.
The supplies Of margarine also ar
increasing. but here again distribute
is complained of. some sections bein
well supplied while others had only tn
scantiest Of allowances.
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SAYS ONLY KAISER
CAN MAKE PEACE
Prussian Chamber Of Lords
AnssDevs Wilson.

WASHINGTON. Jan. lo.--The liSht OF
the German Emperor to the exclusive
making of war or peace has been re-
affirmed in the Prussian Chamber OF
Lords in the adoption Of resolution
presented by Berlin representatives, said
a despatch to-day from Bcrne. AS
quotes in the despatch the resolution
said:'
''The Chamber Of Lords firmly hopes
that when peace Is concluded the Gov
ernment will see that the rights of the
Emperor of Germany are safeguarded.
These rights are conceded to him by the
constitution and peace should he COM
mensurate with the sacrifices which have
seen made for ,-the political and eco
nomic interests of the country"
Accompanying the resolution was this
commentary:
"The President OF the United States
has asked II the German negotiations at
Brest-Litovsk are In the name OF the
majority Of tho ReichstaG or In the name
OF the military party. For our part we
affirm that II is the German Emperor
who In the ter,ns Of the constitution lsa .
! the exclusive right to make war and
peace"
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$780, ,000, 900 in Silver
Dollars to Be Melted
WASHINGTON, Jan. 10.

WASHINGTON. Jan. 1s.-
Congress will be asked soon
to authorize the melting Of 150,.
100000 silver dollars now stored
in the treasury to supply silver
bullion for export to Americas
allies and to pay trade balances.
simultaneously, one and two dol
lar silver certificates now issued
on the basis Of the coins will be
withdrawn and Federal Reserve
Bank notes Of the same denomi-
nations issued, according to .
plan agreed on tentatively to-day
by Treasury officials.
The silver dollars would be
melted only as needed, and
eventually would be reminted
from silver bought by the Gov
ernment in the next year.
Legislation now drafted would
authorize these measures, and
would empower the Treasury to
buy all the silver produced in the
United States at a price to be
determined by agreement, prob.
ably about 81 an ounce.
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BERLIN SURPRISES
APPEAL TO REVOLT
Pamphlet Urges Formation Of
Rspublic to End War.
spsesal coD. DsspateA to Tnn suN.

Special cobis Dsspdtch TO Tnn SuE.
PARIS, Jan. 1.-THE Socialist organ
H.mastts publishes a despatch from q
correspondent on the Swiss frontier
stating that the Berlin police have sup
pressed q revolutionary pamphlet that
was being distributed clandesttnsly.
which after denouncinS tho German
policy at Brest-Latovsk ~ intended to
throw dust in the eyes Of the people
says: 49,.
IA separate /peace with Russia will
unioose the Try of war on the other
fronts and increass the slaughter OF the
people. 1t II therefore the duty Of the
Oerman working closss1 to battle In.
csssantly for \ gensfal peace.
'srhsrs Is only one means by which
an end can be put to. the existing mis-
cry and massacre OF the peorle-the
overthrow of tho Government and the
bourgeois classes. following the exam
pile OF Russia. Itis only By revolution
and the establishment OF q popular re-
public in Germany by the workins
glasses that an end can b. put to the
slausht:r and gsnsral psses can D
attaipsd."
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-01-20
Soldiers Find Cheer
in Smokes From Home

WRITES Q soldier in France to
" a SUN Tobacco Fund con-
tributor:
"Yo0 and THE NEW YORK
SUN certainly registered q direct
hit with all the boys and we will
try our durnedest to show our
appreciation. Just watch the
papersw
Says another:
"Your smokes arrived on an
eighty mile hike and they put
Ave miles in each foot"
And . third:
ut il Just such little things that
give 10 boys cheer and some
thing 70 live for--to think we are
not forgotten by those at home"
Several Of the fellows, in
postal cards published on page l,
Part s, tell what the tobacco
means TO them.
WARNING! THE SUN TO-
BACCO FUND has no connection
with any other fund. organisa-
tion or publication. Il employs
no agents or solicitors.