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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-01-12
FATHER AND SON
WEEK TO START
FEBRUARY nth

Although Father and Son Banquets
are not a new creation this is the
first time that there will be a National
Father and Son week. namely Feb.
ii to II. during which time there will
be father and son get-togethers not
only all over this country, but in
Canada and as far as possible among
the boys in the camps here.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-01-12
LODGE
TNDUCTS NEWLY
MADE OFFICERS

Arcanum lodge, No. Al, I. o. o. F.,
had its usual large attendance last
night. 1t being the first night the
newly installed officers held their
chairs. During the evening an ex-
tended talk on bayonet making and
also signal pistols were described by
Brother Waiter Boswell and V. Thorn
as and Clifford described in detail the
operations of bullet making which
proved very interesting.
After the meeting the Arcanum
Triple Link club held a meeting at
which a new member was admitted.
The minstrel show which the club is
to put on in New Haven the latter
part of this month for Relief Lodge
of that city is progressing very well.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-01-12
BOY WANTED!

Members and friends of the Y. NJ.
@. A. Boys Division should make an
effort to attend the Sunday afternoon
meetings. The meetings start at 8
p. m. and last about one hour.
The Rev. Alexander Allison, IT..
will speak on the subject, boy
Wanted" tomorrow afternoon. Every
boy is invited to attend this meeting
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-01-12

$4,000 each are st. PauFs church,
for the erection of a par
ish house; and the Stockbridge lib
rary.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-01-12
Writing Desks

Spinet Desks of Mahogany, Colonial design
were $4,000 sale price $4,000
Colonial Desks, gate-leg design, drop leaves,
were 5000 sale price s44OO
Desks of Mahogany, Queen Anne style,
were $500 j. sale price $500
Mahogany Desk, William and Mary design,
was $11SOO sale price $1,000
Mahogany Desk Hepplewhite design,
was $1,000 sale price $3.50 I
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-01-12

and derive from it the benefits which
it has to offer him.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-01-12

German aliens FAUST be registered
before Feb. 0.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-01-12

Times Want Ads. One Cent a Word
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-01-12
Stamped Goods

Pillows, tan or white COLOR were so cts for IS cts
Scarves and Centers Is cts SO cts
Bath Sets made Of Turkish toweling, Is cts SO cts
Pullman Aprons $1.25 IS cts
Decorative Articles for the Home
Cracker Boxes assorted Sizes so cts for 50 cts
Embroidered Scarves, scalloped edges, size IS 81
inches, were $3.50 for $3.50
Drawn Work Doilies inches, 20 cts for Is cts
u inches, 35 cts 20 cts
Centerpieces of tan linen As inches $3.50 for $125
81 inches $500 $3.50
Doilies lace trimmed inches were 20 cts for Is cts
Section
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-01-12
Fine Dinner Sets

AS it was announced at the opening of this Janu-
airy Sale, now is good time to buy China The fol
lowing sets in high grade French considered
desirable and are much under price.
All 112 piece Sets
having lost one or two pieces
to be sold "as isl
Dinner Set, with pink and green border
design, half mat gold handles, regular
price $4,000 sale price $4,000
French China set conventional border
design in black and brown, regular
price $1,000 sale price 5000
French China set pink and green border
design, half mat gold handles, regular
price $4,000 sale price $4,000
French China Set, design in pink roses
with two gold lines and gold edges,
half mat gold handles, regular $500
now 5000
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-01-12

ri W NAOSG OIL us have Do0u Drought up Gu0
nN nH ia other way and there's no getting round
HaSS&21J it, we have been MASTERS. Those of us
who have snug little feeling that we
are thoroughbred Americans that ancestors landed
in New England or Virginia two three hundred
years ago. have very little conception Of what those
ancestors endured when the country was young. Not
much sugar. COAL plenty of wood, but it had to be
cut very little -four steam heated houses nothing
but hard work, cold hunger and privation But what
race. What country.
In these troublous times, the first thing to do is
for every of to combine and the country
it ought to- be, for those who are to come.
Did the Plymouth and Virginia colonists realize
what they were about? Perhaps the leaders did, but
the greater number the common people, such as most
Of are, made sacrifices and endured just because
they were unsesh and it was the right thing to do.
The right thing for us to do is to
back up the Government to the full ex-
tent of our power. Every little while
War Stamp.
For sale on the main floor, centrally
located
You will see the Flags above the booth.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-01-12
Administer Rugs
Moderate sizes at moderate prices

Moderate sizes at moderate prices
Three groups of these Rugs. An assortment OF
practical and pleasing colors mostly olive and brown
shades predominatng.
Size Sc SO inches we're S4.5O now S4UO
81 81 inches, threshold size
were $3.50 now $225
921h Y sc inches, were $3.50 noow $125
floor.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-01-12
Last Days of the January Sale
which closes Tuesday the fifteenth
War Saving Stamps

It is going to be task for some of
us Americans to develop saving habit.
Most Of us have been brought up the
other way, and there's no getting round
it, we have been MASTERS. Those of us
who bovo - cyo,,or 1i++lo foo1i7oor 4bo+ x1,o
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-21


 dozen doughnuts or bakers pie. Bak- CTS bread (the staff of life, someone has called iD and tea made, possibly, when the chops were put on, complete the meal. The European housewife, on the contrary las, we'll say, a pot-au-few for the foundation of her meal-a deli cious combination of meat and vege- tables, thoroughly cooked--a salad fruit or fruit juice. More than likely she has no meat, in which case there may be eggs in some form, or cheese, but in variably the salad and fruit.
 Truly Young American home makers have much they can learn from our number neighbors these same Europeans who have emigrated to this country, bringing with them across the water some of the economy, good judgment and plain common sense of European iiv- ing.
 One or the greatest thrift promoters is proper equipment. Then from day to day the proper buying of foods of recog-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-21
TO HELP YOUNG HOUSEWIVES

The American woman is altogether too nrone to leave until mealtime the consideration of her menu. Perhaps she has chops. The butcher was "soio out
 on the meat she asks for so she taxes the next that comes to mind These she hurriedly fried, for frying is the retuge of the hand-to-mouth cook. The wrong vegetable may be used ana thus coiit'i- cate matters. If she has not aiready spent part of her morning making pie flor too often. alas, the dessert receives a consideration all out of proportion 10 it's value, and an hour. 1t may be is de- voted to an elaborate dessert that wouio better be spent on the preparation ol soup or q salad--she may get haif
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-21
SALESMEN WANTED

SALESMAN WANTisD--s s.:i,e fenced; ladies silk hosiery or Al bama.
 Florida. Georgia, Soush Carolina territory: commission basis only; references must accompany applica-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-21
zed quality and half your problems al

nlzed quality and half your problems ar| over. -
 some day we shall possibly all cool py electricity. Many of you junior houseI heepers are probably fortunate enougi to possess some electrical appliances, buI TOT the moment the great majority o| housekeepers are interested in rnal,in the most of the gas range
 First of all learn how to understand your stove. every part of it. Gas rangel d1ffer as to certain details, as. for inI stance, the high or low oven. but ti1l system Of operating is about the sameI On the top are four burners with a sin1I mering burner in the center which shoull be used for stews, pot roasts, anythinI that needs a low steady flame SomeI times this simmering burner is in thI center of a single burner. Some stove| have three single burners on top and one double burner. A very little in| yestigating will show you the heatfnI strength of the top of your range,
 HELP MUNTTION MAKERS
 Save the Fats"-Everywher vi read it. Everywhere we hear It. WI stop; we look: we listen and then wi wonder why this crying need for fatl Why should war create such an ab| abnormal demand for fatty substarc| es? The average citizen does mol know that fats arc the foundatioil of that deadly explosive, nitroglycerirl Neither does he realize that fats supplj an enormous amount of energy rel quired to carry on the deadly worl| of war. We must feed our boys fat] or they will not have the power fol that last minute drive and follow-u N that is so necessary to success ir battle.
 The ordinary person doing a nor- nal days work can get along with small amount of fatty food His sys. tenn does not require the intense hea1 that the oxidation of fat throws of. but the soldier who spends his life ir a water-filled ditch without sleeI awaiting the moment when he sha1 be called upon to cross No Man's Land' needs every heat calorie that car be generated in his tired body Ant fats alone will answer this purpose
 Red Cross nurse writing he. family in America made the assertion that unless put under lock and keJ vaseline, cold cream and all other oils substances soon disappeared, to |, devoured by some soldier hungry fol fats.
 Use the vegetable alternatives ant use even them sparingly. Use all tn, drirpings and all waste ends. Vege table shortening on your grocer's shel in the same kind of a pail that helt your favorite leaf lard and under thu same quality brand will do just thu same work that the pure leaf lart did. It works up most satisfactoril, with barley and corn Hours. now tn leading conservation Hours.
 A vegetable salad oil now out un der the same name will answer al purposes of the expensive olive oi you used to buy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-21

WANTED-First-class cleo trical repair man, familiar with A. c. and D. c. cur rent; salary, $50 per month. Address Box 118, Anniston, Ala.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-21

WANTED-Punch men or inexperienced white men to operate punch; structural steel shop; on government work. Ingalls, Iron Works Co.,, Ave. D and 7th St.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-21
SHOE clerks wanted, men and girls. Ap-
 ply Hanover Shoe store. 1918 Sd ave.

SITUATIONS WANTED-MALE HGsTLERG 5, family. 10 years ex- perience in real estate and rentals; can handle branch office. advertising. corre- spondence, etc.; would like connection with corporation in any managerial ca pacity, where integrity and energy will secure advancement. Address N-9l. care Age- Herald.
 OFFICE man, as booklseeper or general office work. with wholesale or manufac- turing concern. either in or out of city; experienced in lumber and mill supplies; not in draft and services available at once. Address B-91, care Age Herald. WANTED-Drafting and engineering work for spare time at home. by party of craftsmen with wide experience in structural and mechanical lines. Box P-91, Age-Heraid.
 WANTED-Job in general merchandise store as shoe. hat or clothing salesman; several years experience; good refer ences; beyond draft age. Address R-9l, care Age Herald.
 EXPERIENCED supply house man de- sires change. Address G-s1. care Age- Herald.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-21

W'ANTED-Three school boys for route inspectors; {; good pay; will not interfere with school. Apply to D. D. Monroe, Circulation Dept, Age-Herald.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-21
HELP WANTED-MALE Paving Positions

We can place you in a permanent paying position. Our clients are reputable business men and well known corporations. Every Inter-American ad is bona fide position.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-21
MONEY TO LOAN

NUNEY IU JUAN PROTECTIVE LIFE INSURANCE CO. home office PIP 1st ave, Birmingham has money to lend without brokerage, on central property or farms, to suit purchaser, in amounts not less than $10O0.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-21
HOUSES FOR RENT

WANTED-5 or Groom bungalow, or apartment, in good residential section, preferably Noorwood or Southside; small family; no children under 12 Call Main 9O55 between S:3o and p. m Main 9095 other hours
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-21
AUTOMOBILE

FOR SALE-5- passenger Ford in first class shape; leaving for army at once; can be seen at 2111 2d ave, N Phone NJ, S041.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-21
increase Want AsCall Main
SALESMEN WANTED


 WANTED Four Al salesmen to sell Luzianne coffee; one for this immediate section; nothing but experienced travelling men need apply; give references; splendid opportunity for right man. The Kelly Taylor Co.,, New Orleans, La.
 ALESMEN-Doctors prefer:ed, to sell Phenarsenyl, equal to original '6O6'' (sal- varsan), to hospitals, state institutions. etc; attractive proposition. Phenar- senyl Distributing Co of New York. Room All, 154 Nassau street, New York.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-21

FAMILY without children can have use of Steinway Grand piano for good care of same. Address V-9l, care Age Herald.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-21

WE BUY ssoes. seoend aina aiis sa si0.Ass. Ass Phone 15S1.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-21
ANNOUNCEMENTS

 WHEN in need of help of any kind, call Birmingham Employment Co., 2l031s Sd ave. Phone Main tooi. Service free.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-21

OLD .c.4Ssls. sosd &s the dav II ieit factory. Ford roa litter. 1912 model, snap, s22s: smith Forna- \ Truck, only SS50; goirle out of huatnoss; best cash ofEer talkes thsrn. '. O Hox tt1. city.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-21
LIVE STOCK

If you want to buy or sell farm land, write Ingram Land Co.,. Birmingham.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-21

r. SAL E-0NE JEFEERY QUAD
 TRUCK. FOUR WHEEL DRIVE, 1917
 MODEL; GOOD CONDITION. MAR
 TINS MILL COMPANY BOX bSs,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-21

OFFICE boy Here is chance for bright boy who wants to work. Opportunity for promotion; must be willing to hustle and be on the job. Address In own handwriting stating age and references, J-q1 Age Herald
The Wahpeton times., 1918-12-19
NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORE.
CLOSURE SALE

Notice is hereby given that that
certain mortgage made, executed, ac-
knowledged and delivered by Herman
Boldt and Emile Boldt, his wife,
mortgagors, to Jacob B. Willrett.
Mortgage, dated March 1, 1876, filed
for record in the Office of the Register
Of Deeds in and for Richland County,
North Dakota, at 3:45 o'clock P. M. on
March 8, 1915, and thereafter duly re-
corded in Book 80 of Mortgages, on
page 235, will be foreclosed by sale
Of the premises in such mortgage and
hereinafter described. at the front
door of the Court House, in the City
of Wahpeton, County Of Richland and
State Of North Dakota, at the hour of
ten o'clock in the forenoon, on the 18th
day of January. 1919, to satisfy the
amount due upon such mortgage on
the day Of sale, including costs and
expenses Of sale.
The premises described in such
mortgage, and which wilt be sold to
satisfy the same, are described as
follows, to-wit:
|. The Southwest Quarter of Section
Twenty-four (24), and the East Half
of the Northwest Quarter and the
West Half of the Northeast Quarter
of Section twenty-five (25), all in
Township One Hundred Thirty (13o)
North, of Range Fifty (50), West of
the Fifth Principal Meridian, in said
Riehland County, North Dakota.
That there will be due on such
mortgage on the date of sale the sum
Of Eight Thousand Thirty Eight and
Se-1oo Dollars. together with the
costs and expenses of sale, including
lawful attorneys fees.
That said mortgage contains,
among other things, a provision that,
II default be made in the payment Of
the notes thereby secured, or the in.
terest thereon, or any part thereof,
that then and in that case, the mort
gagee may declare the full amount
secured by said mortgage, both prin-
cipal and interest, Immediately due
and payable; and, pursuant to the
aforesaid provision. the undersigned
mortgage, because of defaults hav-
ing been made BY said mortgagors in
the terms and conditions Of said
mortgage, has elected to declare
and does hereby declare the whole
amount secured by said mortgage,
including the interest thereon, due
and payable.
Dated at Wahpeton, North Dakota.
December 2, 1918.
JACOB B. wILLRETT, Mortgage.
c. J. Kachefhoner,
Attorney for Mortgage,
Wahpeton, North Dakota.
[First Publication Dec 5th. 1881 Ct
The Wahpeton times., 1918-12-19
49, sABB OF LAND

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That
under authority Of IN Order Of Sale
granted by the Honorable George Van
Arnam, Judge Of the County Court of
the County Of Richland, in the State
of North Dakota, dated the 24th. day
Of June A. d. 1918, the undersigned, as
the Administrator of the Estate of Ole
B. sletten late of the Township of
Garborg in the County of Richland
and State Of North Dakota ,dsceassd.
will S6ll ut bfdvsts sale to the high ssf
bidder, for cash or its Equivalent sub
ject to confirmation by the Judge Of
said County Court. the following de-
scribed lands, to-wit.:
The South half Of the Northwest
Quarter and Lots three (3) and -Four
~, in Section Number Four (4) and
also the Southeast Quarter Of the
Southeast Quarter Of Section Five
(5), all in Township 134 North. oi
Range Number Fifty One, West of the
5th. P. NJ, in Richland County, North
Dakota.
The sale will be made on or after
the 21st. day Of December, A. d. 1918
All bids must be in writing, and
may be left at The Residence Of the
undersigned In Viking Township
Richland County North Dakota, whose
Post Office Address, is Homestead
Richland County, North Dakota, o,
filed with the Judge u, sa!ilsal u Count,
Court. or delivered to the undersigned
personally. .1r.,Tzys,:
Dated November s3ard. 1885,.
NJ. o, STANDY,
Administrator Of the Estate oi
Ole B. Sletten, Deceased
The Wahpeton times., 1918-12-19

were very satisfactory. indeed. The
purpose of these meetings is to pro-
mote good healthy growth along agri-
cultural lines. As your County Agent
am more than pleased to state that
In the course Of one year 1t has been
possible to get q small group Of men
and women in nearly every commun-
ity In the county interested in doing
(Ceatilued On Page 81
The Wahpeton times., 1918-12-19

Scrub yourself daily, you are not
clean inside. This means clean stom-
ach. bowels, blood, liver. You clean
your hands each day-it's more i'm
portant to cleanse the stomach and
bowels. Moral: Take HOLSTERS
Rocky Mountain Tea thoro clean
ser-purideF. Heary Miller & c.
Advsftisensnt.
The Wahpeton times., 1918-12-19

. FARMERS CASH MARKET
= TOP PRICES paid overy day for
Geese. Turkeys, Cream, Dressed
. Calves. Hogs, Mutton, Wool, Cat
'.tle, Hides, Horse Hides, Pelts.
Furk Muskrat, Skunk. Beans,
Rabbits. Get our price list before
. selling. Make more money by
. shipping here. Wriee us now for
. quotations, tags. and how to ship.
. The RE.COBB CO., st. Paul, MINI.
. Licensed by u. 8. Government
The Wahpeton times., 1918-12-19
arera love Music
-ief them have II
~.
E#&H~

~, HnDREN enjoy music instinc.
~ lively. Note how they cluster
about q hurdy-gurdy. Long before
the beauties Of art and literature are
unfolded to their budding minds they
feel an intense pleasure from music.
And yet many people have found that
as they grew older their pleasure in
music lessened. Why? Because they
failed to cultivate this Unborn resource
For your children's sake as we'll as
your own you want
New-York tribune., 1918-10-17
Czechs Threaten to Call
Out Workmen in All
Bohemia
Machine Guns
Command Streets
People Believed to Have
Weapons-Fighting Is
Reported

LONDON, Oct. 16.-A dispatch to the
Central News from Amsterdam saws
that the streets in Prague from the
suburbs to the city proper are occu-
pied by troops armed with hanu gre
nades and machine guns in conse sequence
of threat by the Czechs to call gem
eral strike throughout Bohemia.
The dispatch adds that pamphlets
have been circulated declaring that a
Czech republic will be proclaimed soon.
PARIS, Oct. 16.-Meetings called by
tha Czecho-Slovak Council in Prague
to protest ,aginst the expors 4sf food
stuffs from Bohemia resulted in gen.
eral strike, which is developing into a
revolt, according to dispatches from
Zurich to to-day's Paris newspapers.
Martial law has heen proclaimed
throughout the country, and German
and Hungarian troops are occupying
Prague, Pilsen, Pisek and Tabor.
The dispatches report the movement
has spread to Moravia, and there has
been fighting in Brunn, the capital; Oh
mutz and Skoda, the latter the seat of
the. big Austrian gun plant, where work
is said to have been suspended.
New-York tribune., 1918-10-17

the Allied infantry, preceded bv fan
OF French cavalry advancing ran;dJv
has left the entire area in which are
the important city of Lille and the
great mining and manufacturing dis
tricts of Tourcoing, Roubaix and Tour
nal IN salient which is growing
deeper every hour and which the
enemy cannot hope to hold.
The French cavalry, which is on tie
crest OF the Allied advance, has done
marvellous work. To-day it galloped
forward more than ten kilometres. fre-
luentiy carrying out charges with all
the dash usually associated with cav
airy, upon isolated posts of enemy ma.
thine gunners which vainly ATTEMPTED
TO hold up its advance Some of these
gunners, taken prisoners, said thew
were totally unable TO understand WIN
the war was going on and whv thew
were called upon to continue nighttime
One officer said: I'VE have offered ali
the terms in the world for peace: no,
pody seems willing to accept them"
Resistance, where it has been offered
by the enemy, has been extraordinarily
n,erce, for in these places it obviously
mas oeen the purpose of the COM
manders Of the fleeing Germans to gain
llme IN which to remove their ma
terlals. Stubborn fighting has been re
ported, especially from the region OF
ihourout. The battle here has been
from street to street and house 10
mousse and large numbsSs of the enemy
New-York tribune., 1918-10-17
Armies of the Fatherland BEGIN
Retreat on Tremendous Sco/e

WITH THE ALLIED ARMIES IN
BELGIUM, Oct. 16 (By The Associated
Press) a 80 %. m.) The Germans
have started a retreat on a tremendous
scale from Northern Belgium. French
cavalry is approaching Thielt, seven
miles from the banks of the Ghent-
Bruges canal. The canal itself is only
ten miles from the border of Holland
SO fast is the enemy retreating that
the French, British and Belgian in
fantry, at least, in the centre of the
battlefront, have lost touch entirely
with the enemy
The Belgians, advancing sstride the
Thourout-B Bruges and Thourout- O stend
roads, have defeated the Germans. who
are retreating rapidly.
This undoubtedly is one of the
wars greatest and most vital victories
for the gallant little Belgian army, ablv
assisted by crack French and British
troops, now has driven the despoilers
Of its country from large section
which the Germans have occupied since
the early days of the war and has
gained positions of such Importance
that the Germans may have to abandon
the entire coast of Belgium.
moreover, the sweeping yadvance Of