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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1918-10-17

Mrs. May Franklin, Superintendent
at the Riverview Hospital for several
years, where she has rendered eff
cient service and given excellent sat
isfaction, resigned her position and
left Monday for Camp Custer, Battle
Creek, Michigan where she will enter
broader field of work.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1918-10-17

Mr.. Jacob Palzer of Appleton has
been a guest at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. H. B. Weiland the past week,
looking after the wants Of his daugh-
ter Mrs. Weiland who died recently,
and her husband who has been ser
iously sick
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1918-10-17
A Double Saving.

Money invested in Liberty bonds
not only insures quick assets when
most needed With a good monetary re-
turn if held to maturity, but after the
var the buying power will be great
ly enhanced, making a double saving.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1918-10-17

DR.. Edward Hougen, we are pleased
to announce is much better and will
soon be able to take care of his pa
tients. He was not Sick with the pre-
vailing Influenza, but simply played
out with over work He had been
answering calls day and night until
he exhausted his strength and was
obliged to give up.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1918-10-17

Mrs. J. L. Murphy of the Hile House
at Kilbourn, has been the guest of
Mrs. D. J. Gerow at the Witter Hotel
the past week.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1918-10-17

Mr. and Mrs Robinson of Madison
are guests of MIR. and Mrs. Robert
Nash this week.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1918-10-17
WHAT UNCLE SAM
DOES WITH MONEY
How Funds Raised by Sale of
Liberty Loan Bonds Is Ex-
pended by Government.
FIGURES ARE STAGGERING
Estimated Total of $4,000 10000
Will Be Spent This Year for Prepa-
ration and Maintenance of
Our Fighting Forces.

Now that the people of the United
States are to be asked in the Fourth
Liberty Loan drive. which opens Sep
tenber % and continues three weeks,
to lend the government at least twice
as much money as has been asked be-
fore, the treasury department realizes
that there is q natural curiosity on the
part of the public to know for what
all this money is being expended. The
amount already spent on preparation
and the maintenance of the fighting
forces staggers the imagination, and
the prospect is for an even larger ex-
penditure in the present fiscal year,
the total being estimated at $24O00,-
10000.
Figures received at Liberty Loan
headquarters for the Seventh Reserve
district from the war department give
an iGea of the vast sums which have
been expended and which will have to
be spent to win the war, and this in
formation brings home to all Ameri-
cans concrete idea of how much
money it takes to wage a modern war
win victory.
The following figures are an answer
TO the query of the average Liberty
Bond buyer: Just what will Uncle
Sam do with the money from my $500
bond? \ single bond does not go far to-
ward meeting the expense of war; it is
pointed out, but when the bonds of
millions of Americans are brought to-
gether, the total of cash provided
reaches stupendous totals.
Since the United States entered the
war in April, 1917. the war department
has raised, equipped, trained and, With
naval help. sent across the sea upward
Of Il million and half of soldiers. and
has practically as many more under
training at home. OF all this vast
number of men sent abroad the num-
ber lost in transit as a result of
U-boat attacks up to September 1,
1918, was less than 500.
During this same time 100000
rifles have been made, inspected, as
sembled and issued, and the weekly
production is growing,
The total amount of money directly
appropriated by congress for the ord
nance program, for which authoriza-
tion has been given to incur Obliga-
tions, amounts to approximately $12,-
000.0O0,000
From the beginning of the war to
June 30, 1918, the last day of the past
fiscal year, contracts were placed by
the ordnance department from appro-
priations and authorizations existing
at that time amounting to S4,300,000,-
600. 1t is now estimated that during
the present fiscal year ending June 80,
1919, the actual cash expenditures for
ordnance will reach a total of $1,000
100000
The major items for which cash ex-
penditures were made or for which
contracts were placed up to June 80,
1918. were as follows:
Artillery .Slo50, 0t00o0
Automatic rifles .-.-.----- 200 0tl1
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1918-10-17
s4,1W 100000

The principal items for which con-
gress has made appropriations avail
able for the present fiscal year are as
follows:
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1918-10-17

An immense system of railroads in
France has been built, with new docks
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-08-21
HAD SEEN THEM AT WORK.
Tommy Had Little Need to Puzzle His
Brains Over Question Propounded
by Teacher.

Here is little story that was told
at social session by Representative
Hubert D. Stephens Of Mississippi, as
an illustration that the best industrial
results cannot always be obtained
through team work:
Some time since, the teacher of a
public school in country town was
instructing a juvenile class in mathe-
mates when she turned to a small boy
named Tommy.
Tommy" said she, ''if your father
can do piece of work in six days and
your uncle Jim can do it in seven days.
how long would it take them to do 1t
together?'
"About ten thousand years." was the
rather startling rejoinder of Tommy.
"Ten thousand years." exclaimed
the teacher. "Why, Tommy, what do
you mean?"
81 mean," was the prompt response
of Tommy, "that II you put them to
work together they would sit on the
fence. smoke and swap fish stories.'-
Philadelphia Evening Telegraph.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-08-21
ADDED BEAUTY TO GARDENS
Improved on the Glory Of the
Lilac Blossom.

One of Frances war gardeners of
1901 won Immortality by studying
his plants, instead of tending his gar
den merely as way to help out with
the food supply. Like most war gar
deners, he did not give his attention
exclusively to vegetables but planted a
few flowers, and it was with these that
he had conspicuous success.
In 1871 Victor LemOine began his
experiments in cross-fertilizing differ
ent species of lilac. He took up this
work to get his mind away from the
troubles Of his country, for German
garrison was quartered in his native
town, Nancy, and the rest of France
except the doomed provinces of Alsace-
Lorraine. was slowly buying back its
freedom from the same hated pres
ence. Lemoine's sight at that time was
very bad, so he planned and had his
wife execute.
That was the origin of the wondrOuS
group of shrubs known today through
out the civilized world as French
lilacs," with their great trusses of
beauteous bloom. 1t is Lemoine's best
known work though not his only one.
He recreated the mock orange, the
deutzia. the weigelia, the delphinium.
and score Of other perennials and
shrubs.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-08-21
Hot Weat|1erH Hits us
Hardest in Stomach

EATONIC is the wonderful new
compound that absorbs the harm.
full gases and juices and almost
instantly drives away stomach
misery.
Instead of sudden and painful
attacks of indigestion, after you
begin using EATONIC you'll for
get you have a stomach. And there
will be no more heartburn, food
repeating, sour stomach. gas pains.
or that lumpy, bloated feeling you have
80 often experienced after eating. Then
your appetite-you know how hard it
is to satisfy in hot weather-eat one or
two EATONIC Tablets half hour be-
fore meals-and you will enjoy the re-
suits and feel better in every way.
These are q few reasons why you
should start using EATONIC today and
fortity your stomach against the chance
trouble this summer. It costs only SOC
for big package. Your druggist whom
you know and can trust, will promptly
refund your money If you are mot
more than satisfied.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-08-21
Lemon Juice
For FreCkIes
Girls! Make beauty lotion At
home for . few cents. Try ri

Squeeze the Juice Of two lemons into
a bottle containing three ounces Of
orchard white, shake we'll, and you
have quarter pint Of the best freckle,
sunburn and tan lotion, and complex
lon whitener, at very, very small cost.
Your grocer has the lemons and
any drug store or toilet counter wild
supply three ounces of orchard white
for few cents. Massage this sweetly
fragrant lotion into the face, neck,
arms and hands and see how freckles,
sunburn and tan disappear and how
clear. soft and white the skin becomes.
Yesl It is harmless.-Adv,
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-08-21

AT last" cried Miss Terchance,
1pctatically, II have found man who
Iuly loves me, and whom I can. truly
we"
n Miss Kreant looked at her skeptic-
My. "Are you sure that he loves your
be asked.
#"Sure. For that's what asked him,
Id oh +! the beauty of his reply!"
"Tell me about It,"
II said, How can you love me when
"a so cross-eyeds"
"You wrong yourself, darling he
1&plied. You are not cross-eyed. Your
YES are so pretty that they just can't
Zip looking at each other-that's how
is"
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-08-21
Which Judge Is Right?

An Eastern judge the other day
found man guilty of disorderly con
duce for kissing his wife when she
didn't want him to kiss her.
ut is a woman's inalienable right
to refuse to be kissed if she doesn't
want to be kissed" this judge said
adding land she doesn't forfeit this
right when she marries the man."
But, on the other hand, Judge Ora.
ham of San Francisco officially rules
that a husband may kiss his wife
whenever he pleases, whether II
pleases the wife or not.
Indeed, so firm are the judges con.
victions upon the subject that he was
moved to put his decision in verse:
Be cave man, seize your mate
If she shows you signs of hate;
Let her scratch, let her bite,
But kiss her. boy; it is your right
Take your choice of decisions, Mr..
Married Man. We refrain from ex-
pressing our opinion as to which is the
right one. We're Misunderstanding
ton Herald.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-08-21
Save the Babies

INFANT MORTALITY something realize
al the children born IN CIVILIZED countries
cent ~ more hsr $ ne1 resco one year,
hey are 6fteen ~
We dc not hesitate to that timely
Of these lives Neither
soothing sold for chdrens contain
1 any quantity they retsrd circulation d
pais It Il bears the signature Of Chas II. Fletcher =
It contains opiates narcotics kind ~
Oasorfa YZZZzEc
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-08-21
FRECKLES


There's no longer the slightest need Of feeling
ashamed Of your freckles. as Ofhine-double
Strengths guaranteed to remove these homely
spots.
Simply get an ounce Of Othine-double
strength-from your druggist, and apply 4 little
Of 1t night and morning and you should soon see
appear, while the lighter ones have vanished en-
tirely. 1t Is seldom that more than one ounce
Is needed to completely clear the skin and gain
Q beautiful clear complexion.
Be sure to ask for the double strength Othine,
~ this is sold under guarantee Of money back
II II fails to remove frackles.-Adv.-
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-08-21
Spurred TO Activity.

You say you owe your success In
life to the man you just snubbedT
"Yes," replied the eminent capital
list, ito large extent"
Isn't it-er-rather ungrateful to
treat him like that, considering what
he did for your"
mot at all. Some years ago, In re-
fusing to let me marry his daughter,
he said was an idle loafer, with the
brains Of tadpole, and never would
amount to hill Of beans. Right then
and there swOre to prove him liar"
Birmingham Age-Herald.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-08-21
His Explanation.

4Q seen you collect seven fares on
~ ~ that you haven't rung up" said
~ lily on the street car to the con-
iue36
ma'am." replied the man, eye
lng 14g cautiously.
Wo4, do you think that's honest ?"
I'm not going to keep the nick
sls, madam"
Ycu're not going to keep them?
What then, are you going to do with
henri
Tmgoing to give 'em to my little
0y to put in his bank, ma'am."
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-08-21

Keep a closewatcho on yourstom-
ih this summer. We need all our
hitting strength. War work
nnge Of diet-will make us all
ier prey to stomach and bowel
nble than ever before. It is 80
- to become overheated on a
ling hot day, especially after
ing a hearty meal. And then
~ excessive heat makes us food
& stomachs with all kinds of
Io3 drinks. That's bad at any
re; much worse-even danger
o when there is the slightest
ling of stomach trouble.
eep the stomach sweet and
~ and free from too much acid
hats about all that is neces-
~ It's not 80 much the diet
y ~ keep the poison from start
Is trouble. You can easily do
i6H you will just take a tablet or
J lIIlupof EATONIC after your meals.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-08-21
He Got What Was Needed.
hurch-YOu know FlatbuSh?

Church-YOu Know F1atbuSh?
GOtham-Oh, very well.
Hes generous soul, don't you
Think"
"HOw so?"
why, l met him downtown today
when it was raining, and he had an
umbrella and l had none."
And he took you in tow:'
"That's it. And he said we needed
the rain badly"
HE said that, did he?"
"Yes; and he carried the umbrella
so l got most of the rain"
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-08-21
Emphasis,

Emphasis. -,
give abso"',s,.,
he Is quite "
|| usand times
Isl Is that his '
Rrm that he y !,
/ It an lnde '
o far as his :, "
might as wei
" But only
Fiolence OF =,
,ves nm ilnpre
Ice. "Ihoa :,
|ratively lnW
70 forcefuh
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-08-21
Ministerial Advertisement,

Squib-Our new minister certainly
has sense of humor.
Squab-What's he went and done?
Squib-Put a sign on the parsonage
reading, Spirits Rectified."
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-08-21

It isproposed to give London eng
nd) 1remen an increase of Is shil-
- (S8.75) week until after the
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-08-21
lrnalistic Amenities

~ W4kt OF a contemporary says
Ih1NlAe Gazette, "claims as far
e NoR is concerned to have the
~ 1n1elligence. That is the kind
lteliteence they always have at
once 1t is more than early; 1t
mitt1e"-Boston Transcript.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-08-21

alter Plants, !.
who has eAF
e raising, h'' .
hmount of W
t growth OF y .
al, he fohnu !. !
administered '
drop brousm
even. system
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-08-21

Sometimes a Safe Bet.
"Dubb says he'll run for senator"
"Bet he won't 60 faster than a
walk"
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-08-21

2 salary Of the president cf Swift
4 11eQqnts to $1,000 a yeas. with
lolfq9al 5000 for expenses.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-08-21

His Training.
"He certainly is man of fetching
manners" "Why not? He used to be
q waiter"
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-08-21

Springfield. Mass, labor union Ii
asking the city council to regulate
rents during the war.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-08-21

The Canadian Airplane company,
Ltd, employs none but British SUBJ
jects.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-08-21
Freedom.

Freedom.
pr. the evldss
[g n model =
you threw y
and ran amO
! everybody J
|pishly)-Ilt''
|olution at ,
Tut after
cracy l lost
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-08-21
An Exception,

An old prOverb says, 1.-THE anvil
lasts longer than the hammer"
Thanks be, there is beautiful ex-
ception to it. Take the case of the
brave boys who are hammering away
at the kaiser and his brood.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-08-21

1t is proposed to uniform train crews
in khaki,
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-08-21
BY 1UNE
|ican Prov
! British
g.

re no long
artenins u.
! once wat
by find tss
English cSi
hit back h0S'
ian is glM,
the British Z
with a shTsA
b German q
J had enlist
ervice VASE
plane detec''
scover the I
IRE they Gov
nth the max
hat the devI
% tell whell
were Gerr'
- +roinpd
a high deg
|hrougl, the
hys while :
thin its ra'
Mt note. A
was apprc
discovered
G-ninOr.
In raiders
ne bTllioh
about the
go IN detet
hes are !
hrrage is !
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-08-21

Berlin is going to ask peace terms,
not to make them.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-08-21

the In a|
felnarfaN '
t Of But
kshingta F|
] own al
his prs
pit II eva S
presida
inter ME|
know NJ
Fticing H.
Il politln5 Il
termed
+. He h,aE
Is the lsvs
lighted IL
much pr
yolved sps
1t couAI
eader, aaI
as not a.
in court
e greats
they wen
=
led In Law
r abandOn
/ requiN
& else !
when sou
wanted h.
mayor
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Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1918-05-09


Par away 10 the shAdoss Of long ago,
There dwelt maiden, 'tsas In school
days, you knou,
How proudly I'd walk, as her books
I'd carry,
When I reached her gate, thought
I'D larry;
But slasi alAsi Il must have been fate,
Ny heart was so glad whom reached
her gatel
And again, when away 70 college |
went,
All my thoughts. my heart, on 3 bru.
neite we're bent,
Her little brown hand and her dainty
wee feet
Made my heart paipitate With An extra
beat;
~ loved her and ALL" but what
heart can declare,
That pleasure existed, while passion
was there
To tos. out my love, saw hor 70 The
train,
And knew not when I would ere soc
her again.
As We sat sese-s-toto the train hove 10
sight,
And my hesrt gave bound with pure
delight.
VAST lover Tell me, should | rejoice
70 part
From one who had thought possessed
my true hearty
mol so | tried 10 back gracefully away
And righted myself without iurthsT
delay.
And again when the summers had
changed my locks gray,
! met fair dame across the Chesa-
peake Bay;
She was tall, dlvinely fair, with love-
~ eyes, -
Nov surely, this time, | could capture
tho prize.
Her father gave me the glad hand, =
her mother was nice
She demurely asked when I left her,
"Won's you como twsce9"
| looked at my sister, and 10 make
amends,
coughed and said. ''l'm in the hands
Of my friends"
That speech proved Johah--can you
tell why
She brushed mo away, as she would q
hyf
After that, don't you know, I could
make no TINA,
Though I sent her 6owers and q biz OF
rhyme.
! have had several little cases since
then,
But they ran right OF and married
other mon;
When they ara quite secure with their
chosen mates,
I think 10 myself Why did hesitateq
! don't understand the girls, = annex
one, mol
They seem so fair whom I've . long
way TO go.
Perhaps this timld way I'll get over
And reach out for the iairsst I've ever
metl
-HAvsEED.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1918-05-09
Ha. ticraft of the EIind

Ths AaryiAnd Workshop Tor the
Bind stands for the bsttsrmsnt Of
the condition Of those deprived Of
sight. along all lines Il aims 10 make
thts unfortunate eiass self.rsiiant. self.
respecting and a. far ~ possible. self.
supporting 10 hsip than 10 help than
selves through WORK. aud shove ali.
cot 10 paupeFias thsm A. the corner
Of FAystts and Paea streets, Baitt
mere. Maryland, mar be found this en-.
ssiisnt tnaitation. Hare daily. like
ssls.Fsspsetin9 eitiasns Of ths world.
eens oRs handrsa Aad any blind men
and womsM Who tod ehs4Efaiiy aaa
Ofasisatiy Many al them are tgpER
he soaatisa ~ ali ere Kivsn equal
opportunities. aad the sRms hsndioas
during lnstruetion.
Hers too. may ha found oonDstsnt
and vtiling Instructors. for the moat
part eilnd. whs havinE mastered the
eifaealtss which besst the blind. By
sxampls and pEscsps. hslp othsrs TO
NNWtN1AA% N1A&FA@M@ANf bf@psa-AaA@f
ing. Misunderstanding. piano tuning.
weaving. bsskstEy. and switchboard
operating are some u the crafts
taught.
We haVs one hundred men on our
waiting list To thssa will be added
those. hiin6sd IN battle. who win come
10 rs from "oYsr there" The Gov.
eminent hsa decided 10 maks DAitL
more. the Arat station. and TO send
soldiers. after eonvsissoence. 10 veil
established. existing institntioha
Much may be said OF the aptitude.
infnlts patienes. and senclsncy, Of the
blind.
Many OF these men are heroes. who
play their quiet part well. In these
spoch making days. For thsm, no
blArs Of trumpsis. nor the lure Of the
battlefield. but, az surely. win they re.
esive theis Gross Of war" their need
OF praise. good and faithful soldier.
well done
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1918-05-09
Banquet al Hotel ST. Mays

On Thursday evening last, tho young
actresses aud actors who recently rem
dered so successfully "The Man OF the
Hour" we're the guests OF Brother
Gerard, principal of Leonard Hall,
and Brother Hilary, director OF the
performance. Under the trained hand
Of Mr.. Stuart Kearney, the spacious
dining room presented a pleasing pie
ture, one-half OF II being reserved for
the guests table. The spread was a
credit to the management and sufilced
to convert the most stubborn appetite.
The guests assembled In the waiting
room south, at 1880, and repaired 10
the dining room shortly after. After
singing the "Star spangled Banner
all promptly took up tho task before
them. No slackers we're found present.
The nineteen places we're all occupied
and most happy throng ii was.
Before the close OF the evening,
musical numbers we're rendered by
several members of thecaste as follows;
Vocal selection. !. by Miss Edith Ching
Somewhere a Voice is, Calling"
Missouri Waltz. Chorus
Mother Macree" Mr.. Harold Madden
The party was then treated TO a few
words Of encouragement by Brother
Gerard, In which he took occasion Ia
thank all for their untiring zeal and
hearty cooperation In the promoting
OF so good a cause. The event was
brought to close by Brother Hilary i
farewell,