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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-01-25

France, December 25, 1917.-Dear
Aunt Lena and Family: Just a few
lines to let you know that | am in
good health and still alive and kick
ing. hope these few lines will find
you all in the best of health that
can be had.
you once told me that you were
sorry because / joined the army, but,
dear aunt, don't be sorry any longer,
for 4 have seen better than six
months of service, and am not in the
least disappointed yet. for | believe
every American lad or man, who has
no one to support, ought to give his
service to Uncle Sam. And / believe
that if / were offered huge sum
of money to get out of it now, would
refuse. And / surely am glad that
am in the artillery, instead of the
infantry, for / don't believe there is
a better branch of the service than
the artillery.
1--WE cannot write much from this
country, so don't know whether this
letter will be interesting or not.
To-day is Christmas and holiday
for Uncle Sans soldiers in France"
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-01-25
University of Minnesota Man Will
Speak at Horticultural Society
Meeting.

The Southern Minnesota Horticul-
tural society will hold it's annual
meeting at Albert Lea, January 80
and 81, making part of it's meeting
a feature of the Thursday program
of the Albert Lea farmers short
curse Dean r. w. Thatcher of the
department of agriculture of the Uni
versity of Minnesota will be the first
speaker. His subject will be "Agri-
culture in War Times" Other adj
dresses at the same session will be
Liberty Gardens" by R. S. Mackin-
tosh, Feeding the Family" by Miss
Lucy Cordimer, Hog Pastures" by
R. c.. Ashby, and Potato Diseases
by A. G. Tolaas. All of the speakers
are connected with the University
Department of Agriculture.
Mr.. Macintosh is president of the
State Horticultural society and horti-
cultural specialist of the extension
division of the college of agricul-
ture. In making plans for a joint
session of the farmers short course
and the Southern Minnesota Horti-
cultural society he believes that a
representative group of Southern
Minnesota farmers and horticulturists
will be brought together.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-01-25
Liquor At Adams; Jail
Sentence Suspended.

Austin, January 21.-When Depot
Agent Friede of Adams appeared in
district court Friday afternoon and
pleaded guilty 10 selling beer, he ex
planned that as an accommodation
he has assisted certain citizens in
ordering beer when man called for
his case of beer he handed out the
case easiest to reach in the ship
ment.
Judge Catherwood gave the prison
er short talk in which he advised
him to confine his attention closely
to the railroad business and not to
lend aid to any who wanted to send
away for liquor The judge also told
him that il anyone down there was
ordering liquor in large quantities to
report it to the county authorities.
Judge Catherwood sentenced the
prisoner to pay SIS fine and fifty
days in the county Jail. The latter
part of the sentence was suspended
during good behavior. Mr.. Friede
paid the fine.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-01-25
Sad News Received BY Mrs. Johr
SchoII, Wife of WelI-known
Travelling Man.

Mrs. John Scholl, s6v3 South Second
street, yesterday morning received a
telegram from Ripley, Ohio, telling
of the death of her, father, w. H.
Reinert of that city, The message
was entirely unexpected, Mrs. Scholl
had, known that her father had been
ILL.,, but had no idea that mis- life was
in danger, Arrangements We're made
at, once by Mrs. Scholl and her
daughter Aldean, to leave the same
evening for Ripley by way of Chi
cagO.
Mr.. Reinert was a hardware mer
chant of Ripley. He was prominent
in the public activities of the town.
He had been mayor and councilman.
He was sixty-three years old. Two
years ago he visited in Mankato and
became acquainted with nuffber of
people here, during the month he re-
NAMED here. ~
Mr.. SchOll, who is a commercial
traveller, happened to be in .Cincin
natti about two weeks ago. /, At that
time he had long distance telephone
conversation with Mr.. Reinert, who
seemed to be perfectly well.
Letters that Mrs. Scholl has re-
|ceived from Ripley tell of the COM
'plete freezing of the Ohio river from
Cairo to Pittsburg. In some places
the ice has gorged to such an extent
that it reaches a depth of fifteen to
twenty feet. The freezing over of
the river has been great benefit to
the people of Ripley. who have been
accustomed to receive their fuel,
mail and other things across the riv-
er from the Kentucky side, where
there is railroad service. Of late the
river has been in such condition that
no ferry could run on account of the
floating ice, and yet there was no
place that could he crossed on the
ice. The complete free2:::l~ IF the
river has given the necessary relief.
Schools in Ripley had been closed
since December "a on account of
want of fuel
Many people have an idea that
when the spring thaw comes, there
will be great flood in the basin of
the Ohio river, as the gorges of ice
have held back the river to a great
extent and piled up the water that
would otherwise find it's usual out
lief
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-01-25
Five Thousand Graduates of the Uni
versity Of Pennsylvania In the
Service.
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Philadelphia, January 21.-Five
thousand graduates of the University
of Pennsylvania have enlisted in the
war and are either on the battle
fields of Europe or in training camps
in this city.
Eighteen Pennsylvania men already
have given their lives for the cause
of world democracy, according to a
compilation made under the auspices
of Provost Edgar F. Smith.
Approximately forty nationalities
are represented in the roster at the
University of Pennsylvania in nor
NAL times. 1t is not strange, then,
that the Red and Blue has several
hundred graduates who now are Of
f1cers in the German army, arrayed
against the United States.
81 have only sympathy for Them -
said Provost Smith in announcing
this fact.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-01-25

Fisher said there should be about
ninety in attendance instead of fifty
five as there were last night. He
said the merchants of Mankato could
get business coming this way from
sixty miles around if they buckled
down together in the right way.
A vote of thanks was extended to
Secretary Berg and to the board of
directors for their services during
the past year.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-01-25

Brown County Journal: Tom
Vretos, the erstwhile owner of the
Boston shoe-shining parlor, left New
Ulm for Mankato, Sunday afternoon.
where he will remain for the present.
Tom made many friends in this city.
who wish him success in whatever he
undertakes.
Miss Joyce Case spent the week
end at Minneapolis, where she visited
the wholesale houses of the Reming-
ton Typewriter company.
Roy w. Hall, formerly of Minne-
apolis now Of st. Paul, has been
spending week with friends and
relatives in this city. Mr.. Hall ex-
lpects to enlist in the aviation corps
| and serve in France.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-01-25
County Attorney Had His Append,
Removed and Treated For
Right Hernia.

County Attorney John w. Schmitt
was operated on at Emmanuel hos
pital yesterday morning for appen-
dicitis and right hernia. He was get
ting along today as well as could be
expected He will be confined to his
bed for about ten days
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-01-25
Bandits Rob JeweIry Store.

TINTED Press DISPATCH
Detroit, Mich, January 22.-Three
bandits today overpowered William
Granger in his jewelry store and
made off with loot to the amount of
100000. They first fired at him and
then bound and gagged him. He was
found by clerk fifteen minutes
later.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-01-25
Eating House Men May Be Arrested
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UNITED Press Dispatch.l
st. Paul, Mimi, January 22.-Fff-
teen restaurant keepers of ST. Paul
and eighty of Minneapolis are liable
to be arrested for failing to take out
licenses in the year 1917. The full
list of them was reported today by
the state hotel inspector.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-01-25
LETTERS FROM The
BOYS IN ARMY CAMP
From tuesdays Daily.

fFUNH IUSSudy DdsITs
Mrs. l.. P. Kaufman of Pleas
ant street, Mankato, is in receipt of
the following letter from her nephew,
Walter Deebach, Mankato boy, of
Battery B of the 151st field artillery.
now in the srvice in France:
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-01-25
Merchants Society Members
Declare 1t Was Slam
ANNUAL MEET IS HELD
Several New Directors We're
Elected: Band and Holding
Picnic Considered

The board of directors of the Mankato
Retail Merchants association met at the
Saulpaush at noon today and reelected
C. w. Fisher as president of the associ-
alton; Wilbur Taylor as vice president
and w. B. Falancer as secretary and
treasurer. Committees were appointed
for the community picnic and the band
concerts.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-10-11
WINNING
GREATEST BATTLE

Dispatches received in Washington
last night and this morning told OF
the greatest battle in history being
fought over fronts totaling 160 miles,
between Lens and Verdun.
The British, French. and Americans
were advancing between Lens and
Moy on a front OF nearly seventy-five
miles and captured lie Cateau-
The Champagne-ArgonneMeuse bat
tie, in which French and Americans
participated, extended from Berry-au-
Bac eastward to Beaumont, a distance
OF about eighty miles along the
meandering front
a stretch of about fifty miles. which
swings around the st. Gobain massif.
The French were attacking on about
fifteen miles of this frontage from the
region of OsteI southeastward to
Missouri.
South OF Cambria the Allies ad-
vanced about eight miles. German
forces totaling nearly half a million
men were reported to be in retreat to-
ward the Valiencienns lines. fifteen
miles to the eastward, but Haig an
nounced that enemy resistance was
stiffening. This may indicate either
a larze-scale rearguard action or the
turning of a seeming rout into a
show OF resistance.
From LaF'ere to Rheims the French
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-10-11
EAT LESS MEAT
IF BACK HURTS
Take a glass of Salts to
Flush Kidneys if bladder
botherS you,

Eating meat regularly eventually
produces kidney trouble in some
orm or other. says a well-known
authority, because the uric acid in
neat excites the kidneys, they be-
come overworked; get sluggish, clog
Up and cause all sorts of distress,
PARTICULARLY backache and misery in
he kidney region; rheumatic
tWinges, severe headaches, acid
stomach. constipation, torpid liver,
sleeplessness, bladder, and urinary
irritation
The moment your back hurts or
kidneys aren't acting right, or, if
bladder botheTs you, get about four
ounces of Jad Salts from any good
pharmacy; take a tablespoonful in
a glass of water before breakfast
for a few days and your kidney will
then act fine This famous salts is
made from the acid of grapes and
lemon juice, combined with lithia
and has been used for generations to
flush clogged kidneys and stimulate
them to normal activity; also to
neutraliZe the acids in the urine SO
it no longer irrttates, thus ending
bladder disorders
Jad Salts cannot iniure anyone:
makes a delightful efferVescent lith-
ia-water drink which millions on
men and women take now and then
to keep the kidneys and urinary or
zans clean. thus avoiding serious
kidney disease.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-10-11
YANKS' ENGINEERS
Do HEROIC WORK
By NEWTON C. PARI1E.

WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY
NORTHWEST OF vERDUN, Oct 10
(delayed).-To the engineers belongs
considerable credit for the success OF
the Franco-American attack east of
the Mouse on Tuesday, when more
than 1000 Austro- German prisoners
were taken and the towns OF Brabant,
Consevoye, Haumont, and Beaumont
were captured.
Under heavy FIRE from Austrian and
German machine guns, the American
engineers bridged the Mouse at two
places whore the stream is sixty feet
wide. The emplacement OF these
bridges enabled the Americans 20
throw troops across to the eastern
bank and carry out the advance ac-
cording to schedule. At the same
time other American forces pushed
northward from Samogneux.
-Four Swim River.
"a Signal Corps lieutenant from
Chicago with three volunteers swan
the Mouse river near Brabant, but
were captured Later they were
liberated when the Austrians with
drew.
Engineers began bridging the Meuse
at Brabant at dawn. but were violent
ly shelled. The German gunners evil
IDENTIFY failed to take into considera-
ton the stiff wind, for all the shells
missed the bridge. The first Ameri-
can battalion crossed without diff
Guilty and speedily threw the Aus
TRANS out of Brabant and pushed
northward along the river bank to
the outskirts of Consenvoye, cleaning
out machine gun nests. In the mean
time infantry had been massed on the
western bank to cross as soon as
possible.
Conssvoye was swept clear of Aus
TRANS and Germans in a fifteen-min-
Ute battle. Engineers then COM
>menced the construction of another
bridge. The boche gunners were
more effective this time, one she'll
destroying the central span after the
first detachment OF infantry had
crossed over. II was quickly rebuilt
and three more battalions swarmed
across into Consevoye, driving north
ward in a heavy rain storm
Violent EnfIIadInE Fire.
American artillery and machine
gunners on the western bank of the
river slammed down a violent en-
filading fire against the Austrians.
Before evening the doughboys had
pressed well beyond consevoye and
had captured all OF their detectives.
while the French and Americans on
the left of the main attacking force
were overcoming strong resistance in
wooded grounds.
This was the scene OF historic fight
ing in the German offensive against
Verdun in 1916, and there was some
bloody hand-to-hand fighting there
Tuesday as well. The Americans and
French found the Austrians easy vic
tins when it came to grips at close
quarters.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-10-11
MEXICO TRADE GOES
|. TO SOUTH AMERICA.

CRIsTOBAI4 Canal Zone, Oct n
Argentina and Chile are getting busy
In making the most Of the chance to
sell goods to Mexico since the United
States IL no longer the principal
source OF supply for the country
south OF the Rio Grande.
The partial embargo on shipments
to Mexico has stirred business cir
eles in the Southern Continent and
Buenos Aires Is getting ready to
profit by the opportunity. The use
Of japanese ships on the Pacific
coast makes this feasible.
Argentina and Chile are offering all
sorts OF produce-flour. meat, manu-
featured goods and even munitions
to this new trade. How far this may
go may be seen by the fact that
Spanish goods reach Buenos Aires
direct from Cadiz, and may then go
to Mexico by this new route. which
can compete with the shorter routes
because OF war conditions.
Argentina and Chile are profiting
immensely by this stimulus. II Is
also a good thing to the farmers.
for travellers report that corn on the
cob is being used for fuel in parts
Of Argentina where coal and wood is
scarce. The Trans-Andean Railway
between Buenos Aires and Valpa-
raise Is reported as doing a heavy
business at present. all that its equip
ment can handle. There In also an
increase in the traffic between the
two cities around Cape Horn
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-10-11
WAR DECREASES
ENGLISH CRIME

LONDON, Oct. I1.-Sir Evelyn Rug
giles Brise, chairman of the British
prison commission, asserts that while
the strain Of war Is leading Germany
to unprecedented criminality. in Eng
land crime IL steadily decreasing.
Seventy per cent of the inmates Of
British prisons are now engaged in
war work, he said, and the number
Of convictions for drunkenness in
London and thirty-six Of the largest
boroughs had fallen since the war
began to about one-Quarter of the
number before the war. Drastic re-
stric-ion on the liquor traffic and
the facility of employment were said
to -" "hiaF contributing factors.
The proportion OF decrease in crime
in England was shown by the fact
that in 1913 one person in 500 was
Imprisoned and today only one in
/ ,522. the After Care societies, work
ing un Ter the Borstal system, were
saving from 20 to so per cent OF
Juvenile delinquents from lives OF
lkiif
Bar h. Jonda-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-10-11
LIST WOMEN'S JOBS
On EIEhty-MIIe Front.

Among the jobs for which women
are particularly adapted the follow
ing are listed by the War Labor
Policies Board:
Clerical and cashier service. ac-
counting in manufacturing. mercah-
tile. and financial establishments
and in the Offices OF transportation
companies and other public utilities.
sales clerks and floor walkers in mer-
camille establishments. including de-
partment stores, specially stores, shoe
stores, mems furnishing stores, for
lists shops. jewelry stores, drug
stores. and soda fountains.
On the other hand. the board takes
strong position against the en-
ployment Of women in places where
they are likely to suffer physically or
morally, as for example. barrooms,
poolrooms, in or about mines, smelt-
ersl and quarries. or on furnace work
in glass works
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-10-11

attacked along the Ainse canal, on
front of about fifteen miles. and won
local successes. This attack was be-
ing made along the southwestern edge
Of the salient below Laon.
On EIghty-MIIe Front.
French and Americans hammered
away on the eighty-mile front be-
tween Berry-aU-Bac. northwest Of
Rheims, and Beaumont, north of Yer
dun The Americans have shattered
the Rriemhilde line on q front OF
nearly four miles between the Ar
gonne and the Mouse. The Germans
, threw heavy re-enforcements into
the breach, and a great battle was In
progress. The enemy was being
squeezed out OF the Argonne pocket.
The French ais oadvanced along the
western edge OF the Argonne massit
toward Vouziers and Machault.
The War Department last night is
sued the following communique from
General Pershing:
Section A, east OF the Meuse, our
troops maintained their yesterdays
advance IN spite OF violent and re-
peated counter attacks and progressed
to the southern outskirts OF Sivry and
into the Bots de Chaume. West OF
the Mouse, against freshly engaged
divisions, we penetrated the enemy's
main line OF resistance between Cunel
and Romagne-Sous-Mon in
the Argonne forest. we have taken
important heights south OF Marcq and
have Joined hands with the French
at Lancon.
cover 1000 additional prisoners
have been taken"
The ItaliansA after occupying e.
basan, are driving northward toward
the Durazzo line, in pursuit OF the
Austrians. The French and Serbians
pushed northward toward Nish and
westward in an effort to cut on the
Austrian retreat in Albania
The British advanced northward to-
ward Aleppo, main gateway to Con-
stantinople from the south.
Activity In North.
The London war office issued the
following communication from the
ArchangeI front in north Russia:
ION October 6 the enemy made a
strong counter attack both by river
and by land on the allied position at
Seletskaya, 40 miles from Archangel,
on the River Dvina. The attack was
beaten of and the enemy was driven
up the river leaving behind two ma
chine guns and fifty men killed.
in the SZenkusk region. which lies
between ArchanEel. the Vologda rail-
way and the Dvina. the enemy is still
retiring. followed by a mixed force
Of Americans and Russians. In that
region, the enemy has been trying to |
deceive the allied forces by wearing
white sleevebands which are the |
mark OF the white guards.
"On the Murmansk front the allied |
troops operating from Kaddalaska on
lhe White Sea, hundred miles south
Of Murmansk, have driven invading /
patrols back across the Finnish from
Tier and have cleared northern Kar-
ella of the enemy"
The porte has been advised that
Bulgaria is expected to send troops
against Turkey in an expedition
planned by the entente allies. accord
ng to advice from Constantinople.
The total OF Turkish and German
prisoners taken by the British army
In Palestine has risen to $4,000, Cen
Sir Edmund Allenby telegraphed-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-10-11
HAS SUGAR SUPPLY

SAN FRANCISCO. Oct 11.-Because
he has a sweet tooth and because
the Federal food regulation will not
permit him to have as much sugar az
he wants for his coffee, H. H. Nc
Menimens. a New York capitalist,
carries with him several bags filled
with sugar cubes. When he arrived
at a local hotel he handed the clerk
several small packages and asked
that they be checked and placed in
the safe. Investigation proved that
the bags contained sugar and in ex-
planning il McMenimens said:
Il always carry a supply OF sugar
with me, and always keep one sack
in my pocket for immediate use.
Under the food regulations I am al
lowed only two cubes for my coffee
and / require five each time. That's
why l have a sugar supply with me
all the time. ! use two of the sacks
every seventy-two hours"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-10-11

attacked along the Ainse canal. on
a front OF about fifteen miles. and won
local successes. This attack was be-
ing made along the southwestern edge
of the salient below Laon.-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-10-11


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rap your toe into big painful bun
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Store.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-10-11
ADVERTISEMENT
ROOray for Banana
Peel "EetS-It"
Only Real Way to Get Rid of CO-ns.

Which do you prefer-a corn that
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o. blessedness? Only "Gets-It' can
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the blessed way. You don't need a
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1918-05-16
dollar received for the Red Cross War Fund goes for War Relief

1t feeds clothes entire populations
1t is there to help soldier boy o
With
authorizes
President Wilson
It's
Your Army Navy Allies
Twenty-Five million have oined
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entirely membership
today bringing suffering humanity military
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