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The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1918-11-08
WAR SAVINGS STAMPS
FOR XMAS GREETINGS


The boys cover there" are destined
to have war savings and thrift stamps
in plenty this Christmas, if the prep
arations which the stationery and
novelty stores are making for sending
these government securities as holi-
day remembrances mean anything.
Preparations, only second to those
which ushered in picture post cards
craze, are being made by the big
post card and stationery manufacture
ers all over the country, to provide
clever containers for thrift and war
savings stamps, that they may be
mailed to the boys in France, as well
as to our friends this Christmas and
New Years.
A line of these novelties being
shown at the news stands, stationery,
department stores and novelty shops,
is such as appeals to all, as we'll as to
be within the limit of every purse.
A neat card in a plain white en-
velope reads "Attach a thrift stamp
by the upper two corners, so that it
may be easily> removed" after this
instruction to the sender, has this to
say to the receiver: "Wishing you
happiness, l send this little greeting
card so nice and new and nifty, to
wish you lots of happiness in spite Of
times so thrifty"
,, Another is a folder forming a frame
to enclose a a savings stamp, on
which we read "A liberty Christmas
to you to help win the val and speed
, the dawn of a victorious peace. This
gift comes to you with best wishes
for Christmas and New Years."
A similar folder, which contains a
: transparent paper sack to protect the
war savings stamp, proclaims "This
Christmas gift is sent you here to
: bring you joy and luck and cheer
Also to do its little share to keep the
flag unsoiled, fair, and speed the
. proud and glorious day of victory for
the U. S. A."
Another card, a cleverly arranged
o folder, from an oval opening, in whose
front face of "the father of his
4 country" appeals to US "With best
wishes from the first president of The
" UNITED States and yours truly" ane
y inside is this, "Please take this Chist
mas gift and seek to make it grow
; from week to week and as it reache:
great dimensions, it will smash thu
Hun and his pretensions."
On the other cards we read: "Wal
brings changes, but Christmas is thu
same, and this little thrift stamp
send in it's name;" "Just a stamp thi'
Christmas which tells of New Year!
thrift and helps the cause of freedom
with a cheerful lift
And so on. The variety seems al
most indefinite, but one little folde,
with a neat red border tied with
bow of national colors, calls for
word before we quit. 1t bears tn
torch of liberty on the front page AM
the wording "Christmas Greetings.
Inside a dotted line to write the re
~ceiver's name in, and also one for tn
sender to sign, with the date Decem
Der 25, 1918. The third page has
frame for a war savings stamp an
says, "This will help to bring peac
on earth goodwill toward men. In tn
giving of gifts isn't it wiser to Civ
savings stamps and help lick tn
kaiser?"
And also one on which there
printed that classical of the war say
ings stamp campaign, "Cheer up littl
thrift stamp, don't you cry, you'll b
a war savings stamp by and by.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1918-11-08

can barely hold the needles, would one
of these knowingly find any pleasure
in any toy "Made in Germany?
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1918-11-08
EMBLEMS OF DEATH FOR TOYS
(By H. H. Windsor, in Popular

Mechanics.)
New York, October 23.-Sever-
al thousand cases Of German-made
toys arrived here today.-Asso-
ciated Press.
Toys! For whom? For the innocent'
carried down when the Lusitanii
For those tear-eyed Belgian
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-09-06

Without doing the type of entertain
ment work that is most spectacular
the United Service Club of Boston
comes well to the front line ranks in
real service to the army and navy men
in Boston and its environs. At the
time of our entrance into the war the
great building of the Young Mems
Christian Union at 4S Boylston street,
an institution "for all sects," housed
many activities, including gymnasium
work of many kinds, evening educa-
tional classes, smoking and reading
rooms, camera clubs, debating CLUBS
1014 classes in the physical culture de-
partment and various purely social or
CARNATIONS.
With demands for war service in
Boston this mammoth union on Boyls-
ton street was one of the first to offer
it's cooperation to the War Camp Com
munity Service, and it's cooperation
has extended to giving over at least
half its building to be used for the
United States Service Club, which
holds continual open house for SOL
diers and sailors. In fact, the United
Service Club supplies to men in uni
form the same facilities and recrea-
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-09-06

ton that it supplies and has been sup
plying for many years to men in civil
life. There are dormitories, shower
baths, reading and correspondence
rooms, information bureau and pool
room. all aiding to make the club at
tractive and a favorite headquarters
for the men in khaki and blue. One
department in which the young women
of the Y w. C. A. cooperate provides
for the convenience of women rela-
tiyes and friends of the soldiers and
sailors
A large general lounge hung with
the flags of the Allies formerly the
Union Hal) is now filled with com
modious chairs, comfortable writing
tables and reading tables well filled
with current periodicals and the well
come "home papers from all the large
cities and many of the smaller ones.
The long walls of the lounge are lined
with the latest fiction, SO there is ev-
cry chance for quiet hours when more
hectic amusements pail. For more ac-
tive moods there are pool tables and a
game cabinet, and on the stage at one
end of the room is a piano and pho
nograph with a cabinet filed with the
latest records
At the canteen hot and cold drinks
are served, a light lunch can be OBJ
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-09-06

tanned, and tobacco and confectionery
are always on sale. The great settles
near the fireplace are most popular,
and the men look with CLEAN of sat
isfaction at the fire irons when they
learn that they hail from interned
German ships. Also there is added
satisfaction in sinking down in steam
er chairs since they, too, come from
the same source.
Since the opening of the United
Service Club last Thanksgiving Day
more than 100000 men in uniform have
patronized it and found there many
of the most longed for facilities for a
man on leave. The correspondence
tables are always in use, and 10000
sheets of writing paper have been put
to use writing home since the clubs
opening. The dormitories accommo-
date 300 men. Once guest there, ev-s
cry man on his next leave makes for
Boyleston street in the hope that there
is an unchartered room for him.
Besides the privileges of the United
Service Club, the reading room Of the
Union, with it's $4,000 Volumes, is !
available for them, and the well equip
ped gymnasium may be used by them
whenever they desire This includes
hand ball courts. bowling alleys, wres.
Ting and bo:t.Eg r0oEAs.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-09-06
WHO OWNS THE WooDcHUcKs
Writer in Boston Post Comments on
Letter in The Reformer

Newton Newkirk, who conducts a
column of fun and satire in the Bos-
ton Post under the title of All Sorts,
comments as follows on recent com
munication in The Reformer:
II. A. Howe, a resident of Brook
line, VT, in recent letter to The
Brattleboro (Vt.) Reformer, advan-
ces new and unique argument con-
corning the protection OF wild game
in his state. He says:
1.-THE state admits it's liability in
payment for damage to crops done
by deer, but these payments are usu-
ally inadequate, and deer, are only
one of the numerous wild things that
do damage, and the burden of support
and damage is still on the farmer.
have recently been fined $500 and
costs for killing a deer doing damage
on my own premises because did
not conform to the law. have
counted % deer at one time on my
premises. i have supported a herd
of them for five years on my farm,
and the burden is upon me-"
The point Mr.. Howe makes is that
since the state assumes to own the
wild deer, the fishes in the brooks,
foxes, coons, muskrats, and game
birds of various kinds, then the state
must also own the woodchucks,
crows, grasshoppers, potato bugs,
cutworms and other pests too numer-
Gus to mention; and since the state
owns these, the state should pay1the
farmer for the damages they do to
his crops.
Mr.. Howe intimates that he has
not only been supporting a consider
able flock of deer, but that he has
also been raising food for a large
number of sly old crows, producing
sweet corn for the woodchucks and.
vegetables for potato bugs, grass
hoppers and cutworms, to say moth
ing of now and then a plump pull
let for sly old fox. If these pests
were patriotic and would show a
disposition to Hooverize, it wouldn't
be so bad; but they eat all they can
and are waxing fat and sassy as a
result. Naturally Mr.. Howe desires
to know who is going to pay the
board bill. There is considerable
food for thought in his argument.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-09-06
Death of Antoine Beaudette

Antoine Beaudette, aged Is years,
died early Thursday morning at the
home of his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry J. Beaudette, on Glenn Road.
Antoine had been sick about two
weeks but was not considered dan
gerous. He was taken suddenly
worse about one Thursday morning
and passed peacefully away. He
leaves besides his father and mother,
one brother and one sister. The fu-
neral services will be held at the St.
Mary's church, Monday morning, at
$50. The burial will be in the Cath
Ole cemetery on the Coventry road.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-09-06
CITY OF NEWPORT
Grand Army Men Attend National
Convention-Death of Antoine
Beaudette-Death of Hardy
S. Pettingile-The City's

Comrades Charles Moulton of
Newport and Dana Fuller of North
Troy, left Newport, August IS, to
attend the National Encampment of
the G. A. r. at Portland. They went
to Worcester, Mass, where a spec
ial train awaited the arrival of the
New England G. A. R. boys. Their
route was via Albany, Buffalo, Chic
ago, through North and South Da-
kota, Montana to Spokane, and then
to Portland where the convention
was held. Not many men of Mr..
Moulton's age would attempt trip
of this length, travelling over 1000
miles, but he thoroughly enjoyed it
and enjoys telling of his trip to and
from the convention and the good
time while there. AS he was not a
delegate he spent a great deal OF
time in sight seeing in Oregon, and
had many words of praise for the
hospitality shown them by the citi-
zens of that state. Long auto trips,
big feeds and not cent of expense
was the way they were entertained
all the time while in Portland. Mr..
Fuller did not return home, having
a brother that lived in Spokane and
expects to remain there this winter.
Mr.. Moulton on his return trip came
to Salt Lake City making a short
stop there and visiting the great
Norman church. From there his
route was through Omaha Neb., to
Chicago, Buffalo, Albany and arriv-
ing in Newport Tuesday, with only
jackknife in his pocket, but glad he
made the trip.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-09-06
LYNDONVILLE

Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene LaBounty
visited relatives at Island Pond one
day this week making the trip in
their auto.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lorenzo Eaton re-
turned from Livermore Falls last
night in their car. They have been
over to Mrs. Eaton's parents farm
canning preserves and vegetables and
came home with about LOG cans.
Mrs. Henry Haselton and son,
James, of North Walden spent
Thursday at w S. Wright's recently.
Mrs. Atkinson, who has been visit
ing at Mr. Wright's, left yesterday
for Chepachet, N. Y, where she is to
visit her daughter. She will also
visit at Springfield, Mass, before re-
turning to her home.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-09-06
Appropriations from War Che
Fund

The disbursement committee of the
Newport War Chest association has
voted $500 to the local Red Cross or
ganization, and $500 each to Henry
Burgess and FL. B. Rankin, both Y.
M. C. A. workers who have gone
from this city, for their work in
France.
The money has been sent and these
men are entitled to call upon the
association for 500 more each if
they find it necessary to do SO. The
appropriation voted and paid to the
National Red Cross fund some time
ago was $2700.
The War Chest pledges amount to
approximately $4,000 for the year
which ends in May.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-09-06
Protect Your Chickens

and sure enough it does. A rat will
leave all other food to get RAT
SNAP and it's the last he eats. RAT
SNAP chemically cremates the car
cass. Doesn't have to be mixed with
other food. Won't blow away, dry
up, soil or decay. Surest, quickest,
cleanest, safest to kill rats, mice and
reaches -Four sizes, 25c, soc, $1.00
and $780,. Sold by Charles A. Scar
les & Co., and Arthur E. Smith, ST.
Johnsbury, VT, J. III. Goodrich, Bar
net, Vt,
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-09-06
SPIRIT OF VICTORY
ABROAD
British Troops Encouraged at the
Battle of Scissors

With the British Armies in France,
Sept. 6-An unmistakable atmos-
phere of victory prevades the Some
battlefield. 1t was not necessary to-
day to hear the triumphant band
music along the roads to catch the
spirit animating the army. The ex-
.ultant squeal of the bag pipes seem
ed to epitonize all the unexpressed
feelings of the men.
1t was necessary only to see the
faces of the marching troops, to
note the easy swing of their stride,
whether going up to or coming from
the firing line, to know which army
was pushing on to victory.
Whether tired or fresh, British
troops, when they march, always
carry the conviction that they are in
undefeated army, but now one sees
that they are not merely an unde-
feated army, but a winning army
One wonders whence Britain pro-
duced the rejuvenated battalions,
looking as good as the best ever sent
iafeld. The period of rest preceding
the present oensive partly accounts
for it. But now tibet ide of war sure
ly accounts for much of the new en-
thusiasm The British veterans look
as young and eager as the Americans
whom they meet banteringly on the
road sometimes.
Contrasting with this, authenti-
Gated instances of a reverse spirit
among the enemy troops accumulat-
es daily.
Prisoners taken at Mount St.
Quentin said one battalion refused to
attack there when ordered to, and
them to.
their ocers were unable to compel
One company of the 186th infan-
+ try reserve had one officer and So
men last week now it has only Is
men, prisoners declared. Another
company which last week had one
officer and So men has now been re-
duced to four men.
Letters taken from prisoners dated
the later part of August told of
troops on one train refusing to go to
the front, lootlng and destroying the
railway station and refreshment
room.
The Landsturm was called out, and
after. a days delay the rebilious
troops returned to their train. Of
ficers were unable to control them.
A letter from Lieut. General Won
Petersdorf, which fell int British
possession, said: 81 rely upon cncr-
getic action to prevent incidents of
this nature which iniurc the reputa-
ton of the Division"
A private of the Tooth Grenadier
regiment, 23rd division, in a letter
to his wife said: "Thjngs are beyond
description. If it 2 90 hot, 1 will
Otherwise I will ne get out of
this mess. My mind is made up.
Almost all the other chaps are
chucking it. A good many are de-
serting. I don't blame them.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-09-06
THIS CHEF HAS A LUCKY STAR.

Perhaps if Chef --- at Unit No.
5 of the War Camp Community Ser-ice
in New York hadn't been on the Lusi-
tania when she sank, not to mention
the =-------- and - when they
were torpedoed he might not be so
genial. And perhaps if he weren't
Scotch he might not have hung up
large framed motto cautioning the SOL
der and sailor guests at the canteen to
go Canny WI the Sugar" Perhaps,
again, he might not have been there at
all to greet the uniformed men, but, as
he says, he "was born under a lucky
star, laddie-a lucky star
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-09-06
JAY eouLD's TABLE IN SERVICE.

Bills playing he's Jay Gould di-
recting a railroad" said sunny faced
sailor at the War Camp Community
Unit No. 3, the Service Hotel in
New York, the other day. waving to-
ward a dignified mate seated at a ia
bic pushing pen. whats the idea?
Well. he just heard that that table was
once owned by Mr. Gould one of his
directors tables and Bits having a
little game all by himself. Let's go ont
or he'll send one of US for ice water"
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-09-06
SOUTH SHORE SERVICE CLUB.

The Atlantic Club, situated on the
heights of Allerton, Mass, overlooking
Nantasket Beach, has been taken over
by the Boston War Camp Community
Service in conjunction with the Spe-
cial Aid Society Of Massachusetts.
The building has been thoroughly rem
ovated and is now called the South
Shore Service Club. The club, which
has excellent bathing and boating IA
cilfties, is to be used as recreation
center for enlisted men stationed in
Boston and vicinity.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-09-06
NO FRIEND OF ALARM CLOCKS.

"Good Lord p sighed bronzed ma
rine at the War Camp Community
Service canteen at Unit No. 5 in New
York the other day. That's no sort of
thing to keep reminding fellow of.
To think that all over the world some
guy is having to get up every minutel
Good night! ~
Following his glance, it was discov-
cred that he was looking at a framed
motto announcing to soldier and
sailor public that ut Is Always MORN
ing Somewhere IN the World
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-09-06
THERE WAS A WAITING LIST.

"For a man who's been cautioned by
a loving family to eat. slowly all his
life that's a funny greeting with his
breakfast" said a young private in
khaki at the War Camp Community
Service canteen on Twenty
street, New York, recently. "See it?''
and he nudged comrade, who accord
ingly looked up from his coffee to be-
hold In illuminated letters, FOR
GODS SAKE. HURRY UPr'
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-09-06
What War Camp Community Service Means
BY JOSEPH LEE
President War Camp Community Service =
= for the :

Training Camp Activities
Navy
and in
n a
less lon S
art of war;
.4s.
soldiers These
Iyfo the
omaketh
the to in
the in
Them
How be
lie admit OF the eaDlshnent
S ais
1t of the War
Commun %
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-09-06
X X X k**kk

81 do not see how any man !
can enjoy his club or sodality
( meeting, a comfortable chair OF !
a game of billiards, or, better,
( the society of good and attrac-
/ tive women; without helping to J
( give our soldier men and boys
( a chance to enjoy them too."-
( Rt Rev. William Lawrence,
/ Bishop of Massachusetts. J
K J
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-09-06
Death of Hardy S. Pettingile

Hardy S. Pettingile, who resided
in District No. IL, Newport Center,
died Thursday morning about eight
o'clock. Mr.. Pettingile was 40 years
of age and leaves a wife and seven
children to mourn his loss. He has
been in poor health for some time.
The funeral services will be held at
the house Saturday at one o'clock,
and Rev. Charles Kelley will offici-
ate. The burial will be in the New
port Center cemetery.
Mrs. Mary Brown is visiting
friends at Derby Line.
Six cans of lake trout arrived in
Newport Thursday noon, from the
q. S. Bureau of Fisheries at St.
Johnsbury. Same were taken to
Morgan and put in Seymour lake.
Prof. Sam Mills of the U. S. Avia-
ton department, acting instructor at
TUFTS College, made a short call
on friends in town Thursday.
F. O. Osgood, who has been in the
hospital for some time, was able to
return home Tuesday.
Mrs. A. S. Cover, who has been
on the sick list, is able to be on our
streets again.
Ruth Chase of Concord, N. H., is
visiting Jennie Curtis for few days.
Mrs. John Wilson is visiting at B.
S. Curtis. Mr.. Wilson has been in
to.yn foI. fou DAVIS
The worlds series ball games are
now being played, the result of each
game will appear on the Caledonian
bulletin at Humphreys store.
Mrs. Hattie Reynolds of Hartford,
Conn, who is visiting her sister,
Mrs. Arthur Geer, underwent an
operation Tuesday at the home of
Arthur Geer on Coventry road DIR.
Allen and DR.. Gaines performed the
operation. Mrs. Reynolds is. doing
as well as could be expected.
CONTINUED on page g.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-09-06
RAISED IN GERMANY

Tobacco Being Raised in the Empire
on Account of Shortage
Sept. because of the dearth and
high price of tobacco in Germany
the inhabitants of large cities have
begun to grow their own tobacco
says Berlin Tageblatt.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-09-06
CONCORD

Mrs. John Folsom, Mrs. Myra
Adair and Mrs. Kathleen Adair of
East Concord were in town Tuesday
evening.
Miss Rose Rock, Miss Lyle Spaul-
ding, Miss Ruth Hastings, Miss Flor
ence Hodgden, Jacob Richardson, Ord
and Malvern B. Cutting are students
at ST. Johnsbury Academy.
Miss Orpha Farmer of Hartford,
Conn, was guest at D. H. Morton's,
Tuesday and Wednesday.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-09-06

Optimistic Thought.
Teach the art of saving to the poor
and soon there will re ne poor.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1918-01-04
TO AUTOMOBILE OWNERS

AS so many applications for auto
saobile tags-the owners having al
ready paid the license fees-are pour
lng in upon Comptroller Amos that he
dnds it impossible to ship them in
time for the owners to receive them
within the period required by law, so
ne has authorized Sheriff Galloway to
use his discretion in extending the
sime. so the sheriff has given until
1he 10th. Automobile owners in this
county are authorized to use their old
ags until that time but the sheriff
says DINNERS. must be puton at once.
Automobile owners win govern
themselves accordingly, but they are
equested TO use the new tags just as
soon as they are received from the
seat of government.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1918-01-04
kept HER AWAKE
Tie Terrible Pains in Back and
Sides. Cardui Gave Relief.

Marksville, La.-Mrs. Alice Johnson,
OF this place, writes: "For ore year ]
suffered with an awful misery in my back
and sides. My left side was hurting me
Ill the time. The misery was something.
awful.
could not Go anything, not even sleep
At right. It kept Me awake nest OF tic
night +. =. | took different medicines. b,:t
nothing did ME any good or relieved me
a.tll took Cardui
Twas not able 10 do any Of my wort
f9r one year and got worse Gil t,rt the
vas confined TO my bed off ard on sol
20 bad with MY back that when stccpei
2own was not abe to stra;ch,ce W
again ~ decided would try C3rd,,
-. By time had taken the entire hottl4
| was feeling pretty good and could
straishten tip and my pains were nearly
al gone.
shall always praise Cardui. con-
tinted taking it until was Strong ard
we'll" Il you suilcT from pains due to
female complaints, Cardui may be just
what you need. Thousands of women
who once suffer ID "a his way now praise
Careful for their present good health
Give i. a rial. NC-13-