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Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1918-08-09
Sinoals.

Florence Jessie Perry, daughter of
Cyrus and Rebecca Perry, was born
in Burr Oak township, Winneshiek
county. Iowa, April 10, 1871, and died
at her home in Minneapolis, MIMI,
July 81, 1918, as a result of the shock
Of her mothers death.
! When elk years of age she moved
with her parents to Cresco. Iowa. It
was here that she received her edu-
cation. graduating from the high
school in the class of 1888. In April,
1890, she was married to Geo. E. ST.
monds. To this union were born six
children, Floyd, who is with the U. s.
army in France; Perry. in the Navy
yards at Philadelphia; Eddy, at Camp
Macarthur. Texas; Edith. Florence
and Warren at the home in Minneap-
oils. .,1.
When thirteen years Of age she
was baptized, uniting with the Baptist
church of which denomination she Al
ways remained an ardent, efficient
and faithful member.
She was q noble wife, q kind and
loving mother and will be greatly
missed by q wide circle Of friends.
Funeral services were conducted at
the home Saturday afternoon. Aug.
3. Burial in Lakewood cemetery.
Minneanolfs. -
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1918-08-09
Commander q "cood Fellow"

One Of the home-guard boys had on
. uniform that was too large for him.
While waiting on the station platform
for the train to come the, commander
noticed this boy and coming up to him
turned him around and around, look.
Ing him over on every side. Finally
he said: young man, that suit does
not 1T you" @u% ttG}l, ID ~
The boy, not realizing to whom he
was talking, promptly retorted: "Well,
that is no reason why 4 should be
made windmill of, is ~" s';l st,''''sS
Luck favored him and the commaD'
der la .hed. Y tss syst9 ysnf l>'s + !
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1918-08-09
Pioneer Resident Die,.

Pioneer Resident Dies.
After long and busy life, filled with
good deeds and noble aspirations. at
the ripe and golden age of 80, on We'd
nesday morning, July 81, Mrs. George
V. Puntney passed to her eternal re-
ward. In failing strength for a num-
Der of months, yet with that buoyant
spirit which has carried her through
the years, she pressed on until God
called her to come up higher.
Sarah Truman was born March 2,
1926, in the county of Tyrone, Ireland.
When child Of four years, she came
to the United States with her parents
who settled in Philadelphia. Later the
family moved to Quebec, Canada,
where nearly thirty years of her life
was spent. She was living at Hesper,
Iowa, at the time of her marriage to
George Veasy Puntney on June 3Oth,
1873. After their marriage they lived
in Hardin county, Iowa, for few
years and then came back to the old
pioneer homestead which Mr.. Puntnev
bought of the government in 1856. A.
ter some years of residence here aid at
Plymouth Rock, they moved to Cresco
over twenty-five years ago to spend
their declining years and to enjoy the
privileges of the church services.
Most tenderly have they been cared TO,
in the home of the daughter and SON.
in-law, Mr.. and Mrs. L. P. Sanborn.
Mrs. Puntney was one Of family of
nine children and being of . rugged
constitution and splendid. health, she
survived them all. For thirty.five
years, she faithfully and gladly shared
the lot Of her husband and lovingly
cared for his FIVE motherless children.
In l843 she united with the Metho-
dist Episcopal church in Philadelphia.
She was a devout woman Of great
faith and steadfast purpose and 40 she
advanced in years, she increased in
faith and Christ likeness verifying in
her own life the truth of the word,
THE path of the just is as the shining
light that shines more and more unto
the perfect day." Very quietly and
peacefully she passes to her eternal re-
ward in the early morning of July 81,
1918. age 90 years, months and %
days.
Besides the husband, G. v. Puntney
now in bis 98th year, she 10 survived by
W. v. Puntney Of Akin, MIMI; Mrs.
Dora Wanless Of Vancouver, Wash.
Hsrker of Mason City, L., and Mrs. L.
P. Sanborn Of Cresco besides twelve
and hosts of friends.
The funeral service was held ut the
Methodist church Friday ct 1880 con-.
Quoted by her pastor. Rev. E. G. Cope
land. Music was furnished by Mrs.
Lois Phillips and Mrs. Frank Paul with
Mrs. w. W. Nichols at the organ. The
floral offerings were beautiful. Inter-
ment was made ct New Oregon. -
Out Of town relatives. attending the
funeral were:. w. W. Puntnsy' Of
Akin, MINI; Harksr Puntney of
Mason City; Phil Sanborn of Council
Bluffs; Mr.. and Mrs. E. E. Griffith Of
Lime Springs; Mr.. and Mrs. Dell
Lange and Mrs.. Dora Headington Of
DEBORAH; and Mr.. and Mrs. Fred LANCE,
Mr.. Will LANCE and Mrs. Sibert of
Iowa.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1918-08-09
REALLY NO SECRET
Power to Charm Lies in Forget.
fuIaess of Self.
Women Who Fascnate Have Simply
Developed the Art or Power Of
= Putting Others ION Good
Terms With Themselves"

A vivacious woman writer seeking
the secret of feminine fascination
finds it in the art or power some WON
en- have of charming others by putting
them, as a bluff Britisher phrased it
ION ripping good terms with them
selves" Is not this characteristic
Of almost all those persons, men and
women, whom we like the best and en-
Joy the most? Do they not, either by
artiflce or by instinct, endeavor to
make tie people they meet feel that
they amount to something, know some
thing, have some excellence, attrac'
ttveness or interesting qualities. and
thus put them on pleasant terms with
themselves. The persons who are
least adept at this or least inclined to
~ It are the self-centered, self.impor'
tant people completely absorbed in
their own affairs and not wise or we'll
bred In little worlds Of which they are
the centers, and may be said in GER
thin sense to revolve about them
selves.
This is q characteristic brought up
from lower forms Of life from which
we ore ancestrally derived and only In
part outgrown. For most animals the
only concerns of the least importance
are those which directly affect them.
selves. They are egocentric. The
things that touch them make up thelr
world and they have no interests out
slde Of that. More than any other ami.
NAL the dog can sink his personality
Il to speak, subordinate himself and
&ake his masters interests his own.
Only infrequent individuals Of other
tpecies can or win do this. Hence dogs
~ q rule are more companionable for
Han than any other living creatures
below him in the evolutionary scale.
But to return to human beings, Jo-
4ephjne was the most beloved and
charming woman in France because
do took genuine and kindly interest
in the affairs OF all with whom she
came in touch. She was outgoing, in
Spsive In her sympathies and thus
{phnteracted antagonism created by
NAPOLEON, who was self-centered to IN
4 Extraordinary degree. Not to multiply
Examples, does not experience teach
u observant people that In seldess-
6Sss lies the secret Of charm7 Are not
The lovable people those whose love
foes out Spontaneously, or appears TOT
pot egoeentricity. entire absorption
Is themselves, . Characteristic held In
Common BY most Of the people who
1t on ones herves2 Kind hearts are
More than coronets, said Tennyson.
More attractive. therefore, than
beauty or the b11lliaucy and glitter Of
1Ate5lectuality - the drawing power Of
Kindly consideration for others. Fas-
padon 10 born Of the heart, not Of the
hind; and whether instructive or &C.
4uired, would seem to be the art Of
Entering into the lives Of others and
putting them. a. the Englishman said,
"a good terms with themselves.-Roch-
66ter Post-Express.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1918-08-09
Card OF Thanks.

We wish to express our gratitude to
our many friends who by their kind
ness. thoughtfulness and beautiful
floral offerings during our bereave-
ment have helped to tighten the bur-
den Of our sorrow.
=, $780,. AID. Perry and Family
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1918-08-09
e Didn't Work.

= 7 " 0J0uCS VvOtW -
Little Ethel had put her stocking %
wrong side out. "Now you must make
. wish and It will come true" said her
mother. 3 - "
Some time later she came to her
mother. 'There's nothing to it.
mother"
Nothing to whatf'
"Why, you said to make q wish after
! had put my stocking on wrong side
out. wished I hadn't done it. But
! can't see any difference yet"
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1918-08-09
Some Profits

made in the packing business. Present
worth of 81, 600, had it been invested in
the following companies:
(From Sioux City II lbune, April II, 1881
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1918-08-09
Sure Proof.

II am sure the owner Of this cute
nd not run, away after the smashup.
Ho 10 above suspicion" -
II know that. because 10 - undaR
n auto."
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1918-08-09
No Names Mentioned.

Lovey-Wasn't It terrible the way
they used to ride people on rails. I'M
Dovey-Oh, I don't know. 1t couldn't
have been much worse than the way
we commuters have to ride 'em now.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1918-08-09

For FIRE. lightning and tornado insur-
ance; call on Andrew Smith. SIT
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-01-04
Sermon for Parents Contained in "The Diuidend." /"

An intense sermon for fathers who neglect their children for the sake or dividends and who try to bring them up by means of a check book instead of by advice and compaei nship is contained in "The DjVidend,' which IS being shown at the Coliseum Theatre
 Promising his investors one of the largest dividends ever. the president of the company orders the rents on III company tenements raised and de- crease of ten per cent in wages at the company plants. Untold misery Is caused and many of the yoErs women working for the company disgusted with the struggle, turn to the appar- ently easy life of the streets.
 His son returns from college and wants to work but is advised to play around and become regular devil if he wants too. but not to bother his father He does SO and becomes an opium fiend His father turns him out when the truth is discovered and the son goes entirely to the bad finally being brought home to die, after his father has become stricken with re- morse over his mistake. The produc- ton is very dramatic and gives the ac tors plenty of chance for action.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-01-04
Big Patriotic SeriQl Starts Tonight at
 P0ldce The0tre.

Tonight at the Palace theatre, the big serial. Pearl of the Army" will be started, with Pearl White in the leading ro4e. In the first episode Cap tain Ralph Payne is chosen to convey to the Ma jor General at Panama, a document which discoses q weakness in our canal defenses by which a mon- archy hitherto overlooked by the Unit ed States plots to overcome this Ma tion. The document is secreted be- meath his left shoulder strap, it first being prepared with invisible ink. made visible only by a secret chemical com pressed into thin waters, hidden in the secret castings of Paynes watch fob.
 From that time Payne finds himself the victim of queer being that through a strange medium, juggles with his good name and martial standing. At his apartment he finds a letter in hand
 writing the exact counterpart of his own and in it the startling contents:
 The left shoulder strap and the lock- ct reveal the secret-take the tip in time.' Bewildered, he consults his chief, Colonel Dare, who nstructs him to attend the Embassy Ball that night as though nothing had happened. prom ising added secret service protection.
 In the midst of the evenings festivi- ties, Payne and Pearl Dare find se- cluded spot in the conservatory. En- couraged by responsive light in her eyes, Payne is about to ask for her Yes" to the question that means hap- piness to him. when messenger or ders him to report to Colonel Dare at once. There he is informed that the Grenadian Ambassador has been, mur- dered and in his lifeless hand mes sage found to Payne thanking him for services rendered Grenada. When Payne is searched the left strap re- veals nothing but a worthless piece of
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-01-04
EMPIRES SPORTING COLUMN General Items of All Knds-Ring, Mat, Baseball
 and Other Sports
COLU M N
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only getting little closer home
 But to two boys at the University of Washington Naval Training Sta tion it meant a comrades trouble come to them.
 The Christian Brothers Business College at Portland in 1910 boasted one of the best junior basketball teams in the northwest
 Every member of that team is now in the service.
 At the Naval Training Station are Ensign Kennefick, who played cen ter and Seaman Van HoomIsen, who played guard. Ensign J. J. Higgins, who played forward with Barnes, recently left the station for duty with the Atlantic fleet.
 The fifth member of the team, John Hughes, is marine at Mare Island
 Every one of them a soldier or a sailor and voluntarily, too.
 No wonder they won basketball games.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-01-04

Boxing fans are waiting too see what the next move in the heavy weight situation will be.
 Jess Willard, who is wintering with his circus horses, has challenged the world for tho benefit of the Red Cross. Jess has probably come to the conclusion that he won't be much of a circus attraction next year unless he comes out and Idel fends his championship title. So he is going to give any challengeT D. match. Jess plans to polish of4B opponent and then start out kwhn tie circus with brand-new /r'pu- tation.
 The only drawback to- scene like this may be furnishedfbg Fred Fulton, who is six feet dxa inches tall, long armed. experienyed skillful and accustomed to ffg1ti9g often, who is as lean as cs and weighs only PIP pounds, sh1pped. while Willard may never akain see 300.
 Aside from this slight detail the scheme is perfectly lovely.
 The Rivers-Benamin affair in Portland last week was .. dfsap- pointment to the fans. according to Seattle men who witnessed the smoker. The Mexican stepped out and poppeF the Portland boy in the first copple of seconds of the contest, catthing him square on the temple. Benjamin endeavored to regain biy lost pep. but Rivers kept banging /away and there was no more Sffght..
 Harry Anderson put up a whale of .a/ bout against Jack Wagner. putting his man away with left uppercnt and straight right to the stymach
 |/ Judge Flanigan, the Portland box ling promoter. is talking of a match between his middleweight, Al Som mers. and Steve Reynolds. Flanigan thinks that the Portland man has chance to beat the fighting fireman. and is thinking seriously of staging the match. Sommers' defeat of Val Sontag has proved his class, declares the Judge.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-01-04
WGr Veteran Plays Opposite Vdlesk0 Surdtt.

Ben L. Staggart, who plays opposite Valeska Suratt in William IEox's pro- duction of Rider Haggards famous nov el. She is probably the youngest yet eran of the Boer War. He spent a year and nine months in South Africa under Sir Redvers NJ Butler. and SC acquit- ted himself that he was selected as one of the special guard of honor for the coronation of King Edward VII.
 During the African campaign the new Fox player took part in these engage ments: The Relief of Ladysmith, the Relief of Kimberley, Battle of Moddcr River and General French's drive against Cronje from Mogersfontein to Kimberley.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-01-04
P0uliNe Frederick Continues ct the Dream TGe0tYe.

Pauline Frederick in "Nanctte of the Wild" will continue at the Dream thea tre for the balance of the week This is a good production and compares fa- vorably with any previous work done by this peer of the American emotional school of acting.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-01-04
HARRY DAVIS, STAR OF OLD ATHLETICS, ELECTED TO COUNCIL

Harry Davis. captain of the Ath- letics and the player who was re- sponsible to large measure for Mack's teams winning three world championships, has been elected to the Common Council at Philadelphia. Davis ran in the Twenty-Eighth Ward on three tickets, and boiled
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-01-04

to the city to mai a poor artist. the girl falls prey to the vice ring of the city. She is rescued by little brown hen which she has brought to the city with her, but after marrying the man of her choice, unhappiness enters the house. Everything is finally straight ened out, but plenty of action takes place during the interval
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-01-04
ATHLETE INJURED
 IN FRANCE IS ONE OF PATRIOTIC TEAM

William L. Barnes, U. S. Engin- eers, Portland, seriously wounded: :: In the press dispatches recently among a number of Engineers wounded in battle.
 To the average reader it meant
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-01-04
Film Star Is Killed.

Erie Campbell. co-s-ar with Charley Chaplin in many fthe Chaplin nov ing pictures, was killed in Los Ange- les on December goth, and three oth- CTS, one an actress, seriously injured when Campbell's touring car collidcd with another machine al street cross ing, demolishng both machines
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-01-04
S!lIi,iIll,l,iiIllf,I;U'llnHIlIII
GEORGIA TECH HAS MADE GREAT RECORD IN PAST FOUR YEARS

Georgia Tech football eleven of Atlanta, the sensation of the grid iron game in the South. has line which weighs 1,267 pounds averag- ing lS1 pounds man. The back field averages I'll pounds. The team has scored 1,0S7 points in twenty eight games, extending over the last four years, playing Southern elev- ems, winning twenty-six games and playing two ties Their Al to 0 victory over the University of Penn sylvania on October 6, was one of their greatest triumphs.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-01-04
ATTRACTIONS TONIGHT

PALACE - Gladys Hulette in Her New York" and Pearl White in Pearl of the Army" COLISEUM-Wm. H. Thomp- son and Chas. Ray in The Dividend" with comedy and weekly.
 DREAM - Pauline Frederick and Willard Mack in Man cite of the Wild" and Hell en Holmes in "A Lass of the Lumberland."
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-01-04
Kiddies Treat TOmOrrOU ct
 Pdldce Theatre.

Following their lNual custom, the managers of the Palace theatre will give free matinee for all children of Juneau. Any child who comes to the door will be admitted free. the manage ment paying the war tax. and a spe- cial program has been selected for their enjoyment.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-01-04

Fred Fulton, Rochester, Minn., heavyweight fighter, and Billy Miske, of St. Paul, have been signed for a. ten-round, no decision bout to be held at St. Paul. January Is. Under the terms of the agreement Fulton ceipts and Miske 20 per cent.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-01-04

TWO IN ONE-Ths EMPIRES 'ads" keeps the housewife informed of all sales and the news columns way for everybody. The EMPIRES are right up to the minute on the lAy'e nswu.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-01-04
THE COLISEUM
Do you realize that we are showing Fri angle Program tonight, Sat. and Sat. Mat?
CHARLES RAY

paper. In daze he hears the order given to< arrest him on a charge of treason.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-01-04
Glodys Hulette in Her NeaO York" T0Y1iuht

OTtVJTVO'
 Tonight at the Palace theatre, Gladys Hulette will appear in Her New York" dramatic story of much mer- it. As young country girl who comes
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-01-04
FIRE ALARM BOXES (correct to August 13th)

i-4-3rd and Franklin. 1-6-Franklin and Front. 1-6-Front Street. opposite Union
 Iron Works. 1-7-Front Street. opposite City 1-S-Front Street. below Worthen
 Mills. z-3-Willoughby and End. 2-4-Seward and Front. 2-s-Main and Front 3-6-Main and End. 3-7-Main and 4th. 3-2-Gastineau Avenue and Rawn
 Way. 3-4-Gold and End. S-E-4th and Harris. S-6-5th and Gold. 3-7-5th and East. 3-8-7th and Gold. 4-1-9th and Indian 4-1-6th and Calhoun 4-3-West end Distin Avenue 4-6-sth and Calhoun 4-6-7th and Main 4-7-6th and Seward l-8-Government Road. old Jap
 Gardens.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-01-04

Phone it to The Empire. No. 37d
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-01-04
Helen Holmes in THE ACE HIGH LOSES"
NEXT FEATURE
 "The Martyrdom of Philip Strong" with Robert Conness and Mabel Trunnelie.

S.19S votes. It was . runaway for Davis.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-01-04
'NANETTE OF THE WILDS'

in the wild inaccessible parts of the Canadian woods, where man is still fighting with nature for home, law and order, with mount
 cd police in five parts.
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1918-01-17
PRYSzCzE? POGO?
Wygladaja One Nieiadnie. Spedz
Je przez Uzycie DR.. Edwards
Olive Tablets

Pryszcze ma twarzy ME potrwaja
diugo, jezeli d~ostaniecie pudelko DR.. Ed.
wards Olive Tablets. Cera powinna bye
czysta pc uzyciu tych tabliczek przez
kilka wieczor6w.
Nalezy oczysciG krew, zoIadek i
watrobe "a pomoca DR.. Edwards Olive
Tablets, zastepujqcych wySmienicie ka-
lionel; ME bedzie choroby ami b6lu po ich
uzyciu.
DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets czynia to
co kalomel, i r6wnie skutecznie, lecz
dzialanie ich jest lagodne, q ME ostre i
DRAINAGE.
Mkt, kto bierze Olive Tablets, mic
uskarza sic ma niesmak W ustach, od6r
z ust, przykre uczueie oeiezalosci, Eat
~wardzenie, ubezwIadnienie watroby, ely
humor lub wyrzuty ma twarzy.
DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets So czysto
roslinnym preparation, zmieszanym z
OLIVIA; poznacie je pc oiwkowym ko-
lore.
DR.. Edwards spedziI dlugie lata po-
miedzy pacyentami cierpiacymi ma dole
gliwosci watroby i zoiadka, a Olive Tab.
lets So skutecznym tych study6w wynn
klein.
Bierzcie jedna Tub dwie co wiecz6r
przez tydzie6. Zobaczycie o lie lepiej
bedziecie sic czuG i wygladae. 10c j 25c
oudelko. We wszystkich aptekach.
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1918-01-17

wywolalo pecherze. Jest to przedziwny
csynny, skutk uiacy srodek. Spr6bujcis
tyiko przystosowac go ma sztvwny kark
wy%wtchniscie, stiuczenie. bolace musku
~ / gardio, bolace stawy. odmrozenie.
neurSlgie, bole w krzyzach I kiocia. a
nigdy bez tego Arodka ME oocjdzlecte
sic, Zawsse bedziecie mice go W domu
ma n~ieprzewidzia ny wypadek.
Me potrzebujecie posylac pc bezplat-
ma paczke MIN kupicio paczke pcinei
wartosci. Jednakowo5, jezeli chcecie
pacZke darmo. to posiana wan bedzia
besplatnie przez fabrykantow "a otrzy-
manienl waszego nazTiska l adresu.
Ola czeeo cierpIec przygnebienie | bole.
Zapobiezcio i'm przez ~CsmpholIn. Cam
pholin sprzedawany jest przez wszy-
stkich apteksrzy, soc pudeako, aldo po-
slane bed1ie wprost "a otrzymaniem
kwoty, przez Bartz Drug Co, 80 Mon
roo ave, Grand Rapids. Mich.
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1918-01-17

= Odrowsz! - z ~msciwym wyrazem zawo-
lai Jaksa - to mi zaplaci "a wszystkie nedze tel
wloczsgi, z ktorej powracam. Juscic, gdy go
Scinac beda, wpuscicie mnie W podworze, abyrn
i ia popatrzyl.
Nikosz re wstretem jakimS spojrzal nan i ME
odpowiedziai mic.
- A W Krakowie o tenn wiedza: spytas
Jaksa.
- Me siychac! - rzeki lakonicznie Nikosz.
Niespokojny, dluzej sic ME puszczaj2c W -oz-
move i ME zapraszajac do wdow;czki, Nkosz
~wymkna} sic nazad do zamku.
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1918-01-17

ke ma prone Zu-
pe}nie darmo.
Macie zupeine
prawo do jednej
b ezplatnet pacz-
Xxi. Ma pierwsza
przystosowan 1 @
~wzdrygnie c 1 g
sic. Bole 1 zapale
ME znikata. Me
ma smrodliwego
zapachu musz-
tardy. oleiu aibo
cohy
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1918-01-17
Przepedza B6l
pod niebiosa.
Compho!in, ten nowy div ma wywych.
niecie, bole j doleglwosci.

Ten nowy. naukowo spreparowanv
erodek ma ulzenie kazdego b6lu Jest
Campholin. Me potrzeb ujecie wcale
brad mas "a siowo. Mozecie dostac pacz-