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The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1918-07-25

~ NUVV " 0VUNIUSs tt9 ~
John j. Sookine is a member of the
Russian commission sent to the United
States a year. ago by the Kerensky
government. He. has been on q trip
to Paris and has received many mes
sages from Russia concerning the state
Of affairs there. Hs feels that the
masses Of the Russian people realize
they have been betrayed and would
welcome assistance from the allies.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1918-07-25
Takes the Cash. Too.

From the Baltimore American.
Mrs. Bing's new baby is Just in the
fashion,
t''IIow do you mean7"
1T is such a red cross affair"
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1918-07-25

Alaska Is still Under a territorial
form of government with officers ap-
pointed by the president and laws made
by congress. Persons living in the
territories do not vote for rSesident.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1918-08-08

The whole civilized world-in which
Germany is no longer i~ncluded-will
rejoice at the d%eliverance of the city
it holds so dear. Paris survived the
German occupation of 1871, to be sure,
but in the present temper OF the Ger
man armies there is no assurance that
they would pay as much respect to
its safety as they paid then. And
even if they stopped short Of actual
destruction, they would do an incred-
ible amount of damage and secure all
the plumber they could take away.
The French people have had to en-
dure four years of well nigh incred-
ible trials. But theyLave been saved
this browning indignity.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1918-08-08
THE ISSUE: WIN THE WAR

Chicago Daily News--Patriotic re-
publicans will heartily subscribe to
the position taken by Chairman Hays
no partisan issue should be
raised as to anything that touches the
war. Candidates in every congression-
al district should be judged first on
the basis of their loyalty and their
fitness to help win the great struggle
for Justice and democracy. The right
thinking voter does not care partic-
ularly whether the next congress Is
republican or democratic, provided it
is earnest, strong, capable and con-
structive. and provided it is deter
mined to cooperate with the chief
ecutive in every wise effort dictated
by the necessity of winning the war
and saving civilization.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1918-08-08

Ella Lindskog, appeared and, at her
bidding, the Daisies, a group OF SIX
Business Girls. prettily ~costunhed, gave
their dance. AS they took thelr
places in the background the butter
flies came on and after huttering about
lowered near the daisies while the
Love Bees, Wild Roses and Woodland
Sprites. appropriately gowned, went
through their parts. Then the pioneer
man and woman became a factor in
the new regime" and after they had
felled the trees a group of pioneers
PLAYED their merry games.
In the third episode the parts OF
the Spirit of Patriotism, the Spirit
of State and the Spirit of Town were
taken by Miss Hazel Mears, Miss
Blanche Thayer and Miss Alice Lang
don. respectively. In this scene a de-
cidedlv modern touch was given by
the Red Cross tableau, the Farm
e~rettes. and the Trades Peoples Glee
present by the Business Girls. High
School Girls. and girl scouts. The
flag salute and the singing Of The
Star Span2led Banner by the whole
cast completed it.
The credit for this successful per
Torrance is due largely to the WORK
and enthusiasm of the director, Miss
Frances Knutson and to Mrs. Powers
and the Presbyterian orchestra foG
furnishing the music. While the pa.
geant was given principally for rec
reation and fun it was decided to
take I'D a collection and use enough
of the proceeds to send one delegate
to the conference of the Young Won
ems Christian Association to be held
at Lake Geneva, Aug, 20-30, and do
nate the remainder to the Red Cross
ambulance fund. Between the second
and third episodes DR.. Harris very
effectively explained this matter and
a splendid collection of S71.4O was
taken by the Camp Fire girls.
At the meeting Monday evening
Miss Hazel Mears was elected to &c
as the Geneva delegate and it was
voted to use $50 of the pageant funt
toward paying her expenses.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1918-08-08

Manson Democrat-Talk about max
irg money fast, but we've got some
thing in paper that has proved 3
money maker beyond anything we
ever had in the house. A ton of bond
paper was received here on the last
day of May, bought at a certain price.
Having quite a stock of the same bond
on hand, we have not used any Of that
ton as yet, but in the less than sixty
days it has been in u warehouse II
has increased in value-that Is, II
could not be bought on the market
today for less-just SIS. Just suppose
we'd have had the price to buy 10(
tons of that bond less than three
months ago! 1t would have netted u!
$500 without turning over a shee
of it. What we would like to know l!
who makes all the extra money IL
that paper? Is 1t the men who tot
to make it, the men who sell it t
. the wholesale houses. or the railroad
that haul it. or do they all get thei
"bit" out Of 1t? Maybe some govern
| ment commission" could answe
: these questions.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1918-08-08
THE GREAT AMERICAN ARMY

Review of Reviews-When all the
difficulties on both sides are duly con-
sidered it is fairly certain that the
military historians of the future will
give America far greater credit for
rushing the first million troops TO
France. at this unparalleled wal cri-
sis. than to the German leaders for
the magnitude of their concentration
of men and materials on the west
front. No such feat of transportation
has ever before been regarded as pos
sible. And it is the more remarkable
in view of the fact that America was
at the same time relied upon by Eu.
rope for such vast quantities of food
and of military materials. 1t would
require a volume of a thousand pages
to tell in any detail the story of this
transfer of Americans to Europe
men and boys who a year ago for The
most part were quite ignorant of MI
itary matters and were scattered
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across this peaceful continent, en-
gagged in many pursuits, or In none
and living in every town and county
of our forty-eight states. Nor are they
merely an assemblage of human ma
terial in uniforms-a mob of home
sick youths without discipline or teen
meal requirements. Their average
physical quality is exceptionally gooo,
their initiative and morale are prob
ably equal to those of any other like
number of men in any army; and
their discipline and technical train
ing are amazingly complete for a body
of soldiery thai has as yet had SO lit
tie experience under fire. The pro
cess of associating them temporarily
with the French and British armies
("brigading') is very rapidly supply
ing this need of actual experience.
Already the Americans in France
not for 1919, as we had promised, but
for 191S-are as solid a reality as any
reinforcements ever were in a crit cal
campaign. The American arrival de
clare the Allies-is the great military
fact of the war.
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BE 10 DECEIVED

With victory perched on the arms
of our nation. as our boys battle on
the fields of France, there is a chance
that we may fall into a train OF
thought regarding this war that will
be misleading and deceptive. Law
yers in courts and men in other
places are saying that the wal is many
miles away, that it is something re-
mote and apart. This is an extremely
dangerous attitude to take, when as
a matter of fact, it is the great alb
%,sorbing, close-at.hand, imperative
event that is affecting every vital
chord of the life of our nation. 1t
calls for every personal effort and
sacrifice, because it is in fact right
here in our midst, a part OF u daily
life and thought. Just a few days
ago an attorney in Minneapolis made
the hackneyed thousand mile of" as
,~sertion in the court room and the fed
,eral judge presiding called that law
,yer down in terms that could not be
mistaken. Though miles may sep
,arate us from the boys who are Civ
ing their lives to win this war, oul
hearts and souls are with them anC
Jour hopes are right behind them. L
as only when we get this personal at
,titude in the support Of u 1ghtin,
,legions hat we can give them thu
backing that will keep their morale
PUP to the high pitch which success
full wal demands. We must get thu
fact driven into every fibre of oul
Thought that this war is a present
immediate and personal matter will
each and every one of us. That W.
who furnish the supplies and the sym
pathy, must be just as much in dead
ty earnest as the boys who fire thu
cannon and drive home the bayonet
W. can only do our part heroicall!
when We keep this thought of the wa
being right here constantly before GU
eyes and rooted deeply in our minds
and hearts.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1918-08-08
DUTY TO SAVE GRAIN

Every t%hresherman and farmer
knows there has been quite a loss of
grain in years gone by during cat
ting and threshing, some of it care
~lessly, some otherwise. 1t has not
seemed so important. but these are
different days. Today it is up to us
to help keep the world from starv-
ing, and every thresher knows, and
every farmer should know that the
government is trying to reduce this
waste of grain. Do. you realize that
while this terrible war has cost the
lives of 4,250,000 soldiers, 4,750,00
old men, women and children have
died of starvation without any of the
glory of war? Are you willing to dc
all you can to help reduce this awful
tragedy?
1t is not that the grain you save
alone will amount to so much. bui
when your mite is added to millions
of others the total represents a tire
mendous number of bushels.
The u. S. Food Administration ask:
the thresher to: Properly repair hi!
machine, if possible, to use a canva:
under and around the machine; ant
to keep up the necessary power ant
speed.
Both the thresher and the farme
to-: Encourage threshing only whel
: grain is entirely fit; discourage tn
tendency to rush threshing operations
and insist on careful and regular feed
ing of the machine.
And the farmer to: Rake shoe
rows to save loose grain and encoul
age the use of tight bottom bundl
racks.
The State Council of Defense orde
is also very plain as to these cond
tons.
One county agent reporting say
that most machines have been put |
good condition, and that nearly a
: farmers are responding Loyalty to tn
methods of saving. At the close
. sets the grain cleaned up average
l four bushels, and the saving for eac
t load in the tight racks was over on
}. half gallon.
There are considerable over or
t hundred machines in Bookings cou,
y ty. Figure the number of loads ar
t sets per day and see what you hav
p. ". Finley.
Chairman Co. T%hreshing Committe
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1918-08-08
HI CROW'S-NEST


Who will dare say that the Ameri-
can volunteer is not capable of be-
coming an efficient soldier. Our
company of Home Guards have quail
flied as "shock" troops within less
than two months.
% g 9
Cheer up you people who are in
clined to grumble about the hot
weather, the katydids have been max
ing the nights vocal for nearly a
week and that usually means a frost
within six weeks. Then will be oc
casion to worry about something else
@ o. @
The casualty lists from lover
there" begin to indicate that oul
South Dakota troops have been il
the thick of the fight on the Marn(
front for the last week or two. VI
to within a short time ago the cas-
ualties have been comparatively few
and only among those who have beef
in detached service of some kind
The fr;ghtfulness Of war will b,
brought home to us sooner or later.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1918-08-08
BUSINESS GIRLS PAGEANT

At the urgent request of many peo-
pie the Business Girls Club decided
to give their pageant, America, Yes
terday and Today" on the college
campus instead of the Fishback lawn
as had been planned, in order that
more people might be accommodated
and in spite of lack of advertising Of
the change a good crowd had assem-
bled when the performance began at
eight o'clock.
The pageant consisted of three cpl.
sodes. depicting the life of the three
general periods of American life. In
the irst episode the part of the Spirit
of Indian Days was taken by Miss
Alice Langdon. whose monologue
was accompanied by several Indian
dances given by the Dacotah and Ga.
tala Campfire girls. In the second
episode the Indians had disappeared
and the Spirit Of the Wilderness. Miss
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1918-08-08


The items in this column are furnished
the Register by the press correspondents
Of the various churches and societies. All
churches and societies have the same privi-
leges in the use Of this column
First Baptist Church-Service Sun
day morning with sermon by the pas
tor, Earle V. Pierce. In the evening
the union services will be held here
and it is expected Rev. Mr.. Kennedy,
who has been in Y. NJ. c. A. mission
airy work, will speak.
First Church of Christ, Scientist
Services every Sunday at IL o'clock
a. m. Subject for nex Sunday is
Spirit" Wednesday evening meet
ing at s o'clock. Reading room open
Wednesday and Saturday from 2 to
4 o'clock. All are welcome.
Methodist Notes.-The pastor will
preach Sunday morning. Union SER
vice Sunday evening in the Baptist
church. All welcome.
Presbyterian Church Notes-There
will be the usual Sunday morning SER
vice at 1890, the Rev. NJ. T. Ken
nedy will preach. Sunday school as
usual and union services in the eve
ing at the Baptist church.
The Ladies' Aid Society of the
Presbyterian church will meet in the
church parlors Thursday, Aug. 18th,
Mrs. Squirting, Mrs. Peddicord, Mrs
Davis and Mrs. Martin will entertain
st. Thomas Guild will be enter
tanned by Mrs. H. w. Perkins at hel
home, sos Fifth avenue, Thursday
Aug. 18th. A large attendance OF
members is requested by the hostess
The Ladies' Aid Society of the Bap
fist church will be entertained in the
. church parlors on Thursday afternoon
= August 18th. The entertaining com
mittee will be Mesdames E. E. Nc
:. Knight, E. H. Beatty, R. S. Bosler, F
. f. Youngberg and Geo. P. Hall.
= United Presbyterian Church Notice
= Preaching next Sabbath at 1925
a. m. Sabbath school immediatel.
following. Young Peoples meeting il
{ the evening at 700. Union meeting
! in the Baptist church at 500 p. m
u Notwithstanding the heat the attend
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1918-08-08
ANOTHER FAMOUS VICTORY

Pioneer Press-The blow that was
10 crush France. discomfort Great
Britain and utterly defeat and discour-
age America has been turned into bit
ter defeat. But Germany has won a
famous victory. She has torpedoed a
hospital ship on which were 600 sick
and wounded. The result of the bat
lie, II is admitted even by London,
was an utter rou for the British.
The forces attacked by the gallant
Jars Of Prussia, with the exception
Of a few female nurses, were lying
pn their backs in their berths en-
.ased in bandages and splints. The
attack, It is said, took them by sur
prise, and no resistance was offered.
But the morale of the defeated forces.
lying on deck. waiting to be taken off
as the ship was about to sink, is de-
scribed by witnesses as too fine for
words"
And still there are those among us
who preach that we can tame the Hun
by treating him daily with liberia
loses of the Sermon on the Mount
Srhere may be something in this the
Fory. At least we hope so. We hop'
20 be spared the unpleasant task o
stamping him out as 1t is occasion
ally necessary to stamp out other will
animals. But it is a safe proposition
when tanning q brute devoid Of eve
as faintest traces OF chivalry. to 81
cure him first in captivity lest he en-
lis course of education prematurei
~ devouring his trainer.
That Is what our armies today Al
<ioing. They are working toward II
captivity OF those beasts Of Prussl
whose fertile minds have devised Il
undry and various Ways Of murderin
on-combatants in their peaceful pu
uftu. 81 "nnishing or wounded 90
Iiers IL their beds and Of playir
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ance at the union meeting last Sab
bath evening was good but evidently
some people forgot that the little
church, had room and good seats foI
a whole lot of people who were not
present to occupy the seats. DR.
Pierce, the new Baptist minister. gave
a splendid, helpful sermon which
everyone ought to have heard. we
were glad to welcome him to our city
in this service.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1918-08-08
DISAPPOINTING

Kansas City Star-The German
leaders are terribly disappointed to
learn that America and Japan are in
cordial agreement on Russian inter
vention. They had hoped that Amer
lea and Japan would turn out to have
German principles in dealing with
each other and therefore would end
up in a row.
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yellow on the field of battle. But
pacifsts who would treat the Hun
with the Sermon on the Mount before
he is reduced to a state OF captivity
will find him in the gas-f1ooded
trenches of France, or they can easily
attract his attention by disclosing the
location of a land hospital or a hos
pital ship.
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.w. s. s..

The German minister of marine an
nounced that the submarine was a
failure and in the next mail he re-
ceived a doctors certificate that his
health was too precariOus for him TO
continue in the stress OF public life.
German ministers must be puppets
for German military autocratic
thought.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1918-08-08

Germans are reported as compelled
to smoke beach and cherry leaves,
which we judge from an experience
some years ago is an improvement on
the German cigar.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1918-08-08

Reports of girls shocking any mum
Der Of acres of grain are current in
all of the papers. other stockings
do not get into the news columns, but
they are noticed just the same.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1918-08-08

For once the so-called kaiser is CON
.servative, he says. "our victorious
armies have not yet succeeded in en-
tirely breaking u enemies will
Very true, and very sad for Willie.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1918-08-08
OPENING AN ACQUAINTANCE

This is a promiscuous sort OF
neighborhood. For instance, we know
nothing whatever about the people
next door"
But we soon will, dear. | sent
Eliza in there this morning to borrow
some baking powder."-Baltimore
American.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1918-08-08
PARIS DELIVERED

Philadelphia Public Ledger--What.
the final outcome of the furious
lighting in Champagne, It is already
clear that Parir has been saved. II II
could not be reached by any Of the
German drives q far launched. there
is no prospect that It will be hereaf
ter. with conditions less favorable
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.w. s. s..

Germans may think our boys toe
handy with the bayonet, but they dc
not know that it is a natural habit
acquired from the use of the pitchfork
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1918-08-08

A Boston paper says that music will
win the war, but as the alleged kaiser
has found that chin music will not do
il. we can imagine that it will be the
music of the spheres that will bring
il about.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1918-08-08
SIS j..

The would-be kaiser has quit whist
ling to keep up his courage and gone
to singing at the top Of his voice to
drown the haunting fears of defeat.
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tw. S. SO

Gas masks are being used in many
places besides the trenches, and in
time we may see them as personal
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1918-08-08

King George says he looks very well
in that s14 suit he recently purchased.
that We had the kingly grace
to look likewise.
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CHURCH NOTE


The items in this column are furnished
the Register by the press correspondents
OF the various churches and societies. All
churches and societies have the same privi-
ieges In the use OF this column
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1918-12-26
AMERICANS FIGHT
GERMS IN ITALY
tuberculosis Experts Sent by
Red Cross win Use Lat
est Methods.

Included In the. unit OF medical and
lay workers which the American Red
Cross has sent to Italy are a number
of the leading anti-tuberculosIs work
ers of the country. sponsored by the
National tuberculosis Association.
DR.. William Charles White, who heads
the unit. is medical director of the
tuberculosis League Of Pittsburgh.
and DR.. Robert II. Bishop, the assist
ant director, is secretary of the Anti
tuberculosis League of Cleveland as
well as health commissioner of that
city. DR.. John II. LOwman of Cleve-
land, a former president of the Ma
tional Association, is another promi-
nent member of the unit. Others are
DR.. Robert G. Patterson, secretary of
the Ohio tuberculosis Association /;
Seymour H, Stone, until recently sec
rotary of the Massachusetts Anti-Tu-
berculosis League; DIR. Gertrude Stur-
gis, secretary of the New York City
Association of tuberculosis Clinics,
and N. A. Nelson, superintendent of the
Cincinnati Anti-Tuberculosis League.
These men and women, at the re-
quest of the italian government, will
cooperate with that country in apply
ing the latest approved American
methods for combating the spread of
tuberculosis. Some of them will be
charged with the establishment of
clinics where people of all ages may
be examined and treated; others will
devote their attention particularly to
preventing tuberculosis among chill
dren, and a third group will develop
health publicity and education.
1t is to the credit of the anti-tuber-
culosis campaign In America that 1t
has produced specialists Of such inter
national standing that italy wishes to
call them into her service temporarily
But the campaign will be continued
unremlttingly here at home. Its sup
port during the ensuing year will be
derived not as heretofore from the
sale of Red Cross Christmas Seals, but
by a special appropriation made by the
Red Cross to the National Tuberculo-
sis Association. tuberculosis workers
on their side will line up with the Red
Cross in it's Christmas Roll Call for
universal membership.