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Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-08-21
Is Anyone Old In New York?

In Bruce Barton's novel, "The Max
ing of George Groton," the author
says: mo one is old in New York.
They drain In every year from all
parts of the country-millions of men,
young and vibrant. They stay and
work. and grow into middle age; and
then suddenly they vanish. One may
walk for blocks on Fifth avenue or
Broadway and hardy see anyone over
fifty. Where do they go to? No one
seems ever to die; no funerals clog
the traffic. There are plenty Of fu-
nerals, of course, but you don't notice
them as you do In a little town. /
have wandered for hours in the big
woods, wondering where the birds go
when they die; and never yet have
run across the body Of dead bird.
What becomes Of old birds7 What be
comes of old New Workers? These are
twin mysteries to me. cannot unrayeI
them"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-08-21
Receiving First Aid.

and very thick at the other. The thick
end is studded with sharp steel spikes,
while through the center of the club
there is a nine-inch lead bar, to give
ii weight and balance. When you get
a prisoner all you have to do is just
stick this club up in front OF him, and
believe me, the prisoners patriotism
for Deutschland ueber Allies" fades
away and he very willingly obeys the
orders of his captor. If. however, the
prisoner gets heightened and refuses to
follow you, simply persuade" him by
first removing his tin hat, and then
well, she use of the lead weight In the
persuader Is demonstrated, and Tom
my looks for another prisoner.
The knuckle knife is a dagger affair.
the blade of which Is about eight
inches long with a heavy steel guard
over the grip. This guard is studded
with steel projections. At night In
trench. which is only about three to
four feet wide, 1t makes a very handy
weapon. One punch in the face gen.
orally skaters a mans jaw and you
can get him with the knife as he gees
down.
Then we had what we called our
"come-alongs." These are strands Of
barbed wire about three feet long.
made into a moose at one end; at the
other end. the barbs are cut of and
Tommy slips his wrist through a loop
to get a good grip on the wire. II the
prisoner wants to argue the point, why
Just place the large loop around his
neck and no matter II Tommy wishes
TO return to his trenches at the walk,
trot. or gallop. Fritz is perfectly agree
able to maintain Tommy's rate Of
speed.
We were ordered TO black our faces
and hands. For this reason; At night.
the English and Germans use what
they call star shells. sort Of rocket
affair They are fired from a large
pistol about twenty inches long. which
IS held over the sandbag parapet Of the
trench. and discharged into the air.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-08-21
CHAPTER XVI.
AM Quiet t?l on the western 'FRONT.'.

All Quiet (?) on the Western Front
At brigade headquarters l happened
10 overhear a conversation between our
G. o. c. general officer commanding
and the divisional commander. From
this conversation I learned that we
were to lombard the German lines for
eight days, and on the first of July the
"'big push" was to commence.
In a few days orders were issued to
that effect, and 1t was common prop
erty all along the line.
On the afternoon of the eighth day Of
our "strafeing," Atwell and I were sit
ting In the front-line trench smoking
flags and making out our reports Of the
previous nights tour of the trenches,
which we had TO turn in to headquar-
ters the following day, when an order
was passed down the trench that Old
Pepper requested twenty volunteers TO
go over on trench raid that night to
try and get a few German prisoners for
information purposes. l Immediately
volunteered for this job. and shook
hands with Atwell, and went to the
rear to give my name TO the officers in
charge Of the raidlng party.
was accepted. worse luck.
At Gas that night we reported to the
brigade headquarters dugout to receive
instructions from Old Pepper.
After reaching this dugout we lined
up in q semicirele around him. and he
addressed US as follows:
"All l want you boys to do IS to go
pver to the German lines tonight, sur
prise them, secure e couple Of prison
ers. and return Immediately. Our ar
uIlery has bOmbarded that section Of
the line for two days and personally
believe that that part OF the German
trench is unOecupied. so just get cOu-
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-08-21
Difference Between Enemy
Alien and the Alien Enemy.

The distinction between the terms
"enemy allen" and "allen enemy" ap-
pears to be lost on a large number of
persons, who use the term interchange
ably as having the same meaning. An
enemy allen is any person who is cit
izen or subject of one Of the countries
with which the United States is at war.
So long as he Is we'll behaved. observes
the laws of this country and neither by
gpeech nor act attempts to injure this
eountrv or aid the country Of which he
"a a subject, he continues to be only
an enemy alien. and IS not regarded as
dangerous. but If he engages or at
ternpts TO engage In any overt ncts
against this country his status changes
10 that Of alien enemy. which puts him
IN the dangerous class and makes him
Ba,,ie TO Imprisonment or internment.
All subjects Of Germany and Austria
living in the United States today are
enemy aliens. but. fortunately. only
snall proportion Of them are such as
nay properly be regarded as alien enc
Springfield Union
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-08-21
Penalties for Profiteering
Fall on Foodstuff Dealers.

Notwithstanding HOOver's handicap
in having to work with volunteer
and unframed detective force. more
than 800 penalties for profiteering
have been imposed on licensed dealers
in fo0dstnffs during the last ten
months. These are the big fellows"
About 10 companies and individuals
have been ordered to quit business for
limited period and more than 800
have voluntarily made money pay
ment. usually to the Red Cross. or
have temporarily abstained from doing
business rather than risk more drastic
penalties
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-08-21
Cheese, Good Solid Food,
May Take Place of Meat

In 1881 we shipped abroad nearly
100 100000 pounds Of cheese in 1914.
Just before the war cut Off our trade,
we shipped only 2.500000, says William
Leavitt Stoddard in the Mothers Mag
azine. We simply did not appreciate
cheese, and we came to rely on other
nations for our supply. We relief on
foreign cheese makers to such an ex-
tent that whereas In 1900 we bought
only 13.5OO.0O0 pounds from abroad, in
1914 we bought ceariy five times as
much, or 64.OO00OO rounds, much Of
which could and should have been pro-
duced in the United States. 1t is
bound to take some years to reverse
this drift of things. BY legislative fat
or court decree no governments power
can induce folks to eat cheese. Per
hnps the war will do what courts aud
congress cannot.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-08-21

pie of prisoners and return as quickly
as possible"
The sergeant on my right In an I'M
dertone, whispered to me:
"Say. Yank, how are we going to get
couple Of prisoners If the old fool
thinks personally that that part of the
trench is unoccupied, sounds kind of
fishy, doesn't It mater"
had a funny sinking sensation in
my stomach, and my tin hat felt as If
1t weighed about ton and my enthusi-
asm was melting away. Old Pepper
must have heard the sergeant speak
because he turned In his direction and
In laundering voice asked:
"What did you sayT
The sergeant with a scarlet look on
his face and his knees trembling,
smartly saluted and answered:
Nothing, sir"
Old Pepper said:
"Well, don't say 1t so loudly the next
time"
Then Old Pepper continued:
an this section of the German
trenches there are two or three ma
chine guns which our artillery. in the
last two or three days, has been I'M
able to tape. These guns command the
sector where two of our communica-
ton trenches join the front line, and
as the brigade Is to go over the top to-
morrow morning want to capture two
and from them may be able to obtain
valuable information as to the exact
location Of the guns, and our artillery
will therefore be able to demolish them
before the attack, and thus prevent
our losing a lot Of men while using
these communication trenches to bring
up re-enforcements."
These were the instructions he gave
ms:
"Take off your Identification disks,
strip your uniforms of all numerals,
insignia, etc, leave your papers with
your captains, because don't want the
Boches to know what regiments are
against them as this would be valuable
information to them in our attack to-
morrow and don't want any of you
to be taken alive. What want is two
prisoners and If get them l have a
way which will make them divulge
all necessary information as to their
guns. You have your choice of two
weapons-you may carry your per-
suaders' or your knuckle knives, and
each man will arm himself with four
Mills bombs. these to be used only in
case of emergency"
A persuader is Tommy's nickname
for a club carried by the bombers. 1t
is about two feet long, thin at one end
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-08-21
SCIENCE NOTES

A simple typewriter attach
ment has been invented for re-
linking ribbon at little cost.
Concrete bases TO give longer
life to wGrn-out fence posts are
u New York inventors idea.
Sand of different cOlors can be
fed through a new pencil for
children to enable them to draw
outline pictures.
To save labor and space in
large post offices. a New Jersey
man has invented letter-sort-
ing cabinet in which the letters
are dropped into narrow slots
and fall down chutes into larger
compartments,
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-08-21
French Women TenderIy Care
For Graves of American Boys.

Aged French women I'm the villages
in the rear Of the American sector In
Picardy have asked and received per-,
mission to take care Of one or more
graves of American soldiers. The af-
fection with which the villagers regard
the Americans is most pathetic. The
difficulty Of language is swept aside
and the villagers share the American
sorrows and joys. In the villages
where American troops are billeted
and which are In constant danger from
enemy shells. the Americans share
their gas masks with the peasants and
teach them how TO use them.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-08-21
Got AIonn wIthou, M.taIs.

The cliff dwellers knew nothing Of
the use Of metals. Their knives were
made from the bones of the deer,
highly polished and very sharp. Their
household utensils consisted of pot
terry Jars and casks made OF fiber and
covered with substance resembling
modern varnish. Although the earliest
cliff dwelIers were prehistoric, cave
livers have existed In almost every
age Of the world.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-08-21
Drying Plants Save Food
Community Establishment Provides Simple and Convenient Method Of
Conserving Penshabes

Establishment by
for fruits and VEGETABLES i'm
potan of preventing perhabe according United
department agriculture
municipal plants the
other authorities a S
guidance
civic
special community club for
bulletin tells community
community club of
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-08-21

motorcars for private use has had to
be suspended except for the most mr.
gent requirements. America. on the
contrary. is the worlds largest oil
producing country and Is unable to ex-
port more than one-quarter of it's gaso-
line production. To the extent that
gasoline, kerosene and fuel oil are used
for power purposes the supply of coal
Is conserved.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-08-21
!, materials valuable in munitions

9TH materials valuable In munitions
making.
If used as hog feed it will produce:
"one hundred pounds of good, firm,
first-quality pork.
Can you afford to destroy these val
liable products when your government
needs them to help win the war?
Put less in your garbage pail and
take more out. But what must go in
should be kept separate from other
household refuse so il can be used.
Remember Garbage is valuable,
Keep it cleani"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-08-21
Guns From Cruiser Emden.
Most Unusual.

aust met a London chorus girl-one
Of the Gaiety girls, you know"
"Well?"
Rather an extraordinary young
woman, In a way"
How Is that?"
at seems she has never been en-
gagged to a lord"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-08-21
Courtesy

The diner who hSd cleyerly taken
another mans overcoat had Just
reached the door when the owner
tapped him on the shoulder.
Pardon me. sir" he said meekly,
but would you allow me to get anoth-
or cigar from my Goa. pocket. in case
/ do not meet you again?"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-08-21

She-Whch you 20 to ask papa the
first thing he viii do will be to accuse
you of seeking my hand merely to be-
come his son-in-law.
He-Yes And them"
She-And then you must agree with
him. He's lot prouder of himself
than he Is If me.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-08-21
An important Difference.

The gasoline situation In this coun-
try is not TO be compared with that in
Europe. England and France are al
most entirely deoeudent upon imports
Of petroleum projects and the ability
10 import is limited By lack Of ships.
II Is for this reason that the use Of
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-08-21
Not Customary.

Alice--iiOw did
you feel while
Fred was propos-
ing 10 your
Mildred Two
or three times /
felt Ike supplying
the words | knew
he was cropping
for T; but of course,
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-08-21
Achieving the impossible.

Traveller Ga {
door, Madam. |
have a vacuum
cleaner. It
Mistress (ioft-
ny Sorry. but
we always send
our Ngcuurns out
10 be cleaned.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-08-21
Gold In the ArctIe7

There is believed to be an abundance
Of gold In the Arctic, but except on the
Yukon. and 10 a lesser extent within
Arctic Siberia. II has not yet been ex-
plotted 10 sny sppreciable extent
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-08-21

Miss Gusherly parts Of Miss
skreecher's song did you enjoy mOsti
Mr.. Slnnick-The places where she
stopped to catch her breath.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-08-21
on the Lookout.

"Are you going away for the sum.
mcrF"
mo" replied Mr.. Cumrox. "Some-
body's got to stay home A load Of
coal ordered three months ago might
drive up to the house any day"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-08-21


secretary
has
building
Municipal
the specifications Lincoln Nb, II others
o
be
a community a
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-08-21
JUST TO SMILE
A Change Of Linen.

a Change OF Llnen.
husband-You have changed wash
erwomen, | see.
Wife-Yes. How do you know?
Husband-Instead of getting Browns
and Robinson's shirts, l am getting
some strange garments l never wore
before.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-08-21
Tact

that WOULDN'T have been the thing to
do at all.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-12-20

fight is regarded as the first step to-
ward the German revolution. This
mutiny is described by the Vorwaerts
as tHan act Of self defense by $4,000
men against the villainous Pan-GeT-
man plan"
To understand the position" con-
tinues the newspaper, -'it is necessary
to go back to the feTerish propaganda
by the Pan-Germans at the end Of Oc-
tc5er for so-caIled national fight Of
despair. To save their necks they
conceived the idea Of batting the peo-
pie into forlorn hope which could
only end in complete determination.
The death of the doomed eighty thou
sand did not concern these maniacs.
in whose Teckonings human blood
never counted. Their notion OF mill
tary honor was that the whole people
should suffer themselves to be butch
cred rather than undergo the shame
Of defeat"
with their minds STEPPED in the
worship of might. they had no ink
ling Of the revolutionary currents
among the men. Their fendish plan
was to send out the ships to be sac
riiced to the last ship. The news
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-12-20

Miss Lucy Kelley. who is a student
at Maryland college at LutnerVille-
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-12-20
Bull DING up me
SYSTEM After AN
ATTACK OF FLU
Appetite and Strength Re
stored by Wentworth,
Says This Grateful
User. -

q J. =. Bachar, well known Lake Erie
atchman of Fostorio, o.. had beel
dragging around for two weeks" to
use his own words, trying TO recover
from an attack OF influenza. In the fol.
loving signed statement he told Glenn
Eaton, Fortoria's Nerv.Worth drug.
sis, what built him up:
.1IerY-Worth was recommended TO
me BIZ a friend. I had had the influ.
enza and was feeling so weak and out
OF iec could not work. My appetite
vas very poor. Nerv-Worth seems to
be lust the thing for my case as my
appetite is good and am gaining
81. F. BAcHAR.
1927 q. Fremont St, Fostoria, o."
The Nerv-Worh demonstration at
ost0ria adds to the above Mr.. ga.
chars verbal statement that he took
only hah 4 bottle OF Nerv-Worth to
gel such welcome results. HIr. Bacslal
t1lther added that he began taking
slgsWort1 on a Sat friday and 10y the
following Monday he was abb to 50
toEork
NerY-Worfh Demonstration J. G. Eng.
and, who has just concluded a strik.
tngly successful Nerv-Worth demon.
lTatlon at Day ton, o., confirms the
oStoria Testimony. He says not o7iy
That SIerv=Worth helped to rebuild
those whom the influenza had knock
ed out over there bu5 that among tie
iIllany known to him as users OF NerV
Worth not one took the disease.
one should go dragging around"
after an attack Of weakened grippe
5ben 1TegV Worth is available az an
bun DER Your dollar back il Nerv'
Srug store sens Nerv-Worth in Fair.
Ilont
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Personal .


Mrs. Fra1k Tichnell OF Market street
spent Thursday with her sister, Mrs.
Ciaud Tich1 ell at Hoult.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Shetchberry
have taxc1 apartments at c. A. Pow
ellis in Raymond street.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arch Corbin. who re-
Gently moved here from Akron. Ohio,
have move:3 [ othe McDougal property
IN Market street
Ernest Steele and son. James. Of Cor
aopolis. Pa, were in the city today
They returned to Little Falls on the
evening trair-
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Steele OF L5ttl2
Falls male 4 business trip to TIE city
today.
Miss Louise Leonard is i'll at her
home in Gu1fy street.
Miss MnXine Ccomhs OF Ferry stree
is recovering from an att2c!. OF tnfu-
erz:.
c. E.. co1man of Salt Lake CITY
Utah. is Wishing his sister. E1rs p NJ.
carDents-. in Market street
EIrS. My.t!e Thonen of MeWech"n
spent Wednesday with Mrs T. ~.
CARPENTER.
Alex Patton of State street is stiu
ILL., Mr.. P2ttcn has been i'll for some
tire with influenza and combinations
Mrs. ". S. Schoo!ey OF LLOYD stree:
went to Jpr!.s HopH'n hospital at Bal
t;moze WeGE "sGay. where she will uz.-
se-So II operation.
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IRE0R IITL0U 70.
HHP French FARM
Vest Yirgin1an Extension
Department Head Draft
ed for Service.
slloRGANToWN, ". Va, Dec. 10

1EORGANToWN, w. Va, Dec. 20
Director G. 3. Titlow. for years head
u the agricultural extension service
n West Virginia, received today a
message from DR.. Kenyon L. Butter
led requesting him to report in Paris
as soon as possible for overseas duty.
Din B1tterfield, the well known or
ganfZer Of International fame, is now
IN France having in charge all voca-
lionaI and agricultural work in the
United States army abroad. France
gions and Director Titlow has been
requested to act in the capacity OF a
regional director.
This request comes as a source OF
satisfaction to West Virginia Untver-
tsity and Is a recognition OF Director
Elbows seven years service in organ
cultural and rural life leaders as one
the United States.
Seven years ago the agricultural
extension division Of West Virginia
University had but one man in its SER
yice and an appropriation of bu1 $1,000
Tor extension work. Today the depart
ment has in West Virginia total OF 1T
deld agents and supervisors, score
of clerks and stenographers, in add
ton TO many farmers institute work
ers employed for a short time. There
are now farm bureaus organized in
Gfty counties Of the state with an ac-
tive membership of approximately 90
900; more than 10000 boys and girls
at sIse
turaL Gus; 1900 women are men,
lbers of farm women's clubs. and by
recent survey it Is shown that from
soto IS per cent. OF all the epople OF
the several counties are being reach
ed By the service. The United States
DepaF1ncnt OF Agriculture greatly as
slsts IN this important work by fur.
nislliRga large portion Of the finances
also through the help of special.
lists stationed within the state.
Director Titlow says in a statement,
given out to-day that this remarkable
growth IS due largely to the efforts
OF especially trained and we'll quail
led super1isors and field agents that
lEye 50 faithfully assisted in the work
and 10 the fine spirit OF cooperation
Gown 10y every man and wo:aS3 ana
every orsau.2ztica OF the state inter.
ested IN tbs buildirg OF great rura:
slifsgir West Virginia.
Director Tftiow is Eow in conference
ESith officials OF the University and
7cR tifoe United States Department OF
sgrfcrltrre. IS ne is Joint reDrese9
taGve Of both oIga7 izatioas relative
to the adyis2biity of a release from
the l@rge extension program as now
spsasze1 for 1919 to serve as one OF
directors 10 organize the work in
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Continue Bazaar.

The ladies' Union of the Central
Christian Church still have a number
OF pretty and useful articles left from
their last Saturdays bazaar. which
they will pace on sale Saturday af-
ternoon ard evening IN the window Of
the South Side pharmacy. They will
also have food exchange If con1ec-
ton with the bazaar. and win havo
homemade pies, cakes. bread, etc.
Returned from Ohio.
Mrs. Hannah Jones OF Diamond
street arrived home Thursday from a
visit OF several weeks at UricsvilIe,
Ohio. where she visited her daughter.
Mrs. o. s. Nichols. and son Charles
Jones and their families
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spread IKE wndare-
"'At the Last stage Of the war are
We all to be killed. they asked
The Officers harangued. cajoledp
in vain. Three times the order was
given. It was difficult position for
men with no backing but their feeling
Of solidarity. A thousand were i'm
prisoned at WilhelmShayen. The
choice between freedom and inprts-
onment was not difficult. It was rev
olution- It was the irony Of fate that
the Pan-Germans. with what was to
be their last desperate blow. thould
themselves have started the condgra-
ton. It was this last, devilish crime
against the German people that seal
ed their doom"
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AdminIstrn4o-x Anoofnfed Mi

Administrators Appointed = Nike
Doyle has been appointed administra-
tor Of the estate OF Mary Doyle under
bond Of $1,000; oCra D. Boggess, adj
mfntstrator of the estate Of William
c. BoggeSs, $1,000; Domenfck Geran-
do has been appointed guardian OF
Of Joe, aged three. Josephine, aegd
seven, heirs of Frank Gerando, under
obnd Of $50; Margaret A. Hunter has
been appointed executrix Of the last
Will Of George W. Hunter. under bond
Of 81, Geo; While Downs. administra-
tor in the estate OF Jasper Taught.
81. 900: George w. Taught has been
appointed guardian OF William u.
Haught, is, and Edna Pearl LeBlond.
20, children Of George w. Taught;
]. F. Valentine has been appointed
administrator Of the estate Of Mary
E. Valentine, under bond OF $1,000
Miss Lucy Kelley. who is a student
at Maryland college at LutnerVflle.