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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-11-15
LENoX CANNON BURSTS
$500 Damage Results from Peace
Demonstration.

Lenox. Mass. Nov. Reparation
for damage done by the explosion Of
the old Wing cannon a. LenoX late
Thursday night. following tue peace
report, will put a heavy amount on
several persons known TO have been
connected with the affair Although
il was we'll known that no armistice
had been signed, and that the report
had been faxed the leaders OF the
Lenox affair acquired gunpowder and
began firing the old cannon at Monu.
ment square.
Toward II o'clock a stick OF dyna-
mite was placed in the cannon and
fused. When the explosion took place
the force blew most Of the cannon
upward, but one piece was driven
POO feet west and struck the front OF
the country house of Bishop Thomas
+. Davies. which was occupied by
Col and Mrs Henry S Hanes and
Miss Marian Davies. and crashed
through into the building, making O
wreck Of the hall and scattering plas-
ter, pictures and furnishing OIL over
the ground floor Another part went
through the fronts door OF Curtis hotel
causing damage and still another part
tore off a part Of the base Of the
Paterson monument The damage is
roundly estimated at $500.
Parts of the cannon were found yes
terday over wide radious. The
cannon weighed 500 pounds II had
been recently unearthed after SO year.
underground in a location near Ore
4 bed pound and was to have beer
mounted and presented to the town
/ There is strong indignation in Leno'
over the matter and citizens are call
ing on the police to make arrests az
the names Of the men who had beef
firing the cannon are well known
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-11-15
HOW TO USE BucKwHEAT COAL
Directions Issued by New England
Coal Dealers Association.

Boston. Nov l4.-Below is a copy
of the directions for using buckwheat
coal issued by the New England Coal
Dealers Association.
An the business houses, schools,
churches and many other individuals
and Institutions are compelled TO use
this coal during the present season:
No 1 Buckwheat." with little
care. car be burned successful in
connection with the larger sizes of
Anthracite When banking The FIRE
for the night spread a small amount
OF Buckwheat over the top OF the FIRE.
>being careful to leave a thin bright
spot at the side or back Of the fuel
bed. In mild weather some Buck
wheat may be used during the day. A
bed OF ashes should be carried on the
crate TO prevent the fine coal from
running through the ash pit The
amount Of Buckwheat that can be
successfully burned viii depend upon
the draft available and the care exer-
cised in firing, but there should be lit
tie difficulty in using one shOyelful Of
Buckwheat TO four of coarser Goals.
Where the draft Is strong IL may be
possible to burn a much larger pro-
portion of the small fuel Following
are some directions Tor burning buck
wheat coal in your furnace:
l. Storage Provide place for
buckwheat coal in your cellar, either
a separate box or coal bin Don't
mix it with the larger size coal Have
place for each size
=. Day Misture Fire one shovel
7 full Of buckwheat to three or four OF
| larger size.
/ >. Night mixture Use more buck
wheat than large coal when banking
/ fire at night The buckwheat coal viii
+ keep well and will not give ont as
much heat Find by trial how much
buekwheat coal you need>to keep fire
all night Find by trial how to set
the hampers to make the fire keep
Don't close furnace until the fame
appears on top Of the coal
4. Straight Buckwheat Coal With
a furnace OF ample size and good
/ draft buckwheat coal can be burned
alone with good results Start the
fire with wood ANA large size coal
New CRATES ere not needed Shake
down ashes when fire IS hot Stor
shaking ash when first live coal ap
pear Always leave some ashes OF
the crate.
Buckwheat coal will replace from
10 to 30 per cent Of the larger sizes
1t will pay you 10 try it,
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-11-15
sALoME AT OPERA HOUSE
Tonight and Saturday, One Perform
ance each Gay.


A magnificent mounting of the story
Of the scrpural siren "Salome' with
Thedl Bara in the title role will be
oftered by William Fox for the first
time at the Opera House Friday and
Saturday nights one performance
daily will be given.
The cinematzed version of "Sa-
lone" is said to have cost one million
three hundred thousand dollars TO
produce. 1t was eight months in the
making. over three thousand people
are in the cast Eight hundred artis-
ans were required to build its mas
siye sets
Several years ago the single per
Torrance of "Salome" created a SEN
sation at the Metropolitan opera
house New York. So far reaching
was the impression made at that time
that the fair cruel daughter of llerods
wicked wife, is now familiar to all
The William Fox production OF tn,
scriptural siren, while excluding oh
lectionable features of the stage pro
ducton surnasses all other massive
spectacles. as the world war surnass
es, the iaunt to get Villa
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-11-15
DRUGGISTS STILL ASKED TO
CONSERVE STOCKS or VAPORUp |.
NEEDED IN FLU" DISTRICTS

turally, no new accounts can be open
ed during this rush.
Samples AND INFLUENZA
BOOKLETS FREE ON REQUEST
We have prepared a little folder
giving all the information available so
far on Spanish Infuenza-its origin
the symptoms and the treatment. and
these viii be forwarded to druggists
on request. We will also be glad to
mail to any individual one of these
booklets, together with a quarter
ounce sample. free.
HOW TO USE VAPORUE IN TREAT
ING SPANISH INFLUENZA
In every case call physician--Va.
poRub should be used only in connec.
tion with the physicians internal
treatment. Apply hot, wet cloths over
the throat, chest and back between
the shoulder blades to open the
pores Dry lightly and rub VapoRub
well in until the skin is red--spread
in thickly and cover with hot flannel
cloths Leave the bed<eoyering loose
around the neck, as the body heat re-
leases the ingredients in the form of
yapors. These vapors, inhaled with
each breath stimulate the lining of
the air passages TO throw off the' in
fuenza germs. In case Of head or
chest cold. which often accompanies
influenza, the yapors tend to keep the
air passages open. loosen the phlegm
and make the breathing easier. In ad
dition. VapoRub is absorbed through
and stimulates the skin, attracting the
blood to the surface, and thus aids in
relieving the congrestion within.
HOW TO USE VlcK'S VAPoRuB AS
A PREVENTIVE
1t is questionable il there is any
thing which will prevent Spanish IN
fuenza, except avoiding those persons
who are spreading the disease by
coughing, sneezing and splitting, and
by keeping up the bodily resistance by
!. plenty of good food and exercise in
the open air. The Public Health Serv
ice recommends that the nasal pas
sages be coated with a weak solution
of Menthol in liquid petroleum as a
. protective. For this purpose Vapo-
Rub is excellent Just put a small
portion up each nostril from time to
time during the day and snuff well
back into the head
: KEEP FREE FROM COLDS BY IN.
HALiNG VAPORUB.
+ Colds irritate the lining of the air
passages and thus render them 4
much better breeding place for thu
; germs. At the first signs of COY
use VapoRub at once Melt little |
, spoon and inhale the vapors arisin
. or VapoRub can be used in regul
, benzion steam kettle, such as mf
druggists carry in stock. II this
! not avilable, very good substit
+, TO use is an ordinary tea-kettle.
= half-full of boiling water-put in hh.
+ a teaspoon OF VapoRub from time to
;. time-keep the kettle Just slowly boil
ing and inhale the steam arising.
/ THE WICK CHEMICAL COMP
+ ANY, GREENSBORO, N. C..
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-11-15
THREE MILLION JARS
SHIPPED DURING
OCTOBER

On Monday, October q, we address
ed an advertisement to the wholesale
and retail drug trade, advising that
we were badly oyersold, due to the in
nuenza epidemic, stating that all deals
and quantity shipments were post
poned, and requesting that VapoRub
be purchased in small lots only. This
condition still prevails.
AT this writing we have back or
ders for eighteen thousand $4,000
gross and our orders each day are
double our daily output. The cpl
demic, however, is decreasing in most
sections, the demand is slackening
and we are working night and day TO
catch up. IN the meantime, we ask
the trade to be patient with us.
ENORMOUS SHIPMENTS HAVE
WIPED OUT EXCESS STOCKS
On October 1st we had on hand at
the factory and in twenty warehouses
over the country a tremendous stock
Of yapoRub. accumulated during the
summer months. This is now gone
we actually shipped during the month
of October over three million jars OF
VapoRub. We are speeding up oul
factory as much as possible and the
problem now is to distribute the fac
tory's output as quickly as possible
We have, therefore, for the time be
ing, abandoned freight shipments anC
are shipping either by Parcel Post OF
express-trying to give each jobber al
least a little stock
IMMEDIATE SHIPMENTS TO DRUG
( GlSTS IN INFLUENZA DISTRICTS
Preference is being given to thosI
sections stricken by influenza. In or
der tosreach these sections as quickl!
as can be, we are. during this emer
4 gency, making shipments by Parce
4 Post, direct. to the retail trade, of no
more than three (3) dozen SOC size il
any one shipment We prefer tina
the iobbers order these shipments 70
their trade, but to save time we will
! If the need is urgent, ship direct OIL
receipt OF check or money order Ma
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-11-15
YANKEE DIVISION
Also Known as 2sth Division, Con-
talns BENNINGTON Boys.

leiiNo LcHHiH8tON pogSs
Guy Harmon. a member OF the 2Sth
Division. a Bennington boy. who has
been in the service overseas for
number of months. found the clipping
which is printed below in an American
paper received by him some months
ago The clipping is of local interest
as a number of Bennington boys are
members of the 26th Yankee Division
1T is year and five days since the
Yankee division was called to the col.
ors in the service OF the nation, and II
lis not quite 10 months since the bulk
of its units landed in France In that
time these guardsmen of ours-the
boys of our fresides and our hearts,
who waited neither for commissions
nor for the enrolment for the con.
scription which was in reality the ma.
TONS willing offer OF itself-have re-
ceived their training, have mastered
every intricacy of their duty, and have
participated in the fiercest fighting
that the war has brought. One OF
their units has achieved as a reward
for signal gallantry and perfect efici-
ency. the unique honor OF the sole
regimental decoration that France has
ever awarded to a foreign organiza.
ton, and now the French commander
singles ont the entire New England
/ division for especial and for thrilling
praise for its part in the second great
battle Of the Marine. This is the way
Gen de Goutte puts il.
With magnificent audacity they
rushed forward with single bond
up to the level of Etrepilly. the
Gonettrie farm and Laval-Mardier
1t was a most sudden attack, which
disclosed all the American fear
lessness. In spite Of the severe bar.
rage and machine gun emplacements
in which the enemy were sheltered
two kilometres in depth We're gained.
They also captured three cannon. a
large type minenwerfer and machine
guns. Besides POO prisoners fell into
the hands of the Americans.
And here is a word from the
French commander which one may
commend to the former critics of the
tin soldiers:
Discipline that filled the Germans
with surprise and admiration ANNA
. ted the attacking sections. They
marched with officers at the side and
with closed ranks, exacting like
French units.
"A phaianx Of victory, disciplined
to the finger-tips brave without g
qualm or mis-giving; ready to die
determined to conquer-this Is the
Yanl.ee Division, and every New Eng
, lander is thrilled to his hearts center
today with pride in IT, But though
, thrilled. he is not surprised We al
, knew what the boys were going to d,
, when we marched with them to IN,
+ station. with the finger OF silence IN
I on our lips, sending them forth t,
\ their great duty without a word o
0 heralding They were Of New Ens
z lands best, and more wars than ont
/ had proved the fighting quality of on
golden youth The hight faith tina
fails not by The way is what sustaine,
and neryed them at Bunker Hill AM
in the Wilderness. and it has com
out strong again by the waters of tn
Marine and the Ourcq
We are proud OF their new glor
and are resigned to the cost--o
which. little by little, we are nov
hearing. We rather seem the dea
that staid behind. Boston Trans
script.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-11-15
DAILY HEALTH TALKS
The Many Mysteries of
Nature
BY L. W. BOWER, NJ. D.

You can take an onion seed and pansy
seed, and plant them side by side in the
same spot of ground. In one case, YOU
get an onion, with its peculiarly strong
odOr. and in the other you get a flower Of
rare beauty. You can plant a poppy seed
and get opium Ga dangerous, habit-forming
drug, or you can plant rhubarb seed and
get something that helps constipation.
No scientist, living or dead, can explain
these mysteries of Nature. Behind the
invisible life germ.in each seed is hidden
the deep secret that nobody understands
Everything growing out of the groUnd
seems intended for some use in establishinc
natural conditions. DR., Pierce, OF BuSa'e
N. v, long since found out what
naturally best for women's diseases.
learned it all through treating thoUsaEd
of eases The result OF his studies was
medicine called DR.. Pierce's Favout,
Prescription. This medicine is made 81
vegetable growths that nature surely inc
tended for backache, headache, weakening
drains, bearing-down pains, periodical II
regilarities, pelvic infammations, and for
the many disorders common to women in
all ages OF life. DR.. Pierce's Favorijc
Prescription is made of lady's slipper root,
black cohosh root, unicorn root, blue
cohosh root and Oregon grape root
Women who take this standard remedy
know that in Dr. Pierces Favorite Pre-
scrption they are getting a safe woman's
tonic so good that druggists everywhere
sell it.
Favortc Prescription should have the
full confidence Of every woman in America
because it contains no alcohol and no
narcotic, DR.. Pierce knew, when nc first
made this standard medicine that whiskey
and morphine are injurious, and so he has
always kept them out Of his remedies,
Send Zoe to DIR. Pierce's lnvalids' Hotel,
Buffalo, N. Y for triafpkg. Tablets,
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-11-15
CONSTIPATION POlsONS

the blood. Perfect elimination Is IT.
dispcnsable to health. Stimulate ths
liver, open the bowels, and get the sys-
tenn into q good habit by taking Hoods
Pills, the old reliable family cathaui
Do not irIitate nor gripe. Price .5p4
\ an druggists or promptly by mai u
T.. |. Hood Co.. Lowell, Mass.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-11-15
BEEF eARoNs CRITICIZED
British Food officer, Major Waldorf
Astor, Scored Them.

London, Nov l4-ln a discussion
IN the House of Commons yesterday
concerning the food question and
control of the meat supply, the Ameri
can meat trust was criticized severe
ly. Major Waldorf Astor, parliament
tary secretary TO the food ministry,
said the trust controlled more than
Go per cent of the available and i'm
portable meat supplies. However he
added. the interalled food council
which would buy in the worlds mark
et would be able to dictate to the
trust il necessary and would be able
10 fix reasonable prices for consumers
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-11-15


won't finally have to gouge, pick.
jerk or cut out your corns. If you
want the pleasure of getting. rid
of a corn. be sure TO. get. Gets
It." 1t is its wonderful formula
that has made "Gets-It' the corn
marvel that it is. used by more
millions than any other corn treat
ment on earth. A few drops on any
corn or callus, that's all. 1t can't
stick. 1t is painless. eases. pain.
You can kick your "corny" feet
around. even in tight shoes, and your
corns won't cruelty you. You can
so ahead and work, dance, live, love
and laugh as though without corns.
"Gets-It," the guaranteed. money
back corn-remover, the only sure
way, costs but trife atany drug store
MID by II. Lawrence Goa chicago Ill
Sold in Bennington and recommends
as the worlds best corn remedy b,
W. l.. Gokay, Bennington, Vt.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-11-15
APPEAL FROM AUSTRIA
To Permit Austrian Subjects in Turk,
ey to stay There.

Washington. D c., .sov l4-Austria
has asked President Wilson to use his
good Offices with the allies to secure
a modification OF the Turkish arms.
tiee terms. so as to permit several
thousand former Austro hungarian
subjects now in Ottoman territory to
remain there instead OF returning
home to add TO already serious food
Noblems.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-11-15
"Gets-lt," a Liberty
Bottle for Germs!
There's Only One Genuine Corn
eler"-That's "Gets-It."

Ever peel a banana? That's tho
way "Gets-It" peels off corns. It's
the only corn treatment that will.
~Gets-It lis a guarantee that you
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-11-15

influenza Epidemic is Decreas-
ing in Most Sections and The
Demand is SIackening But
We Are Still $4,000 Gross Be-
hind On Orders and it Will
Take Some Time to Catch Up.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-11-15

WANTED once. chairs to cain.
Herman a.. .l.,gs. t. llS Beech street
tol. 2ps-., 1910
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-11-15

TO RENT-Stores, Offices. tene-
ments. shops, stables. individual stor-
age lockers, furnished apartments and
rooms all centrally located. Geo. NJ.
Hawks, 425 Main street. 16tt
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-11-15
WANTED

WANTED-A good new mich cream
cow II. Nj. Russell, Phone 46S-M.
.glTF
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-11-15

LOST-Saturday small black
leather card case containing $40 bill
and So bill. Finder Will be rewarded
upon return of same to Banner Office.
45t6s
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-11-15

TO RENT-Furnished looms. steam
heat. gas. electric lights, bath, hot
water. also storage for cars. Inquire
cut Price Market North st, tel. 482-N.
4itb9
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-11-15
LOST

IOsT-Between Dewey street and
Archie Kinks black pocket book
containing SIS In bills and change
Finder please return to Banner Office
and receive reward. 1870
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-11-15
TO RENT

TO RENT-Furnished rooms at 23i
North street. call after o'clock.
l5t6-
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-11-15

One who scOrned her died:
others, mad for want of her.
she sent TO perdition.
Lust of possession and
power was her creed; seduc-
tive charm her handmaiden.
DO NOT MISS 1T!
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-11-15
LOW PRICED ADVERTISING
ron sALn

FOR SALE--Young pigs. J. II. Peters
North Bennington, Phone 1875.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-11-15

.NN i,NTiRR CIRCUS WAS SUR
SIM Ep ron A SEASON To
MAEN AVAILABLE IT'S MEN
AGE,tiE
Sncciailv peslgned Mechanical and
i1lprfricnl ContriVanccs Produce
the Great storm aud other Novel
Effects
5000 PERFORMERS
10-BIG ACTS-10
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-11-15

FOR SALE-Cabbage and pie pump
kins for sale at A. IL. Winslow's, $40
Main street. VII
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-11-15

FOR SALE-Full blood Red Bone
dog, months old, and two ferrets. H..
" Fowler, Lyons ST. 4Stb'
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-10-19

glers too, and then when mothers
ring struck against the wall, he
thought we were trying to shoot,
so he shot up in the air first.
Uncle buds going to stay a
whole week, dad, isn't that grand,
and we're planning out lots of
things to do because it's vacation
now, and anyhow he wants us to
get somebody to stay here with us,
SO III tell you all about it later.
Jimmie.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-10-19
eERMANVs SCIENTIFIC AReU-
MENT FOR WAR.

Through a slight difference in
translating Darwin's great scien-
tific book which traces the growth
and development of all plants and
animals and then shows what the
great laws are back of all history,
the Germans have grown to be-
lieve that power and might are the
greatest things in the world, in
stead of cooperation and helpful
ness as we believe. And SO they
believe that the nation or race of
people that can prove themselves
he strongest and mightiest, is the
nation which should conquer the
world and have everything as they
say. While we believe that every
nation has some particular quality
which is needed in its place, and
that the best system in the world
will be for all nations to join to-
gether in world league and then
give the best that they have to each
other. America can give al her
new inventions, England can give
Mans took up the idea and printed
her great commerce, France and
Italy can give their art, Germany
can give her efficient science, ia
pan can give her oriental beauty,
and so on with all the countries.
But to show how Germany has
come to have that belief we must
explain about Darwin's book.
Darwin was an Englishman and
since the Germans had to trans
late his ideas, this is what they
did: When he said there is a
struggle for existence" the Ger
mans took up the idea ind printed
in vivid words how two little ma
pie trees spring up side by side
and have a life and death struggle
to gain more nourishment or sun
shine, and then one finally proves
stronger, gains the advantage and
lives while the other dies; the
same with two rival business
houses and with two rival nations,
until they believe and teach their
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-10-19
CAUSES OFTHE WAR.

children that the stronger should
live and the weaker should die.
They think that the way the
world grows better is for mighty
people to push ahead, and starve
out the weaker people, SO that only
the strong ones are left. And they
believe that it is the duty of a
strong nation to conquer all the
other nations and make the weak
er ones do as they think best.
Goethe, one of the greatest Ger
man authors, says, war is an ele-
ment in the life of mankind which
cannot be dispensed with. The
law of the stronger holds good ev-
erywhere. The weaker succumb."
Another author, Bernhard, in
his book Germany and the Next
War;" which was written in 1911
says, might gives the right to
occupy and conquer"
But that is not all that Darwin
means, for he says that after there
is the struggle to live, the ones
succeed who are the most fit, not
necessarily the strongest.
A huge burly robber may be
much stronger than the old white
haired judge who tries the case,
but the judge goes out of the court
room free to live and be with his
family, while the robber is put be-
hind iron bars because he is not
fit to be free.
A powerful lion might break
loose from a circus in the midst
of a city, and the beast would be
far stronger than any human being
in the throng, but the animal is
not as fit to live as men and
so lions must stay behind iron
bars, while civilized people build
comfortable homes, and beautiful
cities, and live together in peace
and harmony.
The oak tree is said to be the
strongest of the forest, and yet in
nature itself, oak trees take their
place beside naples and pines,
elms and ash trees in quiet harmo-
ny. And although Germany may
wish to be considered the strongest
nation in the world, the German
people must learn that they merely
must take their place beside other
nations, that they must lay aside
their guns, and live beside the 9th.
er great nations of the world as
helpful neighbors, not as lordly
conquerors.