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The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-20
News Of Memphis
10 Years Age.
Twice Told Tales
20, 1908.


Dispatches from Berlin say the rumor
is broadcast that the emperor is broke,
despite his income of $40, 900 an
nually.
The estimated loss of trade Of Aus
tria since the Turks began their boy
colt several weeks ago is SIS, 900, 900.
Memphis will be presented with a new
charter by politicians at the next meet
ing of the Tennessee Legislature.
Count Zeppelin has been decorated by
Wilhelm for his exploits in developing
the Zeppelins.
Irish potatoes quoted today at s5
cents a bushel; flour 50 per barrel. sugar
Az cents per pound, lard IL cents per
pound, Eggs 30 cents dozen, live turkeys
Is cents and dressed turkeys Is cents.
DIR. Eugene E. Haynes will return
from a trip to. Mexico City Monday
night.
Secretary of War and Mrs. Luke E.
Wright will spend the Christmas holi-
days in Memphis.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-20
Just a Moment
DAILY STRENGTH AND CHEER.
Compiled by John G. oulnlus, the
Sunshine Man.

Once as I toiled along the worlds
rough road,
I longed to lift each fellow pilgrims
load.
I yearned to smooth all obstacles
away,
And make the journey n glad holi-
day.
Now that so much of life's long path
Is trod,
| better know the purposes Of God.
AS | come nearer to the final goal,
| grasp the meaning Of the Over-Soul.
This is the message as 1t comes to me,
Do well the task thy Maker set for
thee.
Cheer the despairing-ease his load a
bit,
Or teach him how he best may carry it;
But do not lift it wholly, lest at length
Thy too great kindness rob him of his
strength.
He wrongs his brother who performs
his part,
Wake thou the sleeping Angel In each
heart; .
Inspire the doubling soul to search and
find,
Then go thy way, nor wait for those
behind. .
Who tries may follow, and the goal
attain;
Perpetual effort is the price Of gain.
The gods made room upon the heights
sublime,
Only for those who have the will to
climb.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-20
The Public Be SerUed
(REe.u ia " oEE.
81 K.C.B.

WITH A bunch behind him.
ALL DRESSED as Friars.
AND THEY wanted a table.
AND I got it for them.
AND THEN I woke up.
AND YESTERDAY morning.
LOOKED in the dream book.
AND IT said in there.
ANY DREAM.
I'm WHICH George cohan figures.
us SURE to come true"
AND THEN 7 got my mail,
AND THERE was your letter.
AND ALWAYS after this.
I'LL BELIEVE in dreams.
AND I'm glad you're coming.
AND I just want to ask you.
IF YOU'LL please be good.
AND NOT throw things.
AT THE Lambs table.
BECAUSE YOU might miss them,
AND AT the other tables.
THERE'LL BE a lot of people.
WHO ARE all dressed up.
AND I'M going to be there.
WITH ALL my dogs on.
AND YOU might hit me.
AND 1 was hit once.
WITH A piece of burberry pie.
AND YOU should have seen the mess
IT WAS simply awful.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-20

All things seem rushing straight into
the dark
But the dark still is God.
George Mcdonald.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-20

Men talk much of giving their spirits
to God: they talk somewhat of giving
can satisfy God and man, by saying
that they present their spirits, which
no man IAN lay hold Of, and their souls,
which are only observable in their out
ward acts; but they refuse to give their
bodies, for the most part, because this
would cost them something palpable;
this would involve what even men call
"self-sacrifice." II. W. Webb Peploe.
Dayton, Ohio.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-20

| saw him In the street car. He vas
stout. n blond, of erect bearing. The
ends OF his mustache turned up sharp
ly, He muttered softly to himself, with
n cultural accent. as he covertly con-
suited some closely written memoranda.
"Umpi" said | to myself, "rhese
are suspicious times. IN keep an eye
on you"
The car filled, People were standing
in the aisle,
Suddenly the mar | watched put the
papers IN his pocket n looked up,
An elderly woman stood before him.
He sprang to his feet, startled, and
exclaimed;
"a beg, your pardon, madam. Take
this seat"
| was mistaken. He was not a Ger
maj spy.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-08-15
FREE SPEECH

The firemen are in the engine
house playing checkers, comparing
baseball scores, and gassing about
politics. A man appears in the door
way and addresses them as follows:
You are dupes. The government
you work for is owned body and sole
by capitalists who use it only to ex-
plot you. There is no need of a fire
company anyway. People would put
out fires voluntarily if left to them
selves. If you had any manhood and
self-respect you'd quit this job The
firemen laugh, josh the speaker and
go on playing checkers.
But next day they are fighting a bad
fire, choked with smoke, showered
with sparks, drenched with water,
carrying the hose into what may be a
death trap. The orator reappears on
the scene with megaphone. The fire
men don not laugh then. They de-
mand angrily of the police captain:
why don't you shut that fellow up?"
If the policeman does not they resent
it. They feel the administration
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-08-15

which calls upon them to sweat and
choke and permits them to be insult
ed while they are about it insults
them itself. In time, with repetitions
Of that experience, they are not so
jealous in attacking fires as they used
to be.
No amount of seditious talk in the
United States would stir up any really
dangerous physical resistance to the
government. Whatever resistance
might develope the government could
easily put down. Our government
does not actually need sedition laws
to protect itself from it's enemies. It
actually needs them to justify itself
to it's friends. 1t is the policeman at
the fire.
We go on the supposition that mil
lions of normal American citizens re-
act to common conditions substanti-
ally as we do. The government calls
upon us all to meet the war. If it
permitted people to stand round and
insult the effort-on the silly and ig-
norant theory that anybody must be
permitted to say anything he pleases
on any occasion-we should have a
poor opinion of it. So unquestionably
would vast number of other citizens
who want to be loyal, and inevitably
their zeal would suffer check-Sat-
urday Evening News.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-08-15
Obituary
Martin Jahnke

At the age of 80 years, months and
81 days, Martin Jahnke passed away
at the home of his son Herman on
the farm east of North Freedom. De-
ceased was born in Germany and
came, with his wife, to this country so
years ago. They Immediately settled
upon the farm where he died. A few
years ago the only son, Herman, took
charge of the farm. His parents, how
ever, have always made their home
with him. About two years ago Mr.
Jahnke was first bothered with heart
and kidney trouble and he was pa
tient sufferer. Last Thursday he sui"
fered an apoplectic stroke, which
ended in death Wednesday afternoon
about o'clock.
Besides his wife, deceased leaves
one son, Herman, on the homestead
and six daughters: Miss Minnie
Jahnke at home, Mrs. Fred Smith an
Mrs. Richard LANCE Of Beloit, Mre
Louis Miller of Honey Greek, Mrs. &c
ward Hamburger of Stetsonville, an
Mrs. Adam Arnold of Baraboo.
Funeral services Saturday Afternoon
August 10, at the home at 1 O'cloc
and at the German Baptist church
North Freedom at 2:30 o'clock, r.
Christian Dipple officiating.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-08-15

DR.. Harvey Wiley, at Washington,
one of the country's leading authori-
ties on dietetics and health, sees a
new race of supermen in the United
States and a decadent, undernourished,
deteriOrating race of interiors in the
central powers as the chief biological
and psychological result of the war.
Peace and luxury impair racial eff
ficiency; war and hardships and con-
slant struggle develop it, provided
the people are properly nourished dur
ing the process" said Dr. Wiley.
when the war is over and America
and her allies victors, we will see
greater America than we ever
dreamed Of A race that will go into
a death struggle with no plan of ma
terial gain must show spiritual growth.
1t would be crime for America to
slip back into her riot of high living
and high eating after the war We're
eating less today and the children of
today, when they grow to manhood,
will require less. After we have won
health through the voluntary sacrifice,
let us treasure it as the grea jewel
won in the war"
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-08-15
BARABOO WEEKLY NEWS
2 E z. P SIZE EditOls and Propriet0rs
SUBSCRIPTION RATES
Thursday, August IS, 1918
| lesson IN THE RUMELY CASE

A charge that great daily news
paper in the nations metropolis has
been conducted by German money for
more than two years has just been
lodged by federal prosecutors. 1t is
charged that this newspaper was
bought by German cash for the plead
ing of the German cause in America.
With the nation at war this newspa-
per ran in our largest city-ran for
nearly year in the heart Of our peo-
ME at war. The whole lesson of this
RumeIy case is this: If there is a
single chance for German propaganda
of any kind in America, Germany is
taking that chance. We must be alert
every minute, watchful every second.
We cannot afford to be uncertain in
any direction. We must know there
is loyalty and we must have the proof!
We must have a United America, and
those who will not unite with us must
be pilIoried as our enemies !-Ameri-
can Alliance for Labor and Democ-
racy.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-08-15
O c o 2 . o } o o j
THURSDAY
o o o o o o o o o K

Captain Carl Swinson came up this
morning from Waco, Texas, for few
days furlough.
Mrs. Flanders of Portage has gone
to Kilbourn on account of the illness
of her mother, Mrs. Wenkman.
Miss Alma Paske went today to
Lodi to visit friends. She was accom-
panied by Private David Mounge, of
Camp Robinson, who has been here
several days.
Miss Ruby Hoffman of Madison is
visiting at the Charles Rote home.
Mrs. George S. Bloom of Madison is
visiting at the same home
Mrs. H. E. Cole has returned from
a trip to Pierceton, Ind. She reports
very hot and dry weather in that por-
ton of the Hoosier state.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. Higham of Madison
have been visiting their sister, Mrs.
J. Tillotson, few days. They re-
turned home yesterday. The trip was
made in their car.
Rev. w. H. Garfield of Grand Rap
ids, Mich, killed large rattlesnake
on the south shore of Devils lake.
The extremity was adorned with
eleven rattles and button. The Wis
itor at the lake is camping with the
family of ]. W. Harrington.
Bee owners in Richland county
state that the honey crop is a failure
this season and hardly enough will be
produced to supply the bees through
the winter, Buckwheat blossoms may
give the beas chance but the crop
of clover and Eastwood honey is al
most nothing.
Despite the volumes and the miles
of columns that have been printed
about everything pertaining to the
war, hIw many Americans realize
that the whole empire of Germany
could be put away inside of a single
American state? Texas could contain
all of Germany and have room enough
left over to accommodate New York
and New Jersey.
Frank Porter of Portage, who was
nearly drowned Tuesday night in Dew
lis lake, is in the same condition to-
day as yesterday. He is being cared
for at the Baraboo hospital.
Mr.. and Mrs J. E. Stekl yesterday
received from their son, Lieutenant
Clausen Stekl, box of souvenirs from
. France. In addition to several French
and German coins and other articles,
is a wicked looking automatic gun,
similar to the colt revolver used by
our army officers, that was taken from
German during a recent drive. To-.
| day Mr.. and Mrs. Stekl received a.
gas mask from their son. The affair
was sent in a metal container which
was packed in a small wooden box,
| the cover of which was almost COM
pletely destroyed, having been appar-
| entity ripped open for inspection. The
mask itself looks as though it had
seen much usage and is probably the
oldest part of a soldiers equipment.
The mask received by Mr.. and Mrs.
Stekl still retained a strong Odor Of
gas.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-08-15
His Abundant Admirers
Dog Fennel

Some bards may blurb of lilies fair, OF
asphodels and roses,
But / sing of the dog fennel that IT'LL
lateS our noses
With doors old that call to mind a
food of recollection
And bring our childhood back again
in dreamy retrospection.
With acrid smell that humble weed a
miracle doth work us,
And takes us back to youths glad
time, the day when came the circus.
We live again those joyous hours when
we escaped our mammas
And carried water for the yak, the
zebra and the llamas.
And having won our way inside we
marveled at the wonders,
And almost laughed our fool heads off
to see the old clowns blunders.
Those days are gone, and ne'er again,
my sere and ancient brother,
Well see a show as grand as that
they'll never make another.
-Tennyson J. Daft.
(Kansas City Starr
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-08-15
William Hill

William Hill, who formerly resi-.
here, died Tuesday at his home
Neoska, Kan, at the age of IS yes
He was one of the early editors
the Baraboo Republic, but for mi
years past had been a banker in K
sas. He leaves three brother, jar
and E. K. of this city, and Douglas
of Hood River, Ore, and two sist
Mrs. La Mar of st. Joe, Mo-, and J
Albert Petteys. Another sister, n
Newton Clark, died recently in Orc
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-08-15
Mrs. Julius Jacobs

Funeral services for Mrs. Julius J
cobs were held at the home on s
ond street Thursday afternoon, Re
E. C. Henke officiating. The SINCE
were Mrs. Walter Draper, Mrs. JUL
Unternaher, Henry Griep and Os'
Iverson, with Mrs. A. A. Johnson
the organ. The pallbearers were
C. Hacker, H. J. Sturdevart, Villa
Voss, Eugene Bonnell, Elmer Voss .
Glen Simonds.
Interment was in the North FIR
dom cemetery.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-08-15
AN ARTISTIC TRIUMPH

AIN AN 10 ~ ] F1tONiF7
1--WE had the baby's picture took
luther day." related Gap Johnson of
Rumpus Ridge, Ark. wife had quite
time trimming him up in a clean
flour sack, sticking his hair with hen
oil, pinning back his ears, as it were,
wiping his nose, and so forth, and
when we drug him into the photog-
rapher's stupidity he shore looked as
pretty as a circus horse. I reckon the
reason he kept smiling was b'cuz of
surprise at his own condition. Tenny-
rate, the result was so pleasing that
when we brung the pictures home
none of the rest of the children reck-
erniZed the little cuss a-tall."
+ + + /
[ know man, a kindly man,
With manners mild and pleasant,
Who always says what good he can
Of everybody present;
Who speaks of absent persons, too,
With the same kind intention,
Delighted of what others do
To make a friendly mention.
He never says a bitter thing
In speaking of another,
A strangers praises he might sing
AS if he were his brother.
Kindness is duty he contends,
For that's the way it strikes him,
And, oh, he has host Of friends.
And everybody likes him.
-Somerville Journal.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-08-15
* - = * * = * * *
* / HAVE THE -
* KAISER'S GOAT *
* =
* * * * * * i * *
SOUND ADVICE

Hitch your wagon to star,
Fix your gaze on things afar.
Crack your whip with ringing shout
But do not leave your endgate out.
-TennVSOn !. Daft.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-08-15

DEArv.TO-TAkE and ready-to-cure
1.-two great advantages of Hoods
Sarsaparilla. 1t is made from the
purest AID BEST INGREDIENTS
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-08-15
OfQrbe0mS

The Dodge City Globe speaks proud
ly of the purity of the water in that
city, which recalls to the Hutchinson
News that not so many years ago
there was no water of any kind in
Dodge City.
i + i J.
"Well, say!" calculated Skinny
Simpson, 'I don't see how an elephant,
eating peanuts one at time, can get
'em down fast enough to keep from
starving to death. But, doggone him,
he does it,"
The Atchison Globe says Centralia
boy in the navy became very seasick,
and on his recovery wrote to his ia
Their, saying, Fl don't blame Jesus
for learning to walk on the water"
i + + +
His Abundant Admirers
Someone has said" remarked the
presiding elder, "that man is not
wholly bad if his dog has confidence
in him"
eff that's the case I'm shore all
right" returned Gap Johnson of Rum
pus Ridge, Ark. give got nineteen
dogs, and they all pear to think we'll
of me-"
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-08-15

Annie Catherine Pachyderm at the
Villas park zoo is prodigious fun, and
Madison cildren are enjoying her
hugely. Thousands mirthfully paid
their respects Sunday and Annie pa
tiently absorbed peanuts all the live
long day, together with fruits and
sweets. A loaf of bread she at once
took into her mouth and disposed of
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-08-15
Tbs and 06af

A Baraboo resident says that per-
sons should be mere careful when the
national airs are played. He says he
notices that often remain sitting while
Trey should stand. The rule is OBJ
served in most cities and is one that
should be followed
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-08-15

ton about mining is at the head of
the whole coal business.
And, if no suffering comes from lack
of fuel, let commentator go where it
belongs.-Madison Democrat.
+ / / +
Untimely Tempe natures
The summer time is all a bluff
Whose ways we sadly note.
Oh, take away the palm beach stuff
And bring my overcoat.
Washington Star.
+ + + i
STILL WORSE
Some folks write verses just like this,
And are by men accurst;
And some keep silent who should sing
And subsequently burst.
-Tennyson j. Daft.
7 I i I
A certain Emporia man, the Ca
zette says, is undecided whether to
let his wife have a surgical operation
which will guarantee her social sue
cess, or to fool away his money on
another wildcat oil well.
I ! + i
Another clown followed a goat, a
f1imsy cord connecting them, the man
wearing raiment to make him re-
semble Uncle Sam. On his banner
were the words:
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-08-15

Here o. D. Brandenburg walked in
to the large mercantile establishment
owned by Kruger Brothers to see
William Kruger, member Of the firm
whom he had not seen since they left
the university. Mr.. Kruger did a
vain job of Guessing, not being able
to tell who stood before him. Thirty
or forty years make great changes in
a personality and many times beyond
the range of recognition.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-08-15

The two cities of Neenah and Me-
nasha are situated on Doty island
and lands across the two branches
of the river. Each of the cities owns
about half of the island and often
neighbors but a few feet away reside
in a. different city. Efforts have been
made to unite the two places but
without avail. They are much like
Sank City and Prairie du Sac in tenn
permanent and it will probably be a
long time before consolidation is
made.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-08-15

Are you still worried over coal? If
so, remember Who'll has control of the
business, and don't blame mine own
ers. They are only secondary fac
tors. The censure, if any. must be
passed on to Washington, where a
gentleman with no practical informa-
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-08-15


When Clark Dwinnell entered the
Nehs grocery store at night he exer-
cised considerable adroitness. In or
der to prevent the glass in the door
from making a noise he pasted a
sheet of fy-paper over the pane. He
evidently had no difficulty in remOv-
ing this, but was not SO successful
with the next one, for it remains with
the fiy-paper still clinging to it. Aft
er removing the first pane he easily
lifted the iron hook that kept the door
from sliding back. A wooden pin
held the other end of the door, and
in order to remove this he procured a
long wire, eventually pulled out the
fastening and then pushed the door
back. This pin is near the pane Of
glass he did not remove. From all
that has taken place he evidently
knew all about the secrets of the rear
Of the store. From midnight until
morning officer NeitZel kept on his
trail and much credit is due to his
persistence in keeping after the youth,
at last arresting him at the lake.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-09-19
REUNION OF
HAM FAMILY

The ninth reunion Of the Ham
family was held at Cambridge
Grange hall Saturday, Sept. 14th.
1918.
After a bountiful dinner served II
the banquet hall the following pro-
gram was presented by A. H. Ham
Chorus singing; prayer. Rev. F. E.
Ham: duet. Hattie Ham and Lucy
Thornton; song, Margaret Robinson;
trio. S. G. Ham, Hattie Ham and
Lucy Thornton; recitation, Mary
Ham; original poem, Mrs. F. e.
Ham; trio, Helen, Hazel and Ruth
Ham: recitation, Flora Ham; letter
from Nate E. Carpenter read by
Rev. F. E. Ham; Rotations. Eliza
beth, Stanwood and Louise Ham;
remarks, Rev, James MacKellop;
singing. America.
1t was voted to purchase a service
flag. Voted to hold the next reun-
ion at the home Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Hira Ham, Guilford, on the last
Saturday In August. 1919. There
were ~ present.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-09-19

The Bar Harbor Times of Satur-
day. Sept. Ia contained the following
announcement of the engagement OF
Carl A. r. Lewis of this city. OF the
United States Naval Reserve. and
Miss Florence NJ. Emery of Bar Har-
Dor: AT party of the I. a. +.
girls given at the home OF Mrs
George L. Emery on Friday evening
the engagement was announced OF
her younger daughter, Miss Florence
NJ. Emery, to Ensign c. A. r. Lewis
Of the U. S. Naval Reserve. Miss
Emery graduated from the Bar Har-
Dor High school last spring and is
one of the most popular young wo-
men in town Ensign Lewis IS a
deck ensign on the L. s. s Orizaba
and is now on his third trip over
seas. The wedding will take place
in October"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-09-19
GOODRACING OPENS
THE FAIR AT MACHIAS

Machias, Me, Sept. 1s-The
Washington Count Fair opened
Tuesday with large attendance
and a fast track. The racing was
good. the rs class going five heats
The summary:
go, Mixed. Purse s200-Won by
Vasser c. (Jackson); Evelyn B.
(Haley), second; Robert B. South
ard), third. Best time a.19 IA.
2.2s, Mixed-Won by Col Sphinx
(Southard Myrtle Rysdyke (Gal-
Bride, third. Best time. PA Ia
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-09-19


Glorious Adventures" Pathe Wa
News: Mutual Ora IA; Billie Rhodes
Comedy. Delightful Entertainment.
Glorious Mac Ma.;h gIorifies any
play in which she appears. She
comes o-day to tho Colonial Theatre
in her west Goldwyn photodram;
THE Glorious Adventure" all her
unique individuality and her remark
able histrionic ability will be coupled
with a 'ay Of originality and power.
The little star has never been 20
fortunate in her choice of a chara ctar
as in The Glorious Adventure" she
is precisely the sort Of girl she depicts
with surprising skin. In previous
GoldWyn productions there have been
flashes Of this doubly adorable Mae
Marsh, but only flashes. As Carey
Wethershee. the girl who sought ru-
nance on the open road. she is all
Mae Marsh. all the girl who plays on
ones heartstring like the wind IN
the willows.
She does not suggest an actress
trained to so through the emotions
" tiic l'di oiic - play IllS, pul ~ real
girl such az everyone knows. Mae
Marsh's art comes perilously near de-
flying analysis, SO lucid is it AMI so
close to the heart Of life
The balance Of to-day's program is
even better than usual. In the Pathe
War News flour days old there ere
many new scenes of the Great War.
The Mutual Drama is very pleasing
and the Billie Rhodes comedy. Cupid
in Quarantine IS scream. The fea-
ture will be shown once in the after
noon and once in the evening. start
ing at 7.45 7. NJ.
Tomorrow Charlie Chaplin in The
Cure" Saturday: First episode Of
Hands Up" Mrs. Vernon Castle in
THE Mysterious Client" ADV.