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The Press., 1918-10-10
UNION

Wm. P. Marcy spent a few days in Hartford last week.
 Mrs. R. B. Horton spent Saturday with her daughter, Mrs. Henry Lef- fingwell, who is i'll at Stafford Street.
 Mrs. T. o. Newell is caring for Mrs. Leffingwell a few days this week.
 MT. and Mrs. Harry Royce of Long meadow visited her brother, Fred Moore, the first of the week.
 Everett Fisk of Stafford, with Mrs. Rosetta Back of Florence, Mass, called on friends in town the first of the week.
 The following letter was received by MT. and Mrs. Roscius Back of Southbridge from their grandson, Capt. R. H. Back.
 Vichy, France, July 22, 1918. Dear Dad, Mamma and Harriet:
 At last I am seeing France in style. am staying at the Ritz-Carlton in Vichy, which is one of the famous watering places in France. Just what the town looks like, cannot
The Press., 1918-10-10

EOR SALE-A desirable home with modern improvements. situated on West Main street. House has seven rooms with bath running water and electric lights and nearly half acre of land In rear, suitable for Garden Inquire of WILLIS H. REED.
The Press., 1918-10-10
Cottage House For Sale

GRANT AVENUE-Best Residential sect,o,, splendid opportunity to procure good home Liberal Terms MRS. H. L. SULLIVAN 5s Huntington Street, New London, Conn.
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The C. H. Moore Co.
Special Bargain Prices ON SUBSCRIPTIONS
 GOOD UNTIL NOV. 10th.

Nearly all of the magazines are going up in price. By subscribing now you will save your dollars Club rates for two or more magazines at a reduction.
 We agree to meet or beat all prices made by other agencies. All orders placed now will receive special attention. while later in the rush of the season, with shortage of labor in all publishing houses. there will probably he difficulty in getting subscriptions started promptly. Come in and let us give you prices on cluhs or single magazine subscriptions
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FARMERS WILL NOT FAIL
 IN THIS LOAN.
Secretary Houston Says Each Must
 Feel Personal Responsibility.

Secretary D. F. Houston of the Dept. of Agriculture has sent th1S message to the AmNrcan tGrmSr:-
 The 4th Liberty Loan will ROt fail fer lack of support of American far mers.
 That Ia the answer l am giving to those who ask mo what the re- snsnse of the American farmer will be. ana making this confident assertion In the face of the fact that the American people are being asked to make a colossal contribution to Aberty-six billion dollars.
 American farmers have demon strAted their patriotic support of the nations great war leans. One of the most striking features of the Sra Liberty Loan was the support given 1t by the farming ana rural popula tiOnS. Net ~nly did farmers Durch&ss lib@rally of the bonds, but the rural communities &s rule. were mere prompt in completing their quotas of the Loan than the larger cities. Mere than 2o,00O cOmMunitiSB in the U. ., subscribed or ever subscribed thetr quotas. Many of them sn the Arst day of the campaign. The majority of these were not cities, but cOuntry districts.
 But we have RSw 6 greater sRert to make, and the responsibility iS mere directly than ever upon the individual farmer The cenditi0Rs throughout the country, particularly in New England. make it impossible to go to tho farmer It is for hlm ts act with full knowledge of the situation that cOnf"Onts the natiSA. Our largest wSr loan has beSa launched. It vii 'ax cur detsrminA~ ten to defend eur liberty and eur Republic at all costs OUr Armies aR the heid are fighting viCtSr1Ously. The forces at hnne are now In an offensive that must not fail With out stint or limit let us buy Liberty bonds that we may attain our Ob- jectfvs-a righteous ana lasting werld Neace."
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say yet, because I have been kept in bed by the doctor until my stitches heal in three or four days. Fritz grOOved me with a machine gun about a. m. on the nineteenth, which was the second day of the big battle. I had one scratch on the right forearm, and one in the small of my back. Both were sewed up yesterday and will be sufficiently healed to enable me to walk in two or three days. In the first four hours I lost five out of six officers, and large proportion of my men. Other than this I do not want to speak now, both because it is forbidden, and because I have not re- covered from the shock. Imagine your feelings, if the same were to happen to your best friends, with whom you had eaten three meals day for six months, travelled with, camped with, been through rain, work and recreation with. It still hurts, and will for some time. I lost no one through any blunder, and we did ac- complish what we set out to do, so there is a little joy left, after all Will write in a day or two again. Lots of time now. With love to all.
 Ross.
 Rock Meadow
 Eddie Webber and two friends of Springfield recently visited at Myron Heck's.
 Mabel Heck of Stafford Street was with her parents, MT. and Mrs Matt Heck, on Sunday.
 Mary Bradway has returned to her work in the Springfield hospital after months vacation
 MT. and Mrs. Geo. Bradway spent Sunday with their daughter, Mrs. Lewis Stanton, in Brimfield.
 Wayland Heck recently received a letter from a soldier thanking him for a sweater that he knit this season. May there be many boys to follow his example.
 Charles Heck with his auto truck on Saturday took load of army blankets to the government camp, South Birmingham, Mass, for the soldiers in camp.
 MT. and Mrs. David Gaudette re- turned home to Wales last week after an absence of six weeks, caring for her parents home while they were on their western trip.
The Press., 1918-10-10
House Cleaning Time

RIGHT NOW Is the time to purchase that ROYAL VACUUM CLEANER, of which your neighbor speaks so highly, Let it be your untiring helper through this Falls ordeal.
 How about worn.out Switches and Fixtures r Have they been attended to Have you plenty of real light? Try our Daylight Mazdas. They protect your eyes
 GILBERT A. WAGNER, CONTRACTOR for Light and Power Wiring.
 Tel. 106-3.
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GIVING OUT The Struggle DiscOurages Many a Citizen of Stafford Springs

Around all day with an aching back,
 Cant rest at night;
 Enough to make any one give out" :"
 Doan's Kidney Pills are helping thousands.
 They are for kidney backache;
 And other kidney ills.
 Here is Stafford Springs proof of their merit:
 Mrs. Henry Crane, 50 Furnace Ave, says: "I think over-wOrk brought on kidney complaint in my case. My back gave me the most trouble. When I stopped sharp pains caught me and I would hardly be able to straighten up. Mornings my back was so sore it caused me great pain and had dizzy, weak spells. I saw DOan's Kidney Pills advertised apd bought some at Jacobsen's (now McCorm- ick's) Drug Store. One box gave me great relief and two or three boxes cured me-"
 6Oc, at all dealers. Foster-Milburn Co.,, Mfgrs., Buffalo, N. Y.
The Press., 1918-10-10
HOME NEWS.
Town Returns to License.

The town on Monday returned to the wet column, the vote probably being influenced by the increase in the tax rate the past year. The borough district voted for license by a majority of 86 and district No. by a majority for no license of 21, mak- ing a majority in the town of 65 for license. Last year the majority for no license was 40, both districts vOt- ing for it, the first by 34 and the sec- ond by 6. The republican ticket ex- cept collector, was elected. The board of selectmen is continued in office finders Jacobsen was elected assessor in place of E. K. Taft who declined to run again. The largest vote was cast on the license question, 623 votes teing counted, while sos was the larg- est vote counted for town officers. Last year the vote on the license was 748, and the largest vote for town officers was 7O1. There were three women votes cast for school committee. The following is the vote in detail, the defeated candi- dates are marked with a t:
 Assessor for three years.
The Press., 1918-10-10

The town report of this year is the most complete of any ever printed by the town. Town Treasurer J, c. Converse makes an extensive renOrt of all the funds he is supposed to have in his charge. In this, his first report, after entering his new duties, he makes a statement of the condition Of affairs as he finds them in regard to the town deposit and Standish funds. Treasurer Converse has made a thorough examination of the rec ords in attempting to locate these funds. He states in his report as follows: "Tke fund does not appear to be in existence and it is the opinion of some people who are more or less familiar with the financial operations of the town that this fund has become merged with other funds in the treas ury and been used for the general purposes of the town. I have been unable to obtain the notes safeguard ing this fund and have reason to be- lieve that they have been destroyed; by whom and upon whose authority have been unable to learn. I have reason to believe that the selectmen, at an early date, will seek instruc- tions from the legal voters of the town regarding this matter, and have notified the state comptroller to that effect"
 During the past year the town debt has been reduced $2,OOO, from $63, 1000 to $61,OOO. The receipts for the year were as follows:
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All Money la Good.

A minister says there is no such thing as tainted money. That's right; all we ever look over our change for is to see that there isn't a plugged quar- ter in the lOt.-DetrOit Free Press.
The Press., 1918-10-10
New Educational Idea.

New Educational Idea.
 For teaching children to read more rapidly Boston man has invented a machine which displays but a single line of printed matter at a time.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-06-10

Brattleboro Citizens Testify for the
90. Public Benefit. ~s.sss,

3
A truthful statement Of Brattle-
boro citizen, given in his own words,
should convince the most skeptieal
about the merits of Doan's Kidney
Pills. If yo usuffer from backache,
nervousness, sleeplessness, urinary dis
orders or any form of kidney ills, use
a tested kidney medicine.
A Brattleboro citizen tells of Doan' 8
Kidney Pills.
Could you demand mere convincing
proof Of merritt l4
w. T. Wentworth, AZ Pine ST., says:
"When ] was motorman on the local
street ears, the jolting affected my kid
neys. The kidney secretions were off
color at times and were otherwise nm
natural. ! had TO pass the kidney Sc
cretions too often and they contained
sediment. felt all tired out and my
back also bothered me with dull pain.
over my kidneys. Doan's Kidney Pill.
have always given satisfactory relief
from these attacks
Price 60c, at all dealers. Don =
simply ask for kidney remedy-ge
Doan s Kidney Pills---the same tha
Mr. Wentworth had. Foster Milbur,
Co., Mfgrs., Buffalo, N. Y.-Adv.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-06-10
BRITISH AIRSHRS
|. 4 GET THREE U-BOATS
Balloons and Plane Make Deadly Score
with Bombs-One Submarine Blown
y. to the, Surface. :.

LONDON, June 9--Aceounts of the
destruction of three enemy submarines.
by British aircraft have been published
here. 1t is explained that the longer
hours of daylight enable seaplanes, air.
ships and kite balloons to assist mater
tally. in hunting down U-boats. Sum
mer conditions favor the submarine
hunters, whose incessant searching Of
the seas forces. German craft to seek
deeper waters.
An observer in British towing bal
loon sighted certain things which, 20
his trained eye, indicated the presence
of Uboat at a great depth. Depth
charges were dropped and the submarine
was obliged to shift her position The
balloon continued to watch and an hour
later a submarine was seen to emerge
Q long distance away on the horizon and
start Smelling a sailing vessel The bal
loon was lowed rapidly to the spot and
in the meantime the U-boat was forced
| to submerge by shots from the towing
vessel. Under the direction of the bal
loon observer the towing vessel got over
the tracks of the U-boat and dropped
nine depth charges, A large quantity
of oil came to the surface, spreading
gradually until it covered an area OF
a square mile.
! A British dirigible sighted a U-boa,
attacking merchantmen. The dirigi
bic reached the spot just after the
boat submerged and dropped bomb
three feet astern. A quantity of oil
came to the surface. The dirigibls
dropped a second bomb, scoring a di
rect hit and lifting the submarine t,
the surface momentarily, after whicl
it disappeared in a pool of oil.
i A seaplane sighted a U-hoat sub
merging and dropped a bomb whiel
brought quantity of air bubbles to tn
surface. The seaplane dropped sec
ond bomb into the center of the ehurne,
water and great quantity of oil cam
, lup. The disturbance continued so Ion
that it was. evident the submarine wa
! mortally wounded.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-06-10

means committee and few Democrats
are not disposed to follow Secretary
McAdoo's suggestions and raise one
third of the money necessary for next
year IS expenditures by. taxation. There
fore, the bill which gets through con-
gress finally may fall short of the S.
900 100000 recommended BY Secretary
McAdoo by a billion or less.
In order to stimulate the purchase OF
Liberty bonds of future issues, it is
thought wise by some members to ex-
empt the. bonds up to par value. OF
$3.50 from taxation. At present in.
comes on bonds up to $4,000 par value
are exempt. In addition, Liberty bonds
of the first issue are entirely non-tax
able.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-06-10
Prevent Caterpillar plague.

The greediest thing on earth Is a
nesting bird. 1t consumes its own
weight of food each day, with daily
gain of 20 to 30 per cent in growth.
Little else than mouth and stomach, it
spends nearly all its waking moments
eating. A young robin in captivity re-
Quires fifty earthworms per day and
asks for more. The progeny Ca nestful)
of a. pair of European jays were OBJ
served by naturalist to eat half o
million caterpillars in a season!
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-06-10
SUGAR MAKING TWO
MILLION INDUSTRY
Crop Raised in: Vermont Suficient {
Keep the Entire State Supplied
With Sweets.

If there is one product for which the /,
state of Vermont is famous, it is maple
sugar, because in the production
of this delcacy, Vermont is the leading
state.
While there has been attached to the
sugar crop much sentimental value, ma
pie products have in late years been
considered a luxury and the importance
of these products in the sugar supply of
the nation is probably not generally APP
lpreciated. Commissioner of Agriculture
| E. 8. Brigham has recently taken a
| censns Of the members of the State Ma
pie Sugar Makers association to gather
data regarding the 1918 crop of maple
sugar and syrup. The year 1918 was
tnot bumper year for maple sap be-
cause the production of sugar per tree
averaged only 2.26 pounds. This is
/ practically the same as the production
for 1917, which was considered rather
a poor year. There were tapped, how
ever, approximately 100000 trees,
which would give a total production of
/ 12,430,oe0 pounds of sugar for the state.
Food Administrator Hoover has al
lowed sugar consumption of 36 pounds
per capita. This allowance would give
Vermont, in round numbers, 12,S00,000
pounds. Therefore, Vermont maple sug-
ar orchards nearly supplied the needs
of the state. Of course, this does not
mean that Vermonters will not need
} white sugar, because Vermont maple
! sugar and syrup are shipped all over
the United States and to nearly every
: foreign country, but it does mean that
2 Vermont will contribute to the sugar
t supply of the nation nearly as mlfch
, sugar as she consumes.
The price for sugar, as indicated by
e the census, was % cents a pound, a:
: against 15.S cents received in 1917. The
T price received for syrup this spring was
: Sl.ss as against $l.37 received in 1917
a In many eases these prices also inciud
; ed the package. Making due allowance
Y for this and for the fact that persons
responding to the census cards probabl,
received more than the average price
e through better than average marketing
e We still have revenue of S2,000,o0
IS for the 1918 crop of sugar and syrup.
Vermont farmers deserve credit TO
s. their answer to the nation s call in pro
Il ancing this, The first crop of 1918. Ia
y Dor shortage and increased costs o
s every hand made it very difficult t
a. operate sugar places and it is an illus
m tration of the patriotism of Vernon
d farmers that in spite of these hand
Of caps, more trees were tapped in l91
10 than in the year preceding.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-06-10
BARRE MAN ELECTRoCUTED.
Newell Killed When He Grasped High
Tension Wire to Prevent Fire.

BARRE, June lo.-To prevent the
store building of Henry Giguere in Web
tension wire which snapped during the
high wind Saturday, Thomas Newell, 40,
grasped spluttering strand of the wire
and was instantly killed, a voltage of
1900 passing through his body. Newell
was newcomer in Websteryi1le and oc-
cupied room over the store, having
lived until recently in New York. His
brother, James Newell, lives in West
Quincy, Mass.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-06-10
1900 New York Doctors
Fighting Poison Gas.

Do you know that you folks at home
as well as the brave boys lover :here"
are menaced by poison ga" the
insidious kind that steals away. health
and the joy Of living, in the perpetually
recurring disturbances resulting from
gassy, sour stomach. FL
1900 New York physicians regularly
prescribe JOHNS DIGESTIVE
TABLETS as the most perfect form
Of relief known for these stomach dis
orders. The TABLETS are highly
beneficial for gastric and intestinal
indigestion, heartburn, acid or sour
stomach, Aatulence and gastric catarrh.
They sure do vanish that poison gas
which is the basis of most stomach
ailments, as we'll as Danish bad breath
which usually heralds that gas-hlled
stomach.
Get the TABLETS at your drug
store. They insure quick, lasting relief
by taking three to six dissolved in a
glass Of water or chewed before swall.
owing. Have JOHNS DIGESTIVE
TABLETS handy in the dining room
Tor chronic cases of gastric or intes-
final indigestion-as one or two TAB
LETS should be taken before each
meal.
l.. ID. JOHNS CO..
1923 Broadway New York CITY
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-06-10
Japanese "Fish Sausage"

The "kamoboko" or "fish sausage"
of the Japanese is described by q con-
sular report as made by chopping the
white meat of any fish. passing through
a celander. and making into a paste.
with q fayoring of sugar, salt, and
rice-brewed alcoholic beverage called
"Mirin. The paste is made into
loaves, steamed on boards an hour and
half to three hours, and at once
packed In cans.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-06-10
How Birds Roost.

IN rOost1ng, birds usually perch on
one leg only, folding the other close to
the body. The weight of the body over
one foot. according to Borelli, closes
the tendons of the muscles which bend
the claws with the same firmness that
q nail would do, driven through foot
and perch. Neither rocking nor pitch
ing by wind or storm, shaking the
perch, disturbs the sleep of the bird,
nor its balance or center of gravity
The great length of toes enables other
birds to stand steady ON one foot.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-06-10
ARMY ,WIFE'S YEAR TRIP.
Journeyed 10000 Miles to See Captain
for Two Days.

MINE0LA, l.. L. June l0-~After a
ebahs 4 AsaEy steaE yeafs and han
10000 miles, Mrs. William Whaling
caught up with her army husband and
Uncle Sans army orders here few days
ago. Four years ago she became Mrs
Whaling, wife of Captain Whaling, at a
western army post. About two months
after the wedding the war department
ordered the husband to the Philippines
and he made arrangements for the bride
| to follow. after the rainy season in tn,
| islands. While she was in the middle o.
| the Pacific Uncle Sam got busy and tn,
captain passed his wife on the ocean
| When she reached the Philippines Their,
Twas no boat back for a month-and he
husband was in San Francisco. Whel
4 she finally reached Frisco, the army wifi
ran down the gangplank into the arm
disappointment Uncle Sam ha,
been busy again and her husband was il
i Alaska.
! A telegram of warning to the arm,
wife reached Seattle an hour after he
boat had sailed north. Husband and wifi
passed each other on the ocean agar
he on his way to FL Paso. She had t
wait another month for boat back, bu
when she reached Texas she found tn
captain was in Mexico.
BY this time she grew tired of trav,
and returned to her home at Kansa
City. But her husband telegraphed tbs
: he was in San Antonio and there 81
l went, only to find he was at the Nationi
: Army camp at Chillieothe, Ohio. 1t WI
| no use. When she got there, he WI
e at Camp Mills. This time she beat Il
e army order by two days and then the a
/. hour reunion was cut short by more o
3 ders.
4 Il don't know whether I'm still brid
f or widow" said Mrs. Whaling after h
. husband had gone. Being the wife of
8 regular army officer is about as bad
!. having a divorce
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-06-10
Environment.

We are very much what others think
us. The reception our observations
meet with gives us courage to proceed
or damps our efforts. A man is a wit
and philosopher in one place who
dareS not omen his mouth and 10
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-06-10
practica, Joker Seldom Popular.

The adept at the practical joke. be-
Ing himself neryously inseRsate and
afflicted with perverted idea of hui
NOR, is almost Invariably the person
who cannot. as we say, take his own
medicine" turning sulky and sullen
under reprisals in kind, and belongs
with the people who are not desirable
as friends. Even acquaintance is often
q trial.-Detroit Free Press.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-06-10
.Youna Diplomat.

David, recovering from long illness,
was given an eggnog daily. much to
his delight, and much to the envy of
his sister, Mary Jane. While David
was drinking his, one morning, Mary
begged for one too. but mother said.
"NO," whereupon mother heard David
whisper to his sister: "Here. Mary.
you drink this one quick, and when 1t
is all gone, III cry for another one."
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-06-10

auereu a DlocKnead IN announcer. IN
some companies nothing will go down
but coarse, PRACTICAL jests, while the
finest remark OF sarcasm would be dis
regarded.-Hazlett.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-06-10
Badness
y. Conquered
RECIPE MAILED FREE

A veteran business man. who was
almost completely bald and had tried
numerous tonics. lotions. shampoos. etc.
without benefit. came across. while on
he grew complete crop Of healthy.
1uxuriant hair that he now possesses.
Others--men and woInen-have re-
ported remarkable hair growth by the
same method. Whoever wishes the re-
Gipe may obtain 1t free by writing to
John Hart Britain. BA-222. Station +.
New York. N. Y. Or obtain a box of
the ointment. Kotaiko. made according
20 the perfected recipe. at the drug
store, ready for use.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-06-10
Improvement on Old Adaoe.

II at first you don't succeed. try.
try again, but be sure to try little
harder than you did before, and just
a little differently, too.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-06-10
Optimistic Thouoht.

He whom the good praise and wick.
ed hate ought to be satisfied with his
reputation.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-06-10

Bivalves suspected of htaring pearls
are examined by the x,ray to avoid be
stroying the shellfish.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-06-10

Z Gw naw 100 s s9afag seiisft-g8
esib I'd nsda htqes sai isa nsy, HsA
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-06-10

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