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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-01-27
LET US BE THANKFUL.

Are you complaining of the high cost
Of living?
We'll, Abigail Adams complained Of the
same thing. Perhaps after you have
read the following prices quoted from
her letter to her husband, the second
president of the United States, you will
count yourself lucky, however to be liv-
ing now instead Of in Abigail's time.
This was Abgail's price list in 1875:
Meat, 81 to So per pound; corn, SIS per
Lushel; rye, $50 per bushel; potatoes, $40
per bushel molasses, s12 per gallon;
flour, S. per hundred; cider, $40 per bar
rel; cheese, 81 per pound; butterine, So
per pound; sugar, So per pound.
In 1879 sugar rose to "a per pound
and tea the same. In 1880 butter sold
for $12 a pound and tea for $40
such were the prices in revolutionary
times when we were only trying to carry
on a war and feed ourselves at the same
time.
Now, however, our task is greater, for
We must not only fight and feed ourselves
at the same time, but we must furnish
most OF the food for the allies if we are
TO win this war.
Yet prices today are considerably
lower than those which Abigail Adams
paid in 1776.
If the women in America hoard food
however, or if they are wasteful with
it in their Kitchens, as surely as the
sun rises in the east the cost of food
viii soar until we shall repeat revolu
tionary prices.
Let us be thankful that as yet this
has not happened and that by economic
ing and avoiding waste and by buying
wisely, no more and no less than what
we need at time, we have it i'm our
power to keep the cost Of food normally
! low.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-01-27
Thnt Mns MhY.

Philadelphia Public Ledger: Yes,
said the man in shirt sleeves, we've
lust been here u year now. I'm moving
right across to the other side Of the
town"
I'm awfully surprised" declared the
chatty little man. "Why, people are
lust beginning to know you
That's why we've got to go" said the
other sadly.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-01-27
Our Daily Sacrifice of Butter

ing to face the facts in the case lfat
we can really shoulder the burden Ut
hand and carry it to the finish.
Now the facts in the feeding OF the
army we plan TO send over to France
are these. This army would eat l3,3oo,-
600 pounds of beef a month, 3,375,OOO
pounds Of bacon, 1,375,OOO cans of fresh
roast beef hashed corned beef, corned
beef and salmon, 1880 900 pounds OF
flour and 1000 900 pounds Of sugar u
month.
If we are going to keep our soldiers
we are sending "over there" in good
health. we must somehow manage to
| send them this much food a month.
In addition to this, because our fields
! have not yet been ravaged by war, and
! because too, we are able to keep a fair
proportion of men on our farms, the
allies look to us to provide a great part
of their food supply. This means that
millions more tons Of food must be
drained from our resources if this war
is going to bring victory to us instead
Cf to Germany.
When we are willing to face these
facts, then we will begin in earnest to
save the food that is wanted for these
| big shipments abroad. Until then, we
will economic one day-the day per-
| haps we read some pathetic story Of
| hungry little French children. But the
next day we will forget and go our old
way with reckless disregard of the price
| this country and the allies will pay for
our selfishness.
But when we face the fact squarely.
| then there is not an American woman
who will not come forward and shoulder
her par. of this great burden Of saving
food with the same plucky determina-
ton Ito do or die" that is sending thou
sands of our boys today bravely into
the trenches in France.
And once we have steeled our wills
for the fight, the rest is easy! Such are
the wonderful resources of this country,
that for every kind Of food we are asked
to save there are two or more other
foods that we can substitute with no loss
of nourlshment or palatability.
Thus we have already found that corn,
oatmeal, rye and barley can be substi-
tuted for great part of our wheat, and
for our meat, animal fats and sugar
there are other appetiZing and nourish-
ing substitutes that can be used in part
for them.
Substitutes for sugar include raisins,
honey, maple syrup, corn syrup,
sorghum and molasses; for red meats,
fish, poultry, game, beans, nuts; for
animal fats. the various vegetable oils.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-01-27
Trouble Ahead.

Boston Transcript: Jack is awfuny
annoying at times. He made me so
angry today that | picked up a book"
What You surely didn't throw it at
him?"
"Oh, no; | remembered in time that
we weren't married yet"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-01-27

Boston Transcript; Plodding Pete
What does it mean where de song Saws.
Drink to me only with your eyesq"
Ragged Rogers-lt means dat de
loidy kin read de wine list. but dat's
as fur as it goes.
"Phwat?"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-01-27
Another Business Slump.

Boston Transcript: Neghbor-Got
much money in your bank, Bobby?
Bobby-Gee, mol The depositors have
fallen off somethin' fierce since sister
got engaged.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-01-27

About twenty women gardeners who
have been trained at Kew, England, are
going to France, where they Will take
up the duty of tending the graves OF
British soldiers.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-01-27

This is what in substance Senator
Chamberlain said i'm his speech in New
York city: "rhe military establishment
of America has fallen down, there is
rerficiency i'm every bureau and every
department Of the government Ana
this is what President Wilson said IN
reply. Senator Chamberlaius state
ment as to the present inaction and IN
effectiveness Of the government is an
astonishing and absolutely unjustifiable
distortion OF the truth. As matter OF
fact. the war department has performed
a task of unparalleled magniture and
|diffifcuIty with extraordinary prompt
ness and efficiency" A remarkable
hing about this controversy is that both
the senator and the president are Demo
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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-01-27
Frame Says:

Not long since there was a little
Scotchman named John Telford at Fort
Sill. Upon his breast he wore a deco
ration for bravery for he alone, sin
gle-handed, on the French front, has
captured fifty-four Boches. To few is
it vouchsafed to do such great acts, but
each one can each day do his bit by
conserving food, which our soldiers
need. Save wheat, save meat, save lat,
save sugar.
The ladies who are doing Red Cross
work, who are working at bandages,
heel rings, and all kinds Of surgical
dressings, say that the winter has been
so cold and that their hands are so
rough that it is almost torture to han
die the goods.
We wish to do our part and we make
this proposition: If one of the Red
Cross ladies will stop at the store. we
will give to the Red Cross, absolutely
free, a fifty-cent bottle of Big 4 Hand
Lotion. This bottle is to be left at the
Red Cross work room and to be used
by the ladies making dressings. No
preparation in the world will do the
hands so much good.
The doctor who writes prescriptions
is a truly scientific man. He believes
in medicines, and knows they should
be prescribed intelligently and with ac.
curacy. He studies your idiosyncracies.
he knows exactly what medicines he
has given you, and their effect upon
you, and he knows how to get results
as a skilled player plays a piano.
Suppose you go to the doctor who
never writes prescriptions and ask him
for medicine similar to that which he
gave you year before. He has no rec.
ord, no data. He asks you whether
the medicine in question was a LIQUID
or powder he scratches his head in
perplexity-and guesses again.
The superior qualities Of Denver Mud
make ii a most successful treatment for
fresh wounds, poison wounds, raw sores
cuts, burns, boils, abscesses, appendj.
citis, pneumonia, chest colds. croun
bronchitis, tonsilitis, pleurisy. chronic
ulcers and all other inflamed conditions
Kills the grippe.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-01-27
Political Observations.

When exPresident Taft is in Wash
irgton he calls at the White House to
pay his respects to the president lhe
United States EX-President Roosevelt
Is in Washington, but as yet there has
been no intimation that he intends to
initiate Mr.. Taft.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-01-27
FACING THE FACTS.

We can work for a time on our emo
tions, but it is only when we are will
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-01-27
ARDMORE, IN OTHER YEARS
From the Files of The ArdmOreite.
TEN YEARS AGO.

Il
School warrants of the Chlctasa" ma
ton TO the amount OF $3.50 uhpaiu
since 1902. were involved in bill INTRO
duced by United States Senator WarheE
of Missouri.
Miss Basil Carter and Claud Bumpass
were married, the Rev. Mr.. Berry WI
ciating,
Ira Johns was shot and killed oy
Daniel B. Painter.
Ardmore business men were ehueaVo''
ing to secure passenger service on tne
| Rock Island lines that would pernn
residents of nearby towns to shop mere
with less inconvenience.
Views expressed by a number OF Ard
more citizens on the new territory Dill
were favorable to the proposed MEASURE
1t was prophesied, in an editorial
| that Ardmore would have free postal
delivery within another year.
Leo Kahn of Rolf and Miss Sadie
Drevfus of GaneEville were married AZ
the Texas city.
TWENTY YEARS AGO.
Deputy United States Marshal George
Stewart and II. +. Foster and DAVID
i Redfeld, guards, left for Leayenworth'
Kan. to escort seven prisoners to the
federal penitentiary. s
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-01-27

The frog, owing to it's peculiar struc-
ture, cannot breathe with the mouth
open; and if it were forcibly kept open
the animal would die of suffocation.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-01-27

Miss Basil Carter and Claud Bumpass
were married, the Rev Mr.. Berry tIh'
ciaring.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-01-27

irgton he calls at the White House 10
pay his respects to the president o. the
United States. Ex-President Roosevelt
IS in Washington, but as yet there has
been no intimation that he lntends 10
initiate Mr.. Taft
At lasl the doubt as to whether MISS
Jeanette Rankin, the lady from Mon
tana." is Republican, Democrat, Pro-
gressive Prohibitionist or Nonparusan
Lacquer, has been removed. she mas
accepted an appointment as member
of the Republican campaign committee
President Wilson has joined issue with
his critics. lie proposes to oppose with
all his might passage of the measures
to be introduced in congress to strIp
from him his constitutional power to
oppose any change in his war program
and 10 defend the members OF hls caDI-
ret. That he will win can be safely
guessed in advance Of the fight
There is a report in circulation IN
WASHINGTON that the Progressive mem
bars of the Republican national commit
tee will attempt to gain control OF lhe
committee. at the ST. Louis meeting On
-, +, M. prooressiyes ON the
Republican campaign committee are
George ". Perkins, Oscar strauss
I,,..ratt CoIbv James Garfield and Ches-
t.,. po,yau
80 .,., diane for tba reor-
~ .. p'' v, ra ,'' nprnncratfc marty in
ga u u. iH'' ''o'' VI tna St,te Demo.
-''0'.'n'I q ,'.l.,,tio win ,e held
~ -.''o' '',' aarI, dav at which
.,' ~, ,I,,, o.. t,o formation Of
,...'.. ,Iro,,,.I,o,t the state
., I','''o1' ''I,, ,. parbans no,yhere else
'', na,l.,,.,ti,, n1rt,' in sucb = de.
,,, .,... ,..,., .o,, 4pa rrosident
,'0' ,,., 49,, c,.,,tcL I'm MIN has
i..,',,' ,,.',I,ss'I and that ha is ready for
-. -, ,t,,.s. ,rt,o .aal. to take
-, 80, ,I,,, ,,..,,. ont of his hands
,,..'. i.,,,, f., CON ,fererca with
',o ,'.,,...l ,l,. ,',,r,,,,.t mot rs a
.a', '''',' t,.u',,,. ,,,t .oloI, haca,se those
l.,,' ''..... !, I.Ii.,.o t,ot tho nrlncnples
,..I,t't ,. ..tands have iustidod them.
l',
,,. troo
NI'.cabo l''pU'''Il'','7 .i-.oa +i,.l,at,,
.%o %l'' ,rirnar,. ',s,,,,, nm Fohrunrv o6. Mayor
,r,,o,,,,,s,r tyil bo ,t fine TON of the city
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-01-27

At lasl the doubt as to whether Miss
Jeanette Rankin, the lady from Mon
tana." is Republican, Democrat, Pro
gressive Prohibitonist or Nonpartisan
Lacquer has been removed. she mas
accepted an appointment as member
OF the Republican campaign committee
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-01-27

Ira Johns was shot and killed oy
Daniel b. Painter.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-01-27

President Wilson has joined issue with
Ills critics. lie proposes to oppose with
all his might passage Of the measures
to be introduced in congress to strip
from him his constitutional power 10
oppose any change in his war program
and to defend the members OF his caDI'
ret. That he will win can be safely
guessed in advance Of the fight
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-01-27

Leo Kahn of Rolf and Miss Sadie
Dreyfus of GaneEville were married ~
the Texas city.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-01-27

1t was prophesied, in an editorial
that Ardmore would have free postal
delivery within another year.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-01-27

There is a report in circulation IN
Washington that the Progressive mem
hers of the Republican national commit
tee will attempt to gain control OF the
committee. at the st. Louis meeting on
February j.. The Progressives ON tine
Republican campaign committee are
George ". Perkins, oscar Strauss
Everett Colby James Garfield and Ches'
ter RoWell
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-01-27

Views expressed by number OF Ard
more citizens on the new territory D'i'
were favorable to the proposed MEASURE
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-01-27

Cbickasha Express; Is the copper
shortage going to call for penniIess
day?
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-01-27

Kingston Messenger: In the game
Of life a good deal depends on a good
deal.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-01-27

st. Joseph MoJ Nevs-Press; The MIS-,
sou,i mules in France are to be treated
with kindness instead OF prolahI'E,
They'd better be careful or they u spoI
the mules.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-01-27

Wynnewood New Era: When a woman
takes a man into her confidence he Is
I'D against the worst kind Of confidence
game
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-01-27

The crawf.sh has one advantage over
humanity-he can walk backward with
out falling down.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-01-27

The kaiser's realm is the devils play
ground. If you don't believe it, go there
and see.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-01-27

The state senate was holding up the
highway bill, objection to ITS passage
being made by Senator Dutton.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-01-27

Wasn't it the bachelor in his reflec.
uons who said that when you see a girl
bumped up in a hammock. reading a
novel and she begins to lick her Inns
you know the hero is about to meet the
heroine?
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-01-27

Robert l.. owen, United States sena-
tor spoke at the City hall.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-01-27

Guthrie Leader: 1t is coming ou
gradually that Count LuXburg, the eX
ponent Of Spurlosyersenk, Is only ex
peruy crazy,
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-01-27

Chanute Qlan) Tribune With but
TWO picture shows a week, no prayer
meetings. and only one lodge night d
month, the members of some Chanute
families may get acquainted with each
other before spring
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1918-12-19
Mail Early Slogan Is
Ignored by Senders of
Christmas Greetings

People OF Albuquerque do not he
lieve iu signs. a~gcord.IL t. postmas-
ter II. &. Roehl, In spite OF count
less placards To Mail your christmas
parcels early" the moun of business
done by the post office up 20 today
has been practically the same as that
OF former NcalS.
Il do not urge people To mail their
parcels three weeks before Christmas,
said Postmaster Roehl this morning.
but do Ike to have them help rs
in handling the rush Yesterday We
had three Windows ready TO care for
tbs. holiday parcels. but they were
busy only about half ~ the time"
According to present Indications, the
usual Christmas rush AZ the post office
will not he .averted. II the normal
number of packages IL sent. the traf-
Tie burden daring the last few days
will be ~ heavy as ever, since the
business OF the first three days of this
week was as light as hat Of former
years.
Three windows Will he open at the
post office from now on until h rush
IL finally over. II Albuquerque ctti-
1ens Will mail their parcels now the
eleventh hour crush at The office VIII
he minimizcd and the gifts viii he
fairly certain To reach thei; drstinn-
ton on time.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1918-12-19
CIVILIANS OF BELGIUM ARE
MORE BITTER TOWARD ENEMY
THAN SOLDIERS THEMSELVES

BruEcs. Nov. 30 Correspondence
OF The Associated rress) Tho civil
population of Belgium is much moro
bitter toward the Germans than tho
soldiers who hngc fought them 20 90
Standstiil durir ferr Years. crushed
them. battered them about ana
wrecked the ompirc during the past
iour months. Turns OF butter c%ocra
tiOn. hate ana revcuEc come from
tho civilians nionc.
\ kind old woman. tho owner of "a
cigar store, after selling the AssoCini-
ed Press correspondent 20 viliuinous
chorot,. au ctsatz" cigar iouc of the
Germgn occupation. launched forth
into o violent Remuneration of the uu-
invited guests who r1ndc Brurcs their
home foT -four wears. 'This war must
not end like tiis." she said with a
VchemenCo which C~ontrusicd greatly
with her gentle appearance. We
must 90 into GERMANY. they must
suffer, eNpiatr on the day Of their
departure the Germans robbed her
store Of $500 worth of her best cigars
and Cigarette.
ON the Grudc palace lu the shad-
ow OF the famous bcifry. an rat,
gentleman was "discoursing loudly.
g"estitulntinE Wildly. "'The piEs. th'
Infamous swine he was saying.
shall N come 20 pass that they VIII
escape punishment. Is u possible
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1918-12-19

that the German p%onulntiou viii not
suffer any OF th' hariahips ,hlt their
soldiers and officers hive iurilctcd
us' shall they not salute "a
officers. doarcud INTO thc CUTTERS go
our Eoldiora ar0monndr or their side.
wnlks' Is IL conceivable TINT their
womcu viii h' spared tho humiliation
OF huublN hrggiur or of1cCrs a
passport to trHtoi hstWcru Ais ia-
ChupDlle and Cologne us our wives
ana daughters had to do TO go from
Btugos 10 pstcud' 40 We end b. nov
th'N are hcatcN mllitoiilN but they
are not vnnquishod in their pride. On
their hearts
tie rs re- hotol keeper. Tho Cor
mans feuuisiuourI twenty seven thou
sand bottles cot wtnr from hIa col
Iafs." NolUnt,orol one az hiR audience
standing near
Di an ne ulisd soldiers the bel
giau was b one who appeared tu
have tho greatest desire 90 outei Cor
many. His country W sttcWn with
the wrcckaBc %. former happy homgs
pcrhHps tlo very ono where Tho sol
dicr dw"lt it now o. hoop OF ruius.
But those soldier iptr displsN go
hatred. 'fnry h1to not been robbed
ut their cigtrs pr 'ht wine
Tlcf have mcroA t.tti inDit lives
in rain nllrd 'rsurhct end bullet
sw,pf TELLS ior Tho IiHf i0nr YEARS.
G1sUr-rzlrEFnzx Er-y.E sFss~s~sseeC
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1918-12-19
pANH|SPAN|CPACT
IS ENCOURAGED BY
SELF-SEEK|NGH HUNS
Germans Urge Such Union Would
Be a Weapon Against Pan. Amer
icanism Both for Offensive and
Defensive Purposes.

BuenoS Aires. Nov. i2-tCoTres-
pondence OF The Associated Press. }
German efforts to encourage the
much discussed Latin American union
between Spain and the Spanish speak
ing republics of Central ana South
America as Il wcapon against Pan.
A-mericanism came TO light todaN IN
the German inspired articles that APP
peared In connection with the oh
serN, nee of The Day of the Race" as
the Spanish speaking people desig-
nate the anniversary OF the discovery
OF the Americas.
The Argentine newspapers and
weekly magazines carried special ar
tClcs pointing out the advantage OF
q union that would make the Spanish
speaking nations independent of all
others. Several OF these were signed
by men who are known for their pro-
German sympathies. II MAJ also no
ticeabie hat The articles appearing
In the purely German newspapers
were even more insistent m support
ing such "a union than the Argentine
Papers.
This union with spain was proposed
first from Spanish sources nearly
two years ago AID u was suspected
then. from its antipathy TO pan-Amer-
icanism. that German schemes were
behind the move. The proposal has
been kept alive in this country ever
since by pro-Germans and Spaniards
who have made no attempt 10 hide
the fact that their efforts are direct
ed against the United States.
The principal argument Is that
south America must he protected
from American imperialism Spain
~ pointed To ms the great mo'hc~
country that a supply all tho needs
and at the same time tn. sympnthct-
b. understanding h "A comes from =
common language and common re-
ligion The Spanish clergy Is aiding
the p~rOpagnndists IN their campaign.
One Of the articles published today
statcd that the war had brought
about new forms OF international
friendship and that this friendship ~
tho future viii be bused on mutual
gain and advantages Questions ~
language. race AMI religion. u adds
MAY LOW the seeds ~ new differences
tomorrow and " therefore hehooNes
the twenty Spanish speaking Amori-
can nations 30 unite FOR their common
advantage Tho argument cloa"s with
the statement that the Lccguc OF Ma
tons is o hopeless dream.
Another pnpcr urges that this Latin
American union should not he mere
~ an economic union hut one for
common defense and offenso.
In time Of peace" n argues, we
must FOR war. The passive
defense Of the frontiers Of SPAIN and
the south American republics rs not
enough against the powerful nations
especially against those which rule
the sens. hut a close defensive union
of spain and The South American re-
pubiics would DO sufficient against
any aggression
W should adout an active Of
fensive attitude rather than a pas
give dcforsl ve one.
"The united npNies Of spain an'
South America could present an ct
fcctive resistance 20 amy aggression
and would put an end to the imperial
ism of the larger nations. pa FAR ai
then nmhitions IN south America az
concerned"