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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1918-07-04
HOW FAR BEHIND THE BOYS
ARE YOU?

One of Pershing's men, returned
from France, was speaking:
"When left for home," he said,
pretty blue, because they thought that
you here in America were not backing
them up as you ought. We had
pretty bitter winter over there. The
weather was the coolest France has
known in years. Many of us were
without proper food and clothing.
Some were even without shoes. None
of US were complaining, though, but
the feeling that when we were doing
SO much for you, you were not doing
everything in your power to back us
up, sometimes bit in pretty hard.
Eve felt like the little Irish felt IN
Y. M. G. A. hut, one evening. A
bunch of us had gathered there to
listen to a speaker from America.
During the course of his lecture he
said:
1--WE in America, are behind you
boys to man."
''Then my little Irish friend got up.
Yes he said, you're all behind us, all
right, h-Il of ways behind-4,O 900
miles"
Are you that far behind the boys?
IF you are, move up closer. Put all
your energy into this War Savings
Campaign. Save to the utmost of
your ability and put your savings in,
". A8 81 and get everyone else to
do the same. Make the boys in
France realize that while the mileage
maybe great it is easily spanned by
your willingness to help.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1918-07-04
PLOW FIRE GUARDS NOW

There are good many wheat fields
around Wa-Keeney that lie along the
railway tracks. On account of the
low grade of coal now being used in
locomotives the danger of sparks is
much greater than in former years.
Wheat should be shocked at least
200 feet from the edge of the right of
way and a wide fire guard made be-
tween the grain and the railroad
fence. The providing of adequate
guards is just as important for the
protection of stacks as of shocks. Pro-
tection for hay and other crops should
also be provided.
Many of the farmers in this vicin-
ity take these precautions regularly,
but others are careless 1t is of the
utmost Importance to save the grain
and feed this year. The farmer who
is careful will be serving his country
as we'll as himself
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1918-07-04
PUZZLED

A medical journal vouches for this
story: A distinguished surgeon, while
making his rounds through hospital,
was momentarily dazed when
wounded soldier inquired querulous:
Say, doctor, when one doctor doctors
another doctors does the doctor doing
the doctoring doctor the other doctor
like the doctor wants to be doctored,
or does the doctor doing the doctoring
doctor the other octor like the other
doctor who Is doing the doctoring
wants to doctor lin !nEx
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1918-07-04
PRESIDENT LINCOLN's FAITH

Lincoln, pictured as a disbeliever
Herbert Post, a 90-year-old Kansas
Citian, who for years lived less than
a block from the war President in
Springfield, I'll. The Presidents re-
serve in speaking of religious matters
gave foundation for the rumor of his
infideiity which has grown until to-
day, it is often accepted as fact
In his unpublished memoirs, Mr..
Post gives the following account Of
one of the few occasions on which
Lincoln spoke of his religious convic-
tions
At the close of the day, Lincoln
wou1u close his door to the public and
would often ask Newton Bateman to
come in for quiet talk. Mr.. Bateman
was then superintendent of schools of
the state. On one of these occasions
God know l would like to be one.
have carefully read the Bible but I
do not fully understand it." He drew
from his, bosom a copy of the New
Testament. sI know there is q God
and that he has a place for me TO
work, l believe 1 am ready. I know !
am right for Christ teaches it, and
Christ is God"
after expressing his view on the
overruling of Providence the subject
of prayer was introduced by Lincoln,
who freely avowed his belief in the
duty, privilege and efficacy of prayer
and said he had caught Divine -guid-
anee and favor"
| In replying to statement made by
Mr.. Bateman that few persons knew
of his belief on religion, Lincoln is
quoted as saying: @I know the people
are ignorant of my feelings ON these
matters. / am obliged to appear diff
ferent1y to some, but I think more
upon these subjects than upon all
others, and I am willing you should
know it."
His conversation, Mr.. Post believes,
showed a deep and sincere faith in
God. His kindly and Christ like
actions in the war times gave proof
that he was a Christian, devout and
unyielding. In spite of his silence on
church affairs, Lincoln harbored a
reverence for God even deeper than
that held by those who picture him as
a observation-disclosures City Star.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1918-07-04

But then, he may get it in his bone.
red neck before November (Which
has no reference to anybody's turkey,
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1918-07-04

1t was the morning when about
forty of our boys were starting for
the training camp and she was bride
of only three weeks who said between
half-stified sobs ooh, he'll come back,
all right" And then she dried her
eyes and smiled the best and bravest
little smile of which she was capable.
And that is the spirit that is going to
win this war-the spirit of sacrifice,
OF unselfish devotion and undivided
loyalty.
Next to the buttinsky and the town
gossip, the devil most admires the
coward.
Oh certainly, the plain Stacker fol-
lows the foregoing trio closely in Sat
anic favor. -
Probably you are watching the
casualty lists as they are published in
the daily papers. If SO you no doubt
are to read when whole line is de-
voted to each name and address, in
stead of having them all jumbled up
together.
How large does the full moon ap-
pear to be? AS big as a pearl but
ton? or silver dollar? a western
reserve cheese or a wagon wheel?
Probably no two people have exactly
the same notion about it. Looking in
tently at the full moon one evening
recently little Wa-Keeney girl i'm
agined she could see warts on the
face of the man in the moon one
the face of the man in the moon
Well, after all, the man in the
moon is an impudent old wart all
right and always has been. Even
grown girls have noticed that.
An accomplished equestrienne can
ride two or three horses quite success
fully at one and the same time but as
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DICTAGRAMS

Old ST rises to inquire how many of
Patriot Schwinndleheimer's sons have
volunteered for service in the army
ANY man who would accept a nom
ination brought about by such attacks
as are being made upon Chas. F.
Scott is too low down to be worthy of
a nomination for any position and
should be defeated not later than
November.
But then, he may get it in his honey
red neck before November (Which
has no reference to anybody's turkey.)
Should old acquaintance be forgot,
etc? Well, the return of the hay
fever season brings some half-for-
gotten fellow-victims to mind all
right enough.
o yes, misery loves company, but
it is the nature of hay fever to make
a man hate his own mother.
The expression, "one jar of plumbs" J"
may be interpreted to mean about a
''half gallon of straight-ups," more or
less. (Get it?)
And it's about time for some of the
sweltering loafers to jump onto poor
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1918-07-04
LETTER FROM LONDON

HEADQUARTERS American Troops in
England Belgrave Mansions Hotel.
Dear Brother and All:
wrote a letter home yesterday and
started one to you but did not get 1t
finished It is almost time that l
should begin to hear from some of
ycu, but I am quite sure it will take
some. time yet.
+ I am still in London and like it bet
ter ever day 1t is quite a change to
come from tine camp to noisy place
like this There are no street cars IN
the district but a continual line of
buses going up and down the streets,
so we may get on bus at our door
and ride to the Office for two cents,
but we walks most of the time to get
the fresh air and exercise. 1t takes
us fifteen minutes to walk to our
rooming house, which is located in a
very nice place in the city.
My room mate and each pay $1.75
per week for our room and know
we could not get better one for four
times that price. Our land-lady does
all she can to make it pleasant for US
and even keeps a bouquet of flowers
on our table. We cook our own break
fast every morning and whatever we
at the end of the week.
We were paid the 18th of this
month. drew $24.O0 and the first of
the month. I will get SIS 90, but my
insurance and allotment are takau
out of this, By being paid twice a
month we don't stand much of a
chance. of being broke .ss.:>ss.s =
After being here a month ought to
be able to save a little, for it does
not cost so much to live here. We get
all we want to eat at the Y M. c.. A.
for 25 cents and if we want to buy
clothing it is much cheaper than over
there. I gave $1.5O for pair of leg
gins that cost $500 or $500 per pair
any place over there, and hair cut
costs IL cents SO it is not near as bad
as one would expect it to be.
A very large group of U. S. soldiers
marched by here last week and they
were certainly welcomed by the
English people and we were glad to
see them as there are not very many
American soldiers in London
We were issued more clothing last
week SO we look very much better
than we did with our old trousers and
trench shoes. We were asked many
times how we liked it in France, for
they though we had come from the
trenches and of course we told them
it was h-b as though we knew all
about it.
One thing they have here that you
do not have is saloons. There is one
at every corner and five or six in be-
tween. Women go in and drink with
the men and there are women bar
tenders They drink beer here instead
of coffee for Sunday dinner and OF
course we have to be in style
Last night we got acquainted will
two pretty girls who live just LITTLE
| ways from us and asked them tt
show us the city We got on the bu.
and I really don't know where we dn
go but when we got there we had t.
come right back as the girls had t.
be in at 10 o'clock. We kept on wait
ing for bus, but when they did com,
they were crowded SO we took tn
tube, which is an underground rail
way. If you want to get to place il
a hurry the underground railway vii
sure get you there.
Well, I must close for this time
Send my best regards to Mrs. Holber,
and Mamie
Love to all
Co~l nIoz-
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NEIL UFFoaD WRITES

Dear Sister and All:
can remember that I used, to drop
coin on most any old drum I saw
laying around the street, but can
never remember that ever calculat-
ed to derive any good from the sport
but here I am using Salvation Army
naper and trying to be economic with
it too. zone never can tell" and after
all, this is a small, small world
s. Won't go into details about telling
you where am. Wrote the folks and
suppose you heard from them-will
be out in 8. couple of days. Am glad
Tor the opportunity to write a few
letters though I have hell of time
emitting stuff to save the censor the
trouble and still find enough to write
about t., compose a letter. Am think
ing of getting regular form and
simply filing out the blanks as per
suggestion / saw in some comic
edition circulated around camp.
They brought me up here from
somewhere behind the lines where we
were bil1eted in a village. Our COM
Iany is up the line somewhere now
two.
: see lots of wounded being brought
in every .day-some go on to
"Blignty" and others take the cure
here They all prefer 'sBlignty" and
speak of it as some saint would speak
of heaven. There are pure @Tom-
miles,, australians" "Scotch" "Amer-
leans" all suffering alike, but differ
ent causes of course, in this word all
of them from the front and mighty
fine fellows too. I like the Scotties
and the Australians exceedingly well
and of course any one would like
Tommy. Have seen the big guns in
every now and then as they send one
over to Fritz. At night they light up
the sky like one of our Western Kan
sas prairie fires. Sure is great, but
it is war and everyone wonders where
It will end
Had some real sport coming over
ard incidentally was introduced to
dared to write about it but will take
chance here as an old timer told
me it would be all right. We sank
(cut out by censor) coming over and
had close up scrap with our last one.
A destroyer sank her and it was sure
keen to see the maneuvering They
missed our big boat with torpedo
by yards as they thought we were
going at a faster speed. The shot
that was meant for her got the Tus-
cania. I read a good story in Golfers
before I left camp entitled eyes of
the World" or of the "Sea" or some
thing. See if you can find it probably
in March issue.
Haven't learned to Pollyooo any
yet but expect to be able to catch on
to little of it in couple of years.
1t seems strange to be away over
here in France and at the portals of
the goal for which we have been
training for-almost impossible to
believe it-but here we are, some
bunch, same habits, same pep and
the same idea that Fritz is not too
big a handful for US.
1 am not going to write often as its
no use and an especially hard thing
to do. I intend letting you all know
in common how I am from time to
time and you must all write. Have
heard from no one as yet and it may
be months before I do. It's nice to
imagine I have plenty of it on the
road. If we should get a mail and
have no share in it-weu I'd hate to
make any threats at this stage of the
game-so write.
Your brother,
Corporal Neil D. Ufford.
No. 1, 449,759, 3rd battalion, 137 reg't
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old General Humidity.

It must be that the war is approach
ing the middle of the river-Bulgaria
seems to be getting ready to trade
horses.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1918-07-04

Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Keraus, of Wa
Keeney, were in Grinnel1 the latter
part of the week, interviewing Mrs.
T. r. Moore, in regard to renting her
bouse.-GrinneIl Record
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a general rule one steed is safer and
hence more likely to arrive at given
destination on time.
There is a great variety of cam
outage in this life and always has
been. While the word is new to us, yet
pretense and make-believe are as old
as the hills.
Some of these paragraphs are not
dictagrams = merely idiosyncrasies.
Let the reader provide his own assay.
And perhaps you are wondering
where or what the western reserve"
is or was.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1918-07-04

Fresh Pork at Bakers. Adv.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1918-07-04

Money to loan. See E. D. Wheeler.
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Smoked mest. at Bakers. ADV.
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Old ST rises to inquire how many of
Patriot Schwinndleheimer's sons have
volunteered for service in the army
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1918-05-25

nellie retrovie 81 muove, 81 orga-
nizza, ed mcanala truppe mel set
tore montana fra l'Adige e il Pia-
We, nella zona comprendente la Val
Lagarina, il gruppo Zugna, i mon
II di Vallarsa, il torrente Posina,
il Pasubio, gil altipiani, lie valli ed
il canale Brenta ed il SiStema del
Grappa. LIE ferrovie di Trento e
della ValSugana sono attivissime
ed i movimenti sOno continui sulle
strade di Feltre di FOnzaSO, ar
terra di rifornimento pei sistema
del Grappa
Vengono cOstruite teleferiche
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paziente di moStrarmi suOl pla-
nett le sue stelle. mise con miO
grande spavento il piede nella
campanella di una fune, fece gira-
re il tetto movibile, quindi aggrap-
pandosi sulla piatta fOrma, met
tendo posto il canocchiale, mi
disse sempicement6: Ecco!'
FinO allOra non avevO avutO al
tro osservatoriO all 'infuori della
piazza Vendome, della piazza della
Concordia, col loro astronomi e CO.
lorO strumenti Ottici gil uni piu
deboli degli altri: cosi provai un
vero sense di stupore davanti allo
spettacOlo che mi 81 parava dinan-
ri. Ebbi la sensazione delI'immen-
sta, ell'infnitO, della perfetta
ammonia nello stesso tempo, di
un silenzio di una pace sopran-
naturale. | Gemelli mi affascina-
rono; mel guardarli fui presa da
una strana giOia.
Che creaziOne adorable, que
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irresistible che pOtremmO CHA
mare I'Essere degli esseri: essa
mette talvOlta nella nostra bOcca,
dele parole che moi intendiamo
distintamente, che vOremmo RITZ
rare appena dette e che avrannO
impreviste consequence nella no
stra vita. QuestO fenOmenO di
sdOppiamento 81 produce ad ogni
istante per quanto me ne renda
ora subito conto, pure 10 subisco
10 stessO.
Iieri era una notte incantevoi-
mente serena: le Stelle parevano
tantO numerose come i granellini
di sabbia dele nostre spiaggie ter
restri, per consequence appena
suonate lie dieci, il miO ospite ed
10, seguiti da Freddy, il cane pre-
feritO dial miO AMIGO, c'incammi-
nammo verso lOsservatOriO. Sir
William afferma che l'animaIe
5 'interessa motto al suOi studii e
che spessO alza la tesla verso il Gle
10 come per tentar di scuOprire
clio che cerca il suo padrOne, ed 10
credO perfettamente che un tai ca
ne possa esser capace di clio. Los
servatorio di Smiley e una rotonda
fiancheggiata da due padiglioni
memo alti: l'uno del quail e adibi-
to come studio; l'altrO come un
piccolo salotto, ambedue guar
danO sui parco per mezzo di i'm
mensi fnestroni Nello studio la
lunga tavola su cui sono sparsi To-
gil ricoperti ola cifre, l'orologio
astrOnOmico, gil istrumenti di fsi-
ca, le carte celesti, ecc., tutto par
la di lunghe ore di lavorO, mentre
il piccolo salOttO col suO divanO
ricoperto di stoffa orientale, collie
ample poltrone, par fatto apposta
per il riposo La meditazione.
Appena giunti Sir William, i'm
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A me sembra di esser proprio
come in un dolce sogno, e mi lascio
condurre, divertire, distrarre. So
no sempre lieta di entrare per un
POGO di tempo mel cerchio della vi
ia altrui, e sempre felice di uscir-
ne, il desiderio della liberia, del
La solitudine, 81 risveglia in me pi1
o memo rapido secOndo il luOgO in
cui mi trovO. Son sicura per6 che
non avr6 gran fretta di lasciare i
miei ospiti present. e di dire addio
a questo Smiley cosf bello, cosf cal
do d'amicizia di Simpatia.
Smiley Hall.
Ieri sera feel una di quelle cose
che la mattina stessa un ora, un
minute prima mi sarebbe parsa
impossible. HO raccontatO Sir
William, a un estraneo, a un in
glese, al solo fra tutti gil uomini,
Ia grande prova della mia vita Co
me in quail modO 10 non so spie-
CARLO. Per pOterla megliO nascon-
dere a tUtti, no troncatO Ogni rela-
ziOne con i miei amici; per quindi-
ci ami ne no cOnserVatO gelOsa-
mente il segretO, ed ecco che tut
to ad un trattO, senza che nessunO
mi avesse interrogatO, senza chic
der nemmenO d me stessa sc ci0
fosse bene male, mi son cOnfdata
mel modo piG naturale del monde.
Provavo uno strano piacere mel
sentir rivivere in me l'antico 10
che cred6vo morto sepolto, mel
pronunziar certi nomi, mel veder
formate di nuovo certe immagiIn,
via via che mi inoltravo di nuo-
vo mel racconto, il passato rivive-
va davanti a miei occhi, il lun-
go lavoro compute nell 'anima mia
mi, appariva a linee hummelshine,
Da chi sono stata spinta a parla-
re? Senza dubbio ola quella forza
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1918-05-25

sta, dele stelle soreue esclamai.
-Essa e unica,-lni rispose il
mio ospite.-Pare che siano luna
accantO all 'altra, mentre invece
son separate da distance enOrmi.
Non impOrta, eSSe devono es-
sere in perpetua comunione giac-
che hannO la stessa precisa luce,
e, sapete? questa luce cosi azzurra,
cosf calda, cosi dolce, cosf viva,
l'ho veduta in fondo al commute
tore elettrico! Che i Gemelli sia-
no centri di elettricita?
-FOrse.
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sugli altipiani senza tregua 81 la
vora di notte su Strade appena VI
ste dai noStri OSServatorii che ii
nemico maschera accuratamente.
lie truppe hanno l'ordine di non
muoversi di giorno gil sposta-
menti e lie dislocaziOni di uomini
di MATERIAL avvengono sempre Iii
notte
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CONTINUA
AUSTRIIACI
AL FRONTE ITALIANO

II "Corriere della Sera" ha rice
vuto la seguente correspondence
telegrafca di Arnando Fraccaroli
dal fronte:
II nemico sulle seconde linee e
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La sicurta dpende daa grandezza della Banca par
menti dalla misura del Capitae del sOpravanzo.
Quese consideration general dmporanza, eff
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sma diligenza
Una mprescndibile sicurta neg uicia Dretori che
drigono landameno d questa Banca esper conservative
uomni di AFFAIR." MOI invitamo
piccoa grande propOrzone
CAPITALE $25OOOO0
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Studebaker a 7 passeggieri in
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W. L. NEAL, President w. L. SHIELDS Vice Pres.
ARTHUR EVANS, Vice Pres. R. A. KELLY Vice Pres
C. w WELLS Cashier
DIRETTORI
Vernon F. Taylor Coal Wilbur P. Graft Coal
w L. Shields, Physician w. L. Neal Farmer
r. A. Kelly Banker T. R. Boden, Physician
Samuel Boden Coal Alex. Stewart, Farmer
c. G. Neal, Farmer Arthur Evans, Coal
J. H. Stern, Merchant
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-01-16
JUDGMENTS FOR $4,000.
Proprietor of "Merrie Mills" Unable
to Meet Requirements of Appeal.

Charlottesville, Va, Jan. 16.-Juds-
ments aggregating $4,000 were OF
tanned in Federal District Court Mon
day against John Armstrong Chal-
oner, of "Merrie Mills Va, by va
rious attorneys who had previously
represented him. Among them were
Geo. W. Watts, Of Philadelphia, an.
F. A. Ware, OF New York.
Chaloner, who has been adiudged
insane in the State Of New York,
where his principal property, valued
at approximately s1,0uo,oo0, is held
in trust for him, appeared as his OWE
counsel. He told the court that IN
asmuch as ne had no control over
his New York property, ne was ur-
able to give the required bond =
100000 to perfect an appeal
Efforts Of other lawyers to get
possession Of Cfaloner's VirgiTsIa
property, including his home, "N"r-
rio Mills" is being held up by cou"-
sci for the University of Virginia,
70 whom Chaloner some time age
decided rearly al his property in this
State.
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~ asaaingteEs Southern ay.
Schedule in effect Jan. 6, 1918.

Schedule IN cEecl Jan. D, 1910
For Washington and points NORTH
duly sos, s:2:!3, s:S5, 1898, 1O:40
i1:1aa. H., 1918. i:2S, EOS, (Through
train Cor New York. via 7. +. r.
IS, 4;,!5, $50, Ills, 1888 p, n.
Week days only Csc p. m. satuf
days only 4:45 P. m, and Sundays
only 8:tS ?. IL.
pos fredericksburg. EichEElond a..
points south at 4:37. 7:52 flocal) and
e:!1, 4. II. t2:o7, 800, 1852, SIT
fiocaN 1902. 7:47, e:47 .. N. laily
Accommodation for Quantlco c.
11:0S 9. N. daily and 2.S6 p. n. Sat-
fridays. Night train leaves f1:Sp p,
n. daily for fredericksburg and II
tsrmediats stationa.
SOiI--Iimes Of arrival eaa de-
ss.tuss anil connections aet snssass-
toe,