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Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-09-26
I.OR SALE

Corner store and dwelling east side. eight
rooms and bath Good business stand
Small amount ~ cash required
No Sl3 Washington street running
through 70 WDiiaston street, ~ rooms.
bath and porch Possession
81 600 No t2i3 ClRymont street.
rooms bath severed
81 500 No. I23 r. Front street. store and
dwelling
81 No 22G Woodawn avenue. . rooms.
bath. porch. lot l5xloG Nice homo Tor
small family
No OF Iatnall street, rooms severed
renting for Sfs per month Tnis property iS
advancing in vstue. Price only ~ $50
81 .fd4y- NoJl2 II seventh street Z rooms
bath. severed Nice bone Tor small family
81 200 M g2I W SecoDd street two
story brick rooms bath front yard, lot
lSxpS
81 ppO No 109 RI Fifteenth street. 3
rooms renting ior $40 per month
sb 5lD-M Washington street near Nine-
teenth street 10 rooms. path two porcnrS
renting for $50 per month. Possession 20
days.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-09-26
EDUCATIONAL.

kNDERGAPTE\
Gilbert Studio. Ip+ t ave.
Opens Monday. SEPT "a.
Miss Hoop.- Miss sra4for-
Conveyance ID. s. 4. $3.50 W
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-09-26
FEMALE HELP WANTED.

YOUNG GIRLS WANTED
To ASSIST IN SORTING AND DIS
TRtBtTtNG MAIL APPLY
HERO ULES POWDER co.
ROOM bO3I.
pU pUNT BUILDING.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-09-26
WANTED.
FARMS WANTED

over Z5u buyers have applied 10 me for
farms within the past three months in
response TO my advertising in about 40
papers ! am making many safes and need
more farms to supply demands
KIM tA1 BEk-I CHARGE YOU No
COMAi1SSIONS. FLkS OK EAPkNSES
/ Obtain tor you fun value and make quick
sales.
/ can sell any size or kind Of farm or
small suburban place IL New Castle Cecil
or Chester counties. send me word that
you nave a place TO sell and / will cali
inspect property take pictures and begin
..riaa fisi Il
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-09-26

OWN . homc. Figure up your ass eigut
Years receipts. Aty plan VIII cost
you no more per Inonta. aud You ~lu own
the home. william II. Joass. So snipIey
street. . a. N. ~ ID .. n
PROPERTY OF three acres on KennetJ
pike. seven miles from Wilmington Old
shade. ID y. Every Evening Office
ROOAIING house FOR sale Also. the furnI-
ture and garage. A good investment. AD-
ply 7lO French street.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-09-26

FOR SALE or exchange Tor a house. two
nice building lots at Eleventh and Clayton
streets by y B. CuiDert l&D9 West
Ninth street.
FOR SALE--SiK-rOom rouse. bargain. Ao-
pity 20 y IL ClOud. 2G&7 W. Eighteenth
street. Phone 5f76.
HOT SE six rooms front and back porch.
wired. heated saliey road. Ashley Apply
" ID Carpenter
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-09-26

board in refined private family. good sec
tion of CITY Address y 4. Every Evening
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-09-26
PRINTING, ,ENG NGRAVISG, ,EMBO OSSING

kDEA CARDS-5pecia opportunity 20
get index cards Anything you need. Ali
kinds and sizes Chas. IL. Gray. Printer
~ tast Eighth street
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-01-31
Auction Sale.

The undersigned will sell at
Public Auction. beginning at 10
o'clock a. m. on
MONDAY, FEB. 4th
On his farm IL miles west and ~
miles south of Yankt.n, 3 miles
south and 2H miles east of Tabor,
the following described property:
FARM MACHINERY
2 Planet row cultivors, 4 Moline
single row cultivatOrs, Goth CEN
tury Cultivator, 2 Moline corn
planters, | Milwaukee Mower,
1 Mccormick mower, l McCor-
mick Hay Rake, 1 Deering corn
Binder, | Mccormick Binder, I
Mccormick binder, | Fuller &
Johnson riding plow, l Good
enough riding plow, 3 Lumber
wagons, l International manure
spreader, 2 Steel truck wagons,
1 Smith manure spreader, l Ster
ling stock Rake, 2 Moline discs,
2 walking plows, 2 steel 3 section
drags, 1 Tanning mill, l Over
land truck car, Sterling side de-
livery rake, 1 Bob sled, | Henney
top buggy, 3 Scoop Boards, 2
Pumps and some pipe, l Sharp
less cream separator, | circular
wood saw, Tools Of all kinds, 125
chickens, 5 Sets of Harness.
10 HEAD OF HORSES.
team bay mares, seven years old
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-01-31

Jos. P. Duffek sold his dray bu-
siness to Jos. f. Horacek who
will take charge next month. Mr..
Duffek is kept quite busy with his
gasoline and oil business and when
the Cap & Duffek garage is com.
pleted he will be more than busy.
All ladies of Tabor are request.
ed to come to the Town Hall Sa.
turday afternoon February 2,
from three to five o'clock, and re,
gister as members of the Council
of National Defense. Those hav,
ing cards, please bring them. 1t
is desired that all ladies over six.
teen years of age register.
Mrs. Fites,
Chairman of Tabor, Branch.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-01-31

From the S. G. Live Stock Re-
cord we CLEAN the information
that j. Rezac has purchased the
fine l-year-old bull, Kleberg Lad
for the sum Of $4,000 which was
sired by Gay Lad 10th, a $40, 900
Hereford bull. Mr.. Rezac is af-
ter the big game now and has a
fine herd Of white face cattle on
his farm.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-01-31

Monday morning at the Presby-
terian church west of town, Miss
Emily Dvoracek, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Jos Dvoracek, and FIR.
V. Rehurek, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
FIR. Rehurek were united in matri-
mony by Rev. John Linka. The
attendants were Miss Anna Dvora-
eek, a niece of the bride and Jos.
K. Rehurek, a brother of the
groom. After the ceremonies a
wedding feast was held at the
home of the brice's parents west
of town. Both young people have
been born and raised in this COM
munity and come from pioneer and
respected families. They will
make their home on farm 4 miles
northwest of Avon. The Indepen
dent joins their many friends in
wishing them happiness.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-01-31
Mrs. FlteS,
Chairman of Tabor, Branch

can furnish you with alfalfa
seed at 20cts. a pound, aacks are
extra scots. each (that is what
they cost me here) or mail me
your sacks Seed will no doubt
advance in price towards spring
rs those holding it till tn 1t time
will expect more for it, better
place your order with me now or
| will be busy in the spJ ing and
SO will you, do it now and save
money.
Lewis Welt, Belvidere, S. ID.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-01-31

W.T.. $500, | black bald face team
mares, 8 years old VT. $500, |
bay team mares, Z and 8 yrs. old;
23O0, gray team, one mare and
one gilt, 10 yrs old; VT. 2300, 1
sorrel horse, 8 yrs. old; VT. 100,
1 dark brown horse, II yrs. old;
VT. 1900.
As HEAD OF CATTLE.
9 milk cows, 36 head stock cattle,
3 heifers.
36 HEAD OF BROOD SOWS.
II Poland China Brood sows, "a
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-01-31

A fellow who lived close to the
railroad yard sent the following
letter to the officials of the road:
Gentlemen: Is it absolutely nee
essary in the discharge of his duty
day and night, that the engineer
of your yard engine should make
it ding and dong and fizz and spit
and claDg and dang and buzz and
hiss and below and wall and pant
and yowl and CRATE and grind and
puff and bump and click and chug
and moan and hoot and toot and
crash and gasp and groan and
whistle and wheeze, and jar jingle
and twang and ring and choak and
howl and hum and puff, growl and
thump and boom and jolt and jos
tie and snort and snarl and clam
and scrape and throb and quiver
and rumble and roar and rattle
and yell and smoke and smell and
shrek like h-9"-Exchange.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-01-31
At the MOvieS!
SUNDAY
1.-THE Marked Man"
Don't Miss 1t!

INV hcu SIoSS l'uilCc VII uS
count of bad weather was post.
poned to Feb. II and 12, two
nights, the second night to he fol,
lowed by moving pictures after Il
O'Clock. See announcement else,
where.
In regard to the joke on the To-
cal photographer, VIM. Blachnik,
we have been asked to say in these
columns that the joke was on the
jokers this time. Naturally it
was no joke for the girls for a few
days, until William thought they
have had enough of scare; then
told them the pleasant truth that
the joke is on Them. He also
asked us to add that he who laughs
last laughs best.
Frank Pekar Of Scotland was a
visitor here early in the week.
The trains were tied up We'd
/ nesday on account of heavy
snow storm west of Tyndall Tues
day night. In this vicinity there
was little snow fall, but not G.
nough to stop tarffic on the rails.
Mrs. JOS. j. Noll was at Yank-
ton Monday.
We now have a complete list of
taxes for Tabor and vicinity for
Bon Homme and Yankton counties
and are prepared to attend to this
matter as in past years. Farmers
Savings Bank. Adv.
John Hatwan left Tuesday for
Minneapolis to attend a meeting of
Of the managers of the Thompson
Yards, Mrs. Hatwan left for
Scotland for short visit with her
parents the same day.
The Tabor Home Guard will
give a masquerade ball in the Mi
chell hall, Saturday, Feb. 2, at
which the following prizes will be
awarded: Mems group So; beet
representative costume So; best
comic costume 50. Ladies prizes:
Best group So; best costume, first
prize SO; End prize 81. Music
will be furnished by the Mikota
orchestra of Yankton. A cordial
invitation is extended to all to at
tend, Costumes may be rented at
the Tabor Drug Store. Adv.
The Blachnik Studio is now pre-
pared to do fashlight photographs
in the evening. Come and have
your picture taken in the evening.
Adv.
House and lot for SAFE, for
$28OO if taken before March 1st.
l will go on my farm in the spring
and offer this property at this low
price. Thos. Kronaizl. Adv. 1-1O
Alois Rokusk and family moved
to Dante early this week and left
for that place on the passenger
Wednesday afternoon. We wish
them success in their new home.
Their dwelling at this place has
not been rented by anyone, so far.
The Tabor Red Cross Branch
will give a dance in the Michel
hall Monday and Tuesday, Feb. II
and 10Th with moving pictures to
follow the dance the dance the II
after midnight, Music by the Ia
Dor Band. Refreshments, dane
ing, movies and genuine old fa-
shioned affair. If you don't dance
come anyway, Everybody is in,
vited to come. Adv.
j. A. Melichar of Kuhn, n. D.,
spent few days here the latter
part of last week visiting his bro
ther Joseph. This Office acknow-
lodges pleasant call.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-01-31

will be held here next week and
as the copy was handed in Thurs
day morning, it was impossible to
get the paper out in time. Our
readers, however, will realize that
the people could not prepare their
exhibits without knowing the pri-
yes and in consequence the Insti-
tute might not be as interesting.
Photos enlarged at the Blach-
mix Studio. Adv.
Appleton corn shelters for sale
at Jos. Skorpik & Co. Adv.
Yellow dent seed corn for sale,
tests 80 per cent, Rob. Elckner.
route 3. Adv.
Splendid, Red Seal and pure rye
-four for sale at the Farmers eleva-
tor. Adv.
l am now paying 49c for cream.
Haul it in at once. Alice Roku-
SEX. Cat the post office.) Adv.
Sell your eggs to John F. Mike
lasek, who pays highest market
price for them at all times. Adv.
Try some Of our Monarch paint
and varnishes. The best on the
market. Ptak Lumber Yard Adv
Haul your poultry and eggs to
j. F. Mikolasek at Tabor and
receive the highest market price.
Get an 0. X. hog fountain to
water your stock, in which the
water will not freeze. Ptak's lum
Der yard. Adv.
The Security Mutual Life ms.
Co. gives advantages that many
others do not. See V. j. Wag-
ner about it. Adv.
During this cold weather use
Protexol, the dry dip. Used for
horses, cattle, hogs and chickens.
Tabor Drug Store. Adv.
See V. j. Wagner Of Lester
vile about your life Insurance,
He represents the Security Mu-
tual Life Ins. Co. Adv.
Mrs. JOS. Hadky, Sr., of Utica
spent Sunday here visiting at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. Robt.
Dvoracek.
Jos. ]. Noll attended the Far
mmes' Cooperative Convention at
Watertown early this week.
Mrs. Jos. Pobuda, Sr., visited
her son in wagner early in the
week.
Pay your taxes at the Tabor
State Bank. We have a complete
list of taxes for Tabor and vicinity
for Bon Homme and Yankton
counties and will gladly look after
this matter for our patrons. Ia
Dor State Bank. Adv.
The soldier threaded Iris weary
way back to the Colonel, S dugout.
He had been in a half dozen skir-
mishes with the enemy i D as many
weeks. He was still intact but
scratched and wearied from crawl
ing thru barbed wire and in and
in and ut of shell craters.
He entered the dugout and sa-
luted with click of heels and hand
to cap.
Colonel" he said, II think l
will have to quit. The b attles are
getting to be so many. It's rather
too much of a good thing. l have
given about all | can of time. and
strength and blood to this war. |
am going home"
No; the incident didn't happen.
But why shouldn't it? There are
lots of civilians here at ho me turn
ing down such appeals as the Red
Cross and the Liberty Lo ans be
cause "the calls are SO many"
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-01-31

A surprise party was held at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Steve Duff
fek Sun. Jan. 18th at which Chas.
Ptak and Jim Pesek made collec
tiOn for the Red Cross with the
following results:
$l.9O
FIR. j. Dostal.
$1.00 each.
Mr.. and Mrs. Adolph Novotny,
JOS. Hale, Adolph Mach, Albert
Kortan, Jos. Kozel Albert j. Kor
tan.
SOC each.
Jim Pesek, Chas. Ptak, Helen
Kortan, Mrs. +. +. Ptak, Mrs.
Steve Duffek, Tlllie HakI.
25c each
Ida and Ellen Petrik, Stanley Kor
tan, Theo. Petrik, Emma and
Pauline Ptak, Geo., Adolph and
Steve Ptak.
Notice is given that the partner
ship of Mari & Szymanski has
been Dissolved. Persons indebted
to said partnership are requested
to settle their accounts at once.
JOS Szymanski. Adv,
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-01-31
The TABOR STATE BANK

Capital and Surplus 5000 90
JOS. V. Wagner, President.
j. A. Wagner, Vice-President
ThoS j Wagner, Cashier
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-10-31
Tried Recipes.

AiAEA iANNiptNs
Chopped Potatoes First have hot
pan with quite a little grease. put
potatoes in and get warmed
through, season with salt and pep
per, then add just enough milk TO
moisten through, then serve.
Apple and Corn Meal Pudding
One pint milk. two cups corn meal,
one tablespoon -four, half teaspoon
salt, one-quarter cup molasses, one
and one-half tablespoons suet or
ground cracklins; scald the milk,
stir in corn meal. flour, salt, mo-
lasses, shortening, put the apples
in creased pudding dish and pour
the mixture over them; bake in a
moderate oven.
Hard Sauce for Pudding -One
cup powdered sugar, two table
spoons butter. one egg, cream su-
gar and butter, beat yolk and white
of egg separate. add stiffly beaten
white lust
Graham Nut wnies-Cream
one-half cup OF powdered sugar and
three cups OF butter. Add to this
one-third cup Of molasses or maple
syrup, the yolk OF one egg. well
beaten; oHe-third cup of pecan
nuts, cut up; seven -eighths OF a
cup OF graham flour containing one
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-10-31
How to Increase Our Wheat CroD

Luther Burbank is said have his miracle
wheat under demonstration. is promised to be
a much larger, firmer and better wheat than the
grain the Americans are accustomed to- and with
careful attention to seeding, the normal yield per
acre can be more than doubled For some time
Burbank has been showing that the wheat raised in
Australia, Italy and Canada IS bigger and better
than our own and a good deal of this was because
the American farmer gave attention at all TO
the quality of his seed All wheat looked alike TO
him. BY experiments in selecton-by breeding
the grain and its yield susceptible to marked
improvement. There is reason in the world why
a farmer should be satisfied with an average ma
uona yield of less than twenty bushels to the acre
when the possibility of SO bushels can be shown.
The splendid quality and productiveness of the
wheat Of Australia largely to the scientific
experimentation and tireless activities of Sir VII
liam Farrar, the Burbank of New South Wales Now
that he is dead mis- work is being still more appreci
ated and Australia is spending a haIf-mlion for a
memorial If the magnificent wheat acreage OF
America could be persuaded double its yield 10:
of the responsibility Of this country in he matter
Of feeding the world would be taken care of-Los
Angeles TtmeA
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-10-31
With Other Editors
The Laughter of Our Boys"

When the first troops marched through London
their way the great front a keen-witted cock
ney hailed them as solemn bokes.'' This phrase
spread. And it fitted They were indeed serious
young Yankees who came there to open in the Old
world adventure only startlingly to them
selves but the history policy of their ma
tive land
Times and the faces of the army abroad have
changed since the days of those first arrivals Our
boys have found themselves and their job. They
have discovered friendships and comradery where
in earlier peaceful days. thinking the ocean,
they considered only alien throngs and queer geo
graphical names With the spirit of their high quest
they have combined their born instinct to humor
In current magazine pages new phrase arises anent
the American occupation of France We read of
THE Liason of Laughter" and of the readiness to
joke which lis binding the French and Americans
closer together every day"
After terrific, bloody struggle over the taking
of a Boche-ridden village. American soldiers sent
polu senries into paroxysms of mirth it is related
by appearing in a marvellous medley of straw hats,
opera hats, derbies and silk hats saIvaged from a
shell-wrecked shop. The Yankee boys we're relax
ing after their hour of war. And the incident
typical of their ever-present impulse delightful
to their French friends. react with smiles from
situations meant to be terrifying
1t is frivolous jollity that our boys have thus
carried into the midst dreadful affairs Theirs is
the laughter of courage. They make a mock of
fear. They gibe at peril. From shadow of death
they emerge with quantity worded uuips But in
the fight when it is and in their hearts always
they stand for love of life liberty and loyalty among
men. What power of human evil ran homo 70 hoo,
such laughter knights as these?-New York World
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-10-31
The Dahl y Short Story

ing for some one who will take her
travelling all over the world. Nor
Beatrice-she got an idea of mar
Tying some great singer so she can
go to the opera every night. OF
course there's Muriel. but she don't
count"
why don't she count, Ned .
questioned Purcell
Because she's the oldest, %, and
they call her the old maid and she
said she's laid by on the shelf All
the same, she's the best of the lot,
Mr.. Purcell She has sat up with
NE for month nights. getting me
swift on writing and figuring"
We'll, Ned" said Purcell. you
crop in here this afternoon and
will look around for you in the
meantime"
The young lawyer secured Ned
good position He kept track of the
lad and acted the older brother
completely. At the end of six
months Ned went home for the hol-
idays. His four sisters were in the
room when he recited the details
of his first interview with Mr.. Pur-
cell.
"Humph!" uttered naughty Hor-
tense, he acts as if he could take
his pick"
He is model young man.
though vouchsafed Beatrice
thoughtfully.
Muriel. shy, retiring Muriel.
flushed, but no one thought OF ex-
pecting an opinion from her. She
was the old maid" Muriel didn't
count"
Six months later Dale Purcell
came TO spend vacation at Wood
Vile There was something of
flutter in the Waters family Hor-
tense had not yet netted her mil
lionaire. Blanche had not yet To-
Gated the typical globe trotter
Beatrice found wife-seeking inn
presarios few and far between. The
three sisters watched one another
suspiciously. Purcell had sent
word that he would like TO call on
the family. In honor of the occas-
ion Hortense projected garden
party, She got out her most dash
ing costume. and was Jealous and
upset 10 note that Blanche and Bea-
triee were following her example.
Only Muriel went on in her quiet,
iinnhtrusive war. and the day of
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-10-31
ViruIence of Influenza

| The cause of the present epidem-
! iC of influenza may or may not be
| the bacillus of inf1uenza-the same
| germ that caused the great epidem-
! ic in American in 1886. Along with
/ the influenza germ certain other
germs are frequently associated.
| particularly a Streptococcus (Which
! is always an ugly, poisonous mi
crobel and the pneumococcus
which causes pneumonia. But no
matter about the type of germ pres
ent-we know that one person
catches the disease from another
who has mild attack, perhaps. or
who has no illness at all but is a
carrier of the infection. And we
know precisely how the infection
is passed from person to person; it
| is through the direct implantation
of particles of spit from one mouth
to the other-partiCles too small to
be seen. perhaps, but large enough
to carry the microbes. This is
known as droplet infection. The
droplets, as demonstrated by nU-
merOus experiments. seldom carry
mora than four feet from the mouth
So one is comparatively safe out
side of the five-fOot barrage-un-
| less the patient or carrier is fond
of coughing or sneezing open-face.
1t is also we'll known that a COM
paratively mild germ. that is, one
that won't make you very sick if it
does land in your nose or throat,
may become much more virulent.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-10-31
The Effect of War.

Bishop Brent. head chaplain of the American
forces in France has been giving his impression Of
til SOLDERING effect of upon officers prvates
Prior to the in France he says:
IT was considered something of offense if
an officer showed himself to be religious by his
conversation. or by in any way revealing his soul
Today it is quite the opposite. Everywhere 1 went
along the French line I saw evidence of religion
There are a great many priests with the French
army and it is not uncommon to a soldier max
ing his confession right in the trenches So far
church attendance is symptom of reality in re
hgfon the attendance in churches throughout France
indicates that the people truly worshiping l
into churches in a great many places not
merely in Paris but in towns behind the line out
side the zone of actual fighting. They were always
crowded . So far the soldiers are CON
gerned, you will find great variety Of religious re-
sction But, in the main, the has made for con-
5ructve belief Take for instance. the case Of lArgs