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The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-01-24
COuRT HOUSE NEWS.
PROBATE COURT.

Maxine Lolita Davidson was a.
dopted by Harry and Ida Jacobs
and name changed to Maxine Lo-
iita Jacobs.
DistriEutive account filed in
estate of VIM. Briefly.
Additional bond in sum Of SlO,-
900 filed in guardianship of Ella
Baker and guardian authorized to
borrow money and to mortgage
wards real estate as security for
loan.
Distributive account filed in es-
tate of George H. Winbigler.
Ninth account filed in guard
ianship Of Isaac Blume.
Inventory and applaiscment
filed in estate Of D. E. Craig.
Inventory and appraisement
filed in estate of Thomas G..
Brawley. .
VIM, F. Norris was appointed
administrator of estate of l.. P.
Stahr: bend $1,000.
Last will of Elijah Heck was
filed for probate and record.
MARRIAGE LICENSGc.
Warren r. Albert, Sc, painter,
Dayton, O., and Efie Coppock,
%, Bradford.
Franklin A. Erisman, %, far,
mer, Adams township, and Mary
E. Wright, 19, Franklin town
ship.
Edward r. Purtee, Fl, farmer,
GreenviIle R. D. 6, and Sadie
Dismeier. 25, Greenville town
ship.
David Wogoman, Is, farmer
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-01-24
Labor oroan Boosts Proh!bitlon.

Denver, Colorado-The Denver La
bor Bulletin, the official organ of or
ganized labor in this city and in
Colorado, is an enthusiastic booster
for Prohibition, local, state and
national. In recent issue it declares
that, "Any member of organized labor
who knows the vast Improvement
among Colorado wage-earners and
their families when the saloon was
forced to quit, ought to support state
and national Prohibition
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-01-24
Farm Home For Sale.

About 24 acres, located on Onion
City pike, along Ohio Electric Rail-
way, Stop 81, and about 2 miles west
of town. A good S-room house, with
electric light, good we'll, cistern and
outbuildings.
MRS. EMMA E. MILLER,
Executrix estate of S. NJ. Miller.
Bows
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-01-24

Wayne township, and Elizabeth
Didier, 20. Versailles,
Hanson Harmon, 10, farmer,
Greenville township, and Vera
Paul, 18, Greenville.
Frank R. Strait, 22, Union Ci-
ty, and Teresa M. Ampsbaugh,
10, Jackson township.
COMMON E{IEAp LuUkT.
NEW CASES.
21968-State of Ohio on rela-
ton of Homer McGriff versus C.
B. Rayburn, Clerk of Courts;
writ of mandamus.
21369-James Stines versus J.
A. Hicks and others; to recover
$275.25.
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LOCAL BRIEFS

~ :f fyoursuDscrIuunn paid?"6l
E. d. irwin and wife left Sat-
urday for a visit in Chicago.
Miss Josephine Marker is the
guest of relatives in Van Vert.
Newt. Brady of Coletown was
transacting business here Thurs
day.
Miss Nellie Warner spent Sun
day with her parents in Fort Re-
covery.
Miss Merle Newby has gone to
Cleveland, where she has secured
a position.
John ], Harmon and wife of
Versailles visited with relatives
here Tuesday.
Mrs, Lusetta Edison is the
guest of O. E. Harrison and fam
Fly in Columbus.
Mrs. l. J. Golsberry of West
Carrolton visited with Mrs. Les
sic Kelsey Friday.
Misses Olive NeaIeigh and Lulu
Slade are spending a few weeks
with relatives in Findlay, O.
Lieut.. Joseph Martz of Camp
Wheeler, Ca, is here visiting his
parents, Adelbert Martz and wife.
Mrs. Lucy Parks of Arcanum
visited with her sister, Mrs. Ed
Best, Harrison avenue, Thursday.
Mrs. E. F. Babb of Springfield,
O., spent a few days the past
week with friends In Greenville.
Mrs. Armotte Boyer of Piqua
has been the guest of Mrs. Tom
Christopher in this city the past
week.
James McCune has been quite
i'll the past week at his home on
Gray avenue suffering with pneu-
monia.
Miss Mary O'Brien returned &c
her home in Columbus Tuesday,
after pleasant visit here with
relatives.
Ward Heath was home from
Camp Sherman several days this
week visiting with his relative.
and friends.
Lieut.. Earl Powell was hom'
from Camp Sherman Saturday
and Sunday visiting his parent
on Sweitzer street.
Corp. VIM. Patty and Jack Er
by Of the Wright Aviation Field
near Dayton, were visitors i
Greenville Nor day.
Misses Helen and Mary Louis
Blottman have returned to the
home in Williamson. w. Va, a
ter spending several weeks hel
among relatives,
Attorney George w. Manni1
Jr., was taken critically i'll Mo
day night with a hemorrhage
the stomach and for a time it WI
doubtful if he would recove
He, however. is better and no
thought to be out of danger.
Two of the city school bull
ings-the North and SOuth-ha
been closed the past week on {
count OF a lack of fuel, Pup
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-01-24

ings temporarily for classes.
Part going in forenoon and 9TH
ers in afternoon.
Owing to a lack of coal to heat
the court house, the offices IN
that building have been closed
this week.
Emanuel Strader, 81 years old,
an Arcanum citizen we'll known
here, died in the home of his dau-
ghter, Mrs. G. E. Niswonger, in
that village last week.
Malinda ]. Gauby, 65 years old,
relict of Jacob Gauby, died Tues
day morning in the home of her
son, VIM. Gauby. a mile south of
Fry's Corner. Funeral services
at Beach Grove church today and
burial in cemetery adjoining,
Three sons and a daughter sur
vive. -.. .....@. e.
Mrs. Fannie McKinistry. nee
Conr, died in her home in In
dianapolis last Thursday, aged a.
bout 80 years. She leaves her
husband and two children. She
was a daughter of Henry Conn
and wife, who reside hear this
city on a farm. Burial was made
in Indianapolis.
More coal has been received in
the city and county during the
past week, although the situation
is not yet normal. Many of the
coal cars arriving are found to De
several tons Snort, owing to
thefts enroute. Monday morn
ing a temperature of from 10 to
19 degrees below zero was re-
corded here.
Mrs. Hattie Bard, 81 years old,
wife of Stephen Bard, who re,
sides near the Wildcat road, dieC
in the Dayton asylum Monday
afternoon. Her husta I'd. three
sisters and two brothers, one OF
the latter being Rev. DeK Judy,
survive. Funeral services Fri
day afternoon at the residence
conducted by Rev. Sharp anC
burial in Greenville cemetery.
Mrs, Elizabeth D. Wright, rel
let of Rev, George W. Wright
and mother of Mrs. Nose Crum
rine and Mrs. Ben Lands of this
city and Aaron Wright of Pits
burg, died last Saturday in hel
home on Washington avenue a
the age of 78 years. Funeral ser
vices were held Tuesday forenoon
at the Christian church and bur
| ial made in GreenvilIe cemetery
| Owing to the fuel saving orde
promulgated by DR.. Garfield las
Thursday, all factories were shu
down in this city from Thursda
night to Wednesday morning, an
on last Monday all business hot
ses and Offices, except groceries
meat ShoEs and bakeries, We1
) closed, giving Broadway a Sur
cay OF holiday appearance. Tt
movies and poolrooms were a
lowed to operate on Monday, b.
were closed all day Tuesday. TIL
will be the weekly program u
til March Is, unless the order
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-01-24
II! GssEIVIll! NATIONAL 8ATE,

GREENVILLE .OHTO.
Has the iurgesC Capital surplus and
Eesp0n SihiIity Of aUJ Bank in Darke
County. IS regularly examined un-
der Government sup DerVisiOn.
Capital of the Bank is 100000
shareholders Liabilityj is IOO,OOO
surplus of bank is 100000
Total Responsibility is S3sO,OOO
All of which is u guarantee of absO.
lutte protection to it's depOsitOrs.
We invite your business, which
shall have our best attentiOn.
Money in shape of drafts issued
available all OVerthe world
June lyl
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-01-24

Every Family iI
Darke County should D.
well supplied with good,
interesting and instruc.
tive reading. Just what
you want is the Greon~
vile Journal, which will
be sent to any address III
the county for S1.OO per
year; six months TO 80
cents out Of the co "
foI $1.l5. DID you eve.
stop to think that IN one
year the Journal furnish
ss two Thousand, nine
hundred am ~uo've col
umns / rla matter
And a. - -slly E1.CO---
less than two cents Der
w2ckl Come il and give
- your subscription, ans
I you have a friend living
at a distance who wouI5
appreciate the news from
old Darke, you couldn't
do a oetter act tnar 20
make him a present OF
the journal for one year
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REGISTER Or. DEEDS.

REGISTER Ot' DEEDS.
S. f. Young to Margaret W.
HarteI. AZ acres in Wayne town.
ship, $4,000.
Frank L. Robbins to Spencer
A. Guthrie, a lot in Woodingtcn,
$4,000.
Henry H. Retzler to Ollie ".
Briefly, a small tract in Union
City. 5000.
George Buehler to Samuel
Stump, 20 acres in Wabash town
ship. $4,000.
Franklin Starr to Samuel Stump
10 acres in Wabash township,
$4,000.
Mary L. Bell to Mary O'Con-
nor, lot 354 in Union City, $3.50.
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THIS WOMAN KNOWS.
columbus CitiZen.)

Booze wrecks more homes
than all other causes combined; !
it is directly responsible for
poverty, unhappiness and suffer :
ing in SO out of every 100 cases.
This is the statement of Miss :
Gilbert, one of the Investigators
for Juvenile Court. ;
"In my three years of social :
work." she said, T haven't
found more than 20 cases which :
justified the Juvenile Court tax
ing a hand, for which drink is
not directly responsible. It's
. revelation to me whenever L
find otherwise. Does your hus-
. band drink? That's the ques-
ton l ask first.
, "But it's not always the hus- (
band that drinks; sometimes it's
the mother. Drunkenness 4
among the women is increas-
! ing at an alarming rate"
. Z r.
Evening journal., 1918-06-14
Yankees Live in Ancient Towns

entente cordisle was affected. With
the barn rat. it wasn't possible TO be
so conslderste. No one with an army
minds having a rat or two running
around the floor. But when the raj
stops and starts 10 make a meal Of the
only pair Of boots you have with you
1t has gone far enough.
But the American officer is welcome
in the French village. The housewife
not only viii do her best to make him
comfortable, but all the animals join
in the welcome. The barnyard rooster
will pick a place Just outside his win
dow 10 crow about I a. m. Then the
dog that he petted the night before
VIII stick his nose In the window.
bark a couple OF times just 10 make
sure the visitor Is awake. and beg 20
have his ears scratched again. All these
things were done for a mere corre-
spondent. so an officer Is certain OF as
royal a welcome.
Evening journal., 1918-06-14

in his main contention.
This is a day for vigorous action anC
vigorous language
Dr. Henry Van Dyke, one OF the best
known Presbyterian clergymen in IA,
country and a famous author. address
ing the Commonwealth Club OF Sar
Francisco a short time ago. said:
Wen never let up in this war until
we lick the stufiln out OF these Pots
Dam rascals"
Like the rest % his auditors. I cheer
cd him and approved his sentiment
suppose I've repeatedly said, Damn ihe
Kaiser" and other forcible phrases since
this war began. Many ministers Of the
gospel have uttered equally sharp de-
nunciations from their pulpiis. And ]
haven't heard many objections.
Profanity, literally. Is taking the
name OF thy Lord in vain" 10 Is irrev-
erenee toward the Deity that really con-
stltutes swearing" Christ in the tenn
pie used strong but not profano Ian
guage.
/ contend that no gentleman "swears. 4"
whether he wears broadcloth, rags or
khaki. We can express ourselves about
the Germans without deseorating the
name OF God.
Evening journal., 1918-06-14
Savanf Explains, Approves of Startling
Wave of Profanity; Says Words With
Bark on Spur Righteous War Anger

would have been shocked TO hear a
college dean resort to profanity. take
i rot complacently but with enihus-
iastic cheering. They are thinking Just
about the same thing as the professor.
And so is the army
The cussword is finding disciples and
approval in the parlor. on the street,
in the school and even in the church,
as well as barracks and trench.
Righteous anger is breeding talk with
the bark on.
The big war has certainly populsrlzed
the big u.
Our boys go into action with saw
age curse and NOW down the Hun TO
the accompaniment OF high explosive
language. The lighting talk In the
trenches has come to permeate our
everyday speech.
It's in the air-over here now as well
as over there.
Professor Gayley says IT'S perfectly
natural phenomenon.
call 10 strong language rather than
Evening journal., 1918-06-14
By FRED 5. FERGUSON
United Press stan Correspondent

UNITED Press Stan Correspondent)
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN
PICARDY. May r.. ,By Mau.)-The
young American officer In France again
Is getting accustomed TO wax flowers in
glass cases, such as he used TO see
about his grandmother's house. They
are part Of the decoration Of the room
assigned TO him as a billet. He Is also
getting blase, and cessing 10 wonder
at old French mirrors that would cos;
more at home than the house IN which
they hang in France. They also are
TO be found in billets In villages some
distance back OF the line. Then there
are the French beds-built so high as
70 make a fall precarious, and topped
by fat eiderdowns.
But as you draw nearer the front,
billets become scarcer and more barren.
There's where officers and men hit the
barns and the bare floors. That's in
the reserve positions. You move up
again and you may be In a cellar, II
there are no dugouts.
The villages occupied by the Amer
leans in Picardy as they were moving
Into the line were the Oldest the France
Travelled fighters from home had seen.
some Of the houses were tOttering to
an early fall. The villages had not been
ihelled. The houses appeared to be
Tired, and were sinking down 70 rest
The outer walls OF some Of them were
OF clay and straw This apparently is
an effective mixture, but IL won't last
Ions. Some Of these houses had been
up only 100 years or so.
With the line only a short distance
away. many Of the villages had been
practically evacuated by civilians.
There were no stores. Nothing. but
places 70 sleep. In the farming vii
lagos. the house in France is merely
Incidental 10 the farming establishment
The barns and living quarters from a
hollow square. There is the bsrdyard
Ducks, geese, rabbits. chickens. dogs,
horses-everything but human beings
In looking for the United Press billet
in a certain village you might easily
have made a mistake and have gone
into horses stall close by, but it was
good horse. The geese insisted on
wandering in. so when it became evil
dent they could not be repulsed, an
Evening journal., 1918-06-14

Y. VI. C. A. LEADER
APPROVES STRONG TALK
BY HENRY J. mccoy
General secretary OF the San Francisco
Y. NJ. c. A.
] must agree with Professor Gayley
Evening journal., 1918-06-14
FEAR WIRE DISEASE" /"
By the United Press.

by tne Dnllcd Press.
LONDON. June ii.-Dring the nego-
tiations between Turkey and the Brit
ish Forcisn onlce for the exchange OF
prisoners Of war. Turkey sent a de-
mand that all barbed-wire fences be
removed from the camps where Turks
were being held. The Turk Foreign
Minister had been told OF wire disease
among prisoners and wanted them
spared from further Infection.
The enemy representatives were will
ing 10 agree TO smooth wire barricades
because the new disease seemed 10
come cnly from barbed wire.
Tho point held up negotiations mo-
mentarily while the British convinced
the Turks that wire disease is a slang
term meaning a nervous collapse and
not a new communicable disease suf-
fered by persons who happened 10 touch
barbcd wire.
Evening journal., 1918-06-14
DISCOVERY OF PHOSPHATE THAT
INCREASES STRENGTH AND YIGOR

says: Let those who arc wesk. thin. -
vous, anaernic or rundown, take n natural
unaduiternted strength and tissue build
ing substance such as Bitro- Phosphate and
you viii soon see some Astonishing results
In the Increase OF nerve energy. strength
OF body and mind and power Of sndur-
ancc."
Being a nerve food that is readily a.
simulated by the most delicate stomach
and not dangerous drug or stfm uiant,
itro-Phosphnte commends itself to al
sufferers from nervousness. thinnssa, weak
ness. etc. and moreover, II can now be OBJ
tsined from ". B. Danforth and most all
good druggists In convenient c-rrain tab
lets at cost so low as 10 be within the
reach OF everyone.
One OF these tablets should be taken
with each meal, and the results in many
instances are little short Of marvellous Dub
eyes becoms bright. sleep Is restored to the
sleepless. the nerves regain their strength,
thin people put on flesh and the whole sys-
TEN becomes charged with that strength.
vitality and energy which makes LIZ -
truly worth white.
AZ there are a great variety II ss-eaiisd
phOsphntes. be suro and get Bitrs-Phos-
phate the genuine, unsduiterated organie
substance described by the authorities
above mentioned.
Evening journal., 1918-06-14
Don't Let Soap
Spoil Your Hair

When you wash your hair. be careful
what you use. Most soaps aud pre-
pared shampoos contsin too much alkali.
which is very Injurious. as Il dries the
scalp and makes the hair brittle
The best thing 10 use Is Just plain null
slhed cocoanut oil. for this IL pure and
entirely greaseless. les very cheap. and
beats the most expensive soaps or any
thing else an 10 pieces You can get this
at any drug store and a few ounces will
last the whole family for months
Simply moisten the hair with water and
rub Il IN, about teasponfui Is all that is
required. II makes an abundance OF rich.
creamy iather. cleanses thoroughly, and
rinses out easily. The hair dries quickly
and evenly, and Is soft. fresh looking.
bright. fiuny, wavy and easy 20 handle Be
sides, Il loosens ana takes out every par
ticlo Of dust, dirt aud daudruf.
Evening journal., 1918-06-14

easier and more pleasant to take than the
oil In bottles.
Each capsule contains about one dose Of
lve drops Take them Just like you
would any pill. with small swallow Of
water. They soak into the system and
throw on the poisons which are making
you old before your time. They will
quickly relieve those stineDed joints, that
backache. rheumatism. lumhago. sciatica
gall-stones. gravel brick dust" etc They
are an effective remedy for all diseases oi
allied organs.
Go 10 your druggist today and get a bo,
Of GOLD MEDAL Haarlem OH Capsules
Money refunded " they do not help you
Three sizes GOLD MEDAL are the pure
original imported Harlem OH Capsules
Accept no substitutes.
Evening journal., 1918-06-14
fothinr Like bitrs-rhesph.ts to Incr-ss.
Strength. yiror and Nerve Force
Says Editor OF Physicizns
-whs's Who"

New rork-The discovery OF an or
ranie phosphate which when taken Into
the human system Is quickly converted
into healthy nerve tissue is regarded by
medical specialists as OF vital impertrnce
20 people who suffer from ailments directly
or Indirectly due 70 depleted nervous vital
~, suSn a. neurasthenia nervous weak
ness, thinness. premature old age insom-
ui.. lack or euerEy. nervous debility, etc
an example OF how this remarkahle
substance Increases strength and enriches
ne blood IL furnished By a New York
uespltal Physieian,s report Of q patient
nhv.e rso cells. after short course OF
treatment, were Increased 10000. Phv,i
elhns and hospitals everywhere are now
Ieeognnins its merits by lie use in ever
,hcresiing Quantities Frederick Koile N
- editor OF New York Physiciaas. aWho'. I.
mo. says: "Bitro- Phosphate should be
prescribed BY every doctor and used IN
rvcry hospital 20 Increase strength and
nerve torcs and to enrich the blood"
soseph ID. Hnrrigsn. former Visiting
speeiahst TO North Eastern Dispensatory'
Evening journal., 1918-06-14
WEAK KIDNEYS MEAN
A WEAK BODY

When you're fifty, your body begins 20
creak a little at the hinges. Motion Is
more slow and deliberate. Not so young
as I used 10 be" is frequent and unwel-
so much depend. are impaired. The weak
spot is generally the bladder. Unpleasant
symptoms show themselves. Painful and
annoying complications in other organs
arlse This Is particularly true with elder
ly people. II you only know how, this
trouble can be obviated.
For over 200 years GOLD MEDAL Haar-
lem OF has been relieving the incenven-
ience aud pain due TO advancing years. II
Is a standard, old-time home remedy. and
needs no Introduction. 10 is now put up IN
odorless. tasteless capsules. These are
Evening journal., 1918-06-14
Rr sTIIART G. MASTERS

SAN FRANCISCO. June i3-"To hell
with the HohenzOllern
This Is the crisp anathema, with
which Professor Charles Mills Gsyley.
head OF the University OF California s
English department., dean OF the facul-
ties and ex-oficio head OF the univer-
sity's special war board Is regularly
closing his patriotic addresses.
Audiences, which, few years ago.
Evening journal., 1918-06-14
All America Beginning TO Swear Like Trooper
SOLDIERS PROTEST
AGAINST CUSsING

A counter-current against the
startling growth OF profanity
throughout the nation and in the
army has manifested itself at Camp
Fremont. Cal.
The movement there launched in
protest against hard talk came from
the enlisted men themselves.
Here and there In other army
camps there is an echo OF the Camp
Fremont example. How far this
crusade against profanity will go
when the bows face the boche Is
puzzling veterans.
At all events. they've begun 10
backflre the cussword in dead earn
estness.
Can they delete the big d" from
the soldier vocabulary?
Evening journal., 1918-06-14

The Want Ads offer good positions IN
offices. and domestic help should ad-
vertlse in the Want Ads during the
coming two weeks.
Evening journal., 1918-06-14

profanity" says he. not so much in an
apologetic sense as explaining why the
American people have suddenly put
birthstone into their vocabulary.
"A righteous cause naturally pro-
duces righteous indignation. The Ian
guage OF the Savior. when he drove the
money-changers from the temple and
when he excoriated the pharisees. wa
none too tender. We have a high ex-
ample, anyway.
we can't win this war unless we
are boiling mad. Our men doing the
fighting can't do their best against the
wild beast unless they go into the con-
flict In rage. II is quite natural, then
that they should grapple with the en-
emy kissing oaths through clenched
teeth.
Personally, am not TO be taken as
an example. My language for the last
thirty years-eyen in classroOm-has
not always been OF the parlor sort.
However. this renaissance OF stout
Anglo-Saxon swearing is an encourag-
ing indication that we are getting our
whole hearts into this war. When you
are fighting pirates. you naturally drift
into the piratical vernaculsr. IT'S one
sign that we mean business"
SO. the leading authority on English
literature in the West puts the stamp
OF approval. both by word and exam
pie, on the custom Of dsmning the
Kaiser
It's going 10 be quite conventional,
now, TO put the cuss in war discuss
ions. one can make the air blue with
big, corpuscular objurgations. maledic-
tions. imprecations and execrations-
all without being de' trop. It's one form
Of patriotism. after all.
Seems as II the Hun has done more
10 encourage strong language than even
Billy Sundays perferyld example.