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Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1918-11-22

on Sept. 18th. he writes another let.
ter from which We make the following
extracts:
u "Ferd is few miles from here. It
rains today or would 60 out and see
him. l will have 10 walk. I!have had
no car ride since I was home for the
funeral.
They have appointed me messenger
and teach me to receive and send mess
ages. 1t is quite an easy job but must
be ready at any time.
oe and jim Zbornik received q let
ter under date of Sept. 3Oth from their
brother Frank, member of Battery
A. >304th F. A.. describing his expert
ences under shell fire - follows:
Il have had considerable experience
under shell fire. have had to go right
thru where road was shelled by the
Huns. That time was sitting on
captains horse and after waiting
awhile till l found out just about how
much time elapsed between each shell,
l gave the horse the spurs and got
across the spot o. X. At another time
l was chopping trees close to where
the shells were falling, at night at
that. These were gas shells but we
carry gas mask right on US all the
time 90 put it on and worked right
along. These trees had to be cut so
they would not interfere with our fir
ing. Our guns we're firing 1T the same
time. The firing was 20 great that it
shook the whole woods. and believe me
outside of about ten minutes slept the
full two hours. The roaring of the
guns does not bother me at all. can
sleep and not mind them almost along
side of them. All this work that 1 did
in the dangerous positions had to be
just then. otherwise the captain would
not have allowed us to work there.
The next morning he complimented US
on our good work under shell fire.
am glad to say that we are going
forward every move We make and we
have made several of them.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1918-11-22
Notice.!

All prices on all kinds Of junk are
cancelled that made orally or written.
SAM
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1918-11-22

don't run around the country like our
dog Sport does, and the rest of them,
but they are used for everything such
a. churning, running the cream sepa-
rator and even used for driving q
great deal.
There is lot of sugar beets and to-
bacco raised over here, but wheat is
the main crop. Most oil the grain is
being cut by hand and the hay the
same way. Binders and mowers are
pretty scarce over here. McHugh &
I Lusson ought to start an implement
4sAop over here.
They haven't got what you call a
real buggy. It is similar to our road
carts, except. some Of them have two
seats on. Their lumber wagons have
three wheels instead of four wheels.
For . tongue. they use little stub
about FIVE feet long, then chain on
there about fifteen feet long. If they
have real heavy load they use three
horses, one on the wagon and two on
the lead.
They have'a walking pillow that is so
Fixed, that you can plow back and forth
In the same furrow.
There are q lot of caterpillar trac-
tors over here used for tugging the
cannons. These tractors all come from
the states. being made in Peoria. III.
We are now located close to . tank
company. 1t surely is an wonderful
invention. I've seen them do the
greatest stunts that you ever thought
Of. You wouldn't believe me If ! told
you about it.
Did you ever see or hear about
narrow guage railway? They are used
to great extent over here as they are
easily built. Some of them 60 way up
to the front.
Have been under shell fire since the
4th Of July until the 5th of Sept. That's
nothing when you get used to it, but
felt . little uneasy at first.
like it real we'll over here, better
then I eyer looked for. We have q
dandy bunch of officers and especially
the captain. r...-
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1918-11-22
Notice.!

Noticelis hereby given that will
allow{no hunting or trespassing on my
farm. lisp FRANK SLrFKA.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1918-11-22
Fer Sale.

Pedigree Duroc Jersey Bears and
Gifts. Your last chance to get one of
my herd, As am closing out. Come
before Dec. 1st.
A. L. CATION,
lots miles soOth of Cresco.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1918-11-22
1Ot5
Fer Rent q Sale.

The Crowell so, without buildings,
adjoining George Dell's. Also for sale
several homes in Croseo at right prices
and on good terms. 8. 8. CULVER.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1918-11-22
Notice!

Crssco Grist Mill will be spsn every
day at price 1ec per sack. 1872
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1918-11-22

Frank H. Drillieg, private in Co. l..
352nd Infantry, writes under date of
Sept. 9Th to relatives Is follows:
Ibid not hear from you since an
here, SO will write again. We moved
again and am now separated from Ferd
and Ed Kapler. lam now in quite .
large town and we live in houses which
were probably built hundreds of years
ago. They are comfortable though and
owners are very accommodating to US.
We went to mass last Sunday for the
first time since we left Camp Dodge.
The priest speaks French, English and
German. The time don't seem long to
me and everybody is happy. We have
the chance to talk all the French we
can. 1t seems that's the only Ian
guage civilians use. The climate is
healthy here, at least l feel fine. We
have been half around the world and
certainly seen lot more than l would
dare to write. Some sights are so i'm
pressed upon my mind that I'll remem-
Der it all my life. The country is a
good deal like the U. S. A. They
raise everything but hogs and corn.
They work the fields with oxen or an
OK and horse together. Farmers all
live in town and there is a town every
few miles.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-01-23
LITTLE IF ANY
FUEL WAS SAVED
Shut Down of Brattleboro Factories Re
suited in Use of About Usual
Amount of Wood and Coal.

Inquiry at the manufacturing estab-
hshments in Brattleboro, which started
VI this morning after the Shut down
ordered by the national fuel admins
traitor SHOWS that probably no saving
wal effected, either in wood or coal.
While a certain amount was saved in
some places more than the usual amount
was used in others.
At the White River Chair company g
factory, for instance, it is figured that
about Is tons more coal was burned
during the time that the factory was
closed than would have been burned
had the factory continued in operation.
At this plant enough waste wood is
produced during the day to furnish
heat for the day and half the night,
but when the factory is closed coal has
to be burned all the time to keep the
pipes from freezing.
At the 5. A. Smith Manufacturing
company S plant, which was shut down
one day, l2 cords of commercial wood
were burned whereas if the shop had
been kept open only about two cords
would have been used
The Eatey Organ company estimates
that possibly few tons of coal were
alved there. The dry kiln had to be
kept at the usual temperature and all
the factories had to be warm enough to
prevent freezing
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-01-23
How Seattle Was Graded.

The hills of Seattle are linked for
ever with K. II. Thomson. Steep as
the hills are today, they are all acces-
sible by motor and gtreet car although
III places the trolley gives way to the
cable. But in my years in Seattle there
We're hills so precipitous that to get
up them one had almost to climb like
an ape Thomson was city engineer
He was more than an engineer; he was
a dreamer Of city dreams. | suppose he
might have gone on merely digging
sewers and laying out streets, as most
city engineers do; but he had the
dream habit, and his visions of the flu
ture Seattle were so incredibly big that
he was not taken seriously. But he
kept on dreaming and kept on submit
ting his impossible plans TO the city
council, until finally those city fathers
themselves began to dream. Then they
4 TUNED Thomson loose upon those in
/ accessible hills that stood IN the way
| of city development. He took great
streams of water up there and built
long suieeways through the air over
Puget Sound This was the famou.
Seattle regrade, which was done be
tween 1906 and 1909. 1t was the mos
daring job any city ever undertook
Yet when it was finished and tn
streets were graded and paved it wa
worth millions TO Seattle.-Mott Wool
ley in Mcclure =.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-01-23
PUTNEY.
Henry D. Parker of Hartford Dead.

The Hartford Conn Courant of Sat
urdav, Jan. 10, contained picture and
the following sketch of Henry d. Par
ker, formerly of East Putney:
" Henry Dwight Parker of II Green
field street died yesterday, after an i'll
ness of several months. He was born in
Westmoreland, n. H., in 1873, and later
lived in Putney,Vt For % years he was
connected with Gemmill. Burnham &
Co., and he was stakeholder of the
corporation. He was twice married.
His first wife was Miss Ora j. King of
Holvoke, Mass, whom he married in
1895, and who died in 1906. In 1907 he
married Miss Mabel Z. Terry of Essex.
Besides his wife, he leaves a son, Brooks
Parker; his father, Edgar c. Parker; a
sister, Mrs. Ida B. Robertson, and a
brother, Walter f. Parker the last
three being of Putney. Mr.. Parker was
a member Of the Fourth Congregational
church, being trustee and for six years
an usher.
The funeral will be held at
clock tomorrow afternoon at his home.
Rev. DR.. James j. Dunlop, pastor of the
Fourth church, will officiate. Burial will
! be in Cedar Hill cemetery.
Z. c. Parker, Mrs. Ida B. Robertson
and Walter t. Parker went to Hart
/ ford to attend the funeral.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-01-23
DESERTS FAMILY.
Burlington Man with Wife and Three
Children Disappears

BURLINGTON, Jan 23.-Gcorge Gil
man Nichols, expert machinist, who has
been employed at the Cadillac service
station here several months, and who
lived in a dwelling house at the rear of
the Cadillac plant. has been missing
from home since Monday afternoon
Jan. IT,. His wife, who is left with
three small children, awaits his return
auSiously and in the meantime is OBJ
liged TO subsist on the charity of her
friends and neighbors for the ncces-
sarics of life.
Nichols is tall, dark man with dark
eyes and hair. When he left home he
told his wife that he was going to East
Middlcburv to spend a day with his
sister, Mrs. +. J. Sumner. .
He finished work for the Cadillac PEG
pie the Saturday night before, and in
tended to 20 TO work for another firm
on Wednesday. His wife waited patient
~ and anxiously for several days for his
return and then asked the police to help
her.
She also telephoncd the sister in Mid
dlcbury and found that her husband had
not arrived there.
When Nichols left towI:, according to
his wife, he had about $l3 with him.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-01-23
WARsHIPS TO vLADIvosToK.
Disquieting Information Reaches Wash
ington-No Details Given.

WASHINGTON, Jan. Disquieting
information has reached the govern
ment from Nladivostok, the Pacific
ocean terminal of the Trans-Siberian
railway, and an American war vessel is
either there or on the way. British and
Japanese warships, it was said in official
quarters, were already at Nladivostok.
Nothing has been received to indicate
that foreign lives and Fropcrty are in
danger and it is supposed that warships
were sent there merely for precaution-
airy purposes.
The internal affairs of Russia viii not
be interfered with by the foreign
/ forces. and there viii be no Interference,
either, it was stated on high authority
with the war supplies stored at Eladi-
vostok, even though they NAV fall into
the hands of the BOlsheyiki There We're
said to be many japanese, British and
American nationals at NladivostOk.
some of them engaged in business there,
and the despatch of war vessels to that
port was made advisable by the dis
turbed conditions. There was q rumor
Yesterday that the foreign warships
would take on board possibly the former
Car Nicholas and other members of the
imperial family, but i'll official quarters
TINS WAS uculct II DtlHp utGldIeu tHdt
1 there was no confirmation in the first
| place Of the escape of the ear, and il
| the second place that he would be fal
more likely to cross the Chinese border
Il if he should succeed iii escaping thar
risk the dangerous hight to the Pacific
II coast.
H In japanese diplomatic circles here i
was stated that Japan had no intention
/ of landing large force at Nladivostok
4 and that together with Britain am
II America, she was determined only t
| protect the lives and interests of he
II citizens until the conditions in the Rus
| sian city warranted the withdrawal o
II the war vessels.
II Advices from China state that Chimes
II troops are guarding the streets of Bal
II bin day and night on account of the II
/ creasing disorder caused there by tn
II activities and violence of the Bolshev
| XII. More than 5000 Chinese soldier
| are on duty, and the pick Of China $ mi
II itary forces may be rushed to the cit,
II which is on the Russian-Chinese frontie
II on short notice
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-01-23
SATURDAY AFTERNOON WORK.
Tlants on Government Work to Be Al
lowed to Continue Operations

BOSTON. Jan. %. The fuel admins
tration today announced that under a
ruling OF Federal Administrator Gar
field the operation Of manufacturing
plants on Saturday afternoons during the
period OF Monday holidays is in a meas
ure contrary to the spirit of the order,
but that such work will be permitted in
the case of plants engaged on government
work which otherwise would fall behind
in their production,
A s. Cobb of the New England fuel
administration stated that this ruling had
been interpreted here as allowing suci
manufacturing plants to do six days
work in five days either by working Sat
urday afternoon or by extending the dali.
hours
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-01-23
STOLEN MILLION FOUND.
Missing Sacks Covered by Others-Inno-
cent Driver in Jail.


NEW YORK, Jan. 23.-The reported
theft of eight mail sacks supposed to
hold registered mail containing money
and valuables worth 81 100000 from a
postotfice truck on a ferry boat January
!, for which last Saturday a former
mail driver was arrested and put under
$4,000 bail, blew up with a loud bang
last night when the missing sacks We're
found in the main postoffice building,
at Eighth avenue and Thirty third
street.
Although no details of the discovery
could be obtained, il is evident that the
sacks with their valuable contents have
been lying in the postoffice for nearly
a month while detectives have been en-
deavoring to solve the mystery of their
disappearance, and have been "third
Idegreeing' the unfortunate suspect. All
the information that could be CLEANED
was to the effect that the sacks were
found under a pile of empty pouches.
| The robbery was reported as being the
largest in the history of the postotfice
and was said to resemble i'll many re-
spccts the sensational theft of large
quantity of registered mail from q
wagon on the ferryboat Wilkes Barre,
Feb. IS, 1916. While the theft was sup.
posed to have occurred Jan. I, it was
not until last Saturday that 1t was re
ported for publication. This came afte,
Charles j. Richardson, so years old. 3
chauffeur of Goo Ninth avenue. had beer
arrested Richardson, who has beer
in jail since his arrest, was to have ap
peared before United States Commit
stoned Hitchcock for examination mex
Friday.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-01-23
MOULDERS STRIKE
Two Thousand Men in rs Plants. Some
Engaged in War Work, Demand
Higher Wages.

BOSTON, Jan. Moulders en-
ployed in many foundrics in eastern
Massachusetts struck today to enforce
demands for increased wages Labor
leaders said IS plants. man. of them en-
gagged on war work, We're effected and
that 1000 men were out.
At the plant Of the B. F. Sturtevant
company at Hyde Park ii was said 80
molders had quit work According to
f. B. Freeman, general manager of the
Sturtevant company, the men have
asked for an increase of $l.O0 and day
and refused to accept compromise of
fer of 80 cents.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-01-23
BUGHER ASKED TO
RESIGN HIS OFFICE
Police Commissioner Bugher Out After
% Days by Request of Mayor Hy-
Ian of New York.

NEW YORK, Jan. 23-After serving
% days as police commissioner of New
York under Mayor Hyland, Frederick
H. Bugher was asked to resign the po-
aition today by the mayor on the
ground that he failed to place on trial
motorcycle policemen for dereliction
of duty i'll the Ruth Kruger murder
case as recommended by a grand jury
Mr. Bughor, being an appointee of
the mayor, complied with the request.
In his place Mayor Hyland appointed
as acting police commissioner, Richard
Enrlght, lieutenant in the depart
ment and president of the policemen s
benevolent association.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-01-23
BRATTLEBOROLOCAL

The regular monthly meeting 81
Sunshine society branch J., viii be held
with Mrs. Austin Miller 81 81 Main
street Friday afternoon at $50. Mem.
bcrs are asked 90 remember that this
is also library day.
The weekly PRAYER meeting Of the
Methodist church Friday will begin ut
7.lj and close promptly at 5 p. m. in
order 10 give those m attendance m
opportunity 20 attcud the Men - forum
meeting ~ bee held iu the Auditorium
Prayers were s1id this morning -
Rev. James H. Rand ia 81. Michael $
Roman Catholic church 10 10 q clock
for Agnes Della. y. daughter Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Patrick Flynn. Mr.. katherine
O'tOuncr Weeks sang during the scrv-
Ice. The bearers were Maurice Austin,
Charles Clarity jaime Connollcy.
James Guihoeu. The body was placed
IN the tomb iu Prospect hin cemetery.
Miss Hcryl h'hcrton entertained
seven young women friends from sun
day morning 20 Monday night OF Sher.
man l.. Abbott a farm in Guilford.
Tho party went ou aaow shoes and
we're accompanied hy Miss Ami, X.
Parsons o. chapcroue. The Young
women who went were Miss Muyerettc
Hamilton. Mis- Eleanor Eckcls, Miss
Irma Batto, Miss Gladys Russell, Mis-,
Catherine Demtug and Mise Marion
Long
a purity Of young people, from the
First Methods church rendered q sur.
prise last evening to Mr. aud Mrs. Ar.
thur +. Roberto in their home at -
Western avenue. Rev. Douglas c.
Guest presented t'm. ia behalf Of
their friends. two i. nf cut ola
consisting OF a pfgu, F.. I'D cream
bowl During the c,ctn. warrior,
games were caiovad. aftre watch re-
frcshmeuts which the guest. brought
were s'rvCl
Walter ". Simpson, formerly en-
ploycd 10y tha National Automatic Ma
chine Go. in Brattlcbor1. has received
orders 10 20 60 France rs one of Il
picked men in the detachment of the
American ordnance base depot IN
France. Mr. Simpson is "a former en-
ployc also Of the Wcs iughousc com
pany in Springfield, Mass. aud sine,
his enlistment in November has been
located nc Rock leland, H. Mr.. Stimp
son, who will be commissioned a ser
Eeant, with other expert machinists
will work on repairing guns DAMAGE
in battle
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-01-23
Brandon National Bank and
Western Union Telegraph
Were Burned Out
CHARLES E. RAY
SUSTAINS A LOSS
Former Brattleboro Man Was Owner
of Book Store-Several Mercantile
Establishments and Two Tenements
Destroyed.

BRANDON, Jan. 23Four buildings in
the center of the town IN which were 10
Gated the Brandon National bank, the Of
fee of the Western Union Telegraph
company and several stores were de-
stroyed by fire today The loss is es-
timated at $4,000 to $4,000. The fire
had gained such Roadway before being
discovered that it was not possible to de-
termine exactly where it started.
Among the establishments burned out
were the following:
Neshobe Syndicate, shoe store; c. E.
Ray, book store; w. {. Fletcher, hard
ware; Ira Maxfeld barber shop; Spoon
ers drug store; Burton Holmes, dentist
Two occupants of tenements, Mrs j. La
Rock and Miss Lima Hubbard. lost their
household and personal effects
At one time it was feared that the
flames would sweep through the entire
business section, but as the roofs of
buildings were covered with snow fire
men were able to check the spread.
Charles t. Ray was a resident of Brat
tleboro several years.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-01-23
TOWNS HEND.

Miss Esther Dale Of the music de
partmcnt Of Smith college, soprano so
lois.. has been appointed by tac Young
Men : Christian association to assist
in entertainment at army camps in
France during next summer. Miss Dale
viii take the place of a daughter Of
Mime. Homer and her accompanist will
be Miss Lillian Jackson, Smith, Is.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-01-23
BRATTLEBORO LOCAL.

Tho snowplow which has been trying
to open up the West River railroad
inee a week ago last Saturday reached
Dummcrston late yesterday afternoon
and passed Williamsville this morning.
1t is believed that the line will be
open for traffic before the end of the
week
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-01-23
WILLIAMSVILLE.

Mr.. and Mrs. Frank n. Farnum have
hired \. +. JoneJ's sugar place III East
Bower. They went there this week to
stay until after sugaring.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-01-23
DEATHS.

In Brattleboro, Jan %, Mrs. May
Pereault) Beliveau, Go. wife of John
Beliveau
In Hartford, Conn. Jan. IS. Henry
Dwight Parker, a, formerly of East Put
ney.
In Hinsdale, \ H., Jan. 20, Amasa b
Davis, %,
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-01-23

Dean Holmes Of the Pennsylvania
state college, after spending months
gathering statistics, has discovered
that the money value of four years at
college is $4,000, or a financial return
of $4,000 for every year SO spent.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-01-23
BIRTHS.

In Brattleboro, Jan Il, daughter to
Mr. and Mrs. NJ E. Bennett
In Hinsdale, n H.. Jan. l5 daugh-
ter to Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Brownen.
In Wilmington, Jan 10, son, Rich
ard Milton, to Mr. and Mrs. Roy Ware
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-01-23

The army medical department says
city men in camps have proven hard
Ter than their rural brothers in the
service.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-01-23

Seattle claims to be the first city of
the United States to have women reg
ularly employed as taxicab drivers.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-01-23

Only IS per cent of the students at
the western branch of the Western
Union Telegraph company in Portland.
Ore, are women.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-01-23

The man who does not care "a rap"
is usually the man who is working his
own trip-hammer of philosophy
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-01-23
MARRIAGES.

In Wilmington, Jan. 10. by Rev Flint
NJ. Bissell, Glenn Thomas and Mrs Rose
Wellman
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-01-23

ADVERTISE IN THE REFoRMER
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-01-23

Charles L. Ray was resident of Brat
tleboro several years
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-01-30
DEATHS IN VIRGINIA
Nrx. NIIry T.. Lee.

The funeral Of Mrs. Mary T. Leo
widow of Alfred :. Lee. WHO lied Mon
day night AT o'clock q, her homo
1921 West Grace street. will talk" p,a &c
to-day AT noon at the house. The scr.
vices viii be conducted by tho pastor
Of Centenary Methodist Church Re-"
T. \. Smoot. u. D., and the internaont
which is 10 be private. will be III
Hollywood
In many respects tho life Of Mrs Ice
was truly remarkable one. for she
not oEly lived TO rear a family of eight
sons and daughters, but enjoyed ? mar
Rcd life of over seven decades. she
Is survived by eight children. twenty
ono grandchildren ard iiyc great.
grandchildren. The living sors ana
daughters arc: Mrs. Robert ~. Butter.
Chesterfield County; Mrs. William II
Sabcock. Washinrton: Mrs. George W.
Fleming. Lynchbcrg: William T.. Lee.
Baltimore; Miss Kate Lee. Mrs L. a.
Quinn. and Messrs. Arthur W. and
Charles r. Lee, of this city.
Prior TO hcr marriage Mrs. Lee vas