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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-02-07

This aftesnooO she was not alon.
Longing at Q window was the lsA,
who was waiting at the time, ths
Countess LOschek. Just no~ she M.
getting rather a wigging, but she vas
remarkably calm.
1.-The last three times" the arch
duchess said. stirring her tea. svo,
have had q sore throat. In my opinion
you smoke too many cigarettes"
The Countess LOschek was tbi,,,
and very handsome. In an insolert
way. She was supposed to be the host
dressed woman ut the court, and IA
rule A%nnunciata with IN iron hand
although 1t was known that thew
quarreled a great deal over small
things, especially over the coal fire.
Some said that the real thing that
held them together was resentment
that the little crown prince stood be.
tween the Princess Hedwig and the
throne. Annunciata was not young.
but she was younger than her dead
brother Hubert.
The countess yawned.
"Where is Hedwig?" demanded the
ar~chduchess.
"Hier royal highness Is in the nurs.
cry, probably"
"Why probablyY"
"She goes there a great DEAL"
The archduchess eyed her. swell,
out with it," she said. "There is
something scething in that wicked
brain of yours"
The countess shrugged her shoulders.
Not that she resented having a
wicked brain. She rather fancied the
idea. "She and young Lieutenant Lar.
isch have tea quite frequently with
his royal highness."
Little fool! !" said Annunciata. But
she frowned, and sat tapping her tea.
cup with her spoon. She was just a
tritle afraid of Hedwig. and she vas
more anxious than she would have
cared to acknowledge. "How far do
you think the thing has gomez"
"He is quite mad about her."
"And Hedwig-~but she is silly
enough for anything. Do they meet
anywhere else?"
AT the riding school. I believe. At
least, l."
Here a maid entered and stood
waiting at the end of the screen.
"FIis excellency. General Mettllch,'
said the maid.
The archduchess nodded her august
head, and the maid retired. Go
away, Olga" said the archduchess.
"And you might" she suggested grim.
ly, "gargle your throat"
The chancellor had passed a trou.
bled night. Being old, like the king,
he required little sleep. And for most
of the time between one o'clock and
his rising hour Of five he had lain in
his narrow camp bed and thought. He
had not conflded all his worries to the
king. !
, Evidences of renewed activity on the
part of the terrorists were many. In
, the past month two Of his best secret
agents had disappeared. One had been
. found the day before, stabbed in the
back. The chancellor had seen the
, body-an unpleasant sight. But 1t
was not of the dead man that General
Mettlich thought. 1t was of the other.
, The dead tell nothing. But the living.
under torture, tell many things. And
= this man Haeckel, young as he was,
, knew much that was vital.
, At five General Mettlich had risen.
. exercised before an open window with
+ an old pair of iron dumb bells, had fol-
4 lowed this with a cold bath and hot
coffee, and had gone to early mass at
o the Cathedral.
He entered the boudoir of the Arch
: duchess A%nnunclata, and the countess
went out another door, and closed II
' behind her, Immediately opening II
about an inch.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-02-07
Tibet History Lost.

The history Of Tibet Is lost IN tho
obscurity Of the long ago, for its Gus
toms date back to the morning Of the
world. Its people come from the an.
Client ages, and It Is only known that
they belong to the Tibet0.Indo-C Chinese
branch of Keene's Homo MongolicuA
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-02-07

I'VE Shall Do Well, Sire, 70 Raise The
Boy at All"
OF the last few months alarms me.
Dangerous dogs do not bark. ! trust
no one The very Dir IL full Of 10
dltion."
The king twisted his ~blue.vclned old
hands together, but his voice was
quiet "But whya" he demanded, al.
most fretfully. III tho people are
1ond Of the boy, and / think they are,
ito-to carry him of, or injure him,
twould hurt the cause. Even the ter
Forists, in the name Of a republic. can
10 nothing without the people,"
The mob II . curious thing, sire.
xou have ruled with q strong hand,
Our people know nothing but to obey
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-02-07
Many Seem 70 Think %.

Like everybody else, the paragraph
er has his dull days, though, perhaps
the rest Of the people feel TINT the
%paragrapher has more Of them than
anybody elss.-Wilmington Newh
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-02-07

Countess Losehek, lady in
waiting at the court, who Is In
love with Karl Of karnia, plots
to Illustrate his marriage to He'd.
wig. She 10 already involved in
an intrigue with the ruler OF
karnia and she prepares a sc.
cret message for transmission.
Some interesting developments
are recorded In the next install.
ment.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-02-07
THE CHANCELLOR SUGGESTS A MEANS OF OBTAINING
THE FRIENDSHIP OF THE NEIeHBoRINe
KINGDOM OF KARNIA

Synopsis-The crown prince of Livonia. Ferdinand William Otto,
ten years old. taken to the opera by his aunt, tires of the singing and
slips away to the park, where he makes the acquaintance of Bobby
Thorpe, a little American boy. Returning to the palace at night, he
finds everything in an uproar as a result of the search which has been
made for him. The same night the chancellor calls to consult the
boys grandfather, the old king, who is very i'll.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-02-07

asIi!liIied. Shakespeare
iols WI survive, after ali
v IL forgotten.--
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-08-03
BANKING AS A SERVICE
Kane of University of North Dakota Before
North Dakota Bankers Association at Mandan

"a dozen or more individual men, par1
of them from nearby towns. l Sc.
lected hotel that was, so far as /
knew, the best hotel in the country,
so that it would be, cas- ~ for these men
to find, On stopping there, was nat
urally curious to know why that hotel
was known all over the United States.
! have stopped there since rather reg
ularly, for number Of years, and l
got the answer for my curiosity out
of my experience and observation
there. At no time in all this expe-
rience did they ever fail in a single
service that made for my comfort or
convenience there or the, saving of my
time. Their methods Of getting tele!
grams and telephone calls fresh to
your attention, and of finding stran-
gers for you, with whom. you are to
have conferences. are almost uncan-
ny. They get for you any informa-
ton on schedules, addresses, or. plans
OF trips and connections that can be
furnished in New York, or anywhere
In the country, for that matter l
never, even yet. go to this hotel with
out being amazed at their provision to
render to their. guests every imagin-
able service. Whatever else enters
into the fame OF that hotel, without
question the keynote is the service
they render. 10, .rri. g.,
Bigger the Business, Greater the Ser.
vice. -.
Again. you would not be in Chicago
/ long before some Chicago, man would
tell you that Marshall Fields is the
greatest store in the world. So fal
as l know, it is. 1t is certainly grea
enough for all ordinary purposes
Hearing this, you will go into Mar
shall Fields with somewhat the sam.
feeling Of curiosity that l felt 'wher
/ went to the New York hotel. Whe1
you Ego into that store. you will b,
impressed first with acres of foo
space, but next, with the type of serv
ice that they give their customers
Every convenience conceivable is pro
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-08-03
+: WHEN HALF.G Cd co

Heartily know when half gods 60 the gods ar
rive" &C.
| Emerson wrote the phrase years ago, but it is
today's own lesson for world at war;
Whatever of immediate pain and sacrifice the
war may bring US, it also brings one blessing that
endures forever-the destruction of half-gods that
the real gods may arrive. .-.,4.
In days of peace men and women worship the
half gods of selfishness, and make endless sacr-
flee at the petty affairs of business, pleasure, am
bition, material comfort-to the modern fetish OF
getting ahead" A man will lose sleep and tenn
per over small defeat by business competitor,
and woman will burst into tears if her baking
fails or fret for days over a social slight.
But in days of war the half-gods go. They
cannot live in the white fame of sacrifice and
agony by which the world is tried and cleansed
From France comes Margaret Deand's story of
the young French wife recounting the breakup
of her little home when the young husband was
called to war. All the precious furniture was
sold. 1--WE bought those things together. We
had to save much to buy them. Twas most happy
with my little things loved the table and chairs
Now of them think nothing: think only of
him. Will he come back to me? What matter
the chair, the table? Only his life, his life!,. 2
4. So we learn that hard lesson in France, irEng-
land, in America. We learn the infinite unnnport-
ance of things, and the unspeakable value and
glory Of human love and life. N; :.sss #f.s
The half-gods go! And the gods arrive! ,@ss3
Half-gods cannot live on battlefield where: Q
million souls and bodies immediate themselves for
the dream of FREEDOM, FOR ALL, FOREVER.
The half-god of self goes and the god Of sacrifice
stands beside the white crosses of world calvary.
Half-gods flee from hospital wards where women
work till they drop from exhaustion-a the, god
of service appears $685.. -.,.-, :, .:-s5
Half-gods will flee from shop mine, office and
kitchen where men and women forget self in the
struggle to produce and save and serve ALL, as
there arrive the new gods Of sacrifice, service and
brotherhood. s.5s. Il ~ z..ea!s#
Crops in Hunland are slim, but Death is MAX
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-08-03

49, - ,""-r.,
II VIII be understood, that speak
not as g eanheE,. .out 1rainer SIMPLY as
claze2A. llaAX lu , is neeoT
60 lor;a iaGFsnsnT speaklng TO YOU men
tralne0E matters oIsHltahce, u Woulu
De louna IN: ollr stihteft, BANKING as
service 81 sMlthll l tomorrow even
more cnan Ioaay, IS 70 De tne TEST 'ol
an business; ne work or hght Of
aer 9ndges; tne; usefulness o 1the Work
IN, wnieh q man iss engaged: AS 1at@tnls
tlme; mere e. are preferred nsts OF PROD
uctss1 pat eaissa1reetiS on war work
so 1nsonr economic non hfe' both now and
wnen sfee walls ~ oyer, every: line OF
business. % JNstlIy atself' must snow
tnat AZ Il, aosa& 81 service.
Ian hol9 aSsNvman KsSat*all' tnat serv-
ICE. as~!ne ann % o ~ IS new 70
Dankslssisss Y insil4:ls however so
Iu la y 81 tnaeslt,lls worth our Wnlie
70, rsee''llssWe- are glyang ne prlnclple
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-08-03
FACING OUR WAR PROBLEMS
BY a Woman

We women sometimes get discouraged, what
with i"food conservation" and Substitutes" and
all the rest of our kitchen problems we are facing
these days. Occasionally we even rebel-just a
little and in the privacy of our secret sous-at all
the brain-racking extra planning and body-rack-
ing extra work each added regulation, such as
canning sugar cards, entails BUT ---
There is dear old neghborly custom in Amer
lea that all the rush of our life has not been
able to down. .@... ...1t%@s,
Has your neighbor, for a baking day. never run
in with pie fresh from the oven for your sup
per table? Have you never passed a glass of
jelly over your backyard fence? And if there
were trouble or sickness or death in any house
on your street, didn't you and all the other neigh
bers vie with each other in sending in thought
full little comforts and tempting dishes of food ?
And when your little boy comes in begging for
cookies do you ever refuse him second handful
to share with his playmate? Even if your giving
depletes the cooky crock to the point Of your
substituting something else at supper that night
Your son always shares his cookies with his
comrade, Your jelly, the glasses with the clear
est of ruby lights in them, is carried to your
neighbor- always. "' ' 2. "'1
Can't we women think about the war problems
Of our kitchens in this same way? There is sick
ness and death in the house of Americas neigh
bors. England and France and Italy and Belgium,
though we have realized our closeness to them
only a little while, need our friendship Their
sons are playing the game of war with our sons.
America has moved into the Worlds street. The
food we save is still given to our boys to share
fhoipc .
the way to the sorrowing house OF friend
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-08-03
CASUALTIES

The casualty lists are coming H. Cohsloeleu
as a while, and in proportion to the victory they
are not bad But considered individually, each
name set down there brings into some American
home portion of the great world agony: D."
Parents, thinking backward from the grief OF
today, say to each other, "Only yesterday, 1t
seems, we were buying playthings for his baby
hands," .s
And rebellio,is hearts question God himself,
WAS there no better use for those hands, grown
big and strong? Why? Why?"
RI: A new and true atrocity story tells why he had
to go overseas to fight, to die. s
In the first month after the Germans took pos
session Of northern France, group OF little chill
dren were playing in the street The Hun-tlends
threw some bundles wrapped like toys among
them And the children scrambled for them. The
..playthings' were BOMBS which exploded as the
children, laughing, snatched at them. Some of
rles petites"' were killed. And those that lived
will never play with toys again for they have lost
their hands! Ut is comfort to know that many
of these children are now supported by American
funds.) p \. .%. ...s
" Fiends who can contrve such a joke can never
be made over They must be wiped from the face
Of the earth. -.
The boys numbered on the casualty lists have
done their part to stamp them out. Their short
soldier lives have counted" in the noblest cause
man ever fought for. ,. 81. !,
Mourn for them? Weep for them? We can
not help it. But though we who abide safely at
home and work for thousand years, we cannot
measure up to the men who die to free the world
from the stain of Hun kutur. ~.
"Unto each man his handiwork, unto each his
crown, ...t.,
The just fate gives; '.s'
Whose takes the worlds life on him and his own
lays down, g. -@ 4 -. =.
He dying 50, lives"
The kaiser's idea of hell is a place where there
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-08-03
THE JOB MUST BE FINISHED

J. Any military disaster to Germany is generally
followed by peace offer of some sort. Hereto
fore these peace offensives, have. shown stupid
misconception on the part of their authors of the
And the latest effort. is just as stupid as it,
predecessors: i: ~ ,%.sas ~ S"f>
Evidently they proceed on the theory that the
war aims of the allies can be satisfied BY giving
up their war gains in western Europe in exchange
for allied consent to Germany having a free land
in Russia. %5..., a,li#s
There is no possibility for any such dicker.
Doubtless the German diplomats understand that
thoroughly, and will propose such peace terms
only for propaganda purposes-to give pacifsts
here and in the allied countries something to talk
about.
There is greater danger in secret negotiations
said to be under way between the captains of
industry Of the contending powers.
There have been many indications of dissatis-
faction on the part of men like Herr BALM and
other big business men of Germany with the way
things are going German industry is all shot
to pieces, and her bankers, manufacturers and
shippers see long years of trouble ahead even when
this war is finally ended a.S Il "
| They see the industries of Germany, which were
making such rapid Roadway before the war, max
ing an uphill fight in hostile world markets after
the war-trying to re-establish business relations
the Hun. ..=~,-.- ~
And they realize, of course that the sooner
peace comes the better for them s. ..
But they are too late. The allies are not now
fighting for land or for dollars. They can't con-
sistently agree to peace that leaves the world
half slave and half free. They can't throw Rus
STA to the dogs-or any part Of the Balkans in
order to make peace that will last only long
enough fore Germany to organize Russia and start
another war to conquer the world.
| The chief war aim Of America and the allies
now is clearly understood. It is to wipe the Prus-
sian autocratic menace off the face Of the earth
and make another such war as this one impos-
sible.
The job must be so thoroughly done that no
future kaiser, however crazy, will become inspired
with dreams of world conquest-s0 thoroughly
done that no people on earth will stand for such
mad rulers.
London military tribunal classes ostrich feath-
ers as Injuries. From the ostrich point of view,
however, they're still necessities. ~
Now showing-the Double Death, or Back from
the Grave, with Herr Won Hindenburg See him
mock Charon's call and swim the Styx!
l --------------- So, sse Il
Still, those Conscientious DIRECTORS" keep on
wanting to live ina country born out of war and
which now is being made safe for their children
bysa few million men not afraid to fight for those
things civilized peoples, hold most dear. /.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-08-03

Crops in Hunland are slim, but Death is MAX
ing record harvest. 81. s,'., ~ . ~
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-08-03

The kaisers idea of hell is place where there
are no women and babies to murder. -
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-08-03

Still, those conscientious directors" keep on
wanting to live ina country born out of war and
which now is being made safe for their children
byta few million men not afraid to fight for those
things civilized peoples, hold most dear.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-08-03

Now showing-the Double Death, or Back from
the Grave, with Herr Won Hindenburg. See him
mock Charon's call and swim the Styx!
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-08-03
BANKING \ yl'aI LjSe NJ BWsts....

Whst We speak Ut banking, We a,e
sptaklhE gf y yi,si line n business
3oshsibt, ,Ssst Nv mn, N NV Mimi.
pes s',d DtsAflsA ~ me j,bstusss IL
~ community IN gsbs,aJ IL awyy
J RANKING " yAsL hs6ee II must ba
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-08-03

London military tribunal classes ostrich featf
ers as Injuries. From the ostrich point of view
however, they're still necessities.
Milford chronicle., 1918-11-22
FRIDAY WAS FIRE DAY

Last Friday seemed to be fire day"
in Milford. Early IN the morning the
fire company responded to an alarm.
The roof on the home of Minos Scott,
on West street, North Milford, was
on fire. 1t was put out without any
material damage. Shortly thereafter
a second alarm brought the company
out for a run to the farm of Arthur
Reed in Cedar Neck. At this place
the barn and stables were destroyed
together with the contents. About 100
bushels of wheat, a thousand sacks of
corn, a full loft of timothy hay. silo
filled with feed. several stacks of fod-
der and hay, together with his grain
fans and some other farm machinery.
were destroyed. For a time it looked
as if the dwelling mousse and other
outbuildings would be destroyed, but
fortunate change of the wind saved
these buildings. The loss was only
partially covered by insurance.
In the evening a third alarm of fire
brought the fire company to the home
of John Ratcliff, on South Walnut
street. Here a chimney was on fire,
but it was extinguished before any
damage was done.
Milford chronicle., 1918-11-22
LIEUT.. LAYTON WOUNDED;
BROTHER OF DEAD FLYER
Young Georgetown Officer, Shot IN
Arm, VIII Be in Hospital
Three Months

Lieutenant Landreth Lee Layton,
Jr., was seriously wounded in the
closing days of the war and is in hos
pital in France, says a telegram from
the War Department to his father,
Landreth Lee Layton, Sr., Of George
town. received several days ago.
Lieutenant Layton was shot in the
arm in one of the final engagements
on the FrancO-Belgium front, and the
telegram stated that he will be under
treatment at a hospital in France for
at least three months. The exact ma
ture of the wound is not noted but the
long period of convalescence predict
ed may indicate that the wound is ser
ious. The wounded officer is the young
est of three sons of l.. L. Layton, Sr.,
of Georgetown, who were serving un-
der the Stars and Stripes overseas.
1t will be recalled that several weeks
ago the cable brought the news that
Lieutenant Lawrence l.. Layton OF the
air service had been forced down back
of the German lines. After several
days of anxious suspense the young
aviatOr's parents were apprised
through the War Department that he
had died from his injuries. A third
son, also an officer, will probably re-
turn to his home in Georgetown with
in the next few weeks.
The Laytons are prominent in bus
mess and social circles of Sussex
county.
Milford chronicle., 1918-11-22
RED CROSS WORKERS NOTICE

Orders have been received from the
national headquarters of the Red Cross
to discontinue the making of all sur
gical dressings. All of the materials
which were at the local headquarters
of the Red Cross have been returned.
The stopping Of work on surgical
dressings does not mean that all work
at the work rooms has been discontin-
ued. All the workers who can pOssi-
bly, give their time are urgently re-
Quested to come to the rooms any day
during the week to work on refugee
garments. In Belgium at the present
time the small children and women are
compelled to dress in paper because of
the lack of clothing. 1t is to aid these
sufferers for want of clothing that the
garments are now being made. 1t Is
necessary that this work be rushed if
the much needed aid is to be given
them in time to lessen their sufferings
from the severe winter:
Milford chronicle., 1918-11-22
MILFORD RED CROSS NOTES

The general policy of the American
Red Cross. now that the war is ended
so far as actual fighting is concerned,
will be to carry on. While the max
ing of surgical dressings has been
discontinued because the Red Cross
had anticipated all the needs of the
over seas hospitals up until the time
that fighting ceased, the sewing upon
hospital garments, making clothes for
the refugees, knitting, sending over
workers, the home service, canteen
work. motor corps and the Branches
of the Penn-Delaware Chapters ac-
tivities must help with this work.
Our soldiers and sailors are enlist
ed until the Commander-in-Ch Chief tells
them there is no more work for them
in the war. Let every Red Cross
worker and every member show our
returning soldiers and sailors that to
care for their health. welfare and
happiness we are enlisted for no less
period than they are.
Milford chronicle., 1918-11-22
NICKLE RESIGNS As PRINCIPAL

The Milford Public Schools started
out with a full complement of teach
ers. but Prof Nickle was offered sew
eral hundred dollars per year more
by a school in New Jersey, and so he
resigned" his position in Milford and
took the better paying place. 1t is the
same old story everywhere through
out the country. Rev H l.. Bunstein,
the president of the Board of Educa-
tion in Milford, is filling the position
at the present time and will continue
to do so until another principal can
be secured The school question is
one which must engross public atten-
tion, and especially the attention of
the legislature during its session dur
ing its sessions this winter.