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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-11-28

cor in a theater primping room after
the matinee.
"This town must be run away
with office pets. You are about the
forty-eleventh I've come across and ]
haven't been here a month yet. But
you can count me out. / got off be-
cause 1 had day coming to me-
same as you, l guess"
'No such a thing! Two of the
other girls wanted to get off and he
wouldn't lettem. But when / asked
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-11-28
Extremes.

Dixie, the French poodle, was bark
ing noisily and wagging his tail at the
same time.
"Oh," cried little Lucy, "Dixie is
cross at one end and happy at the
other"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-11-28

9tOkAA AAASS
time. | went TO Q
doctor and he said
/ had nervous indi-
gestion, which adj
ded to my weak
condition kept me
worrying most OF
the time - and he
said if / could not
stop that, L could
not get well. /
heard somuchabout
Lydia E. Pirlkhanl 3
V~+nL1~ Cnv,o
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-11-28

office
his
"Ie the the
folowing
K4'
said the thing said the "And the
next card KB3' other
read" OBJ
haved serious matter" the official said.
i hopeW ecans it,
Nothing
play a correspondence"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-11-28

the there will be
displays
truth
the
Arlington
influenza conditions have
become unbearable'
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-11-28
STOMACH ACIDITY,
INDIGESTION, GAS
QUlCKi EAT JUST ONE TABLET
OF PAPE'S DiAPEPSIN FOR
INSTANT RELIEF.

When meals don't fit and you belch
gas. acids and undlgested food. When
you feel Jumps Of distress in stomach,
pain. flatulence, heartburn or headache.
Here is instant relief-No waitingl
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-11-28
THOUGHT He Was on Trail Of Great Conspiracy

NE of Mr. discovered something suspicious
that aroused his
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-11-28

II women have beauty they don't
that is, certain kinds of husbands.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-11-28

picion. And when he found on top OF
the mail box the next morning reply
card with more mystical numbers and
letters on it he was convinced.
He slyly noted down on piece OF
naner the messages on the two cards.
Then more cards came, to ana FRO, al
ways bearing but a single line OF
meaningless letters and figures.
The postman could hold himself
aloof no longer.
'The department OF justice ought
to know about this" he said to him.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-11-28
Generosity.

GenerOSIty.
"You should not disdain to feed the
stranger at your gates"
II DON'T" replied Mr.. Cumrox; "my
wife feeds one stranger after another
at luncheons and teas and things"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-11-28

Pillow or spade that garden plot this
fall. It will be better next year.
q
Leave the parsnips in the ground to
be dug as needed. 1t will not injure
them.
1t will please the kaiser to see lots
Of seed corn hanging on the windmill
and out in the weather this winter.
On many farms at the present time
there are small tracts of woodland
that might be profitably cleared.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-11-28
Just Two Foolish and Frivolous Young Womer

The other accepted tn
aggravangand went dabbng rouge from
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-11-28
Departments Have Long Needed More Floor Space

WITH many
authorized
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-11-28
With Souvenirs and Memories Of the Great Game

TT Representative Kncheo Of
Walter Reed Military hospital on the outskirts
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-11-28

If youth will not prepare the soil.
age cannot reap the harvest.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-11-28
THIS WEAK,
NERVOUS mother
Tells How Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound
Restored Her Health.

Philadelphia, PAT was very weak,
always tired, my back ached, and ! felt
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-11-28

One of the ways of controlling the
corn-root aphis is by fall blowing.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-11-28
Showing That Sometimes the Late Bird "Gets His"

bird
w The
mn history laid
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-17
Athlete Makes Best
Soldier, Says Meredith

The lad who has learned his les
| son of taking a sound drubbing in
athletics without showing the yellow
| streak is the soldier that the Allies
want over here" This statement was
| contained in a letter received re-
Gently in America from Ted Mere
dith, of Penn, the worlds record
holder Of the half-mile. who, with
Tommy Lennon, another noted
sprinter, now is flying in France
with the American aviation forces.
'The tried veteran of the athletic
field" he added. makes the superior
soldier. Sportsmen in America should
do all in their power to prove to the
general public throughout the United
States that athletics are playing a
most important part in the great
strife over here. To discontinue ath-
letics at the present time would be
an unthinkable hardship to the men
both behind and on the firing line.
Supporters must be constantly back
ing up the boys In the first line
trenches If the victory for which we
are all hoping is to be achieved. and
nothing keeps a man as game and
aggressive as to give him all the
athletic play he desires, during his
time off duty"
Physical directors representing the
Y. NJ. c. A. and other organizations
who have been making a special
study of this phase of the soldiers
life, report that they have seen our
men return to their rest billets after
a hard go in the trenches and i'm
mediately begin to play baseball,
quoits and engage. in wrestling and
boxing bouts. Baseball. of course. is
the most popular, and has made a
strong appeal to our Allies who are
learning the sport rapidly. 1t is not
an unfamiliar sight to see groups of
two or three Americans limbering up
after a night in trenches and dug
outs, in full view of the enemies
lines. Probably the most famous
games of baseball which have been
played on the other side, were the
one in London before King George,
and the other in the historic Tuiller-
les Gardens. between American
sailors and Y. NJ. C. A. workers.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-17

The following statements from gen.
erals commanding training camps
are typical:
Boxing, undoubtedly, is one OF
the most useful forms of physical
training which a soldier can have.
Especially is this true in the case OF
the bayouet men, whose physical
prowess is an absolute essential, and
whose greater spirit and punch than
his opponent make him sure WIN
ner in the bayonet fight
Men who have taken courses in
boxing, after one or more lessons he
gin TO show an aggressiveness which
they did not previously have. and
only in bayonet exercises, bpt in all
personal encounters
The primary object of boxing. as
taught in the Army, is to make skill
full, self-reliant, hard-hitting men,
rather than expert boxers, An etf-
cient soldier must not only be train
ed in the technique of offense and
defense, but he must be charged
with the proper fighting spirit. Ex-
perience in boxing develops that
spirit 1t develops in him willing
ness and ability to fight at close
quarters and to give and take punish
lIShl- GEdCllCS III poAlnB llnS uIl
additional value, because many of
the blows and movements taught the
men in boxing class have their close
counterparts In bayonet fighting. For
example, Il left lead to the head is
very similar to n long point to the
throat; a right hook to the jaw, or
the body is like the blows with The
butt of the rife. OF course. there
are thrusts and parties in bayouet
lighting that are different from any
lead. block or counter in boxing, but
the principle IS the same, and the Sc
pueQce of action, the body balance,
and the ability to take advantage of
openings in the opponents defense
developed in boxing are fundamen-
tally important for the bayonet fight
er.
I'm the final analysis all physical
training in the Army must have a
practical military significance; oox-
ing possesses this significance to an
unusual eXtcnt, so that particular
stress has been laid upon the IN
struction of all the soldiers. rather
than upon the Development of a few
experts.
I'm my opinion the boxing instrue-
tors are doing very valuable piece
of work. and it is due to their ef-
forts that boxing in the camps is
now regarded by many military ex-
perts as second only to the regular
military drill, as a means of develop
ing the power of concentration and
the ability TO reach promptly and ef-
fectiVely TO new situations"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-17
Ball. Catching Record
Unbroken in France

According to plane News"
the 4. E. F. aviation paper of
August II, Corporal Bessolo, a
member of the S19th Aero Squad
ron. is still the champion high
catcher" of the world. Last July
Corporal Bessolo caught a base
ball dropped from a height of 700
feet at Kelly Field. Texas. Re-
Gently the aviators in France
tried to break the record, and al
though fifty had a fling at catch
ing the ball, no one broke the
record made in Texas. Here is
what plane News" has to say of
the attempts in France.
Hundreds of soldiers turned
out on the day picked for the
contest and lined the bank along
side the athletic grounds in, hopes
of seeing the worlds record
brought across the sea. In spite
of the disappointment, however,
the men were highly entertained
for the performance was very ex-
citing. and in many Instances
humorous.
The aspirants gathered in the
150-foot white circle promptly at
2 o'clock and were given instruc-
tions by the officer in charge,
Lieut.. r. d. Smith. A few mo-
ments later a trim little plane
piloted by Lieutenant Coleman
hove into view, swept low over
the field and received the pre-
arranged signal to begin dropping
the balls.
The plane climbed to an alti-
e \ 4 L
ed in the direction of the circle,
while the would-be catchers
braced themselves to receive the
ball.
"A cry, There it comes went
up from 1000 throats as the pilot
let loose the first leather pill, and
the white object. glistening in
the sun. could be seen in its
downward course. Contestants
thinking they had the best line
on it, moved about rapidly. now
running, now walking, to gauge
the vantage point, yet the pill fell
untouched we'll within the circle.
Back again went the aviator
to set loose the second missile, but
the rising wind carried it out of
reach and got the crowd on the
uIlf ~ lAO aAiI ilOl SCClll W bt W III
ing to risk their bones in range
of the imaginary bomb.
The wind kept increasing and
ere half the pellets had been
dropped, riding at $50 feet, had
become so bumpy, that the pilot
was forced to ascend to the 800
foot level, fully 200 feet above the
point at which the ball caught by
Corporal Bessolo was dropped.
The men did not kick, however,
knowing that conditions were not
exactly ideal, and in the course
of their efforts one unknown con-
testant was seen to get his mitts
squarely under the pill, though its
general windward sweep made IL
impossible for him to catch It.
Hundreds examined the balls
after they dropped. being anxious
to see what effect such a fall had
on them, but contrary to reports
received of the Kelly Field con-
test, none of them was dam
aged"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-17
NATION PLACES
CURB ON HOURS
FOR OLDSANTA
Rush of Christmas Buying Not
Possible This Year, War
Board Says

Washington, Sept 1.-THE six rules
agreed upon by the War Industries
Board and the National Chamber of
commerce to govern the sale of
Christmas goods are as follows, IL
was announced to-day:
Retail interests are not to increase
thelr working forces by reason of
'he hoiiday business over the aver
age forces employed during the year
Normal working hours will not be
lengthened during the Christmas sea-
son.
Retailers will use their utmost ef-
forts to confine Christmas giving, en-
cept for young children. to useful
articles.
Every effort will be made to spread
the period for holiday purchasing
over the months of October, Novem-
ber and December.
Deliveries will be restricted and
customers will be asked to carry
their own packages wherever pos
sible.
Announcements of the new policy
will be made by retailers in their
newspaper advertisements.
In a statement issued by the Cham
Der of Commerce yesterday, f A.
Filene, of Boston. urges that all mer-
chants observe these rules religious
ly, both to establish their standing
as patriotic citizens and to strengthen
the relations between themselves and
the government.
The rules require cooperation by
the public If they are to be success
full.
The usual Christmas rush Of buy
ing will not be possible this year.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-17
UNCLE SAM WANTS EVERY
SOLDIER TO BE A BOXER

Is America to forsake baseball and
become ono vast boxing arena?
Something like this is in the air, for
even Harrisburg. which has\ given
little attention to the manly art is
waking up; instance Of this the Mo-
tive Club bouts which are scheduled
for September 36, and Which are
open TO fair sex spectators. In ad-
ditton to this, u move Is on to stage
boxing meets at Chestnut Street Au-
ditorium tor the benefit of the Red
Cross. The project is to be taken
up Immediately and will likely go
through for the Red Cross has sane
toned this method of getting funds.
Golf, tennis, baseball, q great num-
Der of sports are contributing to war
charities and boxing appears to be
the favored sport of Uncle Sam. To-
day DR.. Joseph K. Raycroft, head of
the Athletic Division of the Com
mission on Training Camps, comes
out very emphatically, saying:
Several more or ltss uninformed
critics have published articles to the
effect that boxing does not give use
ful training as basis for bayonet
fighting.
Such criticisms are based upon
Ignorance OF both bayonet fighting
and military boxing. The experience
OF the past year in the training
camps shows that boxing has great
value as a preparation for bayouet
fighting. and in the development of
those physical and spiritual qualities
that are characteristic of the aggres-
siVe lighting man.
The great majority of our young
men, who make up the Army, have
had little or no experience in phsi-
cal contact games that develop self
reliance, courage, quick thinking.
and decisions under fire. Bayopet
training at its best is drill in which
speed, endurance and skill in nan
ding the weapon are developed, but
in the nature OF things, there can be
no practice contests with the bay
onets. Boxing supplies this import
ant contest factor and furnishes
means of training men to keep their
heads and to carry out an effective
plan of attack, even though they are
being punished by their opponents
In this way, qualities needed in the
makeup of a bayonet fighter are de-
veloped by practice in boxing to an
extent and with a rapidity that is
impossible in any other plan of train
ing thus far tried.
The commanding officers of rhe
training camps in this country have
almost universally testified to the
value of boxing as a part of military
training. In many of the principal
camps it has been made a regular
and definite part of the daily routine.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-17
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
WAR VERSES

Tc the Editor of the Telegraph:
VIII you publish for me these war
verses, which have called Father
Wilson's Call TO Arms" to be sung to
the tune Wearing of the Green"
Father Wilson he is calling to arms.
to arms. advance;
We are going to cross the ocean and
drive the Huns from France.
We are fighting for our freedom as
we've ofttimes done before,
And unfurl our Starry Banner upon n
foreign shore.
We are coming. Kaiser Wilhelm. and
were going to treat YOU kind.
We will soothe the broken-hearted
and help the lame and blind
We are going to make you under
stand. and make you feel
or the infants you have murdered
with your submarines of fame
We are coming. Kaiser Wilhelm. we
have give you lots of time
To get your trains in order. to move
across the Rhine.
And If you don't take warning 7
know you will regret
OF the lessons we have taught Won
I'm sure you'll not forget.
We are coming, Kaiser wilhelm and
were going to do Ii right.
We are on our way with millions and
We'll strike with all our might
There are thousands on the ocean
and million have gone DER
And thousands on their journey, and
yet we've millions more.
We are coming, Kaiser Wilhelm, with
i men both true and brave.
Who will avenge our comrades wbono
you have brutally Slain.
And all the little children you lxiIlad
upon the deep,
Where pillows roll about them Z,
their silent sleep. ~
We are coming, Kaiser Wilhelm VIC
have told you oft before.
When your powers all are broken and
our Arn1y's at your door,
We will take you from your palace
and place you in a cell,
And give you time to study of the
things you've done so well.
We are coming. Kaiser Wilhelm
what a blessing ii will be,
When everyone upon this earth can
live in liberty;
When this blood-stained war is over
and cannons cease to roar.
And our boys are coming home again
from far and distant shore,
DR. A. o. BREACH.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-17

throw TO first he paved the way for
he first scoring. Mathag opened the
fourth by earning a base on balls
and moved 10 second on FiShburn's
sacrifice Tagusr hanged an easy
ooulGer 70 Knight who threw wide
10 4rst. ~Aat1y racing home
Tsguer completed the circuit on
Rauman's hot single over second
Eolke got 4 life when Pierce muffed
his grounder but was forced out al
second on Roth's bounder 10 Roach
and an instant later Roth was tagged
out attempting TO steal
'SIeelton evened up the count in
the eighth when YerkeS with one
down. laid ont his second hit Nield
was sent in to pinch hit for Pierce
and counted for the second out on
strikes With no danger apparent
Hunter the first time up figured for
easy out the unexpected happened
when he directed 4 hard drive in
deep center for the three bases
Yerkes counting. The chance of
bringing home the bacon then fell
20 Fitzpatrick when Mccarthy shot
= g-ounder down his way Eddie
fumbled the ball long enough for
Mccarthy 10 reach first safely and
Hunter scored
Both sides were retired In order
in the ninth, Steelton again benefit
ing by errors interningled by a
three base drive, pushed across
enough runs to win Roach started
hosdlities with 4 sharp single TO CEN
ter Yerkes laid down a bunt to-
wards first which Holke gathered up
but instead of disposins of Yerkes
threw 10 second 10 head of Roach
and both runners were safe Plank
hit 10 Tesreau who tossed Roach
at f-st- Hunter followed with drive
TO center which Mathag captured.
Yerkes stealing third on the out Nc
Carthy Salted the contest by driving
the hall TO the fence in right center
for three bags, scoring himself when
Holke, who relayed the throw. made
8 poor peg to Blackburn"
So il was Yerkes all the way. The
old boy had a long rest in nidsum-
mer, necessitated by a nasty sprain,
but when called on for the man
power stuff he responded with all
that was in him. The name of Steve
Yerkes will haunt Cottage Hill for
many a year.
The Red Cross will benefit to the
extent of $4,000 from this classic
battle, and who can say that base
ball is not doing its bit?
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-17
Crown Prince Willie
Writes to His Papa

Still on the Run, Franco, Sept. s.
Dear Papa: Cousin Rupprecht sent
me lot OF soldiers at your urgent
request. but find dey are also home
SICK Tor der dear old Rhine and are
also going toward der Faderland as
tast as my own brave soldiers. I am
| writing from der front, but der front
iss now many miles in der dear rear
ana getting further away all der
time. France is a offel unhealthy
country; dot iss Wy We are gedding
oudt OF 1t. My brave men are diving
OH like sheep-mostly nit lead pois-
onlng from dem hateful Yankee bull
, lets. Der Yankees are still. ignorant
TOOLS and keep mixing up der orders
or der high German command We
could lick 'em quick IL dey would
stand and fight, but dey not only will
not stand, but dey will not let us
stand either. How can We lick 'em
Ven We can't get a chance to turn?
You remember dot liddle book vot l
wrote before dis war in which spoke
OF war as fresh and glorious? Veil. I
nnd desc Americans entirely too fresh
and der glory iss not so thick around
me as IT used to vas. Wy iss ii desc
fool Americans can't understand dot
l was der agent of Gott. and dey
must not fight back like dot? And.
by der way. we're is Gott anyhow?
lss he taking vacation and leaving
der whole job to me and Ludendorf?
l thought for a vile dot me and you
and Ludendorf could handle der job
alone, but would kinder like to have
Gott back on der job II you can get
In communication NIT him. Didn't
YOU told US dot Gott was lighting nit
uns? If dot iss se Wy iss he loafing
just now ven We done so much talk
ing dot Gott fought he would let us
handle it alone for aFile. But NIGHTS
on dot. Since l have been. fighting
desc fool Americans my helmet iss
getting too big for me. somehow, und
my head vot you said vas made for a
crown is even getting smaller dan it
used to vas. Vat is der reason NIT
dot? And vat is der matter nit so
many of my brave soldiers dot makes
en- get tocken prisoners by der Yanks? :?
Sometimes two or three Americans
come oudt and take a whole Sunday
school picnic back NIT 'em. l told
'em vat you told me to tell 'em, dot
der Yankees vas a lot of crazy fools
vot would kell 'em, but instead of dot
der Yanks give 'em a lot of stuff to
eat and now all my men are trying
to get tooken prisoner Vot do you
do NIT soldiers like dot? or course We
didn't give 'em much to eat, all der
good bread and stuff We safe for der
officers, but vat do dey want NIT grub
to eat ven dey are fighting init you
and me and Gott? Something's iss
wrong by gravy, and 1 can't stop to
find oudt vot II iss. Ven We vas vim
ming all dose vimen and children in
Belgium 1 fought war was fine but
desc fool Yanks don't play der game
fair. and dot makes war hell sure
enough. Send me some more soldiers
and some steel helmets to fit on our
backs tell Gott to hurry back.
Yours NIT distress
. Crown Prince Willie
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