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The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-12-28
A LETTER OF INTEREST
TO POMONA RESIDENTS,

The following letter from DR.. G. P.
Gehring, now residing in Los Angeles,
California, was written Nov. oath, 1917,
to Mr.. Henry Filling. The letter rs
now published at the request of Mr..
George Gehring. of Pomona, in order
to acquaint the people of that vicinity
with the intentions of DR.. Gehring
when he built the church at Pomona.
The citizens are requested to read it
carefully, as it is intended to call a
mass meeting at an early date to de-
eide what disposition to make of the
property. The letter follows:
My Dear Harry: Your letter came
to hand. In reply will state: The
church belongs to the people of Po-
mona. Get them together, clean it up
and hold services and Sunday School
there: if not, and they do not wish
the church any longer, why let them
vote to either sell it, or lease it, or
make it over to some other church
which will take care of it. | did not
build it for a dwelling house, only for
School or church, to the people of Po-
mona. Now, if they do not want it.,
let them hold a meeting and the Trus-
tees will act accordingly, either lease,
sell it, or make it over to some other
church. That is the only way see it.
If it is not used for a church then it
should be sold and the money derived
for it applied to another church in
the neighborhood. But let the people
vote on it, what to do with it and by
that vote will we know what to do.
Get up a circular to hold a vote at
some Sunday. Have a chairman and
clerk record the vote.
Yours, G. P. GEHRING, M. D.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-12-28
DIED.

SIMS.-At Pleasantville, on Dec. 81,
Anna Sims, aged 80 years. Funeral
Tuesday morning in Bridgeton; in
terment Overlook cemetery, Bridge
ton.
SMITH.-At Scullville, Dec. "a, Charles
Harold, son of Charles H. and Car
RE A. Smith, age 5 months. Ser
vices at parents residence this Sat
urday afternoon at 2 o'clock.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-12-28
CARD OF THANKS.

Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Reinar wish to
express their appreciation to their ma
ny friends for the kind sympathy in
their late bereavement.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-12-28

The Pleasantville Press is on sale
each week in Atlantic City at the
newsstand at the Shore Fast Waiting
Room, s S. Virginia avenue.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-12-28

WE BUY Anything you have to sell
for cash. Both phones. Drop pos
tai. Moore's, 221S Atlantic Ave-,
Atlantic City. Established 1896.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-12-28
DI e

BRANSON.-In Atlantic City, on Dec.
20, Howard S. Branson.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-07-02

arms by the police and the Sim Fem
ers, frequent reports of illegal drill
ing, occasional stories of disturbances
in which politics evidently play con-
siderable part.
In County Kerry, one of the hot
beds of the Sim Fem, the chairman
of the County Council has been SER
fenced to years Imprisonment for
failing to reportfailing to report a
raid for arms on his own premises.
and the County Council has now de-
cided to ask the Mansion House Con-
ference for permission to go on
strike" as protest.
The prosecution of the entire thirty
three members Of the Board of Guar
dams Of County Limerick for certain
violent phrases used by them in al
arti-conscription resolution mark
the first occasion even in Ireland
country not lacking in strange prece
dents, when the members of publ
body sitting at a duly convened meet
ing have been proceeded against TO
constituting and unlawful assembly.
The wording of their resolution ap
pears to have been particular
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-07-02

French, French Canadians, Germans,
Greeks, Hungarians, Italians, Japa-
nese, Lithuanians, Norwegians, Poles,
Portuguese, Russians, Roumanians,
South Slavs, Swedcs and Swiss.
These people represent the sons and
daughters who have come to this
country drawn by the same ideals
which caused the founders of this
Republic to begin the movement for
human liberty 142 years ago
President Wilson has issued the
following proclamation:
"To our citizens of foreign eXtrac
ton:
81 have read with great sympathy
the petition addressed to me by your
representative bodies regarding your
proposed celebration of Independence
Day; and | wish to convey to you,
in reply my heartfelt appreciation
| for its expressions of loyalty and
good will Nothing in this war has
| been more gratifying than the man
ner in which our foreign-born fellow
[ citizens, and the sons and daughters
, of the foreign-born, have risen to this
!. greatest of all national emergencies.
/. You have shown where you stand not
! only by your frequent professions of
{ loyalty to the cause for which we
8 fight, but by your eager response to
', calls for patriotic service, including
( the supreme service of offering life
I itself in battle for justice, freedom
g and democracy. Before such devo
r ton as you have shown, all distinc
!, lions of race vanish; and we feel our
r selves citizens in Republic of free
e spirits.
IL 81 therefore take pleasure in call
ing your petition with my heart!
commentator, to the attention of al
my fellow countrymen, and ask tina
they unite with you in making tn,
independence Day of this, the yea
N when all principles to which w
stand pledged are on trial, the mos
significant in our national history.
g. AS July A, 1776, was the dawn O
n democracy for this Nation, let us O
A July 4, 1918, celebrate the birth of
al new and greater spirit of democrat!
m by whose influence, we hope and b,
ic lieve, what the signers of the Decl'
% ration of independence dreamed {
ST. for themselves and their fellow coul
on trymen shall be fulfilled for all mai
to kind
". Il have asked the Committee O
in Public Information to cooperate wit
ig- you in any arrangements you ma
wish to make for this celebration.
% WOODROW WILSON.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-07-02
Fort Myers Man, Having Seen Depredations
Of The Hun, Says He Never Wants To
Come Home Until Victory Is Won

others may live to be free, to ENJOY
the peaceful pursuit of happy, use
full life, and again | must say we
are happy indeed we have that priv
ilege, and the knowledge that you
folks back home make it possible.
81 am so glad you have written me,
for, Aunt Julia, the last time talked
with you, you were almost proud OF
the preparedness of the Germans.
That was before they had turned
their hellish machine toward us,
though, and you no doubt realize that
we have some job on our hands. The
German army is wonderful ma
chine, trained to the minute, and with
a brain fired by the very devil him
self, that concocts the most diabolical
schemes that your imagination could
conceive The ruined cities, out
ragged women and the mutilated bod
les of the poor, innocent little chill
dren of France and Belgium are the
monuments of German kultur, and
pray to my God that there will not
be one red blooded American soldier
alive, unless this outrage is fully
compensated for. | love my wife and
my babies more than all else in this
world but do not want to see them
until Germany has paid her debt to
the world if | am needed to help
force her pay it.
81 have been in city OF
about 100000, some little time now
1t has been very nice here. | am al
present training men in the fina
: stage trying to make them just lit
:. tie better soldier, Immediately before
they go up for the final effort, and
G certainly appreciated my responsible
n ity, but now my turn has come to 6,
S back to the prime object of my dut
S in France, and | am glad of it.
n leave for the front day after tomol
h row and hope | won't get away fror
v it until have crossed the Rhine @
/. the kaiser has Bonded his knee I
ID the will of God, vested in the Allie
" About myself am feeling fin
k physically perfect, | believe, hard {
Id a keg of nails and trained down
tn the minute. weigh 125 pounds, n,
.ir an ounce of it is fat either, al
m stronger than | ever was in my Lii
And you should see our boys, Eve
III. one of them is a picture that won
of delight the most exacting, and the
,g. whole life in France is so differe
ter than you would expect Moral
nd they are cleaner and fairer than a
we you could pick in the States. l wo,
nat take any regiment in France
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-07-02

and you could not find 1000
men in the states, soldiers or civil
ians, that would be their equal for
clean living. 1t is wonderful and
that word does not fully express the
true state, what manner of man the
American soldier is. Their behaviour
and department is a source of great
pride to their own officers and Of
great devotion on the part of our Al
lies, especially the French so Aunt
Julia, in my mind you are right when
you feel for our boys. They take
their hardships without grumble,
rather with smile, and there is no
place you can put hem but where
they won't come through" with
credit to their nation.
My own girl, how my heart bleeds
/ for her, goes to her in her long, lone.
/ ly hours, with her responsibilities
and my one living prayer is that
may be spared to return to her and
dedicate my future life to her and
comfort Her sacrifice is greater, fal
greater than mine, and if | do moi
come back may she live to enjoy the
companionship of the four best chill
dren that God ever blessed two PEG
pie with. To have those children il
to me a blessing so great | do no
realize the fullness of it, but to hav,
and to hold the love of that hero
my wife, calls upon me for life o
penance on my part. Aunt Julia,
am so glad to know that everyone
treats her so we'll, are kind to he
and it helps me so much to know il
May the good Lord bless you all TO
It and protect them. will com
back, | know it. Much. love to yo
all
HARRY"
20. K H. r. Knight,
| LIST Co., 116 Engrs.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-07-02
20. X. H. r, Knight,
LIST Co., lie Engrs.
PLEDGE OF THE FOREIGN BORN
Miami Metropolis)

Miami Metropolis)
Nationwide plans for gigantic cele-
brations on the part of the foreign
born of the United States on July A
have been formulated at the National
Capital, according to advices from
the Washington Committee on Public
Information. Representatives of %
nationalites have appealed to Presi-
dent Wilson to issue a proclamation
ealing up on all native Americans to
unite with the foreign born in observ.
ing the national holiday, which in
this crisis takes on a new and sig
nificant meaning.
Forty-six societies representing 2:
nationalities have prepared plans fol
monster celebrations, parades, pa
geants, and speech making in al
principal cities of the United States
Represented in this group are Armen
ians, Assyrians, Belgians, Chinese
% Czechoslavs, Danes, Dutch, Finn
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-07-02
Woman Thinks She
Can't Talk EnOu.

Il had gall stones for IA years
suffered severely from gas, cole
Indigestion. Doctors wanted me z
tc the hospital, but I took Na
Wonderful Remedy instead, and
new feeling fine and better tn-
ever did. I can't talk enough a
this remedy" 1t is a simple h
less preparation that removes
catarrhal mucus from the intes
tract and allays the intlammi
which causes practically all stO1
liver and intestinal ailments, IN
ing appendicitis. One dose will
vince or money refunded.
, Henley & Henley.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-07-02

The Fort Myers Press in recent
issue contained such a splendid lea
ter from a citizen oft hat place, who
is now in France, that we reproduce
il herewith for the lofty sentiments
contained therein pertaining to Amer
cas- part in the great struggle: The
Fort Myers Press says:
Mrs. J. L. Hendry of this city is
in receipt of an interesting letter
from her nephew, Lieut.. H. r..
Knight, who is in France, which Will
be eagerly read not only by his many
friends, but by all who are thinking
of the boys "over there. The let
ter is printed in full below:
June 4th 1918.
my Very Dear Aunt Julia:
your letter of May 9th was re-
ceived last night and | take the first
opportunity of answering. for letters
for us are just the thing that are
needed and to get more we must an
swer the ones we receive. OF course
| know you appreciate our position
and would excuse us for being negli
gent, but personally believe it is
our duty, as we'll as pleasure, to lei
you folks back home hear from us
We are all in this war; it takes Us
all, and you folks back home are do
ing your part we'll We, over here
consider it a great honor, grea
privilege to be allowed to go to tn,
firing line and if necessary to sacri
fee our all for the honor of our ma
ton, that she may give to the world
for all ages, until eternity, an undyin
lesson and example of true Christ
like Craftsmanship.
We all realize now as never befor
the absolute necessity of gaining i
strength and spirit, and never ha
there been a time in modern age
when the love of our Christ has bee
as plainly evident and as muc
sought for as it is in France toda
Never fear us, not one of us. but res
ize that even if we do err, that CT
sees it. He understands. MAI
hundreds of men who haven't dar
ened church door in years al
could not explain their feelings wi
one religious thought, feel that thu
help and their inspiration comes frc
Him. They trust Him fully.
when we look at the situation (
ly we can then know that many
us will have to go down the loI
long TRAIL but there are many bet
than us that have gone before, 8
yet We can count it but gain, if
are called upon to give our lives t
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-07-02

strong. The resolution has no.
published, but there are seven eli.
in the summons charging the G
dams with assembling to SOW d,
sion among the subjects OF the
to cause disaffection and to in
the successful prosecution of the
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-07-02
(By Associated Press

Dublin, July 2.-The unsettled
state of the country districts in many
parts of Ireland is reflected in the
minor news which reaches Dublin.
There are occasional rival raids for
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-01
9 MILLION In BONDS
Municipalities Break Issue Record in
State This Year.

Kansas municipal bond issues dur
ing the calendar year ending today
VIII pass the nine million dollar mark,
according TO a statement by Fred w
kpanp state auditor. The bond regis
trations are more than a million dol
lars in excess of the 1916 record. And
the 1915 record broke all former rec
ords
Municipal bonds aggregating s123,-
600 were received for registration to-
day, bringing the years total well
above the nine million mark Neo-
desha sent a $1,000 600 school bond is
sue and the city of Osawatomiei sent
$23, geo worth of waterworks extern
sion bonds. In 1916. when the state
broke all previous records, the bond
registrations totalled S7.SS5.O 600
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-01
Valley Forge Had Nothing on
Somewhere in France.
Many Frozen Feet Cause Sam
mics To Drop From Ranks.
SPEND NIGHT IN HAYSTACKS
Barns and Motor Trucks DOmi-
Giles on New Years Night.
Summoned so Extra Nurses To
Care for Blizzard Victims.
BY J. w. PEGLER.

With the American Army in France,
jan IA certain picked, cracker
jack marching unit ~of American
troops broke heart breaking hike
TO-DAY with a rest in a certain ancient
hamlet in France, with dozens of its
men crowding hospitals with frozen
feet, frost bitten faces and other all
ments due to bitter cold.
Valley Forge had nothing on some
where in France, New Years eve,
191 I, said young Chicagoan draw
ing up his coat collar closer around
his head as protection against the icy,
wind driven snow.
My feet are swollen so darn big
with the cold that Pm afraid to take
off my shoes-I couldn't get 'em on
again.
The Sammy limpingly paced along a
silent shadowy line of motor trucks,
drawn up under a roadside embank-
ment. He was doing sentry-go while
his unit rested.
Hot Supper After March.
The marchers arrived at a group of
primitive villages down the valley last
night after fighting the wind in their
march for many weary miles After
a supper of scorchingIy hot soup and
stew, the SammieS crawled into barns
and into ancient houses fully clothed,
their heads incased in knitted helmets
blankets and huddled together in
groups of three or four sharing each
others body warmth against a wind
which whistled thru unglazed windows
and drove snow thru chinks in the
walls.
Some burrowed into straw plies.
Others made their beds under the
clapping canvas covers of the motor
trucks.
The Sammies' New Years eve to-
night will be mighty contrast to the
parties the dances. the bright lights
and tie iun of one year ago For
1918. the soldiers will awake to sa-
lutte the Stars and Stripes They will
hike @ingerly along the bank of a
caral and wash their faces thru hole
in the thick ice.
AmbuIances Pick Them Up.
Altho the marchers of the certain
unit here described are members of a
certain picked division, dozens dropped
from the ranks, suffering with swol-
len. frost bitten feet on their hike A
fIotilla of fliVVer ambula1ces forged
thru the snow banked roads to pick up
the stra gglers and carried them to
hospitals. There the influx forced the
placing of cots in the corridors-and
even into tents. Fifty extra nurses
were summoned from another unit to
assist in handling the big number of
patients.
\ dozen good chOppiug camps in
the American zone are working in long
hifts supplying fuel to hundreds of
billCts in which a chill hangs in the
air despite red-hot fires in the little
Grum-lille stoves.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-01
SLACkERS SHOW FIGHT
Surrounded by Texas hangers 1t Looks
Like Battle 10 Death.

San Angelo, Tex, Jan. 1.-Seven
grizzly bearded "slackers'' armed to
the teeth and prepared to fight death
rather than register or enlist, are
trapped in their lair among the al
most inaccessible crags of Vanhorn
canyon, according to information
reaching here.
Unless the seven ''slackers" know
of some secret passage leading into
Me2Sico they will be either captured or
killed, according to the report 1t is
said they have been in the cave since
June and have been supplied with
food and arms by "trusty'' Mexicans
IeXas rangers have surrounded the
retreat and are said to have cut off
Mexican assistance
1t is believed by the rangers that
these American "sIackers'' have been
instrumental in recent Mexican Dor
der raids.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-01

Here are beautiful Gowns, En-
velopes, Combinations, Princess
Slips, Teddy Bears and Petticoats
with those little extra touches of
trimming that always distinguish
the better garments.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-01
WIFE SAVES SHERIFF
She Wields Handy BroOmstock on
Insane Assailant in County Jail.

Abilene, Tex, Jan. 1.-When at
tackled by an insane prisoner in the
county Jail at Arson last night, the
life of Sheriff E. X. Register, Jones
county. was saved only when his wife
beat off her husbands assailant with
a broomstock.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-01

The largest lot and some of the
best bargains: white and flesh color
Gowns and Envelope Chemise, the
new athletic style Com binations,
Petticoats with fluffy flounces-
hundreds of garments.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-01
$12 White
Boots $7.85

9-inch Lace Boots of snow
white calfskin with medium
long vamps with stitched i'm
itation tips, Goodyear welt
soles with white ivory welt
ing and covered Spanish
heels; the height of ktyle,
serviceability and comfort
regular $1,000 White Boots
in this great January , or
Sale of White. ....e eO.P
Shoe SectiOn-2 d Floor
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-01

In this lot are Corset c.
brio with lace trimmed "
children's Drawers, plain a
Petticoats, and the like.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-01
Drawers

At 29c are Drawers of excellent
wearing, soft-finished b e
muslin, finished with plain tucked
ruffles.
At SOC are the famous 'Imper-
iaP' Drawers; both open and closed
styles; of very fine long cloth with
lace or embroidery trimmed ruff1es.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-01
Up g,r% to $50 SO

Gowns, Teddy Bears and Can't
soles of flesh color silk Crepe de
Chine with satin yokes; and En-
velope Chemise. Gowns and Slips
of the sheerest of nainsook with the
finest of trimmings.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-01

In this lot are Undermuslins of
the very finest, sheerest of mater
ials, with the daintiest of trim
mings; Gowns, Teddy Bears, Com
binations. Petticoats. Envelope
Chemise, and the like.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-01

In this lot are dozens and dozens
of Gowns. deliberately trimmed
Corset Covers, Petticoats with lace
trimmed flounces, ordinations,
Envelope Chemise-most eXcep-
tional bargains
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-01
1Oc-19c Embroidery &c

Only little thousand yards be here bright and
early the morning if for at this price,
will undoubtedly be quickly closed The them
baby edges the dainest of tiny patterns and the sheer
est of organdy crystal cloth and voe desirable for
babies and for womens finer undermuslins- -
regular 1Oc to i9c Embroideres sae per yard &c
a
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-01
New Red Cross
Aprons

A new style: the kind that Mar
shall Field and Co. (Chicago) use
in their Red Cross work rooms.
They're of a lighter weight cam
brio, cut amply full and made with
V neck, long sleeves and open back
with belt-and still at the In
old moderate price. ....-.. Low
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-27
FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE

LET US exchange something you want for something you don't want. Mtl- ford Realty Co.,, Room 2o7 Conn National Bank Building. Phone Bar mum 1036. H26 stf
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-27
UHIRoPRACT1C NATUREOPATHs

Dr. H. F. Pope; Dr. E. T. Wetheroe,
 Chiropractic ctic-Natureopath, Meigs building, Room 107, entrance 1sS
 12 a. m, 1:s0 to 5 D. m., to 6 p. m-
 Closed Thursday and Saturday even ings. Bridgeport. Conn. Tel 6474.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-27
POULTRY AND supp4IEs
PRINTING.

WHO'S YOUR PRINTER? Let us do it. Business cards circulars invita-. t1ons, etc. National Printing co Bar. mum 2606-4. 261 Fairfield Ave.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-27

LIST HOUSES AND STORES to rent with us we have numerous appli~ cants all tl.e time. Fred C. Jennin.a Room 405 Warner building, SS Fair field Ave. Phone BarnuI 54SO.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-27
BANQUET HALL AND GROUNDS

VILLA-Banquets for
 lodges, societies, churches, clubs,
 etc. Accommodation for 300 or more people. Orchestra music Tor special occasions. Shore dinners and everything in season. Large grounds for picnic parties. Brook lawn Ave, near Suburban Ave. Phone Barnum 2751 PIE aIl-
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-27
REAL ESTATE WANTED

WANT l, ? or family houses. If price and location suit will buy i'm. mediately for cash. Home Title. L N. s. and Trust Co.,. 1O9 Wall St.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-27
FARMS FOR SALE, (Continued5

166 ACRES at shokan, N. Y, 10 room house, years old, trout stream and universal water, big or chard; at a sacrifice or exchange for house in Bridgeport. Steinllauf' 375 Stillman St, 123 tf*
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-27
GLASS
HAT SHOP
HAT MANUFACTURER

MEN'S Soft and Stiff Hats at factory special price $1.0O. Hats to order a speciality. All kinds. Ladies' and mems hats renovated, latest style. Meath's Hat Shop, 1O9 Bank St.. be- tween Main and Broad. upstairs.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-27

ALL KINDS second hand tools, dia- monds. watches. jewelry, clothing. gold. silver and platinum. The Bridgeport Loan Co.,. 325 Stratford Ave B S1 dEs