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The Nome daily nugget., 1918-01-02
WEATHER REPORT
D. S. Weather Bureau,

January G p. m. Temperature-Max. --5 Min. --12 Barometer--29.80 .803 inches. Weather--Clear. Wind--N. miles per hour. Precipitation-None
The Nome daily nugget., 1918-01-02

Following aro the lowest accorded temperatures for this year ard last on the days issisnated. The minus sign before a number means below xsro.
The Nome daily nugget., 1918-01-02
FIRE ALARM SIGNALS

A daily newspaper is big thing for any community large or small, are you helping to maintain tiff not get busy and telephone your subscription.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-12
LITTLE BENNY'S NOTEBOOK
Iy Lee paps

Us fellows was standing crround the
lam post this afternoon looking st our
faces IN little round mirrers with avertize-
Inents on the back wich some man had
went erround putting under frunt doors,
and all of n stiddin Leroy Shooster drop
ped his and the glass broak all up in
little peeecs, Leroy saying, q, ] yeers
bad luck, G
And he started to pick up the pceccs
looking disappointed and Sid Hunt sed,
. well, wat do you care, ycers amt 40
long.
They'll soon bc over, you'll ony be II
yeers old, scd
Besides, you mite not live that long,
Leroy, sed Sam Cross.
No matter wat happens, Leroy, you
mite get over it all rite, sed Ed Wernlck,
| know "a fellow broak mirror wtnts,
and that nitc he fell down and tripped
and broak his leg, but lie got over it all
rite and now he can wawk pritty neer as
good with that leg M wat he can with the
other one, pritty near, so wat do you
care, Lcroy7
Maybe if ! can pick up All the peeces
IT wont be sutch bad luck, sed Leroy
Shooster And he kepp on looking
for more peeces, and my cuzzin Artie
scd, That don't make amy difrenta, its
luck just the same no matter how neny
you pick up, but wat do YOU care, Leroy,
in 7 yeers maybe you'll have SO nutah
bad luck you'll be Use To IT,
Wich Leroy Shooster jest kepp on
wawking erround looking for peeccs,
and all of n suddin he eed, @, theers a
dime. Wich one was, and he quick
picked it up, saying. C;osh, if | hadent
of broak the mirror | wood never of
found it,
c. sed us fellows
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-12
GOOD HOUSEKEEPING.
by Henrietta Graucl.
TABLE TALK.

The weather is warm. the children nre
! much in evidence and the temptation To
set the table quickly and cook as little as
will satisfy hunger, rs great. DO not bo
surprised rs YOU hear yourself telling your
hungry family that they eat too much, or
assuring them they do not need much hot
food in the summer The weather In To
blame not you.
But, TO avoid carclcssncss in your good
housekeeping, why not give some at
tcntion to tho chemistry ot cooking, this
simmer. You need this information; We
all need it,, with our food supply making
such startling changes from day to day.
Some of the simple little experiments
that arc used in school Kitchens will in
tercst the little women" in your house
hold in home making. The composition
of air. for instance, will show why tho gas
roars when the gas stove burners are
badly adjusted and how oil stoves can
burn without fiue connections
You are almost sure 10 take n sort of
fierce pleasure in having the dish cloths
always spotless and white, II you have
paid some attention to the bacteria of
the dishrag:" and, knowing how evil dirt
Is, in the kitchen, you decide to do away
with the lure of the garbage can "No
flies in my yard" is n fine slogan for any
home maker A spotlcss kitchen, n sani-
tary refrigerator and wcll-kept garbage
pail, are modern-dav standards of house
wiiery. 1t if delightful to plan and have
and keep, beautiful livingroom, library
and reception hall. but you have no bust
ness To enjoy these things until you have
gwen your first attention to the more inn
portant part Of the home the part where
the food is prepared and the family's
comfort made possible.
A well-trained home maker knows how
TO make one ruoIn answer all purposes of
library, parlor and music room, and how
to be as happy in 1t as in mansion. And.
being an American. she knows that her
thrift and economy is helping this glorious
government to keep its place in the sun.
great deal of foolishness is written
Just now about the future of the home,
and il is my belief that the home is all
safe If the woman in the house is blessed
with good house sense good wife plans
her campaign like general Her hus-
band does not get SO hungry he has Ia in
dulgc IN liquor to keep up his strength.
and Johnny, Jr. is not among those boys
who buy penny cake and lolly-pop
for school lunch, or hang around the soda
fountain waiting for "a treat because
they are badly nourished.
A woman who knows the chemistry Of
a potato will not boast that her baby
boy ''jpist loves them. nor will she feel
her babies everything she eats herself
Every day is Independence Day for the
woman who uses her grey matter Her
arc always good ones. her OK
penses are small, her family is happy, she
Is blessing 10 the State and the nation
will reap the benefit Of her work
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-12
THE GIANTS PAINT BOX.

Once upon time the giants and the
prxies got into big quarrel. Now,
almost everyone thinks that all giants
arc bad and all fairies are good, but they
are sadly mistaken in this case. For
these giants of whom am speaking were
really, truly kind fellows whose hearts
were rs big rs their bodies. They dearly
loved To do n good deed.
But the naughty prixies, or wood
fairies as some call them. were always
playing pranks to get these huge men
in trouble They would steal their
spoons. upset their milk, throw stones
at their chickens and in every way make
life miserable for the kind giants.
At this time there were trees. flowers and
grass in the world but they were all one
color-a dead, blush white The giants
saw the lovely tints in the sky at sunset
so they set to work to get some of the
dyes by gathering great bags of clouds.
boiling them down and making the colors
into paints, which they placed in nm
immense box.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-12

morning this old world is not funny
sight it won't be our fault" So they set
to work by the hundreds like bees, swarm
ing into the box and dragging out the
paint tubes, which were loaded up on ten
men. They spread out all over the
country, and with long spraying machines
threw the paint on the entire land. The
green was emptied on the grass and trees
and on the stems, leaves and trees of
all plants. Lilies and roses, which had
been snow white were colored yellow,
pink and red. Violcts got the purple
,tint All over the fields colors were
running and what had been a white
world was now one vast plain OF glowing
tints OF every hue.
BY the time that the dawn crept up
the east the PRIZES threw away the empty
tubes and hid in the woods,
Then the giants yawned and rose to
get water for their bath
''Ho, no, wife, come out and see the
sightr' cried one Of the giants when he
stepped out of his home "See what
has happened in the night. The PRIZES
have taken our paint, but they have
made the whole land beautiful Look
at the trees, the flowers. the fields OF
grain-all are gorgeous In our pretty
tints"
When the bad prizes raw that they
had done a good deed and that the kind
giants were delighted at the new appear
ance of things, they felt 80 much afraid
of themselves for having tried to he
mean that they held meeting and decided
that never again would they play any
tricks.
II am very glad, however" said Nine,
THAT we did this one, for now we have
a world that Is far more beautiful than
the old white one.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-12

MIKE. who was the chicf sprltc in
mischief among the prixics. formed a plan
to upset the box of paints. and the giant
hearing OF il. posted notice winch SAID.
Don't Touch This PANT
But the prizes ouy laughed and ran
away to think mp trouble
II have Il exclaimed Nike. rs they
all Sai hrcathlc~s on log ny the pool
"Whcn all j. qtlci tonight We Will steal
each tube Of ,cl, and 90 out all over
the world and paint things up Won I
the giants hc mad u find their ants all
gone and all his lovely white world
shining in every shade
All the other prIxics Joincd in the
shout of 10Y al the plan. So II was agreed
that at II that nigh, they would meet
with ropes and bars about the big paint
lox. which stood IN "a corner Of the giant
garden
Promptly az the chosen hour they
gathered in a mob around the huge boz.
ana ten of he largest priyIes prIed of
the top 1t fell with . clatter. but the
giants did not wake ~
Sleep long and sleep tight
For when the morning brings tue light
Your eyes Will see a sorry sight
This was the song the bad little priucs
sung softly. knowing the good giants
slept SO soundly that they would not
awake
Now. ten mon get hold of each tube
ordered Nixic Garry them out and
pour the colors on the whole country
Let the green tube fellows empty their
paint on the grass and trees; the yellow
ones ON some of the fields OF flowers.
on the wheat and other grains The
blue, red, pink, purple arc all to be used
to color all the shrubs. every bloom,
every blossom we can find, and If by
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-12
EAST SIDE WAR GARDEN.

Mrs. Lillian ITackett in the yard NJ the
rear Of her home at sos Lombard street
has planted and cultivated all sorts Of
plants and vegetables imaginable, and
already has started to reap fine harvest
for her earnest efforts
Mrs Hackett WINS prompted in her work
by real patriotic spirit In the center
Of the garden stands large fingpole
with the national emblem at it's head
Although the space is limited Mrs Hack
EFT is raising n fine assortment of vege-
tables and she says she will never be
sorry for tho great care which she has
taken IN cultivatine the garden
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-12
SANDMAN STORY.
By Mrs. F. A. Walker.

Copyright 1918. by Mcclure Newspaper
Syndicate. Now Yorb City.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-12
Mothers Friend
in Every Home
Comfort md Safety Assured Before
tho Arrival of the Stork.

In tho,tsands of American homes there
is bottle of the splendid and time honOred
remedy. Mothers Friend, that has aided
many woman through tho trying ordeal
saved her from suffering and pain. kept
her in health Of mind and body In advance
of bahy's coming. and bad most won
dcrful influence I'm developing healthy
lovely disposition In the child
Mothers Friend relieves the pain and dis
comfort caused ny the strain on the iiga-
ments. makes piiable those hbers and muscles
which nature is expanding. and soofhes tho
Inflammation Of breast glands and other
soreness The tendency IN nervousness and
20 morning sickness or nausea Is counter
nCtPd.
Hy regular use during the period tho
muscles expand with sazn when baby is
born tension is reduced and the pain and
danger At the crisis are m tuTally iess.
Mothers Friend is m external remedy,
Is absolutely safe and wonderfully effective
II not only aiiayS distress in advance but
assures a speedy recovery for the mother
This splendid preparation may be had
AT every drug store. and is one Of the
greatest blessings over discovered for ex~
peCtaut mothers Write to the Bradfield
Regulator Co. G COZ Lamar Bldg Atlupta
Ga for their Motherhood Book + SO vaIu-
able 10 expertant mothers and in the
meantime do not fail To get hottie OF
Mothers Friend at the drug store and thus
fortify Yourself against pain and discomfort
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-12
Y. w. c. A COMMITTEES.

Division and State committees for the
W. e. A III connection with a campaign
to lre conducted in the fall in onnmction
with the Y. NJ 6. 4 have been appointed
as follows: Mrs otho Nowland, chairman
Mrs. Robert Richards. vice chairman:
Mrs. {. Marshall Barton, chairman Of
committee for county organization, Mrs.
George I Brown, chairman of committee
ON public Information: Mrs. O. &.
Purdy, chairman of committee on meet
ings and recruiting; Mrs ] Ernest Smith
chairman OF committee ON records Mrs.
Charles l.. Woilaston. member ex-ofIcio
OF all committees by virtue of her office of
president Of the Y W G. A
Miss Grace Osborn, u the State Or
ganizer and will be assisted by Miss
Mary PurdY
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-12
PUCKERITES.
Ry George Matthew Adams.

try 10 be charitable, but there
is one specie of iniIvidual that un-
nerves me. discourages me. and
arouSes my ire
Even as great man rs MIR. Noah
Webster. who wrote the dictionary,
gave up IN despair when he tried
to give that sort Of an individual
name So, inasmuch rs Mr.
Webster is no longer, ! will try to
help postcrity out hy giving name
to such person as have suggested
You who shr,ig your shoulders,
who tilt your chm who turn your
head the other way You. who
sncer and complaint will call
"puCkerltes
But. with all my heart, | hope
there won't he a single individual
that reads tins little talk, that
really is a 'Puckeritc
But sometimes avoidance Is wiser
than contagion.
50. say, he anything but q a"puck-
critic
The heart of humanity is being
HtalPI, JUST at bAlN isitte. ne " no
Will not serve in heart as we'll as
through body. Is not deserving Of
'llfc, liberty and the pursuit Of
happiness.
What are you thinking What
are you saying? What are YOU
doing?
Now | know. OF all things, YOU
Will never prove yourself Fucker
ite
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-12
HY MYERS REINsTATED.
Player Who Forsook Dodgers o. X. d
by National Commission

Cincinnati, o., July IL Player r. ".
Myers, who WIS placed on The Ineligible
list Of the BrookliD club, va8 reinsiafcd
Yesterday by the National Basctall Chm
mi sgion.
Myers notified The Commission that he
regretted his action ~ leayiDg the BROOK
lyn club without permission and degirtd
10 rejoin q NJ once. Elis reinstatement
had the iudorsement II the Brook IN club.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-12
TCHJYA KUMAGAE COMING.
Report That japanese Tenn is Expert
Has Sale for America.

New York, July ~ -Ichiya Kumagac !,
the leading tennis player Of Japan, has
snled fof this country, according 70 prj-
vate advices received here aud will com
pete in the national championship tourn0-
me mis- next month kunaeae, who WAS
rnnke Il fifth among the United States
PLAYER Mt the close of the 1916 season,
defeated number Of tho fabking eXper Is
during his previous invasion and bis ap-
pearance in titilar play again will add
international interest ~ the champion
ship matches scheduled n be held late ~
August.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-12
Civil Service Examinations

In order To fll the vacancies occur ing
through the designations from the pos itions
ot rural mail carriers IN rural New G astle
county. the United States Civil Service
ton mission has announced examinations
to be held in WilmIrgto on and Newark
on July ". The examinat IONS will be
held To fill poaitIoDs Mt Mars halton and
forter immediately and at other post
offices at later vacancy.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-12
MEMORIAL SERVICE.
To be Held nj Arden on Sunday in Mem
ory Of Frank Downs.

A memorial service in honor Of Frank
Is. Downs, long a resident of Arden, will
bc bel d in the Gid Hall Mt Arden, Sunday
afternoon ut 3 O'Clock
Mr.. Downs WINS weli-known through
out the community as a musician, having
been considered one of the finest fluti5ts
in the world. He studied under Cox.
who was the soloist with GiImores band
in its earl icr days, and he WAS one Of
the organizers Of the Symphony Society
Of philadelph in. MIR Downs was also
wel-known in PhiIadelphia and this
city as business man.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-12
Aboar,l fox Cantcen Service.

Mrs. Helen Curtis, of New York City,
= woman prominent IN philanthropic
work. has gone to France to engage In
cantccn service under the National
Young Womcn's Christian Association.
Mrs Curtis cars all her own expenses.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-12
Recovered Stolen Bicycle.

Patrolman Snyder has recovered
bicycle stolen last week from Seventh
and Shiplev streets. The policemen arc
looking for the thief
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-12
Leonard Iohnae,u Hurt

j Leonard Johnson is patient a. The
Homeopathic Hospital. suffering with
. fractured leg aa a result ~ falling dowa
a stairway
The Huttig news., 1918-03-09
WILD FEARS OF ARMY LIFE
teen Chances Out of Twenty of Surviving Years Service.

Numerous incidents reported in the United States since the selectiye conseription law was passed have shown that many persons have a wildly exaggerated notion of the dangers and hardships of army serv- ice They evidently feel that a call to the colors is about the same thing as a death sentence. A few have killed themselves. Some have shot off an arm or cut off several fingers. Other mutilations have been re- ported.
 This is. the madness of fear. In all wars, even in the tremendous con- fiet now raging, a soldier has about nineteen chances out of twenty of surviving a years service. In two years h. does not run as much as 10 per cent risk of death. German and British records indicate that the ratio of fatalities is not more than one out of twenty-five men annu- ally.
 As for hardships, some soldiers like the change from the conditions of civil life. Many seek to remain in military service after wars end. Nearly all who escape wounds say they feel unusually well and physi- cally fit. Disease in modern armies maintained by advanced nations is less common than in ordinary occu- pations.
 War is grim and terrible enough without wild congregations of it's perils and it's sutferings. Always its chances leave a good balance on the side of safety. Any man who kills or mains himself to escape mil itary service is not only coward but a fool-Cleveland Leader.
The Huttig news., 1918-03-09
enlisted Why don't you join? Now

enlisted. Why don't you join? Now is the time
 This argument ought to get many recruits, Empey, so go out and see what you can do."
 He then gave me a small roSette of red, white and blue ribbon, with three little streamers hanging down. This was the recruiting insignia and was to be worn on the left side of the cap.
 Armed with a swagger stick and my patriotic rosette, I went out into Tot tenham Court road in quest of cannon fodder.
 Two or three poorly dressed civil ians passed me, and although they ap- peared physically fit, I said to myself "They don't want to join the army :; perhaps they have someone dependent on them for support" so I did not ac- cost them.
 Coming down the street I saw n young dandy, top hat and all, with a fashionably dressed girl walking be- side him. I muttered, "You are my meat" and when he came abreast of me l stepped directly in his path and stopped him with my swagger stick saying:
 ''You would look fine in khaki; why not change that top hat for n steel helmet? Aren't you ashamed of your- self, q husky young chap like you in multi when men are needed in the trenches? Here l am, an American,
The Huttig news., 1918-03-09

to his desk. I immediately followed this action by throwing the telegrams Into the wastebasket. Then we looked at each other in silence. He was squirming In his chair and I felt de pressed and uneasy.
 The telephone rang and I answered 1t. 1t was q business call for me, re- 4uesting my services for an out-of town assignment Business was not very good, so this was very welcome. After listening to the proposition I seemed to be swayed by q peculiarly strong force within me, and answered, T am sorry that I cannot accept your offer, but I am leaving for England next week." and hung up the receiver. The lieutenant swung around In his chair, and stared at me in blank aston lshment. sinking sensation came over me, but I defiantly answered his look with. "Well, it's so. I'm going" And I went.
 The trip across was uneventful. l landed at Tilbury England, then got Into a string of matchbox cars ana proceeded to London, arriving there about 10 P. m. 1 teok room In hotel near St. Pancras station for five and six-fire extra The room was minus the fire, but tfe "extra" seemed to keep me warm. That night there was Zeppelin raid, but I didn't see much of 1t, because the slit in the curtains was too small and I had no desire 10 make it larger. Next morning rhe tel ephone bell rang, and someone asked Are you there?" l was, hardly. Any way, I learned that the Zeps had re turned to their fatherland, so went out into the street expecting to see scenes of awful devastation and cow
The Huttig news., 1918-03-09
Swearing in a Recruit.

came four thousand miles from Ogden, Utah, just outside of New York, to fight for your king and country Don't be a stacker, buck up and get into uni form; come over to the recruiting of- i fee and I'll have you enlisted"
 He yawned and answered, II don't care if you came forty thousand miles, no one asked you to-" and he walked on. The girl gave me a sneering look i; I was speeches..
 recruited for three weeks and near ly got one recruit.
 This perhaps was not the greatest stunt in the world. but it got back at the officer who had told me, "Yes, we take anything over here" l had been spending a good lot of my recruiting time in the saloon bar of the Wheat Sheaf pub (there was very attractive blonde barmaid who helped kill time 1 was not as serious in those days as I was little later when I reached the front)-well, it was the sixth day and my recruiting report was blank. I was getting low in the pocket-bar- maids haven't much use for anyone who cannot buy drinks-so I looked around for recruiting material. You know d man on recruiting service gets "bob" or shilling for every recruit he entiees into joining the army the recruit is supposed to get this, but he would not be a recruit if he were wise to this fact, would he?
 Down at the end of the bar was a young fellow in multi who was very patriotic-he had about four "Old Six ales aboard. He asked me if he could join, showed me his left hand, two fingers were missing, but I said that did not matter as i've take any thing over here" The left hand is the rifle hand as the piece is carried at the slope on the left shoulder. Near ly everything in England is "by the left" even general traffic keeps to the port side.
 I took ths applicant over to head quarters, where he was hurriedly ex- amined. Recruiting surgeons were busy in those days and did not have much time for thorough physical exam lHdlioliS. My recruit WIS pdSSeu uS "ft" by the doctor and turned over to corporal to make note of his scars. I was mystified. Suddenly the corpo- ral burst out with, "Blime me, two of his fingers are gone" Turning to me he said, "You certainly have your nerve With you, not 'alf you ain't, to bring this beggar in.'
 The doctor came over and exploded, "What do you mean by bringing in a man in this condition?"
 Looking out of the corner of my eye I noticed that the officer who had re- cruited me had joined the group, and could not help answering, Well, sir, was told that you took anything over here"
 think they called it "Yankee i'm pudence," anyhow it ended my recruit Ing.