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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-01-26
ABOUT THE STATE
HAPPENINGS OF INTEREST FROM
DIFFERENT SECTIONS


About $500 has been raised in Bel
lows Falls TO pay the expenses OF WISH
ing nurse.
The Methodist Episcopal church u
Winooski, which was burned in Deem
Der, will be rebuilt in the spring,
q. w. Woodworth OF West Bolton has
Just completed an nlaid top table, 26N2t
inches, which contains $50 pieces.
Fish are biting in good shape now and
in Milton Boro Joseph Richie Is re-
ported as pulling in 81 dozen Monday.
The fire of last Wednesday morning in
Brandon was still smoulderjng Friday
and stream of water was kept on the
ruins.
The senior class of the Bellows Falls
high school have voted to wear the cap
and gown at graduation this year as
usual.
Pupils of the Bellows Falls high school
have given up their proposed trip to
Washington. d. c. this winter and, in
stead, will take three days trip TO
New York City.
To save fuel, st. Johnsbury academy
commenced Jan. "A the solid session
plan, which win continue until coal is
more plentiful
G. r. Bianchi bought the largest war
a,r,, cafa tbrntJoh fhn AIo1, fnal.
Ter postoffice that is obtainable in one
purchase, 81 900. He is a granite man
ufacturer.
When mortgage on his stock was
foreclosed, the wholesale and retail to.
bacco store of J. S, Clark in Brandon
was closed and everything will be sold at
auction Feb. ..
B. w. Rowland, chief of the Brandon
fire department. sprained one shoulder
badly last Wednesday during the big
fire, when he fell down flight Of stairs
covered with ice
Mrs Abbe Nichols, who has been help
ing in the Red Cross work in Roxbury
for the past few months, has knit nine
sweaters, IL helmets, three scarfs and
seven pairs of mitts
Matthew Daniel Godsil, for 10 wears
a night Waterman in White River Juuc-
ton died suddenly. this week after eat
ing breakfast as usual following the
carrying out of his duties the night be-
fore, He was 60 years old
After an investigation by DR. Dial
ton of the Vermont state board of I
health, it was determined that the child I
df DR.. and Mrs w. NJ tombstone of /
Morrisvile has chickenpox and not
smallpox.
The Methodist Episcopal church OF
Rutland is to have a service flag bear
ing 30 stars, one of them white one
in honor of Lewis Mckay, who lost his
life last April while fighting with the
Canadian forces.
To make complete the removal of the
delivery system from his store, d. NJ h
Croft, an Enosburg Falls grocer and
meat dealer, has distributed circulars
about the place to that effect and also /
has ordered the telephone taken out If ]
The store. I
Rev. r. Z. Green, pastor of the Meth
adist church in Newbury, tried to enlist ,
IN the British Canadian forces at Man !
chester, n. H., this week, but did not :
pass the physical examination. A. w.
lewis of Strafford passed an examina-
ion at the same place and was accept .
ID as recruit, leaving for Toronto. :
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-01-26

After an investigation by DR., Dial
ton of the Vermont state board of
health, it was determined that the child
of DR.. and Mrs w. NJ tombstone of
Morrisvile has cbickenpox and not
smallpox.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-01-26

The Methodist Episcopal church of
Rutland is to have a service flag bear
ing 30 stars, one of them a white ono
in honor of Lewis Mckay, who lost his
life last April while fighting with the
Canadian forces.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1918-04-04

Remember the Tuscanla. Buy Lib
ef'y Bend and help build warshIps to
protect american caidiers upon the
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1918-04-04
STAY-AT-HOMEs NOW
HOLD OPPORTUNITY
Man Who Buys Liberty Bond IL DO
ing His Bit"

The time is fast approaching when
all of US tay-at-homes" will again
have an opportunity to serve our
country.
Just because we are too old or too
young. or have dependents, does not
mean that we cannot be soldiers and
help to win this great fight for de-
mocracy and freedom.
The Third Liberty Loan, which will
start April 6. win be the greatest OPP
portunity for patriotic service that has
been offered those of us who still re-
main in civil life.
The work to float it will be great.
With the approach of what all the
world is convinced is the crisis in this
war, the need of great showing of
unity and strength on the part of
America has become SO imperative
that probably the way in which this
country meets this duty will consti-
tute the deciding factor in the war.
The Third Libert. Loan is the me-
dunn through which better than in any
other way Americas heart, mind and
physical strength can be thrown into
= the weight of battle against Germany.
A huge Liberty Loan in this country
means encouragement to Germany
any encouragement to our allies. It
means funds to equip, feed and train
our soldiers. 1t means support and
comfort for our men in the trenches
1t means money for ships, and 1T
means an ample reservoir Of financial
credit out of which all things required
by the brotherhood of nations against
autocEatic militarism can be obtained
to drive forward this year with their
maximum strength and bring the hor-
rors of the world war to an early end.
The man who at home buys a Lib
erty Bond performs as efficient an act
of war as the man in khaki who pulls
a trigger in his trench in France. 1t
is all the more a home mans duty 20
perform this act, since he is not under
going the discomfort and the danger
that raises the soldiers service to the
heroism that should inspire us at home
with full appreciation of the part We
must play.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1918-04-04
WOman's Missionary Society of
the Methodist Church

Mrs. A. S. Miller threw open
the doors of her beautiful home
to the members of the Mission
airy Society on Monday afternoon
from, three to five.
A large attendance, a most d :
lightful time and very inter-
e5ting meeting was reported.
The president, Mrs. Frank
Owen, in her charming manner
brought before us the study of
Christian Stewardship. Scrip
ture lessons were read by differ
ent ladies present, reports made
by officers and committee work.
ers, after which our pastor, Rev.
]. B. Randolph, gave us a short
but inspiring talk which en-
couraged each and all to go on
with the great win-one
campaign work. He also ex-
pressed his thanks for co-opera.
ton of all in the meeting just
closed. Very interesting papers
were then read by Mesdames
Porter Davis, ]. E. Capps and
E. |. Keller.
We were glad to have so many
present and especially glad to
give Mrs. G. S. Keller, Mrs.
Ames and Mrs. Cora Gates a
hearty welcome as new members
of our society.
The hostess, assisted by Mrs.
T. P. Davis and Miss Mary Seal
Miller, served the guests with
a refreshing ice.
A unanimous vote of thanks
was given the hostess for such a
pleasant afternoon and such
real hospitality.
The Society will meet Monday
afternoon, April 9Th, at 800
O'Clock. Come and bring your
friends. Reporter.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1918-04-04
vIRlLE MESSAGE FROM
BISHOP D. S. FUTILE
Celebrated Episcopalian Makes Strong
Plea for His Country.

A message by Bishop Daniel Syl-
vester futile of Missouri always com
mands national attention. He is pre-
siding bishop of the Episcopal Church.
He has been bishop for more than 81
years and clergyman for nearly so
years. He comes of Revolutionary
stock and is president of the Missouri
Sons Of the Revolution.
Though in his eighty-second year,
the venerable bishop is as vigorous
and as alert as he ever was, veri-
table Waterman on the tower OF. his
country. When he learned of the great
Liberty Loan drive to begin April 6,
Bishop Tuttle wrote in an autograph
letter the following virile message:
SFellow Americans: All that we are
In good will and strong nerve and all
that we have Of spare means should
be at the service OF our country, now
that she is In determined struggle
for her own safety and for lnterna-
tional rights and for freedom and jus
tlee and fair play for all the world.
"It's time when, under the eoIors,
and through Liberty Loans, and on the
firing line, we should cry aloud with
shakespeare's WoIsey:
"'l.et all the ends thou aIm'st at be
thy country's, thy Gods and truth's.'"
The picturesque ecclesiastic will in
every way possible lend his voice and
hand to see the Liberty Loan through.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1918-04-04
SECTAR|AN|SM IS
SWEPT ASIDE FOR
3RD LIBERTY LOAN
CATHOLICS, PRoTEsTANTs AND
JEWS DESIGNATE APRIL 7 AS
LIBERTY LOAN SUNDAY.
SERMONS FROM ALL PuLPlTS
Patriotism, Loyalty and Duty to Sup
port Country in Present Crisis
to Be the Theme for
All Pastors.

The churches of metropolitan st.
Louis will observe the first Sunday in
April as Liberty Loan Sunday.
There are about 400 parish churches
OF every faith, Protestant. Roman
Catholic and Jewish. but no sectarian
line will be drawn when it comes to
the work for Uncle Sam in crushing
once and for all the unfathomable in
EQUITY Of Prussianism.
Quite all that was necessary was
merely to suggest April as Liberty
Loan Sunday to get the wonderful
response that is coming daily into
headquarters Of the Liberty Loan Or
ganizatlon. The loyalty of all the
churches is doubly assured in these
responses.
The Church Federation of st. Louis
has War Committee which is work
ing out a formal set of suggestions
how best each of the 1875 churches in
the federation may observe the Sun
day nearest to the first anniversary
of Americas declaration of war WITH
Germany.
The Rev. John w. MacIvor, d. D.,
pastor of the Second Presbyterian
Church, is chairman of this commit
tee. Associated with him are the
Very Rev. Carroll M. Davis, dean of
Christ Church Cathedral (EpiscopaD,
and Mr. John B. Edwards, lawyer
and a Baptist layman.
Archbishop John ]. Glennon, who
presides over the spiritual destinies of
100000 Roman Catholics in the Arch
diocese of st. Louis, is heart and soul
with the purposes of the United
States government, and has informed
the Central Committee of the Liberty
Loan Organization that he will be
only too glad to do anything and
everything he can to aid his country
in raising the Third. Liberty Loan.
The metropolitan has So parishes in
the city limits. of st, Louis and las
other parishes in the rural territory
from which st. Louis obtains its staff
of life in more senses than one.
The Jewish community of st. Louis
is an important one, comprising about
$4,000 souls, according to conserva-
tive estimate. Both the orthodox and
the reformed wings of Judaism are in
tensely loyal to their country. Their
rabbis will do everything in their
power to enlist the active support of
their religious followers in the Third
Liberty Loan.
Each of the great religious sects
will, Of. course, have their own Pc
culiar method of approach to the
great task, but there is going to be
most healthy and friendly rivalry
imaginable between them for the
honor of doing the most by their be-
loved President.
The st. Louis plan is to utilize every
pulpit, every church bulletin, every
religious channel of communication,
every UNCONVENTIONAL organ, of what
ever name or circulation, in the COM
mon labor Of raising the necessary
funds to sustain our soldiers and sail
ors, wherever they are:
Doubtless this plan will be extern
sively followed in all the church CEN
tiers of influence throughout the
Eighth Federal Reserve District.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1918-04-04
The future of the nation depends
upon Liberty Bond buyers.
LIBERTY LOAN ESSAY PRIZE
Wife of Missouri's Governor Gives $50
Liberty Bond for Best Production.

Mrs. Frederick d. Gardner, wife OF
Missouri's Governor, will give a $50
Liberty Bond to the boy or girl, under
IL years of age, writing the best essay
on the Third Liberty Loan.
This competition is open to the
school pupils of public, private and
parochial schools, except the public
schools of St. Louis
All. essays should be plainly written
on only one side of the paper, giving
the pupils name, age, school, town or
township and grade, with the name Of
the teacher. ALI essays should be
mailed to Mrs. Theodore Benoist,
chairman Missouri Woman's Lib
erty Loan Organization, 1893 Railway
Exchange Building, st. Louis.
A committee composed of bankers
and editors will read the essays and
award Mrs. Gardeners prize.
In addition to this. Mrs. Benoist is
endeavoring to have bond offered as
q prize by some publie-spirited citizen
in each town and township in Mis-
souri, to the boy or girl writing the
best essay. The conditions OF the
contests to be decided by the local
Liberty Loan committees and the
teachers Of the respective schools.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1918-04-04
AMERICA WILL SETTLE
PRESENT WORLDS WAR
Liberty Loan Bond In American
Hands Is Most Effective
Weapon.


Before the United States entered
|e war the conflict may have been
P for Europeans to settle, with the
pre- of the world depending. upon
results. But since America de-
ID war it has become distinctly
war.
no longer is England's war, CT
le's war. but Americas wsr-the
all the nations associated to de-
erman autOcracy. which seeks
binate and enslave the world.
best way to support the war is
Liberty Bond while the brave
at the front fighting for you
your home and for everything
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1918-04-04
LIBERTY BONDS BRING
CITIZENS REAL THRIFT
MiIions Doing Patriotic Duty Find
Themselves Financial Galners.

Before the government began to is
sue the Liberty Bonds there were less
than 100000 bondholders in the Unit
ed States. Now there are more than
12,O00,000; Soon there win be many
more millions to learn how simple it
is to put $50, 800. $500 or $1,000 into
safe bond that will bring 4, Az or 5
per cent as regularly as the year rolls
around, besides returning the full
amount invested at date of maturity.
There is no risk as in any other kind
of Investment, and no taxes to pay.
An investor that holds a mortgage
on a house must bother about insur-
ance, repairs, and must personally col
lect interest and principal On Lib
erty Bond it is o.-.y necessary to tear
off little coupon twice a year, which
will be cashed by any bank or trust
company.
Moreover, If money is invested in q
mortgage on house, whatever hap
pens, the mortgage stands for one,
two, three years, or whatever period
was originally fixed. If money is put
into Liberty Bond the principal can
be recovered any day in the year.
Therefore, when a farmer, a me-
chanic, doctor, lawyer or any 9TH
er citizen buys a Liberty Bond he not
only is putting money into the one safe
investment in the world but he be.
comes patriot just as surely as the
soldier who shoulders a gun. But he
risks nothing, while the man in khaki
offers his life living sacrifice upon
the altar of freedom.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1918-04-04
Farmers Work Cut Out.

Uncle Sam has never called upon
the American farmer in vain. The
Third Liberty Loan will start April 6.
This spring and summer the support
Of the war is up to the farmers. We
must lick Germany. Unless we do our
place in the world is lost We are Civ
ing our sons, we are giving our food
supplies, and now let's not fail to back
up the treasury with our dollars. Buy
Liberty Bond and help to keep the
Kaiser pr' q the United States.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1918-04-04
Letter from a Navy Boy
u. S. S. Wyoming.
February "a, 1718.

/ WC0blANA 10 CASAANL VAtAJ NV AOe
quite so cold and it never gets as
cold here as it does in the CEN
trail aud northern States of
America. We all hope the Ger
mans will commence their often
sive early on the western front,
because we feel sure that the
allies will win and the sooner it
starts the sooner we get back
home.
London seems to get her raids
regularly but the allies including
the Italians are making reprisal
raids on towns in Germany.
They seem to think over here
that the non-combatents will re-
ceive about as much first line
battling as the men in the
trenches, owing to the aerial
fights. Both sides claim that
raids by air will be made into
enemy territory on large scale
penetrating far inland over
towns back Of the trenches.
Scotland is a very nice country
but none of them can compare
with the United States. | have
been in some homes that still
use the old spinning wheel and
build their houses of slate-like
stone, just as they get it from
mountain side. Pete, as it is
called, is burned by the people
instead of coal and wood. The
houses are covered with sod and
grass. The war did not cause
this as the people have always
lived that way in this one par
ticular section of Scotland. |
have seen some nice towns and
cities over here. Also had hikes
out into the country districts. |
made one trip out to see the
country folks not hong ago land
bought eggs and cabbage for
some of the officers. Eggs sell
for &c cents to "a cents per
dozen and cabbage at Scents and
8 cents. The country folks are
glad to sell them and our officers
are glad to eat them, so are the
enlisted men.
While food may be scarce over
here it is known that it is more
so in Germany. / don't think
the Kaiser will want to rule the
universe after the allies get
through with him this spring
and he will be glad to wear a hat
instead of a crown. / hope to
get a plug in his direction myself
so would all the others over here.
George Washington's birthday
has passed again and we did not
celebrate, but the paymaster
gave us "a little better dinner
than usual, which was highly
appreciated as well as devoured
by all the crew. Sunday is quite
a treat for us, as we use it as a
rest day and fall our ships hold
services. SO that anyone wishing
may attend church in the morn
ing and evening.
Prayer meetings and bible
classes are also held during the
week just as if we were on the
outside or at home. You know
we call this the inside and public
life or civilian life the outside.
In counting the stories or floors
to a house you usually start from
the bottom and count up but
quite different here. You would
start from the top and go down
as you know only one is visible
from the outside, but as you go
down you would be surprised at
the number there is below the
water line,. Double the number
of the crew aboard this ship and
you would have a town or rather
a population greater or as great
as the town of Okolona. Eat,
sleep, wash clothes and work all
IN tho capoo bov,oo Thoro &c
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1918-04-04

Stop .critlcIzing the government. p
your bit to help win the war. Buy
Liberty Bond.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1918-04-04
Whx rhey succeed.

Perhaps you think that lot of sue.
cessful men won success because they
had nerve, whereas their success
probably is due more to good. hard
work while you were standing on the
street corner arguing politics Or re-
ligi0n.--Atchison Globe.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1918-04-04
PRICES

Considerable complaint is made
these days with reference to prices
paid for everything purchased Most
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1918-04-04

A Liberty Bond buyer becomes
real fighting soldier for Uncle Sam.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1918-04-04

"The Allies are all in the same boat,
long way from shore and on limited
rations"- Uncle Sam is running
the relief ship.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1918-04-04

paid for everything purchased. Most
OF the time we do
!; =. !. !: !: !: !: !:
.sf not consider it a
NKrI%M hardship on others
Nt5s.l III WA when we are. the
EAHESnRhA merchant and h Q
YgskIHEtIMw other fellow the pur-
NIX SsZEW chaser.
As All the necessities
connected with liv-
Ing have been going up since the war
began The wholesale dealer has to
pay more wages and salary than he
even dreamed of few years ago The
same thing is true of the retailer On
the other hand, the question is brought
up, why doesn't the Government take
q hand and put stop to the rising
prices?" Would you care to have the
Government interfere with your right
to receive more for your commodities
or labor than you did one or two years
ago?
If a person stops to consider prices
and investigate little he will find
that they have risen on a much lower
scale than is the rule in other wars.
Have you thought when you paid
or 10 cents for sugar, with the country
going through an actual sugar famine,
that it would have gone much higher
had not the Government, through the
United States Food Administration,
taken measures to stabilize the mar
ket?
Have you stopped to wonder why
the wholesale price of flour is less
than $11 a barrel, when it went as
high as $15 last summer, and threat
ened to keep mounting? Have you re-
membered that the farmer is getting
more money out of $40 or $11 flour to-
day than he got out of $14 or $15 flour
six months ago?
No, you haven't thought of those
things. You just know that prices are
high, and you wonder why somebody
doesn't do something about it, II
you stopped to think, maybe your tone
would change from complaint to won
der. Prices are high, but the wonder
is that they are not far higher, when
you come to think of it.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-21
"Jack the Hugger" Is
Soaring Millersburg Women

Millersburg, Pa, Feb. 21.-All the
talk among the women here for the
past ten days, especially those re-
siding in East Main street district,
is Have you seen Jack the Hugger %
More than score of women during
the past ten days have been follow
ed and accosted by strange man
and in several instances caught hold
of. Burgess Fairchild several nights
ago was watching in that district
and is said to have had the man
freed, but being alone he went to a
nearby telephone to call for assist
ance. When he returned the man
had fled. Policeman Baker is now
on the job as a special officer. But
until the culprit is apprehended the
feminine sex will have n male es-
cort in that section of the town.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-21
ICE JAM CAUSES
s5OO,OOO FLOOD
AT BRADFORD
Gorge, Forming at a Bridge,
Backs Up Water; Many
Blocks Covered

Bradford, Pa, Feb. 21.-This
city suffered a loss estimated at
more than s5OO,OOO during the past
two days through high waters in
the Allegheny impounded ice gorges.
The ice gorge formed last evening at
the Mechanic street bridge, and the
loss is the worst in the city's his
tory.
Eight city blocks in the business
district, including Main street, were
flooded to a depth of 21A to feet
until blasting of the gorge relieved
the situation just before noon. Fol-
lowing the forming of the gorge
without warning, when ice jammed
at the Mechanic street bridge, i'm
pounded water swept out over the
business section.
Schools were ordered closed.
Flood danger was abated and the
waters subsidized after the gorge had
been successfully dynamited at 11.S0
o'clock this morning. Merchants
We're allowed opportunity for partial
survey of the heavy damage that
they share with other residents and
tenants of the eight city blocks
flooded.
While danger of flood has passed
for the time at least, the city faces
n serious situation as the result of
the bursting of a water main by the
dynamite. Supply of city water is en-
tirely cut off to some parts of the
city by the breaking of the main and
fire would be disastrous.
A trestle at ellison, weakened by
floods, collapsed yesterday morning,
resulting in the drowning of Engi-
neer r. p. Mullen, of Sheffield, when
a locomotive of the Tionesta valleys
morning passenger train was sub
merged. With difficulty w. S. Buzz
zard, fireman, of Sheffieul, was res
cued, and while he was injured, his
condition is not serious.
Passengers escaped injury or
death through the fact that the
train was running slowly, and none
of the coaches were derailed. Real
izing danger from high water, En-
gineer Mullen was proceeding with
caution when the trestle over the
Tionesta creek, at Gibson, three
miles from Sheffield, was reached.
Entire support of the bridge COL
lapsed under the weight of the loco
motive, which dropped into the
water below and was entirely sub
merged.
Mullen was unable to eXtricate
himself from the cab and was
pinned under the engine. BuzZard
succeeded in getting clear, and was
rescued by other members of the
crew, who showed a board within
his grasp.