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Mount Vernon signal., 1918-03-22

made up of the counties of jeff
erson Ohio, Caldwell, Barren and
Rockcastle. We stood iuspec tion
yesterday ard passed the best
inspection of any of the cOmpan
les in the 3rd Bn. both in squad
rooms and drills. Our command
ing officer certainly did give US a
boost. He is one of the finest
fellows down here, altho there
are some other good fellows.
Lieut.. Weeks (the man that
trains us) has seen service in
the English army. He is fine
fellow too. When we do we'll he
praises US, when we don't, we'll,
be doesn't. Some of the boys
are looking forward to good pos
itiors and believe they will
make good. Now about our eats
that what we like to talk about
because we are always hungry.
That big cup of coffee, steak,
ham: sausage, peas, beans, pine
apples prunes and olives all the
onions and pickles (Which 1 have
learned to eat) cornbread and
lightbread are certainly things
that make a fellow feel like a
Samson Our mess kit consists
of pan with a folding handle
for meat and vegetables, a cover
which we use for desert, a short
knife and fork AM a short handled
big spoon. This kit folds up and
makes a nice little kit. Our
hunks Tor beds) are 80 inches
wide z feet long made of iron
with springs. We put bed
sack on that and a good wool
blanke. next, then we have two
blankets and big comfort to go
on top which makes the finest
bed you ever saw. Now 1 guess
you want to know about me
I'm alright just as happy as if l
had good sense. You don't have
time to get lonesome and there is
no need for 1t any way. NV in
oculation hurt just little. We
didn't have to drill for thirty six
hours so we could rest and we
did not notice the effect so much.
My vaccination has begun to take.
Can't say what it will do. Two
Mount Vernon signal., 1918-03-22
Interesting Letter From
JESS FISH
March 10, 1919.
9th Co. 3rd Bn.
I59 Depot Brigade.

9th 20. 3rd Bn.
I59 Depot Brigade.
Camp Taylor, KY.
Dear Dad
l know you are interested
in the "Y'' so I'll try my best
to tell you something about it.
You know what home means
to you, the "Y" means the same
to we boys only / sometimes
think it means more.
Its our church, library, show,
post office, information bureau,
reception hall, and is the best
place in the whole camp to write
letters.
This is not all either, there is
always a kind word here for
every one We hear the best of
singing both religious and popu-
lar
/ go almost every night when
/ don go TO school. l see Edd
Gentry every day or two. He
seems well pleased with the way
we are all satisfied Those of US
who are most discontented are
the fellows who haven't been out
much. I'm ALWAYS asking who
wants to go to the "Y" with me.
Generally some of the fellows 60
We have a dandy bunch of fell
lows In cur squad room They
take things pretty well Some
of US have been on duty every
night and day since we have
been here. Some have been K.
P.s (kitchen police some room
Orderlies, some on carpenter
work, while other do nothing
much but drill.
The squad I'm In is composed
of "big huskies" Raleigh French,
Lee Roy Hamilton, John Berry.
Bill Warren, Oscar Hibbard,
Sherman Owens and a fellow by
the name of Bosner from Jeffer-
son county and myself. These
other SIX fellows are from Rock
castle county. Our company is
Mount Vernon signal., 1918-03-22
Danger! Danger!.

Seed corn scarce. Something
must be done, The farmers who
have corn should have it tested
before planting or selling it for
seed. 1t doesn't make any diff
ference if the corn does look good
it should be tested, and now Is the
time so as to have plenty of time
to make other tests or buy.
There has been four tests made
from corn on stalk, shock, shucked
and from the crib not shucked,
the following result was obtained:
eest sSt
Ist test. 43 ears, IS good, 80
end test, 20 ears, 2 good, 10
3rd test, 36 ears. good, 5
4th test, 81 ears, II good, 20
This looks serious. We should
devote the entire month to testing
and helping others testing corn.
SEED CORN TESTED.
Mt. Vernon High School Stud
ents directed by Prof. Lyon will
test Seed Corn for all the farmers
in Rockcastle county, who will
take their corn to the school.
These tests will be free to the
farmers.
Berea College Vocational De.
partment will test all Seed Corn
brought in by the farmers. This
work will be supervised by Prof
VIM. Baird. These tests will be
free also. The farmers should
See Prof. Lyon and Prof. Baird at
once and make arrangements for
the testing.
HELP WANTED NUW.
We all can't 20 to war but we
can do something in this Seed
Corn Testing Campaign. All
who can test Seed Corn should
do it NOW. Urge Farmers
to test their corn - help test
corn. Go out and get it and
test it for the sake OF our country.
We need all the seed corn we car
find everywhere. Ministers. law.
yers, doctors, merchants, and
school teachers are urged to joir
in and help find seed corn for our
country by testing it. Enlist
Now-Today. 1t will be too lats
April or May.
THE CRY OF OUR COUNTRY
"Seed Corn Wanted. Help u:
Mount Vernon signal., 1918-03-22
The following is the list of those

The following is the list of those
who will assist Chairman ]. L.
Pilkenton in the enrolment of the
United States Boys. Working
Reserve Prof. OH. Lyon, Prof.
L.J.Webb, Mrs. Alice Davis, John
Scoggins, Miss Delora Boyd, Miss
Edith Phillips, Miss Viola De-
Board, r. T. Abney, Miss Martha
Jones, Mrs. Elizabeth Brown, Miss
Leila Norton, Miss Fannie Wynn,
Miss Lena Mccall, Cecil Hays, D.
G. Bullock, John Scott, Arch
Chasteen. Theo. .Pigg. WI. Dooley,
Hiatt Mink. E. B. Heron.
Mount Vernon signal., 1918-03-22
UNITED STATES
BOYSWORKING
RESERVE

Boys between the ages of six
teen and twenty-one, who believe
that every individ uaI in the coun-
ty, including himself, is obligated
to do his part toward dru bbing
the Kaiser, can place themselves
where the Government most
needs their services by joining at
once the United States Boys
Working Reserve. The County
Mount Vernon signal., 1918-03-22

or three Of the boys are feeling
bum. Now don't forget to feed
" Mandy" and Beck. Here is
hoping you are all enjoying the
best of health.
Your son,
JESSE 7. FISH.
Mount Vernon signal., 1918-03-22
To Locate 1t. >

All farmers who have seed corn
to sell are asked to send their
name, address and number of
bushels to County Agent. By do
ing this hundreds of farmers who
have no seed corn can get it by
Mount Vernon signal., 1918-03-22

seeing Comfy Agent and find
out who has it and where to
find it.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-02-15
FOLLOW DIRECTIONS
AND HELP WIN WAR

You would give your life FOR
your country. You would scorn
an American whose patriotism
ended with waving flags, cheer
ing the troops and standing up
when the band plays. You want
to serve your country.
Are you willing to do what
your government asks? Are you
willing to follow directions?
Are You so comfortably fixed
that you can afford to eat what
you please? All, but you can't
afford to eat what your country
needs. Follow directions.
Are you saving now of your
slender means all you possibly
CAM Still, as far as your cir
cumstances permit, Follow d.
reetions.
Have you servants who can't
be made to understand? 1t is
your chore to e that they do.
Follow directions.
Follow directions. Today the
direction is to save two slices of
bread, an ounce of meat, an
ounce of sugar, q snitch of but
ter. Tomorrow as conditions
change there will be new direc-
tons. Follow directions.
Follow directions. If Germany
wins you will be obeying orders
given by some one you will not
care to obey. Your government
asks you to prove that free peo-
pie can follow directions.
Follow directions. If we fail
in this the war will drag on. AS
we succeed, we shall sooner have
peace. Follow directions.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-02-15
Happenings
Of the World
Tersely Told
European War News

Eight German Rirplanes were shot
down within the Teuton lines in air
fights In "a hours, the Paris wal Office
states.
The London Daily Mail u
that the government will notify Ger
many of its intention to make repris-
ais unless Germany releases form pris-
on two British air pilots who were re-
Gently sentenced by a German court
martial to ten years Imprisonment for
dropping propaganda pamphlets inside
the German lines.
=
A wireless dispatch. received at Ber-
lin from Kev, says that the Poles have
occupied Mohilev, the Russian main
headquarters, and have arrested En-.
sign Krylenko, the commander in chief
of the Russian bolshevik forces, and
his entire staff.
Emperor Charles, it is announced
officially in Vienna, has appointed
Generals Won Boehm-Ermolli and Bo-
AV0NAN W uC AtAu mai q
Warning the nation not to let reports
OF strikes and other internal disturb
ances In Germany slacken its war prep
arations, Secretary Baker in his week
ly military review at Washington also
makes the official announcement that
American troops are at last holding a
portion Of the actual battle front.
Two hundred and twenty-four per
sons persisted when the armed board
ing ship Louvain was torpedoed and
sunk In the eastern Mediterranean on
January 81, the admiralty announced
In London.
A dispatch from Jassy, Roumania,
snys that odessa was captured by the
b~olsheviki troops. Kishinev, capital OF
Bessarabin, was taken by Roumanian
forces that were sent there in re
Spouse to an appeal for aid from the
local B~essarabjan government. Odes-
sa Is the most important city and sea-
port In southern Russia.
The minister of wal ut Buenos
Aires has called Argentina's military
attaches from Berlin and Vienna. In
political circles this action is regard
ed MS significant and connected with
the sinking Of the Argentine steamship
Ministro Irriendo, January 20.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-02-15
That Tounh Eeelinn.

What makes you feel so tough?
Well, there is no way of telling, nova
days. A dentist will say it's your
teeth; a stomach specialist will say
it's your digestion; a Christian Scien-
fist will lay it to a defective mental
attitude; an optometrist will find a
cure in double lenses, and q nerve spe-
cialist will invalidate you for three
months. Do you smoke?-Kansas
City Star.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-02-15
u. S.-Teutonic War News

Provost Marshal General Crowder
movement Of the last increment OF
the men selected In the first draft win
begin on February % and continue for
the operation Of the first draft, as all
states will have furnished their full
quotas.
Germany has adopted cruel and bar
barous methods of treatment toward
American prisoners of war in order to
make them dlvulge military informa-
ton, according to what Is apparently
trustworthy information reaching the
France. An order to German troops
directs that all prisoners be confined
In an iron cage for four days without
food or water to make them "submis-
sive.'
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-02-15
The OiI-Burninu Lamp,

Great were the struggles of the pio-
neers in the oil industry-many were
the problems to be solved. At first,
the most important use to which the
oil was put was an. illuminant. The
objection to it. however, was that it
was too dangerous and had too strong
an odor. This necessitated the deyel~
opn:ent of a suitable oil lamp, result
ing in the invention u the laE1p globe
viii n consumed the smoke and gases,
giving a clear, bright, Odorless light.
This same o.! lamp today is serving
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-02-15
a Lovely Life,

"Why do so many actresses prefer
the movies to the speaking stage? It's
the money, 1 s'pose."
"Not altogether. You know how an
actress loves to be photographed"
"Yes."
'In the movies it's one coE:tinuous
round of being photographed"
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-02-15
GUNS ARE ACTIVE AT VERDUN
French Capture Prisoners During Raid
British RepuIse Two
Attacks.

Paris, Feb. 1.-THE official statement
issued by the French war office says:
"There was violent artillery fighting in
the region of Fosses' wood, on the Yer
dun front, east of the Meuse. In the
Woevre French patrols brought back
prisoners
London, Feb. Raids attempted by
the enemy in the neighborhood of Meri-
court and Avion in each cas- were sue
c~essfully repulsed, says the report from
British headquarters. The British cap
turpd q few prisoners
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-02-15
Hioh STYLE.

"That there Mrs. Grippy is putting
on airs about her boardin' house."
"How so?'
81 was visitin' a friend there the
other day when one of the boarders
asked her to give him some of her
new coffee c~ammerlage."
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-02-15

Norway's reply to the proposals from
the American war trade board regard
ing supplies from the United States to
Norway, published at Christiania, m
phasizes the firm resolve of the Nor
wegian people and government to re-
main neutral. Norway in her COM
mercial policy cannot break with one
belligerent," the reply states without
imperiling her general neutrality"
Wilhelm Dittmann, the radical So
cialist deputy of Germany, who was
tried by an extraordinary court-martial
Mt Berlin on a charge of melting to
high treason, resistance to public au-
thority and transgression Of the prohi-
bition against participating in the di-
rection Of the general strike, was SEN
fenced to five years confinement in a
fortress.
1t is reported in Rome that William
Marconi will replace Count Macchi di
Cellere, Italian ambassador at Wash
ington.
The London Daily Express CORE
spondent in Geneva wires that the
Journal de Geneve learns from Berlin
that strikers threw q bomb against the
imperial palace in Berlin. Military
guards and the police dispersed the
strikers, making 25 arrests.
The proclamation of martial law in
Belin and throughout Brandenburg by
the military commander evidently had
its full effect for, with the threat of
summary court-martial and execution
staring them in the face, the strikers
carried out no disorders in Berlin on
Saturday like those earlier in the week.
= =
An order in council was adopted by
the cabinet at Ottawa, Ont, on recon-
mendation Of G. A. Magrath, Dominion
fuel controller, susPendipg the opera
ton Of manufacturing plants February
o, 10 and IL, as a conservation meas
ure. The order includes all munition
plants.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-02-15
Head-press From Macaw Feathers

Head-Dress From Macaw Feathers.
A magnificent head-dress over four
feet in height and made entirely from.
macaw feathers was brought back from
the head waters of the Amazon and de-
posted in the museum of the Univer-
sity of Pennsylvania by DIR. William
G. Farabee, the explorer.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-02-15
Near-Suhsfifute

81 asked your father for your hand,
dearest"
swell, Harold, what die he say?"
Nothing, darling. He merely cam
oufaged his answer. He gave me his
foot"
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-02-15
She Ought 20 Know,

Say, pop" queried Robert, ARE all
the words in tie dictionary"
mo, not ALL" replied the father.
'They are making new ones every
day"
"Well, what is the newest one?" con-
tinued the boy.
Il don't know. Ask your mother"
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-02-15
StalWart ~EemininitY.

Did you cry ut the matinee?"
NO. replied Miss Cayenne. st no
longer have any sympathy with a hero
inc who brOods over her love Hffair
when she might be Out campai ming
for votes for women"
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-02-15
Not Even First Mafa

He They're awfully spoony. !
reckon hell soon be her captain and
guide her bark down the sea of life.
She-No; second mate is about the
nearest he'll come to it. She's a
widow.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-02-15
Snorfmanlike.

'What is your exact understanding
of government ownership"
ST haven't an exact understan,' 1g,"
replied Mr.. Dustin StaX. 'That's Thy
l like the idea. I'm always will to
try anything once
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-02-15

81 don't see why the tenor excused
himself from singing because he had
n cold and couldn't be heard"
"Why don't you see it?"
Didn't the cold give his voice more
hoarse pOwer?"
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-02-15

"You should learn to laugh at your
troubles"
Impractical. Somebody is sure to
ask you what you are laughing at, and
if you tell him it makes you look fOok
iSh~"
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-02-15
Catch Immense Skate

A giant skate, measuring six and a
half feet in length and five feet in
breadth, and weighing three hundred
weights has been caught by a wexford
fisherman.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-02-15
Cattv Comment

Belle-William proposed to me last
night.
Nell knew by his expression after
[ refused him he was going to do
something desperate.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-02-15
Washington

Authority to the president to fix
rates on government-contrOlled rail-
roads, with right of the public to ap-
peal and be heard by the interstate
commerce commission, but with final
decision still vested in the president,
was agreed upon as part of the adj
m~inistratiOn railroad bill by the house
interstate commerce committee at
Washington.
President Wilson issued q proclama-
ton at Washington putting under IL
cense manufacturers and distributors
Of fuel oil with an output Of more than
100000 barrels a year.
To Belgium was granted another
credit of S3,5OO,OOO by the treasury
at Washington, making her total loans
from the United States $50, $4,000.
The 100000 agricultural appro-
priation bill for the next fiscal year
was passed by the house at Washing
ton with an amendment offered by
Representative BOrland of Missouri
prescribing eight hours as the work.
ing day for all employees Of the de-
partment of agriculture.
.
A two-ounce bread ration was or
dered by the food administration at
Washington for patrons Of hotels, res
t%aurants and dining cars. This allow
ance is about that now observed in
England.
Secretary Daniels authorized the
statement at Washington that the navy
Is assured Of enough transport facili-
ties TO make sure hat there will be
100000 American troops in France
early this year, as was stated by Sec
rotary Baker recently before the SEN
ate military committee.
The administration bill authorizing
the secretary of war to provide dis
tinctive badges to men of National
army age who have been exempted or
rejected was passed by the senate at
Washington.
After conferences between Director
General McAdOo and Fuel A~dministra.
tor Garfield at Washington It was def.
nitely decided that the heatless Mon.
days cannot be abandoned, as had been
hoped, because storms and cold have
so badly crippled the movements Of
fuel.
=
Surgeon General Gorgas reported tc
Secretary Baker at Washington that
as a result of the special campaign 70,
the enlistment Of army nurses the de.
Hciency in that branch has been made
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-02-15
Il RehearSaI-

The Basso (singing)-My bark is on
the sea-
Musical DirCctor-Well, it shouldn't
be. You're supposed to be singing in
d fiat now.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-02-15
Which?

"Peck's wife told him this morning
that she was never going to speak to
him again"
"VVas she mad or trying to be con-
siderate?'-BOstOn Transcript.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-02-15
His Status.

81 wonder if the private detective
l employed is a good sailor"
what has hat to do with the
case?"
why, he seems to be so much at
sea-"
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-02-15

There's one ure thing when the
war is over"
"What's that?"
Mike will have to go home to keep
up his reputation as the finest trench
digger in the community"
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-02-15
Domestic

That Chicago meat packers entered
into n conspiracy to defraud the Unit
ed States government by collusive bid
ding for army and neavy contracts was
the charge made in q search warrant
issued by Federal Judge Lands at
Chicago, empowering Francis j..
Heney, counsel for the federal trade
commission, and his Investigators to
examine the records In the office of
Henry veeder. counsel for Swift & Co.
Franz Rintelen, German agent, and
ten c~o-defendants, all Germans, were
found guilty by a federal jury at New
York Of conspiring to destroy munition
and food ships of the entente allies.
Each man convicted was sentenced to
1S months In the federal prison at At
lanta, Ga, and to pay a fine Of $1,000.
This Is the maximum penalty.
w. II. Kerrick, representative Of the
department Of justice is conducting an
investigation to ascertain how numer-
Gus small pieces Of glass came to be
In a sack Of cornmeal purchased by
n family at Maroa. III.
Dana hall, one Of the oldest build
lngs OF the quadrangle in the Harvard
yard at Cambridge, Mass, was burned.
Thirty thousand rounds of ammuni-
ton in the basement were removed by
men OF the naval radio and ensigns'
school.
Miss Miriam Mcdonald, n magazine
writer. was arraigned before United
States Commissioner Samuel NJ.
Hitchcock ut New York and held in
$1,000 bail for examination on the
charge of impersonating an officer Of
the department Of justice.
A band Of armed bandits invaded
the Illinois Central station at Chicago,
shot and killed Dennis Tierney, spe-
cial collector-agent for the company.
held a detective at bay, and made
their escape In an automobile with a
satchel containing $4,000.
Driving squarely into n school bus
loaded with % children returning
from n consolidated school neal Bar
mum. Mimi, a Northern Pacific train
crashed through the vehicle, killing
seven Of the occupants and injurlng
all the others, including the driver.
Fire destroyed the plant OF the Driv.
sr-Hnrris Wire company at Harrison
n. T.. which was engaged In manufac
turing wire specialtles for use in wal
work. The property loss Is estimated
at $4,000.
Emma Goldman, Russian anarchist
whose conviction Of ~conspfrac,
against the selective draft law was I'D
held BY the United States Suprem,
court, left New York to resume serv
ing her sentence of two years in tn,
Jefferson City (Mo.) ~penitentiary.
The New York police are looking TO
a young woman who is suspected O
knowing something of the theft of $50,
600 from Mrs. Francis ]. Carolan
dauxhtcr OF the late George M. Pull
maa cni sister Of Mrs. Frank o. Low
dee.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-02-15
In Heaven.

And when it comes to the Christians
promised Land" the richest man of
earth will be willing to pre-empt a
humble homestead.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-02-15
God First and Then Country

After what 1 owe to God, nothing
should be more dear or more sacred
than the love and respect I owe to my
countrywide Thou.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-02-15
Personal

Col. Theodore Roosevelt was oper-
ated upon at Oyster Bay, N. Y, for an
abscess, and then was removed to New
York city, where he will be nearer his
physicians. A number of engagements
have been cancelled.
Nat Goodwin, the actor, who was re-
ported seriously i'll at New York, is
much improved.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-02-15

efficiently the millions of dwellers in
the smaller towns and on the farms
who have not yet adopted gas or cleo
tricity.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-02-15

This bust statue of Elihu Root, con-
sidered a remarkable likeness of the
former senator from New York, has
been presented to the Pan-American
Union by a group of friends, headed
by Charles H. Sheriff. of New York. 1t
IS the work of G. S. Piepro.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-02-15
The First Thing NeedfuI.

When a a sees God truly he sees
everything elsa differently.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-02-15

The New York police are looking for
a young woman who is suspected of
Knowing something of the theft of $780,
900 from Mrs. Francis ]. Carolan,
daughter OF the late George M. Pull
maa cnl sister Of Mrs. Frank o. Low
.deg.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-02-15

According to information received in
Washington, butter is selling in Ber-
lin at $2.25 a pound, sugar at 56 cents
Il pound, ham and bacon at $2.11 a
POUND, and white soap at five bars for
SLIP.