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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1918-10-31
DEATH or GKoRGn +. GROWN

DEATH or GEORGE Il. GROWN
George e. Brown died at his home
on South Sixteenth street. Sac City,
on Sunday, October 20. 1918 of pneu
monia. the sequal of an attact of in
fluenza. in his forty-seventh year.
Owing to the nature of his illness and
the ban upon public gatherings, no
public funeral could be held. but a
service, brief. though appropriate,
was conducted in the open air at the
Brown home by the decedent's pastor.
Rev. C. G.. Butler D. D., Of the Pres
byterian church of Sac City, on Tues
day afternoon, aad ,he body was laid
to rest in Oakland cemetery. Neigh
bors and business associates OF Mr..
Brown, besides a number OF relatives
were in attendance. The pall-hearers
were Ira Martin, John Roose. A. j.
Stevens. A. r Martin, Julius Jensen.
and c. f. Griffin.
Relatives from cut of the city pres
ent at the funreal were Rev. and Mrs.
A. Il. Eiser Of Creston, Ia, and Mr..
and Mrs. John Reinemund Jr., Of
Audubon. brothers-in-law and sisters
of Mr. Brown; Mr.. and Mrs. Gust
Dettman of Atlantic, Ia, and MIR.
and Mrs. Chas. Sunberg of Audubon,
Ia. brothers-in-law and sisters of
Mrs Brown; Lewis Lee of Glidden.
brother-in-law of Mrs. Brown; and
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold w. Brown of
Correctionville. son and daughter
in-law of Mr.. and Mrs. Brown.
Mr.. Brown was born in Cedar
county, Iowa on November IS, 1871.
When about ten years of age he
moved with his parents to Brayton.
Audubon county and later TO Audub-
on. On September %, 1895 he was
married to Miss Anna Leib near Au-
I dubon. To them were born ten chill
/ dren. three of whom died in infancy.
One son. Ward, died last april at the
( age of fifteen years The eldest son
/ Harold W., whose home is at Correc-
tionville but who was at the bedside
OF his father in his last illness. The
youngest children left at home with
their mother are Merlyn, Mildred
| Emmot, Byron and Rodney. MI
| Browns father and mother, Mr.. and
| Mrs. c. T.. Brown. and one sister, Mrs.
Myrtle Fusch reside at Madison,
Wis. Two other sisters were in at
tendance at the funeral, as has been
mentioned
For number of years Mr. Brown,
in association with his father, c. F.
Brown, was engaged in the manufac-
ture of brooms at Audubon. He later
engaged in the lightning rod business.
In 1909 he moved with his family to
Sac City and entered the employ of
the Martin Company as a travelling
salesman. In this work he has been
successful to such a degree that he
continued as a valued employee of
the company at the time of his death.
In early life Mr.. Brown united with
the Presbyterian church. He was an
earnest conscientious Christian and
honored and esteemed by wide cir
Gle OF friends. He will be missed not
only by his intimate friends and bust
ness associates but also by those with
whom he came in contact in bus
mess and social way.-Sac City Sun
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1918-10-31

Ministers Of the state have BEEN
enlisted to preach special sermons
on the Sunday before Thanksgiving.
All those who make purchase of
Stamps on Thanksgiving day or who
have redeemed their War Saving
pledges by that time will be entitled
to wear Honor tags on their coats
These tags are printed on different
colored paper and the color work will
indicate the amount purchased. Coun-
ty and group chairmen are now busy
cess
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1918-10-31
MONEY TO LOAN

With optional payments. Complete
set of Abstract Books to all land In
Audubon County kept up-to.date.
Insurance written. CHAS. BAGLEY.
Phone so for new potatoes. 2wks.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-08-28
Swollen Food Prices

The tremendous increase in the cost of
the necessities of life is corroborated by
statistics collected by the bureau of markets
of the Department of Agriculture. Every
householder knows the cost of living is much
higher than it was, though few realize that
since June, 1918. food prices in the United
States have advanced 66 per cent Yet the
Figures published by the Department of Ag-
riculture show that this is true and >that
during the year ended June IS last there was
an average advance of per cent in 28 arti-
cles of food listed. In this list of 28 articles
the greatest advance noted was 28 per cent
in round steak.
During the fve-year period mentioned the
cost of milk has increased a. per cent, butter
las per cent and eggs S. per cent These are
three staples which may be classed as abso-
lutte necessities in every household, and the
steady advances they have made in price In
dicate the burden which has grown increas-
ingly heavier upon the people.
An intimation has been given that Mr..
Hoover, the food administrator, proposes to
devote more of his attention to retail prices;
that the abundant crops of the current year
having assured plentiful food supply for
the United States and its allies, the food ad-
mnistration intends to protect the American
people from food prohteers. Efforts along
this line will be welcomed by the public. The
people are ready to assume any burdens
which the war makes necessary, but they are
decidedly unwilling to be the victims OF un-
scrupulous dealers who adhere to the obso-
ete policy of charging all the traffic will bear.
Washington Post.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-08-28
xAn Incident of Warfare.

A misfortune, deplorabe. but apparently un-
avoidable, has just overtaken crew on board a
submarine chaser. Mistaken by an armed mer-
chairman for submarine, the little vessel was
quickly shelled and sunk, with the loss Of most
Of them on board. The incident will empha-
size the difficulties that attend navigation in war
times Submarines have operated off our home
coasts sufficiently to fairly bring them within
the war zones. Accordingly the vigilance of all
mariners has been increased and especially after
nightfall is it keen and incessant. Vessels move
about without the lights that ordinarily distin-
gush them, because any OF the usual signals is
an invitation to attack from submarine. A
sense of insecurity born of this condition. is the
chiefest Of Germsa contributions to the life OF
sea-faring men. The ultimate victory over the
Hun will again make the seas of the world safe
for all who wish to use them, but until that is
achieved navigation OF the Atlantic must be car
ried on with due regard to the possible presence
OF U-boat, and defensive action taken accord
ingly. s
Omaha daily bee., 1918-08-28
Germans Cling to Hope of Victory.

Americans should not permit themselves to be
deuded by reports that the morale OF the Ger
man people is breaking down. Plenty of proof
is at hand that the contrary is true, and that a
considerable part of the leaders there yet de-
cline to accept anything short of victory. This
feeling is not exclusive to the army, but per-
vades civil life in all its walks. While the news
papers Of Germany generally are under control
of the government, carefully keeping their ut
terances attuned to the official note, even those
whose independence has brought them into con-
tact with the authorities at various times, such
as Vorwaerts, steadfastly contend for Teutonic
supremacy. One of the latest exhibitions OF this
is the demand from George Gerhardt that the
treaty of Brest-Litovsk be extended to include
Siberia, or, as he phrases it, the "Asiatic bloc
attached to Russia" That such a proposal
should be seriously made in face of military re-
verses strikes outsiders as evidence of the fatu-
Gus nature of German thought, but it must also
be accepted as evidence that the German mind
clings tenacously to the hope of victory. The
kaisers people are not yet ready to admit even
the possibility of defeat, and the utmost they
will concede is a compromise in which their in
terests shall be uppermost. Letters captured on
the battle field may breathe despair, but that
spirit has not sufficiently permeated the Hunnish
nation to appreciably affect its determination to
persist in war;
Omaha daily bee., 1918-08-28
CONSERVING COMMERCIAL CREDIT.

The timely action of the Federal Reserve
Board, recommending TO the regional banks a
conservation of commercial credit should have
steadying effect on business of the country.
Some apprehension has been felt because of a
speculative mood that has developed rapidly with
the present summer. AS the military situation in
Europe has improved and the general conditions
at home have shown a more favorable aspect, a
tendency to venture into new and uncertain
fields of enterprise has taken hold of Americans,
who have sought to capitalize war prosperity in
anticipation of the future. That grave danger
lies in this direction is apparent, and established
business has felt the tlfavorable influence of the
movement, which has been the more menacing
because of its insidious nature. That the federal
board has found it desirable to warn against any
extension of commercial or industrial undertak-
ing not directly connected with or essential to the
winning of the war should be sufficient warning
to business men and investors of the need for
conservative action. The impending fourth Lib
erty loan will provide splendid investment for
any idle money, while reasonable conservation Of
credit will make the more certain that it will be
promptly taken up. And no borrower should
have preference over Uncle Sam
Omaha daily bee., 1918-08-28
PeopLe and Events

Believing Uncle Sam, as railroad man
ager, is an easy one, the manager of a
fence" in Jersey City worked up considera-
bic business buying silks and other goods
stolen from freight cars. A l0-year sentence
with $4,000 fine tackled on for good measure
give the pro6teer ample time to think over
another guess.
Puck is no more. All that was left of
it reposes in New York's newspaper grave
yard. In the last quarter of the nineteenth
century Puck shone resplendent and WELD
ed considerable influence Those were the
days of the colored cartoon, when the pens
of Gillian, Keppler and Bunner overAowed
with wit and vigor in picture and prose.
With these high lights gone, Puck waned.
The Sunday colored supplement did the rest.
George Graham Rice, the later-day Wal
lingford in the tolls of New York, had a
valet on his payroll at $3.50 per week. Come
easy, 60 easy. Imagine, fellow workers, the
panied feelings of that valet when he goes
against lean pay envelope on a Saturday
night. And nothing to drink but waterl
The Plane News halts drive at the fly.
ing front long enough to remark that service
with the colors ofcrs rare inducements 10
the baldheaded man. He may salute with
out uncovering the bare spot.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-08-28
TWILIGHT ECHOES.

Come out and walk. The last few drops
Of light
Drain silently out Of the cloudy blue;
The trees are full Of the dark-stooplnt
night,
The fields are wet with dew.
Airs quiet In the wood, but far away
Down the hillside and out across INV
plain,
Moves, with long train Of white that marks
its way.
The softly painting train.
Come through the clearing. Hardly nov
The flowers, save dark or light against
the grass,
Or glimmering silver on a scented tree
That trembles as we pass.
Hark now! So far. so far
Move not the rustlng grasses with your
feet,
The dusk is full Of sounds. that all along
The muttering boughs repeat.
So far, so faint, we left our heads in
doubt.
Wind or the blood that beats within
our ears.
Has feigned a dubious and elusive note
Such as a dreamer hears.
Again again! The faint SOUND.
rise and fall
So far the enchanted tree the song SO
drowsy thrush? waking nightingale!
Silence. We do not know.
EDWARD SHANKS.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-08-28
Americans Are Nationalists,

The commanding thought of Colonel Roose-
velts speech at Springfield ILL.,, is that Americans
are natonalists, that we have national aspira-
tions and national destiny. What we ask for
ourselves we are willing to give others, because
we are anxious to help other nations, and to live
in amity with all. But we are not to be caught
up and immersed in the jellyhsh envelope of
"nternationalism" Our characteristics are too
clearly marked and our national aspect too we'll
developed to permit this. In order to preserve
the things that are distinctly American, and
worthy of preservation, it is not necessary to
withhold ourselves from atruistic effort ethical
advance America is not hermit nation. Our
communication with the world is full and frank,
and we give and receive and grow because of our
liberal interchange of thought and experience.
But through it all we have maintained those Pc
culiar ways of life, of institutions and of aims
that have distinguished us as people from the
first. One of these peculiarities is patient toll
erance Of visitors who come to our shores with
visions or vagaries, not the least of which is the
international" We are probably destined to
hear great deal from him within the immediate
future, but no fear as to an abandonment of the
national quality of Amercanism need be appre-
hended on this account. The common sense of
most still will prevail. ~'
Omaha daily bee., 1918-08-28
General Pershing On the job
"Black Jack's Capacity for Work and Talent Listener
Edwin Ranckn il New wYorkTi
Edwin c. Ranck in New York Times.

| II congratulate you; envy you," he said
Idifidently to wounded doughboy in base
lhosptal-one of the first Americans to suffer
! for world freedom on French soil. But what
Ifulsome compliment could have pleased that
doughboy more than to hear the big boss of
the A. E. F. say he envied him-a doughboy?
On another OCCASION after having be-
slowed the Distinguished Service cross upon
Sergeant Peterson, an American soldier who
was mortally wounded after unusual gallan-
try in action, General Pershing wrote this
telegraphic praise:
Request you express my personal SYM
pathy to nearest living relatives OF Sergeant
Peterson. After being mortally wounded
Sergeant Peterson gave detailed instructions
to the wounded and gave first gas test, in
order to save the lives OF the men about him.
He was gallant soldier, and l have awarded
him a Distinguished Service Cross.-Persh-
ing"
| His very name is as laconic as his words,
and there is a certain connotaton in the
sound that is military efficiency itself. And
when he says what he has to say he quits
which is something that many other people
would do we'll to emulate. Even when
Pershing electrified America by proffering
all of our resources on foreign soil to the
French government there was nothing mel
odramatic in the way he did it. In the course
of meeting held at the front on March %,
1913, which was attended by General Petan,
I Premier Clemenceau and M. Loucheur, Cen
eral Pershing went up to General Foch and
said, simply and unostentatiously
II have come to tell you that the Amer
can people would consider it great honor
for our troops to be engaged in the present
battle; ask you for this in their name and
my own.
Infantry, artillery aviation, all that we
have, is yours; use it as you wish. More will
come, in numbers equal to requirements.
II have come especially to tell you that
the American people will be proud to take
part in the greatest and finest battle of his
tory"
There is no man in the A. E. F. who
works half as hard as Pershing. His capa-
city for continuous. persistent effort seems
exhaustib1e That is why he often appears
in the capacity of a slave-driver to some of
his subordinates. Being able to accomplish
so much himself, he cannot understand why
other men cannot Stand the gaff." An old
negro "mammy" once said about Taft when
he was president of the United States that
"he looks like man who is regular at his
meals" Pershng looks like man who is
regular at his work.
"Yon Pershing has a lean and hungry
look" said Shakespearean doughboy, look
ing up from his road-mending work to fol-
low the commander-in-ch with his eyes.
Eyes, but he gets there just the same"
replied comrade. who didn't know Shakes
peare from sciatica.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-08-28
Sidelights ON the War

The annual value of war pensions
granted in New Zealand is 6 f1,364,14S.
1t is expected to exceed G2.000,000 by
the end of the year.
1.-The steel bath exerts its effects on
everyone and splashes over the home
of the proletariat as well as over the
playroom in the family of the count
concludes the Berlin publication.
School children in Munich recently
were employed stripping the trees and
bushes In the public parks In order
that the leaves might be converted
into a substitute for hay. of which
there is almost a total lack.
A richly Illuminated address, signed
by nearly 600 professors of law in
France, England, Belgium, Italy, Ser
bia, Roumania, Portugal, Japan and
Russia has been handed to the Amer
lean ambassador in Paris for trans
mission to President Wilson.
In view Of the cost of travel there,
little chance of profitably patronizing
cut-rate BARRIERS on the fighting front.
Plane News, published by American
aviators in France, quotes shaves al
10 cents; hair cuts. IS cents; hair
tonics. 20 cents; facial massage. so
cents. Tips positively forbidden.
At a critical moment in the recent
great battle along the Marne General
Petain saved the situation by dis
patching every available aeroplane on
his front to attack and dispense q
great hostile concentration which was
preparing behind the German lines
The. classic and brilliantly successful
stroke set the seal on a new role OF
usefulness for the aeroplane-that oi
a purely offensive weapon.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-08-28
R9ght to the Point

Minneapolis Tribune: Down on
your knees" says Macmillan Harden
to the German people. General Foch
will be saying the same thing in a
few months.
Baltimore American: They are
paving $500 for suits in Vienna and
$50 for shoes, with the winter coming
on. That ultimatum to Serbia is COM
ing very high.
Philadelphia Ledger: If the kaiser
thinks that he can use the Free Ma
sons of Germany to promote peace
drive among their brethren In the al
lied nations he is reckoning without
his host.
Washington Post: Some of the
civilian boches in the hinterland OF
Hungerland have heard Of the threat
of forcible feeding of suffs in Wash
ington and are wondering how they
can swim to this happy land.
New York World: German opinion
which objects to the use of shotguns
as violating the rules Of war will no
doubt indorse the attempts to drug
American soldiers in camp as in keep
! ing with the most honorable tradi-
tons of warfare.
New York Herald: "How can you
unscramble an egg?" The question
asked by the late J. P. Morgan apro-
| pos OF the great steel merger Is being
recalled with some uneasiness apropos
of the proposal to merge all the tele-
phone companies with the Bell sys-
tenn under government control. Tpe
| chance of these properties being re-
stored to their owners after the war Is
3very slender.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-08-28
TODAY
One Year Ago To-day in the War.

Heavy rains halted action on west
ern front,
Austrian civilians were ordered to
leave Trieste. .u-
President Wilson's rejection of Pope
Benedict's peace plea was made pub
lie. -.
The Day We Celebrate.
Charles s. Elgutter. attorney-at-
law, born 1851.
Frank B. johnson, head Of the
Omaha Printing company. born 1850.
John w. Towie, civil engineer and
contractor, born 1879.
Charles 8. Whitman, who aspires to
third term as governor of New
York, born at Norwich, Conn, so
years ago.
Beilamy storer. former United
States ambassador to Austria Hun.
gary, born at Cincinnati II years ago
This Day In History.
l774--Elizabeth Ann Seton, foun.
dress and first superior of the Sisters
OF Charity In the United States, born
In New York. Died at Emmittsburg
Nd, January 4, 1921.
1831--Lucy Webb Hayes, wife OF
the nineteenth president. born al
Chillicothe. Q. Died at Fremont O..
June rs, 1889. "a
1si4-Five German warships sunk
by the British off Heligoland.
1915~-Ambasado Won Rernstorfl
\ promised full satisfaction for sinking
W AIhplcs as tp.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-08-28

One OF Adam Smiths fundamental maxims Of
taxation is that as every tax must be paid out OF
revenue, 1t should be so levied and so collected
as to interfere as little as possible with the con-
tinuance Of production Congress should be
gently reminded that principle holds as good to-
day as it did when formulated by the father Of
political economy.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-08-28
Just 80 Years Ago Today

Articles of Incorporation have been
filed with the county clerk of the Con-
gregational synagogue. The officers
are: President, NJ. Iornick; vice
president, A. Monsky; secretary, ].
Demartsky; trustees, j.. Bernstein, T.
Talmud and NJ. Talmud.
"A delegation of Omaha Odd Fellows
left for Los Angeles to attend the
Omaha daily bee., 1918-08-28
SUNNY GEMS.

1.-TWO soups. waiter-one tomato and one
beam"
'He filled that order literally" said the
other diner little later on.
How so?"
~ got just one bean"-Louisville Cour-
ier-Journal
Settlement Worker-Does your husband
have steady work?
Poor Woman-I think SO. mum; at least
he's never out OF the workhouse more than
a week at a time.-Buffalo Express.
''You went wrong the way you allowed
that girl to take you. She doesn't know
the road"
Wei, do you know, had an idea I was
being miss guided. Baltimore American.
"And when marry your daughter will
you settle anything on us?"
"Td like to-
you'd like to?"
''Yes I'd really like to settle the phono-
graph and the girls mother on you, my
boy!-Yonkers Statesman.
suitor latter proposing)-If you are al.
ready engaged why didn't you tell me so?
She Undignantly)-Fm not the sort of a
girl that boasts Of her conquests.--
Transcript.
Snoliy-Ano was my present q surprise
to your sister?
Wllie-You bet Sis said she never
thought you'd send her anything so cheap.
--Pearson's Weekly.
Manager (of Hickville Academy Of Music)
.-How many girls with your company?
Advance Agent (evasively)-We adver-
tise 25.
Manager-'Taint no use advertsin' un-
less you got 'em. The population Of this
here burg will be at the depot to check
EN- up.--Buffalo Express
Omaha daily bee., 1918-08-28

Schweiger, who sunk the Lusitania, is now
said to be captive to the French navy, having
been taken with rs Of his pals when big subma-
rine was destroyed in the Adriatic If it really
be him, the courts may have chance to deter
mine If the wholesale murder he committed was
an act of war or a gross crime against all law
Omaha daily bee., 1918-08-28

The peculiar Michigan primary law would
meet the requirements of some Nebraska poll
ticians who are now compelled to go ou. and Sc
cure camouhage Endorsements in order to run
as candidates for more than one party.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-08-28

German depots back of the line are now get
ting much needed attention from the Allies, and
the results are telling on the foe. The Hun is
having hard time to find hole deep enough to
hide in and be safe.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-08-28

OF the making OF books in America there may
be an end, until after the war, according toathe
War boards decision. This action may help
folks to get caught up with the authors.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-08-28

The danger is that running for governor may
become as much OF habit with Brother Char
ley" as did running for president with
"lNilliam r..
Omaha daily bee., 1918-08-28

4 A New Jersey candidate for congress is sal,
to be on the ballot for similar position in iii
nois after trying it in Nebraska. That man i
entitled to something.