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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-07-09
No Good.

"What are your views about elastic
currencyY
Il haven't any since I found my In
come wouldn't stretch any further"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-07-09

Don't listen to what ex-Presidenf
Taft calls whispering traitors"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-07-09

Don't grumble at being asked to do
something you have never done be-
fore. Fall into line.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-07-09
NOTICE =

The grocery stores will close
Thusrday afternoons during
July and August, commencing
Thursday, July II. adv. 42t2*
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-07-09
The Drysdale Store
This Store will close at noon every Thursday during
July and August.

Japanese printed cotton Table Covers, Scarfs Dolies
ETC. inexpensive and delightfully."- fresh and cool looking
for summer
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-07-09

The primal Aleutian Islanders rub
sulphur over quartz. make a rude
match, and so strike a light.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-07-09

South Sea Islanders in the remOt-
est days got their fire by the friction
of dry wood.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-07-09

isaac spake unto Abraham" in the
twenty-second chapter Of Genesis, "and
he said: Behold the fire and the wood"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-07-09

Over 100000 loads of sawdust and
other mill waste were used during last
year in the United States for making
paper pulp.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-07-09

On the Isle Of Man fresh herrings
are packed in ferns and arrive at the
market in as fresh a condition as when
they were shipped.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-07-09
WAR DoN'TS

Don't criticize, unless your criticism
is constructive, and will help.
Don't be discouraged. Faith Is not
a sentiment, but an act of Will.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-07-09
ATTRACTIVE

Mahogany serving trays
removable bottoms - glass
covered. ovals, squares and
circles-various sizes
St.69 to S2.e5
Upholstery section--2nd. floor
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-07-09

Frequent and moderate rain, such
as constitutes the characteristic Of
British climate, is the most effective
Of all sanitary agencies.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-07-09
WORTH KNOWING

New Mexico has a lizard which Is
reputed to squirt blood from its eyes.
Sixty men per thousand are now be-
ing killed in the war, and about 80
men out Of each thousand are
wounded.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-07-09

HAMMOCKS, couch swing-Od Hickory Furniture
Prairie Grass Rugs and Porch Shades and lots of other
things for the Porch Beautiful.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-07-09

But we have no history of any race
Of men who didn't know about fire.
The earliest Bible records speak Of
fire.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-07-09
RED CROSS UNIFORMS

HtH1D NHNO.Jo UNIT WIND
Serviceable white lawn
cover-all aprons S1.s9
II. s. white lawn head
dresses 39c
Assortment of sizes
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-07-09
Waists & BIousess Middies & Shocks

Their name is Legion-Varie-
ty, goodness and smart style
are assembled here to delight
buyers. Charming Georgettes,
Crepe de Chimes and Silks.
Fresh cool lingerie voiles, lin
ems and muslins. Sporty, COM
Portable smocks and middies.
Completeness in every size
81 to 46. Prices
$1.OO to $3.50
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-07-09

For stealing fire from the gods and
giving it TO man Prometheus was
chained to the rock. That was Greek
mythology.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-07-09

How Adam learned about fire we
know not, but apparently Eve cooked
food, although the famous apple was
doubtless eaten raw.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-07-09

When Columbus came to America
he found Indian fires burning. The
Indian rubbed dry sticks together and
quickly got spark.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-07-09

Living in the shadow of the north
pole, the far-off Eskimo strikes quartz
against a piece of iron pyrite and
gets flame.
The Nevada County picayune., 1918-06-27

And then follows this severe arraign- ment of George III. the last of the Eng fish kings who maintained the divine right of rule.
The Nevada County picayune., 1918-06-27

instructed to vote in it's favor, on July i, which thenceforth became the rncog- nized birthday of the new nation.
 The old bell ringer of Philadelphia who had been patiently waiting for the news in the Steeple of the historic statehouse, was the first to peal out the message of American independence on the bell ever since honOred as the Liberty Bell. No longer was there any doubt that public opinion was ready for the step, for, as the news spread, it was everywhere received with ex- ultation.
 Word came to George Washington July 9, at his headquarters in New York, that the Declaration was ratified, and it was at once read to the sol diers and citizens. On the same day the New York assembly. in session at White Plains. gave it's formal vote for independence, and the thirteen colonies were then united in their common cause.
 John Hancock. president of the con- gross. was the only member who signed the declaration on July A. An engross- ed copy on parchment was ordered for all the delegates to sign. This was completed August and signed by A
The Nevada County picayune., 1918-06-27
MEXICAN MATCH A CURIOSITY
Is Made of Short Piece ot Cotton String, With Head at
 Each End

Yilc Mexican friction mAtri,. from s.sr point of view. k q curiosity FOr me fhing. It k not matic of wood. but X a short piece of cotton string. Sec ,spgilx. i; has two heads
 1isess k an undeniahie advantage aa,os2i a match with two heads If oae &niI~ to light there k another in rts sevve iSut the Mexican matches. ia sio tt1om justice rarely ga out One rt,n strike them sueceSStulS in a fair srce1c.
 This IS be-cause the cotton string K S~aated w,th WuX. in Mexico there ire fnctorieS iu which such matches are .-lHned ,0dt by ingenious mnchine> but sfsliioTf of them are made bS hand ln satgsrips,S fashion. tho strings heing y5,-sei win phosphorus compositions as girls and boys wlto~r Wases or" Il ,few cFntS q day.
 ffnc matCh in MeVica .> ge2lN fwa .at,1,cs Thus. when the aaaNT >tjrf> fire or lights q cigarette eitb=a fresh .zstse ne tucks tn string ha ,, 5rto his 5sseu.iSet for use uesi tuue
The Nevada County picayune., 1918-06-27

delegates. Two others signed later. Thomas McKean of Delaware, who was absent with his regiment in August, and Matthew Thornton of New Hamp- shire, who was not elected to congress until the fall but was permitted to sign the document In November. mak ing the total number of the famous ''signers" 56.
 The Two Most Famous Signers.
 Of all the Signers, Jefferson and Adams bear deeper personal relation to the declaration than any others. Adams WAS its most vigorous supporter in congress and Jefferson bears testi- mony ta his valuable aid In after years both received the highest honors that the citizens could bestow. They were permitted to witness the growth of their country for half q century from the first Independence day. Tho day of their death. July I, 1926 was the fiftieth anniversary of the nemor- able Fourth of July. IT was the most remarkable coincidence ever recorded in Americap history. Jefferson was eighty-three years old and John Adams ninety-one years.
 The 56 SlgnerS were distributed among the 13 states in the following proportion: Pennsylvania. Q; Virginia, '; Massachusetts. 3; New Jersey, ]; Connecticut f; Maryland, |; New York, 4; South Carolina, I New Hampshire. 3; Delaware, 2; Georgia, g. North Carolina. 3 Rhode Island, ?.
 Jefferson's draft of the declaration presented to congress and the signed copy on parchment are in the depart ment of state at Washington, the lat ter having been replaced for public eS- hibition several years ago by fac Simile
The Nevada County picayune., 1918-06-27

Our repeated petitions have been an swered only by repeated injury.
The Nevada County picayune., 1918-06-27

tue "IoIe lo ulStuSS the EeSOluIlOLS. The delegates from Pennsylvania, New York and one or two other colonies ob- | jected on the ground that the middle l colonies were not vet ready for so radi-
 cal step, although personally express ing friendly attitude.
 Delegates Hesitated.
 Unanimous action by all the colonies
 on so momentous question was re- garded by congress as of paramount importance. Some of the delegates had
 not been instructed to go so far as yot-
 ing for independence, New York and
 New Jersey being among them. The
 ma jOrity had been authorized to take
 any action that might be deemed wise, Virginia having gone so far as actual iy to instruct her delegates to propose
 declaration of independence to con
 gress, and Richard Henry Lee was
 simply obeying the legislative voice of
 his colony when he presented his resO- lutions.
 June 10 congress postponed final consideration for three weeks, and on the following day appointed q commit tee of five to draw up the declaration. Richard Henry Lee, as the proposer of the plan would surely have been on the
 committee and possibly, it's chairman,
 had he not in the meantime been hur-
 riedly summoned home by the illness of his wife. But for that Lee might have been the author of the dec1ara-
 ton instend of his younger Virginia | colleague Thomas Jefferson, then but l thlrty-three years old.
 Jefferson had brought to congress l the reputation for yielding T facfle pen, and in the balloting for the com
 mittee he received n ma iOrity of votes | and became it's chairman. The others were John Adams of Massachusetts. | Benjamin Franklin of Pennsylvania, | Roger Sherman of Connecticut and
 Robert R. Livingston of New York.
 Honor Given Jefferson.
 How did Jefferson come to be se-
 lected to write the Declaration, "the
 one American state paper. as has been said that has reached to supreme dlS-
 tinction in the world and that seems
 likely to last as long as American civil | lization lasts?
 The most interesting account is giv-
 en by John Adams. who says that he and Thomas Jefferson were designated
 by the committee to prepare the rough
 minutes in proper form. MT. Jeffer-
 son first proposed that Adams prepare 1 the draft of the Declaration. Adams declined, giving. as he says in his au- photography, the following reasons: l O That he was a Virginian and I a 1 Massachusettensian. @ That he was a l Southern man and I a Northern one. @ l That I had been so obnoxious for my l early and constant zeal in promoting the | measure that every draft of mine would l undergo a more severe scrutiny and criti- 1 ctsm in congress than one of his compost l ton (D And lastly, and that would be req l son enough if there were no other, had a 1 great opinion of the elegance of his pen and none at all of my own. therefore
 insisted that no hesitation should he made on his part He accordingly took
 the minutes and in a day ar two produced
 to me his draft
The Nevada County picayune., 1918-06-27
NUDGE DECIDES
 STOMACH REMEDY
 A GREAT SUCCESS
Commissioner of Mediation and Concil- tstion Board Tries EATONiC, the Wonderful Stomach Remedy,
 and Endorses 1t.

Judge William l. Cham bers. who usCa EATONiC as a remedy for loss of appe- tite and indigestion ts a Commissioner ot the U S. Board of Meditation and Consolidation l. K natural for him to express himself i'll guarded language. yet there Is un hesitation in his pronouncemeut regarding
 the value of EATONlC. b Writing from Washington, 2 D. c. to the EatouiC Reul- ,3 pdv Go. he says
The Nevada County picayune., 1918-06-27

A prince whose character is thus mark ed by every net which may define ty- rant is unfit to be the ruler of a free people
The Nevada County picayune., 1918-06-27

lator suggested that a statue of Paine i'll gold would not be too high an honor. Richard Henry Lees Resolution.
 Things moved rapidly in the colonies after that, and Richard Henry Lee of Virginia rose in the Continental con greSs at Philadelphia, June ', 1776, and presented his famous resolutions which led to the Declaration of Independence. The resolutions. in Lees handwriting. and now one of the treasured papers in the library of congress, were:
 Resolved That these United Colonies are and of right ought to be free and independent states. that they are ab- solved from all allegiance to the British crown. and that all political connection between them and the state of Great Britain Is and ought to be totally dis solved.
 Tha, it IS expedlent forthwith to take The mast etfcctpal measures for form iue foreign alliances:
 That plan oI confederation be pre- yalcd and transmitted to tho respective colonies for their consideration and ap- probation.
 Here, in fact, was the Declaration of independence in nutshell, proposed hy one of the most eminent men of the most influential colony et that time and promptly seconded hy John Adams of Massachusetts Ii was deem ed wise to order the secretary 10 omit their names from the journal The next dRy congress went Into committee of
The Nevada County picayune., 1918-06-27

the whole to discuss the resolutions. The delegates from Pennsylvania, New York and one or two other colonies ob- jected on the ground that the middle colonies were not vet ready for so radi- cal step, although personally express ing a friendly attitude.
The Nevada County picayune., 1918-06-27
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\ naaed iii eamaa- a-aaa,f . Ill of baNoHets is aa' an npasie' >Nntlt,tc.
The Nevada County picayune., 1918-06-27

The true and controlling reason Way the government of LouiS XVI inter- vcned in our war of independence was the enthusiasm of the French people fer the cause o liberty Considera- tjons of materlsi advantage were cn- tirely secondary Public opinion forced the hand of aH unwilling and heSitut inc government, and placed at our disposal the economic. military and naval resoure, of the country.
The Nevada County picayune., 1918-06-27
Iraitora N,cMnn

The l"ca traitor na>s~ F. a fo1n of ,,s-gee At least he ,4rstnH1 Ha H. .signf,ae for h. convictions
The Nevada County picayune., 1918-06-27

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The Nevada County picayune., 1918-06-27
As Jefferson Wrote It.

Jefferson sayS that the entire com mittee urged him to make thc draft. He showed if first to Franklin and Adams "hecause they were the two members of whose judgments and amendments I wished most to have the benefit" They made few minor al- terationS in their handwriting. This original draft was given by Jefferson to Richard Henry Lee, the dean ot the Virginia delegation, and in 1S23 his grandson presented 1t to the Amer ican Philosophical society of Philadel- phia.
 Jefferson, having made another copy, with the changes suggested, presented if to tho committee, which reported 1t unaltPred tO congress, July l Phila- delphia was on the qui vive of expecta- tion. and contemporary accounts have left us a stirring picture of the eager ness with which the citizens awaited definite news of the most important act which the colonists had been called upon to decide in the long chain of disputes with the mother country. On the following day, when the formal vote of congress was taken. the reso- lutions were approved by twelve col. onies-all except New York. The orig inal colonies, therefore. became the United States of America cn July ,, 1716 The next two days were spent in discussing the draft of the Deciara- tion as drawn by Jefferson. The debate was animated, but when it was all over the draft was adopted with sur prisinely few changes a tribute to the ability with which the author had eH. pressed te the world the causes which had made if necessary for "one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another
 Unanimously Adopted.
 The Declaration of Independence was then unanimously adopted by the twelve colonies, whose delegates were
The Nevada County picayune., 1918-06-27
How Famous
 Declaration
 Was Adopted

rNDEPENDENCE day this year
 witnesses the unique spectacle of
 the Stars and Stripes and the flag
 of Great Britain intertwined in a bond of friendship. the United States allied with her old mother country in fighting the world battles of democ- FaCy. In that memorable document which was proclaimed to the inhabi- tants of the original thirteen colonies 142 years ago is a sentence which seems fitting now as an indictment of the European monarch against whom America is at war. If Is this:
 Our repeated petitions have been an swered only by repeated injury.
 And then follows this severe arraign- ment of George III. the last of the Eng lish kings who maintained the divine right of rule:
 A prince whose character is thus mark cd by every act which may define ty- rant is unfit to be the ruler of a free people.
 Prior to tho Revolutionary struggle the sentiment in all the colonies for ten years and more from the time of the first Stamp Act troubles was strongly against q severance of rela- tons with the parent country. Paul Reyere's ride and the battles of LeXing- ton and Concord in April. 1775, memo rable ns those events are as the fore runners of the great conflict. failed to arouse any widespread enthusiasm for independence It is even significant to note that just year before the Dec iaration of Independence was unani- mously approved by all of the thirteen colonies the Continental congress that had appointed Washington comman- der in chief of the army, drew up. July 6, 1775, a declaration of the causes for taking up arms In which 1t was said:
 We mean not to dissolve that union which has go long and so happily sub sisted between us and which we sincere iy wish to restored.
 Even Thomas Jefferson, the author 0f the Declaration of Independence, two months after the battle of Bunker Hill wrote that he was Hooking with faudness toward a reconciliation with Great Britain"
 A few far-slghted leaders like Ben jamn Franklin. Samuel and John Adams and Patrick Henry had felt at comparatively early date that break was inevitable.
 The historic declaration of the citi zens of Mecklenburg county, North Carolina. in May. 1775. was one of sev- eral local events indicating that public opinion was tending toward independ- ence, but not until the appearance of Thomas Paine's stirring pamphlet, ''Common Sense" early In January, 1776. was there any appreciable public sentiment In it's favor. In the plain language of the day it presented the facts so simply that all could under stand. This phenomenon" as John Adams styled Paine, suddenly found himself transformed from obscurity to fame. The Pennsylvania legislature voted him S2.500, and Southern legis-
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1918-04-12
Democratic Conference Happenings.

Lieutenant Fred Biermann, stationed
at Camp Dodge, writes as follows in
his Decorah Journal concerning the
conference of democrats recently held
at Des Moines:
Tie conference was one of the most
patriotic meetings I've ever attended.
The sentiment was this, ''Where .
Democrat or Republican has been q
patriot, 100 per cent plus, unquestion-
able and unhyphenated. he should be
left in Office. Where one has been at
all off, he should be defeated, regard
less of party label" So Senator Ken
yon, who is q patriot and thorough
bred American first and party man
way in the distant second, was left un-
opposed. But men like congressmen
Hull, Woods, Sweet, Haugen, and
Ramseyer, were denounced as vehem-
emily as their attitude on the war de-:
serves, and no effort will be omitted to
defeat them.
Lafe Young: editor of the Des Moines
Capital, and former United States
senator, q lifelong, staunch Republi-
can addressed this Democratic confer
ence q! Imagine it! It shows how the
war has united US. Lafe used the term.
''Fellow Democrats" and said that
until the end of the war I'm Demo-
crat.' That doesn't mean that he be-
lieves in Democratic principles, but it
means that he realizes that the war
has to be conducted by a Democratic
administration and that he is going to
support that administration, heart and
soul, regardless of party name. SEN
ator Young has spent considerable time
in Europe during the war, and he tells
of German crueities and barbarities
most graphically. He is doing mag
niicent, patriotic work with the Des.
Moines Capital. More power to him.
It is he who tells his readers, again and
again, that you can't raise patriotic
nation in foreign language Hes sees
the evil effects on our citizenship of
foreign language newspapers, in for
eign language He sees priests, for
eign language schools, and colleges,
and unlike the usual newspaper man,
he isn't afraid to say what he thinks on
this important subject. He testified
that bis attitude had cost him many
subscribers, but he is going to contin-
ue to preach pure Americanism, tho he
lost the lastsone on the list. The above
paragraph is going to cost the Journal
q few no doubt, but this is no time to
reckon few dollars and half. The
big job ahead is to beat the Hun. The
big job at home is to Americsnize
America. And, he who cannot see
that foreign language papers, clergy,
schools, and colleges, retsrd the pro-
cess, in my opinion, is blind indeed.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1918-04-12
Enthusiastic Loyalty Meetings.

The visit Of the Camp Dodge Band to
Cresco on Tuesday was made the oc.
casion of big loyalty demonstration
to arouse interest in the liberty bond
campaign. AS the evening was cold
the open air meeting was abandoned
and after few fine numbers by the
band, programs were commenced in
both the opera house and Congrega-
tional Church, consisting of music by
band, chorus and male quartette and
addresses by D. E. Voris, of Marion,
Iowa, and H. E. Moss, of Des Moines,
the latter making the tour with the
band. Both speakers forcibly present.
ed the causes and Righteousness of the
war, the curse of Kaiserism and the
need Of money and support to help re-
move Prussianism from the world for
ever. The band was enthusiastically
received, all delighting to do honor to
the representatives of Uncle Sam 9
fighting men, and they also merited
their reception by their talent. The
violin and clarinet soloists made big
hit. 1t is seldom that Cresco audi
ences have been favored by such play
ing as was done by those two artists,
one of whom has studied abroad.
Cresco is patriotically awake and
when the returns are all in will have
been found to have ''gone over the
top in buying Liberty Bonds.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1918-04-12
CREsCo HOWARD COUNTY, IOWA, FRIDAY APRIL Il, 1918

and physical demonstration on "How to
Live 100 Years." DR.. Barker reduced
President Tsft's weight some seventy
pounds by his system of exercises.
The Hon. J. H. "Cyclone" Davis,
former congressman from Texas, is
said to be one of the great orators OF
the South. His nickname was given
him because of his whirlwind style of
speech.
Other speakers are DR.. Frank Walt
er Allen, authod and socialogist, Paul
Lee E'lerbee. chief examiner in the
naturalization service, DR.. Lewis Thur
Der Guild, newspaper man and travel
er, Judge B. F. Mcdonald, of Ohio,
and ''Piney Woods" Jones. . negro
educator at Braxton, Miss.