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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-25
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The MoDEsTY OF MR.. BuRLEsoN

4SldE Postmaster General in his state.
ment accompanying the announcement
that the telephone and telegraph lines are
10 be taken over by the Government at
midnight next Wednesday admits that he
realizes the immensely of the task which
hAe been entrusted to HIM But he adds
With becoming modesty that "a great op.
poftunity is afforded to effect improve
monts and economies and a larger use by
the people of these facilities which have be-
come an imperative need in their everyday
lifs"
Which means that Mr.. Burleson is about
to make those improvements which seemed
to him to be beyond the ability of the eX.
perienced experts who have created the
tines out of nothing until they are unsur.
passed for efficiency anywhere in the
vufiA.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-25

and "torpedoes." 1t was suspected that the
enemy had out patrols Of a similar character
and consequently the greatest caution must
be exercised constantly, and on account of
the intense darkness which prevailed there
was the added danger OF losing direction.
kpR several nights the fleet put out to
dont atno. .ha '"e t Us WIN M,no"t i'.,-
losing touch in the darkness In which in
stances there was usually an exceedingly
nncalled Tor Indulgence In loud and angry
hiJeomeI, inoon.,,,o,'s ''s, 20 80, ,r,i,ai
and nrnfann Sno ,,j,ht th.ir natroI nvar.
tha ,u,o sa,,ions ,an,n on,hr aoroausoro
on their way home and immediatelv started
a race % co.. u,hio, ,,.o,ia h ,hn A., ho,t
into mort Tbs .t,endant noisa w.s oas;I,,
the Most nronounced faat,,re of ,ha CONTEST
eensciol, ,,han tho I,dos,r,,o,ihla rhioh ,vas
loading ~, soyar,, I.ns,h. smdaani,, r.n On 70
tte unn.r ,,r.nd ~ a erh,,or,ah ,,ir. f.noa
and timed tho r,ost of tho crew o,,orhoord
r. rho Observation-Disclosures ~ r,,,oh 1oud sn,. shinn
and NAM .ngrv woicer Iifted IN /, a snr,as
what profane criticism Of the Capabilities OF
N. Ioo,.ou, ,ho h,. ,ho ,r,,, ,r,s 'ono - ,ha
few who had not bosn dronn.d rnnaranon;
ousIv overheard In fact nnt sinple night
nasseG fron, ~. var, con,n,a,csnent ~ tha
nontoon natrols that was not made hideoms
tbrougl son,a ,,i,b,n to sona p.rt ~ tho
"neet =" oil ~ which must have nroyed die
astrousIv exnensive IN the Germans for no
sooner Yould these u,.ird .nd hiood -curd,,na
noises be9in somewhere ont hetwecn the two
lines tb,n The bochss rror, ,be;r 'front.' trsnch
would resort IN a nsrfectiv dazzlino disnlav
of star shells in a frantic endeavor To ais.
cover what awfn, destruct;on was about to
he visited ,,nnn ,hor,
~ '''' '''.
At LAST this inquisitiveness on the part
"A of the enemy took more tangible shane
,na ,ho,, go. r'-.,. 49,. -
anu '"e' sent ior'h TWO hea'liy armed pom
toons to investigate. The night selected was
lighted to a somewhat doubtful extent by a
sn,,u ror,io,, 90 ,,,,,., 49,, 49,,
would have II Tho Carr,an forna ia ns nc
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-25
Coveted Rewards

Says the bearded wheat in the summer heat:
81 am growing like the deuce.
For i want to fight and with all my might
Do l long to he of use.
i shall hold the field till the foe shall yield,
TIL the Hun to earth ! beat,
1t would be enough for my struggle tough
If he dubbed me Devil Wheat"
Says the tasseled corn in the summer morn
Il am growing tall and quick
And l take no rest on my shooting quest.
For the Hun want to lick
In the blaze Of day. in the moons white
ray,
J have laborsd hard and well. s
Aea I ysern y fSs this-<tt x1gl1 = P2se NJ
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-25
CONGRESS AT PLAY

GUNS were roaring in France the other
~ day, thrones tottered, the towers of
civilization itself shook little, while Con-
gress in long debate wrestled with the
ethics of corndoctoring In the District of
Columbia The debate rumbled on and on
among Mr.. Cooper, of Wisconsin, and Mr.
Moore, of Pennsylvania. and Mr.. Thomas
Of Kentucky, who declaimed for the pages
of the Congressional Record the narrative
of his experience with corn doctors. The
question that caused the oratorical up-
hesyal was whether corn doctors .should
b llceipd = '.podassrists- = " plstries.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-25

What hard time the German papers
have explaining the American troops to their
readers! After telling them how few Ameri-
cans there are in France, now they report
that the Yanks were slaughtered in hum
dreds of thousa nds in the recent fighting.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-25

There is man on Chestnut street who
sells fresh lavender, and. curiously enough,
1t seems to us that he does the world more
good than Hindenburg ever did, alive or
dead
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-25
But Who'll Enforce It?

The greatest need of Russia at the pres
ent time seems to be drastic and most
sternly enforced work or hght' law.-Spring-
field Union.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-25

Speaking of pockets, Mr.. McAdoo's sus-
picious silence suggests that he is prepar-
ing a new drive on our wallets for the next
Liberty Loan campaign.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-25

The Kaiser wants to put Constantine, the
( ex-King of Greece, on the throne of Finland.
We hope for Tino's own sake, he'll be able
70 nnd some more permanent job than that
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-25
You win

To the competition for
You win the shortest war poem
which Is now raging
in some OF the American newspapers we
would contribute this lyric in the firm belief
that it cannot be outdone in brevity vivid
ness, significance and eloquent truth
Hun,
Run
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-25
aEACE DOES NOT LIE THIS WAY

= sSS MANY must take the Entente Allies
: AQs if it thinks moments con-
4 NJ be given to the peace plans
S }halist Norwaerts says Berlin
4 a IN .pain to submit to them.
~ knSA Ia that the fate of Belgium for
u. hpi4 is to be settled at the peace table
1911 be entertained only at the head
& k<rters OF the German General Staff The
OF Belgium is already settled by the
16fmtnation of the conscience of the
4 f1lined world. Germany will not be pec.
1<11fed to use 1t as a pawn in any moves
E1ch 1t hopes to make at a peace confer.
Z II there is one irrevocable condition
T&0c0, II Is that Belgium must be eyac.
restored to its rightful rulurs and
iniHed amply for all the havoc that
- wrought upon its land and upon
nnGgestion that Great Britain must
~ Gibraltar and the Suez Canal
in11Y preposterous. Germany has not
n1le to take the canal by force OF
md she has not even made an as
- Gibraltar. The wc-ld will laugh
~ insolence of nation which lays
- one of the conditions of peace
omands which she cannot force upor
1omies by her armies shall be granted
<ha Il ready to stop fighting.
lfhe declaration that the Brest
treaty shall not be questioned
r)th poor grace from Power which
~ that treaty time after time, be
With the moment when 1t force,
ofent tools to sign it.
t. zar1 h.
H f2ppnsals as very reasonable. i
- ~ 4 reason to the vorwaertl
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-25

II may be that the Government wishes
= reduce the motorcar output because of
Saar that the shipbuilders might pass all
tAs1r time motoring.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-25
A Wind Warrior

Whats become of Bligeine?'
Hes laid up, a victim Of the war" Is
II didn't even know he had enlisted"
He hasn't. He sprained his larynx telling
how things ought to be done.'-Boston Tran.
script.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-25

The Bosheviki who
The New executed 200 of their
Tyranny own members for the
killing of Mirback,
the German minister, and exonerated the
slayers of the helpless Car showed how the
winds blow in Russia,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-25
Quite Simple

Among the things most easy to remember
is, we think the fact that Mrs Lloyd Georges
former home was in Mynyddednyfed, Cric-
cieth, Wales-Springfield Union.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-25
Cheer;na for Bosrders

The high price Of berries doesn't trouble.
those who always have had preference for
prunes.-Boston Globe.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-25

Austria faces huge deficit. This is one
- at least that the Hun allies cannot flee
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-25

Austria has new Premier, but it's
hardly worth memorizing his name until we
are sure he will last.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-25

Hog Island has an answer for every ship
that is sunk by a, submarine.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-25

bumper crop of peanuts is promised
by the growers. Similar news issues from
the field of politics
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-25
RUBBER HEELS

When Trpitz sent a U.boat 1000 miles
to sink four unarmed scows off Cape Cod
did any one think to call 1t scowardly?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-25

The Kaiser's pocket between Scissors
and Rheims seems to have a hole in 1t.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-25

Germany is anxious
Fools Are for return of the
Never Satisfied status quo. WHY
didn't she leave it
alone when she had II?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-25

What Germany seems to be seeking \.
not elf-determination, but self-extermina.
ton
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-25

Politicians hereabouts
The Way are eager enough to
of the World see the world made
safe for democracy
provided always that Pennsylvania is ex-
cepted.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-25

Germany has appointed new Ambsssa-
dor 70 Hpssta, and business y brisk spDbag
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-25
What Do You Kno,U?


QUIZ
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2. In WI: what mythology was Ml'eh' "'n'''u d.
8. what is the pronunciation Of Chateau-Thierryf
4, Where Is the Ourca River:
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Q. Who Is tho United states director Of aircraft
10. What Ii periaue?
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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-25

Dear Socrates--What do people mean by
"a return to the status quo?'
ANN DANTE.
They mean being able to buy a ham
sandwich for a nickel
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-25

The Bolsheviki are said to be mobilizing,
but presumably it is quite informal; r. s..
V. r if you don't intend to be present.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-25

Hefferich. the new German ambassador
to Russia is taking two battaions of shock
troops with him TO guard against familari
ties on the part of the populace.
But a sawbuck and a cord of hickory
wood would have frightened the soviets
far more.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-25

and "torpedoes." 1t was suspected that the
enemy had out patrols of a similar character
and consequently the greatest caution must
be exercised constantly, and on account of
the intense darkness which prevailed there
was the added danger of losing direction.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-08-02

Burglaries and robberies in Berlin
average more than 300 a day, most of
them committed by deserters from the
army.
The diet of the Japanese farmer or
laborer costs 6 cents a day and is
made up of rice, barley, fish and vege-
tables.
Herbert c. Hoover's salary as United
States food administrator is 81 a
year. He wished to serve without pay.
but the government never accepts
free services, so q nominal salary was
arranged.
Fifty per cent of the subscriptions
to the latest Liberty loan came in
through women.
The UniOne Cooperative of Milan
is the largest Italian cooperative
store society. The society was found
ed in 1886 with the object of selling ar
ticles of clothing to its members. To-
day it operates a model central de-
partment store, several branch stores.
popular-priced hotels and restaurants,
winecellars, a bakery, printing es-
tablishment, and a building and loan
society which has built model houses
for its members at Milanino, suburb
of Milan.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-08-02
TAKEN FROM EXCHANGES

War contracts now being filed in
Detroit amount to more than $1,000
100000.
Half q million dollars is being spent
ON a scheme for employing disabled
soldiers and sailors in the British dia-
mond cutting industry.
British Columbia produces each
wear S15.OOO,0OO worth of fish (of
which two-thirds is salmcn) and has
begun to can herring for army sup
plies.
Operated by electricity much like an
ordinary sewing machine is a Vermont
inventors machine for cutting stencils
and patterns odt of sheet metal.
A patent which recently became the
property of the United States govern
ment covers weights and pulleys that
are intended to prevent divers air
hose and lines becoming tangled when
used under water.
A highly nutritious bread has been
Invented by an European scientist who
replaces milk and egg with beef blood
bleached, sterilized and deodorized
with hydrogen peroxide, which itself
~ q substitute for yeast.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-08-02

William L. Edison, the second son of
Thomas A. Edison, who is following in
his fathers footsteps as far as me-
chanical genius is concerned, has en-
listed in the United States Tank corps
after declining an officers commission.
He reported at Fort Slocum to be in
oculated, and after a five-day rest he
was sent to Gettysburg, Pa, where the
tank corps is trained. This is the sec
ond time that he has served in the
army of the United States. At the age
age of nineteen he enlisted in the First
regiment, U. S. volunteer engineers,
with a corporars rating, during the
Spanish-American war. He is now
thirty-eight years old.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-08-02
Oliver Goldsmith Memorial.

At Auburn, County Athlone, Ire
land, the poets birthplace, memorial
is being erected to Oliver Goldsmith.
1t will take the form of the restoration
Of the church where the poets father
ministered so many years. Oliver
Goldsmith was born in 1928 at Bally-
mahon, County Longford, and two
years later hic father, Charles Gold
smith, became rector of Kilkenny
West and settled in Lissoy, which is
now known as Auburn. 1t is a village
on the road between Athlone and Bal
iymahon. Auburn of Goldsmith's de
serted Village" in some degrees repre-
sents Lissoy, and the story of an old
eviction by General Napier was prob
ably in Goldsmith's mind when he
wrote the poem, although it is intended
to apply to England.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-08-02
Died at Post Of Duty.

During the storms the early part
of the year, which rlarines say were
the severest known on the coast, the
United States navy suffered the loss
of the big ocean-going tug Cherokee.
This vessel was manned entirely by
members of the naval reserve. Caught
in q terrific sea the tug foundered and
was lost. It was at this time on an
important duty for the Washington
navy yard to get guns to an Atlantic
fort. Among the men who met a
heroic death at this time was a lieu
tenant (junior grade), E. D. Newell,
Q. S. n. r. F., commanding officer.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-08-02
Women for British PuIpits.

Woman preachers for Great Britain
are a possibility if the governments,
drafting of men between forty-f1ve and
in the crop of clergymen.
Already three clergymen have en-
listed rather than be put in a noncom-
batant corps.
That women will make good preach
ers is the opinion of many of the Brit
ish clergy.
"Women can deal with many ques-
tions that cannot deal WITH" says the
Rev. Newton of the City Temple.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-08-02
Practice "Safety First"

Many boy and girl has found only
grim disappointment when seeking
short cut to any desired goal. The
short cuts TO prosperity are so full OF
pitfalls and hummocks that the wise
traveller decides to stick to his motto
"Safety First" and take the long way
round. It's the shortest, at that, just
as the proverb says. For the short
cuts aren't through "cuts," like tunnels
through mountains and such things !;
and the hummocks have to be climbed
over and the pitfalls scrambled out Of
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-08-02
Savaqes Fond of the Banjo.

The banjo, in it's primitive form, is
found in use today by savage tribes
in equatorial Africa. 1t is a calabash,
or half a one, with strings of some
sort across it, and is perhaps the most
important instrument Of music at cam
nibal feasts and on other joyous social
occasions.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-08-02
Dangerous Condolences.

Stranger Cat party to another
stranger)-Let's get away before that
woman yonder comes back. I met her
while ago, and she can talk a man
to death.
Second Stranger-I can't get awav
from her. She's my wife.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-08-02
SuperioritV.

"Mr. BlObster has been a rich man
for years, yet he still stands in awe
of his butler"
And how can you account for
that?"
Il can't explain it unless it's be-
cause the butler is a much better
grammarian than Mr.. Blobster.'-Bir
mingham Age-Herald.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-08-02
Iron and Cardboard Morav

Iron money has been put into circu-
latlon recently in Germany. In Mexi-
co cardboard money was used, owing
to the disappearance of metal cur-
rency due to the unsettled state ~
the country.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-08-02

A recipe for a wheatless loaf of
bread is soon to be made public by the
office of home economics of the depart
ment of agriculture. 1t is the discov-
cry of the experimental kitchen con-
Quoted jointly by the department of
agriculture and the food administra-
tion. Directions are to be given for
the making of three new wheat substi-
ture breads-the half wheat loaf, the
one-fourth wheat loaf, and the wheat
less loaf The recipe is expected to
save thousands of pounds of wheat
-four.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-08-02
Grand Army of Ministers.

Over 10000 ministers of the Gospel
of various denominations are with the
allies in France. About 10000 are with
the Red Cross; the rest are in the
ranks.-Peoples Home Journal.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-08-02
The Real Thinu,

Bacon-What's the matter orer
there?
Egbert-They're having a garden
party.
but they are all fighting"
YES; it's war garden party"
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-08-02
EaSV Lob

How did you deceive that country
constable who was chasing you for
speeding?"
"Oh, we managed to throw dust in
his eyes,"
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-08-02
He'd BE AhsnIued

# the idiot who doesn't know it is
loaded would always point the pistol
at the idiot who rocks the boat, all
would be forgiven.-Browning's Maga-
zine,
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-08-02

Bastile day, July IA, the French re
public national holiday, was observed
and celebrated this year on land and
sea by American land and navy forces
under special orders in like manner al
is observed the American Fourth OF
July.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-08-02

there isn't a minute gained, and
there are some losses far worse than
losses Of time.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-08-02
An Execution.

"ClCthes don't make the man."
"Oh, 1 don't know. Uncle Sans.
uniform is making many a man today"
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-08-02

Wheat is selling for $50 bushel II
Turkey, reports the American ana
Syrian relief commission in Turkey
Before the war the normal price wa
50 to GO cents per bushel.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-08-02

Secretary of Labor Wilson makes
this explanation of the general mobiliz-
alton of labor for war industries,
recruiting for which is to begin Aug
ust 1 under direction of the United
States employment service:
Beginning with common labor,
this service will gradually take charge
Of the mobilizing and placing of all la
Dor for war industries employing 100
or more workers. This will profound
ly affect all other industries and all
other workers. 1t will correct the
abuses and troubles growing out Of the
large labor turnover with the conse-
quent disruption Of regular work.
every safeguard must be taken to
protect the standard of living and the
morale of the wage earners. Espe-
cially must great care be taken to
keep the age limit of those who enter
industry at a high level, lest we rob
our future citizenship of its right to
growth and time for education. We
must also take knowledge Of the dam
gers attendant upon the large entrance
of women into heavy and hazardous
industries.
"The exigencies of war times should
not be made the occasion for the break,
ing down of those standards of hours
wages, and conditions of work which
are designed to protect the childhood,
the womanhood, and the motherhood
of the present and the future.
experts tell us it takes from six
| to ten workers at home to keep one
| soldier on the firing line in Europe.
Whatever, therefore, helps to mobilize,
distribute and energize those who do
the work of our war industries has
become as important a factor in win
ming the war as the prowess of our
armies in the field or our navy on
the seaS.'