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The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1918-10-16
From the Boys
Asa Sterret, CHICAGO

The following letter is written by
Asa Sterret,- who is now in training
at the Great Lakes naval station, Chi
Ncago.
.s..a, +. d. Oct s, 1918.
Dear Folks: s,s ~.,o - = -,r..
n received your letter and was sure
today but write letters. as it is satur-
day and a liberty day, but the camp is
quarantined so we can't get away. I'D
guess the influenza is in all the
but they are getting it wiped out some
what. 1T started in this station and
was brought here from the east when
1000 men arrived here rtrr
n am having a fine time here but we
don't get any shore leave. | won't know
what to do when I come back, for 1 am
so used to washing my own clothes, do
ing my sewing, sweeping, .scrubbing and
everything else, so ought to be quite
handy around the house. That isn't all
do though as we drill every day for
about eight hours. We go to bed at 8
o'clock, get up at 5, lace up our ham
mocks. take a shower BATH dress, then
chow at Z O'Clock and then prepare for
drill which lasts until 1890 Then we
drill again in the afternoon. I am learn
ing semaphore.s signalling now Ward
would have quite q hard time drilling
as he is left handed and there is a fol-
low here who is left handed and he is
having hard time to learn. 49,,
We went over to the main station yes
terday to hear Secretary Daniels speak
l never saw so many sailors in my life,
the whole station was there, about co.
900. ..'l7 - -
Well, will close for this time as 7
have other letters to write, and I will
write soon again.
SO, Lovingly, f
.,h.-a-tat .1S,: Asa E. Sterrett,
Co. T. Regt Eth Great Lakes III
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1918-10-16
John r. RissIeman, Cambridge, Mass

John r. RiseIeman, Cambridge, Mass.
The following letter was received
by Mr.. and Mrs. ]. L. Riggleman, of
near Deloit, from their son, John, who
Is in the students army training corps
at Cambridge, Mass, Harvard unit,
Co. a.. ..y,.,z5l1 s 4 .s...,., III. ~.
Cambridge, Mass, Oct. Z.
l haven't much time but / will tear
off 9 few lines to let you know that l
am feeling fine as June jackrabbit and
raring to go. They keep us pretty busy
although we will have to do lot more
later, on, but hard work makes one en-
JOY food and sleep SO it's all right with
me. f4s.s --lEt. d g. II
The Spanish influenza causes the
death of lot of people here but we
trouble with it. The trouble with so
many people is that they do not attend
to It until it is too late. There is no
danger unless pneumonia sets in and
watched twetny-four hours Of every day
and II one should happen to show any
symptoms of it he would be hustled
of to a fine big hospital here and CIV
en- the best of care.
The work here is not very hard for a
farm boy but 1t is tough on the city
chaps, The poor fellows get so sore
and stiff that they can neither sit down
SSt SSduu up WITH any comfort.
k, As yesterday was Sunday we had no
drill, so walked across Boston for ex-
ercise. That was not much of walk
though Boston does not cover any
great amount of territory. Boston prop
er covers about the same amount of
ground as does Denison The difference
between Boston and Denison is that all
the buildings here are fro mten to twen-
ty-five stories high, the streets are from
ten to twenty-five fet wide, street car
lines are sometimes four deep (two SUBJ
ways, one surface and one elevated), etc
Boston proper cannot spread out any
further without getting Into the ocean
or into another town. That's why it is
built, SO high, up into the air, SO far
down into the ground and SO damned
up together. a3F
think that have received all of the
mail that you sent me except the razor
strop 1t will probably be coming along
some of these fine days. l wish that
you would send me the Review and tell
me what Iowa and the middle west is
doing in the Liberty bodn campaign. |
get no western news here at all Also
tell me about everything else there at
home. l have written to Jesse three
times since I got here but have receive
ed no answer from him yet
Lovingly yours, :.
JoI1,
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1918-10-16

The young folks were drilled and drill
ed in their fractions and interest over
and over again. 1t was thought that
if a boy could figure up the cost OF a
load of wood and compute correctly
a long series of partial payments on a
note he had accomplished a great
thing. ...-
Actually though, the ability to do
such sums correctly is of very trifiing
Importance. The arithmetic that most
people use in daily life is exceedingly
simple and could be learned in a very
short time. If you borrow money and
make partial payments the bank. will
figure them with perfect accuracy.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1918-10-16
PAGE THREE

So far then as the actual informa-
ton impaired by the old time course
in arithmetic went, it was of no great
value. If that was the only use OF it,
the old timers spent far too much
time On it. They labored for whole
terms over long examples of square
and cube root and involved treatment
of fractions that they never again
used in daily life.
Nevertheless the old time study Of
arithmetic did have very decided
value and in way that the old timers
did not fully realize, as will shortly.
be seen. vi
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1918-10-16

The question is asked what a wo'
man street car conductor can do to
quell the roughs that sometimes get
on the car Well, their husbands can
inform US what, particular steps they
take to put down such disturbances.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1918-10-16

A formation Of eleven ships left for
Birmingham, Ala, this morning.
/ hope to be able to write you a
real letter from over there in Ger
many soon. More later, perhaps.
1t. c. D. Chamberlin, r. M. A.
The Raymer enterprise., 1918-10-24
FOOD PRICES INCREASE.
Commodities Show 70 Per Cent Raise
In Five-Year Period.

Commodities Show 70 Per Cent Raise
In Flve-year Period.
Washington. Retail stores Of food.
as reported by retail dealers to the
United States Bureau Of Labor sta
tIstics for Sept. IL, 1918. show, for
the United States, for all articles Of
food combined an increase Of 4 per
cent as compared with Aug. Is. 1918.
OF the twenty-elght articles for which
prices are secured. only two declined
In price during the month. Onions 8
per cent and beans / per cent. But.
ter. eggs, pork chops and ham show
the greatest increases.
Comparing September, 1918. with
September. 1917, the increase Of all
articles was IA per cent.
The five-year period. September.
1912, to September. 1918, shows for
tho United States an increase OF 72
per cent for all food combined Every
article for which prices have been So
cured for this period shows an In.
crease Of 56 per cent and over. Six
articles show increases Of 100 per
cent and over. Bacon increased 100
per cent. pork chops 1os per cent. po-
tatoes 105 per cent. flour 100 per cent,
The Raymer enterprise., 1918-10-24
81
80

There was never . time when the sac
fices and the help Of women were more
appreciated than at the present time.
Women should learn war-nursing and
nursing at home. There is no better
way than to study the new edition Of the
Common Sense Medical Adviser
with chapters on First Aid, Bandaging.
Anatomy, Hygiene. care of the Sick.
Diseases of Women, Mother and Babe, the
Marriage Relations-to be had at some
drug stores or send SOC to Publisher, 65a
Washington Street, Buffalo, N. Y.
II q woman suffers from weak back,
nervousness or dzziness-if pains afflict
her, the best tonic and corrective is one
made up of native herbs and made with.
out alcohol, which makes weak women
strong and sick women well. 1t is the
prescription of DR.. Pierce, used by him
in active practice many years and now
sold by almost every druggist in the
land, in liquid or in tablets. Send DR..
Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y, loc for trial pkg.
DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets are also
best for liver and bowel trouble.
Cherry, Colo.-"Before I took Dr.
Pierce's Favorite Prescription ! wasn't
able to get around. suffered great deal.
l had been doctoring with doctors but
none Of them did me any good. l heard
Of DR.. Pierce's medicine and took it for
eight months, and now I can do my work
with comfort. am great deal stronger
than was. DR.. Pierce is the only one
that was able to cure me Of my sickness.
His medicine is good for women's all
ments. Miss Verna Schneider.
The Raymer enterprise., 1918-10-24
w. N. w., DENVER, NO. 43-tsfa
No Change Desired.

A company of colored soldiers was
marching along a country road on
which some negro convlcts were EN-
ployed.
Thinking he would have some fun
with one of the convicts trooper In
quired: Hey, bo. how bout us
changin' jobs?"
The convict replied: "Gwan. Niger.
I don't want no change. l knows
'zactly how long Use In fer and youse
don't"
The Raymer enterprise., 1918-10-24
Force Of Habit.

While in a certain government Office
recently Sir Edwin Jones. the British
transport board chairman. overheard
the following dialogue between two
fair typewriter tappers:
isn't 1t terrible the way we have to
work these daysT
"Ratherl Why. I typed so many
letters yesterday that last night I fin
ished my prayers with yours truly"
Vancouver (B. C.) Province.
The Raymer enterprise., 1918-10-24
"cold IN the Head"

10 an acute attack Of Nasal catarrh. PEI.
sons who are subject to frequent "coldq
In the head" will ind that the use q
build up the System, cleanse the Blood
and render them less liable to colds.
Repeated attacks Of Acute catarrh may
lead to Chronic CatarSh.
HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE is tax:
on internally and acts through the Blood
On the Mucous Surfaces Of the System.
All Druggists 75c. Tsstimonials Tree;
10000 for any case Of catarrh thai
HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE will NOT
n. J, Cheney q Co., Toledo. ohio
The Raymer enterprise., 1918-10-24
Itchlno 1urnlno Skins.

For eczemas, rashes. itchings, irrita.
tions. pimples, dandruff, sore hands,
and baby humors. Cuticura Soap and
Ointment are supremely effective. For
free samples address "Cuticura. Dept.
x, Boston" At druggists and by mall.
Soap Is, Ointment % and 50.-Adv.
The Raymer enterprise., 1918-10-24
/, Fact.

"We'ye had to come 1900 miles to
get Iii this fight" remarked m Aus
sraIlan In France.
"We haven't had to come that far"
replied an American, "but it's just as
hard to swim the Atlantic a. It Is the
Pacific"
The Raymer enterprise., 1918-10-24
Taking Chances.

"IIave they found, out yet what ID
the matter with your son. Mixer
mo. sir, 20 they've took him to the
orsepitaI to have . autopsy perform
sd on him."
The Raymer enterprise., 1918-10-24

The bull will below and snort and
throw dirt-and yet not consider him
self a politician.
The Raymer enterprise., 1918-10-24

When the breeze blows OF a mans
hat, he blames the hat. not the shaps
of his head.
The Raymer enterprise., 1918-10-24
NO BARGAINING ron TERMS.
British Mayors Declare Huns Must
Accept Allies Conditions.

Accept Ailiee Conditions.
London, Oct. 22.-As proof Of the fu.
tility Of the German attempts to weak.
en- the will Of the British people by
peace talk, the Daily Telegraph pub
fishes a series Of messages from the
mayors Of more than fifty English and
other towns. representing every phase
Of municipal life. They all breathe but
one spirit, namely, that there must be
no compromise with the foe.
The Raymer enterprise., 1918-10-24

Bringing Drama Up to Date.
T. e. Atkinson Of Boston says he
saw an unusual performance Of "Ro-
fueo and Juliet at town In the mid,
die West. The players introduced 1
game Of cards In the balcony scene.
The Raymer enterprise., 1918-10-24

Little news came from General Al
lenby's army In Palestine, which prob
tbly was resting after its gallant and
successful campaign against the Turks.
But word was received that Beirut.
the Turkish base on the Mediterrane.
an, had been captured, following which
Baalbek Trlpoli and Hons were o.
cupied.
The Raymer enterprise., 1918-10-24

Roumanla. which has been frankly
looking for chance to get into the
war again. may have the opportunity
very soon. Already the Inhabitants Of
the northern part Of the country, In
the province Of Moldavia, have risen
In armed revolt against the Austro-
German forces Of occupation.
The Raymer enterprise., 1918-10-24

~
John d. Ryan. director Of the Amer
lean air service, on his return from
Europe. made the welcome announce.
ment that unifcation Of operation.
and to great extent Of production Of
aircraft. had been agreed upon by the
allies. He also told Of the splendid
work Of the American aviators and Of
the success and popularity Of ths
American De Haviland planes and the
Liberty motors. Another cheerful
piece Of news concerning aeronautics
was disclosed BY Maj A. Cushman
Rice, this being that the allies had
worked out practically perfected
wireless telephone device which win
enable the allied airmen to ny over
The German lines and territory In i'm
mense fleets, all the planes directed
by the voice Of the commander. THIS,
he says. will sweep the Huns from
the sky and entirely put out the eyes
Of their artillery. 4
, 1918-01-31
HOOVERISMS.

Go back to the simple life, be con
tented with simple food, simple pleas
ures, simple clothes. Work hard, pray
hard, play hard. Work, eat, recreute
and sleep. Dc it all courageously. We
have a victory to win.
General Apathy and Private Interest
are two enemies of our national wei
fare. Each is as dangerous as ii kais
er's agent and should be excluded from
every American home and industry.
Retail dealers i'll foodstuffs are going
to be compelled to adopt a strictly cash
system before the war is over. Many
dealers all over the country have al
ready gone On the cash basis and the
others should be preparing for it.
, 1918-01-31
CONSERVATION OF
THE YOUNGSTERS.

Somebody-the city government, or
public spirited citizens-would do well
TO assist the school children in their eff
1Orts 10 make a skating pond of the
slough which skirts the west side of
town IN the vicinity of the school
house. All that is lacking to make this
a tery popular place, and n which
would do much to keep the children
away from the river, is a to
supply additional water, to enlarge
the skating surface and for flooding on
cold nights to keep the ice in good
skating condition. These ponds are
shallow and the children could enjoy
their winter sports there in perfect
safety. One sure way of keeping the
youngsters away from the river would
be to provide better skating for them
elsewhere, and we commend this plan
to Saratoga parents.
, 1918-01-31
WATCH YOUR
FIRES.

This is the season of the year when
red-hot stoves and night-fires are fash
Portable, and by the same token this is
the season of greatest fire danger.
Prevention is better than most cures,
and every person should use especial
care during the cold snaps to keep
all inflammable material away from
hot stoves and to be sure that their
stoves are tightly closed against falling
sparks or Goals when left for the night.
Flues should be examined and stove
pipes tested for weak spots and poor
wiring.
, 1918-01-31
WAR IS A
SCIENCE.

Napoleon nee said War is the sci
ence Of barbarians," but it remained
for the Kaiser and his war lords to
demonstrate that wal is the science of
demons. They seem to subscribe to the
can Indian when N the war path; he
believed not only in the happy hunt
ing grounds hereafter, but that the
more scalps he hung to his belt in this
world the greater would be his glory
in the world to come. The following
paragraph quoted from the Jung
Deutchland," the official organ of the
young German league, printed pack in
, 1918-01-31

Howard Larkin went to the Coldwa-
ter mine Tuesday.
Foster Kearns has been on the sick
list the past week.
Fred Healey returned on Thursday
from a business trip to Denver.
Charles Sanger was in town on bust
ness Friday from the ranch at French.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Clements 7 the
proud parents of a baby girl, born on
Monday, January Z.
A fine baby boy was born to Mr.. and
Mrs. Adrian Wolfard of Beaver creek
last Friday, and has been named Ron
aid Henry"
D. NJ. Owens of Saratoga has been
assisting Frank Crout this week with
the invoicing Of the Tilton & CrOut
implement store.
q
Mrs. Eugene Allen and two children
arrived last week from Missouri for a
visit at the home of her daughter, Mrs.
Adrian Wolfard of Beaver creek.
School started on Monday and the
Youngsters ia the intermediate classes
are having a hard time to learn to say
, 1918-01-31
1. O. o. f. Installation.

After the installation of Officers of
the Order of the Eastern Star on Tues.
day evening, January s, the members
adjourned to the Bohn Hotel, where all
were the guests of Mr.. and MIS-. W. f.
Tilton at a banquet in honor Of the &C.
casion.
Those present were Mr.. and Mrs. W.
Il. Tilton, Mr.. and Mrs. f. ID. Bridges.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Neiswender, Mr..
and Mrs. L. w. Tenant, Mrs. Arthur
Ferry, DIR. and Mrs. Burke, Mrs. J. D..
Tillou, Mrs. Jack Brown, Mrs. J.. r Lit.
tie, Horace Quivy, Miss Mary Bohn,
Miss Marion Crout, Miss Hattie Tilton
and the following guests: Mrs. Lot.
tie Waite, Dorothy Peryam, Arthur
Ferry and Wiley Boyd. During the
evening the Eastern Star presented the
bride-to-be with a set of lovely knives
and forks.
, 1918-01-31
kInaargarssn Training.

The increasing growth Of klndergar.
tens in this country has recently been
remarked by the United States commits
sloner Of education, who said with
in the last six or seven years there has
been more progress in the establish
ment of kindergartens In cities, towns
and industrial villages of this country
than in any previous period of equal
length. This is especially true of
kindergartens supported by public
school funds, This progress has been
largely due TO the activities Of the Ma.
tioual Kindergartcu association"
The kindergarten course secures to
ele child an extra yolr Of education,
and us the boys and girls Of this coun-
try average only a little over five years
in school the value OF this additioaal
training cannot be oVerestimated.
, 1918-01-31
LEGAL NOTICES
Notice for Publication-IsOlated Tract.
Public Land Sale.

Department of the Interior U. s.
Land Office at Cheyenne, Wyo., Decem-
Der 3, 1917.
Notice is hereby given that, as d.
rected by the Commissioner OF the Cen
eraI Land Office, under provisions of
Sec. 2l55, r. S., pursuant to the appli-
cation of John W. Kennaday, Serial
No. O150S4, we will offer Mt public
sale, to the highest bidder, but at not
less than $3.50 per acre, at 10 80
o'clock Il. M, on the DIST day OF Janu-
airy. next, at this office, the following
tract of land: WE SWA, Sec. 81,
NWA NwA, Sec. %, NEH NEA, See.
%, II. II ", X. 81 w. 9Th p. NJ.
The sale will not be kept open, but
will be declared closed when those
present at the hour named have ceased
bidding. The person making the high
est bid will be required to Immediately
pay to the Receiver the amount
thereof.
Any persons claiming adversely the
uboye-described land are advised to
file their claims, or objections, on or
before the time designated for sale.
WILL REID, Register.
(First pub. Dec. 13, 1910
, 1918-01-31
BACK GIVES OUT.
Plenty of Saratoga Readers Have
This Experience.

You tax the hdneys-overwork
them
They can't keep up to the continual
strain.
Tie back may give Quit may ache
ana lain;
Bladder troubles may set in.
Don't wait longer-t0ke Doan's KID
ney Pills.
Residents of this vicinity endorse
them
Can Saratoga people doubt the FOL
lowing evidence?
Mrs. N. Schmidt, Fourth St, Doug.
las, Wyo., says: 81 suffered from in
tense pains in my back and 1t seemed
impossible for me to get relief, until
I tried Doan's Kidney Pills Thes rIi
me or h pnins and strengthened NV
Kidneys. | have had slight return at.
tacks of the trouble, but Doalrs Kid
hey Plls have always rid me of the
complaint"
Price 60c. Mt all dealers. Don't sim
ply ask for a Kidney remedy get
loans Kidney ri ls-the same thuf
Mrs. Schmidt had. Foster-AIilburn Co.
Props, Buffalo, n Y.-Adv.
, 1918-01-31
Red Cross

The chapter extends thanks to Mr..
u. NJ. Foreman for a gift of $1,000 to
the Red Cross fund.
At Il recent meeting the ladies cut out
Ii sheets and 30 pillow cases, and all
are now out Tor finishing.
Ten bath robes ready-cut were re
Gently received from headquarters and
all are now nearly finished.
Mrs. Emma Walker, Mrs. Bert
Walker and Mrs. Lon hopkins are to
entertain at the hall next Saturday.
Everybody invited to %patronize our
teas.
Rev. Parisoe and Rev. Davies, who
were in Saratoga Tuesday, came in
and complimented the ladies on the
splendid work they are doing.
Last Saturdays tea netted ST.15.
Mrs. Cluff, Mrs. Harden and Miss Al
bee entertained.
90
Rev. Parisoe of Laramie, who was
Il caller at the hall on Tuesday, took
the names and addresses of the boys
from this section and will try to see
them during his contemplated visit TO
France.
The society received 5000 from the
dance supper given on New Years
night.
The Chapter has recently elected a
new refreshments committee, consisting
of Mesdames Hook, Harden and
HickOk.
Mrs. Mary Albro has presented the
chapter with $1,000 to be used in Red
Cross work.
The knitting committee has recently
completed and shipped to headquarters
20 knitted garments.
, 1918-01-31

will account for deeds that have caus-
ed the whole world to shudder during
the past four years.:
"War is the noblest and hottest eN-
preston of human activity. For us,
too, the glad, great hour of battle will
strike. Still and deep in the German
heart must live the joy of battle and
che longing for it. Let us ridicule to
the utmost the old women in breeches
who fear war and deplore it as cruel
and revolving. No, war is beautiful.
Its august sublimity elevates the hu-
man heart beyond the earthly and the
common. In the cloud palace above
sit the heroes Frederick the Great and
Butcher, and all the men of action
the great Emperor, Moltke, Room, Bis
marck-are there as well, but not the
old women who would take way our
joy in war. When mere on earth n bat
tie is won by German arms and the
faithful ascend to heaven, a Potsdam
lance corporal will call the guard to
the door and old Fritz %sprlnging
from his golden throne, will give com
mand to present arms. That is the
heaven of young Germany."-Good-
wins Weekly.
, 1918-01-31

paper offers sympathy to the wounded
ana broken hearts, and spreads Il man
tie Of charity over the imperfections Of
the hausgrcssor, while the city paper
dnlvcs iuro the archives of the past to
drug forth q family skeleton and ex.
hibft it before AN unsympathetic multi
tude, who find IA sweet morsel in startE
ing disclosures. The home paper is al
ways ready to aid the unfortunate,
overlook shortcomings. praise public
enterprise, and sanction every cause
for the hcttprmcnt of the community,
and asks little in return except legit-
innate patronage. If the country editor
receives n word of praise he redoubles
his efforts next week if he hears no
praise, he bends his energies toward
getting out Il better paper i'll order to
please his readers and thus he plays
the game throughout the days and
weeks and years, and often leaves moth
ing as a heritage to his children ex-
cept n pleasant memory of daddy and
his print shOp."-M. A. Shower, in
Maysville (Okla.) News.
, 1918-01-31
PLAYING THE
NEWSPAPER GAME.

The home paper has IA mission in the
community totally different from that
of the city daily. The home paper pub
fishes the story of a tragedy with gen
uine regret, while the city paper TusIes
out a special edition and gives the
gruesome details, often highly colored,
to satisfy the demand for sensational
ism at so much per copy. The home