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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1918-10-18
EAGLE LAKE

j. Warner and family of Lawton
spent Sunday at the Bert Warner
home.
Fred Hodge and family are moving
onto the Walton farm.
All Cleaners owing assessments, see
the Secretary at once please. Patri-
otto dues of fifty cents due in Septem-
Der must be paid.
The Add-A-Link club will meet on
October oath, at the home Of the Presi
dent, Mrs. Elmer Empson. 1t will be
Anniversary day. Mrs. Empson and
Mrs. Jessie Hinckley are the hostesses
Will McKeller had the misfortune
to have his team run away injurlng
his ankle. He is slowly improving.
Mrs. G.. w. Lee and daughter lrma
Geldorf of Cleveland, Ohio left Sun
day for several days visit in Chicago
Mary Warner of Lawton spent the
week end with Dorothy Warner.
Mrs. Dean Rich who has been i'll
for several weeks is improving.
Dean Rich left Sunday for Camp
Custer.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1918-10-18
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS

Charles Lake G. w. to George Will
son, Pei. Sec. 80, Paw Paw-$1.00
Charles Thayer & w. to George
Wilson, Pei. Secs. 21-22, Waverly-
100000
Fred l.. Mead & w. to Leopold
Steve & w. Pei. Blk. go, South Haven
$1.OO
George Wilson to Phillip Stimac,
Pei. Secs. 5-32, Paw Paw & Waverly
100000
David McLeese & w. to James w.
McLeese & w. Pei. Sec. 81, Paw Paw
$1.OO
VIM. Eggert & w. to Kate L. Hop
kins, Pei. Sec. 10, Decatur-$1.00
Louise Thayer to Isaac Burhans,
Pei. Sec. 7, Porter-$1.00
Lillian Price to F. c. Benson, Pei.
Sec. Is, South Haven-$1.00
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1918-10-18
DAYTON CORNERS

Influenza seems to be spreading
oSee rapidly in this vicinity. Dayton
thd Armstrong schools are closed and
also the Gobleville schools.
Oscar Lounsbury is victim of
Influenza and in the Armstrong dis
trict, two of the little Breed children
are also ill.
Mr.. and Mrs. Young Evans enter
tanned relatives and friends from
Kalamazoo last week.
Neve Hubert and family were call
ing on friends last Sunday.
Harry Ripple and Mrs. Steadman
are at home this week from South
Bend. The cottage being closed on
account of Influenza.
Archie Snail had the misfortune
one day last week to lose the fore
finger and part of another finger in
the silo feeder.
Noah Dibbler and family spent
Sunday at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Carlyle.
Rey. Ice of Paw Paw spent day at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Dee Davis
and Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Coulson and
Albert were entertained there also.
Mrs. Nate Merchant who underwent
an operation about two weeks ago in
a Chicago hospital is gaining slowly.
Miss Iris Warner is at home this
week. The Riverside school having
been closed on account of a number
of Influenza cases among her pupils.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1918-10-18

As Dangerous as Poison Gas Shells
In the head. eyes. ears, back or other
parts OF the body and a feeling Of Sc
we're sickness. In most OF the cases the
symptoms disappear after three or four
days, the patient then rapidly recover
ing. Some of the patients. however,
develop pneumonia, or Inflammation
OF the ear, or meningitis, and many of
these complicated cases die. Whether
this so-called Spanish influenza Is
Identical with the epidemics of influen-
Ia OF earlier years Is not yet known.
"Epidemics Of influenza have visited
this country since 1647. II Is interest
ing TO know that this first epidemic
was brought here from Valencia,
Spain. Since that time there have
been numerous epidemi Of the dis
ease In 1889 and 1890 an epidemic
of Influenza, starting somewhere In the
Orient, spread first to Russia and
thence over practically the entire CIV
ilized world. Three years later there
was another fare-up Of the disease.
Both times the epidemic spread wide
ly over the United States.
although the present epidemic Ia
called Spanish Influenza there Is no
reason to believe that II originated In
Spain. Some writer's who have studied
the question believe that the epidemic
came from the Orient and they call at
A. o. -
mention the disease as occurring along
the eastern front In the summer and
fall Of 1917"
How can Spanish Influenza" be roo
oonIzed7
There 10 az ye< no certain way in
which a single case Of Spanish infiu-
enza' can be recognized On the 9TH
Or hand, recognition is easy where
there Is a group Of cases. In contrast
to the outbreaks of ordinary coughs
and colds, which usually occur In the
cold months, epidemics OF influenza
may occur at any season Of the year.
Thus the present epidemic ragged most
intensely In Europe In May, June and
July. Moreover, in the case of ordi-
nary colds, the general symptoms
(fever, pain, depression) are by no
means as severe or as sudden In their
onset as they are In Influenza Final
ly, ordinary colds do not spread
through the community so rapidly or
20 extensively as does influenza.
I'm most cases person taken sick
with influenza feels sick rather sud
denly. He feels weak, has pains In the
eyes, ears, head or back, and may be
sore all over. Many patients feel
dizzy, some vomt. Most OF the pa
tents complain of feeling chilly, and
with this comes fever ia which the
temperature rises to 100 TO 104. In
most cases the pulse remains relative
ly slow.
I'm appearance one Is struck by the
fact that the patient looks sick. His
eyes and the inner side OF his eyelIds
may be slightly 'bloodshot,' OF con
gested.' as the doctors say. There
may be running from the nose, or
there may be some cough These signs
OF cold may not be marked; never
theless the patient looks and feels very
sick.
I'm addition to the appearance and
the symptoms as already described,
examination Of the patients blood may
aid the physician In recognizing Span.
ish influenza, for II has been found
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1918-10-18
As He Understood II.

John was trying To be unusually
nice to a man who was visiting Johns
big sister, Clara. When things be-
came dull inside, John invited the WIS.,
itor out in the yard. Seeing one of
his playmates, little John called him
over, exclaiming: Charlie, come on
over and meet my sisters finance"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1918-10-18
UNCLE SANS.
ADVICE ON FLU
y. S. Public Health Service Issues
Official Health Bulletin
on Influenza.
LATEST WORD ON SUBJECT.

Epidemic Probably Not Spanish In
Oriain-Germ Still Unknown-Peo-
pie Should Guard Against "Droplet
infection"-Sureeon General Blue
Makes Authoritative Statement.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1918-10-18

Washington. %. C.-(Special.) Al
though King Alphonso of Spain was
one Of the victims OF the Influenza cpl
demic In 1898 and again this summer.
Spanish authorities repudiate any
claim to Influenza as Spanish" dis
ease. IL the people Of this country do
not take care the epidemic will be-
come so widespread throughout the
United States that soon we shall hear
the disease called American" infu-
enZa.
In response 10 a request for definite
information concerning Spanish infiu-
enka, Surgeon General Rupert Blue Of
the U. s. Public Health Service has
authorized the following official inter
view:
What 2 Spanish inf,uenxa7 10 Il
something new? Does II come from
Spain7
The disease now occurring In this
country and called Spanish Influen-
Ia resembles a very contagious kind
of cold accompanied by fever. pains
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-10-23
STRONG FOR CIVILIZED GARB
sartorial Variety Seems to Be Chief
Aim of Natives of Villages
of Rhodesia.

Although we have not thought the
people Of Africa to be much concerned
about clothes and fashions, yet styles,
such as they are, have entered the viii
lagos of the dark continent and are
beginning to cause the people much
anxiety. Miss Pearl Mulliken, Metho-
dist missionary to Rhodesia, writes of
the African dress as seen in a day
school, according to the Centenary Bull
letin. -s -, sass Il
MANY of the pupils, who range from
the kindergarten age to grandparents,
are dressed in store clothes. Their
store clothes, however, have largely
lost their identity beneath covering
Of many eelored patches. Weather
has nothing TO do with clothes in this
part of Africa. 1t may be real sum-
ner day and you are wondering how
you can keep cool. but not so these
boys who have been to town to work
and hare clothes to exhibit to their less
fortunate brothers. If these riches
consist of somebody's castoff overcoat
be is sure to. have it on and perhaps
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-10-23
HOME FOR CHILDREN
American Society Has Taken Over
Chateau and Will Aid Orphans

While French war widows are
finding work which viii enable them
to support themselves and their little
ones, the children will be cared for
by the American Committee for De-
vastated France at great center now
being established at the Chateau of
Boullay- Tflierry. Information regard
ing the plans of the committee, which
is doing much to make the labor sup
ply of France more effective, has
reached the Department of Labor.
The French children at present are
placed in an unfortunate position, for
their fathers are in the army and
their mothers can not at first earn
enough in new trades to support
themselves and their children. The
committee therefore has decided to
constitute itself the temporary pro-
wider for the little ones, and to care
for them until the fathers are de-
modified or the mothers acquire suf-
fieient skill to provide for a family.
AThe present headquarters of the
colony is at Beaumont-leRoger, but
the new location will provide much
better quarters. The Chateau of
Boullay-Thierry belonged to the
young Comte de Quisannas, an avia-
tor, who was killed about a year ago,
eight days before the time set for his
marriage. He left the chateau to the
ministry of war, and the American
committee has been given full rights
to it and to the ten acres Of park
surrounding it.
Hundreds of applications are com
| ing in from mothers who wish to
place children there.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-10-23
NO COUNTRY FOR POOR MAN
5raziIans Are Compelled to Pay Ex-
traordinarity High Prices for All
the Necessaries of Life.

Rio de JaneirO, the most wonderful
ly reconstructed city In the world, was
also, until recently, one of the most
pleasure loving. Today the president
is endeayoring to instill war economy
into the nation before it feels the brunt
of war-a by no. means easy task.
Economy is not easily preached in
country where state lotteries are of
daily, and public holidays of all too
frequent, occurrence. The most popu-
lar Of the latter is the carnival, which
occupies the four days preceding Ash
Wednesday. --r~-.... s-->
BraZilians who complain of the high
cost of living will probably wish to see
war economy continued in times of
peace. 1t costs about $3.50 a day to
live at all comfortably in Rio. Some
manufactured articles are now difficult
to obtain, and the cost of everything
sowing to the war" and the colossal
protective tariffs, is such MS to make
uaaccustomed English folks feel faint
with terror. A ready.made drill jack
ct, though cheaper IN back streets, viii
be commonly priced at $1,000 in shops
on the Avenida Rio Branco. A tailor
made mans suit will cost about $50
From the United States Naval Insti-
tute Proceedings.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-10-23
Almost Lost Precious Card.


One of those absentee registrants"
signed up at the city postoffice one
day last week, and received his reg
istration card for transmission to his
local board In his home town.
This man must have been an absent
minded registrant as well, as the Sc
quel will show. He calmly placed the
registration card in IN envelope, adj
dressed the envelope to his local
board, put on the stamp, and walked
out into the street. H., j.
AS he passed a trash box he dropped
the letter into the opening and went
his way with clear conscience of
having done his first duty under the
man power law.
Luckily for him, a postman coming
out Of the building saw the mistake
he made and rescued the letter from
the trash. BY this time the registrant
had boarded ear, so the letter car
Fier dropped the letter containing the
precious card into the letter box
Washington Star. z.,~-~-s~
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-10-23

Il bath towel around his neck, while
most of the small boys are content
with Il yard of unbleached cotton for
their entire outfit. But sometimes the
big boys are quite generous with their
little brothers and divide with them
such is the case of one little fellow
who is the proud possessor of a vest
Which about covers him. Two Or three
others wear their big brothers shirts,
Which is quite sufficient for all pur-
poses. s.s.
"Some Of the girls are dressed prin-
cjpally in beads, brass bracelets and
anlIets; while others have cloth
Graped around them forming a skirt
aid they are without a waist One
girl wears pink silk waist with a
dirty calico skirt. They often appear
in evening dresses, the cast-off fnery
of the town women, and they may be
seen digging in their gardens with
these on. One came to school draped
in a white bedspread."
Styles in names changing as well as
in clothing. The following are some
OF the names which the African moth
ers have given their children: Spoon,
, Saucepan, Hotel, Pumpkin, Gingerbeer,
Cigarette, Shilling, Sixpence, Penny,
+ Coffee, Sweet Pudding, Very Nice,
Office, Tomato, Fifteen, Vinegar,
Sugar.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-10-23
SOMETHING NEW IN WARFARE
Party Of Highianders RepeIled Ger
man Attack. but at Terrible Cost;
They Lost Their "Paritch."

A wounded officer describes the
novel way in which a small party OF
surprised HighIanders met an unex-
pected enemy attack. ~
'"The Germans got further into the
trenches" he writes. SO. far, indeed,
that they surprised party of High
landers in the peaceful occupation OF
pOrridge making for section due for
night duty. The porridge makers had
no time TO seize weapons. Instead
they seized their precious pot of par-
ridge and flung it in the face of the adj
yancing foe. There were yells of rage
as the scalding pOrrldge fell among
the soldiers of the kaiser. One of
the funniest sights of the whole war,
l am told. was to see. Il German off
GER trying 10 look dignified before his
men in y uniform covered With por-
ridge. The method of repelhng the
attack was novel, but effective. 1t
was more deadly than liquid fire. I
fancy, for it put an end TO the attack
in that quarter.
"When we relieved the Highland
p0rridge makers we found them in q
terrible funk, they didn't mind facing
the worst attack the enemy could
make. hui they were quaking at the
prospect of explaining to hungry CONF
rades what had happened to the por-
whom this brainy- idea originated by
telling him he ought to have the V. G.
He would have none of my consola-
ton. That may be- he answered. but
what ABBOTT Wee .sCcl, IS par
itch? He'll hammer H. out O he
when he comes back and finds it's a
wasted on they German devils ="
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-10-23
Rlrdmen,s Patron Saint.

The cardinal archbishop of West
minister, who has initiated the, Guild
of ST. Michael. for Airmen, invites all
Roman Catholic airmen "to place
themselves under the protection Of St.
Michael by joining the guild" No
one. could desire a doughtier champion,
remarks London paper, but the
choice of the Russian airmen, who in
the early days of the war decided on
Elijah as their patron saint. is per-
hanS even more plausible. 1t is, at all
events, plain that these days have
given an entirely new meaning to the
phrase, prince of the powers of the
mir" ar.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-10-23
HOUSE FOR FOUR SOUS
American Quakers Built it for :
Little French Girl

She was & very little girl, and she
came to the young monsieurs from
America who build houses to ask
him how much their houses cost. She
was of Vailly. She lived in a cellar
with her mother and grandmother.
And she mad begun to feel that it was
doing hem no good. She had saved
UP six sous-which is almost six
cents-and if the young monsieurs
from America. could build her a real
ly good house for that she would like
| 20 order, enc at once. .s:.- -s..
What did thew. do about it? They
told hers without smile, that the
cost of houses was something you
could never be. sure Of. Sometimes
they cost more, sometimes less. Il
depended q lot on the sort of house
you wanted. But if she would tell
them that, and then come back next
day, maybe they would know abou'
it then. And when she came back
they told her they had found they
could build the kind of house shf
wanted for four sous. They built it
The little girl from Vailly was emf
nently satisfied with it. She paie
over the. four sous, got her mother
and grandmother out of their cellar
told how she had been spending her
money md they have been sharing
that four-sou mansion ever since.
The young monsieurs We're Quak-
ers, members of Americas first
Friends Unit" They went to
France in July, 1917. Others have
followed. They include not only
house. builders-mechanics and car
penterss and architeets-but farmers
and civil engineers, doctors, social
workers and men and women nurses
All have had a preliminary training
course at .Haverford, the Pennsyl-
vania Quaker. college About 250, are
now in France. Others are in Rus
STA. They, are cooperating with units
O L missions of English Friends, who
have been in the field since the be-
ginning of the war And it is a part
of the deep, Gong thinking Of the
Quaker that one thing they are plan
ming bids fair to outlast even the best
house ever built for four sous.
So far, though, they have been en-
gagged in civilian relief. They have
nursed. and fed and clothed unnum-
bered war refugees. A fund Of more
than 100000 and constant supply
Of clothes and bedding from home
have given them the means for it.
They maintain two general hospitals
at Sermaize, q maternity hospital at
Chalens, convalescent homes and
children's homes in the Vosges, a
home For cid ladies at ,Charnont, and
they are arranging to build a hospital
of 200 cottages for the tubercular in
the .JuraS. s~ee --ts. 80
That will be one part of their
house building. At present they are
building the portable kind. In fac
tories which they operate at Dole and
Ornans they make the familiar in
Interchangeable sections, and furniture
as we'll. from lumber supplied them
by the French government. And just
now they are producing and "bu'ld-
ing" about fifteen houses a week. But
later they expect to manufacture al
wholesale entire villages at a time
Washington Correspondence, Phila
. delphia Public Ledger
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-10-23

Italia GaribaIdi, niece of the ia
nous hberator, is running an army
ambulance in Italy.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-10-23
Tours in the Alps for Refugee
Children

A party on the Alps at an alti-
tude of $500 feet was given on Sept
ember 29th to 1000 children of refu-
gee families, by the American Red
Cross in Italy and the Italian Tour
ing Club. The Italian Club organic
ed the trip, supplied the automobiles,
and. requested contributions for re-
freshments and the luncheon for the
Children and the American Red
Gross helped finance the trip.
The National Committee of the
Touring Club is planning other trips
which will afford day of sunlight
and happiness in the bracing air OF
the Alps to the refugee children.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-10-23

Chairman Alfred I. du Pont of the
Allied Industrial corporation says
that the United States will emerge
from the war the richest country il
the world and New York, now the
money center, Will perhaps continue
SO forever. Over $10,OO0,OOO,000 is
owed to the United States by fore1gs:
countries, and the only way of get
ting back is to develop foreign trade.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-10-23
A NOVEL SHOWER BATH

The longer the wal lasts the wider
istthe scope for the inventive mind,
for necessity is the mother of inven-
ton and war is the foster-mother of
necessity. --.... ....
At the front comforts are few and
far betweens. and even necessities are
not always at hand. While the nee
essity Of bathing may be moot
question, the American has virtually
adopted tic sanitary side and misses
his bath.
Confronted with the usual lack of
bathing facilities on their sector, sew
eral members Of S. S. U. 535, by APP
plying little Yankee ingenuity, have
made very efficient and satisfactory
shower bath. Needless to say, it adds
greatly to the comfort of the whole
section.
The iuel is not patented, and the
generosity of the inventors makes 1t
possible for us to put it at the dis
posal of all. There is nothing COM
pick in the apparatus, so that every
section can have a first-class shower
with them at all times.
A 20 gallon can with faucet is
the main part of the water works. 1t
is placed upon a stretcher laid across
between two ambulances. For the
shower effect a tin can with holes
punched in the bottom is placed und-
err the faucet. A little hot or cold
water in the can, and the system is
ready for service.
Two shelter-halves keep out the
public gaze. We haven't tried it, but
all in all it sounds like very move.
and satisfactory sower bath.--The
Radiator Print, in France
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-10-23
Every Sensation.

The following is from letter writ
ten by a member of the United States
tank forces in France: 81 ran the
s;amut of all sensations from fear to
hatred, and the latter was what car
ried away. Any nation that fills the
bodies of the dead with bombs in Or
der. to kill the chaps that come out to
bury them, has no consideration from
me and that is what the Germans do,
among other things"
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-10-23

1" Often when the days work
was done, the settlers enjoyed them
selves on the green at the game of
bowls or talked over the news OF the
day, the while putting pipes Of fra
grant Virginia tobacco.
-C0i0nial Faaime5
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-10-23

Mrs. r. {. Macdonald Of Butte,
Mont, is Il democratic candidate for
Congress, on . platforms. declaring
for winning the war and the ap.
nointa2cnt Of women to at least half
Of The government Offices,
The tallcst tree. on record has been
{oIcd in southeast Australia. 3 1t
wa 4 cum tree All feet in height
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-10-23
Fire Clay Substitute.

The great resistance to heat of or
binary coal ash. has suggested the use
of this material for fire bricks in place
of fire clay. 1t Is claimed that a suit
able binder has been provided in a
new process, and several thousand ex-
detrimental bricks already made are
being tested, both as a fireproof build
ing material and as a furnace, lining.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-03
ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE

On Thursday Morning, 10 A. NJ, July
IL, 1918. at No. S19 North Second
Street, Harrisburg. Pa, John p Nor
gan, Administrator of the Estate of
Pa, deceased. will sell at public auc-
tion to the highest bidder or bidders
the following personal property be-
longing to said Estate:
Household goods, diamonds, and
iewelry.
On Friday Morning. July 12. 1918. in
front of the Court House, Harrisburg,
Pa, at 1890 a. M, the following Sc
curities
60 shares capital stock of Blough Mfg.
Co.. Harrisburg, Pa.
SO shares preferred stock Harrisburg
Light & Power Co.
10 shares capital stock Mechanics
Trust CO.. Harrisburg, Pa.
shares capital stock Central Guar
antee, Trust d Safe Deposit Co. of
Harrisburg, Pa.
80 shares preferred stock of Valley
Railways Co.
20 shares common stock of Valley
Railways Co.
25 shares preferred stock of Pressed
steel Car Co.
Five Hundred Dollar gold bonds of
Shawinigan Water and Power Co..
Montreal. Canada.
] One Thousand Dollar gold bond of
the United Gas & Electric Corpora
tion of Conn.
. One Thousand Dollar gold bonds of
the Rockford and .Freeport Electric
Railway Co.
Terms: Cash. The Administrator
article or articles from. sale IL in his
opinion no sufficient bid is offered.
JOHN p MORGAN,
Admin strator