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Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-02-22

civilization were still checked by the long
prepared forces which are serving the
powers Of brutal domination. oppression.
barbarity. They knew that All effort was
still necessary. They wished TO give US
their help; and also their generous hearts
did not forget old historical memories.
while others forgot more recent ones.
They ignored nothing OF the circum-
stances Nothing had been concealed from
them-neither the length nor hardships Of
this war nor the violence of the battle,
nor the dreadfulness OF the new weapons.
nor the perfidy of the foe. Nothing stop
ped them.
They had accepted to lead a hard and
strenuous life; they had crossed the ocean
despite great peril: they had taken their
place on the front by our side; they have
fallen facing the foe, in n hard and des-
perate hand to hand fight. Honor to
them, Their families. their friends and
their fellow citizens will be rroud when
they learn OF their death.
Men, These graves, the first to Le dug
in our national soil, at but a short dis
lance from the enemy. are as mark OF
the mighty hand of our allies. firmly
cInging to the common task. confirming
the will of the people and army of the
United States to fight with us to q finish
ready to sacrifice as long as it will be
necessary. until final victory for the no.
blest of causes. that OF the liberty OF ma
ticns. the weak well the mighty.
Thus the death OF this humble cor
poral and OF these two private soldiers
appears to us with extraordinary grand
eur.
We will. therefore. ask that the mortal
remains Of these young men be left here.
be left to us forever We will inscribe on
their tombs:
Here lie the first soldiers Of the
United States Republic to fall
the soil of France for Justice and
Liberty
The passerby will stop and uncover
his head The travellers OF France, of the
allied countries. of America. the men Of
heart who will come to visit our battle
field of Lorraine, will go out Of their way
to come here to bring to these graves the
tribute of their respect and Of their
gratefulness.
Corporal Gresham. Private Enright,
Private Haydn the name of France. I
thank you. God receive your souls. Fare
we'll
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-02-22
GOOD TURNS BY SCOUTS.

Scouts returning from q parade on
Euclid avenue, Cleveland. O., observed
smoke coming from a clothing store.
The streets were filled with the crowds
that had been watching the parade.
Without hesitation four Of the scouts
stretched their ropes In front of the
burning building and had the crowd
held back and under control by the
time the engines arrived. The boys
were kept on duty until / 80 In the
morning.
Twenty-six troops Of boy scouts In
Des Moines. Ia, are collecting by wag-
on all the old shoe tops, suede leather
and discarded gloves from which vests
for soldiers will be made. One of the
vests made from CASTOR leather IL on
exhibition In the window Of q Des
Moines tailor.
Scouts were used In Schenectady 40
speedy couriers to carry returns from
voting booths to the city clerks ONCE
during the recent election. It Is said
the Official returns were never 20
promptly brought in.
Five boy scouts from Meriden, Conn,
under the direction Of the district 6re
warden. put out q IRE near Beaver
Pond. after about ten acres had been
burned over.
At the Southern State fair In At
lanta, Ga, scouts restored to their par.
ents 90 school children that had become
lost on the grounds and In tho build
ingh
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-02-22

The government Is reported to have
reached decision that three nails, or
wooden pins, used in shipbuilding must
be Of locust or eucalyptus. The black
locust will be the particular species
used.
1t Is announced that the Baltimore &
Ohio railroad has begun to install cleo
trio headlights on all Of its lOcomo-
tives. The improvement will be made
at the rate Of from IS to 100 engines a
month.
The United States bureau of fish,
cries has received complete revised fig
ures, showing the number Of fur seals
In the various categories In the Alas
kan herd as determined by the census
taken this season. The herd is shown
to have contained 468. 692 animals.
Persons In touch with the local mar
kets and who have received reports
from the largest vineyards, estimate
the wine-production Of Greece for 1917
at from 5,962. 900 to 6.625 900 gallons.
British India's sugar cane acreage
Is from 6 to 10 per cent larger this sea-
son than last, according to the second
omcial crop estimate for 1017.10
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-02-22
PARROT SCARES BURGLAR OFF
Raucous Voice From an Adjoining
Room Causes Negro to Take to
His Heels

Trenton. N. J.-Rebecca Girman was
reading comfortably in the parlor. She
heard stumbling. heavy footsteps on
the icy porch. and the bell jingled per-
emptorily.
As the woman opened the door in
response to the ring. a negro roughly
pushed her aside. flung pepper into
her eyes, and leveled an automatic
gun at her.
"Just one yell and I shoot!" he
warned her.
"What language! What language 7
Leave the room. leave the room in
stantly!" yelled a raucous voice in the
next room.
The negro obeyed in all haste and
has not been seen since. although the
police have been hunting for him, The
voice which frightened him away was
q parrot'a
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-02-22
SCOUTS AID THRIFT STAMPS

Oscar A. Price, director Of publicity
for tho treasury department, writes ma
tiOnal headquarters Of the Boy Scouts
Of America as follows:
81 am delighted to learn that your
executive board has favOrably acted
upon the request Of the treasury de-
partment for the cooperation of the
members of the Boy Scouts Of America
In connection with the plans Of the
treasury department to raise $1,000
100000 through the sale Of War Saw
ings stamps.
1.-THE splendid results Of the coop
Grafton Of the Boy Scouts of America
In Liberty loan No. I and Liberty loan
No. have impressed upon the treas
ury department the strength and value
of your organization for services Of
this new undertaking.
1.-The greatest opportunity for service
will possibly be along advertising and
publicity lines by cooperation with the
local committees now being organized
in every part Of the country. A spe-
cial primer Of suggestions and instruc-
tons is being prepared for use by the
Boy Scouts of America.
"Please congratulate your officials
and through them each member of the
Boy Scouts of America upon their
splendid achievements In the two Lib
erty loans"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-02-22
TO DO RELIEF WORK
Red Cross Trains Women for
Civilian Service.
Series Of Institutes In Home Science
to Fit Them as Social Serv-
Ice Workers.

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. training and
efficient service are the keynotes Of
the civilian relief work which has just
been inaugurated throughout the coun-
try by the American Red Cross.
Contrary to the popular belief that
most of the Red Cross is being done by
unframed volunteer workers, the lat
est venture Of the organization is char
acterized by a series of Institutes in
home science for the purpose Of train
ing women to do social service work
among the families Of our fighting men,
Financial aid for the families Of
our soldiers and sailors is only small
part of the problem which these fam
lilies will have to face" said Mrs. Wal
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-02-22

]. POmerey Of Hammersmith. Eng
land, the inventor of the POmerey bull
let which has been used with great sue
cess in combating Zeppelins. Hereto
fore one difficulty in fighting the giant
German airships was the impOssibility
Of penetrating and destroying the huge
gas bags with the prOjectiles in use.
Mr.. Pomerey's new bullet is Of an en-
tirely different type and was put to an
actual test during a recent air raid on
London. The bullet proved to be high
ly successful and the big air raider
fell, a flaming mass, to the ground.
This photograph shows the inventor
end his little daughter Mary. who is
holding a model Of an airplane on
which Mr.. POmerey is working.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-02-22
IN A NUTSHELL

There are probably more natural
bridges in America than in any 9TH
er country. Rainbow, the largest In ex-
istence. is 3OS feet high. Its span Is
six times as great as that Of the Ma
tural Bridge of Virginia. Utah has
three of these natural bridges that are
Of higher and greater span than any
other natural bridges In the world.
The business of brewing beer. which
ranks second in importance among
German industries, Is in a bad way.
and, according to the Berliner Tage-
blatt, so drastic have become the Sc
strictive measures of the authorities
In the matter of labor and material
that the future is looked forward to
with the gravest apprehension.
The American housewife carries
around a bag Of clothespins when
hanging out her washing. while the
Chinese twists two clotheslines together
and thrusts the corners Of the washing
between the two strands, where they
are held firmly.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-02-22
1880 NURSES NEEDED

corps Is about $500. Increasing the
enrolment by nearly 1000 per cent in
year is the task confronting the
corps.
Daily numbers Of nurses are being
called for to meet immediate needs
in army hospitals In the United States
and for duty overseas. The pres
ent rate Of enrolment does not meet
the demands. Hospitals at National
Guard and National army camps still
need 81 nurses to bring the quotas Of
all up to the minimum considered
necessary-65 each.
In order to get the enrollments up
to the needed number some of the re-
quirements heretofore imposed are be-
ing waived. According to estimates Of
the nursing committee Of the general
medical board of the council Of nation
al defense, there are between $4,000
and $4,000 registered nurses In the
country and about 100000 other gradu-
ate and practical nurses.
Just as soon as immediate needs Of
cantOnment hospitals have been cared
for a reserve of 100 nurses will be or
ganized for emergency service in the
United States. Lakewood hotel, Lake
wood, N. j., has been leased by the
government for use as a general hospi-
tai for the army and provisions will
be made for housing the reserve nurs-
es there. This hotel has not yet been
turned over to the war department,
but will be in a week or so. The nee
essary alterations will be made as soon
as practicable and the 100 nurses for
the reserve will be needed in addition
to the permanent nursing staff Of the
hospital.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-02-22
TELLS OF BURIAL
OF i. s. SOLDIERS

corps commander. arrived and took
position.
THE troops presented arms and the
French field music and band played
a funeral march. The chaplain per-
formed the religious ceremony at the
graves. Then General Bordeaux adj
vanced TO the center of the square and
addressed the troops and then the
dead. A copy Of his address is at
tached.
The company of United States in
fantry fired three vOlleys and its trum-
peter sounded taps. All the troops
were then marched by the graves. sa-
luting as they passed. General BOr-
deaux and his staff advanced to the
graves, saluted and departed.
Throughout the ceremony at the
graves French batteries from their po-
sitions, fired minute guns. over the
village at the German trenches.
"The entire ceremony was most i'm
p-essivs."
French Commanders Tribute.
The address of General Bordeaux in
part was as follows:
In the name of the Eighteenth division.
in the name Of the French army, and In
the name of France. I bid farewell to
Corporal Gresham, Private Enright and
Private Hay Of the Sixteenth infantry.
American army.
OF their own free WILL they had left
their happy and prosperous country to
come over here. They knew that the war
continued in Europe: they knew that the
forces fighting for honor. love. Justice.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-02-22

families to be served and bring them
into touch with the community re-
sources which can help to strengthen
family life. Trained workers will be
required to cope with the abnormal
situation in which the war has placed
the wives and children of the men at
the front"
The Red Cross Institutes consist of
six weeks course which follows a
syllable prepared by Porter Lee of the
New York School of Philanthropy.
Particular emphasis is placed by
Mrs. UffOrd upon the value of the
work outlined in the syllabus, not only
to relieve the stress Of war difficulties.
but to meet the needs of reconstruc.
ton that Is to follow the war. Only
through scientific effort, Mrs. Ufford
believes. can an adequate attempt be
made to readjust the economic and So
cial relationships when disabled SOL
diers and sailors come back from the
front.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-02-22
GENERAL BYNG A SCOUT.

Boy scouts in this country are much
interested in hearing that General
Byng. who cracked the Hindenburg
line, is one Of the foremost scoutmas-
tiers in England.
1t was General Byng who, nine or so
years ago. first instructed James A.
Wilder, the famous author, traveller
and Boy Scouts of America leader In
the elements of the scout movement.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-02-22
New Way to Hooverlze,

Milwaukee.-"I was trying to Hoov-
erize." That was the explanation CIV
en- by Ignatz POltoiski when hailed into
court on the charge of stealing meat
from packing company. He said he
had only taken pound. but IS pounds
Of meat were found in his home. His
explanation didn't satisfy the court, so
he was fined SIS.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-02-22
FOOD COST HIGH IN vienna
average Retail Price ls 211 Per Cent
Higher Than In July,
1914.

London.-Retail food prices in VI
emma average 211 per cent higher
than in July, 1914, according to infor-
nation received here. The heaviest
Increase occurred in fatty foods, lard
being 636 per cent, bacon and mar
garine each 500 and butter 400 per
cent dearer. The smallest advances
occurred In sugar and rye bread, which
are 81 and 6S per cent dearer respec.
lively.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-02-22
Wooden Leo for Cow.

Pine Bluff, Ark. E. Campbell,
veterinary surgeon of this city. is pre-
pairing to put a wooden leg on a three
year-old cow owned by NJ. Edwin Bry-
an Of this city. The COW was struck
by an automobile on the Dollarway
and her left hind leg was crushed. The
owner priced the COW so highly that
he has arranged for amputation of the
injured leg and q willow peg" Win
replace Il
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-02-22
Laying Il on Thick.

Beryl had been told many times that
she was pretty, but she wanted to find
out just how pretty the man who mat
tered thought her.
do you think any Of the other girls
in the Office are as pretty as l amT
she questioned.
"NO," he answered judicially, "and
I don't think one could assemble
enough features from the entire crowd
to make a girl as pretty as you are"
That satisfied her.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-02-22
RETURNS SALUTE;
NOT ENTITLED TOIT

Camp Mills, l.. Recently
noncommissioned officer of
popular contingent here was
mistaken by a new recruit on
sentry duty. who saluted him.
The noncOmmissiOned officer, ig-
nOrant that his colonel was near
by. returned the salute. Next
morning he was ordered to re-
port to the colonel. where he was
asked why he returned the sa-
lutte when he, the "noncom."
knew he was not entitled to ii.
Sir" he answered, II al
ways return everything 1 am not
entitled to-"
The colonel dismissed him.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-02-22
Keen bitches Omen

Broad and shallow bitches with nat
slopes constructed with a uniform
grade are better than deep, narrow
bitches constructed with steep banks.
Give attention to keeping the bitches
open.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-02-22
1000 Per Cent Increase Is
Sought by Government.
Nurses Being Called for Duty to Meet
Needs Of the United States
Army.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS thousand
five hundred nurses will be needed in
the army nurse corps of the medical
department, according to present esti-
mates based on an army Of 100000
men. The present strength Of the
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-02-22
WHAT7 BAKE BEANS SANS
PORK7IT CAN'T BE DONE

Boston. After acQuiescing
In 'meatless Tuesdays and FRI
days" and "lightless Thursdays
and Sundays" the housewives
Of this city are rebelling against
"porkless Saturday" They are
willing to forego roasts Of pork.
chops and ham and even bacon,
but
How can one cook the famous
Puritan standby. baked beans,
without the generous cut Of pork
snugly nesting in the dish?
II can't be done. So baked
beans with the pork graces
MANY a supper table these Sat-
urday nights. and they will right
along until Washington sets its
inventing geniuses to work solv-
ing the question Of porkless
baked beans.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-02-22
General Pershing Sends Official
Report of Funeral of Amer
lean Heroes.
tribute BY French GENERAL
Surround Grave as General Bor-
deaux EuIogizes Dead-Sug-
gests Monument Inscription.

Washington, d. C.-The war depart
ment has received from General Per
shlng copy Of the record describing
the funeral services for the three
American soldiers who were killed In
the Germans first trench raid against
united States troops on November 3.
Inc papers bear the following indOrse-
ment from Major General William L.
Sibert:
Forwarded recommending that the
request OF General Bordeaux to have
the remains Of the men left at Bathele-
mont be favOrably considered"
Inc record. including the address Of
General Bordeaux. in part says:
by command Of General Bordeaux,
french division. the bodies of Corporal
gresham, Private Enright and Private
hay, company F. Sixteenth infantry,
we're inferred with religious and mill
tary ceremony at Battlefront on the
afternoon Of November 4.
lmprovised Altar Used.
An altar was improvised and elabo-
rately decorated In the village. The
chaplain Of a French regiment con-
Quoted the church services.
FOLLOWING the church ceremony the
cortege proceeded to a field adjacent
to the village and formed on three
sides of a square. the bodies being
placed In front of the graves on the
fourth side. An American flag, pro-
vided by the French. had been placed
over the caskets.
AT two o'clock General Bordeaux.
accompanied by his full staff, his in
fantry. artillery and engineer chiefs
and a representative Of the French
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-02-22
A Dairy Mistake.

Buying cows and selling them as fast
as they stop milking never built up
a high-class dairy business. The city
milk producer IL not true dairyman:
he Is more . Spectator In feeds and
eowe
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-02-22
A Sure Tin.

MY friend told me when he took
me out In his new machine that he
was going to give me a tip on auto
MODELLING"
swell, did hep
"Sure; he upset me in q ditch"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-02-22
Social Amenitiea

Refined Citizen (met by an undesir.
able acQuaintance)-Excuse me: !
know the face but I can't place you.
Undesirable Acquaintance - You
mean you know the place. but you
can't face me-
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-02-22
J. PAT RopDY.

Ss mi HVOOvs
Congressman Selects This Knoxville
(Tenn.) Scout Who Gold 1e2 Liberty
loan eondo. +
As prizes for selling Liberty Loan
bonds, Congressman r. w. Austin Of
fered an appointment to West Point
to the scout selling the largest number
Of bonds in Knox county. Tennessee.
and an appointment to Annapolis to
the scout selling the largest number
outside Of that county in his district.
Scout ]. Pat Roddy, a first class
scout Of troop No. 8, Knoxville, aged
fourteen, sold 1872 bonds and wins the
chance for West Point. Scout John
Carriger, Jr., Of troop No. A Of Norris
town, Tenn, sold 800 bonds to 1876 in
dividuals and wins the navy appoint
ment.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-02-22
Can Remove Birthmarks.

Birthmarks and other superficial
grOwths that defied chemicals have
been removed with radium by English
experts.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-02-22
riremen Haul Coal.

OcOntO. Wis.-This city saved money
on its coal bill recently by getting the
fuel at almost cost and then having it
hauled by the fire department.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-02-22

ter S. Ufford, head of the District of
Columbia Civilian Relief department
Of the Red Cross. There is an urgent
need for trained community workers
who can analyze the problem Of the
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-02-22

Some spinsters do not believe In
taxing BACHELORS they believe In nail
ing than
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-02-22

Bristol. England. factories In 1915
made 100000 pairs Of army bootA
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WEST VERNON,

Frank Miller returned from West
Union Tuesday. He was accompanied
by his nephew, Edward Miller.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Fish entertai'.ed
relatives Monday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Drtina were en-
tertained by relatives Sundsy.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. Eldridge and daugh-
tiers entertained friends Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Gesell and son spent
Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. John Geseli
and family, of kidgeway.
VIM. Woods is the proud possessor of
a Grant Six. Now William will sure
want the roads IN good shape.
Mrs. VIM. Grove and family enter
tanned company Sunday.
julius Shrader and family spent Sun
day at Joe Lickteig's.
Mrs. A. Gesell spent Friday at the
Eldridge home.
Ed Dotzler and family entertained
company Sunday.
A number of relatives were enter
tanned at the f. Fish home Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Amos Doolittle, Mrs.
A. DeGroote and daughter and Mr.. and
Mrs. Peter Schneider called at the A.
Schneider home Sunday.
Anna Lusson is assisting her sister,
Mrs. Ed Bouska, and caring for her
new neice.
Mrs. F. Bouska and son entertained
relatives Sunday.
VIM. Woods and family and Eliza.
beth Grove spent Sunday at the Rim
home. 3D.
A number of people were entertain
ed at the E. Bouska home Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. Sebastian and son
Donald were entertained by relatives
Sunday.
Frank Lickteig and family spent
Sunday among relatives.
George DeGroote and lady friend
were seen riding through the burg en-
route for-ask George where.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Dell and family
entertained relatives Sunday.
Sorry to note VIM. Grove is not gain
ing as rapidly as his friends wish to
see him.
Glad to note Mr.. Drilling is improv-
ing as rapidly as can be expected.
VIM. Reinhart and family spent Sum-
day with relatives.
Mrs. Geo. Adams and daughter spent
Thursday with home folks.
F. Drilling and family entertained q
number of relatives Sunday.
Mrs. P. Minear drove through our
burg Sunday.
Mott Schneider and family called on
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Adams of Bonair
Wednesday.