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Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-03-14
r@EV NATIONAL ANTHEM
FOR TIE UNITED STATES

! The following are extracts from a
| letter received from Lieutenant c. F.
! Stekl, son Of Mr.. and Mrs. J. E. Stekl
of this city. The young man has been
| in France for several months, gOing
over with the famous rainbow division.
The letter is dated February IA and
runs:
Hurrah, Christmas has come at last.
| My box from home arrived today. 1t
I seems strange to celebrate Christmas
on Valentines Day, but we have been
having a real feast and celebration
since the box reached me.
The only trouble have to find with
I this mans army is that he has got too
good a bunch of cooks and feeds too
we'll at chow time. l don't wonder now
at the statement that the American
army is the best fed in the world. Oc-
casionally we have extras; for in
stance, the cure with whom we are
billeted came in and started lingo
about carnival and tarts. We got the
tart idea in no time, but had to be
shown about the carnival. 1t was
Shrove Tuesday or Mardi Gras. His
housekeeper baked an immense tart
for us, so we are going to have
carnival" Wish they came Oftener.
Our boys are working hard and are
cheerful in spite Of the heavy train
ing, coming back to town with song
on their lips. This can be shown
raedily by the following incident: A
A school mistress asked one Of her
children what the national anthem of
France was. The child replied, ''The
Marsellaise." When asked for the
anthem of the British she said, God
Save the King" Then the teacher
said, 'Do you know the national an
them of the United States?" The
child replied, Certainly = Cheer,
Cheer, the Gangs All Here" Can you
beat that?
| want to thank you for the lovely
box of chocolates you sent. You don't
know how much they were enjoyed.
I handed them out piece by piece, but
even then they were gone all too soon
You see we can't get real American
chocolates over here, and when We do
get them they are one of the greatest
luxuries. They were enjoyed from the
first piece to the last crum.
Your sincere friend,
LIEUT.. C. f. STEKL, D. r. G.
23rd Inf. A. P. o. No. 10.
Amer. Force, France.
Extracts from other letters received
yesterday from Lieutenant Stekl by
his parents, and dated Feb. 10, IL and
II, read as follows: went out for
a little target practice this afternoon
and am enclosing NV TARGET / shot
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-03-14
Short Notes FROM the Boys

Leon Kelley of Reedsburg, who is
at Waco, Texas, says it is pretty
lonesome when all you have to do is
to eat and sleep. He does not expect
discharge papers for about month,
but says he will be home some time.
Corporal Henry Buel0w of Reeds
burg, who is at Camp Merritt, N. j.,
says there are twenty-five in quaran-
tine there, and all that are in quaran@
tine are raising mustaches.
Walter Schultz Of Reedsburg, who
is at Camp Merritt, says that some of
the boys have been having the humps
but they are all better now.
Reinhold Rosenthal of Reedsburg
writes from Camp Merritt that he is
well and have things as handy as
at home, furnace heat lights, hot
and cold water and steel cots.
Arthur Rosenthal OF Reedsburg is
at Camp Merritt and says he would
like to stay there all the time, as it
would be pretty place in the sum-
mer time. 1t is on a hill with shade
trees all around.
Hugo Springbrunn of Reedsburg
writes from Waco, Texas, that the
weather is a fright down there. He
says he doesn't mind the rain, but
oh, you mud.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-03-14
Letter From Arthur Thayer,
Reedsburg

Mrs. William Thayer, Reedsburg,
received letter from her son, Arthur
Thayer, who is somewhere in Ireland
The young man was on the Tuscania
and says he did not get scratch. The
people in Ireland are very good to
them and he says the boys will not
forget them as long as they live.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-03-14
Within Sound Of Big Guns

Mr.. and Mrs. J. E. Battles have re-
ceived a letter from their son, Lloyd
E. Battles, which says he is now with
in sound Of the big guns in France.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-03-14
Glen Kleeber Of Reedsburg Gales
10 CoEors

Glen Kleeber of Reedsburg has re-
ceived his call to report for service
with Uncle Sam. He expects to leave
the last of this week for the aviation
station at Pensacola, Fla, where he
will be employed as an expert mechan-
ic. The young man has been connect
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-03-14

spite Of the hard times. We are hav-
ing an awful time buying things and
changing the money to English.
RALPH.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-03-14
Leaves Cagnp Grant

A card states that Leo Smith of this
city has left Camp Grant, en- route to
France.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-03-14

Horace knight Of Baraboo writes
from Lakewood, N. j., that he has
been having hard luck. The day he
left Waco he was taken sick, and when
examined it was found he had scarlet
fever. He, with Ladd, Bob West and
Tracy, were taken to the base hos
pital at Lakewood. There are four
hundred and fifty rooms in the hos
pital, and from two to six in a room
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-03-14

Corporal Harold Meyer Of Reeds
burg writes from Camp Merritt that
he has been sick and says that he
had the best Of treatment. He had
pleurisy and was later taken with
pneumonia.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-03-14

ed with the Townsend & Matcalf ga
rage in Reedsburg for some time.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-03-14

Victor Schaefer Baraboo. has writ
ten from Fort Leavenw0rth that he is
very busy. He has been engaged in
various duties, but hopes to get act
lively into his department soon.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-03-14

Extracts from other letters received
yesterday from Lieutenant Stekl by
his parents, and dated Feb. 10, IL and
II, read as follows: went out for
little target practice this afternoon
and am enclosing my target. shot
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1918-06-20
Hope Files an AIibi.

The Hope Dispatch, referring to
the damage to German text books in
the school there, says: We do not
believe any Hope business man was
mixed up in that vandalism. We do
not believe we have any such bust
ness men. If the people of Hope
wanted to do away with German in
our schools, we believe they would
say so and it could be done away
without any one committing a crime
in the name of patriotism. We
are informed by members Of the
school board that the matter Of
teaching or not teaching German
was not mentioned at the school
therefore the school au-
thorities" never refused to throw
German out of the schools"
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1918-06-20
MINISTER OF
COUNTY PASSED AWAY.

DR.. Edwin Locke. pioneer mem
Der of the Kansas conference of the
Methodist Episcopal church, and sec
rotary of the Methodist Episcopal
general conference, died at $50
o'clock last night in Topeka at this
Methodist Episcopal Home for the
Aged. Death was due to heart
disease, which resulted from Sc
we're attack Of pneumonia early last
January. For the past four weeks
Doctor Locke had been taking a
rest away from his pastor
ate at the London Heights Metho-
dist church at Kansas City, Kans.
All the members of his family were
at the bedside at the time of death.
Doctor Locke was born at Brook
Vile, Ind, February 8, 1857, and
came to Kansas in March, 1881. He
preached on a circuit in South Dick
inson for a time and had many
friends among the old timers.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1918-06-20
ABILENE NEWS.
This Case Has Hint for Many Re
Hector Readers.

An Abilene woman has used
Doan's Kidney Pills.
She has found them as represented
She wishes her neighbors to know.
She publicly recommends them.
No need to look further for a
tested kidney remedy.
The proof of merit is here and
can be investigated.
Profit by the statement OF Mrs.
II. Thompson. SOC N. Cedar street,
this city. She says: During cold
weather l suffered a great deal with
backache. These attacks warned me
my kidneys weren't as strong as they
should be. / used Doan's Kidney
Pills with good results. Since then
| have taken Doans at different
times, buying them from the Palace
Drug Co. Doan's have always made
my back easier and l am certainly
thankful for the relief I have had"
Price coo, at all dealers. Don't
imply ask for a kidney remedy
yet Doan's Kidney Pills-the same
hat Mrs. Thompson had. Foster
Co., Mfgrs., Buffalo, N. Y.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1918-06-20
NEW TELEPHONE WIRES
WILL AID THE SERVICE.

The workmen who have been re-
building the United Telephone line
from Enterprise to Abilene reached
town this morning. Big new poles
have been set over the entire line
and eight new copper wires added
These eight wires run to Junction
City where they are cabled to Camp
Funston and were added to accom-
modate the increased business of the
camp. 1t has been difficult to Sc
cure service into the camp for weeks
owing to the rush of government
business and this extra equipment
will relieve the condition. The
poles between Abilene and Enter
prise now carry 80 wires. Line
stringing is easier these days than of
old. Motor car power is used to
pull the wire and the work proceeds
rapidly. The new exchange build
ng at Enterprise which is being
Quilt by the company, j. H. Nc
Jurdy having the contract, is near
ng completion and will be complete
md convenient.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1918-06-20
JEAN BOIS is THE FRENCH
ORPHAN OF LINCOLN SCHOOL.

Miss Flora Snider. principal Of the
Lincoln school has received official
notice that the French orphan
adopted by the pupils of the school
is Jeen Bots; he was born May 7.
1911, and his address is, Tronchy
par Lessard, Brie, (Saone ct Loire)
France The children are doing a
fine action and will be interested in
the little French boy whom they are
helping.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1918-06-20
EMS T e for Soldiers and SAIL
Ora.
Aliens 7

The Plattsburg Manual advises all meA
in training to shake Foot Ease In eacn
shoe every morning. This protects the
iiaves the pain OF corns and bunions
and freshens the feet. Makes walking
easy. Sold everywhere
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1918-06-20
Smitll-White.

On Wednesday, at o'clock, at the
Presbyterian parsonage, Miss Iva
Lorena Smith, Solomon. and Arthur
Leroy White. Carlton. were married
Rev DR. F. S. Blayney officiating
They will be at home on a farm
south of Solomon.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1918-06-20

George Gordon, who stole S. S.
Smiths car, had his preliminary
hearing Thursday in Justice court
He was bound over to the September
term of the District court and his
bond was set at $4,000. He is in
Jail.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1918-06-20
Two Fingers OF.

Chas Landing, employed at the
Shadinger Printing Co., had two fin
gers cut off his right hand Thursday
afternoon in a buzz saw. Mr.. Lamb
ing was ripping a board at the Cen
trail Kansas Lumber Co., and acct
IDENTIFY got his hand into the saw.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1918-06-20
GOSSIP OF SOCIETY
Phone 95

Miss Helen Romberger had a de-
rlightful surprise Monday evening
by a number of friends in honor of
her fourteenth birthday. Refresh
ments we're served. Several pres
ents we're left TO remind her of the
day. The evening was spent in
playing games.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1918-06-20
hi Mothrrr only Know.

1rotbnr Crav'a Sweet PowdeTs TOT
ohnSren relieve feverishness, head
schs had stomach, teething DISORDER
move and regulate the bowels ene
stroy worms They break up eoIos "a
All druERists, csc. Sample free.
Addrsss, Mother Gray Co. Leroy NJ l.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1918-06-20

Shake Into Your Shoes
Ar for painful, smarting, tender, ner-
vona feet. II takes the sting out OF
earns and buni0fe. Used by the Amert-
can, French ana British troops oecau.S
a. takes the friction from the shoe am
freshens the feet .=.-
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1918-06-20
Murry-Kurtenbauck


An interesting wedding occurred
at the Catholic church Tuesday
morning at o'clock when Miss
Julia hurry, Abilene, and j. w.
Kurtenbauck, Horton, were married.
The impressive ring ceremony was
used and Immediately following the
wedding a delightful breakfast was
served at the brides home to a num-
Der of guests. Miss hurry is we'll
known in Abilene with a host OF
friends and has been manager of
the Abilene Steam Laundry for
number of years. After visit at
Wichita and Kansas City, the happy
couple will be at home at Horton.
The Chino, Cal, Champion has
the following regarding former
Dickinson county folks. Mr.. Leh-
mans many friends will be glad to
know he has recovered his health:
A very pleasant evening was enjoy
ed on June at the home OF Samuel
Lehman on West Riverside Drive,
the occasion being the tenth wedding |
anniversary of Mr.. and Mrs Leh-
man. Over forty friends gathered
at the home and spent a couple of
hours in social visiting, singing and
prayer, after which abundance of
cake and ice cream were partaken
Of Mrs. Lehman ware her wedding
dress and still looked very mucn like
a young bride. Numerous gifts were
left as memorials of the visit.
A very pleasant surprise was given
1T the home of J. E. Thompson on
West Second street, Thursday eve
ming. 1t proved to be rather
double affair in honor of Mrs. w.
Grover, of Beatrice, who has been
visiting her brother, F. B. Thomp
son, at this place. and also Mr..
Thompson and family of Beatrice,
coming to make their home in Abb
enc. About fifteen relatives were
present. Refreshments were served
md most enjoyable time was had.
1t a late hour the members of the
,arty proceeded homeward.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1918-02-09

OF today
Il has been recognized quite
generally that some such con
Cluslou u5 that now reached was
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1918-02-09

Because Of the world war. these
pages will become of more interest
and value with the passing Of
tim" Preserve them and form a
picture file of the world = most
important events.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1918-02-09

The presentation of this modern
"Photo-E ngravurc' pictorial re
! view is in keeping with the for
1 ward-looking policy of The Eve
I ming Herald and will be- published
every saturday.
The Cordova daily times. [volume] (Cordova, Alaska) 1914-1947, 1918-03-13
Of the electric riveter.

of the electric riveter
Uncle Sans participation in the
war was the signal for Gloucester's
reawkening even after the shad, which
used to seek its shores, had deserted
the nearby river channel. Two big
shipyards, completed about that time
by Norwegian interests. were i'm
mediately commandeered by the
United States government. They are
now turning out ships for the mer-
chant fleet, thirty-five per cent of
which has been contracted for in Del
aware shipyards.
Hundreds of prosperous workmen
in need of housing accommodations
caused a boom in Gloucester real es.
tate. Weather-beaten taverns, facing
The Cordova daily times. [volume] (Cordova, Alaska) 1914-1947, 1918-03-13
+ FAMOUS RACING TOWN
REVIVED BY INDUSTRY

GLOUCESTER, N. J., Feb. 20 (by
maill-From a somnolent country
town to one of the most active cen
ters of the governments shipbuilding
industry on the Delaware river sums
up the transformation which has been
wrought here by the war. The swish
of shad nets, which had been Glouces-
ter's main activity since the passing
of its famous race track twenty-five
years ago, has given away to the ring
The Cordova daily times. [volume] (Cordova, Alaska) 1914-1947, 1918-03-13

LONDON, Jan. (by maiD "A
newspaper free lance, an Englishman,
came into the office this afternoon
with a story to sell. 1t was an extract
from a sermon that, he said, is to be
delivered tomorrow by the Rev. ].
Fort Newton.
| DR.. Newton, who came to the City
temple recently from an Iowa church.
against the drink evil in London. Ac-
cording to the extract of the sermon
offered by the free lance he charges
that American soldiers are disgracing
/ themselves and their uniforms on the
streets of this city Conditions are 50
bad in this respect, he AYERS, that it
makes him hate London"
We told him we could not use the
story and he asked why. We told him
because it isn't true. Regardless of
that, urged the free lance, it would
be good story; it certainly would in
terest all America
We suggested that the inference
created by such a story would not only
interest, but would alarm all America
or, in any event, would alarm the
several thousands of mothers who
happen to have boys in uniform on this
side of the Atlantic. He intimated
/ fhof hof
that the responsibility rested solely on
Dr. Newton.
not accept that American newspaper
men in London looked at things exactly
that way We even hazarded a sugges-
tion that he wouldn't find one in Lon
don who would send DR.. Newtons SER
mon to America, since none of them
would consider it presented a true pic
ture of conditions here.
Most of US are quite familiar with
London's streets and with the haunts
Of the American soldiers who come to
the city. 1t is our business to be. We
haven't seen the deplorable situation
outlined by Dr.. Newton, not the sol
diers staggering in the streets, nor
| any of it. We've heard, on the other
hand, frequent comments on the exem-
plary conduct of our soldiers and sail
ors when in the city.
DR.. Newton's purpose, apparently
was to strengthen his argument
against permitting American grain to
come to England to be used for the
manufacture of liquor at time when
every bushel is needed for food This
argument scarcely needs the support
of misleading statement regarding
the conduct of American soldiers.
These and other things we told the
surprised news purveyOr and he took
his story and went away.
Jan. 6. DR.. Newton did deliver the
sermon-or, rather, he offered a spe-
cial prayer in connection with Inter
cession Day services at the City Tenn
pie; and it contained the paragraphs
offered us by the free lance. 1t can
not be told whether or not the latter
succeeded in selling the story of it to
any American newspaperman.
The Cordova daily times. [volume] (Cordova, Alaska) 1914-1947, 1918-03-13

the wide river, were renovated and a
frontier-like air of prosperity now per
meates the town. Officials here be-
lieye Gloucester will rapidly resume
its former Importance and prosperity.
Many active German officers are in
termed here and are daily witnesses of
the work in the shipyards nearby.
Most of the prisoners are marine of
ficers.
The Cordova daily times. [volume] (Cordova, Alaska) 1914-1947, 1918-03-13
Under The Camouf Iage
INTIMATE WAR EXPERIENCES AND
OBSERVATIONS OF
LOWELL MEELET
Omitted Staff Correspondent

tell that Mr.. Litvintoff is not at home
You ask for Mrs Litvinoff and are
taken to wait in a little room that APP
pears to be a mans study, there being
books about and a typewriter. Prom
inent among the books is a volume of
LOngfellow's poems.
Mrs Litvinoff proves to be woman
of about eighteen years, in appearance,
Bobbed hair, coal black, increasing her
seeming youthfulness A striking Rus
sian type you would tell yourself, if
you didn't happen to know she is an
English girl, niece to Sir Sidney Low.
1t is hard to reconcile her with the
role of an ambassadors wife. But then
it is also hard to conceive of this slen-
der lady as the author of Growing
Pains" and 1.-THE Questing Beast, ="
two books that made a sensation a few
years ago. Mrs. Litvinoff is the same
Ivy Low, author, who quit literature
cold after her first sensation and took
up housekeeping as the wife of a
young Russian clerk in one of the
British governments offices-the pres.
ent ambassador.
She doesn't know when NJ. Litvia
off will be at home
Next time you go you get as far as
the front door and are permitted to
see the baby kicking his heels in a
high-chair in the same little room at
the end of the hall, while Mrs. Lit
vinoff tells you again that her hus-
band isn't home. An she doesn't know
when he will be-
The third time you get as far as the
doorstep. The servant tells you the
same things Mrs. Litvinoff told you
before.
1t becomes apparent that seeing the
Bolshevik ambassador is no easier
than it used to be to see the British
ambassador in Washington in the days
before Bernstorff's sit-down-and-bave-
a-cigar system had compelled change
of attitude on the part of the B. A..
But the ambassador when you do
find him-downtown-isnt at all a
difficult sort of person. He is pleas
ant and unassuming. His manner Is
so natural and unaffected you feel
sure he has not changed any since
last week when he was a very private
citizen An average sized man with
the look of one who has spent most of
his years in an office and become soft
physically from lack of exercise, he
would go unnoted in any large crowd.
He has little resemblance to most Rus.
slams one meets His eyes and hair
are brown and so we're the clothes he
wore today.
There was nothing chilling in his
manner, but he carried an awful chill
in his mind. Like every other Ameri-
can in London was feeling enthusias,
tic about the Presidents speech and
was full of confidence regarding its
effect on the Bolsheviks.
What about it?' I asked Litvinoff.
That's were | got the chill.
THE question" he said, lis will it
help?"
He was afraid it would not help.
Why? Because it was war speech"
and what was needed was a peace
speech. However, he did concede that
in the event the German peace-makers
failed to agree with the Russian peace
formula Russia might fight.
The Cordova daily times. [volume] (Cordova, Alaska) 1914-1947, 1918-03-13

Jan. 7. There was considerable in
dignation in American circles today,
regarding DR.. Newton's prayer. Among
those taking issue with the minister's
differences were Ambassador Page and
Admiral Sims, both of whom have rea-
son to know conditions here. The form
er does great deal of looking about
in a quiet way and the question of
temptations placed in the path of
American soldiers is one he has given
a good deal of though to. AS for Ad-
miral Sims, If he leans in any direc-
ton in the matter of the behavior of
his sailors, he leans backward.
The Cordova daily times. [volume] (Cordova, Alaska) 1914-1947, 1918-03-13

Bargain Notice-For sale one four
foot fireproof safe, three National cash
registers. Address Prospector. Valdez
The Cordova daily times. [volume] (Cordova, Alaska) 1914-1947, 1918-03-13

In Holland they are proceeding to
kill one million of their dairy cattle
because they cannot get sufficient food
for them. A somewhat similar situa-
ton exists in Denmark.
The Cordova daily times. [volume] (Cordova, Alaska) 1914-1947, 1918-03-13

Use less wheat and meat. Buy local
foods. Serve just enough. Use what
is left
The Cordova daily times. [volume] (Cordova, Alaska) 1914-1947, 1918-03-13

LONDON, Jan. 9 (by maiD TO get
to the Bolshevik embassy in London
you take a bus for Edgeware Road,
ride out through Kilburn High Road,
up Shoot Up Hill and get off at Mill
Lane Branching off Mill Lane you
find Hillfield Road You count TWEEN
ty-five doors from the corner then and
the twenty-fith is the residence of the
ambassador, M. Litvinoff.
(Over here when you don't know a
mans front name you give him the in
itial NJ, presumably meaning Mon
sieur. Never have seen the ambassa-
dor labeled otherwise. Might have
askel him, but somehow one hates
to ask an ambassador what his first
name isl
house is exactly like all the others in
the block and all those facing it from
across the street They form, in each
case, parts of solid whole, no space
between each house, though brief
yard in front where frozen shrubbery
waits for the spring thaw. Two door
bells indicate that each house is oc-
cupied by two families, one upstairs
and one down
You push the bell above the name
"Litvinoff'' and a servant comes to