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The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1918-08-17
Find Old Cistern

Laborers excavating Park street.
Ashtabula, o., prior to the construc-
kion of new pavement, discovered a
cistern, thought to be 100 years old.
extending nearly the entire width of
khe street. II was more than 30 feet
deep, and was walled In with stones
and rude masonry.
The finding of the cistern seriously
upset the plans Of the excavators and
1T .wpe necessary to Ill In the entire
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1918-08-17

space before the work could be con-
tinued. The oldest residents do not
recall when the cistern was In use, or
what purpose 1t served In the COM
munity. However, at Lake and Park
streets stands an old house, built no
one knows when. and II is the suppo-
sition that the cistern was used In con-
nection with that structure In days
long gone by.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1918-08-17
Four New Heels.

women's shoes Of this season have
four distinct heel fashions--the college
heel, which is nat: the military heel,
distinctly masculine; the Louis heel.
high and slender, and the always IA
vorite Cuban heel, moderately high and
very sensible.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1918-08-17

New York.-FashiOns are rarely
fixed, but never have they seemed TO
fiuctuate more fuently and perversely
than now. 1t does not need Il Diogenes
with lantern, asserts Il foremost fash
ion writer. TO find the reason for this
condition. Certain raw materials are
lacking; labor grows scarcer every mo
nent. although 1t shouldn't with 20
many women to be employed, and the
designers put out in the morning what
ever they dream of ut night.
To the observer these days are fas-
chatting. To the woman who thinks
she has settled the question of clothes
for IN entire season by buying her cos
tunes at the beginning of It, the situ-
alton Is not only perplexing but irri-
tating.
Ii is quite useless for the world to
go against human nature by preaching
Standardization o: apparel or food. We
will not eat the same dishes three
times a day 365 days in the year, and
we will not wear the same gown ten
hours 1. day for twelve months. IL we
can't get raw materials to diversity our
food and apparel. mt least we can slim
ulate the appetite and the eyes by mix
ing what we have into new forms.
Everyone Plays on Fashions.
Viewed from the arplane point of
view. 1t looks as IL the entire world
Of women will attempt to bring out
something new In clothes for them
selves or for their neighbors.
This does not mean that they have
ceased to work for the Red Cross. 1t
only means that such work has in
tensified their desire to dress well be-
fore the public, and has brought them
into such an active current Of air that
they see new things and think Of them
with brains that might have been al
most atrophiedN from inaction before
the war. Stimulate brain in one d.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1918-08-17
Pin Iuoks In Evidence.

Fine pin tucks are noticeable fea-
ture Of some Of the cloth coats that
are part of two-piece suits Of tine
fabric.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1918-08-17

Net bands instead of lace insertion
are used for trimming some Of the
new combinations and nightgowns.
The net Is sometimes fastened In with
pink or blue threads.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1918-08-17

Black jet and white seed beads uset
in combination for new handbags pro
duce a smart and artistic accessory.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1918-08-17

On a georgette blouse nothing looks
better than hand hemstitching. which
II a. different from the machine-made
product a. night u from day.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1918-08-17

Less Than Cost Price.
One Of the worst things that can
happen to girl IL to get credit which
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1918-08-17

Il ONLY American children
could know how the chill
dren of Italy love them as
far-away brothers and SIS
ters-well, here is a true
story from Turin, Italy. for
girls and boys back home.
IL Inrt trlln nf In rim 10
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-06

White Sale SheetS and CaStS
 63xeo Genuine Pepperell Sheets $1Oo 72x9O Genuine Pepperell Sheets SLID 81x9O Genuine Pepperell Sheets $1l9 90x90 Genuine Pepperell Sheets .....$ $1.25 81xoe Linen Finish Sheets extra length .$1.2O 21x9O Wearwell Sheets best made .......>.$1.25 63x9O Hemstitched Linen Finish Sheets $1.O5 42x36-nch Cold Medal Pillow Cases 22Hc 45x36-nch Linen Finish Pillow Cases, large hems 200 45x36-nch Linen Finish Cases, hemstitched .. .22Ac 45x36-nch Postex Tubing, best made. .z9c
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-06
36x4O-in. Curtain MarquiSette

n quality Marquisette
  finish. goods worth 35c all from full pieces Special yard ASC
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-06

A new line of children's pret- ty White Spring Dresses: made of handsome materials, trimmed in round thread and var laces. baby tucks and rib bons; sizes 6 months to 1 and years--2 to 6 years. All the pretty Spring styles.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-06

The February White Safe offers two cases of the finest Gabardine Skirting made, bought nearly a year ago; comes in 10 6-yard lengths plenty of 3, 31a and 4-yard cuts for skirts. Per
 feet mill remnants, the wholesale cost of most of these skirtings is more than soc yard; wise buyers will lay in good supply of this staple; the lot includes Plain and Fancy Gabardine. Herring bone and other staple weaves; cannot be matched in city for less than 59c to 75c yard. while the 2E~ lot lasts OOS
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-06
35c and 39c White Goods Special, Yd. at

Two large tables of 36 40-in White Skirtngs lundred full pieces The lot includes genuine Faxon
 tripes and checks Gabardne Skirtings and other
 told the town at 35c and 3ec Special yard
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-06

A pretty assortment of White
 Underskirts. tucked, lace and embroidery trimmed; sizes 1 to l4 years. February EO- White Sale ........... OV(
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-06

A good assortment of Chill dren's Muslin Drawers, tucked, lace and embroid- cry trimmed; sizes 2 to IS ysIns:. ysars; ssc at 39c
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-06
Ladies' Corset
 Covers 59c

A pretty line of Muslin Gowns, low neck and short sleeves; lace and tucked trimmed: sizes 2 to 14 years.
The courier-index., 1918-03-29
Weekly War News Digest

nal diseases, stimulating the pro- duction of live stock, and encourag ing the conservation and utili- zation of meat, poultry, dairy and other animal products; $911 300 for the prevention, control and eradi- cation of insects and plant diseases, and the conservation and utilization of plant products; $2.368,958 for ex- tending and enlarging the Market News Service of the Bureau of Mark cts, preventing waste of food in storage, in transit or held for sale, giving advice concerning the market movement or distribution of perish able products, making inspections or certification regarding the condition of perishable agricultural products and gathering information in connec- tion with the demand and for the production. supply, distribution and utilization of food; and $1,080,980 for dealing with the farm labor prob lem, enlarging the international work of the department. printing and dis tribution of emergency leaflets, post CTS and other publications. and ex- tending the work of the Bureau of Chemistry, the Bureau of Entomol- ogy. and the Bureau of Biological Survey.
The courier-index., 1918-03-29

grain districts in the Northwestern States are buying advertising in newspapers, urging consumers to save food.
 There is no federal legislation regulating the playing of the national anthem, but some states have statut- es forbidding playing it as part of a medley.
 Although bakers who use less than three barrels of folur and meal a month are not required to secure food administration license, recent rule gives them the right to come under license.
 The service flag" is not official, but it's general use is encouraged by
The courier-index., 1918-03-29
Enoland and Italy Reduce Shoe Price
 By Standardization

By Standardization
 There has already been drop in the prices charged by retailers for footwear in England in view of the Governments action in placing on the market standardized shoes made at controlled rates of profit, accord ing to a report to the United States Department of Commerce.
 At a recent exhibition of war time" boots 39 samples were shown, ranging from heavy boots for carters and laborers to shoes for ordinary street use, and children's shoes. Prices range from S206 $6.38 pair. The shoes are made entirely of leather and the retailers price, is stamped on the sole.
 Italian shoe factories are manu- featuring standardized shoes, using leather furnished by the government, which controls the system of sales to the public.
 In England. the manufacture of standard cloth for mems suits has made rapid progress, A patterns be- ing included in the first goods shown. As now planned, provision is made for 75O.OOO to 100000 suits ready for delivery from June to August The project may later include pro- duction of certain classes of cloth for women's wear, with gradually widening range of production under government standardization.
 Agricultural Department Shows Range
 of War Emergency Work
 Of the total of nearly $20,O00,O00 asked for war emergency activities by the department of agriculture 1t is proposed to use $8.000.000 for the purchase and sale of seed to farmers for cash at cost; $6.100.000 for the development of the cooperative agri- cultural extension work in coopera- tion with the state agricultural col leges: $1.269.655 for combating, ami
The courier-index., 1918-03-29
NOTES ON THE WAR

The sale of British and Irish wool to persons other than those author ized by the government have been forbidden.
 The new submarine fighters which are being built at the Ford plant will be known as Eagles" and will con- stitute the Eagle class of boats.
 Arrangements are being made to keep a complete record of all Indians who serve in the army or navy dur ing the war.
 Wheat farmers in some of the
The courier-index., 1918-03-29

the government. It has been uat, ed by private parties. The matter } having a service flag not so m| trolled is under consideration.
 Sales of war savings stamps h,n run as high as s3,O00,OO0 day. mil amount provides the treasury Vii about one tenth of the entire anon now being expended by the nation N the war. While $3,000,O0O is orb 1, cents a day for every man, wunu and child in the country, the enth cost of the war is 90 cents per a, ita a day.
The courier-index., 1918-03-29

Leake 6 Wells, general trands wood and coal. We move anyth1 loose at both ends. Phones 1s u 166.
The courier-index., 1918-03-29
to Check Disease Near Camps

" 9ttGGN 0tSCGS( sN~Us ~H'tFS
 An investigation for the purpose of improving methods of prevention and control of communicable disease, especially near army camps, is being made by the Unitel States Public Health Service The work will relate largely to the standardization. and preparation of serums.
 The first serum to be studied will be that used in cerebrospinal menin- gitis, which has lately been prevalent in camps
 Russian Developments Worry Editors
 of German Newspapers
 Translations of editorial comment in the German press, made public today by the committee on public in formation, include the following from the Berliner Tageblatt:
 "The terms of the ultimatum to Russia will please even the most un- relenting advocates of violence It would be interesting to hear Hertl- ing. who accepted Wilson's second principle that people are not to be bartered about from sovereign to sovereign, explain just what differ ences exist between the political methods of the past and those of today. It may be conceded that to- day the German Reichstag is inform ed of coming changes, but not until the matter has been settled without it. We all hope this policy will bring peace and prosperity. but we cannot conceal our anxiety at the birth of these new states
 &*-s
 Vast Amount of Food Goes to Allied
 Countries from United States
 Statistics compiled by the food ad- ministration show that the grand total of all food exported to the four allies-the United Kingdom, France. Italy and Russia-from July 1, 1914, to January 1, 1918, would furnish complete yearly rations fer 57,10O,933 adult persons, with surplus or protein capable of supplying this DOT tion of the diet for 22.194,57O ad- ditional men.
 Since the beginning of the war the United States has averaged to supply the allies with food enough each year to support 16,314,552 persons, and with an excess of both protein and fats sufficient for several million more. The total exports of wheat and wheat flour to the three principal allies, Russia getting but very small per cent of the whole. were equivalent to about S4,000000 bush els. or an average of about 10000 900 bushels year. Of this total amount the United Kingdom got 145.348,OOO bushels of wheat and 8.512.OO0 barrels of wheat flour; France got 79,79S,OOo bushels of wheat and 5,462 900 barrels of wheat flour; Italy S7,136,O0O bushels of wheat and 1,895OOO barrels of wheat flour. Russia received only 130.OOO bushels of wheat and 25,0O0 barrels of wheat flour
 The total exports of pork products were nearly 2,0O0,000,000 pounds. yearly average of about 570,OOO.OO hounds. The total sugar exports were over 2.269, 100000 pounds, yearly average of about 64S.0O0,0 ,000. Of corn there was exported 23.332,000 bushels oats. POT ,9S1 .OO0; rye, 3.4070O0.
The courier-index., 1918-03-29

Public Health Service Studies Means
The courier-index., 1918-03-29
No Need for Agents in Placing Clam
 for War Risk Insurance


 Soldiers. sailors. or their bene- ficiaries. under the soldiers and salF ors insurance law need not employ attorneys or claim agents to collect the insurance, according to the Treas ury Department. Circulars have re- gently been sent out by claim agents and attorneys offering to assist per sons entitled to the benfits of tnis insurance in collecting their claims
 The procedure for the presenta- tion and collection of insurance claims is simple. Blanks may De secured from the Bureau or War Risk Insurance at Washington. The name of the person in service wno was killed or injured, and the reia- tionship which he bore to the person making the claim should De gwen
The courier-index., 1918-03-29

making the clam SnOuiu pe S'On' War Trade Board Finds German Sub
 marines Directed at Neutrais
 Germany's war leaders are using the submarines to prevent fulfillment of America's agreement to feed anu relieve European neutrais. according to a statement by the War Irade Board. It says:
 "A mass of cumulative evidence and indications in the possession oi the War Trade Board shows that Germany is employing the submarine menace to prevent neighbor neutra's receiving any food or favors at the hands of the United States ana us associates in the war, and to coerce through starvation and politics ana economic dependence upon Germany quite as much as to strike at the communncations of its opponents rarmany,s ostensible aim Tn pro claiming the ruthless submarine cah'- paign.
 "Further indications tend to show that the submarines are Deing useu Ne.~ along similar dog og-in-the-manger iiness to destroy neutral shipping without regard to it's employment
 ~&ss
 increase In Meat Animals m wear
 Over e,ooo,ooo
 Reports based on figures from the Department of Agriculture show that January 1, 1918, the number Of meat animals in the United States was greater by more than e.ooo'Ooo head than it was in January 1, 1917 The number of inspections for slaughter indicate a decrease in consumption.
 The summary shows the total mum her of cattle in the United States January |, 1918. was 66.SsoOoo, an increase 1,247, ,OOO head over inc same dav the year before. Hogs increased 3.7s1 900 head. or 5.7 per cent. Tne increase in sheep was 1,2S4,eOO head or 2.7 per cent.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-25

London Sept 24.-Priep, the main base of the routed
Bulgarian armies Macedonia thirty miles northeast OF
onast has been entered by French cavalry the Paris war
Office announced tonight.
All the hetweea the region north of Menastlr and
Beasca range the Bugarans in Wild panlcky flight
With them picked German units including the eleventh dlv1-
sion, which to the day, retreatng
German officers Infatuated by the collapse of King Ferdl-
nands main forces, trying vanly to inject the much
Wanted Pussan discipline into their desparng comrades in
But the wholesale executions Of would be deserters only
add TO the panic.
Tanks for the first time used in that distant theatre of
the striking added terror into the hearts of the fleeing
Bugars.
The campaign has been carried into Bulgaria British
cavalry dashng toward Smnltza fifty five miles northwest
of Saon From north Of Monasr to the eastern edge Of
the Beasca ridge the front along which the Bulgars have
been rout the distance fully hundred miles
Nearly dozen important towns and villages have been
cuped by the pursuing aesFrench, Serbs Italians, Brit
ish and Greeks-in the last twenty -four hours
The number of prisoners is hourly increasing.
The booty is so large it cannot yet be enumerated I'M
quantities of food gasoline and numbers of automobiles
and air1oanes have fallen to allies
The Serbans alone have advanced sixty miles since the
drive started and have taken 10000 prisoners and 14O
Among the latter three giant railway cannon.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-25

New York, Sept 24.-Secretary
of the Treasury McAdoo addressed
n large gathering tonight of the
members OF the Liberty Loan Or
CARNATIONS and workers of the
second Federal Reserve district ut
Carnegie hall. Secretary McAdoo
said:
THE fourth Liberty loan is the
greatest yet offcrcd--six billions
a colossal sum in itself. n sum so
great that ii il difficult for the hui
man mind TO measure Ii or to con-
ceive of its vast power when
TRANSMITTED into American might
and thrown into the hattie scale
in France.
New York's allotment is
1850, 900, 900. or 80 per cent. OF
the entire loan. You have the
privilege. the opportunity of gio-
rious service in connection with
this work 1t IL no less an essen
tiat part of war operations than
actual fighting on the front, nj
though il involves no similar
measure of sacrifice and carries
with IL no comparable share OF Ia
nor ana SNHfflHg.
w lille no one thing will win
this war. certain things are basic
To the war and therefore. are of
outstanding importance. The
treasury OF the United States is
basic, to the war. There Is no ac-
tiyity OF the government engaged
In war work. and there are few
activities Of private enterprise en-
gagged In war work, which do not
ultimately transmntc their re
quirernents into demands upon the
United States treasury. The treas
ury must at all times he prepared
to meet those demands, which
inyaria hiy=t take lae form OF
money yments-
Treasury Must Have Casr1.
Unless the treasury Is strong
enough 10 answer every call In
ssantIy and In full. the essential
war induss rics OF the nation MAY
he arrested or slowed down. the
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-25
FRENCH CAVALRY ENTER PRuEP AS BULGARS FLEE
ALLIES AIDED BY TANKS, ADVANCE ON 100-NlIE FRONT
RICHMOND DISTRICT TO RAISE $280,O00O00 OF LOAN
Fourth Liberty Loan To Be Six Billion Dollars;
'Pershing And Our Heroes In France" Best Argument
For Buying Bonds Says Secretary McAdoo In New York

lick the kaiser without it. We can
not restore peace to the world
and re-cstablish liberty and de-
rnocracy without 1t.
'.The huge amounts expended
by America in this war are not
wholly used for destructive pur-
poses. Great sums arc used for
constructive work which will he
OF permanent value 10 the Amer
lean people.
Building for the Future.
I'VE are building great mer-
chant marine. Upon completion
Ii will he the largest. most eff
cient and modern merchant feet
In the world. The Wharves ami
terminal facilities we are con-
structing in America for the ac-
commodation of this merchant
marine are an essential part of it,
Our commerce after the war will
he facilitated by these great ma
tional undertakings. and the
money used for these purposes *
an investment of inmeasurahic
value 10 the American people. The
loans To the allied governments
are represented ny obligations of
great nations who viii in time re-
pay them out of the $4,000
900 of appropriations made by the
congress for tho fiscal year 1919.
Ii Is probab BILE that s., 200. 900 900
TO $4,000. 100000 will represent
loans to the allied governments
and expenditures for ships. ship
yards. docks. wllarves and other
facilities which will he salvaged to
the American people.
The bonds OF the fourth lib
erty Loan bear four and quarter
per cent. per annum. They will
mature on October Is, 93s. unless
the United States should exercise
its reserved right 10 redeem them
on or after October Is, 1898.
who should buy Liberty
bonds? Everybody The labor
Ing mon and women. tho saIa-
ricd men and women of the coun-
ff Continued ON pare Three
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-25
Sweeping Victory in Palestine,
With Depleted Forces, One
of Wars Great Feats.
MEDINA rs MEN CED
Turks Have Had Nothing But
Disaster from Assistance"
Of Germany Since Start
ing Hostilities.
DAMASCUS Is THE KEY
TO CONTROL or PALESTINE

Damascus, situated al the head Of
the Arabian desert. is the key to
a the Whale military situation in PAT
estine and Mesopotamta, in the
opinion of Professor Richard Cot
theH, of Columbia university, and
formerly q member of the faculty
of the American School of Arch
aeoiogy in Jerusalem.
He who possesses Damasues
holds the open sesame to the
country TO the south. west and
north" said Professor Gotthiel to-
day in discussing General Alleby's
advance up the Jordan valley.
From Damascus the British and
their allies can push on to Aleppo
and then the aeet will be able to
seize -a;rxanriretta-
Sir Edmund now holds all Of
what was ancient Judea and a good
part OF what was the kingdom Of
Israel He is lighting on the plain
of Esdraeien. which from time i'm
memorial has controlled the des-
TIMES Of Palestine.
Acre. the MediterFanean port
just captured by the British, Ia the
oldest town that has figured in the
war records to date 1t has a
record reaching back to 1900 Il. c.
and has been hesieged by armies of
many nations. 1t has been held at
various times by Assyrians. Arabs
Turks. Romans and Crusaders. It
was the last stronghold surren-
dered by the Crusaders in Pales-
tine, being taken by the Saracens
in 1891. In 1899 il withstood a
sixty day siege by Napoleon
At that time the garrison was COM
posed Of British sailors and ma
rines."
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-25
HERTLING DEPLORES
GERMAN Discomfort

Amsterdam. Sept. 24.----The sttuA-
iion is grave but there is no cause for
faint -heartedness." Count Won Hert-
ling. the German imperial chancellor.
declared in speech before the main
committee OF the reichstag, according
TO Berlin advices late tonight
The deep discomfort In wide circles
Of the German population. due to the
military situation. the chancellor char
acterized as INDUSTRIAL Bile"
TT was only to defend ourselves that
we invaded Belgium" said tho chan
celior, at another juncture of his
speech. The chancellor admitted
that the German offensive failed. He
said rs a. consequence the German
lines were withdrawn to the Siegfried
defence positions. where the eneYny's
tenacious attempt to break through
has failed. and will fail"
Though the conditions in Russia
are not clear continued Count Won
Hertling. we have not now to face =
menace from both sides" He added:
German mothers and fathers will
not leave their sons and husbands at
the front in the lurch. From the out
set we have been waging a war OF de-
fence"