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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1918-12-25

1t was suggested in our hearing the other day
that Redwood Falls might very well do little
refugee work within her owa borders If there
are cases needing attention in this town which
during the past year easily raised a thousand
dollars month for Red Cross work, something
is radically wrong and it would seem that The
adjustment might be easily made. Perhaps we
are prone to look away from our own needy cases
not maliciously but through carelessness and
oversight. The cases mos. needy and most wor-
thy are often the most reluctant to make
themselves known-but does thai excuse us in
dvidually or as city? There should be no fam
lily in need, no child without some Christmas
cheer in this city which literally overflows with
plenty. There nearly always extenuating
circumstances which would account for condi
lions of poverty and need if they were investi-
gated-and at Christmas time we can afford to
help first and investigate afterward in that grand
old charitable fashion inaugurated by Christ who
helped without questioning We won't know just
at the present moment what the Good Fellows
are planning TO do, but may they go right ahead
and do it anyway calling on every last one of us
not only "the stranger within our gate," but also
not only "the stranger within our gate" but
the fellow who has been here long time should
he chance right now to need it.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1918-12-25

Talk about the irony of Fate! Did you ever
know it to fail that the evening you had sauer
kraut or fried onions or corned beef for dinner
was the very time your acquaintance who make
speciality of aristocratc tastes and feelings
selected to make call? And how lofty is their
sniff and how condescending is their glance as
they are met by all the plebian oders which are
waited gently to them as they open the front
door! Some day just going to call the
bluff! We are going to have prepared all at once
all the smelly delectables mentioned above and in
vte all these high and mighty persons to dinner.
Then we will discover whether this superiority is
one of taste or of temperament. Ten chances to
one they will buckle right to and eat just as
heartily as those of US who don't base the foods
we eat on the number of branches there are on
our family tree
T. S. Probably we'll have Goldfish and limburger
cheese too, (excuse u.s. we mean Liberty cheese).
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1918-12-25

We saw Irwin Mckay on the stree. the other
day and ne was acting just as ordinary and every-
day as though he hadn't made Prince Hoover
real go-getter baby beef-and incidentally. lust
as though he hadn't earned about s4OO 90 las.
year by his energy with Prince Hoover. That's
one ikable thing about these young contestants
they don't Sc. about getting all swelled up The
minute they do some of these worth while things
But say! isn't it just going to make Twins dad
and some of those Mckay uncles of his 81. I'M
nights to even keep within sight of that lad? We
ask you now-aint it?
however busy you may be, however sad YOU
may be, however unChristmasy your home NAV
be, or however thoroughly you may have follow
ed Scrooge in his practice of crying "Out unon
Christmas" DON'T forget to light the Christmas
candles IN your windows tonight as the dusk of
Christmas eve settles down on the earth which
has grown old with it's burden of care Iiob4
the way for Christ by lighting the way of those
who follow him and shall we believe at Christ
mas time that there any who do NOT az
tempt to follow him however feeble their at
temps may be! Light the Christmas candles
ana keep them alight-in your window and IN
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1918-12-25

We were going to sing Christmas carols this
year but some of our neghbors heard us practis-
ing and asked us please to not. We live in an
aWfully exclusive and cultured neighborhood-
all the residents have such high tastes in music!
We don't sing SO badly at that-only when our
voice breaks on the high notes and flats little
now and then. We have been told we frequent
" skip notes too, but we never quite believed
that. III 1s!a,t
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1918-12-25

Written and dedicated to the Christmas Roll
Can OF the American Red Cross by Strickland
Gillian
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-04-12
WHAT YOUR BOND WILL BUY

One $50 bond will buy trench knives
for a rifle company, or % hand gren-
AIDES, or Ia rifle grenades, or 81 cases
of surgical instruments for enlisted
mems belts, or 10 cases of surgical in
struments for officers belts.
A 500 dollar bond will clothe a
soldier, or feed soldier for eight
months, or purchase rifles, or 80
rifle grenades, or 43 hand grenades, or
25 pounds of ether, or las hot-water
bags, or 1000 surgical needles.
A $40 and $50 bond will clothe
and equip an infantry soldier for SER
vice overseas, or feed a soldier for a
year.
Two 500 bonds will purchase a
horse or mule for cavalry artillery, or
other service.
Three 800 bonds will clothe SOL
der and feed him for one year in
France, or buy motorcycle for ma
chine gun company.
Four $500 bonds will buy an X-ray
outfit.
One $500 bond will supply bicycles
for the headquarters company of ar
infantry regiment.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-04-12

A national school poster competi-
ton has been put under way by the
National War Savings Committee.
Prizes of war savings stamps are to
be awarded for the best posters deal
ing with war savings stamps and GER
tificates, designed by pupils of public
schools and art schools. The contest,
will close May Is.
The Norwegian Government has APP
propriated 100000 to assist inten-
sive agricultural development. Of
this amount $4,500,000 is to maintain
low maximum prices for cattle feed
and fertilizer.
New Japanese concerns numbering
over 100 are reported as having en-
tered business at Shanghai during
1917. The Japanese population is
rapidly increasing, now being about
1000.
A standard system of inspection by
which Federal Food Administrators
may keep check on commercial bak-
ers is being worked out by the Depart
ment Of Agriculture and the Food Ad
ministration. s
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-04-12

New Card Record q Expedite Pay Of
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-04-12

take the lerk-bookkeeper examina-
ton, one years experience in clerical
work, six months of which must have
been in bookkeeping. The vacancies
10 be filled from the register obtained
from these examinations are in the
departmental service at Washington
and offer entrance salaries of $1,000
year.
These examinations are open not
only to all citizens of the United
States but also to subjects of allied
nations who are otherwise qualified
for the positions offered.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-04-12
A BILIOUS ATTACK

When you have a bilious attack
your liver fails to perform its func-
tions. You become constipated. The
food you eat ferments in your stom-
ach instead of digesting. This in
flames the stomach and causes nausea,
vomiting and terrible headache. Take.
Chamberlain's Tablets. They will
tone up your liver, clean out your
stomach and you will soon be as we'll
as ever. They only cost a quarter.
Obtainable everywhere. (adv.)
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-04-12

During the first year of war the
army paid $60,000,000 for horse
drawn vehicles and harness; more than
$50, 100000 for horses, mules and har-
ness. Expenditures for the fiscal year
ending June 30, 1919, for fuel and
forage are estimated at more than
$500, 000, 900.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-04-12
JURY IN CIRCUIT COURT
ORDERS HEDGE FENCE CUT

From time to time during the past
year the State Highway Board at JEFF
ferson City has sent out notices call
ing attention to that provision of the
new road law which requires hedge
fences along public roads to be cut
to height not exceeding five. feet
1t will be interesting to the readers
of this paper to know that test case
was made in the circuit court of john
son county, which the following ex-
cerpt from the Warrensburg Star
Journal explains in detail:
"A jury composed mainly of farm
ers, assessed penalty of $50 against
Walter E. Knaus, we'll known Gro
yer township farmer, because he had
failed to cut quarter of mile of
tall hedge which lines the road near
his home. The jury was out an hour
and fifteen minutes before returning
the verdict. The county was repre-
scented by Prosecuting Attorney Roth
well and M. d. Aber, while Judge N.
M. Bradley represented the defense.
County Engineer Joe Mcclure testi-
fed that the customary legal notice
had been served upon Mr.. Knaus to
cut his hedge, and other evidence in
dictated that defendant had deliberate
ly decided to defy the law in this mat
ter. Knaus gave as his reason for not
complying, that the hedge stood 6 to
IL feet inside the road line on his own
land and that it was his private prop
erty. Since the anti-hedge law was
enacted, Knaus built wire fence on
the line between the road and his
hedge, though the hedge had been
used as the line fence for about 40
years previous to that time"
1t will be observed that the hedge
fence in controversy in Johnson county
is located some little distance from
the road and wholly on the land of
the taxpayer who tested the law.
Road overseers in this county should
give notice at once that all hedge fenc-
es must be cut.
About $4,000 officers and men are
engaged in coast patrol work of the
navy.
American troops permanently took
over a part of the firing line as an
American sector in January, 1918.
The navy now has in its possession
stock of supplies sufficient for av-
erage requirements for one year.
More than 10000 acres OF land in
this country has been planted with
castor-bean plants to produce oil for
aircraft.
There are now four times ais many
vessels in naval service as a year ago.
The estimated pay of officers and men
in the navy for the first year Of war
was SIZE, 100000.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-04-12
Men in Service.

There is being prepared in the Ad-
jutant Generals office new "pay
card" which will be kept by the per-
sonnet officer and will show the pay
status Of the man at all times. Should
a man be transferred or detached
from his company he will carry his
card with him. This is expected to
eliminate the many causes for de-
layed payments of men so transfer
red, and to do away with many of the
annoyances that have heretofore ex-
listed.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-04-12
Weekly Examinations to Fill Posi-
tions in Civil Service.

tons in Civil Service.
So urgent is the COVENANTS need
for bookkeepers that civil service ex-
aminations to fill positions of this
character will be held throughout the
United States each Tuesday until fur
ther notice. Women as we'll as men are
eligible.
Two classes of examinations are
announced. A grammar-school educa-
ton or it's equivalent is required of
applicants of either class, with the
further stipulation that those who
wish to take the bookkeeper-type-
writer examination must have had al
least six months experience in book
keeping, and those who would under.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-04-12
Raw Cotton from United States Goes
to Spain.

The War Trade Board has granted
license for raw cotton in quantity suf-
ficient to load several Spanish ves-
sells. This action provides cotton nee
essary to fill the normal requirements
of the Spanish mills.
Under the agreement with Spain
that nation permits free export to the
Allies of certain commodities in return
for which the United States permits,
so far as consistent with its conserva-
ton. policies, the export to Spain of
necessary supplies of cotton and other
commodities to cover genuine Span
ish requirements.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-04-12
Course Prepared to Train Men for
Technical Employment.
Australian Farmers May Put Cattle
on Wheat Land.

Recently there has been considera-,
bl discussion through the press and at
public meetings in Australia concern
ing the adyisability Of producing more
beef cattle and sowing less acreage to
wheat, according to a report to the
Department Of Commerce. I
The Era-leader., 1918-12-12

Trinity chapel in New Orleans slnce
1884. He takes a keen interest in the
work of the Red Cross and in all war
activities. He regards membership in
the Red Cross a sacred privilege.
But to go on with the story of war
without the Red Cross. Reverend
Bakewell can tell only little part OF
the horrors of such warfare. One OF
the things that the soldiers suffered
most from was monotony-yes, and
the 'blues." The soldier of today does
not know what that word means with
! the Red Cross and canteen workers
and the Y. NJ. c. A. to entertain him
when lie is well and to care for him
when he is i'll or wounded. Read the
following extract from the diary of n.
NJ. Baker, a chaplain of the One Hun
dred and Sixteenth Illinois regiment,
to get an idea Of the camp life in the
days of eighteen sixty-something.
"Bang, bang, bang! The constant
firing for so long tire becomes mo-
notonous, one longs for something new,
something that will cause excitemeLi
and shake off the ennui induced ny
this hot woathe". Excitement at last
"a woman in camp, Mrs. Hoge Of the
sanitary commission.
Reminded of Mothers.
at is amusing to see as she passe:
how the boys leave off their rude
pranks and settle down as demure Al
q kittens. She stops and talks kindl,
to every group and the boys all fee
4 better after it. They are as polite ant
y proper in their conduct toward eacI
s other for full five minutes after she i
O gone as if they had suddenly beel
r Transported to civilization and to tn
e drawing room. Oh, what a refining an
e restraining influence even this won
an can exert. She is an old lad
e and not handsome, but to use the e1
s preston of the boys, She has a soul q
l. large as a wagon wheel and someho'
ID reminds them all of their mothers"
le Here is another typical day in cam
Le described in the same diary:
b. Grained today. Oh, how tedious
rainy day is in camp! We eat breal
fast, then lie down, then get up, Ell
L. dinner, and lie down again, etc. ct
q Nothing to read, nobody to talk t
ct nothing to do but to dream of hon
er ind loved ones"
w Even these few stories cannot ha
"I describe war without the Red Cros
II, What about the food the soldiers hat
ad What about the conditions in the no
at pitals? These questions can be a
in swered from the diary Of another Civ
m- war veteran. Frank L. Richardson,
er. well-known New Orleans attorney, wi
- entered the war when lad of seve
nd teen, and unfortunately spent most
te- the time between those years of lS6
ry 1865 in army hospitals.
ss- "No one can appreciate the work
ed the Red Cross as well as we Civil W
he veterans" says Mr.. Richardso
lty rThat is why am proud to have u
ee. own daughter so to France and do b
ne. part"
His daughter, Miss Caroline Ric
lin arison, for many years identified wi
my the English department at Newcor
ng college here, will leave for Fran
In with the Newcomb canteen unit.
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en' The "trouble" department, as t
Home Service Bureau of the Americ
Red Cross In Italy Is called, Is rece
SIX ing allotment checks at the rate
q g2lope : month, ...
The Era-leader., 1918-12-12

NEW ORLEANS.--"Red Cross dur
ing the Civil waR? Why, bless you,
there was no such thing-nor any 9TH
er organization to relieve the suffering
and distress Of the wounded soldiers
And Rev. Gordon Bakewell signed
deeply and there was a break in MS
voice as he reviewed those days OF
warfare in which be took so active
part.
"With due respect to our boys, they
will never see war as we have seen IT,
continued Reverend Bakewell, thanks
to tbe noble work of the Red Cross.
In those days there were more WHO
died through ignorance, lack OF proper
attention, and avoidable disease than
from the Yankees bullets. AS for those
that were killed, their lot was fortI-
nate compared to that OF the poor
wounded wretches.
"To be sure, we chaplains did our
bit in the line of doctoring and nursing
During a big battle we were at tRe
front among the soldiers, cheering OF
the fighting, rendering what assistance
we could to the wounded and praying
with the dying.
draining? Why, two days On TIT
battlefield was all the training we re
ouired. tell you We were experts Oh
all the first-aid problems" boasted tn
old veteran.
No canteens in 1861.
sand after many days of ceaseles
fighting-what then? No smiling-tace'
Young women-I believe you call thel
canteen workers-to serve hot choc'
late and coffee to the wornout fighter
often not even a little water I
auench their fevered thirst. AS 10
food. that was pretty often out OF III
i question. When we wanted food "
had to fight for it."
Reverend Bakewell has had II
thrilling experiences of a soldier
well as the somewhat tanner exper
ences of chaplain. He first enllst'
as an orderly sergeant, and, after Il
battle of Shiloh, received an honorab
discharge on account of Ill healt
Upon his recovery he re-enlisted as
chaplain.
One of the stories he delights te
fng is how he escaped being shot as
spy. He was on the train when ne ID
two young Virginians "who had nev
smelt gunpowder" and boasting hs
they would "do the Yankees up"
remarked said Reverend Bakewt
asthat though our enemies, they b
made us respect their fighting even
the cannon's mouth" When the trt
stonped at Atlanta, two detectives
meaiately arrested the Soung soldl
He knew what was in store for hin
l,e would be tarred and feathered a
hing without Judge or jury. Fortuna
III Judah r. Benjamin, then secrets
ef state to the Confederacy, was pa
ita through Atlanta. The suspect
voslng soldier was we'll known to
secretary. who vouchsd for his loya
and begged him to excuse the disagr
able mistake. The soldier was iml
(ssiafeIy released. !.
eYhen / went back ON the tr
everybody wanted to hear about
axesfjn9 experience. Tired Of tel
and re1eIling the story, stood up
s,ae al the cars and told the pass
asz aiI abouf i.
praIeas Red Gross.
Reverend BakeweI is ninety.
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The Era-leader., 1918-12-12

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The Era-leader., 1918-12-12

The atrouble" department, as the
Home Service Bureau of the American
Red Cross In Italy Is called, Is receiv.
.ing allotment checks at the rate OF
a22,QQe 2 month, .. -
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-09
"OVER THE TOP"

"Over the top with the best O luck and give 'em. hel1!". ,..
 That's the battle cry. of the men on the western front. That is their cry when they go over the top and give the enemy dose of real fighting. That's the cry that's echoed from end to end of the line, while nosing mo mans land," when the shells are bursting and the "minnies'' go shriek- ing overhead.
 Sergeant Arthur Guy Empey, au- thor and star in the patriotic master piece, lover the Top" which the Home Guard have arranged to bring to this city at an early date, has been all through this sort of thing, having returned to this country after serving eighteen months somewhere in France as a member of the British expeditionary force and bearing seven wounds. Here is a hero who has been through the living hell and in his widely read book from which the picture has been made he tells in a simple masterful manner just what's what over there and the picture shows in a compelling manner conditions tout there' and-but why tell more! See the picture when it comes to town and you will carry the memory of il in your mind for months afterward
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-09
Fairfield County News
Deputy Collector Named.


 Wallace G. Olmstead of Danbury has been appointed deputy collector for the internal revenue district which includes the following places: Board- mans Bridge, New Milford, Brook field Center B1'ookfield Iron Works, HawIeyville, Sandy Hook, Newtown, Bedding, Bethel, Georgetown, Branch vile, Ridgeield, Sherman, New Fair field and Danbury.
 Killed in Battle.
 George c. Fairchild of New Fair field was killed in action on the west ern front in France, on April 20.
 Struck Against Wire.
 While walking across the top of freight car in Springdale, Thursday, John Sheeley,' aged 32 years, struck his forehead against some high ten sion wires and was instantly killed. Eleven thousand volts of electricity passed through his body.@
 Destroyed by Fire. A large barn, a stone and wooden structure on Joseph s. Chiappetta's g place burned at Sound Beach, Friday. Several tons of hay, an automobile truck valued at $2,500, a concrete mixer valued at s1,5oO, three tons of cement, a blacksmith's forge and a large quantity of tools were lost. | Drives Off Thief.
 tNineteen-year-old Frederick Reid, son of w. H. Reid, wealthy New York business man, is no Hun. Sun day night a thief who was trying to steal one of the Reid automobiles, throttled young Reid in the Reid gar age at Shippan Point. The boy broke away. Then the thief tried to brain the lad with a tire pump. The boy, a crack shot, merely shot the pump out of the thiefs hands, and cooly watched him run away through ad- Joining fields. T didn't nave the iheart to shoot t1m,'' said the boy.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-09
VIIFEIET1IIIEIIIIIIIKEI IKEIIlIEIIIIITIEIITEIIiI LITTLE BENNY'S
 NOTE BOOK
3 By LEE PAPE S
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Ma had card party this aftirnoon, being all ladies, and all of a suddin ma sed, o, by the way, I found the cutest pickture of Benny, taken wen he was a baby. Benny, run upstairs and get it, it's on top of my writing desk.
 And went up, and wat was it but a p7ckture of a baby with no clothes on its stummtck, and hardly eny eny- wares. elts, and I thawt, G wizz, that's fearSe, its a wonder I dident catch cold. Wich maybe I did, for all. I know, and I quick took the pickture and dropped it down between the wall and the desk as if it had fell down, thinking, aint going to show that to anybody, wat do you think I am, no, sir.
 And went to the banisters and leened over and called down, Ma, it aint there, it aint there. Wich it was ent, on account of what I had did with it, and mad sed, O, I sippose III half to run up and get it myself And she came up and looked, saying, That's queer, it must of dropped down III 11c1 always every v thing right away, and she put her hand down behind the desk and pulled out the pickture and took it down in the parler and I went down and lis sened at the keyhole, and the ladies was all saying, Well, izent that jest too cute for werrds, well, wood you look at his sweet little stummick, well, izent that perfeckly adorable, O let me see, let me see.
 c, good mite, that's fearse, thawt Wich jest then one lady sed, o, ] simply must kiss him, call him in heer.
 Wich ma started to do, and I quick grabbed my hat off of the hall rack and ran out and up the street like lightning so I woodent be able to heel her in case she came to the frunt door to call me back.