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Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-05-02
Farm-to-Table Parcel Post.
From the New York Times.

Increasing the country's food supply,
providing quick delivery of farm produce
to the consumer. and making nom for
the government are the three big things
that James L. Blakslee. fourth assistant
postmaster general, is working for in
advocating An extension of the parcel!
post service by motor vehicles. There is
no theory about 1t, according TO Mr..
Blakslee. for he says he has proved every
one of the three propositions.
The post office motor truck which
brought more than $500 pounds of eggs.
butter. and honey. in addition to 40
newly Matched chicks, to New York from
Lancaster. Penn, a few days ago. was
an object lesson Of the possibilities In the
farm-to-the-tablc movement the govern
lnent is e-ndeavoring to establish IN many
parts of the country. The distance. 1W
miles, was covered III - hours, hut the
actual running time was 10 hours. New
York is in the second parcel post zone
from Lancaster. and the postal receipts
were $31.61. Operating costs were less
han $40. The government made, there
fore. nearly 81.
Tue produce carried was only handled
four times. first at the loading point
second, the unloading at the Pennsylvania
station post office: third reload,ng ON
smaller post office wagons; fourth. de-
livery to the consignee. The usual
number Of landings in customary freight
or express transactions OF this sort Is "a.
It 10 possible to reduce these four
landings to two, operations by ,dircH;
delivery to h consisnee, which MI.
Blakslee hopes to establish to . consider
able extent as the system becomes more
perfected.
The car making the run was one Of q
trucks. Of 1ik-ton capacity. which have
been put in parcel post seretee Tor direct
delivery from the farms within the last
four months.
''This government postal service il no
longer an experiment. said Nj. BIakslss,
In explaining the success Of the plan.
The first post office motor truck in the
farm-t0-the-table delivery system went
into service December 10 last, summing
from Washington for about 65 miles into
tho suburbs. It wes an immediate cue
cess. and others were soon installed b
parcel post motor delivery servies is now
in da;ar operation on the Lincoln high
way rnain trunk line from Washington
to philadelphia: in addition are several
routes radiating from the trunk due,
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-05-02
cabbie Had Best Of II.

At II busy crossing in Edinburgh q
:abman "a stopped by the police
man on duty in order to allow the
cross traffic. to proceed.
The man in blue, evidently proud of
his authority, kept the cabby waiting
longer than was necessary.
The cabman began to proceed. nj
though, the hand Of the policeman was
against him.
"Did ye no e me hauldin' up my
Sand." roarod the angry policeman.
"Ne4l. ! did notice that 1T began to
get dark -ni'"nly," said the cabby /:
"btlt I d!df't Know it was our hand.
&c see, it, ta'-"n me all my time tae
keep my herse frae shyin' at ger
feett"
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-05-02

Vegetable Compound cured me 20 ! did
not need the operation, andI am telling
all nv friends about it.''-Mrs. A. w.
BntxEA, Black River Falls. Wis.
Il 10 just such experiences a. that Of
M. Binzer that has made this famous
root and herb remedy q household word
from ocean to ocean. Any woman who
suffers from inflammation, liberation.
displacements, backache, nervousness.
Irregularities or "the blues" should
not. rest until she has given Il q trial.
and for special advice write Lydia p.
Pinkham Medicine Co., Lynn, Mass.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-05-02

Nobody knews how long thle contionu,s
battle will last. The longer II goes on,
the longer the war COOS on. tho greater
the vniue Ct fresh forces. It Ia the last
ounce OF resolution. the last superiority OF
strength. that will win. A few hundred
Thousand mei,. four months hence or six
months hence. may hold in their hands
then or so:re m the supreme decision.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-05-02
soothe Baby Rashe.

soothe Baby Rashes
That itch and burn with hot baths of
Cutfcura Soap followed by gentle
anointings of Cuticura Ointment.
Nothing better. For free samples ad.
dress, "Cutlcura, Dept. K. Boston,"
Sold by druggists and by mail. Soap
Is. Ointment 225 and 5O.-Ady.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-05-02
500 Reward. 500

C4tRSrh % Q local disease greatly indu.
enced by constitutional conditions. II
nsnt. HAIE;s cATXRRH MEp1 I'VE
9 taken Internally and acts through the
3iood on the Mucous Surfaces Of the Sys.
destroys the foundation Of the disease.
givea the patient strength by improving
he general health and assists nature In
long its work. $4,000 for any oase Of
;iEDfc1NH fails to cure.
Oruggists 76c. Testimonials free.
+. j. Cheney 4 Co.. Toledo, Ohio.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-05-02
THIS WOMAN
SAVED FROM
AN OPERATION
By taking LydiaE Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound, One
Of Thousands Of Such asea
Black River Falls, Wia-':As Lydia
=. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound

O0V0V mo o IN
operation, ] cannot
s~eyenough in praise
oft ISu1feredf from
ofgenictroublesan
my side hurt me %
! could hardlybe up
from my bed, and /
was unable to do my
housework. ! had
the best doctors n
Eau Claire and they
wanted me to have
an operation, but
IvdiaE. PinkhAm'e
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-05-02
Economics.

"Your speeches are getting shorter
md shorter"
"Of cOurse they are" assented. Sen
, ator Sorghum. "There are more ways
of saving daylight than turning the
clock back"
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-05-02

Capt. Kermit Roosevelt NeN With British Forces Operating in Asia.
Roosevelt one of the soldiers ons off l Theodore Roosevelt. IN active duty
with the British forces in Mesopoamia. Captain Roosevelt is seated With M
of his fellow officers oil the edge 81 a Turkish trench. After receiving his
military training al Plattsburg with the officers reserve corpso of the United
States army young Roosevelt was offered commission in tn British army
and he accepted leaving at ono for his post in the desert
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-05-02

He who pokes his nose into every
tling will occasionally poke it between
thumb and forefinger.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-05-02
it Advantages.

its Advantages.
Fishing is Il poor mans sport as
etuch as Il is a rich mAn'x."
That's true. A flsherman's sue
.ess does notsdfnend 50 much OF his
vssets IS on his iie.abliitieS."
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-05-02
FRECKLES
asx = IL IT, q. CT Rid If Ihs,e u.l1 S,a..

There's 10 longer f. s,,sa,... need Of feeling
asksaea Of four freektes. AZ O~thfne-douhac
Strengths guaranteed to renove these homeI:
spots.
simply get al ounce az ~Oihise-doubie
s~treayth-ffom your druggist. aud appiy q little
II II stxht and morntag aud You should soon sce
that eren the worst freckles have bcEuu to dis
sepear, whiie Ia. lighter ones have vanished ri.
drev. II Is seldom that more than one ounce
% aeaded 10 completely clear ths ska and gain
. beaetfnt clcer complexion.
Be anrete ask for the do,ltss strength Otainc.
% thte n soh uudef gNaraptce Of money back
II # fSlls tn re,aove freGkies ADJ.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-05-02
rruse,.n "Junker."

T3c word ':unker' Is said to he an
fIaSt- rrus-':e' corruption of Jung herr.
(Which ne, 10 Englished young gen.
Neaaan) and is applied to the scion "c
u noble ilc:'s which has always de-
voted. itsetf ~ military service THE
ancestors of mo modern junkcrs were
the felhi;,' NIFTY Of East Prussia, in
hatiting Lands not originally German.
Tie. military junker nobility became
sne Of the pillars Of Prussianisn,. the
sther' hcing the bureaucracy. Ris.
atarck was q good example Of q
(unker.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-05-02
GIRLS! MAKE Up
A LEMON LOTION
LEMON JUICE wHtrENs SKIN Hnnp
REMOVES TAN. FREcKLEAE
SALtoWNEsS.

Squeeze tho 5uiee Of two lenloux ~
q bottle Containing three oincex ~ ~.
chard white. 'shake welt. and you 1hpve
q quarter pint Of The hest freekfeslnA
tan lotion. and cstapicxinn whftAsex
Mt very small cast.
Your grocer has the lemons and ~
drug store OF toilet counter Will au6n1
three ounces Of oYehurd white. en0Ia
few ccsAs. Massage this sweetly h
grant lotion into the face. neck. Aan
and hands each day and sec how n1ah-
lee and. blemtstfes disappear and nv
clear, soft and white the ska berrun.
Yes! It is harmiess.-Adv.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-05-02

:. This world would be n gleemy old
place. for cats II women could purr.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-05-02
The Logic Of Il.

The Logic Of Il.
"Give the p~rize-6ghter's picture the
tegtcAt position at the head Of the
page"
why Ia It the logical position?'
Because 1t is an upper cut"
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-05-02

IL you cuu't be happy Mt liou,et ~
chances IRE you'n never be ha,.ps HsyL.
where else.
The Washington herald., 1918-10-11
Has
Backing of
the British

London, Oct 10. - British papers
gave unanimous approval to the form
of President Wilson's reply to Ger
many's peace overtures- The Times
says:
Among the consequences OF the ac-
ceptance of President Wilson'S posi-
ton. none would be more striking
than the effect of his answering de-
votion to the cause Of Russia Neither
enemy suggestion nor smooth coun-
sells Of compromise can cause him to
swerve from his splendid conviction
that the treatment accorded Russia
by her sister nations will be the acid
test of their good will"
The Daily Telegraph says: ut
should be made perfectly clear to the
German government that the allies
will tolerate no attempts at bluff. II
Germany wants an srmistice she will
have to sue for IL in the position of
a belligerent who has fought and lost
True, she has allies-but she Will de-
rive no strength or succor from them.
Turkey is already a dissolving view,
Austria beaten and on her knees, and
to his knees also must come the
'eros nea braggart of Berlin. Justice
and memory of our dead demand no
less"
The Washington herald., 1918-10-11
To the Mothers of WASHINGTON

The following letter by editor of The
Herald:
L have not received my Herald for days Please see
that get it every morning have boy in France,
me all war news is from him. read the casualty
list before breakfast MOTHER"
This letter. simple though carries irresistible appeal
inns appeal addressed in address the mothers
of Washington
The Herald is trying hard possible deliver papers
regularly However the shortage of labor has hit
as well as other walks of life We have found however that
there are number of boys who would like newspaper
routes but are forbidden by their parents
10 these bring this appeal The morning
paper is necessity recognized by the Government boy
delivering newspaper engaged patriotic effort We
are making special inducements carrier boys Salaries have
been doubled The work requires about hour each morning
But we hnd that boys do like early the
morning
Over there" if you will watch the news soldiers
are not only getting early but nights there
Sleep and over the top" dawn occurrence
If they can fight at dawn the boys here
the hour.
We ask that the of Washington give this consd
Grafton and their help make mothers hearts
glad each morning by bringing them of their boys
Get in touch with Circulation Department of The Her
aid and list boy prospective carrier He will be given
route his home, and he buy several
Liberty Bonds Call Main $500 and Il have boy who
wants 10 carry route. THE WASHINGTON HERALD.
The Washington herald., 1918-10-11
.PITTMAN CALLS
LODGE UNFAIR
Nevada Senator Reproves
New Englander for Criti-
cism of President.

President Wilson's reply to the Ger
policy in the conduct of the war were
vigorously defended by Senator Pitt
man, of Nevada, in a speech TO the
Senate yesterday. In the same speech
Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, of Mass
achuset-s, the Republican leader. was
sharply and pointedIy criticized for
the Presidents course.
Senator Pittman accused Senator
Lodge OF having publicly miscon-
strued' the Presidents reply TO Ger
many and said that such statements
as those made by the Massachusetts
Senator would tend to destroy the
confidence of the people of the United
States in the President.
He expressed great regret that Sen
ator Lodge, as the leader of his party
in the Senate, and virtually in the
nation, should endeavor to create dis
satisfaction or dissension among the
people regarding the Presidents con-
duct of the war.
This is the peoples war" Senator
Pittman said. "and 1t is to the interes.
of every citizen to see that the Pres
ident is upheld in every particular in
his great humane policy that mas
been approved and adopted by all OF
our allies. Our people do not 1Istrust
Woodrow Wilson. He is loved ana
respected not only by all of thu peo-
pie of the United States. but b. the
suffering peoples of the governments
OF our allies. He Is recognized
throughout the world today as the
predominant statesman of the age"
The Washington herald., 1918-10-11

London Oct l0-The greatest military fight in his
tory" is in full swing.
Tonight the German armies are rebeating along the 100
mile front from the of Cambria the north of Rheims but
within another day the front of their fight spread north
ward at least another hundred miles -
Through the gap In the center. between Cambria and St
Quentin American and British forces are pngng irresstby
eastward along hy-mie front and this advance hourly
narrowing the neck of the German Laon pocket withdrawal
of which is now Ludendorfs most precarious task =,
LIE CATEAU CAPTURED.
lie Caeau the important miles southwest Of Cam
bra which the immediate objective Of the first of the
Anso-Amecan drive has been captured Hag announced tonight
This advance of SIX miles by the Yankees and British
since yesterday when they still at Caudry.
Their eastward continues unabaed with cavalry the
lead.
Only sector between Bohan and FesnoyleGand north
ST. Quentin has German sdened and there fierce
battle is going
To the NORTH miles northeast of Cambria the
enemy in full several panicky flight.
ANGLo-AMERIcAN SMASH SPREADS.
The AngIo-Amercan spread considerably
today taking the region and northeast of Cambria
Reux northeast of Cambra Avesne and
miles northeast of it and Esun FIVE and half miles northeast of
it, have been captured
In the center of the drive besides lie Cateau town
vauxAndgny half miles northeast of Bohain,
Only sennbIance resistance mainly by machine gunners
being opposed by the fleeing foe
French civilians old and children
halng their beraors In Csudr
$500 civilians released by the Of the
ARGoNNE FOREST IN ALLIES HANDS
With the American Army Oct (s m).-PrsetieaIy
the whole Argonne hands this evening
The Germans hastily completed its evacuation today Withdrawing
eastward.
among todays prisoners taken by
The Washington herald., 1918-10-11
WILSON TELLS
AMERICANS TO
BUY UP BONDS
Fighting Fourth" Liberty
Loan Urged Upon Pub
lie by President.
u. S. AT CRUCIAL STAGE
Money Must Come Into Cof-
fers, Chief Executive
Declares.
u. S. AT CRUCIAL STAGE
WILSON'S WARNING.

Here is President Wilson'S
stirring message to the Ameri-
can people asking them to avert
threatened disaster of the
Fourth Liberty Loan:
Recent events have enhanced,
not lessened, the Importance of
this loan, and / hope that my
fellow countrymen will let me
say this to them very frankly;
the best thing that could hap
pen would be that this loan
should not only be fully SUBJ
scribed. but very greatly over
subscribed.
I'VE are in the midst of the
greatest exercise OF the power
OF this country that has ever
been witnessed or forecast, and
a single days relaxation of that
effort would be of tragical dam
age alike to ourselves and to the
rest OF the world.
Nothing has happened that
makes 1t safe or possible to do
anything but push our efforts 10
the utmost.
THE time Is critical. and the
response must be complete"
The Washington herald., 1918-10-11

ARE RECORDED
IN GRIP PLAGUE
District and Federal Agen-
cies Unite to Fight
Epidemic.
PERIL GROWS GRAVE
Red Cross Organizes New
Unit to Fight
Epidemic.

With every resource of the
District and the United States
organized to check the ravages oi
the influenza epidemic, the dis
ease reaped a harvest of seventy
two lives in the city of Wash
ington in the twenty-four-h our
period between 9 o'clock Wednes-
day evening and O'Clock last
night.
This is the greatest number OF
deaths in twenty-four-hour Pc
riod yet reported to the local
health officers since the epidemic
first appeared in the city.
With the number of deaths ad-
vancing at an alarming rate, the
number of new cases in the Dis
trict also grows during each such
ceeding day. Yesterday, I,7oI new
cases of the disease were reported
at the local office, 335 more than
on the previous day. .-...-
Serious Aspects Discussed. ~
District Health Oficer Fowler does
not believe that the disease has ever
reached its climax-the city has yet
to face the most serious stage of the
epidemic. How soon the country NAV
hope for relief the authorities do moi
attempt to say-they cannot even Civ.
out any hope the end will be reached
for at least six weeks.
One Of the most serious aspects OF
the situation. DR.. Folwer stated yes
terday, is the inability of the loca
cemeteries to care for the dead.
A delegation from the Undertakes
Association called upon DR.. Fowler
yesterday afternoon and asked thaf
he take some action to assist them. 1
was stated that in one graveyard the
vaults had a capacity to care for only
thlrty-hve bodies. At present ther,
are twenty some victims of the epi.
oemic waiting burial in these vaults
and the cemetery superintendent de.
ciares more than ten funerals ar,
scheduled to take place this morn
ing.
In the other cemeteries the situa
ton is almost as serious. The cerne
terry authorities cannot find laborer
to dig the graves, and the bodies mus
remain in the vaults until the grave,
can be prepared. These vaults arr
rapidly being taxed to their utmos
capacity.
Grave Diggers Needed.
Gravediggers must be found D-
Fowler declared yesterday that an,
man capable of doing the work woulf
be doing the greatest public servic,
to offer his services at once either t.
the superintendent Of any Of the Gem
CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO.
The Washington herald., 1918-10-11
Americans Push Advance,
Pershing Reports.

The following American officisl
communique was issued last night:
Headquarters, American Expedi1
tionsry forces. Oct. s.-section A.
East Of the Meuse our troops main
tanned their yesterdays advance In
spite Of violent and repeated counter
attacks and progressed to the south
ern outskirts OF sivry and into the
Bois de Chaume. West of the Msu
against freshly engaged divisions ,r-
penetrated the enemy's main u
's-ssfance between Cunel and -
magne- Sous -Montfaucon- N 2
Argonne forest we have tF
portsnt heights south Of n ~
have Joined hands with a
at Lancon.
Over 2,coo additional prisS
been taken
The Washington herald., 1918-10-11
Berlin Says Enemy
Attacks Fail. )"

Berlin. via London, Oct lo.-"Be-
tween the Argonne and the Arnes
ridges. Franco-American I ia X
failed" says today's War ONCE an
nouncement
The statement asserts the recap
ture of Cornay, Cunel. and Sivry-
sur-Meuse.
The Washington herald., 1918-10-11
German Armies Reteating Along
l00-Mile Front from Cambria
to North of Rheims.
ALLIES STILL DASH FORWARD
American and French Forces Plunge Ahead
Through St. Quentin Cambria Cap
on 30-Mile Front.
DAYS WAR NEWS IN BRIEF.

British and American troops through St Quentin Cam
bra gap of St Quentin French pursue etresting
West shaking; Belgian fort
line appears inevitable
push both sides of Meuse and in Argonne;
through breach Kremhde line Two thousand prison
ers of the Meuse
Official of Wilson's yet received in Berlin, but
government organ predict peace step
continued"
Rechstag tomorrow; Prince Max speak
Wild about situation in Germany Kaiser has abd
cated Ludendor dismissed and other persist
Austro Hungarian delegations declare for autonomy for all
States in dual monarchy.
The Washington herald., 1918-10-11

Busigny, continued 10 advance, meet
ing only sill opposition
At least thirty German divisions are
virtually in flight Vast stores Of ma
terisl have been captured II is i'm
possible 70 forecast where the drive
will end. The number OF prisoners 10
steadily increasing.
Many Of the captives express the
belief the war is almost Oveh The
German morale is shaken by the tsct
that the century old Prussian machine
has crumbled overnight
The Washington herald., 1918-10-11
306 NEW PNEUMONIA
CASES In NEW YORK
Influenza Record Raised in Metrop-
oils, with 3,077 Ailins.

New York, Oct. 1o-Spanish influ-
enza today made another record in the
number of new cases reported, the
total amounting to 3,07, as against
1890 for the previous day. There were
30s new cases of pneumonia. Deaths
from both diseases were 342, of which
pneumonia claimed 1s5.
DR.. Royal s. Copeland, health COM
missioner, declared in a statement
issued today that it will be fully three
weeks before the epidemic's high ti6e
will have been reached.
Another cause for alarm to the city
health authorities was the receipt
of a telegram declaring that IL medi-
cal relief was not sent Immediately
to the coal region Of Pennsylvania,
New York's coal requirements could
not be met,