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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-09-19
Get New Kidneys !

The kidneys are the most overworked
organs Of the human body, and when they
fail in their work Of fltering out and
throwing of the poisons developed in the
system, things begin to happen.
One Of the first warnings is pain or stiff.
ness in the lower part of the back; highly
colored urine; loss of appetite; .indiges-
ton; irritation. or even stone in the blad-
der. These symptoms indicate a condition
that may lead to that dreaded. and fatal
malady, Bright's disease. for which there
10 said to be no cure.
Do not delay a minute. At the first in.
dication Of trouble in the kidney, liver.
bladder. or urinary organs start. taking
Gold Medal HARLEM Oil Capsules, and
save yourself before it 10 too late. Instant
treatment is necessary in kidney and blad-
der troubles. A delay is often fatal.
You can almost certainly find immediate
relief in Gold Medal HARLEM Oil Capsules.
For more than 200 years. this famous. prep
aration has. been al unfailing remedy for
all kidney, bladder and urinary troubles.
It is the pure, original HARLEM OIL your
great-grandmother used. About two cap.
sules each day will keep you toned up and
feeling fine. Get it at any drug store. and
If it does not give you almost immediate
relief, your money will be refunded. b
sure you get the GOLD MEDAL brand.
None other genuine. In boxes, three
0izes.-Adv.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-09-19
GET HOMEMADE FURNITURE
italian Refugees FL Up Red Cross
Offices Out Of Packing

Rome.-One example Of wartime
economy lies In a lew carpentry shop
at the American Red Cross central
warehouse In Rome. Here mounds OF
packing cases have accumulated in
which for many months food md
clothing have been coming from Amer
ica. Recently a group Of handmade
furniture appeared NJ Red Cross head
quarters. nil made from packing cnse
wood. The work was done by Italian
refugees employed originally In the
American Red Cross as porters. but
who had been carpenters In their old
homes before the Austrian invasion Of
northern Italy last year.
Not only has the American Red
Cross acquired a supply Of badly
needed Office furniture, hut a group
Of victims Of the war dislodged from
their homes and from their normal
trades have been re-established In
their old cnllings. Dozens OF Ameri.
IAN Red Cross workshops throughout
staiv are now run on q similar prin.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-09-19
"R|DEs RODS" WITH INFANT
Woman Says Husband MIstreated kes
and She Was Seeking Work 40
Engine Wiper.

Omaha, Neb.-Mrs. Myrtle Neal.
twenty-five years old, Of Cheyenne,
Wyo. arrived here In mems clothing
recently. She said she rode tho rods"
OF a freight train, holding her three
year-old baby in one arm, part Of the
way to Omaha. She said her husband
mistreated her. She, was wearing
ovcralls and said she had been EN-.
ployed In the Union Pacific shops.
She expected to 60 to work here
as nm engine wiper. but her husband
arrived later and they were recon.
ciled.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-09-19
Gas Mask
Over Cook Stove

A convoy Of camions rumbles past
her door. They are almost at the end
of their journey. German territory
isn't half a dozen kilometers away.
Mrs. Simmons knows that, Of course.
but she huns. under her breath, at
her work.
Even before the hot chocolate il
quite ready. the boys begin to arrive.
They come In tin hats with gas masks
hanging at their sides. Her own he'll
met and mask are on the shelf behind
her.
"Hot chocolate ready7" the first one
asks.
"All ready" she says. as she stirs
1t with her long spoon. She fills one
Of the tin cups from the mantelpiece.
"Um-m-m!" says the %youngster.
"That's good and thick. Give us a
package Of cookies"
He takes his tin cup and his cookies
to an empty packing box in the cor
ner. sits down. and feasts slowly and
luxur!ously. Another boy Is at the
board that serves as n counter.
Gives the HoL.e Touch.
Some Of the boys stop to gossip.
when the edge Is taken Off their
thirsts and hungers. .
"Remember Bill johnson" they ask
| Mrs. Simmons. She does. He was
the boy who always took three cups
Of chocolate.
"He won't any nor for awhile"
/ they tell her. stopped n in the leg
last night.
"Oh, that's too badw she says, just
the way she would say 1t at home II
she heard that Johnnie had the
measles.
That's the thing about Mrs. Sim.
mons and such women. She brings
to the boys a constant reminder Of
the women they have left behind. Of
their mothers and their sisters and
their wives. She talks in the most
casual American way about things
that are neither casual nor American.
After the last Of her soldiers has
put On his tin hat and gone down
the hill into the valleys from which
they start for their outposts, she be-
gins talking very simply about her
work.
"There Is not a mother or wife or
sister Of any one Of these boys who
wouldn't give all she has to be where
I am today" she says. "Just think
what a privilege 1t is to talk to them.
and to see that they are well and
happy, and that their clothes are
whole! Women. you know, worry
most about their uncertainties. II
could only tell the people who are
worrying about these boys how husky
and cheerful their youngsters are
That's what would make them happy.
Every time I get tired, I Just think
how many thousands Of women would
be the happiest persons on earth II
they could be where I am.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-09-19
y ROY ..

Z Some day the story of what
Americanswomen have done over here
In France will be written. People
will hear, then. about the women who
are cooking and baking for the Amer
lean boys with their helmets and gas
masks Oh the shelf, next the baking
powder can. They will learn Of the
casual heroines who see nothing re-
markable in making hot chocolate In
shacks where the rain and the snow
come In on them through fresh shell
holes In the roof.
One of the women people will hear
about will be Mrs. Clara Simmons.
She Is as close to the front line
here as any woman Is permitted to
go. For many days, during the active
fighting just over the hill from her,
she was the only woman In the entire
area. That didn't bother her at all.
The boys wanted hot chocolate. and
she could make 1t. So there you are.
And there she was.
She Is. n little bit Of America, Of
American womanhood. dropped right
down In the middle Of the fighting
one She looks more like home to
the boys than anything in the world.
except n letter. She has no pic
turesque ideas about carrying culture
and uplift to the soldiers. She's
there to work for them.
She works with a huge mixing bowl
full Of pulverized chocolate, and seven
or eight open ans of condensed milk
on the table. On the rickety stove
where the old fireplace used to be, q
great kettle Of hot water is simmer.
ing. She stirs and pours, and pours
and stirs, till the air Of the little
shack Is as fragrant as that Of q
candy store at home.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-09-19
Column of Canadian soldiers moving brskly up to the lighting line Il
take their turn In swatung the Huns.
ciple. The workmen benefited include
the lace workers, shoemakers and
~tailors, as well as carpenters.
Prefers Prison to War.

Leavenworth, Kan.-Rather than en-
train with his comrades on the selec.
tive draft for Camp Funston. Kan,
Charles Davidson confessed that he
was guilty Of q statutory charge
against n t%welve.year old girl.
Davidson has made numerous nt-
tempts to evade army service, but they
were failures.
II would rather 80 to prison than to
war;" he told the county authorities.
He was accommodated.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-09-19

rior man Is shown In the merits Of
excellent heart with much loving kind.
ness to oil peoples; the mean fellow
Is displayed In the black heart Of the
un%regenernted devils Of he'll with much
loving Kindness only to himself.
I'm the history Of China was q n EN-.
peror who burn the books and slowed
the scholars to extinct the civilization
Of the peaceful inhabitants; but he
was not success in this crafty tricks,
for the civilizations could never be
extinct by such dishonorable barbar-
Ism means. Now the German kaiser
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-09-19
As cHINAmAN SEES KAISER
Not Hard 10 Gee That This Student
Has Sympathy With the
"All. Highest"

Here arc some comments on the
kaiser from the pen Of a Chinese stu.
dent, an exchange says:
~The German kaiser II not the 10.
pericr mar ~ deciphered by the Chi.
nesc literature; he II surely a mean
fellow containing much fraudish Gun.
slug 10 his deceited heart. The supe.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-09-19
Enters coneae a Forty.

Cleveland. O.-SIx years ago. when
he was thirty-four years old. Isaac
Maso came to America from Russia.
He could not speak u word Of English.
In the last three years he has complet.
ed a four.year course In a Cleveland
high school and, at forty, will enter the
Ohio state university at Columbus
this fall. While attending high school
Maso worked every day and supported
his wife and family.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-09-19

appeared and your Vegetable Compound
has made me Q we'll, strong woman 20
] do al my own homework. cannot
recommend Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound too highly to women
passing through the Change Of Life"
-Ars. FRANK Henson, 1875 s. Orchade
st., Urbana, III.
Women who suffer from nervousness,
'heat hashes," baekache, headaches
and ''the blues'' should try this famous
root and herb remedy, Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-09-19
Failure.

First German Oficer-Then you
think our seventy-fve mile gun is a
failure?
Second German Oficer-Emphatic.
ally. A Zeppelin will kill twice as
many women and children at half the
expensc.--Life.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-09-19
Build 1000 Homes Monthlv.

Seattle. Wash.-One thousand homes
to be built every month until january
l is the goai set by the wnr house
building drive committee Of this city
to take care Of the vast army Of war
Industries workers now arriving. An
army OF 5000 men to build these
houses Is now being recruited.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-09-19

ne also awfully wishing to slave the
people and extinct the civilizations OF
the universe; he also destroy the iit.
erature books, and the arts, and the
ships, and mess the people Of allies
nations. -. But he will not sue,
cess"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-09-19
Would
Exterminate Foe

Baltimore. Ad.-Rev. George 4
Grimm. q Baltimore Protestant Episco'
pal clergyman serving - chaplain
with the Fifth Geld artillery. the regi
ment that fred Americas nrst shot IL
The war. has written Q letter to Dr.
Henry Barton Jacobs. . pcominent Bal
timorean. which was printed In full 10
the current issue Of the Manufacturer
Record. In which he discusses at length
csuelties inflicted By the Germans upon
civilians and soldiers
II feel" he says. 'that ! express the
sentiment Of those who have seen and
heard over here. when I say that were
] In America today. priest o. I am.
should do my best to have put to death
any Boche In America or any so-caAed
American who would apologize in any
way for what the B0che has done.
All that you have heard In America
about them does not approximate the
truth. There are little children right
here in France with their little stumps
Of hands; there were some not far from
my last camp, and young men with all
the fingers Of their right hand cut OF.
The other day a British officer and
three TOmmies told me that q short
time ago they went as an advance
party into q little village from which
the BOche had been driven back. and In
q large room there were four young
Canadians crucifed. one on each wall
Of the room.
Torture Young Girls.
"Also, when l was with the British,
they told me the Boches had taken
young Belgian and French girls into
their first line trenches and tortured
them until their screams made the
Scotch and the Canadians so crazed
they would 60 over into the machine
gun nests which the Boche had set up.
using the women's screams US a decoy.
sand I have 1t on the word Of a Brit.
ish officer that they have stood (the
oflcers) with guns leveled at their men
to keep them from going over when the
women scream, and being n~eedlessly
slaughtered. l cannot tell you what
the Tommies told me they found when
they drove these heil-iends out Of these
positions /; 1t Is too awful even to think
about. l also have 1t on the word OF
n Of the greatest French abbes that
the Boche were especially instructed to
destroy convents--and kill or outrage
the nuns-and he says that all through
France and Belgium are ruined con.
vents, and that the nuns were given to
the soldiers to be outraged In camps.
"These are not isolated cases no alb
normal conditions which prevail here
and there where troops were drunk OF
without restraint. Go along the French
or British front. and the only conclu.
sion you arrive at is that they are
Just the ground principle Of Boche ef.
6ciency in action.
ut Is American blood that Is flowing
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-09-19
And the "wi,s. pe n.

Perhaps n reason why fools
always rushing into trouble Ia because
they seem to know they can always
call to the wise to come and hylp
them out--Detrolt Free Press.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-09-19
-- --#as-s--
Gallant,

pardon me. Mr.. Gusherly. My foot
is asleep" said Miss Sweetleigh.
"And what a light sleeper 1t must
be-" returned the gallant swain, look
Ing down at the dainty little. slipper
incased slumberer.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-09-19

Many a man who meanders around
the free-lunch route daily likes to be
seen entering n first.class hotel.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-09-19

ma a attack Of
1ippe which lasted
al wintar and left
ne b Q weakened
condition. Ifeltaf
tines that IwouIA
~nsvsrbswell again.
1reed Of Lydia E
|Phkhamt VeRe.
Compound
and what it did for
women passing
through the Change
81 Lii 20 toldm my
doctor I would Try
IT, Isoon began 70
gain 10 strength
and The annoying
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-09-19

2. however, genuine amethysts do
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-09-19

which ends:
50. what care we for French or Russ?
It's a shot for a shot when they shoot
at US.
We fight u battles with bronze and
And when We stop we shall see you knesl!
1ta you we hate with q lasting hate
Nor will We abate one title Of hate
Hate by water and hate by land,
Hate OF the head and hate Of the hand.
Hate Of artisan, hate Of king.
Hate which seventy millions fling:
One love they know. one hate they know,
They know but one. one only foe:
Little Ernst, cropping around In the
madhouse, seems to have found words
that pretty well express his meaning.
In fact, he seems to have put across In
fairly effective shape the Idea that the
Germans don't care much for the Eng.
lish, whichever way you look at It.
But II he hated before, what must
have been bis fury at the reception hia
outbreak got in England9 Instead Of
covering In fear, a laugh went up from
the British isles that was heard round
the world. The Tommies IN thu
trenches, treated to a German CON
cert, shouted across: "Sing Us q comic
~song-sing us the Ymn Of Hyte.'" AND
1t IL recorded in Boyd Cables 'Be
tween the Lines" that sCockney regi
ments, to while away idle hours, have
been known 70 sing variations:
Hyte Of the cart and hyts Of the an.
Hingiandf
Which ID very cruel Of them, and en-
tirely beyond'th comprehension Of tht
J raging foe.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-09-19

yus current ntcratdFc Is loTcottch.--T
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-02-14
CHANCE FOR YOUNG MEN.
Opportunity offered to Receive Prao
4. L. 4

Opportunity offered TO Receive Prao.
tica instruction in Paper Hanging.
Every young man should be busy
There Is no room In this town or In
the United States of America for idlers
If young man is going to work he
wants to get the best pay out or II
he can.
A paperhanger gets good money and
has inside work. He can work whether
it rains or not. atg ...
We, the undersigned. employing
paperhangers OF Marshalltown. have
this offerlto make to young men:
We will<arrange for your instruction
at this short course free. furnish you
work afterward. and pay you all that
you, can earn. ~"
Now, young men. and you fathers
of the young men. are you ready and
willing to help yourselves? If so cal
at once on one Of the undersigned.
This course. which Is held under the
auspices Of Ames College. begins Mon
day morning, Feb. IS. SO hurry. First
come, first served. ]. r. Radcliffe, J
C. Ray, Bert E>vcrist. James Skegg
Wall Paper Company.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-02-14
1hs Old Ags Sign
Double Crossed

Donr let gray hair make you look years
matter 70 tint gray. faded or bleaohed hair
~ hcrmlesc way. The new preparation,
.,Brownatone." Is proving 20 popular that
thousands OF people OF refinement and many
leading hair-dressers arc now using this
wonderful product exclusively.
"Brownatone" meets every demand and
fulhlls every test required az lt, and 10 50
simple to use that no previous experience -
necessary. Comes ready for use-no mixing
and 10 entirely free from lead, sulphur,
silver. sine, mercury. aniline. coal.tAf pro.
ducts or their derivatives. There II no
when you use "Brownatone." because Il q
guaranteed harmless. .
Produces the most beautiful shades from
Hight golden TO the deepeyt brown or black.
Win not rub or wash on and cannot be-
detected. Mort all leading druggists every.
where now sell '.Brownatone"1 In two aizes,
$50 and q Is. and In two coiors-one 60 pro.
tiuce golden OF medium brown, !" the other
dark brown or black. -
0Get 10 bottle from your dealer today.
or II you prefer. q sample bottle with In.
terest1ng book will be mailed on receipt
Of loo, to help nay postage and packing
.harge1. II sent to the manufacturer.
The Ksnton Pharmacist 90. ess Coppin
Bld9.. Covin9ton. ky.O
Sold and guaranteed at an leading
drug and toilet counters.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-02-14
A Sure Way To
End Dandruff

There Is one sure way mat mas never
failed to remove dandruff at once. and
that is to dissolve 1t, then you destroy
it entirely. To do this, just get about
four ounces of plain, common liquid
arvon from any drug store (this is all
you will NEEDY. apply IT. at night when
retiring; use enough to mosten the
scalp and rub 1t In gently with the
finger tips.
BY morning. most If not all. Of YOUR
dandruff will be gone, and three or four
m,re applications will completely dis
solve and entirely destroy every single
sign and trace of 1t, no matter how
much dandruff you may have.
You will find all itching and digging
of the scalp will stop instantly, and
your hair will be fluffy. lustrous. glossy
silky and soft, and look and feel l.
hurried times better.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-02-14

was chosen COMMANDMENT 0ooG
McCorikle, senior vice Oosnnn
q. Huber. Junior vics OuGnnn Il
Peterson. cflosr a ~ IN Aa
comb oflicsr Of the guAF4s ~
JOHNSON, Frank II. H1So o1
Charles Nichols, trustees: 0o6eoo g
Haworth. adjutant: George n. CU1euv
quartermaster: II. q. Pottar. cha II
Dr. q. M. Johnson. SURGEONS oD4
Charles w. Burge and Leo. Shaw oooog
sergeants. ".
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-02-14
DISTRICT X. OF p. MEETING.
Hundred Delegates Attend Gathering
Held Here Wednesday EVENING.

One hundred members Of the knights
of Pythias from Marshall and Story
counties were in attendance at the dis
trict meeting of the knights Of Pythias
which was held Wednesday evening in
Cronkleton's hall. The district which
includes Marshall county, Story county
with tho exception Of Cambridge, and
the town of Baxter in Jasper county,
was represented by nearly fifty from
outside the city.
The meeting, which was largely of a
patriotic nature. was presided over by
A. B. Hoover, who acted as chairman.
Addresses were given by ]. A. Rail. Of
Cedar Rapids, grand chancellor: DR..
G. M. VanArsdall. Of New Londan, vice
grand chancellor: Hubert A. Huff, Of
Eldora, and Capt. r. c. Mollison, OF this
city.
Preceding the meeting. refreshments
were served at 6 o'clock by Marshall
temple of Pythian Sisters.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-02-14

of physics Of the State University Of
Iowa. has resigned his position with
the university to become captain in
the signal corps OF the United States
army. Mr.. Sieg Is q former MARSHALL
town boy. o son Of George L. Sieg, now
Of Des Moines.
Captain Sieg has left Iowa City for
Washington, where he will DO assigned
to a camp. Mr. Sieg has been an in
structor In the university since 1906.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-02-14
PAINTERS TAUGHT DECORATING.
Practice. on Stencil DESIGNS For Walls
Paper Hanging Next Week..

Interior decorating is being taught
local painters this week at the short
course by A. Abel. Of Sioux City. in
structor for the extension department
of Iowa State College On panels each
pupil is practicing stippling, lining, and
stenciljng. Stencil designs for borders
are being filled to complete the design.
Next week is to be devoted to paper
hanging, and for instruction in this
work probably side walls and ceilings
of rooms will be especially built on
which to hang the paper.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-02-14
sp.ni,h War victorian, Meet.

The monthly meeting OF the Spanish
American war veterans of General
Hasbrouck camp No. II, was held We'd
nesdqy evening In the assembly hall at
the soldiers home and new officers for
the year were elected. Ralph Spadt
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-02-14
OBITUARY..
Fisher.

Nellie Anna. the 21a year old daugh-
ter Of Mr. and Mrs. Harry E. Fisher. of
Liscomb, died of pneumonia Wednes-
day afternoon at o'clock. The body
will be brought to the Noah Hockett
home at Albion, where the funeral will
be held at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon
In charge Of Rev r. B. Fisher. Burial
will be in the Albion cemetery.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-02-14

are Henry p. Buttgan, ia May street;
Charles N. Perrin. 1904 West Linn
street: and John M. johnson. SEQ North
Second street. Gg
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-02-14
Matchje,

Marian. the 1-dhy-old daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs. F. J. Matchie, SOC Arson
street, died of heart failure at 6: 30 this
morning. The funeral was held at 4
o'clock this afternoon, burial following
in Riverside.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-02-14
THREE VOLUNTEER FOR ARMY.
Men In Draft 70 Go 70 Camp Dodge
Friday.

Three registered men in tho draft
will go Friday to Camp Dodge where
they vii be voluntarily indicted into
the service All Of them expressed n
Willingness to go at once. atho not all
OF them would have been In the con-
tingent to be sent Feb. 20. The three
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-02-14
LEE SIEG TO ARMY.

Former MarshalItown Boy Resigns uni
versity Position to Become Captain.
Prof. Lee P. Sieg, associate professor