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Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-11-11
Real Estate Transfers.
Oliver James Dead.

Oliver James, from south Of Wilke,
died at Mercy hospital Saturday night
Mt Z o'clock follow ing a weeks illness
from Spanish influenza and compiled;
tions that follow that disease.
Mr.. James vas t%hirty-four years OF
age and leaves a wife and five small
children to mourn his loss.
Burial was made at harrisburg this
afternoon.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-11-11

John D. Hunter writes from Fort
Bliss, FL PasO. Texas. that when the
boys in his unit were taking their final
examination to start overseas, the
examining physician discovered de-
feet in the sight of his left eye and he
will be compelled to remain ut Fort
Bliss Mt least another month to have
the eye treated.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-11-11
First Over in County,!

Judd Shaffer this afternoon notified
headquarters in this city that school
district No. I, Freedom township, had
gone over the top on the united war
drive
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-11-11

Wilson Caruth, son of John Caruth.
and who is employed at the Overland
garage, has been confined tO-his home
in Williams the past few days suffer-
ing from the Spanish influenza. He is
reported this morning as being very
much better.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-11-11

"Buster" Brown-school tablets. 1ld3
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-11-11

Nov. II
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-01-02
Apprentice Boy for New Trade.

The industrial commission has ap-
proved the first apprenticeship contract
ever entered into in this state for the
trade, Emitting Machine Adiuster."
This contract was entered into by
Elmer Schultz, boy employee of the
Holeproof Hosiery company of Mil
Waukee.
The contract calls for four years.
apprenticeship in which the boy will
learn to be an expert knitting machine
adjuster. This is a new trade, at least
in Wisconsin. Mechanics in this line
are in great demand in all knitting
factories Ordinary machinists cannot
be used in this work. Under this con-
tract the boy apprenticed as knitting
machine adjuster will receive 10 cents
an hour for the first year, which wage
is increased periodically until % cents
in the fourth year. Upon completing
the apprenticeship the boy will receive
500 bonus and will also be given q
certificate under the seal of the indus
trial commission certifying that he is
a qualified knitting machine adjuster.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-01-02
ARRANGE DATEsFOR
MORE INSTITUTES
Meetings of Farmers in Central
Counties of State in
January.
TWELVE TWO-DAY SESSIONS
Women's Institutes Arranged for in
Connection With the Farmers In
stitutes at Holcombe
and Blair.

superintendent e. L. Luz
ther has arranged with local commit
tees for the holding of II additional
farmers Institutes, the dates being ten
tatively fixed. These meetings, which
will be twO-day affairs, will be held
early in January, in Chippewa, Barron.
Jackson, Dunn and Trempeleau coun-
ties.
From January 80 meetings will be
held at HOlcOmbe, Blair, Ettrick, Haul
gen, Lindsey and Humbird. WOmen's
institutes will be held in connection
with the farmers meetings at HOl-
cOmbe and Blair. On the two days,
January 10-11, institutes will be held
at Boomer, Alma Center, Disco, Col
fax, Cherokee and City Point. BlOomer
and Alma Center will hold special
wOmen's institutes.
In combination with representatives
of the College Of Agriculture and the
Wisconsin Live Stock Breeders assOci-
alton, it has been arranged by Mr.. Lu-
Their to put on special soil manage
ment and live stock programs at Hum
bird, Clark county, and at City Point,
jackson county. Announcements OF
further institute dates will be made
within ten days.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-01-02
New Marriage Law on January I.

New regulations in granting map
riage licenses are receiving attention
of County Clerk Fjelstad, who will
have to modify his methods January 1
to meet conditions imposed by the last
Legislature.
The county clerk will be required to
publicly post applications five days
before issuing licenses, according to
the amended law. The couple named
In q permit will be allowed to marry
as soon as the license is issued.
At present the couple cannot wed
until five days after the date of license
issue dnless on special permission of
the county judge.
The clerk, on information, may re-
fuse to issue a permit, and the couple
NAV apply for hearing in county
court.
Whether there will be five or ten
day period without weddings at the
first of the year was uncertain in Mr..
Fjelstand's mind. 1t appears that if
couples are licensed to marry in the
last five days of December, they will
be wed under the new regulations.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-01-02
Draft Act Stimulus to Health.

The enforcement of the draft act
will be a powerful stimulus to the
adoption of health supervision of
school children in Wisconsin and other
states, in the view of state health of
ficials. In the process of eliminating
the unfit, the nation has found a sur
prising amount of physical defects in
the American youth, about a third of
the registrants failing to qualify.
The fact that country boys showed
up worse than city boys in this respect
is accounted for largely by the lack of
health inspection in the country
schools. While most of the city
schools have adopted this supervision,
few of the rural schools have taken
the step. The United States public
health service is authority for this
comparison.
; To the lack of such supervision the
federal officials attribute the fact that
unsanitary conditions in rural schools
produce 20 per cent of the physical de-
fectS which are today barring men
from the federal service. Defective
eyes, teeth, ears and Threats among
the youth of rural communities have
been found to be due largely to condi-
tiOns in the rural schools. Improper
desks and seats also have caused much
spinal curvature, leading to other faul-
" conditions.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-01-02

Copyright, 1917, Western Newspaper Union. }
How many people realize that the
familiar mortgage of today has been
handed down to us from generation to
generation in practically unchanged
form since the time of ancient Baby
Lon?
Yet this is a fact. The mortgage is
one of those few things which has sur
vived through the long centuries
meeting the needs of Bel Bullitsu and
Sha Nabu Shu. Babylonian agricul-
turists. and John Jones, the modern
American farmer.
This interesting discovery was made
when the Archaeological expedition of
the University of Pennsylvania dug up,
in the ruins of the ancient city of Nip
pur, Babylon, a mortgage dated 430 b.
c., moYs Than $500 years ago.
The following is an accurate trans
lation of the inscription on the brick
made by noted Assyriologist of Chi
cago:
Thirty bushels of dates are due to
Bel Nadin Shun, son of Marashu, by
Bel Bullitsu and Sha Nabu Shu, sons
of Kirebti, and their tenants. In the
month of TaShri (mOnth of harvesD OF
the 34th year of King ArtaXerXes L,
they shall pay the dates, thirty bushels,
according to the measure of Bel Nadin
Shun, in the town of Bit Balatsu.
Their field cultivated and uncultivated
tief estate is held as a pledge for the
dates, namely, thirty bushels, by Bel
Nadin Shun. Another creditor shall
not have power over it,
The mortgage is the most ancient
form of investment, the first known
mortgage having been used by the
Babylonians about 1000 years B. G.
It will be noted that the document,
which is trust deed and note in one, is
a first mortgage, as shown by the final
sentence, Another creditor shall not
have power over it,"
It will be noticed, also, that specific
place, as well as time, for payment
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-01-02
Off Her Lines.

Ladies and gentlemen" said the
entertainer, having blindfolded my
partner, 1 will now proceed to test her
thought reading powers. have in my
hand an apple. Will you kindly tell
the audience what it is that I am hold
ing in my hand"
"An apple"
Correct. / have here watch.
Kindly tell the audience what 1 have"
"a watch"
"Quite right. You see, ladies and
gentlemen, it is impossible to catch
her"
The entertainer produced piece of
wood and saw, and commenced to
saw vigorously.
''Kndly tell the audience what am
doing"
No reply.
"This is rather a difficult feat, ladies
and gentlemen. will try again. Can
you tell me what / am doing?" said
the entertainer, continuing his saw.
ing.
Eyes, you are singing!"
Loud applause.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-01-02

per cent on commercial loans and
per cent for loans not under the first
two classificatiOns.
Perhaps the high rate of interest
mentioned previously was justified
when it is considered that the law
gave every advantage to debtors.
Losses to bankers were frequent and
the high rate charged was more as a
measure of protection. Pompey, Bru-
tus and Cato all lent money at 80 per
cent.
1t is often assumed that the rate Of
interest depends upon the abundance
of gold or silver This is not the
case, as in California and Australia
the rate Of interest was extremely
high during the height of the gold ac'
t1vity. In MOhammedan countries in
terest is forbidden in the Koran. But
this has not succeeded in keeping down
rates, as in these countries interest IS
three or four times greater than IN
Europe. Ia some parts of the Orient
rates have gone as far as 100 per
cent.
Several centuries before the Chris
tan era a bank of deposit existed IN
Byzantium. In 900 A. D. bank Oh
deposit was established in China, al
though some form of banking exlsteu
in that country many centuries DC.
fore. About 1900 A. D. bank OF
deposit was established in Damascus;
in 1345 one was founded In Geneva
in 1401 Barcelona started its first DanA-
ing depository; the bank OF AluSter-
dam was founded in 1868; bank Oh o''
George in 14O7 and the bank Of Stock
holm in 1868.
One of the earliest banking firms OIL
which we have any account IS saiu "
be Egibi & Co. 1t was IN ancien'
Babylon. Evidences Of its existence
were discovered in an earthen"are Jal'
in the neighborhood of Hillah' le"
miles, from Babylon. These documents
recorded on tablets, are now III tnO
British museum. Egibi & Co. are Oe,
lieved to have acted as the natlonai
bank of Babylon, and the founder piCp-
ably lived in the reign OF SennaclleliO'
about 700 B. C. Below Is trahSi'
ton of one of the tablets:
Loan of five mana OF silver "
Nabu-zer-iddin, chief of the uaseI
bearers (rab-nas-patrutu, to BeinaS. I,
The money to be repaid in installinenro
of a shekel and a half, beginning IL
Nissan. ~
18th day of Tebet, 94th year u
NebuchadnezZar. -,.oa
Records of this kind were depoSi'''
in the government office.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-01-02

Copyright. 1917, Western Newspaper GnionJ
The ancient world, too, had it's cap
4Ains of industry and finance" and
\he story of their struggles for success
is every bit as inspiring as modern
business romances." Then, as now,
difficulties of humble birth and caste
meant nothing to the determined, able
man.
There was a slave in ancient Greece
who rose to be the greatest banker OF
his time. His name, Passion, is con-
Stantly mentioned in documents and
other records. While the extent of
his business was then considered enor-
nous, today we dismiss it as incense
luential. Passion is said to have held
Sl3,405 on deposit from customers, to
have loaned S60935 andto have owned
land worth $24,375. His income was
$1,000 year.
His deposits and loans appear small
in comparison with modern figures but
the rate of interest customarily
charged does not-36 per cent.
Banking IN Greece originally con-
sisted of changing money for foreign
erS. Later, the Greeks commenced
allowing interest on deposits. Dem
osthenes is said to have kept bank
ing account.
Greek bankers were also nOtaries
and witnessed contracts between 9TH
ers. They We're familiar with letters
of credit and invented a form of en-
dorsement. AS an example of this, we
read that one Iceratus drew, in Ath-
ems, a bill on hiss father in Pontus,
which was guaranteed by Passion and
then purchased by Stratocles. In
Greece the banks were located in the
temples and the latter were often used
as national treasures.
They had an instrument correspond
ing to our check. They started the
practice of "discouhts"-that, is de-
Quoting the interest," at the time of
making the loan.
The Greeks appear to have intro
duced banking In Italy. The Roman
bankers soon became very important
and Roman comedies contain many al
lusions to them. These were not al
ways of a complimentary nature, but
it is fact that banking in Rome stood
high as a profession. ALI money trans
actions among Romans were carried
ON through bankers and account books
of customers were kept.
In 352 B. G. the senate appointed
persons TO lend a portion of public
funds, on security, to the Plebians.
The Romans were even more prone
than the Greeks to charge high inter-
est rates. They sometimes reached so
per cent.
Later the rate was fixed by law and
In Cicero's time the legal amount was
II per cent. In the law passed under
Emperor Justinian, 52S A. D., the rate
was fixed at per cent for notables,
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-01-02
State Awards Usual Compensation.

This is the story of coffee pot that
exploded; burning a hungry workman
about the face causing the loss of his
right eye. After long consideration
the industrial commission hold in an
opinion today that a workman while
eating his lunch during the noon hour
is to be considered as performing a
service growing out of his employment.
Compensation was granted. William
Schurr was an employee of the La
Point Foundry company of Schleising-
erville. The accident occurred on jan
uary II, 1917
at was the applicants custom, as
well as that of other employees in the
foundry, who carried their dinner with
Them" says the decision, ito place
their coffee cans upon a stove in the
foundry shortly before noon in order
that their coffee would be heated at
lunch time. On the date in question
the applicant placed his coffee on the
stove at about II 30 a. m. The can
was an ordinary coffee can with a
tight-ftting lid.
apparently the coffee was heated
more than usual, and when the appli-
cant undertook to remove the lid there
was an explosion of steam and the APP
plicant was severely burned about the
face. The injuries were treated by a
competent surgeon but the applicant
has lost the sight of his right eye as
the result of the injury"
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-01-02
Game Protectors Elect Officers.

The Wisconsin Game Protective as
ISOLATION concluded its meeting and re-
elected DR.. A. T. Rasmussen, La
Crosse, as president of the organiza-
ton. The other officers elected were {:
Z. L. Kelley, vice president, Manito-
voc, and E. P. Trautman, secretary
and treasurer, of Stevens Point. The
board of directors of the organization
is composed of L. T. Powell, Superior ;
II. d. Corning, Kilbourn; L. D. Smith,
Waupaca Clarence J. Allen. Milwau-
kee, and DR.. G. c. Dwight, Madison.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-01-02
Treble Injured Minors AWARD.

Under the new wOrkmen'S cOmpeD-
sation act it will be possible for
minor under seventeen years of age to
recover S26, 1920 from his employer
in fifteen years. OF this amount two
thirds would have to be paid by the
employer and only one-third by the
insurance company.
Under present law no minor between
tho ages of fourteen and seventeen
years is permitted to work, except in
agricultural pursuits, without a permit
ana even then certain lines OF work
are prohibited for him.
Should a minor be permanently to-
tally disabled while at work on an
unguarded machine in prohibitive
work, his compensation would be
trebled The law provides that he may
recover 90 per cent of his normal wage,
which is placed at $3.50 per day, up to
thirty-two years of age. This would
mean 1915 per week. To this would
be added 10 per cent for being en-
ployed on an unguarded machine which
would bring the wage up to SILL per
week, and being a minor engaged in
prOhibitive work would treble his COM
pensation and make it $3.50 per week.
He would be entitled to that compen-
satiOn for 10 years or 7S0 weeks, a
total of $26,239.20. The maximum
amount formerly allowed was $4,000
with 10 per cent additional if injured
on an unguarded machine, or only
about $500.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-01-02
Hens Make Good Record.

Fed on beef scraps and only such
grain as the ordinary Wisconsin farm
affords in abundance, extraordinary
laying records are being made in the
poultry fiocks maintained at the agri-
cultural station farm at Madison The
station pullets seem to realize that the
nation is at war and although were in
the shell themselves less than year
ago. have already arisen to the emer-
geney and produced a remarkable num-
Der of eggs, with which to help out on
meatless days and do their bit to help
win the war,
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-01-02
Big Libraries in Camps.

"The boys In the environments and
military camps of the country are
showing a thirst for knowledge" This
was the statement of M. S. Dudgeon.
secretary of the Wisconsin Free liz
brary association, who has charge OK
the library work of the military camps
of the country for the government. "We
have large libraries in all the military
camps. In most of them we have 20,-
600 books in separate building for
the use of the boys. This is true at
the present time of library conditions
at Camp Grant where we have 10000
Volumes
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-01-02
Ausin Leads in Cow Testing Work.

Wisconsin leads again. Three states
began the COW testing movement earli-
err by three years, but the associations
of Wisconsin now Outnumber those of
any other state. OF the more than AGO
associations in the United States, Wis
consin leads with "a, about Is per cent
of the entire number. Other leading
states are Vermont, New York, Iowa,
Ohio. Minnesota and Pennsylvania.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-01-02

of the debt is provided, inst 40
modern mortgages or mortgage bonds
state that principal and interest as
payable at the Tenth Trust Co - ~
some other bank.
The amount of interest is NOT sto+os
but on all documents of this sort
legal rate of interest was customarv
which ranged in times of peace from,
II to 20 per cent and in times of vyo.
to almost any amount.
The note matured in the month -
harvest, exactly as American farmers
getting loans from their banks. have
their notes mature in October and No-
vember.
Notice the words ''son of Marashnv
in the above document. Marashu Sons
were a great firm of bankers in tho
Babylonian city of Nippur. They made
loans of all kinds and often were caIIad
upon to help the King of Babylon with
money.
This mortgage, together with manv
other records of the firm of Marosbu
Sons, was discovered in 1893. The
story of its discovery is one of great
interest.
The Babylonians were the Ameri.
cans of antiquity. They were a na.
ton of business men. Their mort.
cages, notes, deeds, wills and other
documents were drawn with great care
and along the same principles as the
similar instruments we use today
Lawyers did a fiourishing business in
Babylon, as these people were fond Of
going 20 law and made all transfers
of property a matter of record. Not
only did they invent mortgages but
leases also.
One interesting lease demiSed field
and fish pond for the term of a year.
The lessee made first payment of one
talent of silver and in addition, as
ground rent, agreed to furnish the
lessor with a mess of fish for his fam.
lily table every day.
Another lease transferred a piece Of
improved property for sixty days, the
ground rent being paid in advance and
the tenant being guaranteed against all
claims of whatever nature.
All these documents were inscribed
on bricks made of clay by means of
wedge-shaped instrument the various
combinations of wedges making up the
alphabet. These wedges have given
the name TO this particular style of
writing, which is called "cuneiform."
from the Latin word "cuneus,"
wedge.
1 suppose if the Babylonians had
safety deposit vaults they would not
have considered it necessary to insure
the preservation of their records thus.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-01-02
The Broader Thrift.

Laying aside few dollars ea'n
week does not necessarily make one
thrifty person. Thrift means 80 MT =
more than merely saving money
means personal efficiency ino''n
plans-it means self-eontrol-i' ne0u -
foresight-it means pruuen'
means sane and legitimate sell'0O4 81.
dence-it means all that makes IA IA
character It is as much removes
from miserliness on the one manu- -"
it is from extravaganza on the o'nea 10
AS we build the ideals OF thFlt
build character.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-01-02
TO Give Farm Course.

Because of the increased demand for
mower with which TO speed the pillow
because of food production, the col
ilege of agriculture is announcing a
special farm power course to be given
january 90 to February 16.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-01-02
Would Have Prisons Make Munitions

A conference of prison authorities
was held at Washington to talk over
plans for having convicts employed in
the manufacture of munitions. Secre-
tary NJ. J. Tappins said that Wiscon-
sin was not represented at the con-
ference. The fact that the Wisconsin
prison furnishes employment for its
prisoners. while some of the prisons
do not is the reason why Wisconsin
will not be particularly interested in
the new plan. Binder Irvine and stock
ings, two things necessary in war time,
are now being made at the prison.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-01-02
,Personatino Pop.

His Ma-Now, Tommy, as faith
won't be home tonight, you sit in h.
chair at the table and say grace.
The Kid-Well, if I'm to be father I
must have two eggs.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-01-02

One person out of every ten VINO uiV
today in our large cities Is Duile0 -
Potter's field.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-01-02

If the American people cannot i 20 .
to be thrifty, they cannot ren''
great nation.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-12-29
HOLIDAY DANCE.

One OF the NEST dciisLt.ul ac>ial
eseit3 cf tie w3ei; was the dance on
FRIDAY evening at the Suwapee Hotel
Bright Christmas decorations were
effectively used. MuecEes orchestra
furnished the inspiring dance music
and punch was served throcghoct the
cyening. The presence OF large mum
Der visitoss added to the pleasure Of
the occasion, among whom were;
A,,ESo9 Doris ard Louise Tay.cr, Ger
trudc Wood, Capt. joe h3, John Tay-
lor end Lieut.. RyIandec Of Cuthbert
Ltis$c5 Cortcz Wh;tsett cf Atlanta;
Miss Helen Hamilton; Mcssrs Dun
can Harvard and Ten Atkins, Lieut.
and Mrs. Mid Mcdonald Of Vienna;
Miss Velma Williams CT Enaville;
AiiSo 4hClDd 4's0SOIl Vi --Iht-4tt, 4tIlSo
J ou.se 'Draad q. Lawrcncevillc, Hiss
Flora Shinglcr CT AshbUrn. Carolyn
Wood Of LumpEin, Miss Alice New
ten of Forsyth, Miss IHc2 Minter of
Macon, Mcssrs Wa!kcssaa1 Hugh Lar
rimorc OF Lecs5urs Leon Turner of
Ashburn, Webster HALF and III. l..
Ivey of Warwick Lloyd Hill Of Macon
DR.. O. r. T. Thompson Of Pjnohurst,
Pruitt Leggitt Of Unadilla, Lieut..
Schow and Lieut. johnson Ct New
York, Mr.. Richard Rowden of Thorn
son. Lieut.. Taylor and George Lump
kin Of Amccicus. H. A. Edwards of
Maccn.