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elephant" Balloon.

Germany's much touted efficiency
was given a hard bump when the AL
lies took up the manufacture Of bal
looms. The Germans had developed
the "Drachen" balloon and boosted
of it. But it was t~reacherous and
could not reach a safe height out OF
reached Of Allied anti-aircraft guns
Captain Caquot. a French officer, de-
vised the elephant" balloon now
manufactured by the U. S. in large
enough quantities for S by America
and it's allies. It's construction holds
it steady in ~treacherous air currents
1t can be sent up above the range OF
guns. 1t is ninety-three feet long
twenty-eight feet in diameter and
holds $4,000 cubic feet of gas.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-09-18

BEING MAILED
100000 Men Between 18
and SO to Receive Blanks
First.

Washington, Sept. 1S.-Local draft
boards at the direction Of Provost
Marshal General Crowder today began
mailing out questfonnaires to the APP
proximately $4,000 men between the
ages of 10 and SO years Of age who
registered under the selective service
act last Thursday. Registrars will
be given even days to fill out and
return the questionnaires.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-09-18

grouped about me carrying on an ante
mated conversation. One of the doc
tor who had been examining my
hurts requested that some prepare
alton be handed to him immediatelys
The others told him the supply of the
article he desired had been exhausted.
In a little while I realized they wanted
the and-tetanus serum which is used
to head of infection caused by par
ticles Of earth entering the wounds.
This dangerof infection is one of the
greatest the surgeons over there have
to combat. AS they discussed my case
an attendant entered the room and
said the Red Cross man had arrived
with another supply of. the erum It
probably saved my life and the lives
of about fifteen other patients who
had just been brought In"
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-09-18
Gibbons Pays Tribute

-0HUOO1o WJ0 1I1OOU0
: Floyd Gibbons. war correspondent
of the Chicago Tribune. who was
wounded three times in the. battle of
Chateau Thierry, one Of the injuries
resulting in the loss Of his left ye.
pays this tribute o @the American Red
Cross in the lecture he is now deliver
Ing to the American people,
II It were not for the efficiency OF
the Red CrossI doubt III would be
alive today. On being carried to &
hospital that had been established in
an old church some distance behind
the lines. I heard the surgeons
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-09-18
of all sorts by the protecting arm. {
tho Pod Gross EfE

In money alone the help given since
the beginning of the war will have
amounted to six million dollars by the
end Of the yearly that time, too, the
expenditure for fighters families will
be at the rate Of one million dollars
a month. More important than fnan-
cial assistance r the other helps that
are being freely given, as in cases of
ness difficulties and failure to keep in
touch with loved ones at the front.
Twenty or more inquiries after the
welfare of soldiers families are
cabled over from France every day by
the Red Cross, and at least 100 more
are sent daily by mail.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-09-18
Joint Qonfarenm.

A.joint conference Of, Red Cross and
tuberculosis workers will be held in
on tuberculosis. st. Louis.
Mo-. on October 2 to 4. The war
problem Of tuberculosis will be dis
cussed, and there will be a. special
session for Red Cross workers with
a program in charge Of the division
directors Of civilian relief Of the Red
Cross. Frank j. Bruno will represent
the northern division.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-09-18

Lieut.. Ralph d. Oracle, ION Of Dan
Oracle of Bemidji. made the supreme
sacrifice battling with a large squad
ron of Boche airmen. when his bat
tie plane became disabled and he
dropped to the sea and was drowned.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-09-18

Few Of England's noblewomen
have worked harder in war work than
Lady Muriel BERTHE, the only daugh.
ter Of the twelfth Earl of Lindsey
She has been active in different phas-
es of war work since the conflict be.
gan in 1914. She recently returned to
England from France, where she had
been working in a canteen hut IN O.
lais since the early days of the war.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-09-18
R Red lrc ss,
Home Service.

The American Red Cross is helping
not alone to are for Jul fighting men
in the war, but for, their loved ones
left at home. More than 800, 900
families of American soldiers and
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-09-18

For the second time in a few
months the harness shop of E. H.
Stallman of jamestown has been
broken into and robbed. Gloves,
leather cuffs. shoes and other goods
and a quantity Of stamps were taken,
but no money was secured.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-09-18
United States
Casualty List
LATEST REPORT.


The following casualties are report
ed by the commanding general of the
American expedftionary forces:
Killed in action, 81; missing in ac-
ton. z; wounded severely, II; died OF
wounds, II. Total, 126.
Killed in Action.
Privates George William Huber,
Minneapolis, Mimi; Wendell A. Ross,
Appleton, MINI. d.
Wounded Severely.
Sergeant Willie Smith, Minneapolis,
Mimi; Privates Joe Black, Minot, N.
d.; Domenico Grisolona, no emerg-
ency address given: Rufus House,
Oneida, Wis; John Miner, Tomah,
Wis; Walter Olson, Oconto, Wis.
Leighton B. Pierce, Billings. Mont
Oscar George Ringstad, Dalton, MINI.
George w. Scott, Mfnot, N. D.; Ray
mony Smith, Markesan, Wis
Missing in Action.
Privates Chester Olson, Wautoma,
Wis; Edward Stegeman. Milwaukee,
Wis.
MARINE CORPS CASUALTIES.
Summary of casualties to date:
Omcers-Deaths, 81; wounded, 81;
missing, 1. Sub total, 102.
Enlisted Men-Deaths, 919; wound
ed, 1925; In hands of enemy, IL;
missing. 49,. Sub total, 5000.
Grand total, 3,108.
! The following casualties are re-
ported by the commanding general OF
|the American expeditionary forces
lincluded in aboveltotal):
Killed IN action, 8; died of wounds
lrecEived in action. 3: wounded in &C.
tioh,saeverelySS6; missing in action, 80
$3.50 KILLED in Action. "
.Privates> Otto E.. Stephens, Vol
Creek, Mont.
Missing in Action.
Fivate William Hirsch, Mime
apolis, MINI.
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Relief for Tyler.

Relied o Tyler.
At a recent meeting Of the execu-
Cross chapter, Elandreau, S. d, it was
voted to send $500 to the official relief
committee at Tyler, Mimi. to assist in
aiding the citizens who are suffering
from the effects Of the tornado which
devastated that city last month.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-09-18
Steel for Snlints.

Acting on advices from the commits
sioner for France, the Red Cross war
council has authorized the purchase,
round steel for making splints. This
supply is additional to a quantity pre-
viously requested, the increase being
caused by an elaboration of the splint
program Of the commission for
France The appropriation for, the
additional quantity amounted to 3d.
627.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-09-18

Word has been received here from
Miss Florence Desautel to the effect
that she has arrived overseas. Miss
Desautel received her training at st.
Michael's hospital In this city, and
was stationed at the base hospital al
Camp Dodge for some time before
leaving for overseas duty.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-09-18

Herald want As Bring Results.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-09-18

Miss Gertrude Healy has returned
from Portland. Ore, where she has
been taking reconstruction work dur
ing the summer. Miss Healy will
leaye on Sunday for Grafton, where
she will teach in the high school.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-12

fledgling, and no woman six years
older need have any of the emotions
of cradle-robbing in marrying him.
Mutual Help
I am not going to say, with
certain cynic that "propinquity is
woman's chief charm" 1t is a valu-
able ally certainly, but it is sheer
morbidity to refuse to marry
man because he had a great many
opportunities of seeing you. You
might as well refuse him because
there are seven days in the week
or that jonquils bloom in the
Spring.
I'd take the young man of thirty
four and I'd keep my office if it
were humanity possible; then when
the stepping stone to which the
young man has been looking for
ward presents itself, you'll be able
to lend him hand. Mutual help
and responsibility--a genuine part
nership-is the best cornerstone for
a happy marriage.
Why should you drag on into
lonely old age, adding to that fund
of twenty eight hundred, as your
only heart-warming experience,
while you and the young man may
have a cozy little apartment or a
little place in the country, with a
real garden. together.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-12
mo MORE
| FOOT MISERY
!: ICE-MINT
A NEW DISCOVERY STOPS
SORENESS AND CORNS
FALL OFF
ICE-MINT

Just a touch or two with Ice-mint
and your corns and foot troubles are
ended. 1t takes the soreness right
out, then the corn or callous shrivels
No matter what you have tried or
how many times you have been dis
appointed here is a real helm for you
at last.
again or bother with bungling tape or
Hard corns, soft corns or corns be-
tween the toes, just shrivel up and
lift off so easy. It's wonderful. You
feel no pain or soreness when apply
ing Ice-mint or afterwards. 1t doesn't
even irritate the skin.
This new discovery made from a
Japanese product is certainly magical
the way it draws out inflammation
from a pair of swollen, burning. ach-
ing feet, Ice-mint imparts such a de-
lightful cooling, soothing feeling to
the feet that it just makes you sigh
with relief. 1t is the real Japanese
secret for fine, healthy little feet. 1t
is greatly appreciated by women who
wear high heel shoes. It absolutely
prevents foot odors and keeps them
sweet and comfortable.
poor, tired, suffering, swollen feet the
treat of their lives. Sold and recon-
mended by good druggists every
where.-Advertisem
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-12
THEFOUR OFHEARTS
SERIAL OF YOUTH AND ROMANO
By VIRGINIA VAN DE WATER

Ito see Dora, but his friend to in
quire for Dora 5 cousin"
Mrs. Livingstone had monopolfzed
Stewart for the few minutes that
he had remained and had confided
to him sundry interesting, if not
quite veracious, fact about her hus-
bands niece. When he had taken
his departure, leaving Van Saun
alone with Dora, it had been with
sufficient food for reflection.
Tonight the young people and
the elderly couple were to go to and
from the theater in the Living
stones car.
Dora's parents insisted upon this
in spite of the protests of their fu-
ture son-in-law.
You boys must do as we old peo-
pie say" Stephen Livingstone COM
manded. THAT is all there is about
it,"
Consequently, at o'clock, the
party of six left for the theater-
Gerald assisting Mrs. Livingstone
down the front steps, Milton, with
his f1nancee, while Stephen Living
stone and his niece came last of all.
am glad, my dear" Cynthia's
uncle remarked as they descended
the front steps together, ito note
that you are trying to please your
aunt and me. 1t may be a little
hard at first, but it is what your
father would have wished of. YOU,
He would disapprove of your be-
coming a recluse."
Ito Be Continued Wednesday,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-12
THEY MUST DECIDE
n Miss Fairfax:


My daughter is engaged. Her
fiance is in the draft. AS he has
not been examined yet, he doesn't
know if he has to go, but he ex-
poets to be called soon.
They are thinking of getting
married before he goes away.
And as l don't know what to ad-
wise them I am putting it up to
you. So please advise me.
Sincerely,
A MOTHER.
OF course you don't know what
to advise them. No outsider can
justifiably play Providence in such
a case. But it seems to me that
since your daughters sweetheart
has not yet been called for exam
ination their case is vastly dierent
from those I am generally called
on to consider: viz, cases in which
the soldier lad is already in active
service at camp. If their love is
well established and sincere, and
they feel ready to face the long
separation and loneliness and risk
and sacrifice that such marriage en-
tails, 1T would be safe to proceed.
But a mere engagement is a safer
tie for the girl, and will still hold
them to each other if they are nat
urally faithfuI and loyal.
SUSPICION
Dear Miss Fairfax:
I am nineteen and met a soldier
who is about four or five years my
senior. He has proved himself a
gentleman and a good friend. After
he left me he wrote newsy letters,
which l answered.
He is now bound for France, so
kindly tell me if it is proper. to
write newsy letters or to discon-
tinue the correspondence alto
gether.
gether. A. z.
BY all means write newsy, CHEEKY
letters to your soldier boy. During
the time when men We're sent from
all parts of the country to the camps,
there were married men who posed
as single and girls who wantonly
fiirted with men regardless of
possible home ties. But your friend
ship is established, I fancy you must
have known something of your
friend from other soldiers in his
company. 1t cannot hurt you to
write friendly. letters.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-12
DON'T LET WIFE
Die OF LOCKJAW
Warn her against cutting corns
because they can be
lifted out.

Women wear high heels which
buckle up their toes and they suffer
terribly from corns. Women then
proceed to trim these pests, seeking
relief, but they hardly realize the
terrible danger from infection, says q
Cincinnati authority.
Corns can easily be lifted out with
the fingers If you will get from any
drug store a quarter of an ounce of
drug called freezone. This is suf-
ficient to remove every hard or soft
corn or callus from ones feet. You
simply apply few drops of freezone
directly upon the tender, aching
corn. The soreness is relieved at
once and soon the entire corn, root
and ALL lifts out without pain.
This is sticky substance which
dries in a moment. 1t Just shrivels
up the corn without infiaming on
even irritating the. surrounding tis-
sue or skin. Cut this out aud min
on your wife's dresser.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-12
CHAPTER XVII

Copyright, 1918, by Star Company
Cynthia's bruised shoulder. while
painful for a few hours, was soon
so well that she declared herself
able to go about as usual.
On the third day after her acci-
dent she was SO well that she ap-
peared below stairs in a street dress.
Cynthia" Dora announced in the
middle of the morning, you have
an engagement for tonight, only
you do not know it."
Cynthia gazed at her, mystified.
What do you mean?" she ques-
toned.
Milton is taking a box for a play
tonight, and has decided that 1t will
be we'll to invite father and mother,
too. He thinks it might please them.
All! here is mother now"-as Mrs.
Livingstone entered the room.
Mother, Milton would like you and
father, Cynthia and me to go to the
theater with him tonight. He is
taking a boX-and Gerald will be
What is the play?" Mrs. Liv-
ingstone asked.
Il don't know, and neither does
he, yet. He is going to see where
he can get the best tickets, and will
report later. 1 told him to make it
a comedy if possible. hate sad plays
aud problem plays"
Cynthia spoke timidly. "I have
not been to the theater this winter,
Aunt Amanda. Would you mind if
L declined this time?"
why should you decline?" her
aunt demanded sharply.
Because l do not feel just like
because'-Cynthia look
ed embarrassed and stammered,
because, yo usee-just now while
| am in mourning
But her aunt interrupted her.
You are very foolish in your ideas,
Cynthia" she reproved.
There was a silence, broken at
last by Cynthia.
II will do as you think best, Aunt
Amanda" she said.
self that this was the price she must
pay for her dependence.
When Mrs. Livingstone had
gained her own way she could af-
ford to be magnanimo
That's a good girl" she ap-
proved, patting Cynthia on the head
as she passed her. 'I hope the play
will be so entertaining that you will
find it well worth while to have set
aside your rather ridiculous preju-
dices."
Cynthia had seen neither Milton
nor Gerald since the night of the
accident. Both men had called the
following evening to ask for her.
At least her aunt had told her
archly that Milton came, of course,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-12
LIFE'S. PROBLEMS
ARE DISCUSSED
BY MRS. WILSON WOODROW

roundings; and as health of body
depends very greatly on ease of mind
and freedom from worry, these are
as necessary as the material COM
forts in keeping the capital intact.
But this woman isn't thinking
about the reserve capital. She is
considering nothing but her own
personal desires and pleasures and
vanities. She isn't even thinking
about the baby, when she drags it
from pillar to post every evening to
the unhealthy excitement of lights
and voices and people when it
should be sound asleep.
A certain amount of amusement
is necessary to all of us. Why then
does she not do her visiting in the
afternoon? A suspicion comes to
my mind that she does. But it only
serves to whet her appetite for
more.
Wake up, little sister! I believe,
and your husband believes, and your
baby believes that you are really all
right, with the best intentions in the
world, although you seem a bit
thoughtless and inconsiderate. And
against the belief of three, you know,
nothing can prevail.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-12
Little Talks by
Beatrice Fairfax
BY Beatrice Fairfax

by bS1LF2Ce rairTdx
A letter came the other day that
is typical of the attitude so many
women take toward age. work and
life in general, that 1 am going to
answer it at length:
MY dear Miss Fairfax:
''I was forty my last birthday
and have been employed since I
was seventeen. 1 began by feed
ing a press in a printing office,
worked my way up, till now / get
fourteen hundred a year in another
and better department of the same
establishment.
In the twenty-three years I have
been in the office 1 have managed.
as the result of a little investment
and the utmost economy, to put by
twenty-eight hundred dollars.
Enter the Young Man
"A couple of years ago a young
man six years my junior came to
work in the same division with me,
and we grew much interested in
each other. He is a college man,
and when he accepted his present
position he regarded it as a step
ping stone to greater opportunities.
After he asked me to marry him
he did not want to take the risk of
giving up his office. And this and
the difference in our ages made me
refuse to marry him, as l felt his
affection for me may be the result
of propinquity. And I do not want
to be a milestone around his neck,
but l am heartbroken about giving
him up, and he seems misera BILE,
too. AS you don't know either OF
us, little impersonal advice would
be very welcome. Yours.
"SPINSTER"
In the first place, let me correct
one mistake-you are not really
forty years old. No one is forty.
fifty or sixty years old; we age in
heart and brain-not in years. And
If you care deeply for this young
man of thirty-four. and he cares
about you, the chances are that in
your subjective mind-where things
really happen-you are no more
than twenty-eight or thirty years
old.
I have known girls of twenty
seven and twenty-eight who have
allowed their minds to age to the
point of senility, and, on the other
hand, 1 have known grandmothers
who were radiantlT young past
fifty.
Birthdays . Mistake
1t is the greatest mistake to
lHiih VI OURSELVES III the terms OF
years: birthdays are mile-stones
that it is we'll to pass with eyes
closed. Nothing is so aging as con-
tinually associating ourselves with
accumulations of time. Birthdays
for those who have collected
quite a stock of them-kill more
surely than disease. Think young
ard you'll be young.
[ believe those twenty-three
years of Government service and
the denial you have practised in
amassing your little fortune have
made you little morbid, a little
blind to a great many delightful
things that life offers to him that ,,
has the wisdom and courage to
take them.
No one any longer regards six
years seniority on the part of
woman as an impediment to mar
riage. Some of the happiest mar
iages in the world have been
when theS woman was the older.
D1sraeli was a number of years
his wife's junior. Browning was
younger than Elizabeth Barrett,
and Ashmead Bartlett a couple of
generations younger than the Bar
oness Burdett Coutts. yet these
marriages remain ideals of history.
a man of thirty-four is not ],
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-12
War Time Lexicon

Copyright, 1918, by British Ca
madam Recruiting Mission, which
maintains depots in all large cities
where men, except Americans, may
volunteer.)
Needle:
The point of the. bayonet.
Entrenching Tool;
A trowel-shaped tool for digging
in, with which every soldier is sup
piled along with his musket and
ammunition. Opinion among SOL
diers varies as to it's usefulness,
some claiming it is the most satis-
factory tool devised for scooping out
a shelter quickly under fire, others
regarding. it as an entirely useless
cross between a tack hammer and
a geologists pick-ax."
Visibility:
The condition of the atmosphere,
by which the terrain and the enc
my positions are easily seen or not.
The heavy gun-fire and the low un-
drained ground cause mists, smoke
and other atmospheric conditions
affecting observations either from
observation posts or by aeroplane
scouts, so that visibility or the con-
dition of the atmosphere is a very
important factor. A foggy day
low .visiblity-while unfavorable to
observation, is favorable to a sur
prise attack:
Strafng:
From the German "hate," used
to refer to heavy bombardment by
the Germans. Thus, rain of shells
from the enemy is spoken of as
Fritz is strafing."
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-12
THE MJERUsALEM OF RUSSIA


Kiev, through whose streets many
armies have passed during the pres
ent war, is in many ways a beauti-
full town, and especially is this true
of the old quarter, which is built on
a range of hills and bluffs overlook
ing the vast low-lying country that
stretches out, like the sea. to the
skyline on the opposite side of the
pnieper. In the center of the old
town stands the Cathedral of Saint
Sophia, the oldest cathedral in Rus
sia, with renowned golden cupola, a
noted landmark for many miles
around; whilst the main street, the
Kreshchatik, contains many fine mod
erp buildings Then Kiev is a great
educational center. 1t ranks in fact
in this respect next to Moscow and
Fetrograd 1t has been called the
Jerusalem of Russia" and is still
the center for the sugar industry in
trade of the entire region round
about
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-12
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