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Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-16
eral fellowships and three of the uni- versity scholarships.

era1 fellowships and three of the uni. versity scholarships.
 Winsted.-Edward Jaimie, proprietor of a fruit store in the west end, has received a letter from his mother an- nouncing her safe arrival in Cairr. Egypt, from Damascus, Syria, follo-,- ing a journey of 30 days made on a camers back. She was accompanied on the trip by her two sons and daughter and they were escorted by officers of the British expeditionary force operating in Syria,
 Bridgeport.-The local bartenders' union voted Sunday to present de- mands to their employers and to strike next Monday if the demands are not complied with. The men ask for a minimum wage of S25 a week, 5o- hour week, and mo Sunday work" They also voted that all pipe cleaners must join the plumbers union and that no union bartender will draw beer after this week from pipes clean ed by anyone not a member of the plumbers union. The saloon keepers have not yet decided what action to take on these demands.~-
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WhatnextIess?

My Mondays are cleanless, My words are all meanlesS, My shirts they are starchless. The months they are Marclless. My Tuesdays are ironless, The world it is mindless. My tea it is sweetless, My beds they are sheetless. My Wednesdays are wheatless And therefore are eatless. The, soup bones are meatless, My stockings are feetless. My Thursdays are sweepless And also are dustless,
 My eyes they are weepless, And the knives they are rustless. My Fridays are soapless, The hills they are slopeless, The codfish is boneless, And I--I am groanless.
 2 1s7 1aE My Saturdays are workless And also are bakeless;
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STORIES WRITTEN BY WIDE. / INTAKES.
craminae Family,

...
 Plants have relations same as peo- pie. Cousins in the grass family in- clude wheat, barley, rye and oats.
 Wheat is the oldest one in the. tam fly. Wheat was known before books were written It was originated in Sicily and carried to Egypt, China acd Greece. It followed the current of civilization westward to America. In the new world it grows as far south as Cuba. and north as far as Alaska. In the old world as far south as Egypt and Algeria and north as far as Nor way.
 The grain varies with the difference of climate. Soil should be a fertile clay loam. It should be- well broken to good depth and planted in fall if possible. The seed should: be sown and worked in and covered with two or three inches loose soil.
 Barley is about as old as wheat It grows in the same places as wheat It was the chief source of bread until the sixteenth century when wheat be- came more generally known. Soil should be well drained. sandy loam. Barley should be sown carefully. 3
 Rye was raised in western Asia and on the shores of the Mediterranean sea. It has been known two thous- and years or more, :, It should be planted the same as wheat. 3s .@. Oats are not as old as wheat or barley A cold moist climate will suit oats the best. It will do well nearly on all soil except the richest and poorest. The very best soil for oats is well drained, fertile, clay loam Ii | is necessary to prepare the soil care fully for the pat crop.
 This is a great war and we nuSi save if we want to win Our brave soldiers abroad are fighting for theiI country so we must do our bit. We 1 cannot win if we do not save. One very important thing to save is wheat Wheat is the call from our soldiers and allies. In place of wheat we car use corn and barley
 1 WILHELMINE KRAUSS. | Norwich
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Works to Help the Soldiers.

Dear Uncle Jed: Pm in the Fourth grade in the third room. We have a Thrift Stamp chart. We are trying to see which one is going to get the most So far have 10 thrift stamps
 We are buying them to help the sol diers to fight better. The supervisor came around with little papers that told us what the thrift stamps would buy for the soldiers. It would buy them socks. sweaters, scarfs. wristers, and other things that the soldiers need.
 And he also brought us little papers to give to our mothers, telling us to eat potatoes and save wheat.
 Last year my father had two gar ' dens and we are going to have them again this year.
 We have a poster in the school room that says, Every Boy Can Feed a Soldier, Plant Garden! Raise a crop"
 I hope all the other boys will help their country, too.
 LOUIS PEcHIE, Age 10. Attawaugan.
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A Dying Soldier.

4 Red Cross nurse was pausing
 Beside a little cot In which a lad was lying,
 Feverish and hot; And as she bent above him,
 Cooling his fevered brow, She heard him faintly whisper
 Please listen to me now: "Oh, write and tell my mother
 That I've fought as soldier ought; That I've given up my life
 To the flag for which I fought. I've given it gladly enough
 For our noble U. $. A., And the hour at which I die
 Will close a perfect day And say although my body
 Is still somewhere in France My thoughts are hack in Hampshire With all that must enhance That humble little dwelling AS soft. lingering caress Upon the hearts that long For their absent soldier-Jess." BEATRICE L. FARNHAM, Willimantic.
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BRIEF STATE NEWS

WaIIingford-The Chamber of Com- merce of this borough has issued a plea for liberality in giving funds for the purpose of providing tobacco for the Belgian soldiers.
 cheshire.-Moses Cohen was found one morning last week outside his shack dead, Cohen was 70 years old and worked for the railroad a number of years. Death was due to natural causes.
 Wappins.-Rev. J. E. Priestly. who is secretary of the local exemption board, has been appointed secretary of the church federation of the middl. west and will leave here soon to take up his duties.
 PortIand.-The honor flag awarded Portland for the successful Liberty loan drive has been raised and dedi- cated in front of the town hall. The flag contains two stars. Portland's quota was $37,2OO. but this amoun1
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STORIES WRITTEN BY WIDE.
 AWAKes. &
me suFFerina of the ssIsisns.

The Suffering of the 5eIsisns. '. We have had no fighting as yet in sur country. and so We do not realize shat real suffering is like. Of course, tli food and clothing have scared up .o high prices and a poor man who lives in the city and has a large fam ly sometimes suffers greatly. Yet ,his ie not called suffering compared To what the Belgians have suffered and are suffering. FFst-,- sf: The Germans advanced into their country without their perinission aud 20 this aroused the anger Of the Bel -ianS They tried to resist them as best they could. for thes. were not prepared for sueh7 an intrusion upon their territory. The Belgians got the worst of it as Germany is a more powerful country
 The Germans were very cruel to the Eelgians. They were most cruel to tho children because they know how it hurts a mothers heart to see her children suffering Some of the chill dren's arms were cut of, others had iheir feet cut on and their eyes put out and many were killed, and alas! many were robbed ofia' mothers love and fatheris pride sTe h
 When the children go to school
 
 German air raids As the Germans throw shells and send out gas on them and all the people. .t-irz
 Most generally the schools are !'un Ser the ground and the teachers are mostly women from the Red. Cross so- eaety who sec that the children are properly fed and taught. ..e-f -e.-y- Our country has been helping Bel gium for-three years already, and we nope Co continue helping her as fone as we can maintain strength to do so tnd am sure we shall be able to dc DO as people are now doing their bit buying War Saving Stamps and Lib srtv Bonds. -is Many brave women in America have enlisted as Red Cross nurses to gc 20 over and help Belgium and. many hsve gone over already. c- --.a There is no other society that has helped 90 much during this war in SC many ways as has the Red Cross so- rety. May this society prosper anc oe long preserved for it does -ths Eorid SO much gocd.. ->-r-. ., -+,.
 ROSE KESSLER, Age 13.s. A0NCnREIAT
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Danielson.
Cunning Nancy and Her Kittens.

SuHHitlq NdHCy ana F1eFa hletehSs
 Three little kittens were born in a. house opposite ours where there lived two lively children. The kittens were at once named Tom, Dick and Harry.
 As soon as they were big enough to handle, the children began, to carry them around indoors and out. Nancy. the mamma cat, did not like her kit tens to be handled so much for she she knew it was not good for them, She moewed. but the children did not notice her distress. .t.
 Dick, a lovely gray; seemed to be her pet. She took the best care of him, and seemed most worried when the children picked him up.
 One day little Dick could not be found The children hunted for. him; but in vain. They noticed that Nancy did not seem anxious, nor did she 20 to look for her lost .kitteh.T
 They did not notice, however that she would often go up the stairs and stay away awhile from Tom and liar ". a-a sveT4 so4-
 When washing. day came they found out all about It. i"
 In low, dark closet upstairs where the soiled clothes were kept, Nancy and Dick were found. Dick was snug ly wrapped in the clothes and purred contentedly. Mama Nancy lay beside him. She had taken her favorite kit ten and hidden him so that, the .chil. dren should not play with him.
 ADELARD DUQUETTE, Age 13. Danielson.
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buying them every week. I only have four more to fill my book
 I am a good scholar in school I like to go to school. I am going to have a garden and feed a soldier. : I bought the thrift stamps to help my country. E Every morning we salute the flag and sing America and The Star Span glrd Banner. This will help us to be true Americans.
 I am going to plant in my garden radishes and carrots, tomatoes, corn, potatoes, string beans and other things.
 If I am little boy, I can help my country.
 FRANK GLENNER, Age 10.
 AttaWaugan.
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She Joined the Pig Club.

Dear Uncle Jed: I go to the Alta waugan school. There was a man came to our school to see if we wanted to have a pig club. My sister and I each bought one. We bought the pigs to help the soldiers because they are helping us.
 We bought a lot of thrift stamps this year We bought $10.25 worth of thrift stamps. I am in the fifth grade in the third room. We should eat less candy and that will save more sugar for the soldiers.
 I am doing my bit to help the sol- diers.
 One of my brothers has gone to France I wish he would come back and the war would be over.
 FLORENCE AUBTN, Age F.
 Attawaugan.
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LETTERS OF ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Edna Kendall, of Versailles: I hank you very much, for the book thai you sent me. am trying hard SO as to get 2trift Stamps. E.ik v
 Albert Stoddard of Norwich: Thank you very much for the Thrift Stamp.
 Gladys Young, of 1foosup: I thank you very much Tor my Thrift Stamp. have a book with five stamps in it and I am going -to- get-some- more soon. E1f1r-1sfsik 1n s1 Hz1sfE
 Rose ksssler. of coichestsr;; 4 must thank you for the Thrift Stamp you sent me some time ago. as 1t makes
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he went to Camp Upton and from there they shipped to France. We are very sorry but is is no use to cry. Uncle Sam needs all the boys to win the war.
 There are some people who don t care to save the white flour. My moth- CT makes some corn bread to, save the wafte flour.
 II is too bad the boys have to go to France; but all the boys fight for their country.
 Perhaps some boys will go in air planes over the kaiser's palace and drop a bomb and the war will end. It will be the Americans who will win will be glad
 DELLA H. LEPAGE. Age F.
 Attawaugan.
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Rul.s for Young .writsrs.

| Write plainly on one side of the paner only. and number the pages. q Use pen and ink. not pencil [. Short and pointed articles will os given preference. Do not use over .s0 words | Original stories or letters only will be used.
 5 Write your name. age and ad- dress plainly al the bottom of the story. t-c1
 Address all communications tC Jncle Jed. Bulletin once.
 Whatever ycu are-Be that!
 Whatever you Eay-Be true!
 Straightforwardly act -ar
 Be honest-in fact, .- e-a
 Be nobody else buS you"
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THE WINNERS OF PRIZES.

Ruth c. Calvert, of Canterbury: Frontier Boys in Hawaii.
 2-eeatriee E. Farnham, of willi- mantle: A Thrift Stamp. ,'- a-Msrion Fisher Of Hampton: A Thrift Stamp.
 t--Franeis Barrie. of Norwich: A Thrifi Stamp.
 -Marsueritte Miller, of Norwich: 4 Thrift Stamp.
 @Hereda Reil of Eoluntown; A Thrift Stamp 1ris-e fray r> ast T.-Wilhelnine Kraussr of Norwich: A Thrif, stamp. ..-- S-Adeiaide Duqustte- Of Danielson: Frontier Boys in the Mountains.
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Childish Duties.

l read of our soldiers one by one,
 Called off to fight the foe; I've dreamed of being a Red Cross
 nurse
 But I'm too young to go. Still there is something else to do
 Besides fighting in the war There's duties not a very few
 And soldiers to knit for There's winding yarn for grandma, There's buying thrift stamps, too, And shipping rags for pillows Oh. there is lots to do! If only I get busy now, And think much more of it. Just sit up and notice And look around bit. I'll see so many, many things So many things to do- I'll be a drafted soldier, Just like the boys in blue. MARION FISHER, Age 13. Hampton.
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A Fishinu Trip,

Dear Uncle Jed: I am going to tell you about one of my moonlight fishing trips. We left home at about half past seven, took a lantern, poles and fishing tackle When we reached the pond it was quite dark.
 We lighted our lantern and placed it close to the pond. After fishing for a while I got a bite. When I got it ashore it proved to be quite small. We flshed till nearly eleven o'clock and only caught five .and few mosquito bites.
 When we started for home it became quite dark On the wax home we lost our way several times by following the brook. It was the shape of the letter S. After we got home we cleaned our
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A Little Pa+rio&

Dear Uncle Jed: am in the primary room of Poquetanuck school We have S107 worth of thrift stamps in our room so far and I have bought eight stamps.
 We are all working as hard as we can to get these stamps and save all our nickels and pennies, and we never spend any for candy.
 My father is at Camp Devens now. He came home to see us last Friday night and went back Sunday after noon. He is corporal, but was going to get a sergeant's rating when he got back.
 . My brother is in the service, too.
 I have a $50 Liberty bond. We have bought three bonds in our fam fly. e
 FRANCIS BARRIE, Age il.
 Norwich
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POETRY.
The Dear Old Lady.
By Antony E. Anderson.

By Antony E. Anderson. The dear old lady on our street
 wonder if you've met her? a' She's always smiling. and so sweet That no one could forget hers She hasn't read a hundred books In all her life. she tells mo; And if you were to judge by looks, The honest truth compels me To say she does not seem so wise As many girls of twenty ..-. And yet no friend of hers, denies
 She knows a lot. and plenty. Her twinkling eyes are hid. behind A pair Of gold-rimmed glasses; Shes slightly deaf and. slightly blind To many a thing that passesA' Shell see the sunset in the west And note its radiant glories. And speak of mansions of the blest And sweet old Bible stories; She'll see the .hiuebird and the thrush She'll hear the cricket calling; She'll listen in the twnighfs hush, For sudden raindrops falling. Hut 1T you say that Jane is proud. And John Is so conceited Although you say if very loud,
 You find yourself defeatedt She softly answers. Jane is good,
 She helps her widowed father; There are not. many girls that would, And make no fuss or bother. Yes. John is quite considerate,,
 And handsome, too, and manly Reminding one. he's so sedate,
 Of cuts of Henry Stanleyi" she simply will not hear or see
 The faults in all her neighbors; You point them out persistently.
 But vain are all your laborsi She finds the good in every heart, In chiid. or man. or woman: And so she always takes their part, And says to err is human. Ahi dc you wonder, when you know, That we have learned to love her? That form is withered. bent and slow, But heaven is just above her!
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Would Like to Captain a Submarine.

Would Like to Captain a Submarine.
 Dear Uncle Jed: In our room are boys and girls buying thrift stamps.
 I am going to have a garden and am going to raise a crop for the sol- diers. I would like to be of age to join the Marine corps. We have a war poem and the name of it is 'The Charge of the Light Brigade"
 I like to help the Red Cross. The Red Cross are very good to the wound ed soldiers and I am glad they are good to them.
 The boys and girls in our room are going to raise pigs for the soldiers. to keep them well for fighting. I would like to raise pigs. I hope the United States wins this war I would like to be captain of a submarine diver. Our school has helped the Red Cross by giving money that we saved iron eating candy. LEO REAULAC. Attawaugan
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Goinu to Represent Cuba,

Dear Uncle Jed: I go to the Alta waugan school There are four rooms in the school building I am in the Fifth grade. The school house is gray. It is on the state road to Put nam.
 Every morning we sing patriotic songs and we recite poems. We sa- lute the flag. We are learning a poem called "The Charge of the Light Brigade
 On Fridays we have a war pro- gramne.
 The seventeenth of May eight girls are going to Danielson to sing. We are going 10 represent Cuba.
 ROSE MacKAY, Age II. Attawaugan.
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Tan Day.


 When it was decided to have a ,Ju- nior Red Cross in our school it was thought best not to have each child in the school bring twenty-five cents apiece to join, because most of the children are buying thrift stamps, war saving stamps or Liberty bonds. It was decided to have a Junior Red Cross tag day on April 27tIl.
 Most all the children from the Fourth grade up, met. in the Eighth grade at ten o'clock. We went in pairs each pair having a certain street. My partner was Salome Withee. We took Broad sftreet and Hawkins street. Aft CT we finished our streets we went on Main street and asked all the people we met. My partner and I together made eight dollars and thirty four cents. The whole school made S134.sS The pair which made the most money received two thrift stamps. The pair next received one thrift stamp. We sold the tags from five cents UT to as much as people could afford tc give. .
 SHIRLEY JACKSON.
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LETTERS TO UNCLE JED.
H. Can He.e His countrv

ne NaH TtesP .TIIs VouHtFy, Dear Uncle Jed: have lived in At tawaugan all my, life. : I go to the At tawaugan school. am in the fourth grade, in the third room. 1 have a thrift card. I have twelve stamps. Soon I will have my book full. am
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Uncle Sam.

Uncle Sam. Uncle Sam is a nice young man, He tries to do the best he can, Hes big and strong, He does no one wrong In all his wars he has won. And now he's having lots of fun With the crafty, crazy Hun. The German kaiser is so mean Some day a slam will crush his bean! Don't let him take a rest, but Try to do your level best. NOSES BLUMENTHAL, Age Il. Norwich
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Attawaugan

Wants The Kaiser's Palace Bombed.
 Dear Uncle Jed: I go to the Alta waugan school. am in the third room in the fifth grade. I like my teacher because she is nice and is very good to the pupils.
 One of my uncles has gone to France. He went to Camp Devens and stayed there two weeks. After that
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WIDE-AWAKE WAR POEMS

My barrelI is f1ourless, My dinner is cakeless. My Sundays are cheerless And also are treatless, My candy is sugarless, My woes they are ceaseless. But still it's not hopeless And let's not be thankless, But thank God we're not Wilsonless, And try to be crankless.
 By B. NJ. and P. R.
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fish; then we went to bed, tired and not happy.
 CHARLES BRUSH, Age F. Fitchville.
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was more than tripled, over s1S5,O0O worth of bonds having been sold.
 BerIin.-Miss Olive Shaw, who has been assistant town clerk at Berlin Il years, left Thursday to take a place with the Landers, Frary & Clark com pany in New Britain, in the 2aymas- ter's department.
 Waterbury.-Leo J. Curley princi- pal of the Walsh school, has written chi1dren's morality play, What Bet ter is Than Gold, which is to be pro- duced at an early date by local gram mar school pupils.
 Thompsonville.-Owing to the diff culty in securing men, arrangements are being made by the Standard Metalwork company at Thompsonville to employ women for places which men have heretofore filled.
 New Haven.-Women students in the graduate schools in Yale university have taken E honors in a list just given out, this being an unusually large number. They won the two research fellowships took both Ives fellowships six of the university gen.
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my thrift card book prouder. I al trying to do my little bit. better, "
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was more than tripled, over S1S5,O worth of bonds having been sold.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-05-10
IOWA DISCIPLES
RAISE i $83,36l
DRIVE OF CHRIS.
TIAN CHURCHES IS HALF $,
COMPLETED.

North, English. May THE emer-
gency drive of the Disciples OF Christ.
according to the latest reports, is
about half completed in Iowa. One
hundred and fifty-one churches have
been heard from with definite reports,
and have pledged total of $S3,361.90.
One hundred and sixty churches have
not as yet reported definite sums
pledged. It is confidently expected
that these churches, when their re-
ports come, will have given as gener.
ously and as enthusiastically as those
where the work Is already finished. II
this proves true, Iowa Disciples are
sure Of their goal of $4,000. Prac-
tically every church reporting to date
has subscribed its full quota and more.
More than $4,000, however, remains
to be raised and the issue is entirely
in the hands Of the churches whose re-
ports are not IN.
Three Of the smaller churches are
contesting for state honors for the
largest average subscription per mem.
Der. Selection, near Abba, with fifty.
four members, is leading with a sub
scription of more than $12 per member.
in Hardin county has $3.50
per member and the White Pigeon.
church in Keokuk county at the con-
clusion Of its canvass today. had $8.35
for each OF the thiTty-nine members.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-05-10
MILITARY FUNERAL
FOR OSKALOOSA BOY

Oskaloosa, May Funeral OF the
late Fred Mathes. son of Mr.. and Mrs.
F. v. Mathes of North Eleventh street,
Oskaloosa, who met accidental death
at his camp in Washington state, Sat
urday, April 81, 1918 while in the dis
charge of duty, was held Sunday after
noon from the CentralM. e. church at
2:30 O'Clock and was largely attended.
Private Fred C. Mathes, son of Fred
v. and Mary Mathes, was born Aug
ust 20, 1894, near Pella, Iowa, He at
tended the European No. and c. H.
U. preparatory school. On November
z, 1917, Fred, with Herbert Worthy OF
Elm Grove, enlisted in the signal
corps of the U. S. Army. The boys
were sent to Denver. Here they were
separated, Fred being sent to Camp
Logan, Texas. Sometime later, he
was sent to Vancouver, Wash, and
here transferred to the Aero service.
He was working in timber camp at
Hoaquim, Wash. at the time OF his
death, April q. 1918. Thus far no par
ticulars have been received except a
few short kilograms. His death. was
by drowning and was purely acci-
dental. He slipped from log into
the deep water of the Elk river. His
body was Immediately recovered and
shipped to Oskaloosa for burial.