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Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-04-11

limiting To the lowest conceivable point
for i'rancc-the hours during which
mel in uniform might he allowed in all
public houses.
Later IN the summer thee French
government issued rules governing the
sal" OF spllituols liquors for all France.
The two combine 10y chance i'm such a
way tina, drinking for the soldiers is
virtually out of the question at amy
for those limited few who
are able t" obtain passes to come into
the out of bounds" portion of the city
thai comprises all OF the cafes.
The soldiers are on the whole inten-
seiy popular with the inhabitants. They
are. for thing, extremely kind to
the French children. which strikes "a re-
sponsivc chord in the breasts of the
mothers. particularly since it is not IL
French male custom to fondle and
make much of the Youngsters.
Then too, Il number of the military
organizations have dubbed together
and have given entertainments for
French charities which not only have
Melted a lot of money, but which have
been novel and interesting. The latest
or these was a negro minstrel show
which brought in owe $500 for the war
widows of the port,
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-04-11
"Essr Ending lncorr.et.

From the Christian Science Monitor.
There Is quite a campaign afoot against
the use of the feminine termination 'ess''
IN words which are purely English. and Il.
3 to he hoped that 1t will succeed in put
ling a III end to such Il connection as "con-
iuctress." which is endeavoring to creep
n. in spite Of the very cold shoulder given
# late to ~"authoress" s'poetess." 1t
is ugly for one thing. and for another. 1T
$ bad English. 'Ess' should be added
,nly to a word which is a direct importa-
Jon from the French language. For in
stance, there is no objection to "abbess''
" duchess" those words are correct,
ind have long been sanctioned. 1t might
,e said that; sanction for ..poetess' is to
re found In such a master of English as
Dryden. for he speaks of Mrs. Anne Kill
rrew as a poetess. The best reply to this
3 that. for once, Dryden was wrong. both
n his estimate of the lady's literary pow
srs. and in the form Of the word which
he used to express hat estimate.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-04-11
Skeletons in Pompeii Ruins.
From the Arconaut.

After a lapse of close upon 2..r, wears
since the destruction of Pompeii the skcle-
tons OF four of the victims have been dis
covered in the actual positions in which
they We're overtaken by the catastropjf.
Eve of the victims, apparently a man and
wife belonging to the upper classes. had
evidently been caught by the shower N
red hot stones in the clustered gardens OF
their villa. and while hasteninr to seek
shelter i'll Il corner had been sil.i.ienh-
buried and asphyNiated through the col
lapse of the roof overladen with uolcanic
dust.
The husband was found in a sitting posi-
ton. with his head and back bent onward
and the legs wide apart. His wife was
standing erect Immediately behind him.
Her gold earrings were found on IL lcv.,
with her ears. and there are two gold rings
still ON the fingers. \ third skeleton wa
that of a youth budding with his face ia
IL mole in the garden wall. The last of tie
group. a full sized man, bent almost dou-
hie under the weight of the sutfocating
debris. had on "a finger OF the right hand
an iron ring inset with a prettily engraved
COMEDIAN.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-04-11

Phillips Case Weak.
From the New York Tin.

From the New York Tim,
Strange and more than stran.r are the
words in which Governor Phillip. of Wis
consin. yields to the state lcg stature in
the matter of appointing a 81, ,rssor 20
Senator I1usting and accepts IN llternl-
tive of ordering i special election to he
held April .. II am firmly of tn opinion"
he writes. that the best interests of the
people of Wisconsin demand THAI We shall
not now call a special election ia fill the
vacancy" Then he gives the reason why
ne held-and evidently still holds that
opinion: II did not wish q. mistake to be
made by the selection of a successor VINO
would embarrass the national administers
ion or place the people of the state in a
false light before the country ara the sol
diers and sailors from this state.
In other words. the governor expresses,
not at all obscurely. the fear thit il the
people have a chance to ballot IF United
States senator NOW they will elect a man
who will antagonize the executi u of the
sountry's deliberately adopted Isl.cies.
His anxiety on that score is comprc-
hensiblc. 1t is even commenaabIc. i'm A
way. But. no matter whom the people
# Wisconsin elect senator-no natter Il
he he the most bold and bite pro-Gnr-
man to be found within the states hor-
'ers-neither it nor they will le placed
n Il false light before anybody. On
he contrary. should they commit that
almost unimaginable crime. the would
be placed in just the right light. and the
country would be the safer. Knowing them
for what they We're.
h Governor Phillip does not see this
's almost enough, though not quite. 10
arouse the suspicion that what ne really
tears is the election of Il real American.
With the consequent angcring Il q con-
siderable class of Wisconsin v~ctcrs-votors
- whose animosity he is not himself. az Y
politician and office seeker, entirely N.
different.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-04-11
Appendieiti. an American Disease.
From the Regina. Post.

Iherc was a time when appendicitis was
QUITE a fashionable disease. In some parts
OF Europe 1t was known as the "American
iisease." The first operation for nppendi-
cltls was performed at St. Luke's hospital.
Denver. Colo. 81 years ago, in January.
1880. A young woman residing in Daven-
port, Ia. had the distinction of being the
the first person to a the troublesome
vermiform appendix removed.
Inc operation, necessarily, was in Tie
nature of an experiment. and tlic patient
was so informed, but she pluckily de-
clared her willingness to submit to tn.
Knife as a last resort. 1t was not until
about two years later that another opera
tion OF this kind was p%erformeI. Since
then thousands of such operati ms have
oeen performed in every hospital in the
world. Although the first patient was n
woman. subsequent Investigations hav,.
shown that the disease is much more
sikely to afflict males hi females.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-04-11
FOOD VALUE OF BANANAS.

In tho oprina OF 1917 onions Wcr" very
expensive. Some of the poorer people
Of New Works lower cast side grew
-ebe!liw,s. There wcrc onion riots. In
act. discomfort oyer the price ol
onions was one factor IN the election
Of iIylan and tho defect oil Mitchell.
The health commissioner al that Time
advised the people To eat iinllt instead
Of onions. "" especially invited them
10 eat bananas and apples.
Eananas arc both good aud an eco
1oniical food. and contraIy to the gen
,ral opinion. are easily digcs,ed. Those
beautiful creamy yellow banana which
ippcal 50 strongly to Tho eye are Il week
IL more short of being ripe and being
> littin green are somewhat indigest
ble.
a rev Years ago a food Inspector in
hicag" condemned a lot Of ripe ba-
1anas on tho theory that being black
hey must he spoiled. y lot of people
condemn dark brown or spotted on-
nailaS as spoiled. Such bananas are
at their VERY best. Thoroughly ripe
'ananas Undergo stomach digestion
more quickly thar does amy other of
- foods, the figures of which are given
~ Prescott. Perhaps vegetable" mar
COW is equally digostiblc.
bananas are good food because uf
heir high food value. They arc rich
N carbohydrates, fairly rich i'm pro
'''E NAVE ~ lncNeIatc pIODoTtioI VI
AT, and - considerable proportion of
lust the ASH needed by the human body.
~ course. they do not constitute "A per
tcrf food i'm the sense that people
ADULTS on chlldrcn-cOuld thrive on an
Exclusive diet of bananas. No food,
not even milk. is a perfect food from
nat standpoint. But bananas. as an
Inclusive diet, is better than steak.
While steak is richer i'm protein II
Is poor i'm carbohydrate and it has an
ash which produces acidity of the body.
'nnanas, on the other hand. are rich
IN carbohydrate and has AN ash which
produces alkalinity OF the body. And
that suggests the proper place of
bananas i'm thc dietary. They should
ne taken rs potatoes and other vcge-
,ables are taken-to round out and bal
incc II meat diet.
Bananas nave an advantage over
most other fruits in that they nave
he qualities of fruits. and AT the same
lime have more of the qualities of veg
tables At prevailing prices of food,
oannnaS are an economical article of
dict. In the Prescott table > cents
bought more food values i'm bananas
than in any other food except bread
md dried beans. They are to be classed,
regarded and thought of as food and
as II 'fillip' or appetizer.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-04-11
Feedina for HORSEPOWER.

From U. 5. Food Administration bulletin.
While the subject of fuel for auto
mobiles and ;,irplaneS' is attracting in
tcrnational attention as a wal problem,
another form of horsepower" fuel is
little known. although it cmbodies wide
possibilities fOr ccnSerNatiOn-that of
feeding stuff for horses and mules. Yet
It is said that some new discovery is
made Utmost daily concerning the feed
Ing valuc of certain plants and substi-
utes, ard Will A. Hall. speaking re
emily before the Sweet Feed Manufac-
.urerS' association, stated that preju-
lice against unfamiliar" feeds is the
,hicf handicap in working out scicn-
.itiC economies. As AN illustration he
pointed to cotton seed and black strap
.iolasscs. \ few years e cotton seed
'otted in tho cotton gin yard. while
black strap molasscs ram into the
streams of Louisiana, creating AN abuse
hat required legislation. Today cotton
seed is worth $75 a ton and black strap
nolasses $40 "A ton. They have paid
IF millions of dollars worth of south
,rn farm mortgages, and built up q
milling industry worth $4,000, 900.
roper feeding of Il balanced ration of
Concentrates like these to horses. mules
md work oxen will not only secure
greater horsepower and n more healthy
work animal. but will effect great say
nG in wheat and other grains. Every
lime one substitutes molasses. cotton
iced meal. alfalfa meal. cotton meal
lulls, peanut meal, oats and corn lii
he ration. of work animals there is "a
'aNing of grain for human use and the
making of meat and dairy products on
he farms.
An interesting side light on this sub
!ect is found in Il description of some
ii h weird stock feeds which hav.
oeen tried in Germany since the war
oegan. as reported i'm F~eedingstuffs.
These include rhubarb leaves. fresh and
ground dry seaweed. straw meal, spelt
:haff meal. concentrated straw fodder,
concentrated straw fodder with albu-
men added and ground lupin seeds,
heather stalks. partly decayed kohl-rabl
:oots. ground sugar beet seeds, parsley
iced. wild radish husks. brewers grain
With yeast. wine Yeast, ground grape
pips cakes made from ground beech
nuts. cake made from walnut kernels
,fter pressing, ground with and with
put shells. acorn meal. weed. seed waste
rom preserving factories, crushed pea
auts. potato pulp. peanut husks and tn,
,egument from corlander fruit.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-04-11
Some Belgian. Aid Huns.
From the Detroit News

English soldiers place little consia.uoe
N the Belgian peasants" sajd Capt.
James Dickinson. Of the Eighth Canadian
nachlne guns corps. former Windsor resi-
lent, who is now visiting herr. "Tha
erman nave killed or Captured all the
ssmpath'zers of the allies and a majority
u the remaining Belgians arc nothing
more than German spies.
Many cases of recent Re,eion ,un,i,,v
San be cited. One old woman. VII w.,sha,,
or the Canadian soldiers, was accustomed
20 nang out the clothes every zine the
irtllery changed from one place to am
,.ner. by close watching it was found
ma. she hung one shirt on thu line foi
Very Dig gun that was moved. The Ger
he change. She was accused of ,sn,,.,a".
and shot, ~
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-04-11
Liberty Bond. in Arctic Circle.

From the Seattle. Observation-Disclosures.
"Fartherest north in Liberty bond sub
.criptions was reached when Circle City.
Z small settlement on the shores Of the
Yukon Just where the mighty northern
liver touches the Arctic Circle. trsn-.-tttnl
5000 by wireless to the Dexter Horton
rational bank to buy government s..r
ponds for the loyal Americans living in
NE very Arctic zone itself.
This Is but one example of many from
:he remote camps in the interior of
Alaska. subscriptions received to date
from their settlement too small to have
banks. settlements which have to trans
nit their subscriptions by wireless and
iend the money in the spring after the ice
;breaka up. total >60.O0o.
TWENTY-FIVE thousand dollars was re-
cetsed In two days from these small
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-04-11

Charge OF Parcels: Everyone Get a Re-
ceived." which lies adjacent to the store
featuring a model warmly clad in what
the proprietor fondly. believes is a
'Tranchs Coat" Thus Il large notion
and curio store. situated on a corner.
has painted both facades to represent
a double American flag. with a single
c%enterpiece containing the stars over
the door at the orner. The topmost
stripe on both sides bears the inscrip-
tlon, souvenirs, Don't Forget Her"
Occasionally the advertisements don't
say quite what was intended, even
tnoug they tell the truth. as for in
stance the sign yer a store which
reads,. Money Taken Here"
Such announcements as american
breakfasts, to 8 a. M, and ice
Cream appeal.
The naval element is perhaps most
conspicuous by it's absence. In June
ana July the streets swarmed with
naval officers and sailors from the
oattleships and cruisers that formed
part of each convoy.
More n more the city has come
under the vise-like control of the Amer
lcan authorities. No resident even may
senu a telegram to any point in France
without submitting it to a local censor
snip that has been created at the sug-
gestion of the Americans. The censor
is the local police commissioner and he
passes on all French messages tina are
not doubtful. Likewise his stamp is
coligatory for kilograms in England,
put he will no WELD the stamp until
the American authorities have passed
upon the matter.
Nm single individual leaves the city
by train without submitting to an ex-
animation. Papers Of Identification, in
many cases written official permission
70 leave. are necessary. The civilian
Tails inevitably into the hands Of tSe
Jealous French who are cooperating
with the Americans. while the man in
wearers. are handled by our military
police.
Early last July the French, at the
suggestion OF the Americans. laid down
exceptionally evere rules for the cafes.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-04-11
Why venizeIos Is Pro. Entente.

by I1emetra Vaka.
suppose that France and England
We're defeated in this war, would it NOT
be better for Greece to have remained
n%eutral?"
ITO begin with" said MIR. venize,os
France and England cannot be beaten.
hVen II they lose for five or seven years.
in the end they will WIN"
But suppose that you are wrong?,
I'm that case, madame, I make the same
answer to you that I made to KIM Con-
stantine when he insisted that France and
England would be beaten: Even II those
two nations are beaten, it is better for
Greece to be beaten on their side h to
win on the side of Germany"
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-04-11
Explicit.

From the Topeka Pink Rag.
In a recent trial in the Shawnee co.,n.,,
court. it was necessary for the 1urv -
know the whereabouts Of all Of the mem.
bers of a negro family at a certain time
So the witness was asked:
Where was Mary?"
I'm de back yahd."
Where was Jane?"
"Upstairs in de front ROOM"
Where was Ann?"
She was on de front pohch."
And where was Elizabeth"
she was in de pantry takin' . Aath.s
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-04-11
"cantonment" Not New.

IN connection with the CONNIE, on the
solu .cantonment." n subscribet writes
nat the term was used by tn. United
,.ates army at least rs car. 4s 1872.
Cantonment Leavenworth.', ..ra,t1n-
nent Gibson" etc., are cited ~ ,,ns ,,s.1
washington Irving in 1887, it may be re-
narked. used the word as If it wore wei,
'staoiished. "All hands now set To work
. prepare a winter cantonn,en,." as in
'eeo ne might. for in 1871. WI ngtoo
s1ose, Inc distress OF the spanie troops
induced me to order thcm into
sentleman's magazine said. ~ icy -.
oaiseo to their respective cant.,:. m.,.s..
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-04-11

A SUNSET.
r


The sets OF some rrtircd
meadow. where no house Is visible.
+ with all the glory and s%plendor that
: 1t lavishes on cities and p%erchance.
as it has never set before where
there is but Il solitary marsh hawk
> to have his wings gilded by 1t. or
only a m~ushquasl looks out from
) his cabin. and there is some iittl,
) black veined brook in the midst Of
the marsh. lust beginning Ia
mealder, winding slowly rrIrl "a
decayins stump. We walked IA :"
pure and bright a light. siidiu@ ~,
withercd grass n leaves, 81 softly
and serencly bright, l thought / had
eve bathed in such a golden loot.
SO we sauntered toward the
Holy Land, Till one day the sun
shall shine more brightly than even
he has done. shall perchanc" shine
into or minds and hearts. az light
} up our whole lives with = great
awakening light.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1918-05-09
The Long Arm of Mercy
BY DR.. FRANK CRANE

The Red Cross is the Long Arm of Mercy.
1t is the Kindness of Mankind-organzed.
In Man is an Angel and Devil, DR.. Jekyll and Mr.
Hyde The Red Cross the Good aroused, energized to
thwart the Bad.
1t is the best antidote know to the bane of
There are other Charities, more less helpful The
Red Cross the gheSt of all Charities the Love and Pity
of all men made supremely efficient.
If, Emerson said sensible men and conscientious
all the world OF religion, this the
preston of that religion.
The Red Cross is Humanity united in Service.
1t asks mans opinion; only his need.
Black or White Friend Foe to the Red Cross there
is difference; it only asks: "Who is Suferng? And
to him it goes
The Red Cross is Efficient that Governments recog-
nze it, Pure in its purpose that whoever wishes well his
fellow desires to help it, Clean in its administration
that the suspicious find no fault in it.
The Red Gross only seeks alleviate the cruelties
of War; the expression of those human sentiments that
some day will put an end to War
1t is the impulse of Love- striving the i'm
pulse of Hate.
1t is Mercys cooperation struggling against Wars RI
valries.
1t is the one Society in which every Man, Woman and
Child should be enroled tor it knows sects, preju-
dces protesting opnion the human being doesnot live
that does feel that the starving should be fed the sick
tended and the wounded healed.
Majestic and divine this Long Arm of Mercy; it finds
the fallen the battlefield brings the and the
physician the victim in the hospal leads the weeping
orphan homc feeds the starving for the pest
smen whom all others abandon and pours the oil Of Help
and Pity into the bitter wounds Of the World.
Where a volcano has wrought desoation in Japan or
Flood in China, = Hurricane in Cuba q Famine in
India Plague in Italy ravagng Armies in Poland
Serva Belgium, there flies the Red Cross the Angel Of
God whom the fury of Danish the Earth;
and the Ends the Earth all the of the Seven
Seas wherever Human Misery there is extended to b.
and to heal. its Long Arm of Mercy.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1918-05-09
BY WILL PAYNE

thing" The government replied: Ve
must get condensed milk for the little
children here" The commission got
the milk. At enc spot In France farm
work was stopped by lack OF horses.
That meant mere hunger. The Red
Cross got In q big tractor and set II
TO plowlng fer the community.
There are 4 million needs. Cold,
wet and the deadly physical strain OF
the trenches undermine mems consti-
tutions. A frlghtful scourge of tuber.
culosls has developed In France. The
Red Cross has built ssnatoria, pro-
vided over a thousand beds and nurses.
Thirty Millions for France.
l have here q big sheaf of sheets
filled with figures. One item Is thirteen
millisn and odd dollars-the amount
which, up to that time, had gone to the
local chapters Of the Red Cross In the
United States for local relief. Twenty
i've per cent Of the money subscribed
through the chapters eventually gees
that way.
Over thirty millions have been ap-
propriste ted for work In France. Here
II millien and q Quarter-il round
numbers-for military hospitals and
dispensarfes over 4 million ard q half
for canteen service, where French and
American soldiers, relieved from the
trenches, can get good food, q cot, Q
bath, and have their clothes disinfected
and 80 go on fer their brief holiday
clean, rested, nsurished. There are
over three millicns for hospital supply
service; half a million fer rest sta
tions for American troops.
Aid OF refugees thousand
families-sccounts for nearly three
million dollars; care and prevention OF
tuberculosis takes over two millions
care OF helpless children over a mil
lion relief w0rK In six devastated diS
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1918-05-09

tricts, including care Of Ave thousand
families and sufficient reconstruction
to make houses habitabls. required
over two nillisas.
Misery on an Unparalleled Scale.
These are all large items; bvt the
Red Crsss is graphing with hunsE
misery on an unparalleled scale-a
world Of II. The item for relief Of the
blind amounts to four hundred thou
sand dollars The dispensary service
sends supplies 10 more than thirty -four
hundred hospitals. The Red Cross re-
ceives and distributes more than two
hundred tons of supplies daily at Paris.
For this distribution and Its other
work It requires 4 big trsnsportstisn
service Of motors and trucks This
transportation service has cost q mil
lion and a half, and Its operating ex-
penses run'to 4 million dollars.
Every dollar It spends means misery
alleviated. Its work 10 building abroad
for the United States the best good will
In this world. 1t is building the best
good will among ourselves. Whatever
else the war may produce, We shall -
proud Of our Red Cross.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1918-05-09
The Spending Of Your j -
Hundred Million Dollars
Busiest Budget in All the World Is Red
Cross War Fund-Every Dollar Spent
Aleviates Misery.

Last summer the public subscribed
Cross. At the latest statement over
eigbty-five millions of II had been APP
propriated.
Where has II gonef you ask. For
many months the world has been
over a hundred million dol
lars a day for the destruction Of life.
limb and means OF subsistence. Call
up what you have read about the wars
devastation. The American Red Cross
enormous job Is TO do whatever Il can
to alleviate that-not after the war.
not after governments have deliber-
ated and resolved; but right new. At
the minute, on the spot. lee amazing
that II has dsns % much with - little
money.
Last autumn the Itnlian army fell
back precipitately. Oh your war map
that meant rubbing out one line and
drawing another half an zach further
south. Over there In Italy II meant
thousands OF poor families fleeing from
their homes. Major Murphy, Red
TO the scene and wired: "Indescribably
pathetic conditions exist, involvinE
separation Of mothers and children.
colo, hunger, disease, death" In No
venber and December the American
RED Cross appropriated three million
dollars for relief there-a large sum,
yet small In comparison with the need.