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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1919-06-26
First Pub. June 1856
Notice to Contractors.

Sealed proposals will be received at the
office of the county auditor of Mile Laos
county, at Princeton, Mimi, until 2 o'clock D.
M. July 14th, 1919. for the construction Of
steel and concrete bridge across the west
branch of Rum river on that certain town road
on the section line between sections 20 and
80, in the town of Princeton, said county, and
commonly called the Sadley bridge site, to-
wit:
A 60 #. span steel bridge. with 10 #.
roadway and concrete abutments
Alternate No. l. Contractor to furnish all
materials.
Alternate No. 2. Contractor to furnish all
materials. except sand and gravel or crushed
rock, the county to furnish acceptable sand
and gravel or crushed rock at the bridge site
Plans may be examined at the offece of the
county auditor, Princeton, Mimi, or at the
office of McCabe & McCabe, bridge builders,
Minneapolis, MINI.
Blue prints of the plan may be obtained at
the office of said McCabe & McCabe at the
bidders expense.
The right is reserved to reject any or all bids
and to waive any defects. Bids must be ac-
companied by certified check, payable to the
county treasurer, for at least five per cent Of
the amount of the proposal.
Signed: WALTER PELTIER,
County Auditor. Mile Laos Co., MINI.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1919-06-26
BLUE LAKE

Crops are all looking fine in this
territory.
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Abraham visited
in Anoka on Thursday.
The Misses Bertha and Marvel
Walker left for the summer school at
the st. Cloud normal on Sunday.
They were accompanied as far as Elk
River by Mr.. and Mrs. I. F. Walker.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Grams, jr.,
were visiting at the Henry Whitlef
home on Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Reynolds mo-
tored to Minneapolis on Sunday to
! spend the day with relatives.
A number of our young people at
tended the basket social given in dis
trict 10, Baldwin, on Friday evening.
They report a good time.
Mrs. D. S. Walker was a Minneap-
oils visitor and shopper the first of the
week.
Tom and Annie Hannay visited
friends in this vicinity while up from
duties in the twin cities.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Patten were in
Princeton on Saturday shopping.
George Bartz was Crown visitor
on Sunday. E
Mrs. Annie Jesmer of Seattle is
visiting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Wetter, and other relatives in this
neighborhood at present.
Mrs. George Patten and son, John,
were Princeton visitors the latter part
of the week.
Phil Martineau has arrived from
France and is visiting his wife's par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Herman Griep of
Grown.
Fred Lemke is erecting concrete
block garage near his store in Crown.
If completed in time the young peo-
pie are promised place to dance on
the Fourth.
August Kriesel delivered stock to
the I. F. Walker company in thinner
man on Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sothers visited at the
Henry Lemke home on Sunday after
noon.
Miss Myrtle Wood of Milaca visited
her friend, Miss Helen Young, in
Baldwin during the latter part of the
week. -.
Mrs. Chas. Thompson and son,
George, were among our Spencer
Brook neighbors who were in Prince
ton on Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Lane and son,
John of Baldwin, were business visi-
tors in Princeton on Saturday.
Mark Young accompanied our cheese
factory man on his route through this
vicinity on Monday morning.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1919-06-26

Bills single women insane and 35,975
married women insane which proves
that in January, 1910, married life
made more women crazy than it did
men. And the more you study these
figures the crazier it makes you.
American Medical Journal.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1919-06-26
A Lack of Tact.

She Would you be very miserable
if | went away for long holiday?
He No darling, certainly not!
She Oh, you wouldn't, would you?
Well, then, / won't go. u
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1919-06-26
Cuts Work In Half

T@OU can keep your stalls and your
cows clean with half the 1abor-save
time and feed, have healthier COWS,
better milk, more milk and greater
profits, if you have your barn equipped
the James Way.
Every progressive dairyman should
have his harm fitted out complete with
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-21
Blaming The Victors.

Testimony of Major General Peter E. Traub,
commander OF the Thirty-ffth division who is
not inclined to take very seriously The COM
plants from civilian sources that his men were
leediessly sacrificed, will have much weight.
The great, outstanding fact is that tic Arneri-
can drive won and thereby shortened the war,
with It's Incredible horrors and waste. The
general feeling will be that the price however
fearful 1t may have been, not too high to
pay for the results that were attained.
General Traub unquestionaby is a brave
ana abla soldier and he would net hesitate to
protest II bis men had been ordered to do the
impossible or had been denied the supplies ana
tho support that they were justified in expect
iua. That ia has upheld his superiors makes
il eleas that the efforts TO discredit the war
department will not get very far
Conditions that the Americans had to face
IN the Argonne forest were about as bad as
they could be. On top Of ideal facilities for
con oeslment OF men, batteries and machine
guns for the defense there was total lack OF
roads on the side where the attack had to be
launched and the ground was SO broken thai
it was difficult to build them. Tho woods wers
thick and full of underbrush and the whole
was interviewer IN a labyrinth OF barbed wire
anu heavily EiihSus inc weather WAS so wet
that transport, even after the roads were built,
was almost impossible and getting up heavy
artillery and ammunition for the big guns was
often out Of the question. 1t ratned inces-
sanity and the men nired down as they
marched, often becoming stuck so they could
not extricete themselves.
There the Americans fought, starved, fam
ished and died OF exhaustion, exposure and dis
Ease, as well as from the death dealing impIe-
Tnents of the Hun. The woods had to be taken
or the war would go on and the longer It was
continued the greater would be the loss. 1t
was desperate work, but 1t was done and the
result answers all criticism,
The Thtrty-ffth suffered terribly, but It was
not the only division to be decimated. Several
others, casualty records show, met with oven
greater losses, in the course of the war. II the
allied command had waited till spring to press
its offensive the Fighting might have taken
place under more favorable circumstances, but
the strategy Of the situation demanded that the
Hun be given no rest That is what was done
and the war was won. Nothing else matters
much now.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-21
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
Case OF Bad INDIGESTION.

What should a person use in case
of bad Indigestion? S. Z.
Answer-In such cases I use eau
ton. l endeayor first to determine
what ails the patient; and then not
10 frighten him if it happens to be
heart disease, gallstones, appendi-
citis, Bright's disease or something
like that. l can't attempt to dag
nose in this department. 1t would
not be fair to you.
Lice.
Please advise me how to rid my
boys head of lice. MRS. J. A.
Answer-Clip the hair. Never
clip a girls hair). Saturate the
scalp and hair with a mixture of
equal parts of vinegar and kero-
sene. Let this remain an hour.
Then wash the hair and scalp with
soap and water. If any nits or lice
are found next day, repeat the
treatment The same treatment is
good for crab lice on other parts
Of the body. Smearing the affected
region with this ointment over
night is effective:
Yellow oxide of mercury. 2 drains
SaliCylic acid ..........10 grains
Petroleum (vaseline) .....1 ounce
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-21

half an hour to one and one-haIf hours ahead
of solar time.
Moving the clock an hour ahead works very
well in the eastern and central parts of the
time zones, but it is less satisfactory IN the
western areas. The law provides for making
the change the last Sunday in March and it is
in effect till the last Sunday in October In the
first and last few weeks Of the period those
who live in the western part of the zones and
who regulate their habits by the clock are
forced to rise considerably before daylight and
there is a corresponding increase in the period
of daylight after the usual working hours. For
these districts the daylight saving is overdono
and there is 8 great deal of complaint regard
ing it.
The proper way to settle the question is OF
the basis of the most good TO the greatest
number and looking at it that way the odds
all in favor of the new plan. Rock Island IN
doubtedly benefited by it last season and so
did all the central and eastern parts of this
time division. The interests of the majority
call for the defeat of the repeal bills.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-21

Washington, Feb. 21.-The casu-
atty list made public today by the
war department has a total Of $40
names.
(SECTION ONE).
Killed in Action.
PRIVATES.
Harry s. Johnson, Rockford, III.
Stanley StoloWski, Chicago.
Died Of Wounds.
PRIVATES.
MARITIME Carguino, sherman, III.
George NJ. Kreiwis, Chicago.
Died OF Disease.
PRIVATES.
James s. Brown, RoCkton, Ill.
William T. Connolly, Murphys-
boro, III.
James T. Pavlik, Chicago.
Wounded Severely.
CORPORABS.
Nile 4. MCGOWAN, De Soto, Iowa.
Hubert V. Stephenson, Woodlawn,
III.
William H. White, Chicago.
MECHANIC.
Ben F. Thielan, lie Mars, Iowa.
WAGONERS.
Henry Moritz, Chicago.
PRIVATES.
Merlin Neyhart, Rockford, III.
Rene Vereccki, Chicago.
James W. Weber, Chicago.
Robert Adolph White, Chicago.
Frank Cincinimino, WillisviIle.
III.
VIII E. Davis, Christopher, Ill.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-21
Abandoning TimesS Saving.

Two Kansas members of congress have in
troduced bills to repeal the national daylight
saving law. Probably they represent districts
near the western border of the central time
division and sentiment among their constitu-
ents is hostile to the new order similar
disposition prevails in other localities in the
same longitude and in general in the western
parts of all the various time divisions in the
country.
The central time division extends from Ohio
on the east TO central Kansas on the west
theoretically each time zone should be about
thousand miles in width at the equator. there
being one for each hour of the day In each
the time is uniform, that being the purpose in
making the divisions. In the center of each
division under the ola order standard time and
collar time are Approximately the same At
the eastern edge of the zone solar time is half
an hour ahead of standard time and at the
western edge it is half an hour behind. Under
the time saving plan standard time varies from
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-21
I With Other Editors
Congress on Its Last Legs.

With only fortnight more of life, the Sixty
1fth congress faces a record, so far as its clos
ing session is concerned, that is unexampled
in diIatoriness. Not one of the great appro-
priation bills is yet out Of its hands, and there
OF passage.
For this delinquency both parties are re-
sponsible The first duty Of congress being
legislation 1t has devoted itself TO oratory, to
denunciaton, to investigation, to assaults upon
the executive department. to a presumptuous
attempt to command the army and navy, to in
reference with diplomacy and to vast amount
of oeeap politics in other directions supposed
to have a bearing upon the presidential cleo
ton next year.
If the present 11-hour status Of dozen OF
the greatest money bills ever known is net
enough to condemn this body in both branches
and on both sides, there is another Indictment
even more serious. The 65th congress is the
only democratic parliamentary body in the
world that has given no serious attention dur
ing the past winter to problems Of peace and
reconstruction. 1t has dalled and driveled
with its own business it has made many ridic-
ulous excursions into the business of other
people, and now it is seeking in a wild closing
rush to pass appropriations of thousands of
millions
We have heard a great deal from this con-
gress about the failures Of other departments
of government. Where else in all the tremen-
dous activities of the last two years has there
been such a complete breakdown New York
World.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-21
3rad's Bit O. Verse
Human Limits.

We pillow and hoe and reap and
how. we toll and sweat and wOT-
by. we push and strive and gain and
thrive. we hustle and we hurry. we
laugh and sing and have our fling
with vain and empty pleasure. we
work away by night and day TO
pile up sordid treasure. Tho
world is ours, all nature covers"
we go about proclalmlng; Were
learning how TO curb her now, her
wild moods we are tanning" But
now and then the race OF men its
limit small discloses; for man may
still propose at will. but God aloue.
disposes. When tempest dire and
flood and fire and earthquake como
to shock us, our iordIy pride 10
scattered wide, our boastings do
but mock us; from gale and cloud
and icy shrOud we shrink in fear
and wonder; we stand in awe or
natures law when molten mnun-
tains thunder. We go our ways
with proud self praise, a-piotting
and a-sCheminG, we fuss and shout
and rush about a-piannlng and a
dreaming; yet oft we know Us on
we go DER rocks instead Of roses,
that mortals may propose tho way,
but God alone disposes.
GLEN BRADSHAW.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-21
TIHIlE DAILY SHORT STORY

next month. Her people are Door
and Jerry has been working and
scraping and saving to surprise
her by handing her the price of a
complete bridal outfit"
Well WellI' commented Mr..
Drew indulgently. We must keep
track of this romance, encourage
it and help the happy couple along.
He oppressed a slight sigh, and his
eyes sought those of Miss Duncan.
She smiled back ut him, flushing
Slightly, for she fancied she sur
missed what was in his thoughts. AS
To himself, there was a moment of
sadness as he thought of a wife he
had loved and lost.
The hum of industry caused the
incident of the moment to pass into
forgetfulness for the time being.
Jerry came in swinging the satchel
containing the mail. He placed it
on a desk as Miss Duncan called to
him.
rs the auto outside, Jerry?" she
inquired.
Yes. ma'am," he responded.
Il must get to the branch plant
with the pay roll" she said. you
can drive me over, if you like"
'Crackey! that will be fine"
chirped Jerry. Yes, ma'am, I'll
take charge of it." as Miss Duncan
went to the safe and filled a satchel
with packages of bank notes and
rouleaux of coin He dropped the
satchel to chair to open for Miss
Duncan a wardrobe where her
wraps we're. She had some orders
to leave with the stenographers and
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-21
THAT STUPID BOYp
BY Allen ChappelI.
AZ that sfupid hOVtp

HA bEdL ILdL SLupiu DOg4
John Drew, proprietor OF an ex-
ltensive factory, uttered the words
with vim ana threw down his pen,
which he had poked into the ink
well to find it full of red instead
of black fluid.
Don't scold him, Mr.. Drew"
coaxed Lettie Duncan, cashier of
the establishment and a general
faVoriue with everybody about it
''Dut cant have this kind of
work going on" demonstrated her
employer. Yesterday Jerry mailed
I'll the letters with a one-cent
stamp and they came back for ex-
ira postage. He seems to be wool
gathering half of the time"
81 happen to know the reason
why" spoke Miss Duncan, land 1
had better reveal it to you. I guess
Jerry Lawton is a thoroughly good
boy, but he came here with a great
object in view and it has so obses-
sed him thaC all he thinks of is a
Wedding trosseau"
Mr.. Drew regarded his informant
with wondering and incredulous
stare. You are Jestiug," he OBJ
served. Surely you don't mean to
intimate that Jerry is contemplate
ing matrimony?
~ is something IF a hero, MIR.
Drew. II seems that his sister is
to marry quite worthy young man
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-21
Functions of the Thyroid Gland.

The thyroid gland, which is sit
uated in front of and each side of
the Adams apple just above the
breastbone, and which is enlarged
IN goitre, controls iodine utiliza-
ton in the body. Food from nat
uraI sources contains iodine, and
the iodine is conveyed to the thy
roid gland where it is converted
into an organic protein-iodine com
pound which is fed into the blood
as required.
In the blood the iodine compound
has a special affinity for certain
tissues, as the sympathetic nervous
system and those tissues concern
ed in oridizing food, waste and
poisons introduced into the body.
The thyroid secretion is the fan
to the fire of life. When the secre-
ton is excessive the fire burns too
fast; that is, metabolism is increas-
ed. That means a heightened ex-
citability of the vegetatiye nervous
system NERVES and nerve centers
controlling all body functions), as
occurs typically in eXophthalmic
goitre (overactive thyroid gland
with wide, staring or prominent
eyes as one symphony.
The thyroid gland is required to
work overtime in most germ dis
eases, for its part in aiding the
body to first resist the germ pois-
ons, then neutralize them and f.
nally destroy them and the germs
themselves is vital. The gland is
constantly overworked in persons
who persist in overeating and neg
Iecting daily exercise as long as no
serious breakdown Occurs-and
that means most of us who are
rather too well nourished. The thy
roid function has everything to do
with the success of any anti-syph-
little treatment. For that reason,
one taking such treatment must
not extravagantly squander thyroid
integrity in the abuse of alcohol,
tobacco or food.
ADMINISTRATION, which makes A
miserable and fails to impress itself
upon B, who never bothers his head
about such things at all, is neutral
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-21
EIlEsAlATTEI TNnL {KR8
BY WllllAN1 SRADY ND.

lied in 8 for a certain period of
months or years because of the
functional efficiency of BIS thyroid
gland. But B must pay the bill
some day, nevertheless.
Emotional excess of any kind is
strain upon the functional integ-
rity of the thyroid gland. The anX-
ieties and worries associated with
childbirth likewise tend to exhaust
the thyroid gland. Hence we find
many women from 80 to 40 years
of age whose metabolism begins to
slow down on account of a sort Of
thyroid fatigue. For the domestic
squabbles and the family short
'comings the wife and mother pays.
She pays doubly, for her condition
spoils her pristine charms for her
lord; and man, take him by and
large, is a pretty low breed of ami
NAL when it comes to a question of
the honor of the home.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-21

her other assistants. Then: AL
ready, Jerry" and he hurried out,
satchel in hand, and tossed it on
the rear seat of the machine Miss
Duncan got in. Jerry proudly seat
ed himself at the wheel and direct
ed the machine down the plant al
ley, turned into the street, almost
came bump up against another
auto waiting there and his jaw
dropped as one of the men sprang
to the front seat, the other to the
rear. Jerry's eyes were like minia-
tUre moOns-Miss Duncan scream
ed.
Quit that, or you'll have trou-
ble!" sounded gruff, menacing
tones and a revolver cleaned. It's
possessor shot out his free hand,
seized the satcheI and with his
companion backed towards the 9TH
er automobile jnNWaiting.
Don't you make an Outcry ct a
move to follow" was ordered
tnreateningly to Jerry, cor there
will be a rain of lead" Then the
driver and his colleagues spun away
and Miss Duncan, white to the lips,
murmured family:
Give the alarm, Jerry"
Thunder! real hold-up,"
gasped Jerry, and ran to the near
est factory entrance and shouted
out that the branch pay roll had
vanished.
All was excitement and turmoil
as once more in the office of the
works Lettie and Jerry were sur
rounded by an eager interested
crowd.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-21

Hold on"
1t was Jerry who uttered the
words in ringing shout and with
forward pounce. OF a sudden mis-
glance had fallen to what he at first
supposed to be the mail satcheI
Now he knew better. He seized the
object, lifted it, gave it a swing and
yelled Historically:
"Hurrah! They got the wrone
one"
What's that?" demanded Mr.
Drew.
Il made mistake. Oh. say! Miss
Duncan, we've fooled those hold
up men grandly. It's the paper
mail satchel they've got, and the
money"
Jerry slipped a catch and the
Opulent contents of the satchel
tumbled out. He gloated over the
heap of money. The color returned
to Miss Duncan's face. Mr.. Drew
looked immensely eyelieved and
pleased, congratulated Jerry on his
fortunate mistake and arranged with
Miss Duncan to promptly see that
Jerry had q suitable reward suffi-
eient to more than supply his sis
ter with her trosseau.
And he and Lettie were quite de-
lighted in helping along a romance,
and somehow this nurtured the
sentimentality in their own lives,
and there was the prospect of an
other wedding.
That blessed boyi" commented
Mr.. Drew, forgetting the past stu
pidity of the lad who had brought
about all this happiness.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-21
Heart @oHOtm0.
44,1DYODTOfr1cC =
oy z MRC ELIZABETH THCHPSON

asm and interest, people will no
tice you. You ar probably the
kind OF a girl wht is not popular
with men, but WILDE deeply loved
by a few. The lat that you viii
not spoon does notAccount for your
lack of popularity Remember that
the most fascinatiE women to men
have way of drRing out and ap-
preciating tie bes points in men.
Do not be afraid ! tell your young
men friends whe they do some
thing you admire.
Dear Mrs. Thompson: We would
like TO give a han times party and
would like to he you suggest a
lunch to serve ad how 10 decorate
the rooms.
We would liktto dress in fancy
costumes. Canyon suggest what
would be nice wear?
SUGAR PLUMS.
Serve hot chocolate, bread and
butter and sugr and bananas.
The rooms, ocourse, should rep
resent hard tires. Put brown pa
per patches OF one or two Of the
window panesand, il you choose,
paint cracks fl the panes. Get out
your Oldest frniture and remove
the bric-a-brs and other orna-
ments.
Wear CLOTHS which are notice
ably out Of stle.
Dear Mrs, Thompson: am 4
piano teache l have taken piano
lessons abor eight years and have
also gone to- school of music. VIII
Won DIpase Ldyise me how to get
nuDils2 THANK YOU.
To adverse would be the most
efficient WI to get pupils, but such
n course fight be too expensive.
You can. owever, advertise In
small wayby putting a sign at the
side of vur front door reading,
Piano Leons." Get a good sign
such as bctors use. Tell your
friends TIT you are giving lessons
and ask fem to keep you IN mind
If they lar of prospective pupils.
II wouldsIso pay 10 call at homes
where tire are children Of an age
to take lssons.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-21
CIR Bull nf Guttnr

Nathan J. Dorfman. Chicago.
George l.. Eiker, Knoxville, III
Leslie Ellars, Decatur, Ill.
John CIRCUS, STANDARD, al
Emil W. c. Henk. Dsplaines, III.
Leslie Johnson, Riytrton, Iowa
]. J. Robert Larson, Colchester,
Ill.
(SECTI0N TWO.
Died of Disease.
PRIVATE
Stephen L. Staley, Webster City,
Iowa.
Wounded Severely
LIEUTENANTS.
Arthur Emmett Co.tes, East st.
Louis, Ill.
John J. Cobb, PeteHburgh, Ill.
SERGEANfS.
Frank Dorm Hare, GloVersVille,
III.
William 2. Johnson Chicago.
John G.. Leemkuil. sheldon, Iowa.
PRTVATE.
AIonzo Reed, Danvlle, III.
Herman r. Thomd, Meltonville,
Iowa.
Louis Troya, Chicago
Frank Valentano. chicago.
Charles Binger, Gin Ellyn, Ill
Clyde II. Doolitue, Des Moines.
Iowa
William L. Schanz. OtterVille, H.
Hobert Vaughn, Cdp. III.
Carl T. Tygett. Baavia, ISER
Missing in ttiOn.
PRIVATES.
Charles A. Kussrah, Chicago.