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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1919-04-12
FREE TEXT BOOKS
New Law Passed by the Last Legislature
Provides for Free Text Books in
Public Schools

A law was enacted by the last legis,
lature making free text books mandatory
in all public schools of the state. The
books shall be purchased from the pub.
fishers by the county auditor as at
present School clerks and clerks OF
boards of education shall order a sufi-
cient supply of books for each school
and the same are charged to the dis
trcts. II not paid before the next
apportionment Of school money becomes
due district, the auditor shall deduct
the amount due for text books from the
amount Of money due the district.
The law provides that bookcase with
lock and key be provided each school or
department thereof for safe Keeping of
the books The teacher is made Gus
todian and must take an inventory Of
books on hand at the end of each term,
sending one copy to the clerk and one
to the county superintendent. Failure
to make such report is punishable by
empowering the clerk to retain five per
cent OF salary due. Provision is made
for collecting fines for damage to books
and replacing books rendered worthless
To install the free text book system,
the county superintendent, with the
assistance of school clerks shall ascer-
tain the needs Of the school and report
to the county auditor. Texts now own.
ed by pupils, of the series in use in the
schools, shall be purchased by the dis
trict and become part of the schools
stock of text books
To avoid the unnecessary handling of
large quantities of books, the law pro-
vides that boards Of education in cities
not under the direct supervision Of the
county uperintendent may purchase
books direct from the publishers instead
of through the county auditor; but free
texts must be provided in cities as well.
as in rural districts.
The free text book act was introduced
by Senator Amsden, of Grant county,
who has labored for three succeeding
legislative sessions to get free books for
the children ofthe state. Grant county
has bad free texts for years and the
system has proved most satisfactory
there,
The law now provides that a county
superintendent must have had three
years experience in teaching 10 also
provides that in counties having less
than 100 schools the county superintend.
ent shall be allowed an amount not ex-
ceeding $500, and in counties having
more than 100 schools an amount not ex-
ceeding $500 shall be allowed, for travel
ing expenses.
The law also provides that an office
deputy shall be employed in all counties
having fifty or more schools whose sal
airy shall be not less than 80 per cent of
the county superintendent's salary. InI
counties having 100 or more schools theI
county superintendent is also allowed
field deputy, whose qualifications shall
be the same as those of the superintend-
ent, who will assist in visiting schools
and in the supervision of the schools of
the county. The field deputy shall re.
ceive salary of at leas, 81 900 year
Hot Springs Star
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1919-04-12

An old farmer and his sons we're work.
ing in the field one day, when Ford
went by. They had never seen an auto
mobile before and wondered what it
was. Just then a motor cycle went fly
ing by. The farmer looked at his sons
and said "Wall I'll be gosh DANCED,
who'd thought that thing had a calfg'
-Ex,
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1919-04-12
CARD OF THANKS.

We wish to extend our sincere thanks
to our friends for their kindness and
beautiful floral offerings in the burial of
our Darling Little One, Gwinith Helen.
Mr.. and Mrs Charles +. Nelson
and family.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1919-04-12
TIL DAKOTA, SATURDAY, APRIL 70, 1919
WHY NOTp

| why shouldn't the Victory liberty
Loan, the Loan Of Thanksgiving, be sub
scrbed and oyer-subscrbed, Just like III
predecessors?
Have we less patriotism than we had
in 1917? The response to the Fifth will
answer
/ Have we less money? Our bank re-
sources and our savings bank statements
show that we have millions more.
Have we less incentive? Our Gov,
ernments request was the only spur we
needed then. 1t is as urgent now. We
loaned for war then. Now we are asked
to loan to pay for lives saved, for danger
averted, for peace and for prosperity.
Have we less prosperous prospects
Then we faced protracted war and
many loans. Now we have only the
Victorious Fifth-the last
The cost OF living is bound to 90 down,
Out our government, keeping It's prom
ise' mas guaranteed the high price Of our
greatest stapIe-wheaI. DO you realize
IhaI because OF the war and the govern
mehls guarantee our 1919 wheat crop
alone VIII Drlng into TINS district about
F'Vo'oOo'ooo more than 1t would bring
normally We won't be asked to loan
thuch more thah '"o-'hirds OF this ex-
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pesSIinlS's ana diSioyai propagandists
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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1919-04-12
FOR SALE.

Five head of two year old Registered
Hereford Bulls. Inquire of
q. :. PARK ER,
Custer, ). ID.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1919-02-20
DEATH AGAIN VISITS
COMMUNITY

Expressions of sorrow and sym
pathy were on the lips of everyone in
the community, Saturday morning,
when it became known that Mrs. 3.
A. Kersting had died a few hours be
fore. She had been sick but a short
time, having contracted a hard cold
the first of the week which developed
rapidly into pneumonia. A trained
nurse was called at once and the best
of car possible vas given her, but
in spite Of all, Death conquered, and
her spirit took it's flight about the
hour of dawn, her husband. son and
daughter, being at her bedside.
The funeral services were held in
st. Agatha's Church at half past ten
O'Clock Wednesday morning. The last
sacred rites were witnessed by a large
gathering OF friends and relatives,
filling the church to it's Utmost capac-
ity. The floral tokens were very
beautiful and profuse. The Reverend
Father Harte gave a most eloquent
sermon, bringing forth the motherly
virtues of the departed, her Christ
ian life and noble character. He
spoke especially Of her untiring labor
in the Red Cross work and in the
Catholic Ladies' Aid Society. During
the Mass which followed, the choir
rendered special music.
Interment was made in the section
of the Hope Cemetery which has been
Parish.
Janet Oxtaby was born at Spring
Grove, Illinois, on March 18th, 1851,
and at the time of her death was
~fifty-seven years, eleven months and
two days of age. She was married to
B. A. Kersting or the 23rd of Febru-
airy, 1856. They made their home in
Illinois until 1894 when they moved
to Usage, la. Having lived there
five years they moved to Charles
City, Ia. In July, 1905, they moved
to Hope, N. d., where they have
since made their home.
Surviving her are her husband, B.
A. Kersting, her daughter, May, and
son, Louis, three brothers, Thomas
Oxtaby, Of Oaks, N. d., John OXtaby.
Of Hinton, Okla, and Richard Oxtaby,
of Spring Grove, III.
The relatives from out of town
who were present at the funeral were
Richard Oxtaby, from illinois,; Thos.
Oxtaby and wife, of Oaks, and Frank
Kersting, of Kenosha, Wis.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1919-02-20
Tension Was Relieved.

Some til"e ago regiment Of col
Ored StevrdoreS was en- route over
seas on Il transport. 4 large number
of them were cornfield and cotton
workers, unaccu$lOmcu to the water.
OF course there had heen much talk Of
submarines.
On the sixth day out one of the cam
mons of the transport suddenly
baomed. and call t o quarters WAS
sounded, O followed by "Aband don
ship call. There were several more
shots. and the feeling WAS intense. 1t
was not known whether the submarine
would fire 81 torpedo " not. After a
series Of shots. with the tension at its
highest pitch. there was u sudden
dead quiet. All faces We're peering
owe the rail for the unknown peril.
Suddenly from the rear rank was heard,
us dere amy Niger present what
wants to buy Il gold watch and chain?"
The tension was Immediately re-
lieved.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1919-02-20
Hampered by Bad Roads.

Had Palestine been provided with
good roads the British could have end
ed the campaign therein last year. II
is a small country. The area west OF
the Jordan is only G.O4O square miles,
or, approximately, the size Ct Connec.
ticut and Rhode Island combined
With the indefinite territory east Of
the Jordan added, estimated variously
at $500 to $500 square miles-mostly
arid descrt-Palestine is about the
size of Vermont, and curious to re.
late, much the same shape. The Con.
necticut river, that separates Vermont
from New Hampshire, is a much lar.
ger stream than the Jordan; also very
much straighter and better behaved.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1919-02-20
New Airplanes.

New British airplanes increase the
margin of safety against accident.
This story of Il recent test shows how
stable these airplanes are: A pilot
climbed to Il sufficient height, and then
stopped his engine and took his hands
off the controls. merely keeping his
feet on the rudder bar. He steered
for an airdr0me 20 miles away and
except for keeping it straight he let
the plane do what it liked. 1t trav-
eled the whole 20 miles as steadily as
a bicycle cOasting down Il long,
straight and gentle hill. OF course,
the pilot had to take hold Of the con-
troll stick to land the machine in the
airdrnme, but except for that and the
steering the plane made the whole
Journey by itself.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1919-02-20

answered as he reined in his mount
"Dismount, colonel. Advance and
he recognized"
He was certain that there was some
mistake, for no guard was supposed 10
he posted there. But It Sentry's orders
are not to be ~disobeyed, so he grum-
blingly ~dismounted and led his horse
forward, inwardly vowing vengeance
against the sergeant of the guard who
had caused him I'LL this trouble.
AS he approached the sentry he
burst out wralllfuly:
who in tllunue. posted you hereY'
mo onc, sir. I'm just practising"
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1919-02-20
Controlling the Winds.

Controlling the winds is not yet an
aviation triumph. If an aircraft starts
from n point to fly to another due
east, and there is a wind blowing nj
Is miles IN hour northeast, that will
clearly have to be taken into consid.
GRAFTON, and the compass course al
tered (bcfore ascending), according tc
the total distances of the journey.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1919-02-20
Italy Has New Fertilizer,

italian manufacturers are turning
out a new fertilizer, called tetraphos
plate, which, according to technical
experts, Is equally MS good as, If not
better than, some of the phosphates
that have been in use for years. The
new fertilizer is made by n special
treatment Of natural phosphate rock
powder.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1919-02-20
CARD OF

We wish to extend our sincere
thanks to u neighbours and friends
for their kindley assistance, comfort
and sympathy during the illness and
death of our beloved wife and mother.
B. A. KERSTING
MAY KERSTING
LOUIS KERSTING
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1919-02-20

dark when he re-
turned to camp.
Some distance
outside the guard
line he was ch;ll.
lenged by Il voice
from the dark
ness:
"Halt! Who
goes tliere?"
Colonel" he
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1919-02-20
BOTH WERE OUT OF LUIGI
Colonel Just Happened Along, ana
Private Selected Poor Material ~
Which to Practice.

The colonel had ridden his horse to
town in the afternoon, and 1t was
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1919-02-20
A DISAGREE-
MEM RIGHT
AWAY.


This is q de-
lightfA place to
spend our honey
moon, isn't 1t?
Not another man
in sight.
That's the only
objection have
to 1t.
Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1919-02-21

q ii i htSooGI. yid)tcr:
p@ie piel @clo bcinnb iid) ocnn ilns
gciGbr in Ser aniie bes Scrrn Slii.
melbcr1er. oils Sic cinbraden2"
Gin6rcber: rMinb ih bds iagen2
Sd m6dIte Den Mann ni6t germ
hlanliercn or mar elm otter
SdllIfnmerab bon mir;
Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1919-02-21

Die 9elagerung Der Stabt.
Ils i6 mid Srsn6urg ndbsrts. fab
id cine srobe s(n3a6I Qr6siter, sic mi.
5eItnn9sarbeiten beI6dftigt pnrsn
Nm Gore tpuroe i'd BON Der Wadt
angebnlten. Scum bDrts Der Sergeont,
nab i'd aus Der 5situns SieIogorst
tomme. oIs er mid Iofort gum @ens
raj fibrte.
Sd traf Jpn in feinsm @arten. Gr
6sii9tisie bic I%pfsl6Gume unb biilts
lie nit Silfe ieines alteu @drtners
lor9foil in parmes Strob elm. Sem
Seilht 9riidts Tubs, 9eiunbhsit unO
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-10-13
.PARLOR IS GONE;
lIVING-R0OM NOW
CENTER OF HOUSE

Slow, but sure, has been the death
Of the old stiff, uncomfortable parlor,
where the family only sat when spe-
cial company arrived. or when some
body died. Every architect in Rich
mond agrees that parlors are paSse;
that they have gone to come no more.
Asked to define parlor, o Richmond
residence designer said:
AN obsolete, dark, blackly uphol-
stored, chilly place. where all the
furniture was stiff, and folks always
tiptoed and talked in semi-whispers"
We'll, what's its substituted"
The new institution calls itself the
living room, and the family and all
visitors are ushered into it and made
to feel comfortable" he said.
In the living room affairs of state
of the family are settled, formal and
informal guests are entertained tea
is served, and all home interests are
centered.
Often times the living room is long
and at one end stands the piano, and
often the young people dance on the
living room floor. The largest and
cheeriest fire place in the house is
here; the reading table stands some
place in the long room. and often the
library itself is included
"Oh. yes, there's one other thing
the parlor used to be used 70 rsome-
times-the Sunday night date of the
daughter, or daughters. of the house
hold. 1t was a miserable place. but
the comfortable living roOm-ah.
that's different" said the architect
'Parlors, houses, everything that
we live in and wear, and often those
things which we eat, are subject to
changed times. A hint from a fashion
incubator often changes completely
the prevailing type of houses through,
out the country, for house builders
like sheep, are very fond of folliwine
each other" said he.
bungalows, either one story o.
story and half, are popular" said
several house builders "A few years
ago, all houses had turrets; today no
body considers gingerbread" effects
And the parlor has passed, and don't
think anybody cares"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-10-13

dustrial pursuits in Indiana" said Miss Margaret
(1ehrlich, in charge of the woman's section of
the Indiana free employment commission. The
percentage of decrease in the number of women
employed in industry ranges from 4.65 per cent
in Fl. Wayne to 46.15 per cent in Lafayette.
"The question is-what has become of these
men?" said Miss Gehrlich. eve have continu-
ing calls for women workers in many lines of in
dustrial work, wherein women may make wages
that compare favorably with what men receive
for the same work However, it appears that
either they no longer care to work, or else were
that they have a surplus to tide them over in
definitely for they are not registering for jobs
We have some attractive opportunities, where the
work is not too hard for the average woman that
pay better than some places, where, in addition
to receiving less pay, the worker is required to
have better clothes, thus reducing her net return
With the continuing shortage of unskilled work.
ers the wages being offered to women must in
evitably increase.
various reasons have contributed to the dis
the chief of which was the reimbursement of manu-
featuring and other industrial activity. However,
employers are now perfecting their organizations
for peace-time work, and they are asking for
women workers. Those who had war time fac
tory shop experience will find this work more
profitable now by reason of their emergency
training
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-10-13
Work-Co-Operation-Prosperity
Editorial. Chicago Herald & Examiner

editorial Chicago Herald & Examiner)
Put one hundred men on an island where fish
is staple article of sustenance. Twenty-Five of
the men catch fish. Twenty-Five others clean
the fish. twenty-five cook the fish. Twenty five
hunt fruit and vegetables.
So long as everybody works there is plenty.
All hands are happy.
Ten of the allotted fish catchers STOP
Ten more dry and hide part of the fish they
CATCH
Five continue to catch fish, but work only
part of the day at it.
Fewer fish go into the kitchen.
But the same number of men insist upon hav-
ing the amount of fish.
The fifty men who formerly cleaned and cook
ed the fish have less to do owing to the under
supply of fish. But they continue to demand
food.
Gradually greater burdens are laid upon the
fruit and vegetable hunters. These insist upon
larger share of fish in return for their larger
efforts in gathering fruit and vegetables. 1t is
denied them and twenty of the twenty five
quit.
But the entire one hundred men continue to
insist upon their right to eat.
The daily food supply gradually shrinks. The
with two fish demands three bananas in ex-
change for of them. The man with two ban
anas refuses to part with one for fewer than
three fish.
Finally the ten men remaining at work quit
in disgust. Everybody continues to eat The
hidden fish are brought to light ard consumed
Comes day when there is no food of any kind
Everybody blanes everybody else
What would seem to be the solution?
Exactly. We thought you would guess it.
For repeat that you can't eat, buy sell
steal, give away, hoard, wear, use, play with or
gamble with what isn't.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-10-13
Service Men, Attention!

The bureau of war risk insurance wishes to
emphasize the Importance to service men of one
of the provisions Of the war risk insurance act
upon the fulfillment of which may depend the
validity of their claim to compensation under
the act.
The war risk insurance act provides that "No
compensation shall be payable for death or dis
ability which does not occur prior to or within
one year after discharge or resignation from the
service except that where, after medical ex-
animation made pursuant to regulations, at the
time of discharge or resignation from the service,
within such reasonable time thereafter, not
exceeding year, may be allowed by regu-
lations, a certificate has been obtained from the
director to the effect that the injured person
at the time of his discharge or resignation was
suffering from injury likely to result in death or
disability
Many discharged men are not familiar with
or are inclined to disregard this provision of law
and are allowing their rights hereunder to lapse
Request for the certificate mentioned above
should be made to the chief medical advisor
bureau Of war risk Insurance. Washington, D. c..
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-10-13
The Consultations of the Past

We moderns are disposed to pity our great
grandfathers because they had to live in the in
convenient days before electric lights telephones,
adenoids and appendicitis were invented or dis
covered It was hard luck for then being born
before the world really got going properly.
In those days the tinsnith made farmers
lantern like this: He lay rectangular sheet of
tin on a lead block, and with hammer and chisel
he made myriad of incisions in fancy patterns,
something like those mother puts in the top crust
Of an apple pie. This work finished he rolled the
tin sheet into cylinder soldered the edges, and
fastened in tin bottom, containing a candle
socket Next he soldered on a concal roof and
attached little door to one side, each of these
also having been decorated with fancy incisions.
Lastly, there must be a metal ring or loop at
tached to the top of the lantern to carry it by,
ond it was ready for service, when provided with
q candle.
When the homely and serviceable kerosene
lanterns came in, the old perforated lanterns
went out of vogue. Many were destroyed.
Now we wish we hadn't been so hasty. We
realize that there is real beauty in the old per-
forated lanterns with their quantity symmetrical
designs, and when we go to an art shop or antique
store we are lucky to find one to buy.
There is a reason for the interest that many
century or two back. Unhurried hand-crafts-
lnanship and honest materials, skilfully wrought
into objects of use and real beauty, gave the men
and women of the time possessions worth keep
ing and preserving for later times
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-10-13
Ambition For Promotion

spirit which was courage and aspiration 1t is as
possible for men to rise. The old
scripural principle holds Thou hast been faithful
over few things, will make thee ruler over many
things" The door promotion has not been closed
on the contrary it is widely open than ever Men
ought not of themselves members Of class
and fixed in that class, but American ct
zens advancement, the highest positions
is always possible. Nothing could be helpful than
study of certain American Biographies they show
what can be done by a determined to succeed, and
willing work and sacrifice for Andrew Car
negie, for instance, began weavers assistant in
Pennsylvania cotton factory. He then telegraph
messenger and later telegraph of the Penn
sylvana railroad. Charles H. Schwab stage driver
when boy and then stake driver in the engineering
corps the great steel corporation of which he later be-
came assistant after which his rise rapid
The point is, not that these and others like them
money and great deal Of it, but they could not be
kept down. AS matter of fact, wants to keep
who shows the ability and determination to
rise. coming of from the ranks
prevents society from stratifyng There ought
more them, industrial stas ought to be
recruited solely the technical and trade schools
but ranks of labor The effect would be good
the industry, the promoted and society
whole