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Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1919-03-20
Cooperation a. Bethlehem.

From the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
Those who believe that the relations Of
capital and labor are identical will be
gratifieu to learn that the Bethlehem
Steel Company has pledged itself to a
loyal cooperation IN carrying through
certain important measures suggested by
tho national war labor board. These
measures. as will be remembered, related
20 the inauguration Of an effective plan
FOR collective bargaining between the
management and the employees and, Sec
ondly. TO the plan for securing from the
war end navy departments additional
compensation to cover work done by the
employees. In announcing that the Beth
lehem Company is a firm believer in
collective bargaining and anxious tina 1t
shah be successfully put into effect at all
IT'S plants" the great steel company is
not only playing fair with the war labor
hoard. but with it's employees and the
public as we'll. Whatever misunder-
standing there vas which led the COM
pany supposedly to take an attitude of
opposition to the findings of the war
labor hoard, It is fortunate for this in
dustr.Al district that everything is now
cleared up and that the company realizes
that Tho part that those outside the COM
pany. but who represent the larger pub
lie interests, play in matters of this kind
is not inconsiderable. The old cut and
dried method of representation and rela-
ttonsnips in industries cannot be kept in
force In these days; there must be franker
relations between employer and employed.
and collective bargaining with fair play
on beth sides must he the primary rule
OF action.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1919-03-20
YANK MUSHROOM
TOWN Of THAMES
British Made Curious By Huge
Supplies of War Material
Continually Arriving
There.
Correspondence of Associated Press.

Correspondence of Associated Press.
London-On the banks pf the
Thames, less than 20 miles from Lon
don, there is an American town of
the mushroom pind such as you might
find in Il new California oil field. Its
population consists of more than 200
white men and about 1870 negroes. 1t
covers 80 acres which nine months ago
were fallow grass and The business
of the town is to receive, sort and store
war material. 1t is the great American
supply depot in England.
There is a street of wooden huts,
another of corrugated iron huts, huge
iron store sheds a quarter of Il mile
long, office buildings, water supply and
electric lights, the whole surrounded by
Il hedge, "a few armed scntries and
much mud. All day long the Khaki clad
negroes push and haul railway trucks
full OF war material.
Englishmen peer over the hedge and
ask satirically if the United States
doesn't know that the war is over. If
they ask an officer for enlightenment
about this strange. camp, his eXplana-
tion is something like this:
America came into the wal with
both feet, banking on at least three
years of it. which was the safe thing to
do. Our government made contracts
with British manufacturers to supply
our army with tons of wal material,
from a tin tack to a steam roller. The
British factories built new plants and
took on new hands to meet our needs,
and deliveries were going smoothly
when the armistice was signed.
III we a scrapped our contracts
then, some British firms might have
been driven into bankruptcy. putting
thousands OF men out of work and
leaving the factories with tons OF USE
less material on their hands. So the
United States government merely can
celled orders for material that had not
been actually started on. and told tho
factories to go ahead with what they
had in hand.
This place is the collecting station
for that material. We are receiving
tractors for guns. e~ntrenching tools.
thousands of yards of camouflage wire
netting. stacks of asbestos. roofing for
hospitals. timber frames for huts,
wheelbarrows, shovels. pick axes, bolts,
screws Int a lot of other stuff. We are
going to store it all here and sell it
later on. 1t will all be useful. and We
can wait for the market. The manu-
%facturer couldn't have waited"
War material coming back from
Russia is being stored at the same
camp. also the fittings OF the disman-
tied hospitals which the American
army established in England.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1919-03-20
First "Du.t" Explosion.
From the Detroit News.

From the Detroit News.
Until the summer Of 1873 such a thing
as q ''dust explosion" was unknown. No
doubt many such explosions had oc-
cured, but they were Of small account
and DO investigation followed to disclose
the true nature OF the case. In that
summer the Washburn Touring mius at
Minneapolis. then the largest in the
worla, exploded with terrific violence.
SeS&ral massive buildings. with granite
walls two feet thick and Of particularly
stroEH mill construction. were demolished
as II by an immense charge OF dynamite.
The flame of the first explosion was COM
municated to two other mills. which also
blew up. and three other mills were de-
stroyed in the conflagration thai fol-
lowed. Eighteen men were killed and
many more were injured and several mil.
lion dollars worth OF property were de-
stroyed. The wheat bins continued
smoldering for months a~fterward, in spite
Of deluges OF water poured upon them.
Investigation and experiment showed
that the explosion was nothing more than
a rapid combustion of the fine particles
Of flour which filled the air of the mills.
Since then it has been discovered that
many Of the coal mine explosions are
primarily lust explosions following a
windy shot, made by some careless
blaster.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1919-03-20
"sUcKERs" ALWAYS ON HlND
Despite Their General shrewdncss,
American People Are Easy Vic
Tins of Confidence Game.

"The true American is a funny indi-
vidual," remarked Sheriff Cline the
other day in going over the data of a
petty swindle case.
ION the one hand we find them i'm
ordinately clever and quick to think mp
schemes which are almost within the
law While on the other hand, no mat
ter how absurd the trick, there are al
ways plenty Of gullible people to bite.
ut wasn't more than II week or ten
days ago when a man called here and
asked me If he could lodge q COM
plaint.
"'What do you want to complain
about? I asked him.
"By way of reply he placed before
me an advertisement which read In
structions on what to do at the table.
"'I sent money for n copy explained
the man. and in reply received n slip
Of paper on which was printed the one
word "'"-Los Angeles Times.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1919-03-20
STOP SLAUGHTER OF BIRDS
Wardens Wage Constant War on Un-
principIed SIayers Of Feathered
Friends Of the Farmer.

The guardian of the birds ON pro-
tected lands is an important part of
the work of the federal and Audubon
authorities. Although state and ma
tional laws have been passed making
it wrong to kill the birds for their
piumnge. plume hunters are constantly
raiding the nests of the waterfowl and
killing them for the sake of the prices
the wings will bring. Thus a constant
watch is necessary. Patrol boats are
constantly lowering along the shores
of the reservations, and more than one
pitched battle has been fought to save
the egret or gulls from slaughter. In
Flnrida, one of the best game wardens
of the Audubon society was killed by
bird butchers.
If those who call the robin the thief
Of their fruit, and hate him for his
early morning raids on their berries.
would realize that the little fruit
spoiled is 81 light dessert for the huge
quantity of insects killed before the
fruit was touched, then. their feelings
would be more kindly. Cutworms and
c%ranetlies, which do great harm to grain
crops, are favorite foods for robins,
while la%af-beetles, vine-worms, ETC., are
eaten in great numbers.-Exchange.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1919-03-20
OF THE PUBLIC DUE TIL
DRUG TRADE DURING THE
INFLUENZA EPIDEMIC.

The thanks of the American public
are certainly due the entire drug trade
retail, wholesale and manufacturing
for what they accomplished during
the recent influenza epidemic. The
war caused a shortage Of physicians
nurses were almost impossible to OBJ
tain-the demand on the drug trade
was unexpected and overwhelming,
and to this demand they responded
nobly. Retail druggists kept open day
and night and slept where they drop
ped behind the prescription counter.
Wholesale druggists called their sales
men off the road to help fill orders
hundreds wired us to ship vick's vapo-
Rub by the quickest route. regardless
Of expense.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1919-03-20


raised a family Of eight is her story
remarkable. Thousands Of families
are larger. The history Of the Koch
family is unique In that the mother.
with all her loving care. pinned her
faith TO a simple home remedy and
never had a doctor for her children.
Here Is what she says: "Peruna has
done my children good. I have a
family of eight and never had a
doctor, only your medicine. We all
think Peruna a splendid tonic."
So far as we have learned, Pc
runa is the only known remedy for
which such q wonderful claim can
be made. Like Mrs. Koch. there
are thousands upon thousands of
mothers who place their entire de-.
pendence upon Peruna.
That Peruna has merited this
confidence is attested by the words
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1919-03-20
For Display Only.

From the Boston Transcript.
HubeThere's' no use my giving you .
check. my dear. My thank account -
overdrawn.
Wife-Weil. give me one anyway. and
make Il for $500. I want. 70 pull e but
Of my handbag with my handkerchief
1t the club his afternoon.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1919-03-20
Reared Her Family

from such mothers as Mrs. Gustave
Koch. Long life to her! Peruna is
indicated for coughs. colds. catarrh
of the head, % and throat, or dis
order Of the stomach, bowels OF
other organs due to catarrhal in
fammation Of the mucous linings.
II you are sick and SUFFERING,
write the Peruna Company. Dep.
$50, Columbus, Ohio, for DIR. Hart
mans Health Book. 1t is free anil
you may find that Peruna is what
you need. DR.. Hartman's World Fs-
nous Peruna Tonic comes in eithc.
liquid or tablet form. Ask you.
dealer. If you are seeking health.
do not accept Something Just 6
good" Insist upon Peruna. YOU.
dealer will give you a Per,,na Al
manac.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1919-03-20

A man carries domestic to
extremes when he stops the clock at
night to save time.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1919-03-20
V|CkS VAP0Rub
SHORTAGE OVERCOME At LAST
. TREMENDOUS JOB TO INCREASE
OUR PRODUCTION

In this emergency we tried to do U
part. We secured the country for raw
materials-our Traffic Manager spent
his days riding freight cars in-we
shipped raw materials in carload lots
by express and pleaded with manufac-
turers to increase their deliveries to us.
But it was a slow process. Some OF
our raw materials are produced only
in Japan-supplies in this country
were low and shipments required three
months to come from the Far East.
Then W. had to recruit and train
skilled labor. We brought our sales-
men into the factory and trained them
as foremen. We invented new ma
chinery, and managed to install 1t or
Christmas Day, SO as not to interfere
with u daily production.
143 JARS OF vAPoRUs EVERY
MINUTE DAY AND NIGHT
BY January LIST we had everything
ready to put or our night shift, and
since then our laboratory has been
running day and night. To feed
automatic machines, which drop out
one hundred and forty-three Jars of
VapoRub a minute or one million and
eighty thousand weekly, has required
a force Of 500 people. Our Cafe De-
partment, created for the benefit Of
these workers, served 1000 meals dur
ing the month Of January alone.
10 MILLION JARS OF vAPoRvs
DISTRIBUTED SINCE OCTOBER.
An idea Of the work we have ac-
complished this fall may be given
by our production figures-13.O2S,978
Jars Of vapoRub manufactured and
distributed since last October-one jar
for every two families in the entire
United States.
During the influenza epidemic Vick's
VapoRub was used as an external ap-
plication in connection with the physi-
cian's treatment, and thousands of peo-
pie, unable to obtain a doctor, relied
on Vick's almost exclusively.
Literally millions Of families all over
the country, from Cali
fornia to Maine, and ~
from the Great Lakes MhA
to the Gulf, have found @1
Vick's vapoHub the A
ideal home remedy for kfE11TM
Group and cold trou- lG1LJNN
bles. sLAMl
,ORIJR&M
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1919-03-20

If man has neither friends nor en-
emies he has lived in vain.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1919-03-20
Shameful.

Two very pretty girls met on the
street and kissed each other raptur-
ously. Two young men watched the
meeting. There's another of those
things that are SO unfair" said oae.
What is that?" asked his friend.
He pointed to the scene: "Women
doing mems woYk."-Lalies' Home
Journal.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1919-03-20
The Deal Scheduled for Last
November, Which Was POST
poned on Account of the lnflu-
enza Epidemic, Is Now Rein
stated = Good During the
Month of March.
OVER ONE MILLION JARS
OF VAPORUB
EACH WEEK

1t is with pride that we announce
to the drug trade that the shortage of
Vick's VapoRub, which has lasted since
last October, is now overcome. Since
January LIST. we have been running u
laboratory twenty-three and a half
hours out Of every twenty-four. Last
week we shipped the last of II back
orders, and retail druggists, therefore,
are no longer requested to order In
small quantities only.
NOVEMBER DEAL RE-INsJATED
This deal. which we had expected to
put on last November and which had to
be postponed on account of the short
age Of VapoRub, is re-instated for the
month of March. This allows a dis
count Of 1917 on shipments from job
bers' stock of quantities of from 1 to
a gross. so of this discount Is allowed
by the jobber and so by US.
We advise the retail druggists to
place their orders Immediately, SO that
the jobbers will be able to get prompt
shipments to them.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1919-03-20

Keep your liver active. your bowels clean by
taking DIR. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets and you'll
keep healthy. wealthy aud wise. Adv.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1919-03-20
polittle's obsession.

OoIittIe's ObseSsIon.
Mugsins-I never knew any one to
be such n stickler for the little nice
ties of social form as DOlittle.
Buggins - Yes; Dolittse wouldn't
even go to work unless he had received
M engraved Observation-Disclosures
Record.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1919-03-20

Nothing worries a chronic kicker
like the refusal of things to go wrong.
Greene County herald., 1919-04-18
CHAPTER Il-contInued.

"Well draw him up on tit won't
hurt him any," he proposed.
l looked at him In silence. My
heart smote me. but hadn't courage
to take issue with the owner of a
silver watch. When the dog began to
struggle I threw my arms about him
and cried Aunt Deel happened to
se near. She came and saw Amos
pulling at the rope and me trying to
save the dog.
"Come right down off'n that NOW
this minute" said she.
When we had come down and the
dog had followed. pulling the rope
after him, Aunt Deel was pale with
anger.
go right home-right home." said
she to Amos.
"Mr. Baynes said that he would
take me up with the horses" said
Amos.
'Ye can use shanks' horses-ayes !
they're good enough for you," Aunt
Deel insisted, and so the boy went
away In disgrace.
where are your penniesT Aunt
Deel said to me.
felt in my pockets but couldn't
nnd them.
Where did ye have 'em lastT my
aunt demanded.
ION the haymow."
"Come an show me-"
We went to the NOW and searched
for the pennies, but not one Of them
could we find.
remembered that when saw them
last Amos had them in his hand.
I'm awful 'fraid for him-ayes ]
bew said Aunt Deel. ''Im 'frald
Rovin' Kate was right about him
ayes p
"What did she sayY" / asked.
"That he was goin' to be hung
ayesl You can't play with him no
more. Boys that take what don't
belong to 'em-which hope he didn't
--ayes l hope 1t awful-are apt to
be hung by their necks until they
are dead--jest as he was goin' to
hang OF Shep-ayes they are!'
Uncle Peabody seemed to feel very
bad when he learned how Amos had
turned out.
"Don't say word about it," said
he. "Mebbe you lost the pennies
Don't mind EN-"
Soon after that, one afternon,
Aunt Deel came down in the field
where we were dragging. While she
Greene County herald., 1919-04-18
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rection as literal fact, are deluding
no one but themselves. There is moth
ing new in the effort to explain away
the great event. Men have been try
ing out explanations ever since the
guards who went to sleep on duty
around the tomb excused themselves
by saying the disciples stole his body
away while they slept. Explainers
have risen and fallen as the ages have
come and gone and the deeper the
explainers have gone into the matter,
the more apparent has become the
fact. The simple Gospel narratives
gave enough of the physical details
of the event to make it convincing; /;
the fact that the disciples themselves
did not expect the resurrection and
were slow to believe 1t until they
were forced to believe 1t by his pres
ence among them; by exhibition of his
sacred wounds and the fact that 1t
became the burden of their preaching
in the future all go to make up the
indisputable collateral evidence of the
literal fact Every one of the disciples
is said to have died martyr and his
resurrection was their Testimony to
martyrdom."-H Lee Mills In Houston
Post.
Greene County herald., 1919-04-18
is GREATEST OF FESTIVALS
Easter Celebrated in Some Form
Everywhere, Especially Among the
People of Latin Countries

OF all annual festivals among Chris
tian nations, Easter seems to have
made the most serious impression, and
the customs connected with its first
celebrations to have fingered the long
est. Europe, with its many nations,
and, therefore. many people, has ever
been the scene Of various ceremonies
distinctly belonging to the separate
countries, with the Latin church al
ways in the lead in the matter Of pic
turesque symbols and professions.
The war will make a difference In
some districts, but wherever there are
IT. few gathered together in his name
in the neighborhoods of mighty cathe.
drais sffll Standing, or tiny Kinks In
the heart Of the woods or along the
sea, there viii some feature Of thu
story vf-ehe atererAsnt be-4a'd In syn>
|b6sw.:..c:~. ..-- sr~~ ~
These strange Customs something b
combined with eln6osaSa .cerepopfs
~4e--<osnd nftenest In tha-rufal a.
tricts, where the people have not free
access to the towns, and simplicity Of
living does not question the difference
between truth and tradition.
Greene County herald., 1919-04-18

was talking with Uncle Peabody an
idea occurred to me, end. the-deg and
l,faes1 1fpschs. spgse 3 Thsre was q
'SSs saG S2 04 "a ~ ssss ss 'hs L
put there Lid cheasfeds 6ectEs de:
sires. ;. ..sS. sfs
/ ran into the deserte9 house, and
with the aid Of chair climbed to
Ire flrst shelf and then TO The next.
and reached Into the pa 80 drew
Greene County herald., 1919-04-18
conorete Elume in Hawaii.

Owing to the scarcity of steel in the
Hawaiian islands during the war, sub
stitutes for steel had to be used as far
as possible. On one of the sugar planta-
tions a concrete fiume was used to
carry water across gulch. The flume
was formed as an inverted siphon, con-
sisting of a rectangular box resting on
concrete columns. 1t is about 61z
feet wide and nearly 8 feet deep
and is supported about 35 feet above
the bottom of the gulch. A bell-and-
spigot expansion joint connects the
horizontal portion of the flume with
one of the inclined stacks, the space
between being filled with asphaltic ce-
ment. This Joint has operated satis-
factorily without any signs Of leakage
for a number Of months.-Scientific
American.
Greene County herald., 1919-04-18

When he had finished eating he ~
aside the dishes and 1 asked:
''Nsw could go and see Sally Dun
kelbergY
"what In the world do you want
Of sally Dunkelberg7". he asked.
"Oh, just to play with her." Isaid
as showed him hsw. could sit on
my hands and raise myself from the
chair bottom.
Haven't you any one to play With
at homer
"Only my Uncle Peabody"
Don't you like to play with himT
"Oh, some, but he can't stand me
any longer. He's all tired out, and
my Aunt Deel. too. I've tipped over
every single thing on that place. I
tipped over the honey yesterday
split 1t all over everything and
rooend my clothes. I'm reg'ler pest.
So want to play with Sally Dunkel-
berg. want to play with her lit
tie while-just a wee little WHILE"
Forward, march !" said he and
away we started for the home Of the
Dunkelbergs. The village interested
me immensely. had seen 1t only
twice before. People were moving
about in the streets. One thing ]
did not fail to notice. Every man
we met touched his hat as be greeted
my friend.
1t was q square, frame house-that
Of the Dunkelbergs-large for that
village, and had a big dooryard with
trees in It, AS we came near the gate
saw Sally Dunkelberg playing with
other children among the trees Sud-
denly was afraid and began to hang
Greene County herald., 1919-04-18
SABBATH OF LIGHT
Holy Saturday a Great Day for
the Pilgrims Gathered in
Jerusalem.

~ URING holy week the Chris
tian and Moslem pilgrims in
Jerusalem visit the sacred
river Jordan. On Holy
Thursday the Greek patriarch washes
the feet of II pilgrims. This service
and ceremony is performed In the open
court in front of the cathedral, on a
temporary platform decorated with
olive boughs. The patriarchs of the
Catholic and Armenian communities
perform similar service inside the
cathedral. to which the general public
Is not admitted. On Good Friday all
day services are in order, and special
services with ceremonies commemo-
rating the crucifixion take place from
six In the evening until midnight. On
Holy Saturday, also known as the
sabbath of Light" all lights in the
cathedral are extinguished. The Greek
and Armenian sects relight their
lamps, candles and fires from flame
which Is believed by them to appear
on the holy sepulcher on that day.
This is the crowning event of Lent to
the Greek, Armenian, Syriac and Cop
tic creeds. Millions of wax tapers and
candles are lighted at this flame, burn
ed q few minutes, then carefully
Greene County herald., 1919-04-18

lacked and treasured as sacred relics
which are crrrled and distributed over
the whole civilized world.
At midnight the service Of the resur-
rection is performed, after which many
lof the pilgrims start on their, home
ward journey.
Mere tourisSs are of course welcome,
because they contribute somewhat to
the trade of the season. but they stay
one or several days at the longest, and
do not enter intb nor understand the
real religious or social life of the peo-
pie Of the land, and consequently are
Regarded as outsiders.