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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-07-23

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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-07-23

The evil effect of alcohol in ancient Greece might be illustrated in many glaring instances. A little known but striking example Is that of Chares, courageous Athenian general and ad- miral, who was as famous for prOfli- gacy as for bravery.
 Chares had tumultuous life through the years 366 to 332 B. c. He had high command in the social war and was defeated in a great naval bat tie in the Hellespont; but the Atheni- ans blamed his coileagu for the dis aster, claiming that Chares would have won had they assisted him. Thereafter he fought in many sea and land battles in the near east. Appar- ently Chares was not very able man, but he was such a lion in battle that he was extremely popular. He boast ed of his evil behavior, but the drink ing bouts indulged in on his fleet and the presence of dancing girls at enter tainments apparently shocked only the
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track support the tall spar mast, and which supposed to be high to allow the of trains caught part the of the 124O rain broken down and the end tearing portion of the blaming on the lively in that immediate neighborhood for a few minutes. Fortunately no one was injured
 beautiful impressive degree of Past Chancellor evening Messrs. Marcus coon, w Mithra LOdge Knights Pytas this city, by the Worthy Grand Chancellor of the this State E. W. Dawson Esq., of New Haven, assist ed by Past Chancellor Charles Woughby and other members the Grand Lodge The of great interest 70 those who allowed to be present.
 The first exclamation of little boy who rescued drowning New London to ask if he
 Six designed for the Pacific Railroad, completed the New Haven works Newhalvile be handsome as riding in
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-07-23
LOOKING BACK 50 YEARS

(From The Farmer, We tuesday July g, 1669)
 John Bradley formerly a well known and popular con- ductor the New York and Haven road filling similar position the Erie poad We hope his insured
 The special sale of Bireye & Co.'s still continues and their customers all with smiling faces After all there nothing like bargains one happy If you don't believe it just try
 Rev T. J. snott of St Augustnes church. sailed the Scotia from New York his European The church during his will be under charge Father Fitzpatrick The Sunday school connected with the church will have their picnic weather should favorable if it will be postponed day The Wheeler Wilson Band has been engaged to fur nsh music.
 The Standard chap thinks confession good the Agreed! Now suppose he takes dose of his medicine and confesses that he habit misquoting entng The Farmer whenever he occasion to what it has We have twice within sion to show up this habit of our neighbor.
 While repairs being made a portion of the hoisting apparatus the Dunham yard yesterday stretched across the
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-07-23

kenheimer Company. Cincinnati, Ohio; The Timken Roller Bearing Company, Canton, Ohio; Delco-I,ight Products, The Domestic Engineering Company, Dayton, Ohio; Spencer Lens Company, Buffalo, N. Y; Buff falo Weaving and Betting Company, Buffalo, N. Y; Montgomery Ward & Company, Chicago, H.; The Dayton Engineering Laboratories Company, Dayton, Ohio; J. & T. Cousins Com pany, shoemakers, 373 DeKalk Ave, Brooklyn, N. Y.; The Employm eTrl Industry of the Y. M. c. A, wood working, East Third Street. New York City; Lanston Monotype Ma chine Company, Philadelphia, Pa; Lodge & Shipley Machine Tool Com pany, Cincinnati, Ohio; Danguard Player Action School, 6o9 West 51s, Street, New York City; Boston Typo thetae Board of Trade, 176 Federal Street. Room 504 Boston, Mass; Whitcomb BlaisdelI Machine Tool Company, Worcester, Mass; Passaic Metal Ware Company, Passaic, N. J.; American Optical Company, South bridge, Mass; Steu1 & Thurman Co.,, Wood carvers and cabinet makers, Buffalo. N. Y.; Sears. Roebuck & Company, Chicago, H.; Royal Type writer Company, Inc, New Park Ave nue, Hartford, Conn.,; The Cleveland Metal Products Company, Cleveland, Ohio.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-07-23
HISTORIC VILLAGE
 HAS NEW HOME

Washington, July 22.-Washington Crossing will be the new name of the ancient town of Taylorsville, in Bucks county, Pennsylvania, from which point George Washington on Christmas eve, 1776, ferried with his army to the New Jersey shore and started the march which at mid night ended in the glorious victory over the British and Hessian forces in Trenton.
 Before making the change in the name of the post office at the famous starting point of the comeback" of the Continental Army, the entire borough of Taylorsville was canvas sed. IS numerous descendants of the Taylor family. who founded the town. were still living in the vicinity. They were as prompt as the Joneses, Smiths and Browns of the section to favor the change in name, and Wash ington Crossing 1t will be.
 The States of Pennsylvania and New Jersey have rather historic park with Washington Crossing for its centre. . PsunsylvantA commia-
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-07-23
THE RISK FROM BALLOONS


n VERY FORGE which employs for his benefit will 1A sometimes get out of hand, and njure its creators. Whether they fell float in boats speed in ships swift ly in railroad ain automobiles aeropanes drigibes price in life and limb has to be paid
 The storage of water the transmission of electricity the Illuminating of disaster The household the of kerosene the bottle of killer the pantry shelf have potentiaiihes for danger.
 by his conquest of nature becomes safer in body limb, and lives longer than he used to live. The Chicago accident by which number of killed injured when burning balloon crashed into bank building is part the toll that must pay conquest air
 accident calls further consideration of by catasrophes may be prevented It does legislation inspired by terror The that dirigbe falling from the sky will fall into the interior building much smaller than the chance that somebody will killed by lighting, which very small chance indeed.
 weakness of the drgible hydro with which it filled Hydrogen is nflammabe. contained in the balloon casing which in turn above the high powered gasoline engines The proximity of fire and hydrogen does not make for safety
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sion having been created for the pur- pose in 1917.
 The commission has purchased six parcels of land on the bank Of tho Delaware at Taylorsville, i've or tRe prperties being town lots and the re- mainder a fifty-four acre tract. The purchases include the Temperance House. believed to be the oldest building connected with the site, which is said to have been the ferry house of Colonial times
 The landing points of McKonkeys ferry are marked by monuments on the Pennsylvania side erected by the Bucks County Historical Society and on the New Jersey side by the Society of the Cincinnati. Some of the farm houses used by Washington and his Generals are still standing. A New Jersey commission is in charge ofi landing and the route taken by the troops in their march on Trenton.
 The plan proposed contemplates q memorial bridge over the Delaware; at the point where the crossing took place. From the New Jersey end 1t Is propsoed to re-establish the Inc of march leading to the old house: occupied by Washington during tho transfer of the soldiers from Penn- sylvania to Bear Tavern. where he, stopped for refreshments Tn tho park win bs placed ynriouB mqznA1e tos ,oe tho oyenk Mi 5s.3
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-07-23
CONNECTICUT FIRMS TAKE
 EX-S0LDiERS
Government Complies List of Patriotic Concerns Still
 Doing Bit"

A distinct step forward in the work of securing employment for discharg- ed soldiers and sailors has been taken. Colonel Arthur Woods, Assistant to the Secretary of War, has made pub lie the first list of great manufactur- ing concerns throughout the country wiling to take discharged soldiers who, heretofore, have been unskilled men, and train them in special trades, paying them good wages while at work learning something better
 The Merchant Shipbuilding Corpor- ation, at Harriman, Pa., has written a letter to Colonel Woods. as a sam pie of what is now offered the re- turned fighting man, in which 300 ambitious young ex-sarvice men are called for, who are willing to begin work at from 46 to 58 cents an hour.
 The demand for skilled labor is now great that firms are glad to give the training in order to get bet ter men. Here follows the list of those who have volunteered to train soldiers for better positions while paying them, and men interested should apply personally to the firm nearest their home:
 The General Electric Company, main office, Schnectady, N. Y.: The Underwood Typewriter Company. Hartford, Conn.,; The Barber-Col- man Company, Rockford. H.; The Mia gara Autograph Company, Buffa- To, N. Y.; The B. F. Goodrich Com pany, Akron, Ohio; The Davts-Bour- nonville Company. Jersey City, N. J.; The Miller Lock Company, Philadel- phia, Pa.; The Acme Machine Tool Company, Cincinnati, Ohio.; The Bur rough Adding Machine Company, De- troit, Mich; The Rec Motor Car Company. Lansing, Michigan; The American Mosaic & Tile Company Louisville, Kentucky; The Victor Monaghan Mills, Greenville, s. G.: The Timken-Detroit Axle Company, Detroit. Mich; Chain Belt Company. MolderA Milwaukee. Via; The Lun-
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-07-23

ed their native drink with resin, and there is even mention of sea water be- ing added to wine.
 In nearly everything else the an cient Greeks cared more for quality than for quantity; but in wine Quanti- ty seems to have been their standard of perfection. They mixed water with their wine, but they apparently want ed a great deal of the mixture. Drunk enness does not seem to have been held a great vice, and some of the sto- ries that have come down to Us about the Greek capacities for drinking are almost incredible. Tradition says that Socrates and Alcibiades were not con- tent with the sizes of the drinking vessels at feasts and were accustomed to drink from the crater, the great re- ceptacle in which all the wine for the banquet was cooled. These craters wero huge affairs, and yet Socratec and Alcibiades were credited with be- Ing able to empty one apiece without great effort.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-07-23

graVer citizens of Athens, and perhaps merely added to his popularity among tho uneducated.
 Long before the period of Chares, drunkenn ess was not uncommon in Greece. Wine was well known to the heroes who fought under the walls of Troy, when history and legend are still mingled. Homer describes a red wine produced in Thrace which was very sweet. but so strong that it was mixed with 20 times it's bulk of water. Later many varieties of wine were famous, but the Greeks were never such connoisSeurs as were the later Romans. Quality and age did not greatly appeal to them.
 Nor did the Greeks drink their wines undiluted. Almost never do we find a reference to the drinking Of pure wine. Herodotus says that the Spartans thought that Cleomenes be- came insane because he had adopted the barbarous custom of mixing no water with his wine. At the end of
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-07-23

dinner it was good form to take a small draugnt Of clear wine, but this seems to have been the only occasion whom it was judged tnofensive, and the limit of 8 single drink was rigidiy adhered to.
 As a general rule wine was diluted with more than it's bulk in water. The best contemporary authorities agree that to six measures of water were added two, three, or four of wine. A half and half mixture was looked upon as too strong.
 The Greeks also did not care for the purity of taste that modern wine bib bers seek. They spiced their wines with horehound, wormwood and myr- tie berries; they sprinkled grated cheese over it; they were ex- tremcly fond of honey mixed with it. It did not seem to be a matter of grave concern whether the water add ed was hot or cold. Sometimes 1t was one and sometimes the other. The res idents of the island of Euboea flavor
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-07-23

is gas almost light hydrogen It been thoroughly tested balloons. It is inammable It costs little produce than hydrogen might to law providing that drigble balloons heum and not hydrogen gas
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-07-23

STAMFORD GARAGE-Automobi accessories and general repair work. Satisfaction guaranteed at Carten Bros.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-07-23

FOR SALE-Old fashioned IS room house in Stratford. Gleason, 2096 Maine st., Stratford, Conn.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-07-23

Tomorrow's Picture-A Symposium.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-07-23

CORTEZ c. ROCKWELL, plumbing and heating: jobbing a specially. Corner Main and Hillside avenue, Stratford. D 10 tf~
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-07-23
The LeDer In The House

cwitten Charles
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-03-07
CROSS ROADS


DR.. Barron made professional
call here Friday.
Miss Dora LEM spent Monday with
Mrs. VIM. Tesreau.
Misses Ruby and Georgia Mouser
Of near Marquand spent the week end
here with relatives.
William Umfect has been discarged
from the army service and has ar
rived home.
Judge Mitchell of Esther spent a
few days here at the home Of Lloyd
Ferguson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond Umfeet of
Flat River spent the weekend here
with relatives.
George Vessels was the guest of
his father over last Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Vim. Lem and
daughter were shopping in frederick
town last Saturday.
N Miss Anna Baldwin spent last Sum
day at the home of Emmett um1eet.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jeff Lewis oil Liber-
tyville were the guests Of relatives
here last Sunday.
Mrs. M. j.. Critics and grana-daugh-
ter spent the weekend with relatives
ct Flat River.
Mr.. and Mrs. William LEM spent
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-03-07
BURNETTE'S MARKET

Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. Jas. YES
sells.
James Ferguson and Mr.. Tesreau
were Pennington visitors last Friday.
Aobert Ferguson and sister were
Mine La Motto visitors Sunday.
Fay, Hazel, Velva and Gladys Ken
non spent vast Sunday at Womack the
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Aaron Hahn
and daughters.
Mrs. Simmons and daughter, of
Fredericktown are the guests of her
sister, Mrs. Critics.
There will be a farmers meeting at
the school house next Saturday night
March 8,1919. If the weather is fav-
cradle everybody who wants to join
this club be sure and attend.
Mr.. and Hrs. William TesreaI spent
last Sunday at the home Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Marvin Ferguson.
L. B. Meredith and daughter, Anna,
were shopping in Fredericktown last
Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs Robert Lanford spent
Sunday at the home of James Fergu-
son.
Harry Leigh and Alonzo Hicks were
transacting business at Frederick
town last Saturday.
Wilbert Whitworth spent few days
the past week with his father, near
Spring Valley.
A. ]. Kennon spent Sunday with
John Shaw of near Womack.
Born, to MIR. and Mrs. Joe Helm,
last week, baby boy.
Mrs. WilbeIt Whitworth ard chill
dren spent the past week at Womack
with RELATIVES.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Umfeet and
family of Flat River spent the week
end here with relatives.
Marvin Wright and Ollie King Of
Womack passed through here Satur-
day enroute to Fredericktown.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Lunsford were
shopping in Fredericktown Saturday
Mrs. Mitchell and daughter spent
last Sunday at Womack with rclativ-
| eS.
Henry Tesreau passed through here
| Saturday enroute home from Fred
e-icktoWn to his home at Womack.
Mr.. and Mrs. David Pirtle and chill
dren were shopping in Fredericktowr
Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Tucker ant
children of Flat River spent the week
end here. Their little son has rneu'
rnonia.
George Lee Dimes died at hi!
home on south main street at F'reder'
icktown, on Friday night FEBRUARY
81, 1919 at 10;40 p. M, aged A years
month and II days old. He leaves
to mourn his sad departure mother
father, wife and one little daughter
BESIDES other relatives and many
friends. His funeral was conducted
at the home after which he Was lait
to rest in the Masonic Cemetery al
Fredericktown.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-03-07
Mrs. Acuff will move to Herculaneum

Mrs. Acuff Will move to Hereulaneum
soon. gEE
1t is reported that an extra shift
will be put on at the Desloge No 6
sraft in few days which will better
labor conditions here considerably. A
great deal of talk is heard to the eff
feet that everything will be running
here at lockwood again soon Con-
ditions have improved daily as the
unemployed men have found work in
other places. The government has
established an employment Office here
which viii help to further solve the
problem of employment. Rows. c. w.
Dunmire, G. A. Mcfarland and ]. F.
Poston are tine officers in charge of
the local office. This committee re-
ceives daily reports from the branch
Office at Cape Girerdeau showing the
number of places that are open Any
one wanting work can see one Of the
members of the local committee and
secure card of recommendation to
the Office at Cape Girardcau. from
which place you will be sent TO the
PLACE you ara seeking. The daily re-
port shoys that there are hppdreds
Of good openings for all classes of
workers, with good wages in most
every instance Call at the Leadwood
post Office and see the places snat are
available. Quite few men have al.
ready signed up.
Another basket ball game was play
ed at the lockwood school last Friday
night of last week between the Lead
wood high school boys anG team
from Esther. The game was good but
the Esther team did not match tbs
Leadwood team and the game went in
favor of Leadwood 2S-11 LeadwooC
wins out once in a while anyway. An.
other game was announced for Fri
day night between the members of the
faculty and the High School team.
Herbert Clay, Harry Justice ant
Fred McCarrow were Flat River Wis
itors Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. John McEwen, NEW
ly weds) VINO were last week visiting
with relatives returned home TO st
Louis last Sunday.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-03-07
BISMARCK

Brs. John Wyatt was afDeS1t vis-
itor Sunday and Monday.
J. P. Anderson and wife spent Mon
day in ITonton
Miss Lorraine Tcmpleton came down
from st. Louis Friday to spenl the
week with her parents.
Ray Rubottom, another of our boys
from France, returned home Friday.
Hon. o. L. Munger of Piedmont was
in Bismarck Friday.
Miss Gunnett, teacher in the Doe
Run schools spent the weekend with
friends here.
Stanley Bisplinghoff spent the first
Of the week with Flat River friends.
Rev. ]. L. Hicks and wife left Thurs
day for Waynesville. Mo-, where
they will make their home. I.
Omer Blispinghoff made 4 bust
ness trip to Bonnie Terrc Monday.
L. N. Beard and family spent Sun
day with their daughter in Elvins.
Robert Hodkins and Edward Greco
cole of Caledonia spent Sunday in Bis
Diarck.
Rev. Boyd .of Pennington CONDUCT
ed services at the Union church Sun
day.
Marvin Leggett left for Chicago
Wednesday, where he. has o position
as salesman for the Nv. r. Compton
Bond Co. y
Judge c. i. Garrett moved back to
his farm last Friday. n
BIZ. and Mrs. G. w. Signcr Of Ar
cadia were in Bismarck Wednesday.
Henry Boyer was a Crystal City
the first Of the week.
w. G. Shirley Of lockwood was seen
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-03-07

on our streets Thursday.
Robert Eaton has been on the sick
list the past week.
Mrs. Broadly died at her home, one
mile west of Bismarck, last Friday
night. Funeral services were con-
Quoted at the house Sunday afternoon
by Rev. j. l.. Hicks and internment
was in the Dent Cememtery. 1ho de-
ceased leaves four little children-all
girls.
Little Mthcclle, the three year old
child of Mr.. and Mrs. c. Smith died at
ten O'Clock Monday morning after
suffering several days with pnoumon-
ma. The funeral services were held
al Methodist Church Tuesday after
noon, conducted by Bro. Henry. In
ternment was in the Masonic Gene
terry.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-03-07
PRIMROSE

Mrs. VIM. Blackwell of Moontown
vas guest at the home of her brother
M. w. Jones one day last week.
VIM. Pettes attended to business in
Bonnie Terre one day last week.
Mrs. Ida Jones was shopping in
Bonnie Terre Saturday. She also was
a guest at the home of James Hold
man while in town.
Dan Pettes transacted business in
Bonnie Terre the lattre part of last
week.
Verna and Lois Jones were visitors
at the home of VIM A. Moon one ev-
ening last week.
M. w. Jones attended to business in
Bonnie Terre Saturday.
Mrs. Mary Moon and daughter, Miss
Nellie, were guests at the home of
Loss Cash Thursday.
Willis Moon made a trip to Bonnie
Terre one day last week.
Miss Vada Humphrey visited rela-
tives in Bonnie Terre over Saturday
night.
Elmer Rawson transacted business
in Bonnie Terre one day the latter
part of last week.
Mrs. Loss Cash was a guest at the
home of VIM. A. Moon Saturday morn
ing.
VIM. Snyder was Bonnie Terre Wis
itor Saturday morning.
Mrs. VIM. Rawson was guest at
the home of her son, Thomas Rawson,
of near Prospect one night last week.
L. H. Cash made a trip to Bonnie
Terre Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Pettes were
guests at the home of Loss Cash Sun
day.
A revival meeting was started at
the Prospect school house last Subway
night. 1t is being conducted bp G. G.
bailey of DeSoto, District Missionary
of the jefferson County Baptist AS
sicjation. Large crowds are in at
tendance each night.
Bryan Jones and Elmer Hoelzel Of
Melzo were Bonnie Terre visitors Sat-
urday night.
James Highley of DeSoto purchased
q fine bunch Of young mules from
Lee Turley one day last week.
Lee Turley transacted business in
Bonnie Terre one day last week.
Samuel Jones of near Bonnie Terre
was guest at the home of Morris
Jones Friday.
Several from here attended tho re-
vival services at the Prospect school
house Sunday night.
M. w. Jones transacted business in
Blackwell Monday evening. i
H. Richardson and family were
guests at the home of Willis Moon
Sunday.
Mr.. Dickerson who has been living
on his sons farm near Blackwell
moved to his farm which he purchased
near Ste. Genevievc
w. Z. Wilson Of near Prospect has
sold his farm to Thomas Hoffman of
near Melzo. We have been informed
that Mr.. Wilson will stay on the
farm till next fall.
Miss Nellie Moon was a guest at the
home of Willis Moon Manday even
ing.
Amos Holdman OF Mclzo attended to
business in Blackwell Monday.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-03-07
MARRIAGE LICENSES

March Tired Allen and bessie
Kindle, both Of Desloge.
March - William r. Whitehead
and Della Lilies, both Of Flat River.
March 81 Thomas Baker and Myr-
tie Lawson, both Of Desloge.
March 5Samuel Cheek and Maud
Ivester, both Of st. Francois.