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The Coconino sun., 1919-12-26

estimated their value to the country. They really should have been drawing a dollar a day-in training camp. These slackers cast discredit on a really worthy move on the part of philosophical men over fighting Age who rendered valuable services with out compensation. The same is true of the "experts" who, through political influence, managed to render import ant services in the government bu- reaus that should not have taxed the intelligence of school girl or the en- durance of a boy scout.
 Without starting an argument re- garding the relative patriotic perform ances of the various callings, there is one that stands out in the stacker scandal above others, for the simple reason that by all logical conclusion one naturally would suppose that its members, claiming to be sportsmen by trade, would be the last to seek grounds for exemption. We refer to professional athletics.
 The crowning example of this form of audacity came last summer when two men met in a squared circle at Toledo to determine which of them should be known as the champion prize-fghter of the world. The purse was more than one hundred and twen- ty-fve thousand dollars. There are four million other men with fighting records in the United States. They may be narrower of chest, but they are stouter of heart and they did their fighting for thirty dollars a month on a training table diet of slum and tin willie.
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they cling to the firesides they lacked the courage to defend. Not so many in huts, though as in halls, for manl are prosperously provided with this worlds goods, prosperity acquired while others were hiring out at work in which there was no great commer- cial future, and at the rather cheap wage of dollar day.
 l have one such young man par ticularly in mind. He was, and still is, believe, a member of the writing profession, and at the time of our declaration of war he was on the staff of a newspaper which had been at war with Germany for three years. Most of his associates went to the early training camps, others enlisted in the guard regiments; and it is re- corded in the casualty lists that three of them were killed in action, and sev- eral wounded. Not all of them rush. ed into the conflict as to game to be played; some went conscious of the risks, and regretting that their ambi- tions and hopes of the future had been thwarted and deferred by the Prussian lust for world dominion. Anyway they went, while the other young man evaded the issue until the call of the first draft. He was caught in it and in due time summoned by his draft board for examination. He re- turned from the examination in great distress. War was terrible! He had been forced to undress in the pres ence of the examining doctors and several othelA men!
 For a time he deliberated an ex- pose of the system which forced re- spectable young men to remove their clothes in the presence of strangers. In the end he pleaded and was grant ed exemption on the ground that he was the sole support of his wife, al though the evidence was that he had a comfortable sum in the bank and his wife was perfectly capable of sup porting herself. l forget all that this specimen did during the war, but l do know that he delivered himself of good many screeds deploring the de- cadence of the drama and such i'm portant win-the-war efforts. If there is a moral to this incident, it is that he succeeded in keeping his clothes on but he is stripped naked of respect in the eyes of the men who knew him. And, anyway, the army did very we'll without him, as it did we'll without good many others of his ilk.
 The stacker has not stood alone in his treachery. Stacker fathers have
The Coconino sun., 1919-12-26
AMERICANS IN NAME ONLY---
 NATIVE BORN STACKER HAS
 A NICHE IN HALL OF SHAME
By MARQU IS JAMES Published by request of the local American Legion Post)

The publication which opens it's col umns to a discussion of the stacker issues rushes in where pussy-footers ito use a word of one of the great est Americans of them all--fear to tread. It becomes its unpleasant duty to face the fact that while approx imately three out of four aliens, ex- elusive of enemf aliens, within our shores sought to escape military serv- ice in behalf of their adopted country, four out of seven native Americans" of fighting age emulated this dis graceful example.
 Members of The American Legion find more respect for the illiterate foreigner whose English primer was the Drill Regulations, whose first les sons in Americanism were learned in the school of the soldier, and whose introduction to the English language was the command of the manual of arms; members of the Legion find more respect in these men than in the native-born American" of proud Revolutionary lineage who refused to volunteer, and tried to dodge the draft in countless instances successfully.
 Of the 24,000,000 men enrolled in all three registrations, 2,600, ,000 were aliens who had never asked to be cit izens. At the time of the first two registrations it was possible for these men to obtain deferment by asking for it. One hundred per cent could have got it; seventy-eight per cent did get it. The other twenty-two per cent accepted the role of fighting man in the nature of volunteer.
 Of the one hundred per cent of American citizens enrolled, sixty three per cent obtained deferment, and thirty-seven per cent answered the call.
 The man who by accident of birth first opened his eyes to the light of day beyond the seas is the better American of the two, though he may not have the right to cast vote in the direction of the affairs of the country for which he fought. Indeed, the other is no American at all--ex- cept by legal technicality. In his stacker soul he is man without country.
 We all know them, individually and as a class. They are in every com- munity, in every trade and profession, in every walk of life; in hut and hall
The Coconino sun., 1919-12-26

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The Coconino sun., 1919-12-26

The stacker has not stood alone in his treachery. Stacker fathers have
Norwich bulletin., 1919-07-23
JEWETT CITY

Since the much rnooted possibility of no trolley service has begun to look like a probability. the people of Jewett City have taken up the impor- tant and weighty- responsibility of de- ciding what time in the day the new trains shall depart and arrive And it is no joke with several hundred peo- pie to accommodate. all of whom want different schedule; 45 south bound trains and 65 north bound were pret- ty well settled upon late Tuesday ev- ening. One thing sure. there must be train that will get to Norwich in time for the afternoon performance at the theatres, with leeway for a lunch before and time for college ice in a hurry at the close. then make Jew Then, again, the Norwich shoppers must have a train. which on special shoe clearance sale days. will run in two sections with special baggage car attached, northbound.
 Rev. J. B. 'AIdrieh has . garden on the Hawkins lot on East Main street. Monday, while walking in his garden among the corn. he noticed a large stalk bent over to the ground. Upon Investigating, up in the blades near the top, colony Of bees had swarm ed on the stalk. It was estimated there were nearly three quarts. The borough divine was at loss how to handle his valuable find as they arc doubtless Italians and worth $50 in the apiary market Leland Green, a nefehbor was informed of the find. He speedily. constructeds temporary hive and put in quantity of extra sweet melasses, bored hole and put in a white cloth at the proper place. Ma dame Queen looked the possible new home over. sampled the treacle. and promptly toak possession, followed by her two odd thousand husbands.
 Since St. swfthin's day last We'd nesday rain has fallen in Griswold a major portion Of the time. Potatoes are no longer pronting by the soak ing, as. lifting the heavy vines will prove, also the cdor which comes down the wind of field of too wet uotatoes. which smells like nothing
Norwich bulletin., 1919-07-23
A DISCOVERY THAT
 BENEFITS MANklWD

Two discoveries have added greatly to human welfare.
 In 1885 Newton originated the vac- uum process for condensing milk with cane sugar to semi-Gqmd form.
 In 1883 Horlick at Racine, Wis, dis covered how to reduce milk to dry ponder form with extract of matted grains, uithoae cane sugar.
 TAis product HoRLicK named Matted RaiIEs. (Name since copied by others.) It's nutritive value, digestibility and ease of preparation tby simply stirring in water) and the fact that it keeps in any climate, has proved of much value tomankin as an ideal food-drink from infancy to old age.
 Ask fer noRLIck's- -avoid ipafsatisna
Norwich bulletin., 1919-07-23
NORTH STONINGTON

The trolley strike greatly ineon- Veniences North StoninEton people
 The annual Tea Garden will be held next week
 The Grange fair is to be held Sept IS. I7 and IS.
 Miss Marion White, who is iii in a hospital in Philadelphia. is improving She is hoping to come home soon.
 Mrs. Charles E. Hillard returned home Sunday after an absence of scR- eral weeks.
 Charles Ernest Gray is carrying and fetching the maIl between the local postoff1ce and Westerly during the trolley strike. mak!SE three round trips daily by autom >-aile,
 Dewey Taylor, Otis Morgan and Moves Eccleston are working on the new state road.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-07-23

Rev. Vernon w. Cooke, formerly pastor of the First Congregational church, who has been overseas for 15 months in Y. M. c. A. war work, has Work Council of the Y. NJ. e. A. sent the following letter to Wiilimantic concerning MT. Cooke:
 '-Ver4lon Walter Cooke of wif1iman- tic, Conn, has returned from overseas after fifteen months of work with the r. M. c. A. He has been a field sec retary at Chateau Thierry. Soissons, Argonne, with his headquarters in Paris during his term of service. We wish his friends to know how greatly we appreciate the work that he has done for the soldiers. through this as sociation.
 ''Our secretaries wer4 given a great task and one beset with difficult ties. The association undertook not merely to contribute to the comfort convenient localities but to extend its work rapidly to every part of France and to every village where any con siderable number of troops might be stationed.
 "The association did not hesitate to accept every service it was called up on to undertake. even though adverse might make it impoS sible to meet with maximum success. The secretaries were put to tasks which were new to most of them and were scattered over France where they had to do their work more or less without direction and under con ditions which were unfamiliar and in other ways difficult. There were very few who did not measure up to their 
 ''air Cooke belonged to the great ma jority who gave unstintedly of their physical and mental strength to the tasks to which they were assign ed. We want his friends to know our appreciation of the service which he
Norwich bulletin., 1919-07-23

as much as barrel of iced fish. Pro | bably 50 tons of hay were dowr when the wet spell began; much of il i is spoiled or greatly depreciated in value. Local farmers think 1t would be good plan to dig the good old saint up and plant him again back under the caves of his church. where the water could drip as he pre- scribed.
 Postmaster Q. F. Finn who acted as treasurer of the committee appointed to arrange for the Fourth of July eel ebration, has turned back 10 the town of Griswold and the borough of Jew cit City, two hundred dollars each. this money toward defraylng the ex- pense, Mir. Finn stated the meet ings of the freemen that the money received by popular subscriptions the money from town and borough would be refunded.
 There still remains in the treas urer's hands nearly one hundred and fifty dollars. It Is the plan to hold this money. and when sc,ne 0: them other soldiers or sailors come home. to take them somewhere to a a:ceed ner and a good time. that they may share in some degree Griswolds 'wcl- come to her heroic sons.
 h the GriswoId town court Tues day morning L.. A. kinne and Leo Eo
 
 before Judge A. M. Brown, in connec- tion with breaking into Godek's sa- loon on the morning of July 13. Kinne was fined $50 and costs and Rabich- aud S20 and costs. Both men pro- duced the coin. Investigation in the case and the facts presented proved that the men did not intend rglai V. A drink was needed pretty badly and had it been secured, it was their in- tention to pay for it. The charge against kinne was changed from breaking and entering in the night season, to that of damage to personal property, hence the light fine and easy settlement.
 George Davis, of this place, who was first class radio operator on She U. $. submarine chaser 352 in the North Sea during the war. will enter the Connecticut Trap Shop at Put nam, Conn.,. as student in .Aa cleo trical department.
 A recital at the Hoiderness Sum- mer School of Music at Asa 1a,11 lake, Hoiderpess. N. H.. is to be gwen by the pupils Of that school Saturday af- ternccn. Miss Doris Myott is at this school, having first gone there last year Vfth Aias Marian Anthony. Dur
Norwich bulletin., 1919-07-23

ing this year Miss Anthony has died, and, for one of the numbers on the programme at the recital, Migs Myott will sing Spirit Flower. my Camp bell, Tipton. in memory of Miss An thony.
 Vital statistics for June, as filed with Town Clerk Welsh show four
 births-Edmond Cholewa. son of Jo- sephine Zions and Stefen Cholewa; Joseph Paul Anthony. son of Philo- meme Ferris and Paul Anthony; Ovila Richards, son of Josephine Fournier and Ovila Richards; Theresa May Burckersoda, daughter of Mary k. McKenna and Max Burckersoda. There were two deaths. Phoebe John- son. chronic arterie schlerosis; Celina Cutter of lagrippe. Five marriages are recorded: Felix P. McMahon and Alice Lapoint; Simon Brown and Mrs. Lydia A. Lewis; Danielson w. Cor and Mary H. Hoffman; Harold c. Jeffers and Jennie M. Miner; Will liam Refkoski and Mary Pietroski
 Rev and Mrs. M. D. Fuller left on Tuesday for two weeks stay at Block Island. where MT. Fuller was for
 MT and Mrs. Frank Scott of North Oxford, Mass. have. been guests at Mir and Mrs. R. ". Dearnley's.
 Miss Clara Desjardincs. who has been an army nurse over across, has returned and is at her horne on Main street.
 Prof. Herbert Mathewson of Mil ford is at l.. G. Buckingham's for a few days
 Miss s.dna Malcolm of Brooklyn. N. Y, is wis ting Ter aunt, Mi .s I,;a Eos ter.
 The names of those persons who are willing to take the Fresh Ar chii- dren must be handed to Ms. F. F Hiscox before six o'clock tonight. as she is instructed to give her report two weeks before August S.
 William Noodle. who has recently been graduated from Tufts College Mechanical engineering departfept, leaves Monday for Waterbury where he will be mechanical engineer in a He has had his guests two classmates. John McAffee of Canada and Edward Norton of West Conn.
 The Congregational Sunday school picnic Is to be held on the second Saturday in September at the home of MT. and Mrs. F. H. Gilbert at Beech Pond. The committee on tr ms is Dr. G. H. Jennings. in 1 place tne teachers of the school. Re- | Miss Sadie Thomps ms ! class; invitations. Rev. Albert Dsn-
Norwich bulletin., 1919-07-23
Norwich Bulletin Wiilimantic Of- fee, g Church St. Telephone S1o5.


 fee, g Church St. Telephone g1o6.
 What Is Going On Tonight.
 American Benefit Society. Willi- mantle Lodge. No. 120. meets at 792 Main street.
 WiIlimantic Lodge. Loyal Order Of Moose, holds regular meetings
 United Order of Golden Cross. Will Hmantic Comma ndery No 256. meets. Windham Encampment. No. 10. I. o. o. F., meets at s07 Main street.
 The report oft sale of war sav- ings and thrift stamps for the thirty five postoffices in the Willimantic dis trict for June, made public Tuesday by Postmaster John O'Rourke, show ed the sale of over five hundred wer savings stamps and over eight hun dred thrift stamps, for a total value of a little more than S250o. This is aside from the sales of over three thousand dollars reported by the Will linantic post office. The sale of stamps has fallen off to a considerable extent since the arrnistice was sign ed. In fact it more nearly resembles a banking business now as people are coming in to the local office daily to buy stamps, or to cash in stamps which they have bought previously. Ten days notice is required under the post office regulations before the
Norwich bulletin., 1919-07-23

The New "TEA-FOIL" Package It's soft and pabie-decreases in size the tobacco is used-tobacco does cake in the package-no digging it out with the finger. Keeps the tobacco in even better condition than tim Now don't you owe it to yourself to buy a package M0
 and give Tuxedo trai?-Not quite as NS much tobacco in the tin. but xO~
Norwich bulletin., 1919-07-23
Is Your Blood Hungry For Iron?
Iron Is The Red Blood dFoedTh.ecfvss You Strength Energy and Power How To Mako Tho Test Tk.t T.Il.

e1@A Ae AAC 1NG<A k9x000 E 0G0 ' h8t IHfV0D
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 How To Make Tho Test That TeIls
 Actual blood eesas show that | treue.- oousiy large numbex of people who are weak and III lack sron in their blood and that they care i'll for no other reason chan lack of iron. Iron deficiency psreIyzcs healthy, forcefui action, pulls down the whole organism snd ueakens the entire system- A pale face. X ncrvous irritable dispo1ition d lack of strength and endurance and the inability ta cope with the strong vigorous folks in the race of Efc--thcse are che Sort of v.rni0s 1gnals that Nature gfrss when the blood is setting thin, pale, watery and literally sfzrv. ing for want of iron. If you are net s,rre of your condition, 60 to your doctor and have him take your Blood count and see where you stand or else make the foIiowin~ tesf yourself: See how long you ean work er how far you can walk without beceraise Nuxated Iron three. times per day eftsf meals for two weeks. Then test vossr strength again and see how much vou havs gained. By enriching the blood and crest;ne new red blood cells, Nuxated Iron strenefh- ems the nerves, rebuilds the weakened tiss;sea and helps to instiu renewed emery m power into the whole -1yste1n.
 - Unlike the older inorganic afon nrod,,r4a Nuxated Iron is easily zssiniIated doee ,,c4 tnJure the teeth, make them black nor seses the stomach. The manuf acturers ~,as<.xA~~ successful and entirely sStisfaetcrv rr~nltS fo every purchascr or they will fefzs.d vese 0oney. 6 q dispsnsod oy a1 Good dsu0iista,
 Sold in this city by Lee & Osrcod G., Ghas- QAgpo6 Ca
Norwich bulletin., 1919-07-23
WILLIM MANTIC

stamps can be cashed and good number of people after having it ex- plained to them that the stamps are worth more the longer they are held, change their minds about getting them redeemed One such case was brought to notice Tuesday when man wanted to cash in twenty stamps. The post na.ter tolds him that their value in creased twenty cents month and he changed his mind,
 The detailed report:
Norwich bulletin., 1919-07-23

eral days. has returned to her home in Hartford. Wilfred Roberts has been discharg- ed from the army and is employed in a local clothing store. Inspector c. A. Thatcher of Hart
 ford was in town Tuesday. in the ab- sence of Deputy Inspector Ralph
 Young, examining applicants for driv-
 CTS licenses
Norwich bulletin., 1919-07-23

nell; games. Henry E. Paul. JY.
 The committees appointed for the Baptist Sunday scho olpicnic arc time and place. R. W, Dearniey. G, H. Prior, Miss Alice Brown refresh ments. the EccIeston class. Mrs. E. C. Wilcox, teacher; games and sports. C. F. Gardner, Lemuel Green, Royal Babcock; Misses May Blake and Esther Gray: transports tion. Arthur F'rink and c. I. B7bcock; lemonade, Martin Esa NriS
Norwich bulletin., 1919-07-23

Sold in this city by Lee & Osgood G.. Ehas- QAgpod Ca
The courier-index. (Marianna, Ark.) 1917-current, 1919-07-11
For Quick Relief
From, ChilIs, Ague,
Malaria, Etc.
YOUR DEALER WILL ALWAYS
RECOMMEND SWAMP CHILL
AND FEVER TONIC

One dealer says, II handle all the
standard chill tonics on the market
but sell ten battles of Swamp Chill
and Fever Tonic to one of any
other kind. After a customer has
once used it he or she will use no
other kind"
Numerous other dealers find it
the same. And thousands of suffer
ers from malaria and similar all
ments swear by this famous old
remedy. They keep it in the home
all the time.
Swamp Chill Tonic brings safe,
certain and permanent relief. II
contains no calomel, and is pleasant
to take. No purgative has to be
taken with it, as the tonic itself
acts gently and agreeably upon the
liver and bowels big advantage
over other chill tonics.
Swamp Chill Tonic is prescribed
by numerous leading physicians
They know that it's ingredients form
the best remedy there is for ma
laria and ague. And it's just as
good for colds and grippe, too.
Price 60 cents at all dealers. Get
a bottle today.
The courier-index. (Marianna, Ark.) 1917-current, 1919-07-11

much of it. So they set their
brains to work.
The result was farm machinery.
The binder and the threshing ma
chine made their appearance. The
gang pillow, the seed drill, and vari-
Gus other products of the machine
shop were soon in evidence. The
fail and scythe were superseded
There were not enough men ia
balance the acreage, so machines
made up the deficit.
This process seems likely to hap.
pen again. In the last census period
the number of farms of SO to rs
acres increased only 6 per cent
while those of 500 to 1000 acres
grew % per cent.
AS result the tractor.
But it will not stop here. Not
only is the farmer now a mechanic
but he is also an accountant. One
of the firms which supplies goods
almost exclusively to farmers has
listed in its catalog fourteen differ.
ent styles of Office desks The farm.
er in his Office with his telephone
The courier-index. (Marianna, Ark.) 1917-current, 1919-07-11
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

In spite of hot weather and the
vacation season, our Sunday school
is holding up fine. The adult bible
class taught by Mr.. Mckee is build
ing up considerably. No finer place
to enjoy our Sunday morning than
in this class of fellowship and ear
nest inquiry after truth. Start next
Sunday. 1t is desired that all of
our members be present next Sun
day for the quarterly communion
service, IL m. No preaching
service Sunday night. Pastor will
preach at Yarber School house at
3 p. m. and at night. And every
night next week if the way be clear.
Subject IL a. m. Resting Places.
How to Use Them" Followed by
Communion service. Music by the
choir. A cordial invitation to all
of our services.
w. X. JOHNSTON, Minister
The courier-index. (Marianna, Ark.) 1917-current, 1919-07-11
MEN AND ACRES

There is scarcity of men on the
farms.
This is not news to anyone. 1t
is a subject which has evoked much
lamentation for considerable per-
iod. But there is ray Of sunshine
piercing the gloom.
After the Civil war vast tracts
of land were offered to discharged
soldiers. Men found themselves in
possession of large portions Of the
terrestrial crust which they could not
cultivate because there was too
The courier-index. (Marianna, Ark.) 1917-current, 1919-07-11
Chr Unntirr-3nnrx

Published on Friday Of each week
- Mariana, Lee County, Arkansas,
BY the Press Publishing Company. and
sntered in the postoffice in Marianne
as second-class mail matter under per-
uit from the postoffice department
Subscription price $500 per year, IN
variably in advance. H. M. Jackson.
Editor-Manager.
The courier-index. (Marianna, Ark.) 1917-current, 1919-07-11

A man boosted that he had mas
tered the English language. Where
upon he was challenged to write the
Hughes was hewing yule log from
following from dictation: GAS Huge
yew tree, man dressed in clothe
of a dark hue came up to Hugh and
said: Have you seen my ewes?"
eff you will wait until | hew this
The courier-index. (Marianna, Ark.) 1917-current, 1919-07-11

/. Mt his elbow is now more than a
fantastic dream.
Cheer up. The scarcity OF men
compared with acreage will stimulate
an ingenuity and beget a progress
sive attitude that otherwise would
never have come to birth.