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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-01-06
Centre Congregational Church
Notice.

Notice.
The annual meeting of the Centre
Congregational church will he held in
the chapel Friday, Jan. 10, at 730 p. m.
TO transact the following business:
Article /. To hear the reports of Of
iicers and organizations of the church
for the past year.
Article ?. To elect. all officers re-
quired by the bylaws.
Article 3. To transact any other
business that legally may come before
the meeting.
WALTER A. GILBERT, Clerk.
BrattlebOro, Jan. 4, 1919.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-01-06
FLAGS AT HALF MAST.

Those in Washington Lowered in Re
spect to Memory of Former President.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 6.-Flags
were half-masted at the White House,
the capitol and all public buildings to-
day upon the announcement of the
death of Colonel Roosevelt in respect
to the memory of the former president
and eommander-in-c chief. Secretary
Daniels and Gen. March ordered flags
at half-mast on every ship and shore
station of the navy and at every ar
my post and camp at home and abroad.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-01-06
IN AUTO BUSINESS.
Fourth Son of Former Emperor Takes
Position With German Firm.

PARIS, Jan. 6.-The fourth son of
William Hohenzollern, the former
prince August William, has taken a
situation with widely known German
automobile firm, according to Berlin
despatch by way of Berne.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-01-06
Red Men S Hall

Regular meeting of Brattleboro
Camp, No. 7287. NJ. W. A., Tuesday
evening, Jan. Z. at s, O'Clock.
Dance will be held every Saturday
night, commencing November %.
The card tournament is postponed to
Monday, Jan. 13.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-01-06
ABOUT 100 MADE BLIND.
Comparatively Small Number of United
States Soldiers Lost Sight in War.

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 6.-Only
about 100 soldiers of the American ex-
peditionary forces in France have been
made blind during the war according
to Major William T. Shoemaker, who
was in charge of the eye department
in all the American hospitals in Eng
land. He recently returned to his
home in this city after Is months
service overseas.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-01-06
TO LEAVE LUxEMBURG.
Grand Duchess Marie Doesn't Like
Political Situation.

PARIS, Jan. 6-Grand Duchess
Marie Adelaide Luxemburg, it is under
stood, has decided TO leave Luxem-
burg. The political situation, il is add
ed, has become unfavorable for her
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-01-06
POLISH DICTATOR STICKS.
Gen. Pilsudski Will Net Give UP Au-
thority at Present.

Warsaw, Saturday, Jan. 4 (Asso-
eiated Press ).-Ignaee Jan Paderews-
ski has found Gen. Joseph Piludski
the Polish military dictator, will not
give up his authority in Poland at the
present time. They have had an inter
view, which il is indicated, was un-
satisfactory.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-01-06
Masonic Temple

Tuesday, Jan. Regular meeting Of
Bingham chapter, No. 30, o. f. s. After
the meeting there will be an entertain
ment.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-01-06
EX-PRESLDENT THEODORE ROOSEVELT DIED THIS MORNING;
NEWS CONES IN MESSAGE FROM HIS WIFE AT OYSTER BAY

End Came While He Was Asleep and Is Believed to Be Due
to Rheumatism Which Affected His Heart Mrs
Roosevelt Found Him Dead at About A. M.-Had
Been Til Since New Years Day.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-01-06
RETIRED At Il LAST NIGHT
AFTER SITTING Up MOST OF DAY

Two of Former Presidents Sons in Military Service
Abroad-Other Son and Daughter Summoned Home
Condolences Pour i'm From All Parts of Country
Life Sketch of One of Foremost Figures in American
Public Life.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-01-06

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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-01-06

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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1919-06-11

H. E. Austin consigns a carload of
cheese to New York and gets the top
of 301A cents. Lyle is handling the
cheese end for his father
A petition circulated here asking
Senator Roethe to use all honorable
means to oppose the municipal court
bill found 200 signers. Every man ap-
preached was willing to sign.
A number of deaths occurred here
last week. Mrs. Geo. w. Wicken died
Sunday. Two sons, Earl F. of Mil
waukee, and Ray G. of Dubuque, with
the husband survive. Another death
was that Of Calvin P. Brainerd who
died May 9th, aged nearly 70 years.
Samuel Peer of Watterstown, died on
May Goth, leaving a widow and six
children. He was "a years old. Mar
Gus Whiteside a native of Mt. Hope
died here from injuries on May Both
aged 76 years. Two daughters. Jane
and Audra, survive Mrs. Harry
Hicks died at Oshkosh of tuberculos-
is. She was granddaughter of Mr.
and Mrs. John Kicks who live here.
Game Warden Miller is home from
Green Bay, his station, on a visit.
Julius Fry driving a Ford turned
out to avoid another Henry on the
road and running too close to the en-
bankment, went over. Miss Merle
Wanke, his passenger, was somewhat
bruised. Fry lost a years growth
The Ford got out with broken vino
shield, whinnied and went on.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1919-06-11
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CORNELIA. ;

Charley Shuster of NIenominec, has
been visiting with relatives in TINS
vicinity.
Mr.. and Mrs Pnineas Stanton of
Platteville, spent few days with
their daughter, Mrs. Glenn Galloway,
during the past week.
Ernest Stanton has purchased the
William Cummins farm of 80 acres
Consideration $4,000.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Tracy are the
proud parents of son born Sunday,
June 1st.
The Center school, taught by Miss
Bee Logan of PlattevilIe, is closed for
the summer vacation.
William Edge of Wing, is remodel
ing and building some on his farm irT
this locality, which is occupied by Mr..
and Mrs. Sam Tracy.
Adam Shuster is in very poor.
| health.
The little daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Norman Stanton who has been 50 ILL,
has recovered.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1919-06-11
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PLATTEVILLE.

Prof Thomas Longbotharn has ar
rived home from Boaz where he
taught the past year. He has accepted
for next year his former position at
Timewell, Ill, where he was teaching
when called into service. He returns
with an increase in salary,
Mrs. Clara K. Webster left Thurs
day for Chicago to meet her son, Pvt.
Raymond Webster, who has just re-
turned from overseas.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. M, Plumb expect
to motor to Chicago this week. From
there MIR. Plumb will go to Monticel-
10 Seminary at Godfrey, Ill.,, to spend
Sunday with his daughter Dorothy
ard from there to st. Louis. Mrs
Plumb will remain in Chicago, the
guest Of Mrs. Vogel.
Miss Clara Reilly and Miss EIiz-
abeth Macakay will be in charge oi
the training school FOR the children
at the summer normal school session
Opportunities viii be given students
to make up work in domestic science
and manual training. The chi1drc-
Will attend school only In the morn
Ing. Play grounds, #ennis courts gym
nasium and showers win be open al
day.
David Weiss of Chicago, gave {
banquet at the New. Park hotel to tn,
BnCal stockholders of tGAe Consumers
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1919-06-11
WHALE PALATABLE FOOD
IF YOU CAN CATCH HIM.

The flesh of the whale as food is.
advocated in pamphlet issued by the
bureau of fisheries at Washington
Recipes for making succuIent dishes.
from whale meat are included in the
pamphlet, which advises retail deal
ers to make the flesh of the whale a.
part of their regular stock This ac-
ton is in furtherance of the efforts
to popularize fresh, frozen and CAM
ed whale meat as food The bureau
is advised that the whaling companies
in position to furnish fresh and froz-
en- whale meat have not been able to
supply the demand.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1919-06-11

at his mothers home on Second street
Sunday morning, June 1st, after
short Illness. Funeral services were
held from the home Monday after
noon, Rev. FIR. Lillis officiating. Bur-
ial was made in the Catholic ceme-
terry. 1t will be remembered that Mrs
Wicker buried her husband in De-
cember. Friends extend deep sympa-
thy.
Charlie Arthur who is making his
home with his daughter on farm
near Cobb, was down for the soldiers
homecoming. Mr.. Arthur tells us
that farm near Montfort sold DUR
ing the past week for 1892 an acre,
and there are more than 200 acres in
the tract.
Report has it that Frank Prussing
has sold his farm to Thomas KiIpat-
rick of Belmont, for $193 an acre.
There are 240 acres in the place.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1919-06-11
AROUND THE COUNTY.
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CASSVILLE.

The Index says:
Frank Tebo bought a carload of
young steers in St. Paul one day last
week and SHIPPED to Cassville and
drove them out to his farm.
Philip Kirschbaum and his sons are
owners of a new threshing machine
outfit and they hauled it from Cass-
vile home to the farm Monday. Pro-
gressive farmers. these people,
Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Moon and chill
dren, Lois and Corwin, came from
Lancaster Saturday and spent the day
visiting relatives. Mrs. o. E. Ishmael
and baby Eldridge, went back with
them and will go to Mt. Horeb.
Edmond ]. Joyce sent handsome
engraved cards to Cassville friends
announcing his graduation from Lit
tie Rock college. The exercises were
in that Arkansas city at nine o'clock
Friday evening, May Both, in the Pal
ace theatre. The worthy young man
is son of Mrs. Catherine Joyce OF
this village and he has lived for sew
eral years at the home of his uncle
and aunt, James and Miss Mary
Burke, of Fl. Smith, Ark.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1919-06-11

Il am convinced that our treaty prof
ect violates none of my principles z
PRESIDENT Wilson is quoted by the
Farls Matin as having said when he
was made acquainted with the German
contemporaries to the peace treaty.
Inc treaty as drawn up, entirely
conforms to my IA points,
IL was learned in Paris that the Ber-
In government is sending photograph
lcally reproduced copies of the peace
treaty to every United States senator
and representative.
Matthias Erzberger, head of the Ger
man armistice commission, according
10 the Deutches Tages Zeitung of Ber-
lin, is preparing a memorandum
which, after discussing the peace terms
IN all their aspects, advocates sign
ing the treaty.
A part of the Bulgarian army has
been modified and is marching to-
ward the Serbian frontier, the Balkan
News agency reports.
Jose Inez Davil, former federal gen.
eral, 1T was annunced officially at Mex.
leo City, has been killed in battle in
the state of OaXaca after being in re-
volt against the government more than
four years.
Herr Levine, editor of the Red Flag
or Munich and one of the leaders in
the communist uprising in Bavaria
was executed, according to the Abend-
zeitung of Augsburg. Herr Nissen, an.
other of the communist leaders, also
mas been executed.
Six companies of the Three Hun
dred and Thfrty-ninth infantry, ag
gregating 1000 men, or approximate
~. one-third of the American force on
the Archangel front, constitute. the
first detachment to leave Russia
They embarked at Economic, the win,
ter port of Archangel
Two changes in the German peace
terms, one territorial and the other
financial, are being considered by the
council of four, 1T became known iE
Paris. The financial question is the
possibility of the acceptance of Ger
many's proposal to bind herself to pay
total indemnity of $25,OO0,O eco
The second proposal is for a piebiscite
in Silesia-
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1919-06-11
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BLOOMINGTON.

The Record says:
Alfred Critchlow was in from Brodt-
vile Thursday to have a hand dressed
A felon developed blood poison, and
Alfred had quite a time with the
complication
Harry Tornowske yesterday sold
the hartley farm of $50 acres to John
Small for $3.50 per acre. This farm
which is only about mile from Can
al street, is a good general purpose
farm and well worth the money paid
for IL Mr.. Small and sons Will know
what to do with it, The transfer will
take place next March,
Jesse Riese and wife arrived here
Saturday night and are spending a
few days at the home Of his parents
Fred Riese and wife. Jesse was dis
charged at Camp Grant last Friday
and with his wife made a brief trim
to Chicago, where he was offered his
old position with the State Bank OF
Chicago at substantial advance in
salary over what he was getting when
he enlisted He will go back to work
in the bank July 1st. Jesse was a
member of the 33rd division, in the
medical corps, and saw much hard
and active service, particularly in the
Somme and Meuse-Argonne battles.
For two or three months after the
armistice was signed he toured France
with the show organized by the 33rd
division, playing cornet in the or
chestra. It was of course a very en-
joyable vacation for him and gave
him a knowledge Of France that was
obtained by few soldiers. The show
will be put on in Chicago some time
this month, most of the members of
the company being residents of that
city.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1919-06-11
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The Times says:
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Thorn
as big bouncing boy. The little fell
low weighed ten lbs. Mother and
babe doing nicely.
Ted Luessmann, carrier on route
1, is taking his annual vacation and
his wife is substituting for him. She
commenced Monday in the rain-not
very good time to start in on.
J. T. Buster had the misfortune on
Saturday to cut his hand with a knife
which will keep him out of the bake
shop for three or four weeks. He has
borrowed a good baker from his
brother-in-l shop in Dubuque,
who arrived Monday and started to
bake Tuesday and they will have
fresh baked goods every day.
John L. Biedermann of Casper, Wy
oming, stopped here yesterday for a
short visit with his uncle, Len Bied
ermann, and other relatives, on his
way to Chicago. He had been at Min
neapolis and visited his father and
aunt Bertha in Minnesota. John is
the proprietor of the Natrona Fuel
Co. and is prospecting in Casper, a
town of some $4,000 people. He is
also interested in other profitable pro-
jects.
1t was fortunate indeed for the
Blackburn family, travelling by car
from Owen up in Clark county, on
Monday, that the village board were
still in session Monday evening when
they struck Fennimore about II
o'clock on their way to Lancaster
Striking thn new con struction work
in the south part of town the car was
badly mired in the mud one wheel
being down to the axle. Lanterns,
| flashlights and planks were soon re-
Questioned and the village fathers
soon had the tourists out of their di-
lena and on their way rejoicing
Unaided it would have been impossible
for them to have extricated them
selves. The block has since been
closed while the repair work is in
progress.
Harry Knapp arrived home Thurs
day, discharged from the service
Originally a member of the Seth di-
vision, he was taken sick with the
flu while making the trip across and
was cared for at an American hospi-
tai in Liverpool. England, and later
transferred to the S3rd division and
was in France six months. On the
trip over SO died on his transport with
the flu and many more after landing
Harry is looking we'll now, however,
and has fully recovered his health.
Sunny France is a great misnomer in
his opinion, as in the parts he visit
ed the sun shone very rarely and it
rained about all the time.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1919-06-11
Foreign

The big four has decided to call IN
the Turkish peace delegates, accord
ing to an unofficial report from Paris
The exact date has not been fixed.
The allies answer to the counter
proposals will be handed to the Ger
mans before June u, it was learned in
Paris from an authoritative source.
Petrograd has been captured by the
Esthonians and the Films, according TO
an unconfrmed report received by the
newspaper Tidens Tegn of Christiania
from Vardoe.
The small powers have won VIC
tory in their opposition to the limita-
ton of ornaments of the new states
created from the former Austro-
Hungarian empire, as Incorporated IN
the Austrian peace treaty. The coun-
Gil Of four in Paris has decided to
eliminate the provisions for such hmi'
tation.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1919-06-11
Domestic

tlonal corporation, a large StOckhOld-
er in the International Mercantile Ma
rlne company, announced at New York
that they had instructed their execu
tive officers to vote against the pro-
posed sale to a British syndicate of
the British assets of the Mercantile
Marine company.
In an address before the United
Spanish-American War Veterans at
Cedar Rapids, Ia, Gov w. L. Harding
of Iowa accused the city government
of Chicago Of being un-Amer1can and
pro-German.
A reign of terror, with wholesale
bombings and killings, to be followed
by the calling of a general strike
throughout the country and seizure of
cities and towns isolated by the tie
up of transportation facilities, was
planned by the plotters to follow the
bombing raid. This is the declaration
of member of the military intelli-
gence bureau at Pittsburgh. Pa.
Immediately upon receipt of Post
master General BurlIon'S order re-
turning the telephone and telegraph
systems to private ownership, strike
of all Western Union telegraph en-
ployees in the Southeast was called by
S. J. Konenkamp, international presi-
dent of the Commercial Telegraphers'
Union of America. The strike is effec-
tive Immediately and is an extension
of the present Atlanta Western Union
strike.
Improvement in shipping conditions
at the seaboard have been such that
railroad administration officials said
the permit system for moving the new
grain crop probably would not be put
into effect before the end of the month
A shortage of upwards of $1,000,000
In the accounts of Jackson (NIich)
prison has been discovered, according
to a report made by the Detroit Trust
company to the special session of the
state legislature.
x -
Two men were shot to death and
two were seriously wounded in a riot
growing out of the labor distm Dances
involving $4,000 employees of the Will
lys-Overland Automobile company at
Toledo The victims, presumably idle
employees of the company, were killed
by discharged soldiers who are guard
ing the plant. Mayor Schneider wired
Gov. Cox for troops to restore order.
A strike call set for June 16 is be-
inc sent out from the headquarters OF
the International Brotherhood of Elec-
trical Workers at Springfield, H., says
Charles p. Ford, secretary of the or
ganization.
Commander John II. Towers, flight
commander of the navy transatlantic
seaplane squadron was relieved of all
duty with that squadron and assigned
to service with the commission for air
terms now sitting at Paris, it was an
nounced in Washington.
Eighty-five miners were killed and
forty wounded in a tunnel of the Della
ware and Hudson Coal company near
Wilkesbarre, Pa, when a car of black
powder attached to the train carrying
the workers was exploded by broken
electric wire which fell on the car.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1919-06-11

The Witness says:
The Vinegar Hill Zinc Company
made big strike of lead at the North
Unity mine. They struck pitch
with hundreds of tons of lead ore in
it. The mine had been heavy lead
producing property even before the
big strike.
Henry Kleibenstein is building a
modern dairy barn on the property
recently purchased from Andrew Nc
Granular. The structure will have
all the latest appliances.
The following people. accompanied
P. A. Bishop special agent for the
South Texas Land Co., on a lane
seeking excursion to the lower Rio
Grand Valley, May 80: Will Steinovel
and wife, Ellenboro; Fred Steinbacf
and wife, Platteville; Ben Culver
PlatteviIIe; Andrew Bentz, Platte
vile; e. A. Bailey, Livingston; Gus
/ NodO1ph, Belmont.
The Journal says:
Grant Wicker, the little two-yea
old son of Mrs. Walter Wicker, die,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1919-06-11

BOSCOBEL.

Postmaster H. E. Austin has re-
ceived a 500 raise and now draws
down $1,000 each year.
Mrs. J. A. Baxter of Faulkton, S.
D., formerly Miss Annie Stephens of
Boscobel, died last Tuesday.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1919-06-11

The News says:
Wilbur Pitts, who is with the navy,
is now on "Trawlers," small, boats,
and are used for mine sweepers He
expects that for the next few months
he will be in the North sea and will
sweep between Scotland and Eng
land.
Walter Steinhoff informs us that
at Polled Angus sale at Botanc, Ia,
Wednesday, all records were broken
by an Angus bull selling for $4,000.
James Tracy holds the record for
money making COWS. Tlc past month
his six Holstein COWS brought him
$195.
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. Riley Hake, a
son.
George Carl had a valuable sire
struck by lightning. His son who
was near was badly shocked and also
kicked to the ground by the animal
The lad recovered and is feeling but
little worse for the accident.
Russell Gibson of Cuba City, was
in town Tuesday for the celebration
| We learned he had an experience few
have had and lived to tell about it. He
was on the Tuscania when she was
sunk by German submarine. 1t was
! four and a half hours after being TAX
en- on British destroyer before he
was landed. He must have been pref
ty cool headed as he remembered ev-
| cry detail of the event.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1919-06-11

Oil and Shale company, consisting of
both men and women. The dining
hall of the Tracy hotel was decorated
for the occasion and covers laid for
IS. /. E. Weiss, brother of the hoct,
acted as POSTMASTER and presented
the following speakers: ]. P. Rundell,
Martin Longhenry, J. H. Wise, Mrs.
]. H. Wise and Jack Tracy, all of
whom visited the property.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-05
Winter Is Something to Look
Forward To, If Only to Wear
These Coats

The materials are SO soft and warm that
they invite your touch. The collars are
wide enough to button snugly under your
chin when the weather is cold and the
pockets are roomy and snug.
A score or more different styles between
S25 and $35 are ready now, in velour, sill
vertone, polo cloth and zibeline. An
especially good coat of velour Is sketched
1t is in brown, green or navy blue, half
lined, and in all sizes ID to "A. S25.
From $3.50 to S47.50 there are coats of
suede velour, silvertone and broadcloth, with
or without fur trimming. For young women
there is good coat of suede velour in rein
deer and taupe; it is lined throughout with
silk and shows new blouse back, and
sealene collar. $47.50.
At $3.50 and upward are the finer coats
of luxurious materials with lovely Innings.
Peachbloom, q. Bolivia, evora,. tinseltone,
chameleon cord and duvet de laine are all
very fashionable and are trimmed with
beaver, Hudson seal, squirrel, wolf, opossum
and raccoon.
Coats i'm. Extra Sizes
A dozen styles or more are made
especially for women wearing sizes A to
SO. They are of velour, broadcloth and silver
tone at $50 to $3.50.
(Market)