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Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1919-08-14
Wings for Mrs. Vanderbilt.

Mrs. w. K. Vanderbilt tells this
story on herself.
She was doing canteen work in
France during the recent misunder-
standing in that vicinity and devoted
considerable time to entertaining Amer
lean soldiers in one Of the hostess
houses.
Being a capable dancer and attrac'
tive she was in much demand among
the boys. One evening she danced
several times with a tall, tow haired
doughboy, who showed symptoms OF
great loneliness and talked volubly
about things back in Michigan
When the evening ended, the tow
headed one came over to Mrs. Wander
bilt.
"I've had a bully time" he said,
"and | wanted to keep track OF you.
We're moving out Of here tomorrow for
the front. But If we get back, I'd like
to look you up over in the States. M
name is Albert Bridgeman, from
Grand Rapids. What's yours? ?"
~rm Mrs. w. K. Vanderbilt" she
replied.
The doughboy scanned her from head
to foot
"That's right, chicken" he said, "hy
highw
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1919-08-14
CRYING FOR Hell
Lots Of II i'm Shepherdstown. But ID
Growing Less.

The kidneys often cry for help.
Not another organ in the whole /
more delicately constructed;
Not one more important TO hcs
The kidneys are the filters OF
blood.
When they fail the blood beco
foul and poisonous.
There can be no health where Il
is poisoned blood.
Backache is one OF the frequent
dications Of kidney trouble.
II is often the kidneys cry for ]
Heed il.
Read what Doan's Kidney Pills
done for overworked kidneys.
Read what Doan's have done
Shepherdstown people.
Mrs. John Snyder, Shepherdsts
says: Several years ago ] sun
from an attack OF kidney trouble.
back ached constantly and someti
pains Of a sharp nature would s.
through the small OF my back and
my sides. My kidneys acted irregt
ly, also. As ! had read OF Doan's
ney Pills, got some at Hills q
macy. The first boz helped me-
much, continued their use uni
was cured. haven't had any re-
OF kidney trouble"
Price 60c, at all dealers. 4
simply ask for a kidney remedy
Doan's Kidney Pills-the same
Mrs. Snyder had. Foster-Milburni
Mfrgs., Buffalo, N. Y.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1919-08-14
A Born Inventor.

In its brief account of the life OF
Walter V. Turner, Commerce and FL
nance credits the great inventor with
four hundred inventions, one of which
is said TO have been valued at S2S000,-
900. To Turner's genius we are in
debted for maryelS of transportation
that would be impossible without the
railway equipment devised or perfect
ed by him.
He came from one of the quiet shires
of England, and began sheep herdng
in Wyoming. One day his sheep led
him near the right of way Of the Union
Pacific, and there he found a freight
wreck AS he walked near the wreck
something attracted his attention. He
picked il up and carried il TO one of the
brakemen. The brakeman told him, in
reply TO his question, that il was a
piece of the air brake. Turner asked
how it worked, and the man explained.
Sure" replied the brakeman.
The panic of 1898 forced Turner to
sell his sheep, and he found work as
wheel Taper on the Atchison, Topeka
& Santa Fe Railroad. No one paid
much attention TO the wheel Taper.
One day he reported that a wheel un-
der a certain car was unsafe. Men
who looked at the wheel said he was
wrong. The train went out with the
car, and there was bad wreck. The
wheel had collapsed. During the in
vestigation Turner so impressed the
division superintendent that he recon-
mended his transfer TO the shops al
Topeka.
One day he went to the boss Of the
shops and said he believed he had an
improvement for the air brake. The
boss looked at Turner's rough plans
and decided that the sheepherder's idea
had some merit The AtchSon COM
pany took out a patent and increased
Turner's pay. A little later Turner
devised further Improvements that the
AtchiSon company patented, and he
was put under contract
Turner became a member of the Air
Brake Association, and at a meeting in
Pttsburg attracted the attention OF
George Westinghouse Mr.. Westing
house offered the inventor a position
with the Westinghouse company, and
after long negotiations with the Atchi-
son company he secured Turner's re-
lease on condition that he would re-
turn to the Atchison company when il
called for his services. At PittSburg
inventions came from his brain with
remarkable regularity. The more nc
studied the air brake the more he i'm
proved it.
Westinghouse invented the air
brake. His mechanism would hold 2
train of possibly fifty cars. Turner
took the brake where Westinghouse
stopped and developed it so much
further that now it is possible TO con-
troll a train OF one hundred or possibly
one hundred and fifty cars as easily
as a train of ten cars. Without the
air brake that the sheep herder inn
proved, the great trains we see today
would be impossible.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1919-08-14
How the Lusitania Was Waylaid.

The failure of the British navy to
guard the Lusitania from the German
submarines even in the waters of ST.
| Georges Channel seemed at the time
almost inexplicable. In the German
Secret Service in America, the authors,
Mr.. J. P. Jones and Mr.. P. IA. HollIster,
tell the story of the false wireless mes
sage sent from America that lured the
Lusitania into German trap and out
witted the British naval officials.
The plot was substantially this:
When Capt. Turner, on the last day OF
the voyage, should send his wireless
query to the Admiralty, inquiring for
his convoy of destroyers, a wireless
reply in the British code directing his
course must be sent to him from Say
vile. His query would be heard and
answered by the Admiralty, of course,
but the genuine reply must not reach
him.
Berlin assigned two submarines to
point ten miles south by west Of the
Old Head of Kinsale, near the en-
trance to St. Georges Channel. 1t Sc
lected an experienced commander for
the special duty, and with him went a
secret agent to shadow him as he
opened his sealed instructions, and
shoot him if he baked.
About the time when the U-boats
slipped out of the Kiel Canal, thread
ed their way through the mine fields
into the North Sea, and submerged as
they picked up the smoke Of British
ships on the western horizon, the
Lusitania warped out of her pier in the
Hudson River and set her PROV for
Sandy Hook, the Grand Banks and
Ireland.
Meanwhile, Sayville was in readiness,
with a trained wireless operator pre-
pared at any moment to hear Capt.
Turner's inquiry and to flash false
reply with perfect British Admiralty
touch. On May 5, Capt. Boy-Ed re-
ceived word from Berlin that he had
been awarded the iron cross. On May
7 the LuSitania spoke: "Capt. Turner's
request for instructions. Presently
the reply came, and was hurried to his
cabin. From his code book he de-
ciphered directions to proceed to a
point ten miles south of Old Head OF
Kinsale and thence run into St.
Georges Channel, arriving at the
Liverpool bar at midnight" He care
fully calculated the distance and his
running time on the assumption that
he was protected on every side by the
British fleet, and set his course for the
Old Head of Kinsale.
The British Admiralty also received
Capt Turner's inquiry just as the Say
vile operator had snatched it from the
air, and dispatched an answer: "Orders
that the Lusitania proceed to a point
some seventy or eighty miles south of
Old Head of Kinsale, there to meet her
convoy" Capt Turner never received
that message. The British government
knows why the message was not de-
livered, although the fact has not, at
this date, been made public.
The Lusitania headed northeast all
the morning. A few minutes past two
o'clock she ran the gantlet of two sub
marines; torpedo was released, and
found its target.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1919-08-14

Patience ! hear they ran away
got married z
Patrice-Yep.
Patience / suppose her father
never forgive them.
Patrcc Well, he forgave 'em
running away, but he never will
give 'em for coming back home!
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1919-08-14

Undertaken Peter Perkins was driv-
ing loaded spring wagon cntaining a
coffin, into town. Miranda Higgins, the
village spinster, long, lean and honey,
hailed him and asked for lift to town.
"Sorry, there's no room up here on
the seat, as have box Of eggs here,
Miranda" he answered. Whereupon
she asked him if he'd mind her sitting
on the coffin. He said no, if she
didn't.
AS they drove past the corner store,
John Johnson, half intoxicated, caught
sight of them and called excitedly:
"Hey Pete! Pete, | say. Look, the
corpse is out!'
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1919-08-14
Americas Idle Land.

The Unired States is an aggregation
of undeveloped empires, sparsely oc-
cupied by the most wasteful people in
the world, says Arthur d. Little in the
Atlantic Monthly. He continues:
The Yellowstone park is three times
the size Of the Luxembourg. There are
both space and climate in California
for a new Italy and a greater Greece.
Our Gulf States exceed in area, and
are incomparably richer in resources
than the German empire, Holland,
Japan, FormoSa and Great Britain to-
gether. The Scandinavian peninsula,
with its limited natural resources, sup
ports 10 millions sturdy and prosperous
people, under climatic conditions sim
liar 10 those Of Alaska; while our great
territory, nearly twice as large, and
rich in agricultural soil, in fisheries and
furs and untouched coal, with mines
which have already yielded metal
values exceeding $50 million dollars,
with spruce and water power to supply
the world with paper, maintains a
white population Of scarcity more than
fifty thousand. Though already we
produce Is per cent OF the worlds
wheat, 40 per cent OF its iron and steel,
60 per cent Of its cotton, Sc per cent
Of its oil, 10 per cent Of its copper, and
Is per cent Of its corn, our estate in
cludes countless storehouses OF un-
touched wealth, and IFS present
agencies of production have capacity
for growth which may well tax
crdulity.
We have land enough to allot TO each
individual OF our population about
seventeen hundred and fifty acres, with
Alaska and some islands TO spare, al
though such uniformity OF distribution
is hardly desirable in the absence Of
long distance dinner bell. Little more
than two-ffths OF this great domain is
in farms, and OF the farm area only
about one-half is improved and bearing
crops. We are ineffective farmers. In
a year OF foreign famine and unpre-
cedented prices at home, only 40 per
cent, according TO Mr.. Hoover, Of our
800 million bushels OF potatoes, reach
ed the market.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1919-08-14

The funniest wedding ever wit
messed was that Of two young friends,
which was a sort Of an elopement; an
other friend and myself accompanied
them. Just as the knot was tied, the
brides parents arrived on the scene.
Finding she was too late to stop the
ceremony the mother promptly went
into Mysteries and rayed like a wild
woman.
At last the new husband said TO his
mother-in-law: "What real reason or
objection have you TO my marrying
your daughter
Because you can't support her in
the style to which she has been ac-
customed to all her life," answered the
mother.
"How do you know | can't? / can
start her on bread and milk the same
as you did," replied the son-in-law.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1919-08-14
Their Idea Of Luxury.

An old farmer, says the Edinburg
Weekly Scotsman, who, by hard work
and parsimonious\ habits, had got to-
gether a little fortune, decided that the
time had at last arrived when he was
justified in ordering family carriage.
He went to a carriage builders and
described in detail the kind Of vehicle
he wished to buy.
"Now, | suppose you want rubber
aires," said the carriage builder.
"No, sir!n replied the old farmer in
runes Of resentment. "My folks amt
that kind. When they're riding they
want to know IT,"
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1919-08-14
"what is your name?" asked tn

"What is your name?" asked the
mistress Of her new Chinese cook.
"My name is Wang Hang Ko."
90 dear. I'm sure shall not be able
TO remember that shall just call you
John" remarked the lady.
"VeIly good, ma'am," said the China
man. "And what is your name,
ma'am?"
"My name is Mrs. Swankton de
Vere."
"Me no lemembel that" said the
Chinaman; "me callee you Sally"
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1919-08-14

du ing the time 1
ws $ lookingforwa I'd
to the coming of my
lit tie one that / al n
r. recommending it t.,
o ther expe c t a n t
mothers. Be f fore
taking it, some edays
l suffered with neu-
ralgia so badly that
l thought l could
not live, but after
taking three bottles
of Lydia E. Pin k
hams V e ge table
Compound l was en-
tirely relieved Of
n eur algia, l b ad
gained in strength
and was able to go
around and do all
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1919-08-14

my housew ork. My baby when seven
months OLE weighed 10 pounds and / feel
better tn IN 1 have for q long time. 1
never b ad any medicine do me so
much &C cd. Mrs. PEARL MoNYHAN,
Mitchell |, Ind.
Coco. health during maternity is
most important factor to both mother
and hid, and many letters have been
recei we'd by the Lydia E Pinkham
MeS icine Co., Lynn, Mass, telling Of
hes lth restored during this trying period
by the use of Lydia E. Pinkhara's Vege-
t. Bile Compound.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1919-08-14
NEW VOL. 54-No. 81 I
Hookworm Disease.

This disease is known TO affect ma
persons in the southern part OF q
United States, in Porto Rico a
| others of the West India Islands, a
in the countries that border the Carr
bean Sea. Physicians have proved
to be the cause Of much OF the la,
ness and ShftlessneSs that preva
in those regions. In Europe the sar
disease, although caused by 8 woi
of a different species, occurs chiei
among miners and laborers who wo
in railway tunnels, and has thereto
been called miners disease, tunr
disease, the ST. Gothard disease a
other similar names. III
The cause of the disease is an
teStinal parasite, Necator american
in this country, Anchylostoma due
enale in Europe, or collectively 81
hook worm. The worm faStens itst
to the mucous membrane OF the inte
tine, and lives by sucking its victim
blood. The continuous loss OF bloe
especially when the worms are nui
erous, causes condition OF anaeui 1
and reduces the strength and the
tality Of the sufferer, so that he Is la
guild and slow TO act, and physica
incapable of doing what would be &C
sidered as a dav'S work for healt
man. His condition results not or I.
from the loss of blood but also fro A
a toxic excretion of the worm that
body absorbs. \
The worms eggs, OF microscoI /
size, are passed from the bowels, a
the larvae live in the soil and alta |,
themselves TO the feet Of the unsh ,
children. These larvae, also OF mi
ute size, bore rapidly through t'
skin, causing an irritation that &C
BY the name OF ground itch, and |,
taken into the blood vessels, wheH
they eventually gain the upper p;
of the intestine. Here they alta
themselves to the mucous membra 4
as their permanent home and proce ]
to deplete the hosts store Of blot u
The larvae may also be taken into { \
body in water and on salads and y
cooked vegetables.
Tonics and good food may help =
hookworm patient little, but II
cannot cure him; the only cure is i
destroy and expel the worm. TIL
fortunately, is comparatively ST !.
pie matter, and consists in admin
tering thymoI, preceded and follow
by a powerful purge. g
Another effcacious remedy is CHI
opodum, or American wormse |,
The patient takes suitable doses OF
oil two or three times at fifteen m
ute intervals, and a short time nj
the last dose takes a purgative d. 4,
OF castor oil. N;
In a hookworm country child
should not 90 barefoot, salads
raw vegetables should be thoroug y
washed, and only boiled water sho
be used for washing and for drink \
purposes. MI
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1919-08-14
"''"-"i 10 BE
Should Read Mrs. Monyhan's
Letter Published by
Her Permission.

Mitchell, Ind.-"Ly liza E. Pinkhaln's
Vegetable Compound h elped me 80 much
Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1919-02-07

John Jack and wife of Green
creek were Cottonwood business
visitors Saturday,
E. M. Parker left Tuesday
morning for st. Maries, Idaho on
a weeks business trip.
H. c. Matthiesen, cashier of
the Cottonwood State Bank, was
a Grangeville visitor Saturday.
Three carloads of hogs were
shipped out of the local yards last
Tuesday. Shipments were made
by the Cottonwood Milling Co.
and the Farmers Union.
Charley Lueck of the Winona
section was in Cottonwood Mon
day with a load of hogs. The
hogs were brought to the local
stock yards in a truck driven by
John Keller.
Mrs. Lillian Murburg, of Spo-
kane, Wn., who has been visiting
at the home of relatives in the
Westlake country since the holi-
days, left Saturday morning for
her home. Mrs. Murburg had
been visiting at the home of Nora
Moriarty for a few days prior to
her departure for home.
Miss Elsie Uhlenkott was a
passenger for Ferdinand Monday.
Miss Uhlenkott will visit at the
Glenn Fret home in Ferdinand
and try to nurse back to health
members of the Fret family who
have had severe attacks of the in
fluenZa.
The deep silence of the forest
was broken only by the moan of
the wind in the pines and the I'M
canny cry of the far-off wolf. A
beautiful white girl in the clutch
es of a half-breed, mad with de-
sire. saw not even a CLEAN of
hope. Death would be welcome.
Suddenly a strange thing happens,
the menace was lifted and her
struggle promised to be rewarded
by an odd trick of fate-the tense
situation rouses a gripping inter-
est. See '"The Savage" at the
Orpheum theatre on Saturday
when Ruth Clifford comes to cele-
brate "Bluebird Day" in this cap
tivating story of love and adven-
ture in the Canadian Northwest.
Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1919-02-07

Art Rhoades was a county seat
visitor Monday.
Rev. Chas. MacCaughey will
preach in the M. E. church Sun
day the 9th at IL a. m. The
public is invited.
Carl Fuller who was recently
discharged from an army post in
the east, is visiting with friends in
Cottonwood.
Viola and Alfred Killmar, of
Winona, returned Saturday even
ing from Spokane and Charleston
where they had been on a visit.
Fred McKenney of Grangeville
was a visitor in Cottonwood Fri
day with relatives and friends.
Fred is now engaged in the stock
business at Grangeville.
Jack Robertson of the Rocky
Canyon section, left Tuesday
morning for Anatone, Wash. Jack
has somewhat of a reputation as
a buckaroo in the Salmon river
country and will follow riding at
his new location.
The Bell Telephone Company
has installed phone at the resi-
denee of DR.. Sommers, the veteri-
marian. This was done for the
convenience of the doctors pa
irons that they may communi-
cate with him at his home as we'll
as his office.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wess Hooker
smith ann two children left Mon
, day morning for a months visit
to Seattle and other coast points.
While away the Hockersmiths ex-
pect to meet their son, Delmar,
who is enroute home from oyer
seas. Their son was one of the
passengers on the Tuscania which
was sunk by a German subma-
line while enrOute to Europe.
Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1919-02-07

Mr.. and Mrs. A. H. Nau were
Ferdinand visitors Sunday.
Edward Blake was a passenger
for Lewiston Tuesday morning
on business.
VIM. Hussman, manager of the
Hussman Lumber Co., was a
Grangeville visitor Saturday.
c. H. Rookie of Spring Camp
has been a Cottonwood visitor the
past week with Dad" Rookie
who has not been in the best of
health lately.
Barney Lucntefeld and wife
left Sunday morning for Spokane
where MIR. Luchtefeld will repre-
sent the local Farmers Union at
the Farmers Convention.
Mrs. E. M. Buck and family
left Tuesday morning for Spo-
kane where they expect to make
their home in the future. They
have many friends in Cottonwood
who regret to see them leave but
wish them success in their new
location.
Steve Farthing of the Salmon
river country was in Cottonwood
Monday on business. Mr.. Earth
ing states that farmers in his
section are now busily engaged
in blowing and that the weather
on the river has been ideal.
While in the city he paid the
Chronicle a pleasant call.
A large crowd of young people,
many of them returned soldiers,
attended dance given by the
Rebekha lodge at Ferdinand last
Friday evening. The soldier
boys have great praise for the
ladies who gave the entertain
ment. Everything was free to
the boys in khaki and blue.
In a letter to the Chronicle C.
o. Olson, who is now located at
Olanda, Mont, states that they
are having ideal weather and
feeding of stock has been very
light. They have had zero
weather only once this year, that
being around the holidays. He
also states that Earl Carlson and
his wife are now located there.
They formerly resided at Enter
prise, Oregon.
Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1919-02-07

F. J. Pfannebecker of Winona
was a Cottonwood business visi-
tor Monday.
]. B. Hattrup, manager of the
Vollmer Clearwater Co. was a
Lewiston business visitor Wednes-
day.
Mrs. Ava Ray was a passenger
for Lewiston the first of the week,
where she will spend a few days
visiting.
Mr.. H. A. Downer returned
Thursday morning from a visit
with friends and relatives at
Grangeville.
c. o. Martin and Riley Rice
left Sunday morning for Spokane
where they will attend a conven-
ton of the Farmers Union.
J. w. Williams of Grangeville
was a Cottonwood business visitor
Friday. While in the city Mr..
Williams made the Chronicle a
pleasant visit.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. B. Parker en-
teri aimed the Misses Edith and
Marion Berger, George Hodges Of
Spokane and Hilliard Patton of
lilo at an informal dinner party
Sunday.
Word was'received by relatives
of Anton Bruegeman to the effect
that he recently underwent an
other painful operation for injur-
les received while at the front and
effecting his neck. The operation
was performed without admins
tering chloroform or ether.
Miss Mable Taber and little
brother Roy, gave a farewell party
to twenty-five of their little
friends Saturday afternoon. At
ter an enjoyable afternoon was
spent by the youngsters light re-
freshments were served.
Mrs. P. A. Gual was operated
on Thursday afternoon at her
home by DR.. Orr and DR.. Stock
ton of Grangeville. The operation
} so far has proven very successful
and she is getting along as gooc
= as could be expected. Her many
f friends hope the recovery from the
a effects of the operation will bt
rapid.