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Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-12-12
Cold AsparasuS.

rhi. is delicious on a hot day. but
lhe asparagus must be thoroughly
Chilled to be enjoyable. The stalks laid
in glass dish covered wit. a French
dressing TO which a little mustard has
been added will prove both an attrac.
tive and dainty dish.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-12-12
Cork Hint.

IF you need a cork ana cannot go
to the store TO get the right siac, take
an old cork and soak II In boiling
water for fifteen minutes. It will then
Ut any bottle.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-12-12
That's the Shirt,

Many people walk about with n
whole cargo of grievances in their
heads. Walk right up to your dim.
cultieS with your coat off. Don't try
to dodge round them. Exchange.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-12-12
An Old Settler.

A mammoths skull and tusk found
AZ Denham, England. are said By Sir
Ray Lancaster ~ he 10 600 yoora alb
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-12-12

How About Life.Savinr Cerms7
Onc-foUrth of the people born die
before they are six. one in 100 lives
10 De ~lXty-five,
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-12-12
Patterns for
Home Sewing

A pattern Of this illustration
will be sent your address. Fill
out the attached blank and mail
80 The Free Trader-JournaI, en-.
closing lie in money or stamps.
Please allow ten days time In
which 70 have pattern delivered
you.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-12-12

the point Of view of commercial profits.
as coal user, and experts have said
that by using oil the expenses of fuel
viii be enormously cut
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-12-12
His InallenabIe Right.

Fowcher says any man Is jus.
housekeeping if his wife comes
Vast with her hair In patenr
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-12-12
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SOLDIERS LETTER
Continued from page one)
81" Bang!!!

u" Bang!!!
An areoplane bomb make,
more racket than battery of ar.
tillery and the nearest | car
come to describing it, is that il
sounded as if all the pent UP
force inside the earth had ex-
ploded SCATTERING the old plan
ct into 4 million pieces. The
piece | was on had not stopped
%quivering when Fritz let 90 an
other egg" The concussion
knocked me flat, and before |
could regain my feet, two more
broke in rapid succession. | de-
cided it was foolish to get up
Just to be knocked down again.
so ! lay on the floor waiting for
the next one. Evidently, tho.
Fritz had finished, for no more
came, and | heard him buzz a.
way in the night, his motor
chuckling as if we'll satisfied
with his good (?) work.
EW
Then | got up, and going to
the window again, looked out.
One of the bombs, at least, had
found its mark, and an ammuni-
ton dump is a field nearby was
blowing up, shell by shell. Rock
cts curved gracefully thru the
air in every direction, bursting
in showers of red and green
stars, and the whole thing look
ed like a Fourth of July cedebra-
ton.
watched it a while, and af-
ter it had died down, went back
to bed, and dreamed of a Sun,
day School picnic in Gruber's
pasture.
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NO. TX.

January 10, 1919
Dear Mother and Everybody;-
Let's see, | believe we were
IN reserve in the Argonne. wher
quit writing last, so taking if
up from there, here goes!
This was about the middle of
October, with winter coming on
behind an advance guard Of
ram I've said that everything
| possessed was soaking wet. the
hre was kept up by the utmost
perseverance, the kitchen was
stuck in the mud somewhere on
the road behind us, and altogeth-
er we were about as miserable
as humans could be and remain
human,
The day wore on, and mite set
tied down over the mutilated
forest. And still it rained.
Nothing remained to do, except
roll in our wet blankets and try
to forget everything in sleep.
which was all very well, if we
could succeed in going to sleep.
so with teeth clicking like a tel
egraph sounder l crawled away
to bed. | slept ftfully thru that
night, while at five minute in
tervals to move out of the pud-
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tho l could still hear the guns
at Verdun, they were too far a.
way to be dangerous, and l en-,
Ijoyed the sensation of freedom
exceedingly.
Presently | met a "buddie,'
who suggested a trip to a neigh,
boring town, where there was a
"Y" canteen, so having my pock-
ct full of francs, and nothing
else to do, | acquiesced, and we
boarded a passing truck.
We found numerous things in
the town mentioned, more enter
tanning than the "Y" (guess
WHAT and it was after dark
when we finally returned to our
billets, where everyone was ex-
cited about a telegram that had
been received at Div'n. Hdqrs.,
stating that Germany had a.
greed to President Wilson's ID
points and would evacuate occu-
pied territory. | was as enthu-
slastic as any body and offered
to bet five fracs (tut! tutD that
our division would never see the
lines again. A sergeant prompt
ly covered my money, and | lost.
For we were hustled out before
daylight the next morning and
ordered to roll packs getting ev-
erything in order to move off at
6 o'clock. What did it mean? We
had been off the front scarcely
hours, and they had promis-
ed us at least a weeks rest. /
gobbled a couple of pancakes and
a cup of black coffee at the kitch-
en-, slung my blankets over one
shoulder with a piece of rope
(Pd discarded the rest of my e.
Iulpment at st. MihieD and fell ,
n line.
1t began to drizzle a fine mist g
lit usually rained when we had !
long hike to make) and the ,
lir was cold with the chill of ap. ,
'roaching winter, as we swung :,
nto the road and marched off in
he direction of the guns.
I've liked many a weary mile :
n France, but never anything =
o compare with that march to =
he Argonne, "
At first it wasn't so bad, as h
We were fresh and had good 60 n
ng, but along in the afternoon 7
left the road and struck out n
cross country. This was bad q
but about dark we began 81
enter the zone of devastation. o,
ne rain continued steadily.
in and out of shell ~,
oIes, plunging and ripping thru W
arb wire, slipping and falling in
the mud, We kept doggedly at q,
until even the officers were O.,
ihausted and called a halt for te
No one had any rations id
10, so the supper was missing. r.
After a few minutes rest we 90
arted on, tired, disguised and ST
You must remember m
we'd had nothing to eat Il,
nee early that morning, and
.en not a man-sized meal. and A.
plunged along mechanical -
-, | tortured myself with visi- ~,
Do. .LI Ha-..- =
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MAX.
NO. VIII.

o"lltRi IL, 1917.
Dear Mother
The morning after the German
aeropIane visit dawned bright
and clear, ! got up early, ate
breakfast and dirfted off down
the street wondering what to do
with myself. It was q novelty to
be from under shell fire. and al
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and my mouth watered as ]
thought how a cup of that cof-
fee would taste now. | came back
to earth with a disgusting reali-
cation of where | was, and at the
fact that | didn't even have a
can of "corned willy"
The low rumble of the guns
had increased to a roar by this
time, and the country was get
ting more desolate with every
mile. We rested again on the
edge of the ArgOnne woods, at
what had been the German
trenches two weeks before. Dug
outs were literally ripped open,
the trenches themselves demol-
ished, and here and there in the
dark we could see the outline of
gruesome forms.
Pushing on again we entered
the woods, or to be exact, the
skeleton of the woods. Not a sign
of foliage, or underbrush and the
tree trunks broken off like tooth
picks stood in ghostly array a.
gainst the skyline. Never in all
my days have l seen such a pic
ture of horror and desolation.
On, and on we plodded in the
to the ever increasing clam
or of the guns. Men began to
fall out from sheer exhaustion.
but | gritted my teeth and de-
termined to "stay with 'er." or
bust. On and on, thru villages
and towns, once filled with hap
oy men and women and children,
now reduced to shapeless
leapS of stone, once more plung-
ng into the dead forest, till at S
asst our fortitude was rewarded,
nd a halt was called. {
We were told to make our I
elves as comfortable as posi- {
Ne, and try to get some sleep. I
Which Immediately did, forget I
ing my empty stomach, and the
ain in my utter exhaustion. :
don't think | moved, so sound =
| sleeping, from the time =
rolled in my blankets till al
'ost noon the next day, when =
II
woke stiff and sore, wet to the v
kin, shivering with cold, and :
blankets soaked. 1t was e.
uff to discourage anyone and v
admit that I was feeling =
blue, as | stood there re-
ardlng the dismal scene, but -
laking off the feeling, l start ~
t to build a fire. !"
This was a most discouraging Il IL,
'ocess, at the best, owing to the
but at last | got a blaze 90 u
g, and presently a roaring fire. -,
'ound which several of us stood
'atefully. | had lost my pun i
MT, and as | didn't relish the
of another night in the
IN, proceeded to hunt up q a
'uddie" who had one. This we y,
retched in such a position that -,
y fire was in the doorway and -.
.bated what to do next. =;
our blankets was out of
e question, as it was still rain y,
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l dies of water that kept forming
: in spite of the pup tent, and
k when it last the dripping dark
! ness gave way to the saturated
e half light of a gray morning, !
a was about whipped"
But how true is the saying
5 that "the darkest hour is just
$ before dawn"
= Our kitchen had arrived dur
Y ing the night and was busy serv-
e ing h%apiacks, beefsteak, and
t scalding coffee. Rather a mixed
I menu, but as | sat on a stump
there in the woods that dreary
October morning, and consumed
= large quantities of this "chow,"
, | began to have a feeling of pity
for the 0lympian-ites who were
compelled to subsist on nectar
and ambrosia.
You can't imagine how g
square meal puts new heart Tor
stomach) into a fellow. SO when
| had finished the blissful opera
ton of eating breakfast l felt
greatly encouraged, and while
| was trying to whistle myself"
entirely out of the depths, the
sun broke thru the clouds flood
ing the drenched world with it's
lif%e-giving rays.
Feeling equal to anything as
long as the sun shone. | hasten
ed to take advantage of it, and
spread my blankets out to dry.
The clouds disappeared, the sun
climbed to the zenith and drifted
to rest (undeserved) behind the
western hills, but that night II
slept between dry blankets.
We were in resrve for several
during which the guns
never ceased, and we knew that
every foot of ground gained, up
was being paid for in hu-
man lives.
Then our turn came, and on a
Sunday night we began to march
the few remaining kilOmeters to
the front. 1t was raining again
yet-and as we splashed
thru the mud, each occupied
his own thoughts. | rem
amber thinking what fools
these mOrtals be-" indeed, and
what supreme foolishness was
his mOnstrous business of war.
Even the lower ESQ called order
If beasts lived together in peace,
settled their quarrels individ-
tally, while we ultra-civilized
humans turned the world into a
handles. Evidently we're not
S civilized as we think we are.
However, this was no time to
'eform an erring race, so I dis
missed these thoughts and plod.
on.
As our division reached and
ook over the lines, the units
hus relieved began to pass us
m their way to the rear, and we
started a sort of moving" con-
.'ersation with them, to the Diet
iment of our morale.
s He'll up there, fellows"
.'olunteered one, with the air of
man telling good news, and
mother equally as optimistic
houted, Goodbye, 89th~ -
AS I've already said, this =
'asn't exactly encouraging and :
was beginning to get the blues
gain, when we reached Regi-
mental headquarters, and halt
while our electrician, (the
My remaining officer we had)
'ent in for orders.
He came out of the dugout
nth the information that we
'ouldn't relieve the other Signal
.orps util morning and advised
S to make ourselves comforta-
lie pending its arrival.
This was easier said than
han done, as there was only one
ugout, the one occupied by
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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-07-17
REGAINS Appetite
AND AMBITION BY
BUILDING UP BLOOD
Oregon Woman Acknowl-
edges Her Indebtedness to
DIR. Williams Pink Pills
for Her Health

when n woman has been nnemic
large part of her life and has
finally found "a remedy that re.
stores her strength and happiness,
| think Il her duty to tell others
what has helped her. says Mrs.
Clara Winters. of II. u. 2. Box fi3.
Milwaukee. oregon.
Il had suffered from anemia as
long ms | can remember" she says,
"and some time ago | began TO feel
run down. lost ambition for my
work and was tired all the time.
For days in succession ! wouldn't
care about eating and when ate
a good meal my stomach was upset
and / suffered from headaches and
was very nervous.
MY mother read about DIR. Will
liarns' Pink Pills in a newspaper
and she insisted that ! try them.
procured a box and few days
after starting the treatment my
appetite improved and then gradu-
ally I regained my strength. My
color Is much better now and |
am ambitious and active. owe
my health to DR.. Williams Pink
Pills and have told many OF my
friends about the remedy"
DR.. Williams Pink Pills are sold
by all druggists. or direct from the
DR.. williams Medicine Co.. Schc-
nectady. n. Y. at so cents per box.
six boxes for $3.50, postpaid. on re-
ceipt of price. Write for the free
booklets on nervous disorders and
What TO Eat and How TO Eat"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-07-17
PETER
Brings Home the Cows
BY THE STORY LADY

Peter always went with his grand
father after the cows. The pasture
was a quarter OF a mile from the
house. and a long lane with fence
on either side led from the barn to
pasture.
They always started when the 6
o'clock whistle blew. Then grandpa
got the milking finished in time for
supper at 7.
One day Peter begged to 70 after
the cows all by himself. and grandpa
promised. so when Peter heard the 8
o'clock whistle blow he started out
very importantly.
He stopped at the first clump Of
dogwood and cut a long. slender
switch. IL took some time to select
one that just suited him. Then.
when he got started again, n baby
cotton tail led him chase thru the
oats at the side of the lane.
When he finally got to the gate.
the cows had gotten tired OF waiting
and had lain down. Peter had quite
time getting them started. On the
way home he found a quail nest. He
stopped and counted them, then wan
dered on behind the cows. who were
grazing as they went. Then he found
a grandfather hoptoad. By the time
Peter and the cows reached the barn
gate grandpa was waiting with the
milk bucket and the 7 o'clock whistle
was blowing.
/ Peter hung his head.
II guess | need the switch worse
than the cows did," he said.
| HELEN CARPENTER MOORE.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-07-17
BY THORNTON W. BURGESS
Copyright 1919. by T. w. Burgess)

suddenly startled is apt to make pco-
pie feel cross. don't know why this
Is 20. but NO Il Is. "If | had seen
him anywhere about. he wouldn't
have made me jump" said Peter. Il
don't see what he IS out now for any.
way. II Isn't even dusk yet. and /
thought he was n night bird"
so he is." retorted Jenny Wren.
Anyway. he Is n bird of the evening.
and that amounts TO the same thing.
But just because he likes the even.
ing best isn't any reason why he
shouldn't come out in the daylight,
is itr''
"No-ooo." replied Peter, rather
slowly. II don't suppose II is.''
OF course II isn't" replied Jenny
Wren. Il see Boomer in the late
afternoon almost every day. on
cloudy days often see him early In
the afternoon. He's "A queer fellow.
is Boomer. Such n mouth as he hast
| suppose II is handy to have a big
mouth IL one must catch all ones
food in the air. but IT certainly isn't
pretty when IL Is wide OPEN
NEVER saw a moulin YET tntt was
pretty when II was wide open" re-
tortcd Peter, who stili was feeling
little put out. I've never noticed
that Boomer has a particularly big
mouth"
well. he has, whether you've no.
ticed II or not" retorted Jenny Wren
sharply. Hes got little bit OF
bill. but n great big mouth. / don't
see what folks call him n Hawk for.
because he isn't a Hawk at all. lie
is no more of a Hawk than l am.
and. thank goodness, lin not even re-
lated to the Hawk family"
II believe you told me the other
day that Boomer is related TO Sooty
the Chimney Swift" said Peter.
Jenny nodded vigorously. 80 I
did, Peter" she replied. I'm glad
you have such good memory.
Boomer and Sooty are sort OF second
cousins. There is Boomer now, way
up In the sky. / do wish he'd dive
and scare some one else"
Peter tipped his head way back
High up in the blue. blue sky was
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-07-17
Adler-i-ka
Again!

"AdIer-i-ka is the only medicine
for gas on the stomach. never
had so much relief with any medi~
cine. ] would not take $500 for
the relief one bottle of Adler-i-ka
gave me. ! cannot get done recon-
mending it," (Signed) ii. l.. Hicks.
Ashley, Ill.
Adler-i-ka expels ALL gas and
sourness, stopping stomach distress
INSTANTLY. Empties BOTH up-
per and lower bowel. flushing EN-
TIRE alimentary canal. Removes
ALL foul matter which poisons
system. Often CURES constipa-
ton. Prevents appendicitis. We
have sold Adler-i-ka many years.
1t is a mixture of buckthorn. cas-
cara. glycerine and nine other SIM
pie drugs. Swift Drug Co. and
leading druggists.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-07-17
TOUGH SHEDDING FOR
POOR IN HlNGLANO

LONDON, July 17.-So acute Is the
housing problem in the rural part of
Essex that Wilton Jones. his wife
and 10 children were forced to seek
refuge in the workhouse when they
were elected from their home for fail
ure to pay increased rent. The Rev.
c. Steen. vicar of Hornchurch. has
suggested the use of army huts to re-
lieve the situation.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-07-17
MRS. GILBERT SAYS
FRIENDS NOTICE
Difference IN HER
Wasn't Exactly Sick But
Was All Run-DOwn-Gains
Ten Pounds by Taking
Tanlac

81 have actually gained ten
mounds in weight since taking Tan
lac and have improved so much In
health that even my friends notice
the difference and often remark
about IT," said Mrs. NJ. +. Gilbert,
of PA South Walnut St, Spokane,
wash, while in Murgitroyd's re-
Gently. Mrs. Gilbert is well-known
In her locality. having lived at the
same address for the past eleven
years.
II wasn't exactly what you would
call sick" continued Mrs. Gilbert,
but for year or two | have been
In a run down condition. | just
seemed to suffer my spells and
when these would come on me /
would be troubled for two months
at time, and during these spells
would get completely tagged out
even doing my homework, because
when | would try to do any work
my muscles would get tires right
away. | would certainly fee, mis-
cradle when these spells would be
on me and II was only by will
power that l could keep going, be-
cause | have always been the kind
that wanted to keep busy and not
let anything interfere with the
work ! had TO do. OF course,
tried different things In the hope
of getting relief from my condi-
ton, but nothing l took seemed to
help me a bit.
"rhen | got to reading about
Tanlac and how II was relieving
others and the statements made by
those who claimed to have been
helped by using 1t seemed so con-
vincing, that | made up my mind
TO give Il trial. too | didn't
notice that that first bottle did me
any good, but when / began to
take the next one ! could certainly
feel difference In my condition
and | must acknowledge now that
| think Tanlac is all that is claim
ed for Il and consider il the best
medicine | have ever taken. l have
a wonderful appetite now and have
picked up in weight and have So
much energy that l can do more
work by far than l could before |
began taking Tanlac. and l can do
all my work with ease. too, and
never feel any more tired after
wards than person naturally
would under the same circum-
stances. just feel so happy over
the way Tanlac has helped me
that tell my friends that ] actu-
ally feel years younger. ! have all
the confidence in the world In
Tanlac and gladly recommend 1t to
others every chance | get
Tanlae is sold In Seattle by Bartell
Drug Stores under the personal d.
rection of a special Tanlac represen-
ve.-Advertisement.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-07-17

ure up TO Gods creation. Man spends
much OF his life indoors 10 reach the
goal OF success In civilization. And
then. after wrecking health In win
ming success. he spends the rest of
his life trying to recover health In
the great outdoors
For example. visit any OF the
mountain towns OF our West. on
the outskirts you will see many tents
and small cabins. outside OF these
tents and cabins you will see open
sleeping accommodations. where the
unfortunates OF our race are seeking
20 recover health. They do this on
the advice OF famous doctors. who
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-07-17
by BILL HART

Foremost motion picture actor In
outdoor filmsD
Boys. does II ever strike you just
what clean living meansY Follow
strictly the advice OF your parents
avoid bad associates and practices
that would injure your mind and
body. Clean living not only means
being clean in your habits, but II also
means keeping out In the open as
much as possible.
God made the great outdoors. II
Is the natural life for mis- children.
Indoors is the mode of living devised
by man. Naturally II does not meas
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-07-17

know that the greatest healer is the
outdoors.
Now think this overt
Boys. IL the outdoors Is the best
medicine for those who are i'll. surely
the open must be the greatest up
builder for growing boys. That which
Will restore health viii surely i'm.
prove those who are healthy.
Military training has shown the
American boy the JOY OF clean living.
II gave him new born strength-ths
splendid vigor OF the outdoors. lie
will not forget IL.
Boys. keep your minds and bodies
ciean-and you will be regular no
men. tSignedl BILL HART.