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The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1919-05-16
CHATHAM

The Chatham schools closed their
work the past week with the eighth
grade commencement on Wednesday
evening, held in the M. E. church.
Prof. W. D. Pearce, county superin-
tendent of schools, gave the address,
which was of a high order.
Miss Bevins was entertained over
Sunday in the Ed. Geisinger home.
She purposes returning to her home
in Adrian, Mich, where she will
CONTINUED on page two)
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1919-05-16
SOUTHWEST MEDINA CO.
(continued from page 81
HOMERVILLE

Glad to see the suns bright smile
this morning and hope it will continue.
Mrs. Sarah Jane Tinsler, an aged
and respected lady of Homerville,
died at the home Of her son, F. L..
Tinsler, last Sunday night. The fun
eral will be at the home, Wednesday
afternoon at l o'clock.
Charles Keyser seems to be the
champion wood buzzer of this place.
He buzzed 80 1-2 cords in eight hours
for L. L. Hummel one day last week.
J.C. Edwards, living on the F. P
Buchanan place, has purchased the
John Hines farm near Miners stop,
on the electric.
Sherman Walters has bought the
Gloeser farm, where he now resides.
Frank Ringler bought the farm join
ing him Of A. w. Zeigler.
The school year is drawing to a
close and vacation will soon be here.
Will try and give a few school notes
next week.
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1919-05-16

Cleveland last Saturday to meet their
son, Harry, of the 166 Reg. They
visited with him about 30 minutes and
left well repaid for the trip.
! The pumping station has shut down
for repairs.
Beulah Todd has been home for a
few days taking care of her mother,
who has been sick.
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1919-05-16

They were tracked as far as Lester,
then all track was lost and it was
thought they must have taken train
from there.
The L. A. S. will meet with Miss
Grace Lockwood Wednesday, May 81.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edd Bauer went to
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1919-05-16
NORTHWEST MEDINA co.
BEEBETOWN

Lauretta Green. who has been Wis
iting at Harvey Kline's, has returned
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1919-05-16

Y Deferred letter)
We noticed some farmers wearing
overcoats today while plowing. Hope
Jack Frost doesn't give us call again
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1919-01-10
Land GirIs Winter Outfit.

The land girls winter outfit has been
exercising the attention Of the Lon
don ladies' tailors. Throughout the
summer months the girl who works on
the land has presented a very smart
appearance In her fresh white tunic
and knee breeches of khaki drill. The
coming colder weather, however, de-
mands something more substantial
than drill, and the land suit Of khaki
corduroy Is the latest vogue in agri-
cultural uniforms. Pockets, except as
a decoration, have played very minor
part In feminine fashions for some
years now, but the tailors report that
the land girls insist upon full equip
ment of big wOrkmanlike pockets In
breeches and tunics. The women war
workers are very particular about the
cut of their uniforms and the outfits
now being turned out by the tailOrs,
In perfection of workmanship and fin
:sh, compare very well with the most
expensive creations of fashion.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1919-01-10
Guide Posts at the Front.

One of the difficulties of the walk
n,m wounded" at the front. 1t has been
frequently noted. is th~lr inability TO
determine the direction or location OF
the nearest fi-st-sid station. To help
solve this difficulty the American Red
Cross is furnishing to the American
army several thousand small cloth
signs, the distribution Of which VIII
follow the advance Of every American
attack. Red Cross men. stretcher
bearers and runners will carry them,
and they will be tackled on trees, posts
the ground or any conspicuous object
i'm the wake of the advancing men,
pointing the way to the first-aid dress
ing stations.
The markers are OF white cloth,
with q large red cross at one end and
n red arrow at the other to indicate
the direction. The American Red Cross
has been told by army officers that
these markers will save untold suffer
ing and even the lives of some men
as the seriousness Of any wound de-
ponds largely upon the promptness
With which it receives attention.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1919-01-10
Sending Carrier Pigeons by Balloon

To increase the usefulness of pig.
cons ia warfare wire cages, each just
large enough for one bird, are now in
use, says Popular Mechanics Maya
zine. The cages carry grain for the
birds and pencils and paper for ma
rooned dispatch writer's. They are
attached to small balloons that are
used when wind conditions are favor
able, and also to parachutes designed
TO be dropped from low-fying air
planes. On the other hand, several Of
them may be strapped to a trained
dog and conveyed by him to the de-
sired point. All of which Is for the
purpose of establishing communication
with detachments that become cut of
from the main body Of troops and,
while resisting capture, have no means
Of immediate escape without outside
assistance. The wire cages are ar
ranged so that the birds may be fed
without being removed from them,
and, furthermore, messages may be
inserted in the pellets the pigeons
carry without the latter being handled
or even touched.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1919-01-10

little s.sng hrra aua here in the on
coming wA@eS ~ f.s's-gra<. lis spas
modic rat-ra-te' &" aareh 10 the anx-
iously HSteniac iaen in The front line
that either the gun or the gunner had
not entirely escaped the shrapnel hail.
Then silence.
"a bent burdened figure emerged
from shell crater, rs yards In adj
vance of the oncoming Huns. and stag
gered towards the Canadian lines.
Twice he fell. but struggled gamely to
his feet, pursued by scattered rife fire.
It was Togo. A dozen volunteers
leaped the parapet to his assistance !:
a hundred rifles held up the enemy.
"They lowered him gently into the
trench, marveling at the vitality that
had animated the terribly torn body.
The gun he saved lay, smeared with
blood, beside him. His shattered arm
moved towards it, as his spirit how
cred on the brink OF the shadow, a
smile lighted up the drawn face. Him
have last good talk. Hun no catch
honorable Lewis he said-and passed
out"
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1919-01-10
NO LONGER A JOKE
Boys in Khaki Don't Like ISLAM"
at M0ther-in-LaW.
Ase-old Standby Of the Professional
Humorist Has Been Killed by the
War, and of Course There's
Reason.

The story Is told from one Of the
huge auditoriums Of the "Y" in q can
Torment not far from one Of the larg-
est cities. The crowd extended to the
doors and rows and rows of big, husky,
clear-eyed boys in olive drab sat crowd
ed together on the benches. The next
day would find them en- route to Ber-
lin, but that did not matter to them.
They were there to hear the big. burly
man on the stage who was responsible
for the shouts Of laughter that blend
ing together in one great roar almost
lifted the roof.
One of the funniest comedians had
made the special trip to their camp
just to give them this opportunity.
There is nothing that the American
boy loves more than a good joke. The
celebrated comedian was enjoying him
self as much as the boys as one after
another Of his stories get across"
He saved the best one to the last.
With q twinkle In his keen eyes he
sprang ii. brand new variation of the
sge-old mother-in-law story. He told
it well, it was e1cruciatingIy funny and
It was new. But it fell fiat. The big
spontaneous burst of laughter was not
forthcoming. But they more than
made up for Ii when they began to
clap as the jOkester left the platform
and when they gave him three cheers
after the performance.
But it worried the comedian and lat.
er he asked lieutenant about it. The
lieutenant light ed his cigarette before
answering. 81 don't suppose you fel
lows outside this mans army have any
reason for knowing this, but the ole
mother-in-law joke will never get over
again. couldn't laugh at one, no mat
ter how funny it was, to save my neck
1t wouldn't seem funny to me. You
see when war was declared. wanted
In the worst way to enlist. Fellow:
with kids see IT even before the single
ones, but I felt that it wouldn't b.
right to do It then on account of Mar.
and the children. couldn't keep III
my home on soldiers pay, IL ! CAV
up my Job. 1t didn't seem the sQuar
thing to them then.
"Well, my mOther-in-law sent for m
to come around one night and see he
alone on my way home from the office
She told me that she knew just how
felt about en!iStins and that l WASH
to let the money side OF ii stand 1
my light for an instant. | could d
what I could, she said, and she wOul
make up the rest. She hadn't DO
Of her own to 60 and anyway Mary an
the children were to get all she ha
when she was gone, they might as we
have it now when they needed 1t mos
It's no use, the old mother-in-law jok
is dead. There are hundreds of boy
right here in this one camp who fe'
exactly as l do about it,"
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1919-01-10
Versatile Packing House,

1t was packer experts who solved
one of the most important problems
Incident to supplying our men with
gas masks. 1t is packer product that
is used to stanch the flow of blood
from the wounds of our soldiers; IT
is packer product which Is used to
sew up the wounds; the soap With
which the soldiers clean up after their
turn In the trenches is a packer prod
uct; the glue which figures largely In
the manufacture Of airplanes comes
from the packers; the aviators' sheep
pelt coats are packer products; gly-
cerine for use in explosives, animal
oils for lubricating purposes and
leather for harness, puttees and the
like come largely from packing houses.
Christian Herald.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1919-01-10
Detectaphone Barred.

Conversations heard over detecta-
phone were barred in the New York
supreme court by Justice Golf until
proof was introduced that the instru-
ment works accurately. It was used
by Mrs. Bertha Bloomer to gather evil
dence for her divorce action against
Martin B. Bloomer, lumber dealer.
Counsel for Mrs. Bloomer protested
that the detectaphone is being used by
the United States government in Its
secret service work. Justice Golf re-
piled:
Anyone might place AN instrument
Of this sort In room and claim he
had overheard conversations OF some
one he had not seen at the time"
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1919-01-10
WITH THE coLoRs HE LOVED
How an American in Highland ReQi-
ment Was Enabled TO Join
His Own People.

want to tell you about fellow
here, writes Sergt. Lester s. Lowell OF
the headquarters company Of the One
Hundred and Third field artillery, In a
letter to his brother, from a hospital
In southern France. He is an Ameri-
can, but when the war got going he
went to England and enlisted in
Scottish regiment. They probably knew
he was an American but they winked
and signed him up for three years. So
he put on kits and went to war. He
served three years and two months.
He was In the first gas attack Cypress,
1879 and has also fought in Egypt and
Turkey. His regiment was in London
after his three years and two months
were up. In the meantime America had
entered the war and there were recruit
ing Offices in London. This man ap-
piled to his regimental commander for
a discharge, but it was refused. One
day he was given 24-hour leave OF
absence. He went to the American re-
cruiting office and said he wished to
join the army. Mind you he was in full
uniform, kits and all, at the time. He
was shown in to a recruiting officer.
He showed the officer papers to prove
that he was born in Alabama.
"All right" said the officer. You're
an American citizen, and you want TO
enlist7"
Eyes, sir"
ever had any previous military e1
perienceT said the officer smiling. ono
wonder he smiled. The fellow was
wearing three wound stripes at the
time.)
"No, sir" said the fellow.
The officer sent him to major with
a note, saying: please hear this mans
story and take whatever action you
think best"
The major read it, and then read the
answers to the questions as they were
written out on the paper. "'Whats
! this-'no previous servicer"
mo, sir"
The major looked at the plaid OF the
kilt and laughed. He probably knew
| the fellows regiment was right in towr
at the time.
"Sure you're not enlisted|
Eyes. sir" says the fellow. Il never
was a soldier in my life"
The major laughed again and said
"All right, just stick to that and 1t vii
get you by. Sign here"
The fellow signed. Now" said tn
major, Il suppose you want to leave
London as soon as possible?"
eyes, sir"
So they gave him Yankee uniform
and put him in an outfit which wa
going to France that same day.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1919-01-10
First Patents for Steamboats,.

By number Of curious condolences
the United States government issued
its first patents for steamboats, on Au
gust rs. 1791. to Nathan Read. John
Fitch, James Rumsey and John Stew.
ems. Some time previous to the isSu-
ing of these patents Read invented
the necessary machinery to adapt
Watts steam engine to boat and land
carriages. In 1889 he exhibited to q
committee Of the American Academy
OF Arts and Sciences a model of a
steamboat with paddle wheels, which
he designed to connect with q high
pressure engine. Read also invented a
multitubular boiler and still another
form Of boiler on the same principle as
Is used at the present day on our loco
motives. The fire passed through
small spiral tubes, and In this way
consuming the smoke and several 9TH
er forms with many apartments to
which the water was to be gradually
admitted as fast as 1t was evaporated
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1919-01-10
English "colleae Men" Are oiris.

War and the industries made neces-
sary by war have had the effect of de-
pleting the student bodies of the Eng
lish universities to an extent that will
be serious this year. At the Univer-
sity Of Birmingham, one OF the most
modern and progressive seats of learn
ing in Great Britain. where scientific
training is a speciality. all Of the gradu.
ates who received the degree Of bach
elor Of science this year were women.
Two-thirds of the masters Of science
were Japanese and four-fifths Of the
bachelors Of medicine were girls.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1919-01-10
,soUD OF "LAST GOOD TALK"
prsv. Little Jap Wrote ~: Record
Hluh, and Died a. Soldier Would
Wish to DIE.

sYsmato Hykashi, famihsrly known
=, Togo In the battalion, Joined up at
r.ncouver. He was q bright, attrac-
~. little japanese with a beatiflc
smile and some quaint knowledge Of
rrsIish. Most honorable consciip-
Hon no catch me- he told the recruit
ns officer with a wide. disarming
smile.
"Hs put married opposite the ques-
ron. married or single on the-attes-
atton form, and favored the officer
With q pictorial view Of his family-a
pretty almond-%ed girl and two doll
NE babies. he accepted the assurance
nat they would be looked after by
ths Canadian government with beams
81 delight. Then, squaring himself as
be were going to fight the whole
German army, he strobe away happi-
" with q sergeant TO the military de-
pot
Togo became q Lewis gunner. the
bsst 40. L In the unit. he developed
/, pssSion for the weapon that amount
al almost to idolstry, and during the
training days astonished the instruc-
tors not infrequently, by scoring pos
sbIes on intricate landscape targets.
'Hun feel peevishly when honorable
Lewis talk with a full mouth he used
70 boast, and then proceeded to spray
bullets at an amazing rate and with
uucsnny accuracy on indicated posi-
ncns-the make-believe Of the ma
chine-gun school.
"The loss, in transit from Japan, OF
Letters from the almond-eyed girl in
,pired conversations with honorable
Iewis'-sad, grooming. little talks thai
none OF the gun team understood. Blu
they would not intrude upon or inter
rupt him.
THE Lewis gun posts, pushed wei
sut in the crater area OF the neutra
mound, had been put out of action, tn
guns destroyed, and the crews mangle'
BY hurricane barrage-all except one
Toward evening, as the German tnfan
trT advanced to complete the work o
the high explosive and shrapnel. thi
one gun suffered defiance and pecke
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1919-01-10
A Regulated Citizen.

"We've bout decided to GUST old Bill
Bottletop out o. this community" re-
marked BrOnchO Bob.
"What has he been doing?"
Hasn't been doing anything. It's
the way he talks. He says he doesn't
mind these gasolineless days. What
worries him Is these dodgast saloonless
days"
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1919-01-10

The boss is willing to devote ten
minutes to hearing you tell how you
sold the goods. But he can't spare
ten seconds to hear why you failed
to sell them.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-08-18
ARTICLE K MUST GO OUT.

Whatever may be their varying opinions on otbe,
phases of the league its opponents are united
in their nsisence that Article must be eliminated That
is the section that obgates States and other
members of the league preserve the territorial integrity
and political independence of other Form
er President Taft sensing the danger whole cove
nant through attack Article X, rushed 10 the
rescue He urges acceptance of the article the ground
that the other might not consent to its reserv
| ton by the United States
The issue therefore," Mr.. Taft is whether the
other nations in receiving ratification of the United
States containing a reservation refusing to consent q
Article and striking the obligations of The
United States under the treaty accept the ratica
ton with demanding they would have right furth
er negotiations before conserving to this change"
1t is startling announcement that the United States
is to be prevented from making Germany such
treaty as pleases without interference from other
tries Our dispute is with Germany. with her alone
we making peace The president has always been
careful TO refer TO the other enemies of Germany
associates" There has been ntimation that
there alliance between the United States and
any of the other beligerens Why then should the as
sertion be made that they treaty rela
tons with Germany?
Not suggestion has from across the water
that other governments question the proprety of the
senate of the United States making reservations
the treaty chooses has there any
the council would be reconvened in the Of
such reservations being adopted by this country With
the completed German American treaty before them ohe
]
rangements with Germany altering provisions
of the treaty recently signed. In fact openly limited
by those who have returned from Paris that European
countries have heart for the league nations
demand OF France for protective alliance with England
and the United States is proof that she hope
protection through agency league There can
be doubt that the other nations will speedily regulate
their affairs conform changes that America
cares 10 make in its contract with Germany.
Mr.. Taft TO the extent of threatening loss
of French friendship If do accede Article X
France. he would seriously object elimnat
ing article furnishing her defense against such
attack (srom Germany however short may fall Of
earnestly expressed wish After declaring France
international armed force ready the instant
prevent Germany from renewing her aggresions the
expresdent insists that she will be aggrieved II
she does get the promise of league support contained
in Article X AS matter of fact France does
fig the cumbersome and inefficient guarantees of the
league; what she does is alliance with England
and America for immediate action if again by
Germany. There will be the slightest objection from
France if Article X. the whole
J ter, is discarded
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-08-18
THE ANTI-ToBAcCo scAREcRow.

The common which characterized and
seadied the public conduct OF Wayne B. Wheeler gen
era of the AntiSaloon League of America was
expressed in his the other concerning the
attitude of the organization concerning various anti
tobacco agitatons.
The antitobacco scarecrow Of the antiprohibition
associations he declared does not fool anyone The
AnSaloon forces have intention of Joining their
sade. The liquor traffic public nuisance The TO-
bacco habit be private personal bad habit but
it is not in the class the intoxicating
liquor"
Sincere reformers have attempted to start move
ment for prohibition Of the growth manufacture,
sale and of tobacco" but they failed realize that
they playing directly of the liquor
forces.
As as it was that prohibition be 2
fact the liquor started campaign for the next
great reform in attempt to alarm public opinion and
lead people believe that general popular
liberties in contemplation. The agents of the Anti
Saloon League far from being helpless and
they were not taken in for a by the fake cam
pagn Mr.. Wheelers statement should have the effect
of Illuminating the situation that be furth
deceived by the clumsy device.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-08-18
|. v. v. BLAMED
FOR STRIKE OF
RAIL SHOPMEN
INTERNATIONAL ngws sgRvlcsI

IN iEhNAItONhL NEWS SERNfCEl
BOSTON. Aug. 16.-The Industrial
workers Of the world was responsible
for the strike Of railroad shopmen
throughout the country. Daniel J. Col
Inns. Of Scranton. Pa. general vice presi-
dent Of the Brotherhood of Railway
Carmen Of America and John Coots. Of
st Louis. international representa-
tive IF the union. charged here today
Collins stated that the strike originated
among members Of radical organiza-
ton in Chicago known as the American
Federation OF Railroad Workers. headed
by + i. Richardson. a former member
Of the American Federation Of Labor
The strike. said Collins. was the result
Of propaganda circulated from the Chi
eago radical organizations among the
various locals Of the Brotherhood of
Railway Carmen. of America. of the A
1 Of l. The literature was misleading
because Of the similarity of the organi-
cations names and demands. he said In
addition paid agents were sent out 10
various strike centers Collins and Coots
both charged
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-08-18
PRoF1rEERING-wHo? AND wHERE2

We all ready riot at the sound of the word
prohteer and with justice and right side. but
before denounce any individual business as having
taken down unreasonable profits that
We know what talking about. says the Muncie
Press.
For instance. the householder believes that
his grocer and his meat merchant holding him up
because it is to this retail
give part the pay envelope and
he knows that these charging prices that are
outrageous compared to the years ago
What he does is the prices that charged to
these retailers by the of whom they buy
of the who sell the butcher and baker and
grocer
Somewhere along the line may feel pretty sure
prohteerng is going and is natural take our
anger out upon the who money
If he only is allowed hold It until creditors come
along and take il away from him.
Doubtless grocers and butchers have done
prohteerng but investigators for the
said have discovered class of retailers really
has been the hardest hit by high prices have
not been able charge for their goods legitimate
Who is doing the prohteering. then?
That is what we must find out.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-08-18

COLUMBIA CITY-Two dozen farm
ers in this county earned an averag'
or sllo3 net pront in the Year just
ended. according to figures submitted
10 the country agent, who conducted
a contest