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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-12-30

One hundred twenty five people have
enrolled with us since Sept. l. Some
have gone out into splendid positions
so we have room for a new class. Mon
day, Jan. s, Is the time to enroll. Get
"a catalog now. Day and evening
classes. Central Iowa Business Col
Iege, Lena A. Vogt, principal.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-12-30

Alcohol IL cheaper than radiators
Hewitt's Garage.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-12-30

Fancy eating apples for New Years,
per peck, 30 cents. Flowers Market
and Grocery.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-12-30

Opportunity with manufacturing
concern for young person with good
education and knowledge of typewrit-
ing. Write Post Office Box 3S7.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-12-30

Lots Of bargains for everybody.
simmons Book Store.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-12-30

Fancy apples, per barrel. SS,25,
Flowers Market and Grocery.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-12-30

For one week only. Pepsodent tooth
paste, IS cents. ". A. Morgan.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-12-30

Fresh country butter. Olson Grocery
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-12-30

Fancy apples, per barrel, $3.50
Flowers Market and Grocery.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-12-30

Extra heavy range boilers, Guaran-
teed $50 pounds working pressure;
last a life time. A. c. Burgess, East
State street. Phone 1894.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-12-30
laaesRepubl(uul
CITY IN BRIEF
o. F.. futile. jeweier and opticlan.

o. E. futile. teweler and optician.
Fresh country butter. Olson Grocery.
DR., Graham. osteopath. Masonic
temple. ..
Fancy eating apples, per box. s2.75
Flowers Market and Grocery
For one week only. Pepsodent tooth
paste, So cents. h. A. Morgan.
-
You will find me over 10 West
Main street. Swanson. the tailor.
w. T. Scott, Penn Mutual Life In
surance. Iowa Savings Bank building
High-grade flour, best patent, per
sack. 1886, Flowers Market and
Grocery.
Fancy eating apples 'ar New Years,
per peck, 80 cents. Flowers Market
and Grocery.
Pepsodent tooth paste, special for
this week. only 80 cents. Old Reliable
Drug Company.
For Sale-Good dry corn cobs, $3.50
per load; prompt delivery. Cook Bros.
Grain Company.
Lost, purse containing glasses,
Christmas morning. Phone Red 1888.
Advertisement.
Sale on player rolls and Pathe rec
ords commencing Dec. so to Jan. 3.
Morrisey Music House.
Big New Years candy dance at the
l
1920. Ladies free. Nonpariel Club.
Blank books Of all kinds, letter files,
wire baskets, pens. pencils ink and
other office supplies. Simmons Book
Store.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-12-30

want boy in the Second ward to
contract to keep my walks free from
snow for the rest Of the winter. D. W.
Norris
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-12-30

Liosnssd 70 Wed. yr..r
Joseph c. Petrone. aged 81. ana Ada
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-12-30

Fresh country butter. Olson Grocer

Fresh country butter. oisoa ersssry.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-12-30

cora Williams Choate, physlolan.
Fresh country butter. olson Grocer,

Fresh country butter. Olson Grocery,
Dr.Buiiard. osteopath. 90 West Main.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-12-30

Fancy eating apples, per box, s2,7'
Flowers Market and Grocery.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-12-30

Fresh country butter. Olson Grocery.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-12-30

Some moro Lutcrigk FOR you Tues
day. Workshops Banner Market
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-12-30

Dr.Buiiard. osteopath. 30 West Main.
Fresh country butter. Olson Grocery.
Fresh country butter. Olson Grocery
Lots Of bargains for everybody
simmons Book Store.
Fancy apples, per barrel, 1915,
Flowers Market and Grocery.
For one week only. Popsodent tooth
paste, Ss cents. ". A. Morgan,
Fancy apples, per barrel, ss.g5
Flowers Market and Grocery,
Fancy eating apples, per box, s2,7S
Flowers Market and Grocery.
some more Lutcriuk for you Tues
day. Workshops Banner Market
High grade flour, best patent, per
sack 1896, Flowers Market and
Grocery.
The Pocahontas Lodge will hold It's
first meeting Tuesday niEht, Dec 80
Committee.
Wanted-NIcn TO work IN ice house
k''u NsNt'S' Apply GU '''''' ""''''''''
Ice Company.
Pepsodent tooth paste, special Tor
this week, only 80 cents. old Reliable
Drug Company
The Sunshine Circle will meet We'd
nesday afternoon with AIRS. NJ, II. Cole
700 East Linn street.
Call, see Or. Shal!cnhergcr Hotc
Stoddart. Marshalltown, Saturday, Jan
3. Fine farm for sale.-.AdNert.seme
II. w. Shove II Son. district man
ayers the Mutual Life Insurance Com.
pany of New York. Masonic Temple
New Years eve dance at Redmen
hall Wednesday, Dee. 81. Anderson
orchestra, of Ames, playing. -Adrer-
| tisement.
Market sale in Marshalltown. Sat
urday, Jan. 8. Bring anything you
have for sale. Plumb, Munro, Mason
G. Shoemaker.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter T. Scott. 20
South Eighth street. are parents of =
son born at midnight Sunday at 81
Thomas hospital.
Extra heavy range boilers, Euaran
teed $50 mounds working pressure.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-12-30

Blank books Of all kinds, letter files,
wire baskets, pens. pencils ink and
other office supplies. Simmons Book
|
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-12-30

offices. He was elected on the repub-
loan ticket to the lower house Of the
state general assembly in 1895 and
served two terms and an extra ses-
sion. At the expiration of his term he
was elected senator and served ono
term. He was the first president OF
tho Marshall County r,air Association.
an office no hold for five years. Mr..
Classen was born In Germany. April
30, 1sS8, and is 10 years Of age
Mrs. Classen was Miss Elmira Mes
sengsr before her marriage to Mr..
Classen, which took place Doc, 20,
1850, ut tho homo Of Mrs Classen's
parents, Mr.. and Mrs, II. N. Mes
sengeS five miles north Of tho city.
Judge '. NJ. Parker performed the
ceremony. Mrs. Classsn was born In
Trumball county, Ohio. Sept, l, 1855.
Her parents were among the carly set
tiers Of this county, coming here in
1s5& and settling IA Taylor tewnship.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-12-30

Mr.. and Mrs. Walter T. Scott. EOS
South Eighth street are parents of
son born at midnight Sunday at ST,
Thomas hospital.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-12-30

High grade flour, best patent, per
sack, 1895. Flowers Market and
Grocery.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-12-30

Market sale in Marshalltown, Sat
urday, Jan. 3. Bring anything you
have for sale. Plumb, Munro, Mason
g. Shoemaker.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-12-30

The Pocahontas Lodge will hold It's
first meeting Tuesday niEht, Dec, so.
'pmr,,itten
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-12-30

Big New Years candy dance at the
New American hall Thursday, Jan. l.,
1920. Ladies free. Nonpariel Club.
The courier-index., 1919-10-17
BIC MEN AND LITTLE THINGS.

An attempt was made in con- gres to spend S1O,000 of the gov. ernment funds for the purpose o1 presenting General Pershing with a gold sword.
 At the same time this was done 2 discharged soldier with a wooder leg was in Washington who was unable to collect cent of the in- surance that was due him for the loss of his leg.
 We do not begrudge Pershing g gold sword, or any other kind of a trinket, if he wants it. But we dc believe in paying the debts that are due the private sol diers who sacrificed everything to serve their country, and We believe in paying those debts before any money is spent on Pershing or any other general ".lo I-nw fat sal ary and lived in comfort while the enlisted men existed in discomforts too soul racking for description.
 If we are to enter upon an era of hero worship as a result of the few months we spent in this war, let us at least be consistent in the matter.
 There is no one entitled to more credit, and none is more endowed with the attributes of hero, than the man behind the gun and the junior officer who went over the top with him. He it was who went bravely into the jaws of death with smile on his face, and who stoically puffed at cigarette as his mangled form was borne to the rear.
 He asked for no reward, and, to our undying shame, he has re- ceived none-from the government.
 Spasmodic attempts have been made by a few members of con- gress to secure some adequate rec ognition for these brave men, but all such endeavors have ended in a fizzle.
 There are many of those young men Tn our own community who have served their country well, and have been discharged from the army and promptly forgotten.
 Is this to be an era of reward. ing the big man and forgetting the little fellow?
 If so, let us at least have the honesty to say so when we hand out the rewards.
 Camouflage served it's purpose in France, but there is no occasion for employing it in this country in times of naaca
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D. A. R. NOTES

The L'Anguille Chapter, D. A. R., held the first meeting of the new working year with Mrs. A. z. Rauscher. At this meeting the fol- 1 lowing officers were elected: Mrs. A. C. Rauscher, regent, re- elected.
 Mrs. P. R. Turner, vice regent, reelected.
 Mrs. Potts, recording secretary, reelected.
 Mrs. E. c. Badley, corresponding secretary.
 Mrs. R. D. Jarratt, treasurer. Mrs. Sam Harrington, registrar, reelected.
 Mrs. P. D. Mccullough, historian, reelected.
 On October 1 the chapter met with Mrs. J. T. Robertson. The principal business of the af- ternoon was the decision to offer medal to the student in the high school department who makes the highest general average during the school year of 1920. At the con- clusion of the business meeting the chapter was splendidly entertained with a reading by Miss Virginia Bush and several piano numbers by Miss Elizabeth Harrington. ssssss The L'Anguille chapter wishes information regarding the life of Hardy Williams, the first Method ist preacher to come to Lee county. In brother, name unknown, with lief ferson EZelle and two brothers, and one MT. Burris, settled west of Haynes in what is now Texas township. Hardy Williams preach ed in a little log church and school house on Larkins Creek (Ring- ville). He died about 1875. The following names and dates were taken from the tombstones in the old graveyard on Cavins Hill, west of Marianna: Rutherford J. Thornton Died 1853 Aged 39 years He was a Mason
 Three Infant Children
 of
 R. J. and E. M. Thornton
 Born 1853
 Sarah A. F. Hite
 Born 1872
 Died 1853
 K. c. Jones Born 1922
 Died 1871
 John B.
 son of
 A. B. and M A. Cavins
 Born I840 Died 1850
 This last is important, since this was son of the man who owned the farm on which the graveyard IS located, and for whom Cavins Hill was named.
 There are few other stones, all children of the Hites and Thorn tons.
 If you have the book, "Historical and Biographical Memoirs of East ern Arkansas" take care of it. It is valuable.
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Uhp Unnrirr- -Jnhrx

Published on Friday of each week [, Narianna, Lee County, Arkansas, by the Press Publishing Company, and entered in the postoffice in Marianna ~ second-class mail matter under per- nit from the postoffice department. Subscription price s2.00 per year. in- variably in advance. H. M. Jackson, Edftor-Manager.
The courier-index., 1919-10-17

The principal drawback encoun- tered in Bringing Up Father these days is to get the old man up to the point of coughing up the modest prices of immodest gowns.
The courier-index., 1919-10-17

The cats out of the bag, and it's the same old story of gouge. The general public slipped up on buying most of the army food supplies be- cause wholesalers had scooped them up and resold them to the retail trade at enormous profits. And our iails are still empty!
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Save 5000

By buying your Hoosier now you save save oS Soyy Chr on the purchase price and we give you SoVO ~ your old cabinet e.. ,;+eben.
 $10O takes you out of the hot stuny sart asrH' in The Hoosier leaves no excuse Tor disco: de- kitchen work Forty time and abor-saving Se us vices and convenences contalned M 1snre Hoosier. It offers you several hours oi ''''' gained each week.
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s1.OO Cash

Only $1.00 cash is required to place this won- derful cabinet in your home The balance IS ar ranged on small weekly payments.
 $1.00 releases the bonds of summer drudgery Don't delay your rightful leisure another day The Hoosier's scientific arrangement of many labor-saving convenences makes it possible for you to cut in two the time spent in the kitchen.
The courier-index., 1919-10-17

If Teddy the Second wants to follow in the footsteps of his dad of the Big Stick he will have to swing something more terrifying than a toothpick.
The courier-index., 1919-10-17

1. You only pay $1.00 in cash to have this wonderful cabinet placed in your home at once. The balance is ar ranged in small weekly, semi monthly, or monthly pay ments. Visit our Hoosier de- partment tomorrow and se- feet the model you like best.
The courier-index., 1919-10-17

An aviator at Mineopla, N. r., recently set worlds altitude rec ord by ascending 34,610 feet above sea level. And, strange to say, he failed to encounter single presi- dential boom on the trip.
The courier-index., 1919-10-17

The old-time soap box orator has about disappeared. For, you know, automobiles and soap boxes do not harmonize in this day when every man is an embryo millionaire.
The courier-index., 1919-10-17

The senate, it seems, is living up up to its reputation with regard to the league. It just can't agree to agree.
The courier-index., 1919-10-17
Three Big Inducements to Buy Your Hoosier Now!

8. You save $500 by dsT. pS.. chasing your Hoosier =. TOs. noe. Only through special arr arra"sS sIe ments with the factory Gyoos;er der we able to make our n noUS,v Uow. prices as low as they are n4S, tSe and after November a. lss 'ao uu price on each model "a goes
 $500. Buy now and sass'
The courier-index., 1919-10-17

Oh, for return to the good old days when We can step into a store and buy pair of shoes for S1.89!
The courier-index., 1919-10-17

Germany has become angelic in adverslty, and has placed a ban on gambling. Let us pray.
The courier-index., 1919-10-17

The country is full of jobs, and apparently quite as full of people who don't want the jobs.
The courier-index., 1919-10-17

Unto each life some rain must fall. But in some it is a torrent. while in others nothing but driz- gle.
The courier-index., 1919-10-17

2. We allow you $500 on your old kitchen cabinet, no matter what condition it may be in or what style. Just so 1t has a top it is acceptable as $500 on the cost of a new Hoosier. Don't neglect to grasp this wonderful opportu- nity.
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18th and 18th Divisions and the 10th |

| 18th and 18th Divisions and the 10th
Reserve Division, preserved their for
| mer character for valor and still de-
| sion. tn I'd Bavarian Division and the
Sth Bavarian Reserve Division) fell
| completely into decadence, Even
| some of the guard units-the I'd, 4th
and 9Th guard diyisIors-became very
| mediocre. The divisions of average
value, little by little, lost not only
all offensive capacity, but also All
only be compared to the units that
were formerly known as sector ol-
visions" The latter, who had been
| thrown into the conflict through
bad; Indifference and resignation
reigned among those of them that had
suffered the least heavily, and insu6.
| ordination and the spirit of revolt
had been more severely hammered.
The troops in the depots Of the in
terror and those belonging to the sup
ply services and on lines of commu-
nication were openly insubordinate.
Any prolongation of the battle could
only have resulted in bringing down
the whole of the German divisions
to the level of the lowest. few of
the Prussian units alone might per-
haps have proved exceptions to the
general rule, but this small nucleus OF
resistance would not have been SUI
fcient to ward off disaster.
Inc causes OIL tHiS eulcepleHioAt III
fact were too profound. The first was
the failure of the German offensive
in July. The German soldier, from
March to July, had put forth all the
efforts and made all the sacrifices for
which he was called upon. because
he had confidence in his high COM
mand and the might and the superior
ity of the German army; because he
was convinced, also. that the often
sive, if it did not result in decisive
victory, would at least bring about
the exhaustion of his adversaries. and
certainly peace. The initial successes
of the German offensives in Picardy
and Flanders and on the Chemin DIES
by the propaganda machinery of the
German high command and had dulled
his mind to the memory of the fright
full losses they had entailed, as well
as his perception of the final worth
lessness of these offensives, so far as
bringing about decision of the con-
flict was concerned. On July Is,
therefore. he was still a credit to his
leaders. He was ready to make a
supreme effort, in spite of the fact
that WEAKNESS was beginning to gain
on him.
In Champagne and on the Marine
however, the initial success itself
failed to materialize. This was the
I beginning of the collapse of the mo-
rale OF the German army; the sol
der. and even the officer, began to
| doubt The French counter offensive
| of July Is, and then the subsequent
| allied ofYensives of August and Sep
| TENDER, little by little completed the
work begun by the German reverse
on July Is.
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Value of German Divisions.

The value of a division depends upon
the number of its electives, the fresh
Less of their condition. the state of their
moral and the strength of their material
equipment.
When dealing with the strength of a
German company a distinction must be
made between the "Gesamtstarke
which includes the total number of men
drawing rations, both combatants and
miscellaneous, and the ''Gefechstarke
which includes only the combatants-
that 49, men armed with a rife or form
ing part of the crew of machine gun
and actually present in the fighting
ranks.
At the beginning Of the German Often
sive of March 81, 1918. the average
fighting strength of an infantry COM
pany was about 120 men. By July Is
this had dwindled until it amounted to
no more than between seventy. and
ninety men, and by the beginning of
November it had got down to fifty men.
Further, in order to keep its electives
even up to this figure the German high
command. owing to the lack of reserves
in the depots, were obliged, on the one
hand, as we have seen, to break up
twenty-three divisions, and. on the
other, to reduce from four to three the
number of companies in about 40 per
cent Of the battalions.
The number of prisoners captured
gives an idea Of the enormous losses
suffered by the German armies between
out Of 140 divisions engaged thirty-dve
lost from 1000 to 1000 prisoners and
twenty-three between 1000 and 1900
prisoners. 1t may be taken that on No
vember 10 the majority Of the German
divisions comprised not more than be-
tween 1000 and 1900 combatants each.
It may, therefore, be estimated that
the number Of German infantrymen
fighting on the western front on No
vember 10 was only about one-half Of
the number that 1t was on July Is.
Known facts as to this frightful crisis
Of electives in the German armies. On
October Fl the LIST Lehr Regiment, be-
longing to the Sd Guard Division. was
reduced to 200 bayonets. On October %
one Of the regiments belonging to the
SD Reserve was also reduced to 200
bayonets. On October "a the LIST Guard
Division consisted Of only three bat
talions of three companies each Gin all,
40 men).
What was the degree Of freshness Of
these units? To answer this question it
is sufficient to recall that:
Out of 207 divisions which appeared
on the western front in 1918, 1876 were
engaged in battle between March 81
and November 10. and that the re-
naming eleven were of poor quality
and unfit for actual fighting.
That eighteen divisions, which had
not been engaged in battle before
July 10, because they were regarded
up to that date as unfit to take part
in actual fighting, were thrown in
between that date and November 10.
That several divisions were engaged
three and even four times between
July Is and November 10. SO that the
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Good Units Lose Value.

The following extract from an or
der issued by the general command
ing the German 18th Army confirmed
this:
During the month Of July the army
has lost 233 men disappeared and
has made only Al prisoners. This
proves that the British have at pres
emit a superiority over our troops in
no mans land. Such superiority can
only result in weakening the fight
ing spirit Of our infantry"
Now. the 18th Army comprisoned. on
July /, one very good" division.
seven good" and two fairly good.''
and on July 81 one very good
division. seven good" and three
fairly good" Its composition was.
therefore. superior to that of other
German armies.
With a view to their great often
sives, the German general staff made
practice of classifying their di-
visions in several categories, in ac-
cordance with their value. These
were: Sturmdivisionen, or attacking
divisions; eingreif or verfolgungs d.
visionen, or support divisions: era.
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By AN OFFICER OF THE, FRENCH
GENERAL STAEE.

Reserve divisions. from the point of
view of their degree of freshness,
were classified in three categories:
Fresh" those which had enjoyed a
months rest and had therefore had
time to fill up the gaps in their ranks
and reform.
RECONSTRUCTED" divisions which had
had time to recoup their losses. but
which had enjoyed only from a fort
nights to months rest.
Worn out" divisions having had
less than fifteen days rest.
The table shows that the Germans
launched their successive offensive in
1918 with available reserves that
We're constantly decreasing in num-
Der and in quality.
1t shows. further. that. from July
Is to November 10, the total strength
of the enemy was diminished to the
extent of twenty-three divisions,
which. owing to the lack of suff1-
cient resources in the depots. had to
be broken up.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-08-12

On July IS, when the German high
command lost the initiative in opera
lions, it also lost the advantage of
icing able to carry on wearing
1own struggle. or war of attrition. as
and when it pleased. From that date
the allied high command, assured of
its power of being able to continue
he struggle, thanks to the advent
of American assistance, doomed the
Germans to submit to it's will with
out allowing them a moments rest,
which factor alone was sufficient to
insure victory to the allies.
The fall in the enemy's morale was
not less important than that OF his
physical strength.