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The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1919-02-12
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BUCK GROVE ITEMS
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Robert Docherty will go to Dow City
about March first to take charge of 6
cream station there for the Nicholson
company. He would have remained
here in the same capacity if he could
have rented house. He has been liv
ing in the restaurant building tempo
rarily but that has been leased for q
year and there is not a place he can
rent in town. Why don't somebody
with a little extra money build "a
house or two for rent. 1t looks like ii
would be a good investment,
w. L. Morton went to Sioux City
Wednesday morning and returned on
Friday. He went to consult an ocu'
list about his eyes which have been
giving him much trouble since he re.
covered from the flu.
G. r. Priddy acted as relief agent
| for Mr. Morton during his absence.
| He will have charge of the Charter
Oak station.
Mr.. ond Mrs Snowd Thompson Wis
tied in Buck Grove over Sunday. They
had their baby daughter baptized
while here. Snowd went back to Dow
City Monday but his wife and baby
remained until Friday afternoon. They
will make their home near Dow City
on farm this year.
Daniel Hemphill was business Wis
itor in Denison last Monday.
A card received from Sidney Bon
ney states that he expected to sail
from France about January 18th.
George thinner had narrow escape
from a very bad accident, if not GER
tain death, one day last week His
clothing got caught in gasoline en-
CINE and if it had not given away it
would have been pretty serious for
George. As it was he escaped with
some bad bruises but no broken bones.
Mrs. Bonney arrived home Monday
afternoon after a pleasant over Sun
day visit, with her daughter, Bernfce,
and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Melvin Young took
their daughter, Maxine, to Sioux City
for an operation one day last week.
They have returned and the Qittle girl
is getting along nicely .'
John and Ella Arndt, of Leeds. came
Friday for a few days visit with rela-
tives in this vicinity.
There will be dance in the Buck
Grove hall on Wednesday evening,
February 26th, under the auspices of
the Catholic ladies to raise funds for
the church AS there has been moth
ing done for the church fund for long
time it is hoped there will be a good
turn out. Further particulars next
week.
Deputy Sheriff Johnson, of Denison,
was business caller here Saturday. u
Bert Blair is taking care of case
of lumbago. .....
The Misses Lydia Prosh and Gladys
WEIGH visited friends in Charter Oak
Sunday.
Fred Loewe is having quite time
with rheumatism these days.
Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Mallory visited
Mrs. Byron McMullen and husband,
also Roy Slater and wife, in Omaha
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1919-02-12
Caldwell home in the east part of

Caldwell home in the east part O
town.
Mr.. Lalone and family will move
this week to a farm west of town. The
home recently occupied by them wa
purchased by Ellis Gorham.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. S. Hull are home
in Nebraska.
Myron Tyler came from Longmont
Colo, last Thursday for visit of 6
few days at the home OF his sister
Mrs. j. r. Wheeler, and left on Satur
day morning for Portland, Ore, tt
make his home for time.
Miss Louise Tilton left the last OF
| the week for Illinois to visit with hel
brother who has lately been mustered
out of the service.
+ Mr.. and Mrs p F. Barrett surprised
their oldest daughter with the present
of baby grand piano last week, the
occasion being her birthday. The sale
was made by Frank Lister, of Denison,
he being the piano man in this vicin-
lily.
Miss nellie Lehan was out of the
store several days the past week, hay
ing slight cold, but was on duty
again Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. B. Bailey were
Dow City callers several days the past
week. =,
Mesdames Powell and Cramer re-
turned from an Omaha hospital the
first of last week. They were accom-
panied by Mrs. Cramer's son.
Mrs. J. J. Moorhead and Miss Pearl
Powley came up from Woodbine Sum
day evening. "
The bible class met as usual on Sun
day afternoon at the Congregational
church, at which time the lesson was
opened by song by Prof. Breaw, who
is conducting the music at the spe-
cial meetings. Mrs. Burleigh gave a
lesson along the lines of the two
that run through the old
testament concerning the coming of
Christ. She made mention of the fact
that people setting a specific time for
his coming had rather brought the
doctrine into disrepute. Mrs. Bur-
leigh is an exceptional bible student
and gives her class much that is of in
tense interest to them. 49,
Mrs. Clara Taylor returned to her
home in Grinnell after some time spent
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. L.
Kellogg.
Union services were held Sunday
evening at which time the Methodists
united with the Congregationalists and
a large crowd was in attendance. Pro-
lessor BreaW conducted a half hour of
song service which closed with a Sc
lection by mixed quartet and sever
al solos by the professor. The open
ing prayer and Ibenediction was Civ
EN- by Rev. Penn of the Methodist
church and the sermon was given by
DR.. Burleigh.
B, J. Moore is on the sick list and
unable to be out the past few days.
Mr. Hopkins Sundayed with the
home folks at Woodbine.
Mrs. Will Aldrich visited with rela-
tives in Dow City one day last week.
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Germans. We were operating a
switchboard there.
l received letter from Walter a
few days ago stating where he is To-
Gated. We are not great distance
apart and may have chance to meet
here before returning home. l hope
will be home soon, Carmen, as am
very anxious to go across
Received quite bit of mail lately
and will try to answer it all in a few
days.
Will I must close now, with much
love to all. From your uncle,
Busch Frahm
Co. c 10th Field Signal Bn.
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WV. az, 1OLo
Dear Carmen: ...,.
While l have lots of time l will an.
swer your letter dated November 10th
and was very glad to get it.
/ did not have chance to celebrate,
Carmen, as was salvaging wire that
day when / heard the news.
We are having rain today and hope
it will clear up soon as we have rain
nearly every day and we are getting
sick Of it.
l came here few days ago with a
truck from Rampont, which is dis
lance of about $50 miles. 1t took US
nearly all day and was nearly all in
that night. This is what we had for
dinner, one sandwich, and that wasn't
very much for it was a cold trip and
we were nearly frozen when we got
here.
Four of us boys have room up
stairs with French family and they
are very nice to us.
I am on guard today from 8 this af-
ternoon until p. m. tomorrow. ! go
on for two hours then have rest for
four.
l had a pass to go down town last
light. The first army headquarters are
located at Bar-sur-aube and they are
very strict about passes before enter
ing the town.
We get UP at 6:25 every morning ex-
cept Sunday and have retreat at S:4O
p. m. as it gets dark very early here
now.
l had all my clothing and bed cloth
ing deloused yesterday. They put the
clothes in basket and then steam is
used. The steam has to be certain
degree before the coolies and the eggs
in the clothing are killed. The clothes
are steamed for about As minutes.
got the coolies about a month ago in
a dugout that had been used by the
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1919-02-12

The "wets'' look forward to the wa
terry prospect OF July LIST much like the
small boy contemplating Saturday
night. " n 4
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1919-02-12

1t is a we'll known fact that manure
loses it's value when it stands. 1t can
be hauled out at once this season OF
the year.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1919-02-12
Busch Frahm, France

Carmen Olry has received the fol-
lowing letter from her uncle, Busch
Frahm, who is with the 319th field sig
nal battalion in France, and she has
handed it to us for publication:
Bar.sur-eube, France,
Dnc % 1918
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-26
OTHER VIEW POINTS

It is encouraging to note that the Berlin board of education has ordered all high school libraries to throw out all books of the old iinperialistic Ger man flavor. This is decidedly a move in the right direction. The trouble with the Germans was fundamentally educational. If the rising generation is better taught, there will be better Germany.-Waterbury Republican.
 A New York paper has started a discussion of spats. The sarcastic critics have their first innings. To them spats were the mark of f0ppisf = ness the sign Of the dude. Forthwith rises several older people mindful of their health who wear them not for show but for comfort. They find that their chief purpose is not locks bat warmth. One such says he wears them to cover up his low shoes, which are cheaper than high ones. So that comfort and economy are likely to conquer rid5cule.-Waterbur Anleri. can.
 We are in receipt of rather frequent bulletins from the department of ag- riculture and the c. A. C., urging re- forestation of waste lands. For this purpose white pine and spruce is rec commended. Having witnessed the de. predation caused by lnarauding ar. my of hunters after Christmas trees an army that ruthleSsly cut and ap- propriated everything in the eyel green line over foot high. we are de cidedly skeptieal about the advan. tages of reforesfatien. at least unti
 the state gives the protection required l from thieves who have no scruples ol 1 regards for property rights or ths { costs involved in buying and growing trees or in caring for the native ones i The Christmas tree thief is a pest, al
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-26

the skeleton arm of the queen of King Ger, or the first dynasty, which, alike
 for the grace Of their design and for the skill with which the gold is wrought and soldered. are admirable. The civilization of the Nile valley
 no longer challenges us with the Great Pyramid as the first essay of it's development or seems to spring full
 grown like Athens from the head of Zeus. Petrie places the beginnings Of the first dynasty at 551o B. C.. while another school brings them down to 34a0 B. c.
 Like many Of these ancient kings ! Zeser was not content wit a single tomb. He had another at Salqqara, near Memphis where the chambers Of the interior were lined with fine blue ] and green glazed tiles.
 "A king who could rear such a I structure had evidently st command \ the resources of a very well organ 4zed state and capable architects. { Accuracy equal 10 opticians work, I but on a scale of acres instead of | inches is scarcely what one expects in 1 buildings reared nearly 5ye00 years
 ago. But the huge blocks Of the Great
 Pyramid, 2,39a,e ,e9Q of them weighing
 on an average two and half tons | dp4Sc6 NIlllG S1NlAE LO IV <Al4o DS i tons are squared fitted, and ieveled with an accuracy which puts to shame our best modern work and compeis cur respect not only for the strength. but for the skill of these mighty bllih- CTS before the Lord.
 'sThe question of how the Egyptians ] made fire was one that had often ex- ercised archeol0glsts. No representa- | ton of the process existed On the
 monuments, nor does the nation ap- pear to have attached any 1gious significance to the origin of fire. The question was settled by the discover. at Kai4un of a regular bowdril fol making fire, together with severa
 sticks showing the burnt holes caused
 1 by fire-drilling.
 In February. 1905, an American ex'
 plorer. T. II. Davis. discovered ths
 tomb of Yuaa and Thuaa- father an'
 mother of that Queen Tyi whose in Il fuence played so great a part in Ak
 henaten's religious information. . "The tomb was intact and the ob
 iects it contained were as perfectl, 1 preserved as if they had been shut u 2 only a few weeks One Of the arch
 3eolOgists described his sensations O 5 entering the place as being very Illac l like those of a man who enters a tow
 house which has been shut up for tn summer. Armchairs stood abou l beautifully carved and decorated wit gold, the cushions on one Of the1 I stuffed with down, and covered wit linen so perfectly preserved that the t might have ben sat upon or tosse 9 about without injury. Two beds ( a fine design decorated with gold occu 5 pied another part of the chambe - while light chariot in perfect prs g serVation stood in corner.
 2 Most startling of all was the discoa
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-26
INTEREST ON THE LOANS,

In connection with the recent an- nuoncement by Floor Leader Mondeil ID the lower house of congress to the effect that the estimated expenditures were too large and that a great par ing down would have to take place, it was pointed out that while we have loaned billions to Europe on which this country is paying around s4eD,- c0e,e00 interest yearly ire count ;, is not going to get the benefit of the 'n . terest payments hy tl.e European DOT rosers for some t.i,ic. According tc the rate at which the money was iean- ed there should be coming to the United States something like s475, 5,000,. 00a each year in interest and there is no question but what this country eoNid make good use of it as it falls due. However. no one is so pessimis- tic. as to think that we will not get it but just at the present time Europe is not in a position to pay and any at tempt to do so at the present rate oi exchange would simply mean the placing Of an extra burden on those csuntries and give us more than we ars entitled to.
 The situation therefore adds to tht reasons for praeticing economy in. stsad of plunging into indebtedness. when it can be avoided. We need ir fact to cut our garments according tC the cloth.
 In handling the foreign interest ac. cUant Secretary Glass of the treasury has agreed that the payments may Lbe deferred and under the circnm Ssssxrces tilsre is little deuht but wha
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-26
FIGHTING INSANITY,

The importance of prevention is not to be under estimated in deairg with many of the problems before state and nation today. Some Of the greatest serftcN can he rendered in checking unrest, fires. insanity, bad health and other things through preventive measures. It is simply the old story of an ounce of prevention being worth 8 pound of cure.
 Dr, owan Copp of Philadelphia in 8 ecent address before the Itadiana so- cie4y of mental hygiene declared that aGhat state was not spending one dol lar to prevent and cure mental dis ease where it was spending two to take care Of it. It is the experience of most states that are giving atten ton to tteir insaqe that the number is rapidly increasing. Tn Connecticut the number of patients multiple. faster than the institutions can be built to take care Of them, It is 3 consta atly increasing problem, fol proper institutional care is due the af fiieted for their own as well as the pubiic's good and protection.
 At the same time while such large expenditures are being made for thf care Of the insane, much greater ser. vice could be rendered if efforts wers devoted to increased preventive work As in the case ef tuberculosis there is need of beginning to block it before it starts as well as taekling the dis, ease in its earliest stages. That i! when the s1 eatest help can be ren 6eFed, when the trputie yields tn. easiest to treatment and when thi prospects of curing are the best. We think enough of property ant fife to work for the prevention of thei destruction by fise, We think enougl of preventive Fs asures to use then 1 extensively in other directions am certainly it ought not to be overlook ed in connection with insanity. State
 are opening clinics and others are ad
 hitting patients tc state hospitals ol
 personal application for treatmen
 with excellent results. It is all pre- gentive work that counts.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-26

many farmer can testify and an ex- pensiye one as RelL-Bristol Press.
 We can quite understand Mayor Fitz- -Gerald's refusal to have his sal ary raised without subscribing to the doctrine that the proposed increase in the pay for mayor is exorbitant. It is not so. The aldermen should make the increase apply to the mayor talk ing office in 1922. We agree, on the other hand, with James E. Wheeler of the finance board that its members should continue to serve without pay as a. patriotic duty. It is an arduous
 task but an important one and should be assigned to men who want to serve their fellows. There is no reason to believe that a wage would improve the
 personnel of the department. There is
 good chance that it might have the opposite effect.-New Haven Journal COuriar
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-26
CROSSING DANGERS.

According to tho assistant to the general manager of the Southern Pa cifc railroad "carelessness in crossing railroad tracks by occupants of auto mobiles is slowly but surely yielding 10 the campaign of education" and he reports for the year ending the first of October a decrease of six fatalities and i30 in injuries in comparison with the prevous year.
 The Dumoer of killed and injured does not begin to tell the story of the grade crossings, their dangers and the chances that some drivers insist on taking. for during the year there were 452 autos damaged or destroyed ot which 222 attempted to cross almost immediately in front of an approach ing train, 115 ran into trains. 27 ran into and broke down gates which had been lowered to protect them from traing, four ran down and injured crossing fiagmen and 15 ran into crossing signals.
 From <his disclosure it might ap. pear that any improvement that in creased respect for railroad crossins dangers might be as much due to tlas teachings of the crossing experience O others as much as to any campaign O education. The school of hard knock! aceomplishes great things for thos, who get through alive.
 Bu/ regardless of reduced fatalities and accidents at crossings it is evi dent that there is still too much disre spect for such danger points. This i no better disclosed than by the state ment of the same railroad official t, the effect that "in practically ever, instance occupants of autos had unob structed view of the track in both di rections to enable them to observe ap proach of train before reaching th crossings"
 This points to the same old story c giving too little attention to road dan eers, desire for speeding that over comes the desire for safety or dis position to take chances. Certain when crossing gates are smashed, flag men run down and signals struck can hardly be said that due regard i being paid to avoiding danger an protecting the lives Of the auto eccu pants. The campaign of edueatio may be helping but there is still muc fer it to do.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-26
MISREPRESENTATION.

Whether they think they are clever enough to fool the people and the federal authorities all the time, or whether they expect to get so rich in a short tiEie from their fraudulent operations that they could stand such sentence as might be imposed and be independent for the resi- of their lives. there are those who are continually trying out some new trick to he1. tho
 government. Some succ,se1e but more
 fa.L
 In this connection it is timely nt-
 tention that Internal Revenue Collec-
 tor Walsh is calling to the action of
 the grand jury at Toledo in indicting
 two men named Compton for con-
 spiring with certain of their agents to falsely assume to be employees of the United States. Doing business under
 the name Of the United States Audit
 Bureau and the Income Tax Record Bureau at Washington. D. C. with nc
 place of business in fact. the purpose
 of the names chosen was plainly tc impress people wi1h the idea that they were government authorities. TherS were those who even claimed to bs government employees and as sucf disposed of many books compiled by the Comptons, the buyer getting tho idsa that tils government required tlse rse of the books in making out income tax returns.
 It was a cieveriy conceived idea ot
 getting basiness through raisrepre, sentatien fer the agents carried ere fentiais signed by the Income Ia, Record Bureau of Washington, D. C.. written on a iet;er head of the bureaJ
 which seemed genuine enough, tn, 1 purpose clearly being to impress those ii4;er~;cwed that their governmen standing wag not to be questioned. So carefully arranged was it tha'
 it worked but like the . st laid plots 1 of mice and men it slipped it's trolley There have been warnings enough ot ihe same kind tS convince most peo- ple cf the hazard of attempting sllci thing. Tlae warning contained 1T fine indictment of the Cronnptons 1.
 further evidence Of the inadvisabiiits
 of tryiag to swindIe> by false pretenseg hut it is useless to expect that nC others will engage in similar worf, The warning 10 the public is timel! and wise nevertheless.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-26
STORIES OF THE WAR
Saved By Russian Artillery.

lBy The Associated Press)-British officers cCmman nding troops which have since been withdrawn from the Ar ehangel and Murmansk fronts were saved by Russian artillery fire from an initiation by Russian mutineers at Tulgau shortly before they left Russia The story has just been told by spec ial correspondent who was with the British forces in North Russia.
 Some of the British were in hut when they were fired upon by one of the mutineers through an open door way. The Russian missed and was shot down. his failure revealing plans for a general massacre. All the wires except one to village where loyal Russian artillerymen were stationed, had been cut and the uutineers were preparing to turn machine guns upon the British when the trapped men tel ephoned the Russians gunners. Im- nfediately the loyal Russians beean to drop 45 shells among the mutineers and the British escaped.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-26
CIRCULATION WEEK ENDING DEC. 27, 1919 1O,366
TURNING BACK TIE ROADS.

The decision of the president not to turn the railroads back to the owners until the first of March has been pro- claimed and it must be looked upon as a wise one. No intimation had been given that the president would alter his mind expressed last spring to the effect that the roads would be return ed the first of January but in view .of the situation existing today, with ithe legislation in the stage that 1t is for dealing with the roads after they are turned back and the effect that the turning back would have without proper legislation being enacted it causes no surprise. Even though be had announced a previous date it is plainly evident that he has been ac- tuated Dy existing conditions in changing it. Ii is in fact as Secretary THmulty says in a statement giren ont regarding the prociaraatio ton that to re- turn the roads at the end of the year without due provisions for taking Them over and managing them would raise financial and legal coulp.fca- tons of serious character.
 This has been realized ever since it has been seen that the railroad bills before congress were not going to be passed. For that reason it was ex- peetsd that the turning back sof the roads would not take place until later and some estimates had fixed next Jaly as the date. During all the time there have been those who favor gov- ernmeat ownership who have been urging the retention of the roads for a period Of several years. The precla nation of the president however ends ar probability ot that but requires the best possible use Of the next few weeks to get the railroad legislation in shape for March first.