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Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1919-04-24

who thronged government buildings
when bids for supplies were opened
but all this is changed now; they nave
returned to their homes, and as Uncle
Sam is buying only what he actually
needs, few contracts are being made.
Money is rolling into the Treasury
nowadays from junk dealers, since the
Acting Secretary Of War announced
that war materials Of various kinds
are to be sold as junk. Some $780,
000, 900 worth Of unused material has
been sold to date. This includes such
things as concrete, cantonment build
ings, wagons, trucks, etc. At present
the War Department has q million tons
OF steel on hand which will be sold to
private concerns and which will realize
about two billion dollars for the gov
eminent.
With the near approach Of the extra
session of congress, Washington is
again becoming an armed camp, with
many different kinds Of soldiers MAX
ing up it's composition. Congress is
not to have an idle moment. The Wo-
mans Suffrage party has opened its
office in full blast and has an abund-
lance Of literature with which to stead
lily lombard the offices of senators and
representatives. The party opposed
to woman suffrage is also on the job
and seems to be backed by plenty of
money and printed matter. The or
ganization which helped to push the
Dry Amendment to the constitution
through the senate is on hand with an
increased number Of workers, and OPP
posing them are the representatives Of
the brewers and the liquor interests,
who are determined not to give up if
a further struggle can help them. The
stockholders Of railroads have repre-
sentatives at work; farmers, manufac-
turers, labor organizations and many
other interests are pitching their
tents, to say nothing of the politicians
who will be found in the first line
trenches, the entire army hammering
away at the occupants of the big,
white-domed building on Capitol Hill
when the extra session begins.
Prosperity must be holding sway
pretty well over the country, judging
from the thousands Of tourists in
Washington just now. They are here
from every state in the union, the lone
some traveller, entire families, school
teachers and their pupils, brides and
grooms by the score. Washington
rivals Niagra Falls as mecca for
the newly married. The rubberneck
autos are doing thriving business and
provide the best means for sight-see-
ing, as well as the cheapest. For
one dollar tourists travel downtown
streets, passing public buildings,
Washington Monument, then through
the best residential section out to the
big park and the ZOO. A trip in a
sightseeing auto in Washington is
about the only thing that has not in
creased in price or decreased in value,
on account Of the war.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1919-04-24


President Wilson will hardly recog-
nize the White House when he re-
turns to Washington. The historic
edifice has been newly painted outside
and largely refurnished inside, even
the wonderfully complete kitchen hav-
ing new electric ranges installed and
other modern cooking apparatus added
to the equipment. The lawns, flowers,
shrubbery and fountains look their
best. Never before has the White
House been placede in such Al con-
dition, many Of the improvements hav-
ing been made possible by the extend
ed absence Of the President.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1919-04-24

Thanking you for your interest in
my behalf and reminding you that al
ways remember you in my prayers, 1
remain.
Faithfully,
WILLIAM A. KEEL,
1st. Lieut.. 326 Infantry, A. ?. 0. TAI.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1919-04-24
Washington Weekly
Chat

Washington, April 22.-Find jobs
for 5000 District of Columbia soldiers.
This is the slogan Of campaign being
waged by the wmoen OF Washington.
Men are not permitted to help. A
canvass will be made Of every business
house and office in the Capital City.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1919-04-24

tanned offices in private buildings and
who thronged government buildings
when bids for supplies were opened,
but all this is changed now; they nave
returned to their homes, and as Uncle
Sam is buying only what he actually
needs, few contracts are being made.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1919-05-23
Notice OF HEARING OF PETI
TioN TO VALIDATE PRoPoSED
or GLYNN COUNTY BONDS.

Notice is hereby given to all per
sens concerned that the petition OF
the state of georgia against Glynn
county, Georgia. and the commission.
ers- of roads and revenue of said coun
ty to validate a proposed issue o.
bonds of said comfy in the principai
sum of three hundred and fifty th0ls
ami dollars To be used and for the
purpose Of construction. building and
improvement of tho public roads and
highways of SAID county will be
heard at Brunswick Georgia. before
His Honor. j. =. IIiehsm;th judge
Of the superior court of the Bruns
wick judicial circuit. on the Goth da,
of May. 1919. at 10 O'Clock a. M. as
provided by the terms of the orde
passed and granted by the court upor
said petition on the 20th day of May
1919
Witness my hand and official sig
nature this 10Th dav Of Nav. 1919.
y f. du RTGNON.
Clerk. Superior Court Clynn County
Georgia
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1919-05-23
CONSIDER THIS woMAN's CASE

Mrs. A. l.. DeVine Of Los Angeles,
Cal, says: after ! had suffered
from a female trouble for years. not
being able to do my housework, or get
any relief from doctors, Lydia e.
Pm kham's Vegetable Compound made
NE a well woman and / want to tell
the world the good this medicine
tees" This woman is perfectly justi.
ted and should be commended for
telling Others how she regained her
health
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1919-05-23
ORIGIN oF MEDICINES

The agents employed for the treat
mont of disease are taken from the
three Kingdoms of nature. the yege
table,animal and mineral Most medi
cflal substances are taken from the
vegetable kingdom and consist of
leaves. flowers. barls and roots The
old-fashioned root and herb remedy
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound. which owes its success to this
vegetable kingdom, has CONSTANT,
grcwn in popularity and favor until +
is now recognized as the standard
remedy for female ills.
Sold by G.. V. Gates ard C. v. Collier
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1919-05-23

666 has more limitations than any
ctner Chill and Fever Tonic on the
market. but no one wants limitations
They are dangerous things in the med.
strength Othine as this is sold unde,
ictne line. ADV
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1919-05-23
Don't Commit Suicide

Pccause you feel all down AMI out
t led, lazy, no energy, no appetite. Get
8 bottle of Benefits Prescription No
los. It's guaranteed
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1919-01-23
PLAN f0R SCHOOL
GARDENS NEXT YEAR

r. L. Nye, representing the United
States Bureau OF Education in the in
terest of school garden work has visit
ed Baraboo. Mr.. Nye says the chill
dren of the cities are to be asked to
help again this year and to greater
extent than last, in producing food,
that we may have a greater surplus
to keep the stricken people Of. Europe
from starving.
Regarding the school garden work
he says: "War needs have but given
momentum to a movement which, I'M
der some name, will continue. The
world still calls for food; city homes
are not yet too abundantly supplied
with garden products; the acres of
land are still available within our
cities, and most important of all, child
energy is still anxious to exert itself
in the garden plot. The child at work
in his little garden in the back yard
or on school plot assigned him in
case he has no plot at home, following
instructions received in the school
room, doing work which he knows is
to be inspected by schooL garden
supervisor, is producing something of
economic value to the home and to
the world: he is developing along an
educational line which no other phase
of school work can bring about; he
is forming habits of thrift and indus
try; he is developing that self-reliance
that comes from the consciousness OF
having produced something; and he is
a most desirable point of contact be-
tween the school and the home"
Mr.. Nye finds that Superintendent
Kingsford is heart and soul in sympa-
thy with the movement and that he
had already planned to carry out an
intensive system of school garden
work this year, which will be in per-
feet accord with the U. S. s. G. plan.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1919-01-23

their son, John, who just arrived
from France:
Camp M lis, NY,
December 2, 1913.
Dear Folks:
/ thought l Would drop you a few
lines to let you know that | got back
to the old U. S. A. again. sent you 6
telegram the day l arrived. / suppose
you have received it. 1t sure seems
like home to get back here. l am in
the base hospital now. have been in
the hospital since October 80. Did
you get the letter L wrote then?
didn't write very much as. j could
hardly see at all. My eyes are a little
better now; but a long ways from
beng alright, If they ever will be al
right. My lungs hurt me all the
time this Is from the gas. am in the
hospital but they don't seem to do
much for usj ALL we do is sit around
day after day having nothing else to
do. Weaare sure getting some, good
feeds here now much better than we
have been getting. .yrsa g}-frs - s. )
1t took us, twelve days to get back
from over there We started the s
of December and landed here the 90
1t sure did seem an awfully long time.
1t was gu te nice all the way, but, got
pretty rough about in the middle of
the sea. l did not get sea sick, but a
lot of the boys did. We came over in
a hospital ship, with lots of gassed
and wounded boys on. There were
over 1900 boys on this ship. We are
moving every few days to different
hospitals. We may be sent to
Rockford, ILL.,, for while, as we VIII
have to get out of here to make
rooom for other troops that are COM
ing back l may get,discharged after
the holidays, l sure hope do.
The weather here is very nice not
very cold and not any snow. The days
seem awfully long for we have to
stay in the wards and sit around all
day.
Well, how is everybody? Haven't
heard from you since September.
suppose mail is following me and
will get it sometime. Hoping this
letter finds everybody o. K, wishing
you all Merry Christms and Happy
New Year, Give my best regards to
all I know around there. / will see
you soon, With love to all.
PVT. JOHN STEMPKE.
Ly0cy1i%oJ CopoY, Mills
Long Island, New York.
P. S.: Don't write until you here
from me again. for the mail may not
get here in timefor me to get it, and
sure will be stationed some place
pretty soon, so will get mail.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1919-01-23
Fires and Lights at Night

Corp. Louis M. Schultz, Co. F. U. S.
Engineers writes an interesting letter
to his mother, Mrs. Fred c. Schultz OF
BarabOO.
Dear Mother:
Now that the war is over, will try
to write oftener I am still in the best
of health and received no wounds OF
any. kind during the war. l suppose
you people were pretty tickled to hear
that the war was over but not any
more than we were. The French
certainly did celebrate for few days.
They stopped firing at eleven o'clock in
the forenoon of Monday November IL
and that night both sides shot up
rockets and flares which looked far
better than any Fourth of July cele-
bration. 1t did seem funny the first
couple Of days not to hear the guns
roaring all the time but we are pretty
we'll used to the quiet now. The thing
which pleases us most is the fact that
we can have fires and lights at night
and live in buildings in the town like
people, instead of digging in the
/ ground like bunch of wood chucks.
I have not had chance to see George
yet and have not heard from him for a
long time, but suppose at his job he
| Isl still safe and sound.
| Give Herb my congratulations until
I get back which hope will be pretty
soon. He did the right thing to get a
wife while picking is good for if he
had waited until the soldiers got back
The would not have had so many to
lchoose from.
We are now on our way to the
Rhine river. / suppose the papers are
full of details about our journey sc
there is not much use writing about
lit. We are making the trip on foot
and average from ten to fifteen miles
la day. This sure is a fine stretch OF
Icountry and the weather so far has
been good. The towns. in this locality
lhave not been shot up at all so we
have excellent places to stay at night
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1919-01-23

Iveroid Green has received the fol-
lowing letter from Driver William Cum
muck Spier, who is in England
Camp Surrey, England.
Dear Friend:
1 guess you think am never going to
write but I have just gotten over the
FLU" and when you have that you do
not feel much like writing letters.
was sure | was goner for two weeks
but | am still here and feel better al
though we will be in quarantine for
some days yet. | think if the weather
were colder and it would stop raining
the influenza epidemic would soon die
out
l received the Baraboo papers and
enjoyed the news from my old home
more than words can tell. l like the
letters from France and wish I could
see one from your cousin, Art Rooney,
or from some of the Potter boys, who
live near the Baraboo high school.
| expected to go to Scotland next
week, but this quarantine will hold us
here some time and we will probably
go direct to France. We have been
told we shall go in three weeks.
There is bunch of Cannucks here in
this hospital. We are fasting so we
will be in good trim to eat a few Huns
when we get near them. Has there
been much excitement in Baraboo
over the peace talk that is going
around? We do not pay much atten-
ton to- it here. The Canadians have
had four years of peace talk, and II
has gotten old, but we do expect to
have peace or have them willing to be
peaceable by the spring of 1919.
I had intended to send photo of
myself with my steel helmet and gas
mask on but must wait until a later
date, as I have no films for camera.
Can you find out if Howard Potter or
any of his brothers are in France?
| would like to see a good show in
the Al. Ringing once more. Hope /
may next year. The Huns can't last
forever. Send me some more Baraboo
papers. Hope this finds you all in the
best of health.
Sincerely yours,
DRIVER VIM. SPIER (Cannuck).
2557377. B Battery c. R. A. C. e. F..
Milford Camp Whitley.
Surrey, England.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1919-01-23
Glad to Come Home

The following includes portions of
letters from Corp. Guy Hainstock with
the A. E.. F. In France, written TO his
mother, Mrs. Henry Hainstock and his
aunt, Mrs Herbert Smith both of
Reedsburg.
/ am out of the trenches now for a
rest but am going to move before long
again. don't suppose there are many
of the boys left in the states by this
time. don't think many who are here
will see much more service unless
things change. / will be SO glad when
l can come home and live like a white
man again. can't complain much as
| have been lucky. | have not been
sick since 1 have been here except a
little cold which doesn't amount to
anything. If l ever get a chance to
sleep in a bed again it will be pretty
hard to get me out but do not think
it will be long before we are back. I
will be home a year from now any
way. The war can't last much longer.
1t will take long time after it is all
over before we can all land.
l started this letter yesterday but
could not send it at once. We can
not get mail out always just when we
want to. know l do not get all of
the mail that is sent to me but I have
answered every letter that 1 have re-
ceived. Tell every body hello for me
and write often. I will answer if I re-
ceive the letters.
GUY HAINSTOCK.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1919-01-23
Roads Covered With Batter


MFR. and Mrs. George B. McGilvra
have received letters from their son.
Lieut., r. A. .McGilvra, Co. c, $50 ma
chine gun battalion, with the army in
France: a(g
December A, 1918.
Dear Ones: Am sending a repre-
sentative view in the very old town
Chatillon-sur-Seine, wnere have been
at officers school the past four weeks.
Am now waiting for orders to return
to my company, wherever that may
be. All is we'll with us. Am writing
in the Y. NJ. c. A, reel comfort.
Second Letter
Another from Bruley says:
The old fighting lines are some five
miles northwest of here. Had BIZ
towns that had been held and de-
Gtroyed by Huns This village is less
than q mile from Lucy, is about the
same size and type. This country is
full of Notifications, though no fight
ing has been done here.
Third Letter
December II, 1918.
Dear Ones: 1t Is rainy afternoon.
The men are staying in billets and
am reading and writing in our officers
mess hall. 1t scarcely stops raining
at all now, and all out of doors is
mud. The roads are well paved, but
ground up on top by excessive use so
that there is now a batter two to five
inches deep on them. Have had a
number of letters lately from home
and friends, who have written loyal
IL, more frequently than they have
heard from me- The check of $25
that was sent for war orphans / gave
to the chaplain, who will use it here
or turn it over to the Red Cross at
TOul. l am happy to know you have
been so active in Liberty loan and
gift drives, father, and also to learn
of the fine crops. The sound support
of the A. e. F. by the home folks has
been and is, of course, absolutely
necessary, and the splendid way in
which it has been given will not be
forgotten in this generation. l hope
the flu epidemic is now history; it
seems to have hit the home people
harder than those over here. We
rather expect to start home soon, but
nothing definite has been ordered.
Take good care of yourselves.
Much love, RALPH.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1919-01-23

which he las LEFT for its 's5verttihs trip
to Brest.
The letter is kindly sent to Baraboo
by his sister, Miss Vida l.. Peck.
Ableman. 1t reads:
Dear Aunt Anna:
AS you probably know the George
! Washington has arrived in port after
the trip carrying the peace delega-
Ntion. There isn't much to say in re-
gard to the trip only that we saw a
great deal of President Wilson and
what will interest you most, / shook
hands with the president We also
saw, some more nota5les: General
Pershing, General Haig, Admiral
Sims, King Victor Emanuel of Italy
and many more that do not come to
my mind at present. But what inter-
.eSted US most, and the seamen
especially was the young italian
Countess. You will see her name. in
the "Hatchets" which am sending
you, together with some things I
bought for you in France, If they are
late in arriving do not be worried.
You remember my telling you that
the fleet was reviewed by President
Wilson as we, were pulling into Brest.
It certainly was an inspiring sight,
all the ships in the same position and
all the sailors standing at attention
while the band played the "Star
Spangled Banner" The boats re-
viewed, as nearly as can remember
were: Wyoming, New York, Texas,
Florida, Arkansas, Utah, Oklahoma.
Nevada, Arizona and thirty7seven
destroyers.
The next day they all hoisted their
homeward bound pennants and steam
ed out of the harbor. You probably
never saw a homeward bound pen
nant. 1t is red, white and blue and
about six inches to foot wide. The
length varies according to the size
of the crew, for there are twelve
inches allotted to each man of the
crew. The battleships New York and
Florida had the longest remnants.
About the second morning after they
left Brest we passed them along
somewhere around three o'clock on
the horizon. l saw the fleet come In
ION Thursday. 1t was too bad it was
not pleasant weather, for the North
River was hidden in mist. Just
after they anchored the sun came out
and it warmed up somewhat
Christmas ON the George Washing
ton was merry one in everyway.
We had motion pictures and singing.
and all the nuts and candy we could
eat. Following is our menu:
Olives, sweet pickles, cream of celery
soup, roast Rhode Island turkey
oyster dressing, giblet gravy, mashed
potatoes, cranberry sauce, asparagus,
butter sauce mince pie, neopolitan ice
cream, apRles oranges, bananas, nuts,
fresh milk, and coffee.
Well, | guess have told you about
all / can for this tine. Keep well for
l may be home next trip.
Your nephew,
VANE p. PECK
via U. S. S. George Washington.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1919-01-23
Prisoner in Germany

-"Bpgs"' McQuine, Reedsburg, has
written his friend, George Claridge.
about his experiences in German
prison camp, as follows:
Dear Friend George:
No doubt you will be surprised to
hear from me after several months in
which you supposed / was dead. But
then. you perhaps heard through the
American Red Cross that was pris-
oner in Germany. Yes, they got me,
George, in that scissors drive, on the
fourth day out in the afternoon, ABOUT
1880. We has covering position IN
a wood, on top of hill Our infantry
line was rrather thin and the German
reinforcements were very strong ana
the infantry got orders to drop back
to a stronger position. But we did not
get the order, and the Germans got
around us and flanked us before we
knew it.
They got right in on us before we
saw them and we didn't stand any
Show. as they completely surprised us
bv coming in at our rear, and there
were too many of them for us to put
I'D much resistance. They captured
FIVE of us altogether-three on the gun
I was on and two on another gun that
was about $500 yards from u.s.
Only one man was wounded; the
rest of us escaped without injury, ex-
cept for the bruises we got when they
49, Nj
mystery that we were not killed, be-
cause the Germans never take ma
chine gunners prisoners, as rule'
but they no doubt thought that they
could get some information from us,
and loaded us down each with big
Dutchman and took us back to their
headquarters, where they tried to
question us. But we did not know any
thing and made believe we couldn't un-
derstand them, and after being kicked
around all night we were sent back
a few miles to big cave, field nos
pital for their wounded, and were kept
there a few days carrying in and out
wounded and dead Germans, with no
sleep and very little to eat. We were
sent from there back to Laon, the ia
nous starvation camp. There were ESQ
American prisoners, mostly marines,
when we arrived there, about 1850
English and 10000 Frenchmen.
l was lucky enough to get out OF
there in five weeks and be. sent farther
back into Germany, and shortly after
that got in touch with the American
Red Cross at Berne, Switzerland, from
whom we received food, and IL 1t was
not for the American Red Cross,
George, | would not be writing this
letter to you right now. The Germans
would have starved me just as sure as
h. 1t sure was hell of a life,
George, but there Is no use of my writ
ing you.so much about it, as will
see you y. me day before very long
and tell you all about it. 1t would
lake too long and too much paper to
describe my experiences.