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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1920-05-20
Saltwater, Minnesota, Thursday May 20, 1920.
FRANCE IN TIME OF WAR
Read P,ian Chautauqua Circle Behalf of Glass by

change, a midnight banquet of big
juicy steaks with travelling rations
and free Red Cross tobacco, also
given our first experience of French
economy and train service. We were
loaded into mixed train of box cars
and passenger coaches, which were
divided into small compartments,
eight men to a compartment, forty
men to car, with no heat, light,
toilet or water facilities, and no
sleeping berths.
After four days of railroading we
were unloaded at Joinville city of
5000 people, prettily situated among
the hills on the Haute Marne river,
90 miles from Metz. The streets
were narrow and winding. Buildings
were crowded together, built of stone
or brick to stand the test of time.
We billeted and slept in old barns on
those double deckers, canvas stretched
cots, our coat serving as pillow with
three blankets. In the trenches the
soldiers sleep in dugouts. During the
winter months we were given four
blankets and little French sheet iron
stove with four inch exhaust pipe
attempting to serve as chimney, which
we endeavored to coax into heat by
using American wood. For economy
the French use small kitchen ranges
and nearly every place has fire place.
Wood was high priced and very
scarce.
France seemed to be OVERLOADED
with American soldiers while our
Military Police were scattered over
the entire country to enforce order
and in some places even serving as
traffic cops. They were more well
come in the larger cities and leave
areas. It was very easy to get lost
in such city as Paris for instance,
and for those who were so unfor-
tunate that could not barley vous
Francois with any degree of satisfac-
ton, welcomed these NJ. P. for d.
recting them to quarters.
For entertainment and recreation
we had the Y. NJ. c. A. which Of
fered the boys reading and writing
material, instructive courses, music,
Sunday services, canteen and lunch
counter service and promoted athletic
games of contests between neighbor-
ing camps. Between the hours of 6
p. m. to 8 p. m. we were allowed to
visit the French cafes, drink light
beer or light wine. These places have
tables and waters instead of the long
American bar, some even having a
billiard table all free except what you
eat and drink. While every store
handles liquor, still things were or
derly and saw only one or two cases
of local drunkenness during my entire
stay. The drink habit is so firmly
fixed in France that I doubt if it ever
will be uprooted. They like to play
cards or Billiards, talk and drink, and
as rule especially the soldiers ap-
pear to be healthy.
Their Catholic church, built of
massive stone in the year 100 A. D.,
later remodeled with its 800 foot
steeple, chime bells, paintings and
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1920-05-20
WAS drafted September 6, 1918
and sent to Camp Grant, Illinios

dIlu SCIll " SdIllp Nj ait, 1IIAilOS
for military training. In October
orders came to organize a medical
company for immediate overseas SER
vice to which company the Evacuation
Hospital, No. 81, I was transferred.
Orders came to entrain for port of en-
barkation and we were marched to
the depot, lead by the camp band,
with lusty cheers and best wishes of
our comrades and friends that were
left behind.
We detrained at Camp Upton, N.
Y, confined strictly to quarters and
under orders to be ready on call.
From there we entrained for Hobo
ken and were there transferred to the
transport Northern Pacific. There
were three transports loaded, all
camouAaged, and our boat, which was
armed, was the leader. At night we
ran without lights, neither were we
allowed to smoke after dark.
Riding on smooth water is a great
pleasure but when the boat begins to
dip and lurge in every conceivable an
gle up to IS degrees and you become
sea sick, the sensation is far from be-
ing pleasure. was sea sick for two
days and went on tobacco strike for
the remainder of the trip. 1t affected
old tobacco smokers the same way.
During our first storm there was some
confusion in the dining room. The
floor was very slippery and the laws
of gravation seemed to be amiss, so
that at times men, tables, mess kits
and all would 60 down in a heap.
After that, the center tables were re-
moved and all side tables fastened to
the walls. Fortunately from this
variety of entertainment l was not
bed sick and kept my balance fairly
well, only once or twice that / was
reluctantly mopping the floor with
my khaki suit, to the keen delight of
my fellow comrades. However, l
never lacked company as volunteers
seemed to be plentiful on these expe-
ditions.
The first three days out we were
protected by three submarine chasers
and were met by like number three
days from shore.
On the morning of the tenth day
we sighted land, disembarked in the
afternoon, shouldered our 70 pounds
of equipment and marched four miles
to the American camp, sleeping the
first night in tents on the wet, bare
ground. Brest was in a very bad
way, all mud and water. Camp i'm
provements were being made but we
were there too early to get the bene-
fit of it. 1t rained daily and in fact
was informed that Brest only enjoyed
five days of sunshine during the en-
tire past season. We rested at Brest
five days and had beans or stew for
every meal. They fed 10000 men
at a kitchen, causing a long and
tedious waiting in line, in mud and
water. During the day we were
marched to the docks to help unload
incoming supplies. Men worked day
and night unloading and rushing sup
plies to the front. No civilians were
allowed passes for the city.
The fifth day orders came to move
and we were given a real feed for a
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1920-05-20
xisn. Hist so@
MAY "a 1920
Vol. XXXIII: No. AZ

Der, selling fresh vegetables the year
round at the city market place to the
highest bidder, rather than having a
fixed price. The merchants sell goods
much the same way except that they
set price first and then expect you
to come back with an offer.
The villages of France are scat
tered and close together, some barely
a half mile a part, connected with
good roads, built of crushed rocks
with a slightly rounded surface.
Their roads are such that they can
use a bicycle, rain or shine, and true
to the French standards of economy,
this is a popular method of travelling
in preference to the costly automobile.
In fact l did not see one privately
owned automobile in the entire city.
In these hamlets that once buzzed
with JOY and laughter l saw deserted
homes, solitary widows, handsome
dark eyed girls stripped of prospec-
tive lovers, now whitening away, and
small groups of old women in
churches brooding over their lost and
loved ones. Over 100000 mar
riageable French women are left
without prospective husbands which
is one of the serious problems which
that country has to contend with.
During my stay they had one labor
day demonstration in which all labor
and traffic stopped, including all
train service which stopped for about
ten minutes at the time appointed,
regardless where they happened to be.
In Paris they attempted to take pos
session of all railroads and the depot
resulting in rioting and some blood
shed before order was restored by the
soldiers and police. E.
Early in January l was transferred
to Headquarters, working as head
bookkeeper in the finance office. The
clerical force numbered ten men and
our captain. The pay master had
drawing account of one and one-half
billion francs paying all company
rolls, officers pay vouchers, nurses,
rents and claims for that entire troop
area.
My former unit, Evacauton Hospi-
tai, No. 81 was given charge of a
base hospital at Toul, France where
they served the sick and wounded un-
til the following July.
As a rule an evacuation hospital
serves behind the lines, are subject to
air raids and in range of the heavy
artillery. In emergency they even
act as a field hospital at the very
front, picking up the wounded, CIV
ing first aid treatments and sending
them to hospitals in the rear. This
work is fully as hazardous as fight
ing in the front trenches, in that you
are openly exposed to the merciless
fire of the enemy. Base hospitals
serve far back of the lines safe dis
tance from the zone of hostilities, ex-
cept possibly on occasional air raids.
In May, the troop area broke up
and we had orders to 60 to Marseille.
We stopped over one day at Dijohn,
which proved to be large up-to-date
city, with modern conveniences and
many public parks. Arriving at Mar
seille we went through the cootizer
mill given new clothes and confined
strictly within the camp under guard.
AS living conditions in page 8, Co., ~
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1920-01-15

WV satiHH AseolAAhSHh tfuPFSFN
Production and InsrsAss Returns
From Dairy.
markAbIe change from conditions a
few years back when the cows feed
boxes at meaitiTne always contained
the same allowance OF feed.
sThere Is certainly 81 the difference
10 the world between bulls" comments
q member OF successful bull club.
do ypu recollect that old Bonnie COW
Of mine whose record was only 531
pounds ~ fasf ! have raised three
heifers from her. the best Of which
produced 7i5 pounds Of Eat during the
last year. while the other two helfers.
which are younger. yielded respective.
". 38S and 30i pounds Of fat. These
helfers were sired By different pure.
bred bulls and evidently the difference
IN the qualifications Of the sirea nv re-.
CARDS fat production Il aptIy character.
lied in the production OF their dnugh.
tera."
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1920-01-15
CONTRASTING is PROFITABLE
Best Scientific Agency for lsoIatInf
and EradIeatIn0 Drones From
Dairy Herd.

prepared By the United States Depart
ment of Agrieulture1
Practical reports from the yarIOus
cow-testing associations Throughout
the country show the value Of this
work OF separating the chan from ths
wheat IN cowdom. The modern COW
testing association Is the best scientifi,
agency for iaolating and eradicatInl
the drones from the herd, while It also
Is of value as q detector Of the highest
producing animals. Such studies o.
the cows appetite, digestion and pro
duction are the economical and logicai
methods Of Increasing the mex earn
ings OF the dairy.
One Ohio cow.teeting association
whose members owned 1856 cows last
year, reports an association average o.
845 pounds Of bntterfat per COW. and
that the present production Of the
cows IL " pounds Of Fat MORE apiece
than It was 1T the FIRST OF the year.
Another cowfestlng association an
n0unces that It, expenses during the
last five years have been below $4,000
while the value Of the increased pro
duction during only the last year has
aggregated over $1,000. This remark
able Increase In income Is not abnnr
NAL for this particular association az
during each year the production Of the
cows has improved and the RETURN
greatly increased. Members from an
other association report that al other
COW owners are feeding the Individual
animals according to the capacity and
production OF each COW. This IL a re.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1920-01-15

Everybody has some friend whom
they wish to make happy. Il may
be Mother or Father, Sister or Bro
Their. Itmay be a Wife or It may
Do Sweelheaft--And often Them
selves.
Our stock Of Jewelry and Bric-a-
Brae il complete. Each piece has
been carefully selected and we feel
satisfied that visit from you will
bear IA out that we have as fine
solection as can be found anywhere.
Any article that you may select
will be laid aside and delivered when
wanted.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1920-01-15
RETAIN ALL DAIRY ANIMALS
More People Than Ever IN County 10
Feed and MIX VIII Be Used II
Price IL Fair.

There are more people 70 feed than
ever In this country and n prices can
be- brought TO point where they can
AFFORD to buy they win bay and use a
great deal more milk than they did.
As for selling Of dairy cows, think how
disastrous Il would be. Many do not
even now get as much milk AZ they
would like. and thousands and thou.
eands OF pounds Of butter substitutes
are used every year.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1920-01-15
HERD BULL REQUIRES GRAIN
Coed Ration ls Composed Of Oats,
Barley or speitz. Bran, oIImeal
and Wild Hay.

A herd bull in heavy service should
be fed grain. A ration composed Of
Q parts oats, parts Of barley or speitx,
2sparts Of bran. I part Of oilreal. to-
gether with good upland Wild hay
makes a good ration.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1920-01-15
HAVE cows FREsHEN IN FALL
Practice Of Many Good palrymen so
That Profitable Work Is Fur
nIshed Farm Hands.

Many daIrymen have cows freshen
in the fall. so that profitable work Ii
furnished the farm hands In the win.
ter when work Is ometmes slack on
an average farm.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-11-29
NO EMBARGO ON
 CONSTANTINE

London, Nov. 29-Earl Curzon, the British foreign secretary, has notified Premier Leygues. of + rrance, that Great Britain will refuse to put any formal embargo upon the return to Athens of Fx-King Constantine. of Greece, the diplomatic correspond ent of the Daily Telegraph revealed today, Great Britain holds it would be pre- mature to raise this issue ana also the question of revising the treaty of Sevres at this time. Earl Curzon pointed out, however, that ma Aoria1 guarantees would be demanded rom Constantine if he returns to Athens and Greece hopes to secure a continu- alton of British and French support.
 There will be 8 full meeting of the Supreme Council on Thursday, with Great Britain. France and Italy rep- resented. German reparations, Russia and Near-East problems will be dis cuSSed.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-11-29
STEPNEY

MT. and Mrs. Lockwood will close their place here and will spend the winter months in Bridgeport.
 Rev. MT. Holden preached in Bap- tist church on Sunday morning, and MT. Forney occupied the pulpit of the Congregational church at Monroe Center.
 Mrs. Philo Nichols and Mrs Hobart Curtiss have visited Mrs. Clayton Haw1ey.
 A teachers meeting was held on Nov. 23 at the Center School.
 Mrs. Herbert Joyce and Stanley Joyce recently enjoyed a motor trip to Boston where they attended the National Grange.
 There was a large attendance at the annual masquerade held at the ing. Several of the costumes being unique. The pig was won by MT. Behrens who gave it back in and a second drawing gave the pig to MT. Jennings of Fairfield.
 MT. and Mrs. Charles Burr have moved their household goods from Easton and are now occupying their new home on the state road.
 MT; Fred Porter who has has been been spending a few, weeks in New York State has returned home.
 Mrs Emily D. Leavenworth has returned to shelton after a. couple of weeks spent at her home here.
 MT and Mrs. James Ackerson have enjoyed trip to Newburg and Brooklyn where they were the guests of relatives.
 Miss stephie Liska has been the guest of her parents in Hattertown for a few days. MT. David Fairchild was unable to attend to his duties at B. Hawley & Co.'S store a few days last week owing to a severe cold. Schools in town will close on We'd nesday for the Thanksgiving recess of two days. MT. Perry B. Hubbel1, superintend- ant of the local State Highway De oartment has been enjoying weeks vacation.
 The Ladies' Aid society will hold !. sale and supper in the Methodist .hurch parlors on Thursday, Decem- ber- End.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-11-29

a New York operator, Charles Grem
 me1s of the Belle Terre Park Co. Mir. Grenlnn els purchases total 1S7 acres, 66 acres being on Broad Ridge road and Hrl road near Nichols avenue, and the remainder on Success ave- nue. The top price Of $675 an acre five acres each with a frontage on Boston avenue. The remainder of the Success avenue property went for $200 to $225 an acre and the entire Broad Ridge road acreage went for s150 an acre MT. Gremme1s will consult with his principals before de- termining whether to resell the prop erty or hold it for development.
 Following are Saturdays sales of dwellings:
 street, $7.2oo; 217-221 Dover street, sS,oo0; PTS Remington street, s3,O0o; 261 Dover street, $2,80o. Charles Jordan, IS Harvey street, $1,sOo; Ma than cohan. e ean. sls-s21 Rening5o3 1n t ? Kraft, S2O Remington street, $2,SOO street, $2,soo; George Costello, 28e Wilke, BOA Remington street, $2,800; Nathan Cohen, 302 Dover street, $2,- 1900; Frederick Darling, 414 Dover street, s2,Soo;. ara Thomas Cayel, POP
 J 25o Dover street. $2,6o0; Nathan Co., hen, 365-367 Remington street. $5,- 200; Walter Gillette, SIS Dover street, s2,600; John E. Neary, BOA Dover street, $2,600 Joseph M. Crigh- ton, 3S2 Remington street, S2,600; Joseph Cohen, 395 Remington street, $2,600;Louis Topper, 36s Remington street, $2,600; Charles Munich, ESQ., 3S2 Dover street, $5,20O; Nathan Co., hen, 267-269 Willow street, $7,20O;
 Mrs. Dora E. Carrier, SIS Willow street, $3,500; J. H. McDermott, 381 Remington street, s2,600; Joseph E. Portras, 291 Remington street, S2,000; G. D. Tuzzie, 240 Dover street, S2,- 900: Joseph M. Brighton, 33s-3S8
 Remington street, s4,eoo; R. A. Hall
 223-s27 Remington street, s4,ooo; J. J. RaHtey. so8-312-31s Remington ! S76 Remington street, s4,0O0; Ma i than Cohen. 39o394 Remington street s4,00O Joseph Maneude, 295-299 Rem
 ington street, $4,OO0; Mrs. Lizzie Hrooke, 231 Remington street, 3D. 900; Charles Pfeifer, BIO Dover
 street, $2,000; John Neary, 314 Do-
 yer street, $2,000; George Beckett
 397 Remington street, s2,0O0; A. L. i McFebdage, 246 Dover street, $2,00O;
 F. l.. McFebridge, 215 Remington
 street, S2,000; William F. Power 3S7- | 389-393 Remington street; $6.O0Oi
 George T. Bing, 232 Remington | street, $2,e00; Thomas DeLacey, 32z
 Dover street, $2,ooo; G. w Crossley
 drew F. Wilson, 306 Dover street, $2,
 900; steinladf, Dormitory, No.
 $19,5Oo; J. R. Hayes, II Palisade place S21O0
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-11-29
USE "XUBA MATE"
 INSTEAD OF BOOZE

Buenos Aires, Nov. 29-The wide spread use of E'yerba nate," the fa-
 nous South American tea, is given by the national committee of com merce and industry in a memorandum to the chamber of deputies as a req son why alcoholic liquor is not used to excess in Argentina.
 The memorandum is a protest against the prohibition bill introduced into congress sometime ago and which has not yet been acted upon. The committee which .Spr,esents seventy forth that the consum ption of alco-
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-11-29

holic beverages per person is less in Argentina than in any country in ''the lamentab1e habit of drunken ness does not exist here."
 t'The use of mate, which reaches considerable quantities in the repub- lie, operates as a veritab1e panacea against the abuse of alcoholic liquors,' the committee asserts. Therefore to speak of a social danger in the present state of the question is to exaggerate the matter uselessly.''
 The committee dwe1ls at length on the economic phase of prohibition, saying that 1t would mean the loss of millions Of pesos to national econ- omy" and 100, 900, 900 pesos annually in fiscal revenue which, it declares. the country cannot afford to 1ose.f
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-11-29
Much Remington Property
 Is To Be Soon ResOZd

is in hereas Arms
 
 
   to a moref a the 
  for rnno onau To Times aive, MT said
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-11-29

The big point being raised in the Pittsburgh district is whether whis- key stored in the Government ware houses can be withdrawn. It is gen. enerally believed that the revenue men will hold that the supply in commercial warehouses can be re- moved There are still millions of gallons of whiskey in the Govern ment warehouses in the Pittsburgh district.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-11-29
BERToLINI DIES ON TRAIN.

ROne, NOV. 2g-IlGIrO BeTtOHnI, Italian member of the Allied reepara- tions commission, died late yesterday on board 8 train on which he was coming to this city, from Paris. Sig nor Bertolini entered public life in 1884, when he >became Under Secre- finance! In November, 19N, he be- come minister of public works in the GioIitti carnbfnet He was named a senator early in October of this year.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-11-29

London, Nov. 29-F1ames still en- velop ruins of the large factory at occurred on Friday, says a Milan des- patch to the Exchange Telegraph Company. The disaster was greater than at first supposed, the havoc wrought being enormous and there being many victims. The explosions still continue on every side.
Cleveland County herald., 1920-03-11
PORTER HAD FELLOW FEELING
Witness of OscuIatory Exercises Meant to Do Good Turn in Putting
 Cob Wise.

The gob was on shore leave and happy because he had found girl as affectionate as he. His joy was dimmed, however, for a bluec0at had forbidden spooniag in the park and his girl had tGbooed it in the streets. But life took a new turn when re saw a man kiss his wife farewell il; front of the Pennsylvania station, New York He rushed his girl toward a crowd hurrging toward the Fhfladel- phia express and bade her fond fare we'll When the crowd thinned, they joined a throng for Washington and repeated the act. They repeated it again before the Chicago train.
 This was too much for a colored porter who had been watching. He stepped up to the gob. "Boss." he said, "why don't you go downstairs and try the Long Island stationa Dem local trains am a-leavim' mos all de time !'-Everybody's.
Cleveland County herald., 1920-03-11
ELECTION JUDGES
 THNART NEAR RIOT
FINALLY PERMIT FORMER SER VICE MEN TO VOTE IN PR.-
 MARY AT HOPE.
WAS 4 TURBULENT AFFAIR
Announcement Is Made That All Ex. Service Men Who Did Not Hold Tax Receipt For 1918
 Could Not Vote.

Hope, - John Vesel, a former sol dier, was nominated mayor of Hope in the municipal primary. He defeated w. s. Adkins, at one time chairman of the Local Exemption Board, by hand some majority.
 The primary, however, was a turbu- lent affair. Announcement was made early in the day that ex-service men who did not hold poll tax receipts for 1918 could not cast their ballots Veasey himself was without receipt, having been in the service at taxpay- ing time
 The announcement followed the re- Arbuckle of letter to the effect that persons who did not pay their poll tax in 1918 could not legally vote.
 Vesey was depending upon ex-sol- diers, sailors and marines for the bulk of his support. His friends got They concluded they were being i'm posed upon. Some displayed a de sire to fight. At time passed several former fighter all but engaged in fisti- cuffs, but cooler heads interfered.
 Late in the day the election judges held conference. A short time later they announced that all ex-seryice men whom they knew to be bona fide voters prior to the war could vote. This pre- vented what threatened to be a possi ble demonstration.
Cleveland County herald., 1920-03-11
He Went to l..

The late F. T. Barnum delighted to tell of his thousand and one amusing experiences. especially some that hap pened during his first tour of England with .'the greatest show on earth" ;" One of the best is a joke on the cham pion hnmbugger" himself. Barnum, on leisure evening bought a ticket to an English music hall. Imagine his keen delight as he heard the usher, as he took the tickets of the people ahead say: Letter Hay, first roy; letter Hee, fifth TOW; letter Heff, sixth row i; letter High, ninth row." and then, in response to Barnum's inquiry, "Where do I go?" he said: "You go to Hell, sir"
Cleveland County herald., 1920-03-11
Names Baby Marine Cora HaverlJ

Sergt. Gran B. Haverly, United and Mrs. Haverly announce the birth of a daughter, who will be christened Marine Cora Hayerly."
 In requesting furlough and an- nouneing the birth oi the child to hls commanding officer, the marine used the Biblical quotation: Train up a child in the way it should go, and wfeE he is old he will not depart from it"
 Sergeant Haverly explained tliat he wanted a boy, but as he could not hope ever to enlist his child in the corps, he had done the best he could to make good Marine of her.
 He got his furlough.