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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-07-06
Paper Bag Supply To
Last Only so Days

Housewives can help solve the
critical shortage of paper bags by
taking their own shopping bags or
other containers to market with
them, local merchants said this week
in pointing out that the available
supply of paper bags is expected to
be exhausted within so days.
Because of a pressing need for
wrapping paper in packaging sup
plies for overseas, current quotas for
paper bag manufacturers have been
cut by WPB to 43 per cent of the
1912 summer output.
Present supplies of paper bags are
likely to be exhausted within the next
two months, and after that time Gus
toners will have to carry their gro
ceries unwrapped.
Whenever possible customers are
urged to take their own bags to
stores with them, and they can CO.
operate further by accepting pack
aged items without use of paper
bag, to preserve dwindling stocks.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-07-06
Former College Girl
Bride OF Army Man

Miss Lucille Medler, Bluffton col
lege graduate in the class of 1913,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. c. A.
Medler of Findlay was married to
Pfc. Lester Seidel, son of Mrs. John
Sampson of South Bend, Ind, in a
ceremony at Grace Evangelical
Congregational church in Findlay
last Wednesday evening &C o'clock.
Rev. Paul D. Dunn, pastor, Off
ciated in the presence of the inn
mediate family.
The bride was given away by her
father and attended by Miss Martha
Cramer of Findlay as maid of hon
or. Kenneth Bibler, also of Find
lay was best man.
The couple will reside in Camp
Barkeley, Texas, where the groom is
stationed with an army medical unit.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-07-06
Milk Snakes Are Aid To Farmers In
Freeing Premises OF Rats And Mice

The following article is aorit-
ten By Charles Tripplehor7t, high
school senior, specialist on rep
tiLid.-EDIToR.
1t seems that some otherwise in
telligent people still persist in be-
lieving the old milk snake" myth.
To the reader unfamiliar with this
common "snake story" this writer
relates it as told to him by many
people:
Noticing sudden decrease in my
milk production | strongly suspected
the presence of a milk snake around
the farm. The cows were nervous
and touchy as if they knew some
thing was amiss.
$50 | watched for it one day in
the pasture where the cows were
grazing" (At this point the speaker
grows very dramatic and mysterious
Suddenly | noticed large milk
snake crawl from hole. He went
straight to the nearest COW, climbed
up her hind leg and proceeded to
take her milk. mo mention was
made as to behavior of the COW while
this was going on.l Naturally
picked up a club and beat its head
in"
This man was either lying or had
little bit too much under his belt,
for this alleged act is ridicuously inn
possible.
In the first place snakes have no
love at all for milk, in fact it is only
when they are dying of thirst that
they can be induced to drink.
In the second place the largest
milk snake can drink at most only
about three teaspoonfulls of any
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-07-06
Old Fashioned Wide-Open Fourth
Now Remains Only AS Dim Memory

crackers and torpedoes were fired
with such regularity that there was
a constant din of deafening proper
tions.
In some parts of the business sec
ton the youngsters would concen-
trate their explosive devices and it
would hardly be safe for pedestrians
to walk down that portion of the
street.
Injuries were frequent; nearly
every boy had a close call and in
some cases fingers were lost and
eyesight impaired. Accidents be-
came so common that there was
widespread public demand for the
elimination of the explosive devices.
The demand eliminated in a state
statute which became effective Aug
ust /, 1941. The law prohibited the
selling and discharge of frecrackers
and other explosive devices.
The moving finger of time has
wrought change in the noisesome
sensational type of celebration; the
hectic observances of the other era
now live only in the memory of a
few older folks who recall when any
thing went on the Fourth and safe
and sane celebrations would have
been hooted into the background.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-07-06

Old-fashioned, noisy celebrations
of the Fourth of July inaugurated by
cannon fire at daybreak and marked
by a steady staccato of fire crackers
remain only a memory Tuesday as
Bluffton continued its policy of pro-
hibiting the sale and discharge of
fireworks.
The celebration now is in direct
contrast to that our fathers knew
when the holiday was paradise of
bedlam for the youngsters and a day
of uproarious enjoyment for the
elders.
Cannon roared a salute at the
crack of dawn in those days, fire
crackers and small torpedo bombs
popped all day long, and in the
evening it was customary to have a
gigantic fireworks display.
Parades were synonymous with
Fourth of July celebrations in those
days, and the line of march would
wind tortuous path through packed
streets. In the professions were
gaily decorated pony carts, bands
and vari-colored costumes.
Pink lemonade stands banked the
streets, always surrounded by the
crowd. Spread eagle oratory was
expected and always available, fol-
lowing which the big baseball game
of the season was played.
In those days there were no auto
mobiles, so everybody stayed home,
and since the celebration was one
worth going miles to see, everyone
in the surrounding area came to
Bluffton.
Sometimes the railroad ran an ex-
cursion to Cedar Point over the
Fourth. These tours were so uni
versally popular that there were
seldom enough coaches for everyone
and the aisles were jammed with
those who had to stand.
On Wednesday and Saturday
nights, preceding the Fourth fire.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-07-06
Three Different Days Could Have Been
independence Day, Historians Point Out

luton Of July End did not have the
names Of the members of Congress
as they finally appeared upon the
document because of much opposi-
ton by En- lish sympathi-ers. Some
day after tie Declaration had passed
and had been proclaimed at the
head of the army, it was ordered by
Congress that it be engrossed on
parchment and signed by every
member.
1t was not until the End of August
that these signatures were made and
the matter concluded. 1t is this copy
or form of the Declaration that has
been preserved as the original; the
first signed paper was destroyed as
incomplete.
If the natal day of American in
dependence is to be derived from the
ceremony of the later signatures and
the real date of what has been pre-
served as the legal original of the
Declaration, then it would be the
End of August.
If derived from the substantial
legal act of separation from the
British crown which was contained
rather in the resolution of congress
than in the Declaration of Independ-
ence, it would be the End of July.
But common consent and tradition
have determined to date the great
anniversary from the apparently sub
ordinate event of the passage of the
Declaration, and thus celebrate the
Fourth of July as the birthday of
| the nation.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-07-06
BIufffon I'm First World War

Homer Geiger, now stationed over
seas, expects to return soon to this
country.
John Burkholder who has been in
service at the base hospital at Camp
Sherman since Sept. 1917, returned
home honorably discharged.
Waldo Schumacher, graduate of the
Class of 1917 at Bluffton College
will be instructor in social science at
the college during the coming school
year. The young man who has
finished a post graduate course at
Ohio State University in 1913 is at
present in the service, but expects to
be graduated soon.
Wilbur Potee returned veteran has
accepted a position of mail carrier
on city route number one, filling the
vacancy made By the resignation of
Miss Gladys Stouffer.
While waiting to board train
at Akron on his way home here
after having been discharged from
the service at Camp Sherman, Sgt.
A. d. Painter was painfully injured
when he was caught between a
heavy express truck and a passenger
coach. He is expected to be home
in few days after being hospitaliz-
ed.
Edward Plattner is visiting his
mother here. He has been in the
service Is months overseas.
Announcement of the signing of
the final treaty by the German peace
delegation at Paris will be made
here by the blowing of the water
works whistle. This announcement
is expected in a few days.
Edward Plattner and Arthur
Amstutz served in the same unit in
the mechanical shop service in
France. Plattner will leave Bluffton
for Toledo soon where he has ac-
cepted a position.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-07-06

Bluffton might easily be eelebrat-
ing independence Day other than or
July Fourth were it not for common
consent establishing this day in
stead of the logic of historical facts.
History is replete with many diff
ferent IFS" and our Independence
Day certainly might have been on
two other dates "if" it had not been
for certain developments.
July Fourth is considered the
greatest secular holiday in the
United States and its observance has
the statutory sanction of every
state in the Union.
Yet it is probably not generally
known that no less than three dates
might reasonably compete for desig-
nation as the natural day of Amer
lean Independence and for the hon
ors of the anniversary of that event.
The resolution of independence was
adopted on July 2, 1776. 1t was this
day that Mr.. Adams designated as
the anniversary the oft-quoted letter
written on his desk at the time, pro-
pheeying its future celebration by
bells, bonfres, noisy demonstrations,
etc.
On the 4th of July occurred the
Declaration of independence. On the
End of August following took place
the ceremony of signature which has
furnished to the popular imagination
the common pictorial and dramatic
conception of the event.
History reveals that the first reso-
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-07-06
June 26, 1919

Rufus Cone who enlisted in the
navy left for Cincinnati where he
will be sent to the Great Lakes
Naval Training Station for instruc-
ton. He enlisted for three years.
He is the grandson of Sam Painter.
An iron cross taken from a captive
German by Rene Klay is on exhibit
in the News window. Besides the
cross there are two trench knives
and an officers watch, all taken from
enemy prisoners by the Bluffton boy.
Ed Lora, son of Mrs. Nancy Lora
of Rockport who was discharged
from the service after serving for
fifteen months, left for Morenci,
Mich, to resume his former occupa-
ton as an auctioneer. For six OF
the fifteen months he served over.
seas he was under constant fire from
enemy guns, being one of the six
men of his company who was un-
wounded. Before returning home he
spent one month in Germany with
the army of occupation.
Three hundred troops, members OF
the Gath infantry of the 18th divi-
sion of regulars returning from
overseas stopped here for a short
time Tuesday afternoon. The mer
were enroute over the L. E. and w
from Camp Mills to Camp Funston
The majority of the men were from
Kansas and reached Hoboken from
France a week ago.
Homer Basinger, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. c. J. Basinger, has been honor.
ably discharged from the army after
serving in France some time.
Noah Moser has received WORD
from his son, Ezra who was in
France has arrived in this country
and expects to arrive home soon
honorably discharged.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-07-06
WAVE Returns For
GrdndnOther's Funeral

Miss Florence Pursell, HA &c of
the WAVES, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. w. c. Pursell, Sr., residing
southwest of Bluffton has returned
to Great Lakes Naval hospital where
she is stationed, after attending the
funeral services of her grandmother,
Mrs. Catherine Weagley of Lima.
Mrs. Weagly, 80, died at the home
home of son Samuel Weagly of
Rushmore. She was native of Van
Vert county where her parents were
pioneer settlers.
Surviving is daughter, Mrs. Pur-
sell and four sons all of Allen and
Putnam counties.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-07-06
Wins Scholarship To
University Of Mexico

Kathleen Murray, mathematics in
structor at Hastings, Mich, High
school, is in Mexico this summer to
attend the University of Mexico thru
a Fellowship won through the w. K.
Kellogg foundation.
She is the daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Robert Fulwood Murray, of
Hastings. Murray is a former Bluff
ton resident and is related to the
Murray family here.
News Want-Ads Bring Results.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-07-06
All Branches OF Armed Service
Are On High School Honor Roll

All branches of the armed services
are represented in the Bluffton high
school honor roll, according to a list
recently compiled by Miss Donna
Hagerman, office secretary and pub
lished herewith. Any corrections or
additions to this list should be given
to Miss Hagerman.
Listed on the honor roll are the
following:
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-07-06
Honor Two Birthdays

Mr.. and Mrs. John Marquart and
family entertained last Wednesday
night in honor of the birthday an
niversaries of their daughter Shirley.
aged 8 and son John, Jr., IL.
Guests were: Mrs. Earl Rupright,
Mr.. and Mrs. Clyde Rupright and
Albert Geiger of Eagle township.
Ice cream and cake were served
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-07-06

liquid. And in the last place, what
cow would allow herself to be MIXED
in this manner by snake which has
a row of very small, sharply curved
teeth rather than sucking mouth
parts.
Thus when a farmer thinks he is
doing himself a favor by killing a
milk snake is making possible for
the mice and young rats free for
all in his grain field.
Some, but unfortunately a very
few farmers will not allow these
snakes to be killed. These men re-
alize the true value in these harmless
and inoffensive creatures who have
an inexhaustible lust for young rats
and mice, rs per cent of their diet
being made up of these harmful ro-
dents.
When found about stables they are
hunting rats and mice not milk so
farmers and townsmen alike, the next
time you see a milk snake, which
is really a species of king snake,
think twice before killing it. One
milk snake is worth dozen traps.
Incidentally for the benefit of those
who are not familiar with the milk
snake, this writer will place in the
New Office window beautiful speci-
men of milk snake. This specimen
was captured this very spring in
Allen county and is an unusually
large one. It will remain in the
window from Wednesday to Friday.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-02-02
BY LOGAN CLENDENING. NJ. ID.

DYSPEPSIA is the sulace of
the lonely. the DESPAIR OF the
stomach specialist" nay old friend,
lr. Adrian Gibbs. says:
1T Is pure tragedy to see the
deterioration of nice young Tel.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-02-02
HAS, HZ/01zEee SenO77z0
IVan leSHsN4 81 lORENA CARLETON
L rlSx
''-' foh AM kIAAstu b. ,L.rkAl rr,,> ,s,,,.,,,,

her. Prism and Armando In the
k''rh.n"ite. having breakfast and
carrying ON endless discussions.
Prism learning Spanish ana Ar.
mando learning Prism English. Blu,
inns morning there was not a
sound.
ihc singer was DIst ready to 60
peep INTO the kItChrncttr when Ar
Inatdo rang the duorbciI. She kucyv
II was he. because the chime was
quick. ap"!rgct:c. not wishing To
"li'nrb. After Il fey seconds of ST.
renee Mallory realized rrism was
n"' G"!h% 10 answer. Size pulled on
'he squirrel lined nousccont and
went herself.
| "Bu"nUS diaS." hcamcd Arn,ondn
| H'h'kiy he recovered. "Ah, !. is TN.
#"h"tiih. thought /. would l." my
good friend. Prism" lie stepped i'll
SIDE and bowed deeply TO his en-
piuyer.' 1--WE speak sometimes in
Spanish"
"ii"w nice" said Mallory. ullas-
| InS inwardlv at what 81" would
nave To endure from her maid IN
inc i"i'itc' Come into the kitchen
WIN me, ArinIndO ANA we'll see
What is Keeping Prism so silent +"
iriSm was silent in tn" Kitchen he
ChIS" she wasn't c.un there. 81
9''"n look IN her b"Groom. Wait for
ntr. Amanda"
When Sh" returned. the M.yic,n
''V was getting eggs and milk
rom Tie refrigerator. II always
h'ih. he explained.
|, on may nav" % do more than
! Mp ~" singer SAID prism is
'.'n "'''i'HS' ''he "iiS so 3ici; last
'"Eh1 .iiHi haven't the heart Ia
""NS h'r, mitch rs ia like 10.
NV i'h'"iSll al the Palace OF
''..G f',% 1T III.
hc' ii'aih sleep. she Is 4 good
"'i 'H''t' Oh" deserves rest. do
| i'"1 NC nervous Srn"rltl. DO not
't'''"' 10 your lac" De III sweet
| 'i','. Il" II me '''';"ii h;.d Kissed
N'''' you slept lie found Il
'''', ia '-1 b'hi":' 10 not
""i -. N'iI''''"o VAL attend 10
~, H''''''S'
VI: ~.v' nc '%ola'mri anpro%i-
, ,'''' ''I ,'"ur i''Sr' how lucky
, So.' , ,'le ~ nave me- *cnorita, how
90 80 fortune III me. ! fix You
80, t'.',''i ~" !ui'"' III" omclcttc,
~ 'iCil chocolate ana the toast.
49, ~" "i'Nc S"" 10 Eo'ir dcSti-
-. 49, I,S' an S"" are indeed lucky
~, :" I t"s'. l,.o. nc signed WIN 4 TO-
I'd, ,',N OF h'o''S'y.
o,,;,, '',' ~, III" uSu'! SNili Armando
- =, '. .Is ''uto''.upiIe through Inc
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-02-02
MOST DYSPEPSIA NOT ORGANIC

headache. and such. They seldom
get relief from food as does Your
ulcer patient. Abstalnins from
food gives the most relief.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-02-02


I'm mallory swept up The mar
nt sup, an" INTO The lobby. With
'"'H'ch ccilihs an massive
.'''.'H'S' oail'iy WAS OF her side.
''So AIhiaiiuo' lieipihS her lind her
wy .he mexican Joy had eN-
t"''i'u his claim thGt ,He Palacio
ul ''''caS Hr'es was very bces'
VII" an extremely underestimate
my ''c siIi oeclucu' Inc place.
my 81 '''!ci' Us She MAJ. shmpSed.
"'" S'S'h'ic. awcs"m" inspiring.
You'd have plenty 10 do with
the billing If it did not favor YOU"
resumed Sandy.
willy shouldn't il favor me? I
DO happen 10 he the real attraction.
ihano players are Il dime u dozen.
\ singer can get = pilno PLAYER
anywhere"
Smooth your feathers. lay pet.
l JuSt wanted TO see you squirm "a
DIT. IL decidedly S no, worth brawl-
ing about iii a public place"
SANDY, You're so cxasp.r,ting
But" she GRANTED. after n mon,nnt
OF thought, won shu,ild r,t. biyb-
ar. It's drtcsiable of Tod putricIti
I'm poiuu tn uiyc ,h,, u,a, i',,
raIilmg over tho Goals" For the first
time She seemed nw.,r. -. H." n,o'
pie ahout them. She launched n.r-
yuuslr as she noticed visitors nav
| ing around her. Thcv wcrC ,,,mir-
ing the structure. c.i,nbinr car
rcicd stairs to see pai,,tin"s md
displays. pecrinc into The oudi-
toritm itself in an ottcrpt In Go.
Ill" famous $50 .ODO glass curtain
from the jcwclrr. Tiffany. Mallorv
said. 1T is rather public. isn't II.
Sandy"
Eyes" he arrccd in , crc,mv
tone. "Tou'd better don your .hub-
bic personality Apparently Won
are rCCuyni2rd." He .huckIri =: l..
watched "A seraphic glow mas,
across the singers features. ,ik.
white icing over a DEVILS food ca,;.
GraciOuSly she BEGAN to tall; will,
three women who had a,coglcd her
y rm Il II Il o s. manner impIieI
such ridiculous anticSw Aloud. he
questioned the ACCOMPANIES. "'rhe
ahEri *chor!ia is ALWAYS acting?
fcS
on don't know the half of it,
pal
al rciiShed m o.
~, , my H""., friend frism has
.,, 80, AZ INC ''''''
E,;d,, - t'Ne our WORD amigo.
can,,' n' 90 i" 80 r''tiln' AS lie spoke
. 10y ',.' Ma'i'ryS grasp on his
"Cct mo ,,..n,, 80. '''t meant
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-02-02

low who has been fascinated in
medical school by the actions of the
digestive tract, and has therefore
decided to specialize in digestive
diseases. He expects all his pa
tIcnts will have some real disease
Of the stomach or intestine or rul-
let, or some chemical arrangement
OF secretion that he can adjust aft
er careful study. And then il grad
uaily dawns OH him after lac has
been in practice some time that
most Of the people he is spending
his valuable time OH are just belly
achers.
After all that is what dyspcp-
sia is. isn't it-bellyaching?
Stomach Diseases
1T is true that Il certain propor-
tion Of dyspeptics do suffer from
real organic disease. Ulcer is the
only common one of the stomach.
The less said about cancer of the
stomach the better. Dropped stum-
ach occasionally gives trouble. but
SO many Of them produce no symp-
toms at all that the subject is us
dead as Hitler's plans for Russia.
The intestines also have Il select
few organic diseases, but the sur
geon grabs them before the stum-
ache specialist has chance.
"Thcn there is reflex dyspepsia.
Our remote ancestors in the ami
NAL Kingdom were nothing but
stomachs once, and most of us hay.
never got over that - whenever
anything is wrong anywhere in the
body 1t goes right to the stomach
a bad posture, n tilted womb, a
curved back, touch of the flu.
Here is where your old friend
the gallbladdcr comes in. | have
heard it said that yallbladdcv dis
ease is the conmuucst cause of
dyspepsia. 1t does rot show itself
rs frank gallbladdcr attack. cole
or pain. More usually it is gas and
bloating. You ask Il person what
is the matter and he SayS-'Gas,
gas, gasn You can auswcr-'GalI-
stones. gallstoncs, gallStoncs!' Or
just mild inflammation Of the gall
gladder.
Then they have sour stomach,
and heartburn, spells Of nausea.
and similar spells that they rightly
call bilious irregular appetite,
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-02-02
CHAPTER THIRTY-EIvE

EARLY THE following morning
a,aIlury lay in bed. not Slrcpinr.
hut thanking deeply about the
events Ut the nigh. before. Al.
though Richard blythe had stayed,
inIil,m): and planning. until almost
. o'clock. the girl did not feel
.lrrpy. She Was too cnc.tcd.
Blyrhc's assumption that the
man murdered could caS;l, have
;..-u someone dressed as Il pcon
proved his ClcvcrncSS. No wonder
:,e r",ld grab his bricfcasc and zip
around Oh planes while persons as
:umluus as Mallory Baker were un-
tremendously dumped.
-Do Ion suppose those two Grim
mails actually believe no on" wa;
IN their apartment last night? She
had asked him -ha. Just before hc
departed.
I'm not sure. although it il,
highly probable. They hays been
here so long and carried on their
work with such Il lack q, interior
rncc that they naturally become
uycr-roniidcnt. Then. of course, .;
when we catch them. You see. Nal.
iory. the German people have been
here for many years. establishing
friendships and good feeling. Their
money is here. They have inter.
married. Their children go iu these
schools. The spies are highly cr.l-
turrd. brilliant. They call them.
selves by other names archcoio.
yists. for example"
And you call yourself an cngi.
necr." the Sirl said.
How you do catch o.! And !
actually am. but workiu at tina:
makes it so much cas- ar To sec
what is going on, not only here in
tu"n, but i'll the sticks. Too. the
government here does not apnrc.
clItc orr horning in. must saw
though. that wren someone j.
called Ia their attention as A threat
To- our good nciGhbor policy they
Nqutdatc them quicker than Il swat.
ter does Il fly. They don't fool. Eut
Il * Il pride. entirely understand.
able. that they wish 10 do their
""n shopping. His grin had
flashed at Mallory. a brief one with
teasing. sarcastic quality she re-
membcrcd from the plane trim.
I've no more bushes; telling Won
these things Than l have baking n
cake AT HiSh noon n the Zocalo."
"fcs. yor do. After what I've
told you. am your confederate"
The grin flashed again. Then.
as my confederate. be more care
fil. You were the one vii, left the
door open last night when sou left
the Smith apartment"
Mallory'S retaliation was swift.
You. as super brain. should have
made certain it was closed when I
left" His blush proved she vas
right. She returned 20 n former
worry. 1T seems odd they wouldn't
he suspicious about my pretending
a social call. 1t was nearly mid
night"
oh. I don't know" Blythe said
airily. They are noted in tie Caoi-
'al as ladies' men and. after all. YOU
I'D IImha5t them with a special
bran! Of cy" katherine"
IL was MalloTy'S turn to blush
"ph. 90 hom"i" she said in pccv-
!sh voice. "iiut don't forget" she
aided with discretion. ito come
hIck, We have work to do"
Mallory looked at her watch, I;
"hS past eight now. She wondered
why i'Iism was not up. Usually a;
'his hour Mallory was able to hear.
through the GimHcss Of her sIum-