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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1918-08-09, Page 31 - 8.5 S VE —$8,S00,000 IN CANADA sines e Transacted. RS OF CREDIT t7 ORDERS DEPARTMENT ghost Current Rate, MIS DISTRICT: Kirktan fensall Zurich States were working in 295 tradera- i,occupations out of 303 listed, a.nel the induetrial workers at the out-- iak of war more than 2,000,0On e women. rhe United Railways Company of ltimore has opened a school for COT!- Aorettes, with the idea dn view of [sting them on their cars. he Wisconsin industrial conunissiorr 3 rendered, a decision which wo- ks women employed on street ea* conductors and motorwomen from oking on night runs or being ow ty snore than eight ho -urs in any cale. Lady Kathleen Scott, the talented nen dow of the heroic polar explorer/ e of the many famous women who, e now filling important posts under E. English government asse-antrione-- No Heat Waylaid Straight walls in the dccp firepot of the Sunshine Furnace pre- vent ashes from col- lecting and absorbing the heat instead of allowing it to- do its work in heating the Tionac one of the feat- ures t that make the Sunshine the kind of furnace you want for your home,f. kLE BY tails thine race areal Winnipeg Saskatoon etton Edmonton Vancouver 1 The universa military service gum— Ifering to his naturally the at gave him lent and great when on dtitY. our Lasts MIN senresan uriA _60 051/I7 u'll wee The bon In e n ST 9 191 • „ + ( Fortune Is Built On If you have to work hard for your money make your money *ark hard for you. 'Our SavingsDepartment pays 3% per ,annum and this interest is added to your principal twice a year. r DOMINION BANK 486 SEAFQRTH =BRANCH: R. M. JONES, Manager. 4sauniumnegiMMUMMOSIMICONIOS000901111011110MUTIOMMICOMMUDSK1 110 atm E gotta ••••••••••1•0•1•••••1* DISTRICT INA.11:1MS ZURICH Farms Sold.—Mr. Ed. Talbot, of ewer Drysdale, has sold -his farm to his neighbor, Mr. Alex. Etue, who gets possession next spring. — Mr. Jonas Harteilb, of Dashwood, has our - abased the fifty acre farm on the Babylon line. Hay township, being a part of lot 6, concession 9, from Mr. Evelyn Broderick, of the Parr line., Mr. Hartleib gets immediate posses- sion. Fall Fair Prize Lists.—The secre- tary of the Zurich Agricultural So- ciety has received the 1918 prize lists and persons who want a copy may call at the Herald office or write for one. The prizes offered in some cases have been • increased and a new de- partment for school children has been ,added this year. A number of special 'prizes are also offered. Notes.—Mr. William Lamont visit- - ed his brother. Mr. Peter Lamont, for ,a few days this week. The latter. is In - Toronto at present undergoing treatment and his many friends here will be pleased to leafra that he ex- pects to return home in the course Of a few weeks.—The entertainment =evening by the Glee Club of the ,given in the Town hall on Wednesday Northwestern College, Paperville, -.111., was largely attended and a big ,suceess. The ladies taking part in -the '2plendid programme acquitted thern- -.selves very creditably and highly pleased -the large audience.—Mr. J. P. Rau of the GoshenhLine. north, re--- -cently had, the misfortune to break one of the his fingers on the right hand. and his -foot caught in the rope. In He was 'lowering an extension ladder tact. ! More soldiers died of disease in the South African War than were killed in battle. Ten times as many died in the Spanish-American war as fell by the sword. - In -the recent Italian war there was a dreadful cholera outbreak in Tripoli, and in the last Balkan war typhus slew its thousands. The Japanese are pro- perly given high praise for the san- itary.' barrage the threw around their armis, and yet there were many , deaths from beri-beri among the -Japs, and both Russians and Japanese lost thousands through .potted fever) anthrax, typhoid. and dysentry. In considering the fine work of the army medial corps of the Japanese army it ought to be remembered that the fighting was not done in areas where there were regional isolation would be impos- sible. The problem in Europe is much more difficult. The armies must pbe provided with ample Sup- plies of pure water,,- perfect sewage, sanitary camps and hospitals, , and there must be a' constant watch kept upon the -civilian population in order that the first slightest spark, of disease may be _stamped out.. ! To appreeiatei the advance in the sanitary services in the past half century we might note' the ravages of disease in the few-ennoriths of 1870-71, among the French and Prussian armies operating where the Allies and the Central -Powers are now struggling. France is said . to have lost 200,O00 -by smallpox in the course of thist struggle and im- mediately after it. The disease spread to Germany, and in they fol - pt lowi g year not fewer than 171,000 pec le perithed, not counting the deans in Alsace-Lorraine. Nor was England exempt from the- invasion of the pestilence, which claimed 50,000. victims in the "sceptred sisle;" and even did some damage in warding off the ladder to keep it from the United States. The disease seemsfinger, falling upon himelf he twisted his finger, breaking a bone.—Mr. and Mrs. J. Hey, in, spent the week end. with relatives in Woodstock and In- gersoll.—Miss Hazel Sparks of Bay- field, pupils of Mrs. A. E. Geiger, has to have originated in the French army, and was spread to Germany by prisoners, and it may be. that -this historical incident suggested to the Geri -naps the idea of infectin.g passed grade 2, pianoforte .examina- French prisoners with tuberculosis tion.—Mr. and and then sending them home. Mrs. 0. H. Ehnes, of in the war between prussia and e. Calgary, are -sneading a few weeks -at the hom- of the former's parents, Austria cholera took more mr. and Mrs A. G, .Ehtes, of town than the battles. 165,000 -dying livin es —Mr. and Mrs. Ira Brown and fame Austria, and 115,000 in Prussia, An t ily, Mrs. Sam Brown, Erna and Royal aftermath of he Crimean war was of Kitchener, spent a few days this • week at the homes of -J. Preeter and L. Siehert. KEEP CHILDREN WELL DURING HOT WEATHER Every mother knows how fatal the hot summer months are to small children. Cholera, infantum, diarrhoea, alysentry and stomach troubles are rife at this time and often a precioos little life is lost after only a few hours illness. The mother who, keeps Baby's Own Tablets in the house feels safe. The occasional use of the Tab- lets prevents stomach and bowel -troubles, or if the trouble cones sud- denly—as it generally does—the Tab- lets will bring -the baby safely through. byare sold by medicine dealers or by mail at 25 cents a box from The Dr. Williams' Medicine Co., Brock - vine, Ontario. EPIDEMIC REARS ITS UGLY HEAD Influenza is said to be spreading through the German army. The dis- ease has broken out in' Spain and there is attributed to the recent visit -of a German submarine. It has even appeared in ,England. Influenza as an outbreakof typhus in Great Bri- tain. This disease and others -follow- ed , Napoleon's legions wherever they marched, and was as respons- ible as artything for the -exhaustion of both France and Germany in 1812-13, In Germany it has been ! calculated, that one out of every ten persons was infected, and the death ...rate was 10 per cent. Even with all the precautions that are taken it has- ; 1 been found impossible to check tile I rise in the civilian death rate in I both France and Germany in the I present war. Belgium has aufiered grievously. the children especially !Tailing victims to maladies that they rwould have easily resists* had they been porperly fed and nurtured. ACTIVITIES OF WOMEN. Young widows predominate at the marriage altar England. Mrs. Carrie Puegner is the only woman. barber in Baltimore. , Some, of the best operators in the employ of the Western ,Union Tele- graph company' are .women. Women school teachers in New ;York City are demanding a bonus of 1 $200 for their last year's work. One of the largest garages in Wash- ! ingtore p.c., employs negro women as -civilians know it is not listed as a cleaaers and washers. mo fatal malady; it is to be classified I Women employed in the munition rather with the nuisances than with factories of Great Britain are com- the diseases, but when it appears a- pelled to wear a khaki uniform. If the war ends this year it will anong great masses of soldiers it is ! leave he German population with mot unlikely to become more deadly or to become a pioneer for other more nineteen women for every man. The Duchese of Westmoreland is do- serious- diseases. In Spain some deatha l ing excellent work in France in be- ieve resulted, and this may be due to the fact that in Spain as in every half of British wounded soldiers. . Girls working on the farms in New other European country there is a !Jersey are being paid from $1.25 to food scarcity, °and consequent manu- trition among the poorer -of the papa- $1.75 per day and their board. lation. Influenza sweepinover Aus- Queen Elena of. Italy has given sev- g tria and Germany might prove hardly less destructive than cholera, for the population, is in no condition to offer a rugged. resiatance. Tart the East fam- ine is usually followed by an epidems' icin Austria and Germany, to -day might wholly baffle the Herr dok-tors. One of the miracles of the war on the Western, front has been the /elimination of epidemic disease, ;This is true of both sides, and this necessarily follows, for the swaying tto and fro of the great masses of men, one side now over -running territory held bye the other for months' or "Years, ie would be impossible for a sanitary a y to protect itself against an_ insanitary army. Else - 'where on the various battle -fronts there has been much disease. In' Serbia, Poland, Russia and the Turldsla dominions typhus, dysen- tern and cholera have wrought 'wide devastation according to the New York Es -ening Post. Among the rap- tured Russians, we know, there was snu,ch disease, tuberculosis, being especially prominent. In many cases the Gem -tans decreed that the in- fected Russians should be housed in the same buildings with captured :French and British soldiers. Later on these soldiers were permitted to return. home in the hope that they . might spread the plague • among those with whom they came in con- _ • • . - TH.HURONIFOR o • . . .• • , - taiceup war work. - ="1""*""'""w" • Maude -.Mains; the actress, has d0- AatP4LIeVeral. valuable Pit"s*°t her Stawar Bios 4ewelry to be sold for the benefit ou the Red Cross. . Schools for the instruction of yoting -Women in the selling of railroad tick- ets have' beeit opened in' New York, _Chicago and WashiUgton. The exactnees of the physical' and nervous tests as applied by, the gov- ernment doctors will prevent many women front going in the overseas,. services of this country: Glrls employed in the bureau'ofen- -graving io Washington 'have formed a union which is affiliated with the American Federation of lLabor. ' More than 1,000,000 English, women are employed in making munitions- Michigan's women factory workers were more than doubleddozing the last year. The service car- of the Toledo chap: ter , of the Americin Red Crose is up - iterated - by three girls. The first woman in the United States to work as an imipector of wireless apparatus is. Miss Abbey Morri.son, who is 'an expert in her line. . The San Francisco postoffice inspeo- toes department has its first woman clerk in its 40 years of existence - The Cloyeland chamber of commerce is planning a school where women will be taught to become plant managerss Dr. Antoinette ,d'Artagnan a French woman physician, now in this country for her health, has been awarded Med- al* and otherwise honored for ser- vices and -bravery while under fire in the war zone. She has Lost 60 relatives. in the war, THE CANADIAN BOY. This is the song of the Canadian boy, As he sits in his dugout alone; On a wild cold night, when old Fritz's lights, Shoot up from the battle zone; And shivering there, he sits in his lair, While the whizz -bangs burst with a moan. Pmown of the First Contingent boys, Pm •'an old-time pioneer. I came with the first; oh, God; how I've cursed, Those Huns. but still I'm here. I've -sweated oft in the s-ummer's heat, . I've frozen and starved in its cold. I've followed war's fortune with the Canadian boys Whobe motto is always to hold. ! Look sat my eyes; I've been gassed twice. Look what the Shrapnel. has done. And that dirty scar on the side of my head, But I'm paying. hack the Him. Each scar a brand of this "Devil's Land," . We're playing and winning the game. And always taking the bad with the good, For a Canadian it's all the same. This war is only a gamble; the worst is as good as the best; But I'm in with the bunch, andI've sure got a hunch That the Huns won't stand the test. Its a long, long way to Tipperary, and o' God its hell te think Of the thousands and thhilsands who went =der, And of those who stand' on th.e- brink. In the early days we were just a few, But we held the Hun to his ground, Doing patrols in NO Man's Landel Each one taking his round. Till suddenly, came a whisper, And it maddened us every man, For the Hun was Using his gas again, That's when the fun began. Oh! the old Somme days, avid the roar and the Maze, Ai* *the guns all open wide; If God made the Hun in His likeness, Sure he let the devil inside. But we wee all mad, both the good and the bad, And as for our gunners, well! No men in the world in so short time hurled, So many Huns to hell. Month after month in the trenches, Sticking it day after daym Rolling into, estaminets sing, Paolo,- vous Francais? We traded souvenirs for cognac, and often slept in the shade Of the old Chateau at Courcelette, where the first big drive was made Standing the fierse bombardment. fighting the dirty Hun, Digging ourse-lves in again boys, each one handling his gun. This is the story of the Canadian boy, But the struggle is not o'er yet; And to beat the Hun and make him run, We'll do that yet, you bet. It's a, long, long way to old Berlin,. But we cannot pick and choose; If we can't get there on Kitchener's brogues, Sure we'l get there ors snow -shoes. eral thousand dollars of her personal funds to help women workers in Italy, With a membership of over 600 self- supportink, girls, the United club has opened a fine clubhouse in -New Yotk city. Mrs. Isabel B. Smith, a widow, esti- mated to, • be worth more than $20,- 000;000 recently married Orrin John- son, an actor. Mrs. James Wilson, formerly chef to the late Queen Victoria, isnow in this country giving cooking les- sons to housewives. The American Federation of Labor advocates the paying of women the same wages as paid men for similar york. More than 30:000 women volunteers re now engaged in work directly con- nected with the German army in, the field. A Detroit judge recently handed dowh a decree that women have a per- fect right to- smoke cigarettes the same as men. There is not a house- in, Diarbekir without' froin one to— five Armenian maidservants even the humblest shop keepers having one. Several women in the -state of Wash- ington are working as station agents on -the various railroads in that state. Miss Ruth F. Stone, formerly man- aging editor of the Cleveland Medical Journal, has resigned her position to MAKE YOURSELF STRONG People with strong constitutions es- cape most of the minor ills that make life miserable* for others. Don't you envy the friend who does not know what' a headache is, whose digestion is perfect, and who sleeps soundly at night? How far do you come from this description? Have you ever made an earnest effort to strengthen your constitution., to build up your system.; to ward off discomfort and disease? Unless you have an organic disease it is generally possible to so improve your Pihysital condition that perfect health will be yours. The first thing to be done is to build up your blood as poor blood is -the source of phy- sical wealmess. To build up .the blood Dr. Williams' Pink Pills is just -the medicine you need. Every dose helps to make new blood which reaches ev- ery nerve and every part of the body, bringing color to the cheek.s,brightnese to the eyes, a steadiness to the hands, a good appetite and splendid energy. . Thousands throughout the country whose condition- once made them de- spair, owe their present good health to this medicine. If you are one of the weak and ailing give Dr. Wil-* Earns' Pink Pills a fair trial and note the daily gain in new health and abounding- vitality. You can get these pills through any medicine dealer or by mail post paid at 50 cents a box or six boxes for $2.50 from The Dr.Williams' Medicine Co., Brockville, Ontario. • Maill and Phone • -yes immisurimmoommom imimmirmismommit Orders Carefully Filled Stewa t/fros rth's Style eady to Serve tore �u For Man, Woman 'and Chili 2,, THIS STORE, true- to its reputa- tion, has made every effort to make ample provision for your wa in weather needs. Come here with a confidence that we will show you the largest assort- ment of the most reliabi goods at the w Summer Wash Goods AUR stock of wash goods this season is a revela- tion in cotton goods manufacture. Nothing more` beautiful than these dainty wash fabrics. The many entirely new ideas, the variety and exquisite color schemes offer evsryone untold possibilities for sum- mer clothes for women -and children. The striking feature hovitver is that our wash goods will positively stand both suds and sun. Don't miss this big display, Prices always low at Stewarts' Pretty New - Waists - ,LIV.1141 .1,1'4. • . )4?-4 Only the best -and most select materials a re employed in making these new waists. ,.11 the little, but important dis- tinctive, features ....hat help to make a waist beautiful are at- tractively brought out, to the end that in these stunning models you have richness and beauty at very moderte prices Price $1.25 to $6 Dressy Clothes for Boys Many New Styles in Norfolk Designs, The Norfolk has come back this -year stronger than' ever, and with it 'many ideas in pleats, belts,etc, all of which add materially to the general good appearance of the suits. The new suits have arrived. You will be delighted with their beauty and well finished appearance and the price will be equallyssati9factory. Prices $3.90 to $15 -Men't Overalls & Smocks When working clothes are re quired this store stands at the top' of the latter. Peabodys, Big ‘,B'; Snag Proof and M.C.K. all the reliable work- ing brands are here. Price... ..... to $2.50 very lowest possible prides. • I' Dress Goods. ilks and Trimmings TV you would be correctly and economically gowned this summer, you must visit our dress goods depart- ment and inspect the new stocks. You may choose with absolute certainty from tilts matchless array, kno*ing that every piece is new, icorrect and /depend- able. This stores supremacy this department is generally acknowledged by woMen who know. This season more than ever we are ivory proud of our dress goods department and take a special pleas4re in show. ing the Goods. Call and see them. to -day. Prices lower than you will expect to pa Special Sale of. Chili' dren's Hose 39c Buy as many pair as you will need for a couple of years to come. Children's lisle nose in black or white, sizes 4 to 6 --all perfect goods. Regular price 50c. Sale Price 39c • .New , Corset Models , The 4pearance of y r new gown will be greatly improved if it has for!a foun- dation one of CromptoalsCor- sets. you will never know real co4 fort until you wear a Crompton.i, Our large and well assorted stock , gives you the very great advantage of assuring' yclu an absolute per— , Prico $1 to $3.36 • Ready in thellell's Store Nohbiek Suits The advantage we derived by ordering our men's suits early last fall is clearly demon- strated lin the beautiful line of new guaran- teed wdrsted suits we have just received. We said 'and that means a great deal in this time of extreme scarcity of wool, unre- liable logwood dyes and increased price in linings and pocketings, etc. We repeat Guaranteed because we bought only suits made of reliable guaranteed cloths and we hand you over a positive guarantee- with every suit we sell, but we also give you the additional advantage of buying your suits at very reasonable prices, Sizes 33 to 46. Price $7.50 to $25.00 New Sport Shirts for the Hot Days There is a wealth of beaut 'y in the sport black white or colored effects. All entire satisfaction. Price... . shirts. Plain or fancy patterns in gkaranteed to wash and wear to your .. .75c to • WOOL. WA/TCD Stewart Bros. SEAFORTH WOOL. WAATED --e antwevairowirmalift t