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MRS. HAZBL CARTER. ' ’ : ee a ot
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“Love will find a way,” even against .
a : stern army regulations, against wives | | 83 |
< of enlisted men accompanying their |
husbands to the front. : Mrs. Hazel
Carter; wedded to a corporal in Persh-
ing’s army, found the way by cutting
her pretty hair and garbing herself
in regulation uniform. All ‘went well
for a time until she was discovered
aboard the transport. She was sent U :
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back from France, but says she'll try
again.
A GENERAL SURVEY OF
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object during the summer season will be developed. To the boy or gir] presenting the neatest and nearest per-
_ fect drawing for the consideration of the judges (to be announced later) a suitable prize will be given on the
second day of the Redpath Chautauqua. Drawings should be left at the
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B drawing a [ine from one figure to the next, beginning at 1, 2, 3, etc., and ending at 85, a picture of a familiar
ticket booth on the Chautaugua’s first day.
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Bored Saturday, August lith
Saturday, August 18th
Inclusive
All leading merchants, including Rosenbaum’s,. Me-
Mullen’s, Gross Bros. Imperial Company, J. Gross &
Co., Morrison Musical Company, Kerber's Shoe
Store, Bee Hive Shoe Store, and others will partici-
pate in giving special bargains and making it worth
while to shop in Cumberland.
The wi
The Russians .have_ attacked the
Germans near Krevo and Vilna, north
of the Pinsk marshes, and penetrated
the Teuton lines for a distance of two
miles, according to an official an-
nouncement made in Fecrograd.
The Russians cap‘urcd more’ than
1,000 Germans, but tlc developments
of success, the stai ment adds, are
being jeopardized by the moral 'weak-
ness and instability of certain. Russian
detachments. Cake es
. Between the river | Sereth,: Stripa
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the Austro-Hurngariansieon ey their”
offensive, occupying ‘villages; and the
chief of the Russian divisional staff
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WHERE ARMY OFFICERS
"LEARN HORSESHOEING,
Making - horseshoes is part of a
cavalry officer's training at the Fort
Riley army school. A complete
: seshoeing plant is part of the
iment, where the officers are
it the important work of mak-
ing shoes for cava'ry, artillery and
packihorses Field artillery o:ficers
are alto (nught this work. The Pa
tur: shows future generals at their
anvils. 3
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Lipait
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~ was killed while re-establishing order
among the units on ‘the east’ Galician
front. rEdSe rar
Another daylight- raid, earried out
over fthe east coast of England; result
ed ig the repulse of about twenty Ger-
man airplanes after” they Had dropped
a nuber of bombs gver: Felixstowe
and Harwich, killing eight - persons
and injuring twenty-five,
An aiarm was sounded in Londoa,
but before the Germans could reach
any point near the city they were at-
tacked heavily by defending squadrons
of aircraft, which speedily caused
them to change their minds and beat
a hasty retreat. :
The Fifth division of the famous
German guard in its furious attack on
the eastern end of Chemin-des-Dames,
on the Aisne front, during Thursday
night and : Friday ' morning. ‘gdined
nothing but’a death trap in the shay
of a trench 500 or 600 yards long) om! |
the northern side gfithe crest-between
Casemates and - Californie plateaux; ”
above Craonne. The Gbjéctive of the
Germans, to obtain possession of ob-
servation points, was flefeated totally.
Hundreds of German bodies Were" left
lying on ‘the gpound ah. the Germans
A who supposelliy are holding the trench
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British:armored motor detachments
are taking part in the-Russian offen-
sive in Galicia, according to semi-of-
ficial information received from Petro- |=
grad by the Russian embassy at Wash- |
ington. This is the first mention of
the presence of British forces in Rus-
sia and says the armored: cars are co-
operating. effectively with Belgian’ de-
tachments sent there soon “after the
war began: : vt fa
No mention is made as to. the num-
ber or date of arrival the British de-
tachments. : - ' vA
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POLLEN PESSIMISTIC
Says England Must Quit Soon If U-
Boats ‘Are Not Checked. iT
If Germany’s submarines continue |
to sink tonnage at the present rate
the allies cannot continue the war aft.
er February, 1919, Arthur Pollen, lead-
ing naval expert of England, declared ‘| ~—
in New York. . has > a
Pollen said the London report pub-
lished in a New York paper that sub-
marines are sinking 1,600,000 tons a
month was unquestionably incorrect.
He estimated the loss at something
more than 500,000 tons but he admit-
ted that the situation is a critical one.
“Have Too Many Ships.”
Captain Bragg of the American
barkentine Hildegaard, which was
sunk in the English channel July 10 by
a German U-boat, reported upon his
arrival here the submarine comman-
der, when about to sink the vessel,
remarked t “America and Britain
have too many ships.”
» Punxsutawney coal: operators were:
thrown into. a panic when it was an-; service in the army when he signed a| stump on his farm near Erie and | .
placed on Buifalo, Rochester and Pitts.
ity will have to close.
mines nearby. :
fireless cooker and the separate oven.
THE ATLANTIC REFINING COMPANY.
Told. that he had been drafted for
ward . Hopkins;
Unless the order is re-
: 5 delivering papers. | .
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CARA SN nt 4 mga Segre +. as
Digging his own graye under a...
nounced (lia, no more cars would bel paper presented by several boys, Ed: burying himself in it was the me.hcd
aged lwenty-three, | bf ‘suicide - taken by James L. Corey,
burgh sidings where coal is loaded | brooded over the prospect of war and. aged ninety-three, Boys, urged on by.
from wagons, J 4
hangod himself in his bed aom-in his 4 reward of |1$100 offered by the:
scinded ‘immediately, operators say, at (
&l, home in Creeksida, nesr I.rliana, H 3: | younger Corey, who is aged sixty-six,
least seventy-five mines in that viein-. kinsiwas a miner and liver alone. His | Jed to discovery of the body after two |
There are 150 hedy was found by a newzhoy while | days of searching by scores of neigh-
Here are some records of Keen Kutter Tool
service; Saw 20 years, Draw Knife 13 years;
8 Hatchet 32 years, Shears 17 years, Butcher Knife
' © 20'years—and 35 Saws have been sharpened with
~ ome Keen Kutter slim taper file. ‘I'he ‘uniform
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of toting wood, shoveling
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need it. The water gets hot—off goes the heat, fuel expense stops,
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Just light a match and it'll begin to “de things up brown.” !
Your dealer will explain its many fine points, such as the;
Philadelphia and Pittsburg i 4
Your Perfection, or any other:
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without sputter, smoke or
smell. And it doesn’t
cost a penny more than
the ordinary kinds.
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one returned as defective. Keen Kutter Tools
have been standard of America for 36 years, and
10 better ‘tools have ever been made. The Keen
~ Kutter trademark covers a complete line of
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