The Ransom Record du lieu suivant : Ransom, Kansas • 1

If AH --i etnaR y. .1 No. 44 1 RANSOM, NESS COUNTY, KANSAS, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1917 FER YEAR ft -48iaw We re in Ti.is War to the Finish The ('iaaster to. our Italian ally should make American worth culling such; awake to the real nee-is of the bov.r and shtuld j.rouse in him the inflexible pitr- Salaie is Honor to Our Flag Cf.mp Punston, 'h) Star: I wan very much surprised to rend in TU- Star of 2C an article entitled, Arm Salute." The statement una ihit CAULS 0 8 9 the Canadians do hot sable. P-'se to fiee that tliis war fouKht which infers the French v1: Got.

through to a victorious conclusion. Since when has this been thr; no mnttr how loI)K it takes, no custom? Less than three, month natter what the expense and loss ago Sir Douglas Hai? issued en Drder prescribing that grat Care 0ur first trooP- fire Ii0W alu" NOTICE! GET READY FOR NEXT YEAR'S WORK All plow lays brought in and taken out during the month of November will be sharpened for 25c EACH Lister Lays 45c EACH DO NOT MISS THIS OPPORTUNITY 6 0 For Immediate Delivery On Signed Orders sbouid be given in thee instruct- ln lne tnjncnes. American ions and that it would be enfore- infantry and American artillery ed. As Unit? ia in qtmremo' com- aie cr '9 tn (3 round of all the Uritish contingent fhftJ- Our Bona and brothers have in France, of which the Canadi- ine encn uto 01 wearying ans form a Dart, it w-juld seem latigue, 01 cold, ol inconceivable -rrairr- -rrYrt ft but- ri'ittr that this custom has beet, discon- hardship and exposure and of linm.il fnr Cruel danger. A few WOmCIl at dians) since that time, as he home suffer as much.

Otherwise, 8 C. N. Clawson Son NEY no civilians outside the regions conquered by the. Germans can were not excepted in the order. I have never seen or heard begin to realize the terrible strain where saluting was not required to which constantly increasing in the French army.

It was re quired before the war. numbers of our soldiers will be McCRACKEN An Auto Accident the statement was mane oxposel as additional divisions are trained and put into the act the article that it is a custom Mrs. W. A. Doerschlag, Mr.

that, lowers a man socially. Whv'i Tax Everything Wednesday was the last day of grace and many new war taxes have been placed on the people, with the beginning of this month. With the exception of increased letter rates and tobacco taxes and Mrs. S. H.

Barnd and two little daughters and Mrs. Barnd's Is it lowering oneself to salute ual fighting. We who stay at home must back up these men in every way. We must stand by aud energetically support every effort of the the flag of your country? Whei Names' Dream the enemy's outposts and poured an enlisted man salutes an otlicei he is saluting the uniform of hi ejovernment to add to their effici- country and the name applies The following interesting nar-j ative was written by Arthur, Names to T. A.

McNeal, and ap ncy and to back them up, includ when the officer returns sa sister, Miss Geneva Brown, of i Belle Plaine, started, last Satur-day morning, overland in Mrs. Doerschlag's car, for Camp Fun-ston, to visit Mrs. Doerschlag's husband and other friends, who are in training there. About nine miles east of Hoisington while driving at a moderate speed thej struck a low culvert with ashari a liberal amount 'of this chemical in the breakfast beans 0f the enemy soldiers, af Usv eating hich they became unselfish and refused to fight longer, realizing that they were in th wrong. Unfortunately for me, however, I was captured in my drsam iuat ing the sending over of constantly increasing numbers of soldiers peared in last week's issue of the Mail and Breeze: to the aid of the men already there.

"When I talked with you July, lute of the men. I have never felt degraded in saluting officers who are my seniors or returning the salute, and I do not believe inyone else ever does except, perhaps, those persons whose We must back up the loans and 25, I was seriously considering starting a revolution if I had to do it ull bv myself, but I finally taxes necesaary in order to supply turn following; Mrs. Doorschlaf did not see the culvert and har after I had doped the beans an4 bufi.re the enemy troops had eaten them, and was immediately them with arms, munitions, osition in the social scale is so .1 onninmont fnrA nnA Vincnitola Wa saw that the revolution had already begun, so I enlisted with lu; thev tee it i lev snow resoect shot as a spy. They were sorry tnw.irrln anvtliinwr or anvone thav HlUSt hold to the Stucteat account- the revolutionary forces and here afterward, but it was too late then lower themselves. ibility before the bar of public I would like to have any evi- opinion any government officials thevheels set for the turn whe they struck the culvert overturning the car, which righted itself with Mrs.

Doerschlag holding the steering wheel; throwing the other occupants out of the car. Mrs. Doerschlajr, Mrs. Barnd and denre to show that Major Gener- responsible for needless delay, going into effect today, the spe-' cial stamp taxes on documents, legal instruments and parcel post packages, which go into operation December 1. all special taxes began to apply at midnight Wednesday.

I They include one cent on every dime paid for amusement al missions, (hres per cent on for freight transportation; eight per cent on passenger fares: ten per cent on payments for Pullman and similar accommodations: five cent on oil pipe lino transportation; one cent for each 20 cents or fraction piid for express packages; five centf. for each telegraph, telephone or radio message costing fifteen cents or more; va'rious taxes on cigars, cigarets, tobacco and products; ten per cent on c'ub dues, eight cents on each $10 new life insurance and one cen on each dollar of fire, marine caualty and other ins irance policies. McCn cken En terprise Subscribe for The Record now. I i am at on nuey preparing my- as I wad dead, but according ti self to help our army in winning! mv I ld died with my the grciteut revolution. Fori boots on.

They could not bring some reason revolutions have al- me back life, but thuy erected ways fascinated me. Ever since a bcau'dful shaped al liairv does not believe in, salut- prforahortage in shipping, cloth inc. While the article does not ing or material, or for deficient suy di-ectly he does not, it im ammunition, or faulty gaa masks, 1 can rememuer uie uiifgesiuieum uue a be ovur iny crave and or tor other snortage which ex plies ne nas maue aume sucu siaie of my life has been to die witn my ment. two children did not receive a bruise, but Mr. Barnd's chest was crushed and Miss Brown received a double fracture of the limb below the knee.

The injured I can Be only two ohject3 in poses our men at the front to lvjediess danger and hardship. We must make their cirort and their suffering avail by highly re- boots on fighting in a revolution against the prevailing order of things. In my dreams I had all nrintino: such an article, rirst, Harry Kemp wrote a poem about it which was printed on page 433 of the Ii ued American History. "Medical recruits from all over tha United Statea are sent to Fort r. i.

i i i he desire to rnak-' the nvn of the ones were at once to th national army dissatisfied; and I of the millionaires, grafters and solving.that the whole power of to help the Hoisington hospital. Mrs. Barnd i second, in this way oppressors of every sort lined up ot course, ior ai onci prumnmery find children snent th with Central Powers, as, vim Vo rtVioi uirl a urUilrt rr Aitt i sowing seeds of dissatisfaction in our armv is one of their mo6t uainmg auer wnicn they arc or side were all the common people ganutd in companies and sent ia and the workers of the world, various pots." friends in Claflin and Mrs Doerschlag went on to Camp Punston on the train. powerful weapons. ii.

vviiuams. Lieutenant Colonel Three Hund red and rifty-sixth Intantry. Fine November weather now. this Nation ar.d all its resources in men and in wealth, uhall be used to bring the peace of complete and overwhelming triumph over Germany and over Germany's Bubject allies, Austria and Turkey. Finally, every brave and patriotic American owes it to the men at the front to make the lash of scorn felt by the Hearsts and LaFollettes ar.d by all others like them.

These men have given or now give aid and comfort to iiiiiHiiitiiaiimiiiiint stiititiiitnco jiiiiiiiiiincitiiniiiiiiic jiiiiiis.iiiriiiitijtiiiittoaiiiiiiMtiiitoatnMiuiiiiuiJiiniii.Micj nmnitiiito iiiMinmicr i or a long time the struggle was very bitter with the odds in favor of the opposition, but Thomas A. Edison, who of course was fight-ing with us, after years of re-seach and much experimenting, succeeded in producing a chemical which when eaten extracted all Miss Laura Meuijer went if Wichita, Friday murning, for with itne folks, and returned, Suuuay evening. The new M. E. church of Arnold wua opened, Sunday evening for the first service the seinshness trom the human District Superintendent, W.

system. Uno dark and stormy Stevens filled the pulpit. A larj night, in the last act. as it seemed delegation from here tttu i.ibi me, I succeeded in slipping pai.t the bcj vjcea. I The First State Bank of Ransom I Capital Stock $35,000 DEPOSITS GUARANTEED 4 Per Cent and Safety Germany and therefore show themselves enemies to the soldiers in the American uniform by opposing the war, or by asking fur an inconclusive, peace, or by assailing the allies of the United c.

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