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DAKOTA CITY, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1917.
NO. 5.
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VIVID DESCRIPTION
OF FIRST-AID WORK
BY RED CROSS MEN
An American Pictures Scenes in
Subway Dressing Station
Near Trenches.
SURGEONS LABOR ENDLESSLY
Captain, Priest, Private and German
Lad, All Dying, Get Tender Caro
From Overworked Hospital
and Ambulance Aids.
Tho work of the Rod Cross surgeons
nnd stretcher bearers at the front In
France was never more vividly Illus
trated than In a recent letter forward
ed to America. It was written by
I'hllii) O. Mills to Mr. Eliot Norton,
head of the Volunteer Motor Aiubu
lnnce corps which Mr. Mills was serv
ing. Tho communication was private,
but was made public because of the
clearness with which It sets forth tho
scenes amid which the surgeons nnd
ambulance workers labor, day after
day. The text follows:
"Tonight I am fitting In n small un
derground cellar of a public bullding,!
acting as a sort of timekeeper for the
curs (ambulances) going up to our
most dangerous post, and handling the
reserve cars for wounded In the town
itself. The whole world is passing
here French, Americans ; living,
wounded and dying.
"A long, heavily arched corridor,
with stone steps leading down to it;
two compartments off to one side, lined
with Mine bins, where our reserve men
nnd u few French brnncnrdlcrs
(stretcher bearers) are lying on their
stained stretchers, some snoring; be
yond, a door that leads to a little sick
ward the most pathetic little room I
have ever seen with four beds of dif
ferent sizes and kinds on one side, nnd
six on tho other, taken, evidently,
from the ruined houses near by; nnd
one tired Inflrmler (hospital attendant)
to tend and soothe tho wounded and
dying.
"In the bed nearest tho door n
French priest, shot through tho lungs,
with pneumonia setting in, his black
benrd pointing straight up, wnispering
for water.
"Next to him a little German lad,
hardly nineteen, and small, with about
six hours to live, calling sometimes
screaming for his mother, and then
for water.
"Next to him a French captain of
infantry, his' arm on? at the shoulder
and his head wounded weak, dying,
Init smiling.
"And next to him n tirailleur (infan
tryman) in delirium calling on his
colonel to charge the Germans.
"Tho lnfirmier is going from ono to
the other, soothing and waiting on each
in turn. lie nsks me what the German
Is saying, and I tell hlra he is calling
for his mother.
" 'All, tills is a sad war 1' ho says, as
lie goes over to hold tho poor lad's
hand.
"A brnnenrdier comes in with a mes
sage: A blcsso (a wounded man) at
Belleville very serious.
"This is a reserve car call, so ono
slides out nnd is gone like a gray ghost
down the ruined street, making all tho
speed its driver can no easy matter
with no lights. In twenty minutes ho
Is back. Tho brancardlcrs go out.
They como in again bearing the wound
ed man on a stretcher and plnco It on
the lloor. Ono of them, who is n priest,
leans over him nnd asks his name, and
Lis town. On answer to tho question
whnt his wife's nnmo. Is, ho whispers
'Alice,' while on the other sido an
other brnnenrdier is slitting tho
clothes from Ills body nnd I' shiver
with 'the pity of it at tho sight I see.
"Tho surgeon comes out of his little
operating room. Weary with tho
night's tragic work after so many,
many other tragic nights ho douses
his head In a bucket of water. Ho
turns to tho wounded mnn, gently fools
his nose, lifts up his closed eyelid, and
nt his nod the stretcher is again lifted
nnd the wounded man is carried into
the operating room, nnd soon ufter Into
the little room of sorrows.
"In nnswer to my enger question, tho
surgeon slinkes his head.
" 'Not n chance.'
"A brancaullor and I gather the sol
dier's belongings from his clothes to
lie sent to his wife, hut even we hnvo
to stop for a few minutes after we
see the photograph of his wife and
their two little children.
"An hour Inter, as our night's work
is slacking up and several cars have
driven up nnd been unloaded, the in
flrmler comes in from the little room
nnd snys something to the brnncnr
dlcrs. Two of them get a stretcher,
and in n moment the 'blesse from
Belleville" comes past us with n sheet
over him. They lay him down nt tho
other end of tho room and another
brnnenrdier begins rolling nnd tying
him In burlnp for burial. As I look
he changes to n shapeless log. Then,
out to tho dend wagon with It.
"Soon after,. I golntnthp little wnrd
ngnln to soo how tlio others nre .com
ing through the night, and am glad to
see them nil quieted down. Even tho
little German seems In less pnln,
though his breathing still shakos tho
heavy bed ho lies on.
"Through n chink I see that day is
beginning to bronk, and I hear the
chief's car coming In from the snp, and
know that the night's work Is over."
This Is not n sketch from the imagi
nation of a novelist it is the actuul
occurrences of n night behind tho
ont where the French, the Belgians,
.10 British and soon the Americans
i.l(' at liny the Gormnn invader. This
Is the nightly work of the men who
care for the wounded.
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I RED CROSS NOTES I
a Dakota County Chapter
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The work room will be open Fri
day afternoon of this week for knit
ting. Anyone who knows how to
knit and wants to knit for the Red
Cross can come and get yarn and di
rections for the work. If you do
not know how to knit and wish to
learn please bring your own yarn
and needles, (any kind will do to
learn with), and you will be instruct
ed. It is specially requested that
all those who have knitted articles
started bring their work to the work
room at this time that a lineup may
be gotten of this department of
the! Red Cross work. Do not for
get the day or date Friday after
noon, September 28.
Any one who is a member of the
Red Cross can get the Red Cross
Magazine by paying another dollar,
providing yau do this not later than
three months after joining.
The'following is a complete list of
the contributions received toward
filling comfort kits for the Dakota
county boys:
Mrs. C. II. Maxwell $2 00
Mrs. Belle Harris 2 00
Jolly Idlers 2 00
Mrs. Lucy Berger 1 00
Mrs. G. F. Broyhill 2 00
H. H. S. Club 2 00
Mrs. Mell Schmied 2 00
Mrs. Geo. Niebuhr 50
Mrs. Fred Edgar 50
Mrs. Harry Brown 2 00
M. E. Ladies' Aid 2 00
E. II. Gribble 2 00
Mrs. S. A. Heikes 2 00
F. A. Wood . 2 00
Mrs. Belle Barnett 2 00
Fred E. Beermann 2 00
Mrs. Don Forbes 2 00
Mrs. C. J. O'Connor, Homer.. 2 00
J. J. Eimers, South Sioux City. 2 00
W. V. Steuteville, So. Soo City. 2 00
Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Peters,
Emerson 2 00
It will take a good many more dol
lars to fill the required number of
kits. It takes $2.00 to fill a kit, if
you want to fill, or help to fill one,
send your contribution to Mrs. G. F.
Broyhill, Dakota City. If you wish
the kit to go to some certain boy
please say so and your name will be
enclosed as the donor.
The American Red Cross has un
dertaken to communicate any letters
of inquiry to Germany or Austria
from the United States concerning
relatives or friends. Messages are
sent thru the International Red
Cross at Geneva, Switzerland, the
answers are sent back to the Red
Cross at Washington, and from there
are forwarded to their destination.
These letters may be sent as often
as every six weeks, but must be
short. Any time American soldiers
are taken prisoners thev can com
municate with their people here
thru the Red Cross.
In the 2.G00 Red Cross chapters
that there are now in this country a
new system of accounting has been
adopted that will be uniform. Each
chapter has to send a complete fi
nancial report every month to the
divisional headquarters at Chicago.
All chapter accounts are audited by
the chapter's own auditing commit
tee, and are then audited by the
war department. There are now
more than 4,000,000 Red Cross mem
bers in this country.
Remember Tuesday afternoon of
each week the Red Cross work room
is open come and sew or knit for
the soldiers.
The girls will meet as usual on
Thursday afternoon at U:30.
New members this wetk are Mrs.
Herman Sundt, and Mr. Herman
Sundt.
Names of Red Cross riembers nnd
Donators from Jackson Branch.
Mrs. M. Boler $
Mrs. John Boler
Mrs. Robert Erlach
Mrs. J. T. Daily
Mrs. John Flannery
Mrs. J. A. Hall
Mrs. Bill Sundt
Mrs. Louis Beacom
Harry O'Neill
Kathleen O'Neill
Margaret Sullivan
Joe Sullivan
D. F. Waters
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2 00
2 00
(3 00
1 00
8 00
i Mrs. D. F. Waters
,C. K. Heffernan
Chris Smith
5 00
1 00
1 00
1 00
5 00
2 00
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John Heenan, Sr
Margaret Waters. . .
Vincent Waters
Frank Waters
Mrs. James Kennelly
John Schaben
Joe Marsh
Mrs. Joe Marsh
Mary Kramper
Frank Budke
John Ryan
2 00
1 00
2 00
Mrs. John Ryan
Dr. R. Magirl..... .
William Hayes
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Jas. McCormick
Mrs. William Riley.
William Riley
Herb Kenney
James Hogan
Mrs. M. McGonigal
J. W. Collins
Mrs. J. W. Collins
Lee C. Kearney
Mrs. Lee C. Kearney
Clement Kearney
Annastasia Kearney
Mrs. Tom Sullivan
Mrs. E. Gibson
Mrs. B. F. Sawyer
Mrs. Pat Gormally
Hans Knudsen
Mrs. Hans Knudsen... .
Mrs. M. Boyle
Mildred Boyle
Beatrice Boyle
Mrs. M. Mimnaugh
T. J. Hartnett, jr
Monica Hartnett
Anna Hartnett
Rose Hartnett
Charlotte Hartnett
Frank Flipcis
Mrs. James Ryan
Mrs. Will Hartnett
Will Hartnett
Uene Hartnett
Will Hartnett, jr
Mary Deloughery
Gene Garner
Joe Heenan
Mae Boler
Mrs. Rose Finnell
Mrs. Tom McKeever
Mrs. Horace Dugan
Mrs. Mary Gill
Mrs. Mike Heffernan
Mrs. Geo. W. Smith
Gertrude McDerjnott
Victor McGonigal
Mrs. Criss Severson
Monica Flynn
E. T. Kennelly
C. E. Hansen
Mary McGonigal
Bernandine Collins . .
Roy Zulauf
Mary C. Clark
Mrs. J. M. Barry
Tom Hartnett
Mrs. Tom Hartnett
Hanna Foley
C. J. Coodfellow
Jim Goodfellow
Gene Leahy
Mrs. M. Leahy
Reta Collins
James Sutherland
Mrs. James Sutherland . . .
Mrs. M. Zulauf
M. J. Miers
J. W. Gray
Jeff Ryan
Josephine Brannan
Mrs. Joe Brannan
Joe Brannan
Eugene Kearney
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2 50
50
1 00
5 00
11 00
25 00
25 00
M. E. Church Notes.
F. J. Aucock, Pastor.
Next Sunday morning the preach
er will be Professor Clarence Linton.
We hope there will be a large attend
ance to hear him. What a fine thing
it would be if more laymen would
render occasional services in this
way. It is very doubtful whether
the present system of having a min
ister exclusively to ourselves is the
the best. No man can preach two
sermons every Sunday to the same
people year after year, and do jus
tice to his message. Nothing would
please this pastor better than to be
free once in a while to go to places
where his message is badly needed.
But so long as there is no reserve to
fall back upon the old tiresome rou
tine must be carried out. And it
does sometimes get tiresome.
Beginning with the first Sunday
evening in October we will change
the hour of service to 7:15. This
will enable the people who use the
street car to make the 8:20 car home.
We hope to put special interest into
the evening services from time to
time. Further detailu of our plans
be will announced.
Now that the pastor lias passed
thru his probationary period and is
fully ordained we hope to make the
communion service more regular.
That vital part of our church life has
been sorely missed during the last
three years, but we will now make
it an integral part of our worship.
We feel sure that the regular observ
ance of this sacramqnt will do much
to deepen our religious life and keep
our experience sweet.
Do not forget the all day meeting
of the Aid next Friday at Mrs. Geo.
f!nin'n Hinnnr will lir cnrvoil nf-
lyCc. Everybody invited to come.
Mcrrit Barber
Mrs. Geo. W. Baney.
Mrs. C. B. Love
Ray Quinn
Mrs. M. J. Flynn....
Mrs. Peter Frank. . . .
Mrs. William Heenan
Items of Interest
Gleaned from
Our Exchanges
Dixon Journal: Miss McGownn, of
Willis, was an over Sunday guest at
the home of her uncle, Tom Con
nolly and family.
Wynot Tribune: Mrs. E.T.Antrim
and children returned to Coleridge
Monday after a few days visit at
Obert and St, James with relatives.
Allen News: Another Allen boy to
leave for the colors was Frank Hill,
who left Monday noon for Sibley,
In., where he was instructed to re
port. Sioux City Journal, 23rd: Dr. and
Mrs. J. E. De Walt departed yester
day for a trip which will include vis
its at Chicago, Niagara Falls, Phila
delphia and other eastern points.
Newcastle Time": Ed. Hughs'
crew of carpenters i o working down
near Jackson .... Vol lCinnaman, who
is working near Willis, visited his
uncle, D. A. Kinnaman the editor
and family.
Omaha Bee, 20th: Rev. Fletcher
M. Sisson, pastor of the First Meth
odist church at Fremont, who was
married Tuesday to Mrs. John C.
Watson, Nebraska City, was pastor
of the First Methodist church, South
Side, ten years ago. His son, Hor
ace, now in the officers' training
school in Indianapolis, was gradua
ted from the South Side High school.
Lyons Mirror: Miss Wilda Conger,
who is teaching in Dakota county,
Sundayed at her home on the Black
bird. She is teaching a time-honored
school where we used to attend
lyceums, spelling schools, etc. in the
long ago. It is now known as the
Parker school, but in the early days
we called it the Warner or Rathbun
school in honor of our uncle Gideon
Warner and Asa Rathbun, who lived
near the school.
Pender Times: A marrige license
has been issued to Walter L. Whaley
and Miss Laura Kellner of Winneba
go.... Mr. and Mrs. Noonan of Nn
cora, were guests oyer Sunday at
the Mrs. P, W. Cain-Abbott home.
Sheriff Dorcey returned yester
day from Iowa with Mrs. Jessie
Dearing and her brother, Marcus
Hoover, who are charged with arson.
Both waived an examination and
gave bonds. The woman's husband
has not had a hearing yet.
Sioux City Tribune, 22nd: The
Ponca high school defeated the South
Sioux City high scool football team
Friday at South Sioux City by a
score of 20 to 0.... Fred Gordon, of
South Sioux City, sustained a bro
ken arm when he was run into by an
automobile, driven by C. F. Max
well.... Mrs. A. M. Nixon entertain
ed a company of friends at G o'clock
dinner on Thursday evening, in hon
or of her sister. Mrs. Charles Husby,
and her brother, A. R. Johnson, of
The : Greatest : War : Drama
The Battle
or r eace...
By J. Stewart Blackburn
Featuring Charles Richman and
Vitagraph Stars
Rialto Theatre,
Fri. and Sat., Sept. 28 and 29
First Show Starts Each Evening at 7 p. m., Second Show at 9 p. m.
Admission, - 25c and 50c
Don't Wait until Saturday the house might be over crowded- Come Friday
Bucyruf, N. D. Tho other out of
town guests included Mr. nnd Mrs.
R. H. Hoch, Mr. and Mrs. Clnude
Heikes and Ray "Heike3? of Dakota
City, Neb. The after dinner hours
were spent informally. Mr. John
son returned home today but Mrs.
Husby will remain for an extended
visit.
Sioux City Journal, 21st: Dr.
Charles Maxwell, who has received a
commission in the officers, reserve
corps, departed last night for Wash
ington, D. C. Ho will be assigned
to special work in the medical war
college at Washington.... Miss An
derson, a nurse living at 1418 Ne
braska street, yesterday was married
at Waterloo to J, B. McCartney, of
Dubuque, according to information
received here Inst night. Mr. and
Mrs. McCartney will reside in Du
buque. They will go to the Pacific
coast this winter on a wedding trip.
Sioux City Journal, 22nd: James
Parks has returned to his home at
HiiMm I, Neb., after a brief visit in
the h no of his cousin, E. E. Long.
. . . .County Attorney George W. Lea
rner and former County Attorney S.
T. Frum, of Dakota City, returned
yesterday morning from Lincoln,
where the supreme court is hearing
Mr. Frum's contest of Mr. Learner's
election last fall. Mr. Learner was
given a majority of 13 votes over
Mr. Frum, and in contesting the
election the district court refused a
recount. The case probably will be
decided within a month, according
to Mr. Frum.
Sioux City Journal, 20th: Jacob
Learner is spending a week with
friends in Omaha.... Mrs. Irving
Fisher, of Dakota City arrived yes
terday to visit over the week end
with her sister, Mrs. Jacob Learner.
....Mrs. Jessie Dearing and Mar
quis Hover, who are wanted at Pen
der, Neb., on a charge of arson yes
terday surrendered to requisition
papers obtained by County Attornoy
Smith of Thurston county. The de
fendants last week fought extradi
tion on habeas corpus proceedings in
the court of Judge George Jepson.
Following the release of the couple
they were rearrested at the North
western station by Deputy Sheriff
E. W. Pecaut. It is charred that
they set fire to a dwelling in Pender
on the night pf August 2.
Walthill Citizen: Mrs. Tully and
daughter, Miss Gladys, left Friday
for a short visit at South Sioux City.
....Miss Clara Crowell returned to
her-duties as teacher in South Sioux
City schools on Monday... .Mesdames
W. H. Mason and W. II. Rickerson
were Sioux City visitors Monday and
Tuesday. - ..Mrs. Garrett Mason and
baby of Homer, were visitors at the
W. II. Mason home yesterday and
today.... Miss Lena Mason came
home Friday from Homer. Her
grandfather, M. Mason, brought her
down in an auto.. '..The body of
Maude Kinison was brought from So.
Sioux City last Thursday on the 1:38
train, and interred in the Walthill
cemetery, Rev. Clark of South Sioux
City having charge of the services.
The deceased was a granddaughter
of Mrs. N. Bourell of this place.
The following with the bereaved
mm
parents and family made up the fu
neral party: Mrs A. Kinisen and
Mrs. A. J. Conn, of Greenwood;
Mrs. J. M. FiscuB and Mrs. B. L.
Moore, Vernon, Miss Perilda Med
ford, Mrs. E. F. Clinkenbeard of
Sonth Sioux City and Mrs. Edna
Headrick of Lincoln.
Harry McEntnffer is still having
to carry his arm around in a sling.
...Geo. Peters of Hubbard visited
over Sunday with his sister, Mrs. L.
Hingst... .Geo. Wallway and family
visited the G. W. Merten family in
Sioux City last Sunday nnd also call
ed at tho hospital to see George Mer
ten, who is a getting along nicely ....
Howard Shumwny, son of H. P.
Shumway of Wakefield, returned
last week from a stay of several
months in France, where he was
connected with the ambulace corps.
Ho had intended oh his return to the
United Slates to enlist as a private
unless something more favorable
offered itself. But he was only homo
five days when he had a call to re
port at the officer's training camp
located at Middleton, N. J., for
which place he started on Friday
morning. His work will be in the
hospital corps... .Messrs Ben and J.
H. Bondcrson nnd II. II. Stolze have
just returned from a trip to St.
Paul and Minneapolis, going by way
of Worthington nnd Manknto and
returning on the Yellow Trail by the
way of Granite Falls, Pipestone and
Sioux Falls, a distance of about 900
miles which was made in a Dodge
car. Whiie nt Minneapolis they vis
ited with C. E. Paul, now in tho
training camp at Fort Snclling. Ho
is feeling fine and working hard and
sent his best regards to the folks in
good old Emerson.
SCHOOL NOTES.
Ily Clarenco Linton.
Much of the language work Mon
day consisted of oral and written
stories of fair experiences.
About GO or not quite one-half of
tho school people attended the fair
Fridny.
The fourth grade geography class
is studying tho Missouri river.
Tho high school people nit under
taking to give the piny entitled
"Kicked out of Collept'," before
the 15th of October. The proceeds
are to bo divided, $15 to the victrola
fund, and the rest to the boy's ath
letic fund. In view of tlje fact that
no football is being played this au
tumn, it is an opportune, time to
stage' tho play, and the training will
be very profitable for the high school
people: There are nine girls nnd
ten boys in the cast.
It is of interest to know that Ray
mond Ream, of the class of '17 has
entered the University at Lincoln
and is persuing a course in electrical
engineering. He reports his new
work very favorably. Tho other
membera of his class are at their re
spective homes.
The high school civics class has
been spending some time in a special
study of our county government.
Farm For Sale
Well improved 40-acre farm, hog
tight, bearing orchard, located be
tween Sioux City and Dakota City,
possession given March 1st. Fred
Duensing, owner, Dakota City, Neb.
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