The Burlingame Enterprise from Burlingame, Kansas • Page 5

Soldier Letters. CONTINUED Obituaries. FRANK DICE The picture which accompanies this sketch is that of Frank M. Dice, a youth who came here not many months ago with his parents and whose death occurred in Kansas City last week after a very brief illness. The deceased is the Podunk who have come to towa' to he circus.

They, wear. rubber collars, crushed hats, lon-: tailed kimona effect coats aa baggy pants. Many of the me we see on the streets wear whai the general orders call "mixe uniforms." They have a military coat, a pair of old resurrected pants and a civilian hat. Most of them have been recently dis-chargedjrom the There are goverment representatives -here wearing the full officers uniform. These are the official officers, and wear as ar indication of the position a large at Thayer, Kansas, together with a large number of admiring friends mourn her untimely death.

Deceased was a helpful and devoted wife and mother, and by her kindly ways and sweet temperament won for herself friends who are numbered only by the extent of her acquaintance. In childhood Mrs. Montgomery was converted and joined the Methodist church at Scranton, but after her marriage she transferred her membership to the' husband's church, the Presbyterian church of Burlingame. Her church affiliation and her daily life was characterized by earnestness, consistency anddevotion. At one time during Scotty "got his" on July 19, not at Belleau Wood, but at Soissons.

From the Wood the Dutch were steadily driven back out of the v-shaped pocket. Ralph's regiment followed the front as it moved backward and upward, and made a counter attack at Soissons. On the night of July 19 he was hit in the right forearm by a machine gun bullet which had first struck his rifle. The bullet made a neat little hole in the arm and broke the large bone. He received temporary treatment from the first Is Your Child Back- ward in School? Possibly the whole trouble lies in defective eyes.

The brain may be waiting and willing but the eyes cannot feed it with knowledge. Thousands of "backward" pupils have been able to "go ahead" when their eyeswere corrected by proper lenses. Or your child may be making progress, but under an eye strain that will soon tell on its nervous system. Better bring the child tome so that you may know there is nothing the matter with the eyesor have what is wrong made right. F.W.Hunt, Jeweler and Optometrist.

1 4 Of -I aid, who were close up behind the lines, then started back1 to the field hospital, which is the months of her failing health, to intimate friends she spoke of the future and of what she believed it held in store for the faithful, and also expressed her recon about two miles distant, but still in the danger zone. Shells of all kinds were falling thick and fast when a gas shell exploded so near to him that he was rendered un youngest son of Mr- and Mrs. white diamond-shaped arm band All the soldiers, the ex-ones and all, lock at the Yanks out of tire corners of their eyes, never facing to articulate their greetings of "jaja." They are a squarehead looking outfit, but guess the poar devils can't help that for thej have been reared on militarisix and cabbage. Indicative of the first every kid from six years up wear a boche soldier hat, and never yet have I gone into a house that did not smell like cooking cabbage. Don't know whether these; conscious by the concussion.

He presumes he laid on the field the ciliation to God's will. By her labors and through the influence of her life she has surely helped to make the world better. The tired hands are folded, the pulsations of a true heart are stilled, but the memory of this good life will linger with us long. Contributed. balance of the night or about four Wm.

Dice who came here from Tecumseh last fall, purchasing the farm opposite Dolph Buek's farm in Superior township. The boy was born at Goodland, Kansas, Aug. 31, 1900. He attended the schools of Tecumseh, graduating from there in 1917. About hours, and first regained con sciousness atter he had been found and carried to the field hospital.

He received a good dose of gas while he lay there CARD OF THANKS We take this opportunity to thank our unprotected by even a gas mask; two weeks ago, or on January 6 he enterecU the Sweeney Auto School in Kansas City, but became ill with influenza with BROWNING'S friends and neighbors who so kinldy as the mustard gas which effects the Dutch here were any of them, in-dividually, the committers of the atrocities in France and Belgiurrv but can say for sure that they are getting mighty good treatment al the hands of the. American troops sisted in the recent sickness and death of skin and causes large yellow our Deiovea -wire, inotner ana sister. blisters to form got in its work on in a few days and was taken to the Sweeney hospital the following Sunday. He rapidly devel his face and neck, and the chlorine gas which enters the lungs and who are occupying this country- It is the Yank's first impulse Also for the beautiful floral offerings. R.

S. Montgomery. Watson Montgomery. Otto Montgomery and wife. Mrs Agnes Mast.

John Watson. Thomas Watson. James Watson. Joe Watson. burns the tissues.

At first he oped pneumonia, his father and sisters were summoned and death suffered from nausea, and the win a home wherever he goes and because of that I hear tht ensued on Thursday, January 16. Frank's room-mate also became ill with influenza and he also flied. lungs were so badly burned that he coughed incessantly. X-ray pictures taken of his lungs showed them to be black, or burned in the cell tissue. The treatment which he has since re VICMORGAN The death of Victor Marion Mor GROCERY The remains were brought to gan occurred at his home in the ceived has caused them to' clear until McFadden property in this city at now there is only one black spot on the Burlingame Friday night.

The mother was prostrated at the news of his sudden death and was unable to attend the funeral ser an early hour Monday morning, upper part of the right lung. He is still troubled with a cough, which is January 20. He was taken ill quite suddenly the Wednesday Frogs think we are too linient with the Germans. It all siro-mers down to the same old thine the Dutch, like the Frogs, think that every American soldier is millionaire and the Dutch wiE cuss the Kaiser to a fare-you-wxil if you indicate that you are a pros-pective customer. They often say that the Germans had prepared for war for forty years, and from the surface indications they had the man power constantly in mind, for there are more kids in Germany, vices which were held in the probably aggravated by the change of climate.

He will probably be sent to Methodist church on Sunday after previous as he was preparing to noon. This is the second afflic attend the funeral of his uncle, C. some southern climate to thoroughly recuperate, altho he seems now a picture of health. tion to come into this home within P. Morgan.

Pneumonia was the Mr. McRae states that as long as the cause of his death. The'deeeased a year. An elder son, Thea Dice, a member of the American expeditionary forces, died of pneu was the only son of Mr. and Mrs boys were at the front or on active duty the matter of their receiving mail was pretty well looked after, but implied Will Morgan, and was born in this city October 6th, thirty-eight years monia in a hospital in France on toat it was a neiuva job to get any January 30, 1918, aged twenty- ago.

Of late years he had been incapacitated for heavy work by Despite bad roads and inclement weather has been too busy this week to arrange an ad, and quote new prices, but wishes you to remember that: We are still underselling all competitors on many staple and fancy lines. Our meat department is the seven ye'ars. He lies buried at St. Aignans, France. The parents, inflammatory rheumatism.

He had been employed for some time in a brother Charles qf this place and three sisters, Maude, Irma Fred Peters' pool hall and assisted proportionately, tnan mere ore-sunflowers in Kansas. You stop an auto in the street and in iive minutes there are fifty little brats climbing all over it. This -preservation of the nation's man power seemed to have had its inspiration thru the church, I gather from a conversation with a -woman in whose kitchen I made my P. mail if you were made a casual, which means one seperated from, his unit for any reason whatever. He was in the hospital at Anges three weeks, then was sent to Blops where a motley collection of casuals were gathered, soldiers of every rank and command.

Here they were assigned to companies, their identity discovered whether marine, artillery, cavalry, infantry, and then Uncle Sam's mail service found them. Ralph received over 200 letters in maintaining a home for himself and widowed mother. He is sur vived by his mother and two sis ters, Mrs. Myra Gifford of Topeka, and Goldie all employed in Tope-ka, survive. A close friend P.

P. Pepple of Conception, now employed as chief clerk in the train master's office of the Great Western railway of Chicago, was Here to attend -the funeral. Although Mr. and Mrs. Dice have and Mrs.

Bernice Barber of Em poria. Mrs. Gifford was unable to in one week, and the pleasure of hear ing from home onc more was joy un be present at the funeral on ac count of illness. The funeral ser alloyed. In the months of his travels over there he saw no one he knew, ex not lived here a great length of vices were held at the home Tuesday afternoon, Rev.

Quilliam offi time, yet the kindest sympathy of cepting Tom Hutchinson who went over with him, Tom became a casual, so did Ralph and there their paths sepa their neignoors ana menas is ex ciating. Members of the K. of r. lodge had charge of burial service. place to save money.

We want your' butter, eggs, cream and poultry at the top prices. rated. However, when about fourdays pressed for them in their be reavement.v out on the return voyage he found CARD Of thanks Gilbert Davis, brother of J. C. Underwood of this place, on the same boat.

Gilbert was a marine casual for a couple of nights on the march here. They were imbued with the dutifulness of raising a. a yap each year. We call thent machine gunners. I have carried, besides my pack and gun, throughout this war, goodly portion of cooties, fleas-and other scratch incentive insects.

But they were doomed ta die or find other billets for yesterday I had a bath. I went up to a German hospital, rapped on the door and was ushered into the institution by a sister and then directed to a real bathroom. It was finished in white, had hot and cold water, towel and a great big bath tub in which I soaked We feel deeply grateful to our friends and neighbors for the kindness and sym also, having been wounded two or pathy bestowed at the funeral and bur three times. ial of; our dear son and brother. Also Oh yes, he gave us some first hand Old Fashioned Clearance Sale for the floral offerings sent.

information concerning the, cooties. The Cash Grocery, Wholesale and Retail. Phone No. 151. Mr.

and Mrs. Wm. Dice and Family. They are a bug, as large as a good -sized bed bug, are white or grayish in MRS. MONTGOMERY The death of Mrs.

R. S. Mont- 1 1 mm color and have black stripes down their backs. Every body had them over there, the officers (at first much to their chagrin) every doughboy and even the nurses, who had to handle the gomery, wno naa oeen seriously ill for the past six weeks, occurred the existing power from the coo at the family home, northeast of coctie-infested boys as they came in from the front. Burlingame, January 18th, 1919.

Funeral services were held at Ralph is to report at Quantico, TOPEKA, KANSAS WHEN Read Next Week's Paper SOIE MONEY SAVER the home at 10 a. mM January 21, on February 12 and of course does not know what the future holds for him. Rev. Kerr, of Emporia, officiating, after which interment was made ties, put on a new suit of underwear, gave the sister a mark (not for washing my back, but for the use of the tub.) But when ail this was done there was no place to go, and I feel at a loss not having to scratch! Find herein the German penny I have carried for Maxine for over two months. I picked it up on the St.

Mihiel battlefield near the Harold Allegre. of It li in the Burlingame cemetery. aiBK Bing" Allegre is another to Jeanie Watson was born of write home folks from Germany. Scotch parentage in Tioga county, In a letter to Dee Allen of Wichi on January 12th, 1864, and ta he writes from Gerolstein, Ger died January 18th, 1919, at the I town of Boullionville. many under date of December 15.

age of 55 years and 6 days. One Gent a Word Initials or Numbers Count as Words Minimum Charge Ten Cents Telephone No. 5 Buy a Beatrice Cream at H. T. Hogle's Haven't very much to tell ycu, She was.

one of a family of nine children, seven boys and two girls. t- l.il 1 except that we are laying around wondering "Where do we go FOR SALE Household Goods. TWO Residence Properties For $650. Located one block from the main street, threej rooms each, in good condition, and good rental propositions. from here." We hear a good deal as to our going home, but Inquire at 111 Kansas street.

I WANTED Sewing to do. (15t2) Mrs. Jake Terrill. une oi ner oroiners iieo in infancy and two at young manhood. She came to Kansas withNher pa-sents in 1876, and on Nov.

18, 1891, was married to Rolla S. Montgomery. To this union were born two sons, Otto Albion of the home neighborhood, and James Watson at present in the U. S. naval aviation service and InrafpH FOR SALE one Poland China boar.

Th'eo. Walquist, (15tl) Phone 929 ring 10 There are all kinds of cheap printing but none of it Is real ly cheap -at least not on a basis of value Cheap stuff is usually worth almost what it costs. Our printing isn't the cheapest you can dot, but it's as good as the best. FOR SALE some baled Alfalfa there has been nothing official to indicate even a contemplation. I drew pay for four months last night 477.50 francs, or about $105.

I had borrowed 80 francs to make my furlo trip to southern France and have paid this. Met a friend finanically embarrassed and shellecl out 20 to him. I still have "boncoup" francs, the first time for a long time. These Dutch are queer birds. They all dress like yumps from hay.

Ben II at Pensacola, Florida. The hus- (1512) Phone 913 ring 6 The TWO go for $650. F.E Burke Agency FOR SALE Three registered Dana ana two sons, ana llrs. Agnes Mast, a sister, and the brothers, John of Colorado, Thomas of i Hereford bulls at my farm, 1 mile north of Fountain Ridge church. Elvin Robbins, Wakarusa, Kan.

Oklahoma, James of Scranton, and Joseph, superintendent of schools (14t4) Wakarusa Phone 2426.