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MAGNOLIA 
Mrs. H. W. Brown spent the week- 
end with her daughter, Mrs. Loring 
A. Cook, in Boston. 
Mrs. John Howard Wilkins, who 
for several weeks has been quite ill, 
is much improved in health being 
able to sit up most of the day. 
Harold Dunbar, who recently re- 
turned from the border, is again seen 
about in civilian clothes, though still 
subject to the call of the government 
at any time. 
“The Goodness of God in Little 
Things” will be the subject of the 
pastor’s sermon at the Village church 
next Sunday morning—(A Thanks- 
giving sermon). In the evening Dr. 
Eaton will speak on “Billy Sunday: 
the Man, His Methods and Message.” 
Who will save our woods from be- 
ing entirely depleted of laurel that 1s 
being carried away by large auto- 
truck loads and shipped to Boston? 
Something should be done at once to 
prevent this marring of the beauties 
of Magnolia. Last Sunday the van- 
dals were much in evidence and they 
carried away more than one big auto- 
truck load of laurel, that will soon 
entirely disappear from this vicinity 
unless the thieves are prevented from 
continuing this kind of thieving. 
The Men’s clubhouse opened for 
bowling and pool Thursday evening. 
Charles Hunt will be in charge as in 
former winters. This priviledge is 
made possible through the generosity 
of one who has done much for the 
people of this place and she has ex- 
pressed her willingness that the club 
should be open every night (except 
Sundays) this winter it the people wish 
it and if it seems best to meet their 
needs. This matter will be decided 
later, but for the present the club will 
be open for the ladies Tuesday and 
Friday evenings and for the men 
Monday and Thursday evenings. 
HARDSHIPS ON BORDER 
Major FRANK S. Exsiiorr Tord oF 
EXPERIENCES NEAR Mexico AT 
VILLAGE CuHurcH, MAGNOLIA. 
Those who for any reason failed 
to hear Major Frank §S. Elliott of 
Gloucester at the Village church, 
Magnolia, last Sunday evening missed 
a very interesting, able and instruc- 
tive address on the conditions in 
Mexico and his personal experiences 
on the border. He spoke for nearly 
an hour and a half and from the be- 
ginning to the end he held the atten- 
tion of his audience. By the time he 
had finished there was no doubt in 
SPRAYING AND 
INSECT WORK 
Noy. 24, 1916. 
Groceries and Kitchen Furnishings 
All S. S. Pierce Co’s Goods sold at their Prices 
Legal Trading Stamps with all Cash Sales of Groceries 
P.S. Lycett Telephone 4437 Magnolia, Mass. 
MAGNOLIA MARKET 
LAFAYETTE HUNT, Proprietor, 
BEEF, PORK, MUTTON, HAM, POULTRY, VEGETABLES. AGENTS FOR 
DEERFOOT FARM CREAM AND BUTTER. 
ORDERS TAKEN AND DE- 
LIVERED PROMPTLY. 
Telephone Connection. 
Magnolia, Massachusetts. 
Also Hunt’s Market, 172 Prospect Street, Cambridge. 
JONATHAN 
MAY 
Shore Road, Magnolia, Mass. 
Real Estate and Insurance Broker 
Sole Agent for the Gloucester Coal Co. 
Telephone 426-R Magnolia 
SS 
Notary Public 
his hearers that this 
country was in no sense prepared to 
the minds of 
go to war with Mexico. If it had, 
and our troops had crosed the border 
into Mexico, not one-half of them 
would ever have returned home, 
Major Elliott said. He pointed out 
the fact that the peons of Mexico are 
lower than the very lowest of the 
negro race, being ignorant, very poor 
and practically slaves, for their em- 
ployers compel them to spend their 
wages of fifty cents a day at their 
siores, thus keeping them penniless 
all the time. 
Many of these peons have joined 
the waring factions in Mexico be- 
czuse they receive good wages anid 
are well-equipped with clothing and 
arms which are the best that can be 
had. Our troops, on the other hand 
at first had neither suitable clothing 
nor arms that were of any practical 
use. Because shoes were not scienti- 
fically fitted to the feet of the soldiers 
at Framingham all of the shoes had 
tc be thrown away when they reached 
the border. The reason for this is 
that the extra load the soldier has to 
carry invariably causes the arch of 
the foot to spread, thus increasing its 
length. 
Major Elliott drew a vivid picture 
R. E. Henderson 
of his experiences with flies and mo- 
squitoes, that swarmed and pestered 
the soldiers and which they could 
keep out of neither their tents nor 
food, also with the sand storms that 
would appear about noon when the 
troops were eating their dinner and 
the rain that caused them not a little 
trouble and inconvenience. 
The speaker expressed the opinion 
that many went to the border who 
ought never to have gone because of 
great and unnecessary hardships for 
those who were left at home, depen- 
dent upon them for support. He 
urged upon his hearers not to imagine 
that our troops had been on a picnic, 
but to realize their hardships and to 
honor them for what they had done 
ard for what they may yet be called 
upon to do. 
Want MAGNOLIA IN GLOUCESTER 
TELEPHONE EXCHANGE. 
City Solicitor John J. Cunningham 
of Gloucester and John J. Burke of 
Magnolia appeared before the Public 
Service Commission Tuesday after- 
noon and advocated the placing of 
the Magnolia telephones under the 
Gloucester exchange, thus doing 
away with the present toll charge of 
Sc between Magnolia and Gloucester, 
BEVERLY, - MASS, 
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