Reading Mercury Oxford Gazette 04-1917

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READING MERCO'lll.

OXFORD

GAZE1TE, NEWBOBl HER:4T.D, AND BElUtS COUNTY PAPER, BATUlIDAY,
APRD.J 28, 1917

COUNTY PROFESSIONAL & BUSINESS DIRECTORY.

TlD' IIl'IlUT OJ' TJDI V AJ) ..

Gll..U'mc

• TWIXT VALE AND FORESr
I ntended b....fly to IndICate UJMre

".idont& I. Abl!l9';"'"

Go "'nu

Windsor

Maiden head

~ellent

NewbuMi

ofestl 0 tal adv

p

(:~

WallJlIgJord

trad~

(Jr

.d"",~

IIr :s:ATBÂ¥RINE

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Bra.:...u, P_Ilo ......

Wantag", ttd.. rA4f
and

ch&zpl1(

DUClUPtlON OF G~
DEVASTilION

ST (JIOBGI B D.4,Y AT WIlfD80lt

rem
THE

QUEEN's DRIVE TBl!.OUGB

lOWN

THE

atCUN

adr;antag~lUly

FUEL ECONOMY

ABINGDON

The Grocers,.
Ock Street.
ABINGDON
Tel. 85

BAY LIS

To-clay's T.p

or

Use Gas Instead
coal for 1 ghting, heatlng
cook ng, and all dom estic purposes-beeause In so
do ng you help to w n the war Some of the by
prod ucts of gas manufacture are th e raw matenals of
hIgh explOSIVes others, of Important dyes and drugs

"

IiASIN GS10KE

WE ARE

SO~ AGENTS

for ALL

t ..o

the BEST CARS

I <AI.. SeU",d I MORRIS COWLE:Y
I om 1909..
Brllosh Built
f t~ta; Dynamo E L gh ng Set aU complete.
\\t•• \V. WEBBER, Ltd., ENtffli:R~ BASINGSTOKE. Telerl'lue
STUIlEBAKERS
om il:28S
SCRIPPS BIlOTH
£ 270
OVEflLA:\Iil
f om. £22 15

cu.
pre

aDd

e

-

But use gas economICally

Or

cGln(:

I:

F or example-make a SIngle gas nng do the work
of lour A small hot pl ate placed above a gas
n 19 dlstr butes the heat over a surface capable of
accommodat ng fo ur d sh es at once- say, a stew
eJl CtI! erole, two vegetables, and a pudd ng

CAill BE RLEY

Boots ~Chemists
..

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Local

Bra.nch

Thi S deVIce

12, HIGH STREET

rlo

L'"

C05ts

ltttle and saves much

GOlmw
For fu other h 1$ Drs l.ss~o1t IIr I. OIfMft}' am" f()1l T hrift _ & t Y'4eh
pa,mphl41 wI. h a b, ob a nt.i fy e by PO$J on app at II,.. ttJ tJr, S~mt4 V
B ntish Co n IUTUaJ Gas ~S5CCi.aJ clJI 17 V"klna SI,ut WJ,S r.l tn.SJM S W I
T m.

E. JACKSON & SONS High Street. GORING
HOSiery

Dr.p....

c.stum..,

Blou...

, T H t; LAD 1 ES H 0 USE FOR.
Millinery Boots, Fancy Good., etc.

All DoneS. Bold at Read'ny 8 Lowa~1 Dash PrieM Alway..

WEEDON B ros.,
GORING, Oxon,

BASIC SLAG OF ALL GRADES at MARKET PRICES
COAL MERCHANTS D,pe.. 0 Wollin,lo d W.~"" ••
Wantage. G onng UptoD Camp 011, Hampll ead Nom
Truck Load. to Any StatiOb..

READING LOCAL TRIBUNAL

Mould ord.

POULTRY

NOTES

SOME EXEMPT IONS WITHDRAWN

HENLEY

W. H. BRAKSP EAR & SONS, Ltd.,

The Grocers.

BPiY LIS

25 High Sl . Tel
MAIDEl'fHEltD

262

NEWBURY

'I h e 6 ~o cej's

B1{Y LIS

90 NOl!'tbb rook St
NEWB URY
r ei 2 40
OXIOll D

•
B00 t_S =Thee'!.J !emIsts
lH~DSOR
LOCAL B R.!..;.\ CRES

15 & 16 Thames Street
91 P eascod Street
WO KING HUI

FOi Hlgh·Class Gro c eries, P r ovIsions, Etc, try

VI. IRVUojb. BamIly Grocer and P lOvIslOn Merchant Peach Street
Agent for GILBEY S

WOKINGH a M

Wlnes S OU'lts Etc
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-

I

Frernlin sand Whltbread.
Alea and Stouts

PRICE LISrS ON APPLICATION

E. C. HUG HES ,
ON
WAR OFFICE LIST

fi nal

T.

Bl

1'1

CAVERSHA~I

BUilder Contractor, Sanitary Engroeer,
Ferr~.Concrete

2.5

CASES

augh ermB.n

a.

LITERATURE

SpecialIst,

a. fi ewood me!"Chllbt.

to E Hu
Throo mon rha

THE LATE COL R U R TllORNI!.

bakl! Ilppl ed fo
brood hake:
T 00
R.

AlbIOn W orks W okmgh Stm

SIXTEEN MOl'o'THS A PRr:=.O ~ER.

BERK S CAPTA IN S TmBUTE

,

29 m

Pn tlO S

Ro . J B rk hltt

DUNLOP
C

MEN FOR FOREIGN SERVICE

We und en h .nd t hat t h a~ b6en dec ded to
amp oy su usb e m eD n C -as e5 C 1 a.nd C 2 for
S. I"V Ce on the 1 nc! of eommun ca t on n F a noo
~ 0 dec! on htB b een come 0 ~ t h re.epect to
C 3 men but t s regl'l.l'ded &! ve" mprobab e
ho1 t h ev w I be C3 ed upon to p or fo r m any

m 1 tary sen ce fl,b POad

===

A HUNDRED YEAKS

FOOD AND HOW TO SAVE IT

porte.d

but &h01.!d now be Mten !lo t home

They

n v. aier th ee da.y~ the wa.t6r
be ng ch&n~ed four Of five t mE!5 ea..oh day or left
n & b.uin m the Wlk w t h the ta..p runn DR 5lowlJ'
fOf is. da.v or more. The:v may then be boiled and
must b& 6O&ked

By E. t

SPRIGGS M.D.

F R.C P

a.re 6xciUent serve.d f a ~g pota.toes w th
~ 0
beaD.l a.nd mil. garma 0 b u tc
II Pl'Ope Y ,0000ked
they .. e 1I.1.s0 qu t e gOod f ed ba.ked 0 g od
A b oe. er 0 a. k ppe g etl toe !a.me n.rnOUnt of
nm ahment. .!A a. f e&. herr ng hough we ght for

we gbt the fcod • .a.!uo of dned fish llo g ea.~r thn
i:ha.t a€ freah fish ~e W&re baa been or van off

TbU8 the dned her ng a.nd Dl&eKerel C8.n repLa.oe
the !lUna we ,ht of
The eprat

1&

MMt

,"pee .

'"

eor>nom 01'1.1

beoa.usa t.h6

whol~ a oo.ten like! wh te ba t It ~ VaIJ IIl'Ore Pl'Gte n fo r ~ monO!!V t hltn a.ny othe fieh
The
m a.ere ot e.nd till!! f eeh hemng ocnne De:ri,
The 0 her fish & e mucn de a.rer when the lUnoant
of food t hey g1ve and tho Pl'!C:) paid for t ta t&ken
nto fLCCOu.nt Tho lMat expenave of them w thn
oatlish

also 0&1100 Took flAlmon

or

rock

turbot.

AGO

(F rom the Raadwg 'Mercury ()f April 2B 81 )
The 1
cess of Wales 8.
ed at \i en na on the
!ltb LDS.!;, unde the t t e of the Duchess of Co n
W8. 1 Jier Royal H ghness
t s tatOO ntended
to set O ll t ()n the 5th to p roCl!ed to her' 110. on
the Lake at Como by the w.a.y of Leback Tnesto
and Vemce

•

• •

t.&d ;!,nd bound over

wbo came pa s!euger I D tbe
!\.damfiut tra.nspor t atelya r rlved at P ort:iDJ.Outh
from the Ca.{nI of Good Hope a nd :;t Helena sa s
that du ng h s sea\" at lSt lla.hma he once on~y
saw Bonapa. te at a d stance wal n g n front ot
h S house at Long oed He t1 on appea od to be
e"t pmel) seno sand med tu t e- atber s10 enis
tn h s apparel a s 1 e wo e t he old feeD coat n
l\h ch he Ja nded n th wo tarn 51 e epa u lets of
Ivo a nd b s three..cocked 1 a t of wh ch the
collar of t1 e former and the h nd flfl,p of tho
1 tillr aPl'aared to be verv greasy The lo.we
fill is of h s dress wo e black .s lk b eeches a n d
stock ngs Bonaparte has 0 late had U sentine19
placed round h s bouse who are kept at a d s.tance III th o. daytime but draw up clo.se towa. ds
n
The numb& hilS been ncreased s nce be
ath mpted to make hu escape D II. lumber ch&st
W oh was defeated
ft.nd SInce wh cb be h a a
'Ialdom appea~a out of h Ii own house Our' In
Ortnant 6llys that three ~Id e s of the ;,3rd R
mhent who were only enl sted for 8& en years a.~
W 05e term bad exp red en.,me home n the
Adamant every one of whom W(lre on guard ~e
n ght the ntended CliCApe was detected,
;\.

gentleman

tt

Man'l people do not e.a.t the oa.t.fillh It II! hnwllnr
excellent a:od wholMOnle. Its ugly head w th la.~e
8t cmg &ow \lied we are told for d alodgmg limpet..
Lnd J1lIUa~l.st I PElrba.p. the O&uae of the PT'f'. udice
and the MnmongeT often leUIl t bebeat!ed &lid
Ilk nned &rid lIOmetimBil by a.n'Othflr n&IDIIl.
• •
The more ooet!:v Almon and ~ .honId be
ReadinB Sat1l1'day Apnl 26 -6Ul1da Soh 1
bouKht by thoM who can e.iIl)rd them Th u.lrtlOD
ndeed R1VN better value than the ood at Pl'e.ent Un Oft fol' Berke and Its V c nIt,- -Th; &Dn!I
[mOM. The tinDed ealmon II equal 111 uounsbmeni meet ng of th s Soc ety 'IV11l be held a.t Roo.din
to the (reeh fish ~ ea.rd ne haa a. 1'1 gh food value., on Tueeda.,. the 29t]i lIIst. A Sermoh WIll b~
pi aachad fo the Benefit of thle ID.st tltion at
pa.rlly due to the 011 n wh bh t UI pe.cklOd
B oad Street m eot ng by the Rev J Hamson
Ma rganne or butt..e Mould be fllLten Wlth fi.v.
The
ee~&1ly w th thoen wh ch &re de60lMti Ul f&t, ~eb Sen< ce to begin at eleven 0 clock .prec sel
M
.he haddock &nd ood
Soc ety will tnen assemble at the Town ~I (by
perm
ss
on
of
the
Mayor)
to
ace
ve
the
Report
'The great amnunt of ~nMle n the oed C!I head
N B -Ther
gt"fIIS much .toelt when well boiled "h ch e&n be and t ransact the genera.l btl!'! nfl.SC!l
made mto a. naunshm, Iiah mup UMtul (or la~e Wlll Ije no collection at the To.1rn Ha.ll._Acoom8
modation
WIll
be
provided.
for
ladies
fam il el a.nd 6ehool!
FO!" l'!'Ump\e a. IUlfe oed I
head a.nd han ~J"III ~Vfl 7 quart., of lbock N a value
• • •
o( O'r er a thousand Cll,.lon8l!l To t. ... ackk!d 1 pmt
Thursday eventng tva" mllrned bY S eru.al
at rrulk 40z of n ee 1m of bllr e'9 Sour 401: of L Cense af hIS G aCe the Duke of WellmJon II
on on a.nd !oz of pa.f! lev ThI.lJ rrutAe 8 qn&rb 01 Colonel Felton Bathurst Hervey :M 1 biry 'Secr&POup each p nt of 'Whioh 'Wfill wOTth 140 Nllonee. ta.ry to hlS Grace to Mus Caton The C&remon
thftt , more t.han half the food " lue of m Ik
was periorml!c{ by the Reverend Doctor Goadah
Great Ora e Mook! be takWi oh a.t liflh nm'ItI"'-'lU! a. eo p ovo t of Eton Bn d tbe Bndo 81Ven away by the
not W&.IIt:erl but mad" 11 iO ou. r:v flAb C'I stard fish Duke
of Well ngton after llle ceremony the new
¢lk~!I or keri!le-re~ The fo llO'WmJt 1$ a Tempe for a marned
oouple eet off .lor. ~llefie1d ~
nutn
tioul
ked~tlree
B o il 6~ or n oo for twentv
Hf'rr ng
m 11 tee LUln ,strQJn thoroughl" 1'lW!1t 2'oz 6f mu
A. Horse stealer deteeted -M':Q,I1dnv n ght two
P"l\ n ne or dnpp ng n a Oftn Ill1d add 19.oz of 'Pie-c~
I~,.
"k • .....
of nah broktm n «mil 1 two h I! d boilPd eg~ ({ borses were 6tolen from !orr S heppenl ot Yatt611
HI' nn;
don
The th ef ~k the road to London a.nd
ll va lable) chopped np the nee, aOO u.lt a.nd peP~r
.;(j f h
OC i( til.! bot or
Cook for ten Illlnutea .m nng ",ll the time The oorly n t he nod morn Dg t7U stopped by the
o
5!lJmnn bought;
d18h R' ves over 1 400 ealonc! If d Vlded, between pat rol-e n ear Colnbrook who had rC()61ved a de
61 nned and hen.de~) 22
9&
330 four peoplft 8/l.Ch of whom ea.ts WIth t 2m: of b ~d sQnpt on of a man s m lllr to the person \l'lth
Salm on
23
</6
292 and .Loa. of mlJl.lr&nne e:"erycrne will get 630 C& oTtes, these ho lIeS Ell suspected o( bavmg stolen one
John Dorv (bo ~h t
from Dr Breedon 8 at Pangoouorll a. few weeks
or two-th rria of a Jtood mBaI
Ii nn ed a d h&aded) 14
1/6
1/9
191
befo e a nd th e efo'l'e took h m nto custody: Mr
....1'<1
49
1
1 ll~
166
Shepperd has l'! nce c1a med the bOrM! the fellow
R () oC'k
4.5
lOd
16
165
who stole them proved to be W 11 a.m Sha.rp &
Th& hernng the epr.at and the. Jtla.ek&rel g.J.'Ve
notorious character who. After undergo tiS- ~ ex
Il1uch the bes valu&. The aaJ.ted ben'l.l1g LI oUUy
am nat on be-fore the YiddlalSU l.Ilagi5trates waa
J'eCOmm Had
tirst a.t 4d & po d or 2d ea.cb for KOOd aiAd fi&h
At 6d A pound t s eeoor.d to the &prat. Two
•
ern ga, or t.hree 617Ul on811 £lve over 600 oa.!orie&,
A. fe." da.ys s nee the Rev John Ash SturgiS
!l.od contll.l!l 22 oz. of protem th t when ~ to
eura1:$ 01 ~nargate was fullv oommtH:ed to
t.b.at
tho rA 0 of bread frlV6I nearly all the
Ma I,to
loro.ftrial
at the He
nextWU
Ao"
... for
proto n wh ch a n ..dult n.eed4 n the da.y. A ,leat
Kont
on••II.Gaol
Charp
b~
ma:r.n6d.
DVOll>er 01 a&!ted b.o....... lava UO»AIJi. boon ..
..abnut 12 months ain~ be !i:i.s. lIcoir''Dd of o.n,...

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FOODSTUFFS AT COOKERY CLASSES
To the Ed tor or the ReadinS Mercury &Dd
Barks County P ap er
Sll' -Aa v. e ar e be ng adv sed through the
p8tper.s a ~ the pres,ent t me to use the grea,r,.....st
ecollO oy n the use of flour and br63.Q I hope
you may br ug the folio wlDg to your readerll
ot C6 thr ough your pa.per
I as to d €1st eak that n t he c ookery c asses
l\ b ch tbe gtr a of W 160n Sen or attena they
&re taught. to clean the Slub mth .dOur ADd oatme>.!
I cannot but th nk that f thiS were brollght
to the prop er a.uthor tIes notice t woU!d not
be -allowed a.t the present "time No paren~ to
my knowledgo ever used lNeb tlUnac before the
cwar lot alone now
you~ eta..
A TEACHER.
April 28rd. 1917

1 The tollOW1Dg lerva.ntA ba;.e been awarded for
ch'~
otC::~~ce g(~~",~~,£IO under the Re.a.d1Il8'
Ada. Al..-- es \.A;!,..,...,. dated) Chanties emplOyed ~rs H-wood
7
C rav-.n ~.Yi Rtadin
-~
year. 5 mOn 8.
g
h ot IIerTlC&, 11

~

Lo~e,relr:th~ru:d Dtt~~_ (Mrs
Kate

Lyle L&ughton
Lottia Braee (~g) , 11 yean 9 montha.

1,. Gra"f'e Ree.dlD )

JOhn RObbins, 11 Stan

~Wes~=
~tteher (Mr and Mn Ja.zn88
12JMl'B 8 months tage Water Roe.cL. R-.dwg)

n.

11,.
Bu,nh'm (Mlaa s'--'
C'"",.u!
RaadiDo) II
"'=0'<1, 18
A
Ch 1
;rears 2 mo.nths.

A..I~:dra ~'tte
&

Ferguson 86
Maude Alice M~din.~ 10 yeare 9 months
~e&d nS') 11 ye;u- 4f!4 ( a P y m 18 Bath Road.
Adeline lli
9;
montlu
Bem lto.n
~teDO (Mr.. E D Hoel..
Amy El ..b th
Dg) 20 yee ...
Knockeevan Cae
h Rob nSOn
(Lady
Powell.
AnnIe Wa. te ~Ms am) JI yea.ra 8 months
Road Read.
\ ra. Efparrow 94
Ham Jton
The

Chandler (Mrs

ru,.'l

award:~re ~%d~r!D~u~rI~the

RAGGEIT'S STOUT.

• •

~b~

The POUTICAL TRUCE
VIOLATED.

GIFTS FOA SEltVAliTS.

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Specla.Uy reC<lIQmended tor Invalids.

SOLE AGEhiS for READING aDd DISTRICT

BON N Y

KJNG

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)J. .

WOMAN SUFFRAGE
Attempted CoDitilutio.al R...lution In

1'011 QUlltT MOMENTS
v

C

8

Wit TIDle.

n. attempt oow heiDI mad. to rIIlh hl'Ough p,

WoaTH KEEPING

Iwaeat a m....ur. IlVU1. VOTES TO WOMEN
I D dll'ect fl lat ClD of he Pol tical T r. (.CI J,cla ed

An ~ Chapl& n C!lends ru tb e fol OWl.nS e:z

tr.ct from a. father
aetiv. SfInlCe _

8

for the p«Iod of the 'Nat
nil 0PPODcDh of WaMao Sulfrap m, n d ICCO ci
aJICe wuh aD h030Drabl. Wldertt ndin8 had .ban
dOD~dthcitpropa.ll.lldafo hel me be DR Ad ,,"I'At

1.ettor to h " son who s

Your motb er s al WAys aaYl~g

that

she hopes you will come b!ItCk With 8. V.C
I
can t say tha.t I care so much fllr tha.t b ut here.

a be Da ' a.en by SUffrA, 'U 01 I ,.... noll
." .delo RUSH THROUGH PARLIAMENT
wh.t amaun . to a CONSTJI UTfO AL
REVOLUTI ON

*"'0 .. few V C s vh ch are wor th keepIng &ond
bear ng n m nd -Be
Very Coura.geoU4-TTu!lhog In God !I to ght
Very CbeeT,}-Believmg God s
th you
&lwaya

Very Courteous-In

bUDlll ty

beior e

PLEASE NOTE Th. '" "'t bo. . .." "'"

coD. ulted

G orl_

Very CODlncierate-To we&ker

eomJ"lades

fond

help tbem 11.11 you oan a oup of w~tel' give n In
Jesus NAme ne'Ver g"0811 lll1rew&l"ded
V.ry Chary-As to the w les of the weked one
and hiS eontede:-at88 He thae s for you (J e.sus )
t. fTuter tba.n all tha,t o<l.n be aga, net you
A lold 61' b. vmg the above V C II is better
off than M'riftB ml'l!b b.o sold _ Ch'Qrch
PM:tJly N ••Q .......

UpGZI

th I prop»lL

Bu for the \Var he preterit HouWI of ComlDOlll
wh c..h ha. t~c. deaded . p&UI W OlUilll Su6rt....

everyone 18 YOur brother
Very Constant-In prayer fo GOd
V8ry Content-Kno ng Go 1 dot!.8 aJ l th ngs
well
V ery Cle a.r-As to your b e ns led by King
J es ,.
Ver y CS.utious-Know ng God Ii eye
8 ever
find ng you
V§ry Careful-In all you th nk and 6&y and
do

would hut come

0 &n

end n J. nuArY

9 16.

HUDdred. of houtaJld. 01 P. no Wo neD DO"
eDSaKed 00 war work ob ltd 0 he propoacd chi ..

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FREEMANS
REAL l1JRTLE SOUP
made In • minute WIth

Freem.n. Real

,

I
•

Turtl. Cube. ~

F_lo'''- 'J ~ ....,...If.T-JoI..J

-.....

THE BEST OF OUR MANHOOD IS ABJlO4D
MAIO' MP S ARE ON MILITARY SERVICE.
All pol lCa) COlI roveru •• ough fo b. nl5palded
unttl our mem CI are overb)me
THtRtFORE Wn.. lO,oar M P .owI 10
l our llew,f.'!lpa:-. protnt liS
any W. . .
S,dlr••• Bill _ .,.....l dorio. tho War
!lead
nd
tho NtriootI

.'&lIIt{

,.or ...... .ddt.. ..

Loa ••• lor 0""""'1 W.... S........ loa. P'"

Ch"""- W--"", S.W I

EVERY NAME IS wANTED.
SEND YOURS TO-DAY.

ID1IIrAilD UUX
09I4IIl... Kater

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