Reading Observer 12-1917

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il..Wlt'boUt ,noartlogi to anr !.thor ' cou'lil1!1 ~~~'~rn;:\!l.~:~:!;~:~"J.~~~,
~1'l!elJJ aid. . W. ib&ll be u. tb p...tt.,n
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Hill, Reeding. who.. · elMt!> oetlUrrtil 9" the 22nd
~)!g)1.t, 1.. \. left estate of th. grt>BI value of £i.R23
.lb. 3d .• with net ~u&lity Jl1.6S1j It.. 1d. Mr.
CharJes, H",U, of no ' Elm!!, Ol&ov& Park, Goring,
dentist, is one'of the uecutol'l.

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OHUJtOH ' Ml88IONARY SOCIETY.

. 'l1l. annu~ w8"Of t.ork inolu«;1ing aoldiera' com torts,
t1owen, fruIt, etc., "'flU be be14 at the Large- TQWD.
HaU; Readi.ngt on TucMday and Wadnoaday n~rl- The

wl!l be opened allioon on Tueodr.:t b. Mrs. Wi!·

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G1enmore Orchestra will pb>r 0&011
af~n. P......cu!at.
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IN READING MARKET PLACE.:.... '
<Jar!- are aI;"'1O In~lng •..nd' ""~wst.i'!'.,
~he:,:~e{,..w. -~~ ¥eftbt-{>la~~..pn '-~uOlday
.,.h... ;. 1I. C.M, wa. affixed, to the ~t· 01 Sergt.
Ridlor, of tha R.G,A" by Brigodier'<>r>eral Gro••
.. •triking .controet to tb ""mpara,tl...

RE&DING

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obocurity ana ' perftmctoo1 mamler. iii whi.h
award. have been ~onl.~ ill'~ P¢. ';rhia is
the 1800nd tim. the ~l&rt~.pl&C. hu bet.n uod

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SUCCESSOR TO LE'VIS CO'OI'Elt.1

Q:;~~1~~~~~'~r,;:Ji:~~

eati,qg it tqi.. Iii a

be iii debt 10 ourael........d tbe
;, loan- ..tI1 go intOl our, pockets as
U IOUDd finance, and we arfJ
thl. pm.oI~::
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01 l1""pl. the more
L••,il.•.riti... · be pJouod with the 'TeIUUI. 1f
~fit mode ,out iif w.... lo~d
;1,110..... for profit.o-~or goOdn.., aake
them In true countv rather. than
the= ~ other nation
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.....lng In laot . Toek d ' tJio mootibg Of
Work.,.. . .
we by ...vinR
lend ~ci.n:~bney to the !l'9..e,nmineliil
t.h& WV to .. 'auccemful conoluion
1>&.. !dUod two bffd~ with ooe oWn•.,

This' Ale will be on ' Sale in Public· Bars as from;
MONDA Y NEXT, DECEMBER 3rd, .at _l.he-·
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LF.llfbJING TO OURSitLVES.-

at a 81Gt'ER GRAVITY ~d of BETTER QU~LlT'Y ,
than in-~he pUt few month..
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GotERN~E~T ALE·~);.'

or dinary programm e.

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other peoplo rf \.loOt eo forgoHbo1n.
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to be ab1" to ·'inform
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Cuatooiitt~
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th,yI are enabled to:. brew.
tbeir \

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be Shown Daily in ndd:tion to

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occu:iOuJ and di,e oeremony while in·

iere.ling and Ul58!al ......, jltO thOual!t, :"ot only
...ry brief (OC1lIlpying bu~· . leW minUIa), but
~bote ....... no attempt , DWle ~ .:" iinprev," the
• oooaoion... to ope&It:, by Ir\.cluding • f"""",tati ...
I of the civic ....thoriti.. in the ceremOnial! Whore
wu the Mayor! .....& If;~ \ ..dil!(d ,~hen" ;w. came
a...y . from the MarkelrplacO. "1(q;. don!>' IUch
omjMiona are q~lte. an o'Nra~bt on t.f.e-pan oNhe
military aulhoriliea rtIpOMlbJ. lor.t&ltiJ!g poIIIOeIf~n of the Ma,rkelrplaoo. but ~ " fhould 1>&T6
th9ught tho Chi~f M8ltietrM.e o!'tb': B~gh OIld
a feW' of hi. leadip" officia~ would have ' been pre_I al ouch a gathering,
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THB TRAMWAYS AGAIN.,
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W",·tlm. i, reoponl!ble for m....y tli!nfP
grate 'upon 9W' nerv......d .0me~lme. got our Ijaok
up. Folka get o• .r..",orkod, othoro lm~s1n. thoy

are over-worked, lome become &varicioua, and not

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and Siout. aro

......e:I.n...cm'lr1l1rt
· •• d up by ~~omiD~ ,Y'r! :~'litient and
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.All this L8 of COUl'l8 a gr,at milft.alr:e. L:,~.!~~~~
doeo ~ h.lp a.nybody,. but rother
trouble.

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.impotian•• ' of

Dr. J. . It\trry.
Pn>l".or E'ran~ Jlughe.,o! tho

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boardof
pationoo. on thoy
tho pOri.
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lau,'!'it•• of tho War B.w;
tho T""" :dan . en

the' tram '<IM'I,
'that
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and thot j , why
Collier loot ....eek

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of th.... dar- th.,.. ."i11 )Ie more ,t hin

ebullition
of temper on t.be part of p..,;e,;~d, condue·
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to... There will pombly 1>0 a .';~Q' &cC1'
dent. and if ouch. fatality u needed liy,
god,
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domooiltrate
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Oifer!crOwclbi&
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b 11 lIDp<I!siJ>le. for
th. , ~od ar.;!,nt
supporter of _t!oe ~' G&1I1e 1;0 willlhoid 8 ' ean only hope th& victim may' ~ & ~+. of suoh
feelillg of pit, for . tile QJ>fortuD&~ aUi.. 01 public impart..... u,&t his ·d ';'ih ' mi~ "" tho
Germanj. Eyen if the' Central. Blutlipelln " ' _ of P'ltting on ODd ~ .uola a ~~ nate
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com~.ti9n !i&d b_ .bl. to. win thlA, ...ar ~
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-a kauIt, .h!>Ppjlj, 110 lel'W P91GbltheiT lot ...,1l1d ,bay. MoD ~n~bl.. In
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the de Ieat '....
,....t. "WAlts
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" . be tho ~~&t bili4rneoo or aU, Wei
All thlo lea.da up to til. expre~~i.o.~· pf .~ hope
oTe. perhpp••'· oo;ne...hAt 'too apt to &I- th,at courleoy m&y not nt die o~, iraQ. ow .i'Oic
sume that the min'! of tho Austrian, ""d ordinary town lil•• althoagh .thore lit ....'"
people hA. oDil..rgon. · a .yals\-;etnot til., on. Tfiere. il .courteiy among tho;' On activ. l1li1"
,ucellS" of tllol. armi••, 'With Gormau aa. ..ice OIld in CAmp lif., end wlry' .b.ould,it"", by: Ih.
.i~taDce••g,in,t "-e It-liaD&. It ia hardly board In o~ erery d.;,; littl. li~, .~;1!om.! Tb.ire
to be donbted that . the nlDlC)f&1 01 the ...... certem number of-plocel III- ,~g ",hore
threat" to TtleatA! . tended to , improv. the
would lik. to ... a little' ·Dio.... - cl)!ru""n
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moral of the Dtial MODarohy ; bi' t the.. ia civility. apan. froll\. t\l~ qu:.lity 6i ",,'urteoy • W;6
will not attempt to loca.te one pD.rtioular_eet&bno evidence
, that the A... trian and Hnn· liabmetit we have in ollr'mind
. , QI. we ~ l'J'ik. be·
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g.arian J?opul~ti'on.• h.v~ yet; emerged from callee wo whh. to be kind.. IInd ;pa.rt-icalarly 10 as
that deep Jloom lD which t11&y ha•• dwolt
during th~ last yea. or 80, and ..hich leeml Chriltmaa ia !,pproochlng. and, thore!on ft hope
to . b. shared by . aU e~..i. ·; VieDn. ",aa .that. this ~hint will p':'.., ••u~cien,t. :
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LlC:ENEiED HORSE
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S~l,UGHT]~E!R,

Oa.ttle ~, e~'J 1M o",au...

Great Knollys Street. Rt1iadinlr.
given for :U,e and Dead
oa the Shortest Notioe. Hone
Oil. sDd Ca.rt Greue 'i1".,.. 011
• Dog. and Chickea. Meat
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Goodll must be cler~~'

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elated for; _ bd..1 p~riod by von Mackon.
sen's ~~C~ j ,but .the elatioll did not Jut
very ' long. for lIhe Daal 1oI0narl:h) JJ.till
longing ' '.for aie""e. ·and
f.h ·Ger·
many. tfto ·'question on all lipa b .. .boon
whether th~ aucceo... r.gainat ltc'y ..ill be
followed b,. peaoll'ropOiaia.
u the daYI
bAy.
without bringing ..vid...~ 01
any .uch :~.poaition on tho l'art of , our
Ally the (loom baa PO"ll doo!'F. -Â¥ the
Au.triana ale ••Jdni t~el"~ t. ...ha'
l'urpo;;,; their IOldi.... were i&Ol'jll'~"" ia'.".
adventare which _haa hrou,Mi tb.m no
profit; . Thii ·~1I';on ha. Ibeo ~
. dute. 8nq ",em. to bay. affected olI1lhad..
of political !>pinlmi.
Tho comment of tho
Vienna pap.} Die, Zeit Ii tJpkal .0 Lthe
gloomy tone U. ",hleh the _r 'il no" dl&eusaed.
fI Whoe"ferthink.," ny. thit
paper. jn the
of '. I.ading anialo on

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simple rMOOn . th~y .... ' 4l>1n~.·· for ~ouh_
what oth... h ..t. n ..... 4oD~ belote' ODd which

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tho potiibili£i ,of. a ' nrllitary . • ~""". which

• oald ,:ia~lt the CMltzal l'ow'f' ~ ~lcta~

~i.r 10000 ·peaoe,· or ..... to malr:. peaoe '

prices.

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OIly authority to nnderta.ke. . II ·i. net. pleiioant
becabee the decroo of .uch '.. Connnitteo may m.BIl
the ploughing up of mu.h ni"" paatu.... ·or other
land which a friend I\lld neiglibgur d~,~ 10 retain and Dot to ha.ve put into culiii&tion fot com.
But ne..erth.l~ food prduetion 'a ·oIl.tmpartant

ago. ,;:farm.... and l&n~own.n may -;r.",b&t
r.ow, and it. ought. to haTe been eo- many 168(8
like, r.hout ,~ir dilllCltliii.., and \~ho , want
org..oi.ation, but . ... do Dot h.sitate to "'Y, )h&t
on the who~ no other 01... of the commuhlty bave
had things 10 mucla tbir oWn .....y"in ·Q,. ~ast,
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.". deP"lo¥>n Ii ~ndored m~ &enM ""
,h".lical ·ClAUI'"
F&IIline 641 reac:hed
'!Arming ",#or!;Ione in 1 ma~ put. of
Anltri,a . an4 . !lu"ga1'1. and .,"ae... hal
mad. 1erribJ. · en_h1i>ent..
Politioal
di ....nliona ~ ~vinJ wl.~ Pt. resign ....
tion of Count ·,P ala·Bodib. In· thort. ..La..
tri. has
reuon to be ,~eJlr..Ma. ill
ililte of iht Ihorf:UY~ triamph 1I.m.it Italy.
'But no pit1 jfo~ her troubJeo lbould bli,nd

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rode • .of the .Great War," of ;whiQll tho • rd·
Lieutenant,i Mr. J. IH. !Benyon, i!. President, wiB.
if heartily ~upportetl" be one o( the moet powerful
a.gencies fOl( Uniting inlone common. eft~rt for, the
w.Uare of ~h• . Empirel Ii.II th""" wlio are ~ adfi.
dng everytlilng they possess in the noble ~use. for
whIch they! Bt:e now fi ghting.
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present time is that in l Palestine, snd ' ha.ving 'durmg my man~ vi,sib to the E?.fl.t ta.ken. photographs'
in Egypt, SinaI and Paiestllle, I · thmk tha~ tlhe
Mr. Ood .. , for 60 lecture I h ~ve promise~ to "give 0.0 'Decembe~ 8th
iu the Bonk of will be of iPterest to those 'Whos~ . son ~ cir re1&tives
a,nd , 00:, IIld ._wa:s ha...
or ~ ftghtfug in tho EDit.

hi. reslgn..tiou in ' lOOS.
on vi... for .• few . days
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exchUJge ue not at 6.11 re:ai~to ' i;,~~n them
book wheD tendered I';t P~X!".Dt. , , ..,::. .

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, Berllo" ,~~ ;~ M'~y ' ~ m~ Jto
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Roadiilg, Novelllber 28th, 19l7. '

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th~ problema whioh ~i..se when" host.iUt~ ha.....
celUiled, and the ' mov~}~ent known as t~ II Com-

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are ' o(~ .. .d.ai\oed, for • ~.!.t•.. peace

of the "Oom-

. ·:rh. many fundi wItch.. he... been ot&rI.ed lor
the Hlief o~ the wounded and for proviijing " aomforts " for th9 Jll~nl on ia'.atJve set'TiCe~ etc., deeerve
a.ll th. ' IIIlPport· we. c"'\ poosibly glV., put ~ ml'-Y
not be 10nll' before '.... \wall be face 10 f~.ith

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!:tc:.m;r~:~:.:;t: ,~\ the fund.

W. kno... th,at .verybody would· aI...ar-'.carry
out tl\ia aimple injunotlon, but the fillO\ ""'aln. it
i. not . &l....r- la ••dod. And yet ·it ' ....o~d- seem to
be n .....~ In. Reafi!'g. Q~i'" Fe~ly Y' eorr..·
pondent mfo1"U18 us he has J anna. ~'&a. 4UJtralia.n
florin...ad a franc piece a.moD~ his ' ch.o.tJ.ge~ When
Ih. former woo preBODt.d· at onolher OnabliihmeDt
It ...... 'refulled. Why it .bq~ld ,be t efueeP: ",a ' are
at a lOll 10 undmtand,
~d1f ' tljink tho
aam. proprietor would have refu ••d an ·All.tra.lian
lIO'I'ereigo or hoJf·IOTereign. 'InUh~ oU!i of· the

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your readen ~ the notice which appears in aDother
column of the lecttt1 1 am giving on Saturday.,

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aa'n '~..,t it. . ~. 'day ... · fra,ne 'l piece it wu dlfteren~( be~"~8'": i( ooyiously
not'lntended to.repn81l1l~ tile ..alu~~;. ohi.llihg.
",1i'.JI 'thll ..bltrian. really bell..,. in i.
But ~6 curioll8 point I. ~"'t. ,thC06 ellt<oblllb",ents

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TIae:r ... hamg m"O~ ~d-'plOud>ed ·up
10 thot we ·m..y p~u.e more' I...!jeat 'at homa.
Ao wI!:' .toitod &t' the BorJ<P~ire AsJ'icuttllr.t Com·
mi!tee Of Sa!nrdoy thi. is no! .. ·ple ......t . jcb for

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tated by .i.ilitljn' !I!rc. Ii .• tiIl possible Ii
the mUit,h, .itaatiou;" tl!&t a peaee diedream in '1. Fot!tapatol:y, there are few Inch
. dreamer. in A.:.trlL Th... id... ,.... pes'
sible in the ti"t y.at of .th. war, D01f 'ho,
a •• aboard, , In tho•• · cla1" '" had.· .....~
irope Of . iinp~ing nOlltra1a; . ..peciall;,
America. aM •• sont to". of llt.ra~ to
convin ... them. . TcHIoiy ol1 thOlO lI... trala
ore again.t a. aDd h~te Getmaity, -May
we see · that, ti~.t. Egypt h .. to t>. ftCIOn·
·quare<! . lor 1atkey; Mesqpotanu a
from the hand of the EnllllAh; fIIId that
h.... to .apply A.natolia with rall"a1"
The prolong~tion of the "&1' liaa made al
""her." . The plirue ia nllt ina»propriata.
A... trla i' ill tile lltrooo 01 a reaction' ~
that heady intODca&n of ..,nfid... ce p duced lot
earl,,; loceo..ea of 1th. Centi'ol
Po",~ri: · The :reaction ill to no}ent th.t II,!

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AGRICULTURE" AND TH,E WAR"':" .. ,' :
, Ofall'th. num"",,,. d.partmont.-J..t,.h ..... bet.n
brougllt into being
conoeqUODc8
the •....ar non.
.. de.lined to I..... Jta maft<. In ' mOl'8 w;{:ta th""
on. upon on~ nationoJ . life than. tho work of the
vi.... Agricultural Committee. ,And' thi. · far tho

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Wa!king Sticks,
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