Reading Observer 08-1918

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TWICE NIGHTLY.

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\"MY SON SAMMY."

A Hepworth Vhoto play, wrltts n around E d wLU
Arnold's beautiful verses, Btl\rrulg Henry EcfwMds
and Chal451e WLltO
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, Thus y,<u ,,~~IJJ,e.come one of the great flnancl4 army whos .. members qre sUPP9rtlng Ih~ cause for wh,ch we are lighllng.
j If y~u hav~ not yet~Jolned a War Savh\Gs AssociillJon please apply'
t~ Ihe Setrctary 01 your Local War Sa,nngs ' Coinl!lIl1ee, and he WIll
\ell you whIch Aosociat'on ydu un mas! convcnlCnl l~ Jam. Or you Clln
to theN.honal War Savmg, CommIttee. Sahsbury Siluare, Lont E C 4. 'and you w,lI be put IOta laUGh wllh your L?cal Secretary.

READING SPIRITUAL MISSION.

CHARLIE CHAPLIN ID 'THE 'CURE:

War Savings c;jmicates Grow iiJ Vaiue

Monday, Aug 19th,

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'THB .YEW H_~LL, .BLd.Glld. VE ':;TJ/B~1.'.
UN DI.~ Y, "' U GUS T i l T", I 9 18 .

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fDlXlout

~ .lCreeJl~p~tion of

-PATH~·S.~ANIMAT'?

SerVICes at 11100 a m dnd G 4.6 P m

Speak.r MRS JENNIE

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. " MAN'S
AW."
or, tb.·
wild bu.ck ~60ds of tne past
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ADV"-NeED to aby ..mount 011 !'\at..
M Ol\'"E'Y
Jewels Ariicle5 of Vertu allrl ever,. de.cT\,.
tiOD of Vntuabl& and con~eTtlble Property.

fAn! OrJ"ICI:

PlU"fATB DOOR ENT'R.U'ca,

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1511!,

f3 17 8

£15 10

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1519

)Ull!

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£3

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16/3

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A' psyCholoRlc3.1 &tlloy of unCODlmou trut~
F'eitulll.Ig ~rOlJ10e So.lisburv

.!.FIl'O Prohr Roo':' for ~'! Plat. and Jew,l D.po.,!&
FORl;IGN MONEY CHANGED.

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Value
aher

A &tory

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50
Ct't'l,hca.l.cl

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.A.lld~tolll)'!JUl' T'I';) ~YII, e~cl , ,Ive t.o tbl~ TnMtr&,

Collechon.

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oAZerte.

On Th';",dsy Next, ~ ugust 15th.

'VALKER (01 Canada)

[3 0 pm . Lyceum for CWld len
All Seo.ts 'Free

play. ;

'~~~QKf:N T~READS:~

8 Nlgbla. 13 4 ~ Twice N ightly. 8 45
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Association .

~' 8 """,'of money.s'well as'of w';apon•. • Y6u can hdp':
m~ey to-your coun try-you can buy VI a r Savmgs l
best way IS to Jom a Wa r Savmgs Asso.,clahol};
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Acd following '1'''0 dayS,

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"Saiirigs

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~ONDAY, A VG !t!b.-r""st<NI8h1.,

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GO 'ODACRE

IJlOlt

£.
£4

.<:8,

£"

1916

120/ -

S t~ • .(l ard ll..-t'I'Jf
nnd S Gn!';", c f \\ b ,<! b
lb oula bo , lc wed 10"
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£ 240
£U:j~ TO
£243
£ 165
£247
£ 167 '0 £ :!SI . 5
,£:!5S
£J 70-

5
TO

~ clot hJI J fer J11 '1\
.ul:lhle ... t I " .I e ... j:l.!JI I< !1

Oxfo 'd load

( e ynel,

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i S6 5 .1. 17 2 10 £'58
£ 8, 10 .t ,is
£26:

£17.
8 9 £.,
7 6

£S~

£.s
£4 10
£4 II J £13 . 5
£4 12 6 £>B.
£4 13 9 £,"
£4 '5
£ '9
£ 4 IO .5 £ T9
£19
£4 '7 6
'£5
£20

1913

MY FOUR YEARS IN GERMANY

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1819
19/-

Monday, Aug 12th. aDd (OUOWlDg 5 day • •
The Sella.] ExhaordlUliTY

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17/9

1832 1

WHAT WE SAY-WE DO.

£4. 5

18/-

PATtfE'S ANIM!,TED GAZETTE.

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111- ,

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Port XII,-'-" '1'I{E DESERT OF TORTURE"

(ESUBLI:i, ~:!~:::~:s ~~~~:!H

£83 T5

£<

L~3fJ

£157·
£Jf.:q

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'·3
£4 , 6 ,; ,6
,;. 3 9 6"16.

17/6

mill: vellous and melodramatlo seruu ever
presented III 1;) leplsodes
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16/9

<:" 6/6

.. THE .Fr_GHTING TRAIL"
T he

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...c:oll

'5

£90
6

£9 1
to;
£<;6

1.. 07.

10

5
[0

£100

£ I 3~.

~:25b

1;=70

£ 180

5
£9' 10
6 £93. TS

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£171

IO £'"3

£1 85

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£ .S7
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£ I :J ~

£::.t .3

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£ ' 95

£200

£~ss

£~9 '

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10
£JOO

B y Tame. \V v erar!l :\.mencan Alllbaa~8d~r Ul
Berliu A iirclI.t t-llstorical I'tlm revealing
GC1WIlUY' S secret

Epl.ode 6.-" I'lI.-tand n.o

QOJllcue

from

America."

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Admission as usual, 3d., 6d. and 1 S.
FAute&lUa (Rc.served ). ~J ... Includlna: Tax.

co-op
DIVIDEND

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Petty Officer JOHN

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HARDY,

With the ' Qi$lld Fleet.
'. Feeltng' ~eatlv indebted for benefits
.vcd from your Phos£cri ne, I ca nn ot
reirain from givtng my hea rt-felt th
~ th at such a , .. luable medlcme IS

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w lth in t he reacl~ ot all SerVIce mcn. Ha\'ltlg done 17 )ea rs' contilJuou? se" Ice
in all9unes and contracted different fe\er s, etc . been on ACt!\e SCl \ Ice afloat
fimce outbljea~ of hostilities m small claft which IS most r.en c-I .tckH~, a nd
havmg bee n torp edoed and endunng the hal dsl' lps of the No rt h Sca, I deCided
to try a course of Phosferine tablets, and now fe eJ c·(tJ cmdy "v~ H for a man of
m) age an1 expen enccs .
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Tbls cxperl~nced Petty Officer declares that throughout his long and
varied service he bas Dot IOUDd any prepa~.tioD to eqool the heoeflelill
effect. of PbosferlDe- bowever exceptional and'exactlng tlle bardshlps and
..rlgou.rs or bls eareer~ Phosferfne unfslUng1y assures the vltnl force to
oUUast even the most exhausting strain or unhealthy eonolUons he
encounters.

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When you require the Best Tonic Medicine. see you get

EXAMPLES -OF THE MANÂ¥

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Furn

Drapery.
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1/0 3

24 plecea OI 40m

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PRINTED V/=l!LE

Usual prlcc ll / .J!
1,000 yds Whlte llnd Cream

d
7~ •

FL..,NNELE:rTE,

• u.u.1 prlco

9fd.

250 Colpuced Q,UILTS

5/11

20 onh-!Lo.dles ' RAU'--

10/'
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15/ -

USll I~

puce 7/6

PROOF COAT~, at
6 only COSTUME;,

ng.

300 vds DoubJe-wldth

FLOOROLOTH

per ya.ro

200 yd, Full wldth
LINOLBUM pend
6 only Full-m' -

4/11~ All SUMM ER STOCK
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7/111

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39/6

M ~TTRESSES

full size

ASH

REDUCED
FOR TH E SALE.

6ft Wardrobe With Dt:a'fY6rs

n3"'

8/11
.12/11
10/6

tmd 8hdlDg Trays, Bea.t
BOOUl , from
250. L adles' l'"NTRIM?IED ma.ke a.nd flnu'Ih
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W iI
STRI.WS aDd TAGELS, , Quarl.cred ~I.bog.ny
GENT'S
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to be cleared 6' d &:. 1/- BURE."-U
at
each:2 .
BOOKCASES £15 15 0 LADIES'

'I'bll %1. tub!! til .In.a11 en ougb to eaf!7lD tba pooket an d cont..l.lruJ 90 dOlletl rout' Mll~ 01' .:1IIIler
11111 beUl6 bl!tt6r tor Pbol1'mn&-:-Nnd hlJil " tu~ of tablets. &tI d by ..U Cllemiat.s. StIwf .. e te The'"
11U1 conloldn. nearly tour timet tilo Uti "IV\.
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.BICMIVU;
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LIABLE

snroN.D3. LTD.
WINg

AND

Snal'lJ

,1lE'ROH.1 Nl'S,

R~ADING

BREWERY,

THE

NAVAL AND

MILITARY

CONTRA.CTOR~

BONDED SrORBS :

S.Il:.

RAILWA.Y

PRIO!!:

LISTS

STATION,
ON

READING.

APPLIOATION.

rEL EGR.!.MS

"SIMONDS. REA-DING."
TELEPitO:-''"E Nos 75 and ~8

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Di&mond.a, hom flO-

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SY .t.l'POINTMENT TO KING" [i;pnGll V.

SUT'l'ON & SONS,
THE KING'S

• P RICE LISTS 0 F
A.ND GARDEN

n Ul'tIlonda,

from f!ro.

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DIAmond.,
from £ fi 6e.

PEACE·OFFENSIVE

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Dimond.,

from fa

25, KING STREET.
17~.

may be dl'lven by Pl.'6JudIce and preconceIved Ideas We m a y use It as the text for
a genera-! warnrn r~
Germany has htUe
hope now of mIhta ry vic to ry, and she has
l o ng been see king alternatIve methods of
a.vOIdmg du:aster. The sub manne hlocl~a c1e
was one, and nothmg but a foolIsh extravllgance on our -part could lnV€s t It WI th an y
chances of success
An other method IS the
pt"C'Â¥OO - offenSIve, the attempt .. t o d lYlde the
AllIe, by temptIng o ffers to- one Bet at the
eXpen~ of the other
Whenever, therefore,
the general reader sees somet hmg about
the mcompatIbl hty of our aIms WIth those
of Italy, or an envenomed attack on M.
Cle.rn-enceau, or an~ thIng of t he k md, he
will do well to a sk ·WJ1Cl t 18 the reason of

A ch a n ning
around Edrwlll_" ... .., ... "

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the
d
lly and
t l C Theatre, as

adarptab on of t he
In " The Cure" 1S
fa.~cmal lng

lwder the

thIS 1 It wlil often be found 10 be sam.,.
thing fur other than a zeal for tho trulh.

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PARAGRAPHS.

THE Rev C E ShRckleion, curate of Swa.llowfield,
has bcen a.ppoll1ted to the vicarage of Ascott~under­
Wy chwood, O~ o n
U the Rea.<hllg: SpLn lua.l MlSSlon on Sunday,
Mr~ J enme 'Valkel, cf Gan aa2, -wdl glve an adme:::s m the morm n!:! and e 'i 8lllng

READlNG, SATURDAY. JUG. 10, 1018.

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Diamond C1~l.
from £10 tOe

from £12 l:k.

as an evample of the lengths to whIch men

LOCAL

SEEDS FOR rHll FARM
post free on applicatIon

~ta'ritng ~bstrbtr •

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th e whole of tIus touchlu g Itory con cerned
the tT... tment of an alleg~d peace offer
whJ..Ch "e now kn ow h as ne~e-r been made,
1 ~J; \ialuo m~1.y be gauged I It lemams only

SEEDSMEN

READING
Sapphire and D1a.mon.d.e.
from £80

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.A.(,'TlVE 1Ii,EH.\IC&. trn"oller. , ete. It eaq be u~ &tit t.l.I:ile. aIlT"'bere.1n aocura te dOMl, u ne
",ate 1a needed
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Boots &:. Shoes.

BEDROOM

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SPECIAL SERVICE NOTE =e~~~. ~iC~l.~~ClUi!::!~~~le~r*h~:bJo~

SEE THE WINDOWS.

£5 15 6

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Nervoos DebWt71 P..xbaDstloD
Mentnl EuaUt>tJOIl FtllDtnl!!9~
Rhenm atilCl.
JnnUonZ8
NCill'algta
1.055 of' Appetite
Bratn FR.
H~li.dnch.
Jncu,eIrt2on
Maternltl Weakness La5SJt~dc
Amle.QU.O
B)ster1a
Sleeplessuess
Prematuro Oeeay
Neuritis
Backa~e
Scl.ll.ttca
Phosfcnne ha.s 9. 'Worlq~wide r epute 10l eur11lg d ~o rdeI"5 oJ the nervoulII eystem
mor e completely and speedily, and ali less cost t han &ny ,!thet prcplU'a.tlon.

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OAK BEDS rEADS , Wll'6
Bottoms comple te ,

~ I H 0A~VE~EM~YF~ i N E

READING.

DIe.mODd. ,
from. !8 81.

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TACTICS.

IT l S gradu.ally d&w]llng upon pac,fists in
thiS country that P,.."dent WlIson lS not
of their way of thmkmg It ought to hat"
been reason ably c1~ from the begmmng
that only .a. complete ~lc tory l co ul~ SeC UlG

Brlhsb SocHlll <;t Pa .. ty,

READ!:\'G POULTR Y AUCTION
~ '* rs ~ Id:Qla.;; lcp.~ r~ an exce ll e n~ sa.le at thel)"
1
,,,ee k ,,... a le b" I al! ~ t lo n of 11\e- ]ZIU ILT} eggs and
gent":tll.i pre-Jura In Reaoln g Cat tle :M:arket on
81bllity of t ra ns1atIng that Splrlt mto a cts Saturday (that ~a l e bemg lhen -annua l summer
hal"")
S cm~ £00 rc~ Is. 1':16 lab bl t s .and over 4.fHX)
must depend on the 2blhty of the Gelman
b elDg' sn ll
H -e},s filaf r th o tai lle made up
pe<>pl. to respond U> hIm. At presc'lt tney <gr
t:. ;)1). 'Pe r ~o' p Ie (Lh e a\e~!""" bei ng a.bout l fu p el'
C'-'
upl
e)
ThiS
\e::.r'
s phliet"e Eolrl UD t..o 13s .per
prefer to be I'epresented by the Prussla n
Thele wa" a. .;oocl 9.eIU Rll{l for ra.bbll:.8,
caste, 'Which IS, accoramgly, the on ly bod:y s-iouDle
ellmg a t fr olll 8d io g., each 1' ne su pply of
that Amenc& 01' .anj body elEe can dea? 1He t a. gocd d "'ma n<l Itt fro m 4s 2d to &!
wllh
We have .olten had to comment on d oz.e n, Pl ~ A\li'l llge bf::lng ahout 4s 7<1 per dozen

the c unous fidelIty WIth wh tch OU } own
defeatists have followed the 11ll-8 ot the
mlhtaJ:y party at1 Berlm. One of tlH~
earliest essays In lTllSreprese nt a t on by
enemy state-sme n In thi~ war WA S tl at th.e
AllIes ,"Tere pourmg 0lit blood and tr~.lsuro
to gIve ConstlpltInople to the Ru s"' wlls Ac ..
cordmgly we heard bhe same story from
helo,w t he Gapgway m th ~ HOll,5C o f Comm ons A h ttl Later It Vias Alsa ce Lollfllne
was l pI longmg t he wa], a n d SUlce
01 CpU1 6, an elaborate fabnc t' h ll.s
~n erected on the foundal,on 01 the
~ret Tl1eatJ
v.te ale I su pposed
I'e
bird lllg ourl Ives. to tJ'e wIllI,! to s"oport
the ImperJali t deSIgns of Italy
At the
6ame t ime, o~r ltah !lll Alll\:s ar~ ' b c'lng
t old that we ~re l endIng the m money on
U8urlOUS t erms. Tha.t is an aUegahen whIch
cannot be mq,tle In thlS oonnh,} " whel e the
facts .are!k:no JID. The paCifists have, theH~-

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the objects whJch the 1\me'l'lC'\n Presldent
has ocmslstently k~pt b efore hun
He h us,
It 1& troo, spoken In a very friendly 6pIrIt
to the Gerrpan people, but the wl101e pos~

Il<QUEST,
On Fdd! ) the Actol1 COI Oli el CUI F W Martlll)
held al III nest on WIlIIl1,U\ P aley \VlI.keford, ag-ed 21
" elIl S I ~ ,tJllrat Pl III It Hnnts R ef!"II~Y",y. t, who died on
Ju l} ;JOth II Ko 1 H O~Plt,l1 De n.th~·u.Hluetore~plfn._
tOl)" (tul urc 'rIhlltl HUller nu l1:11 oosthcfIC, "hioh Wtl.S
ngg'r! " Itell b y t he p'Msnre ot n. CHit Oil the hram, and
It. , etd ld" O ~ l etu l ll o;:ci <tccm (l l ll~lv - 0 11 Saturday.Mr.
Mrutl'l belel III lIIque~t 011 F~ e (lel1clc Lo uts Shuley,
agerl42, a lUlva.Le !II the Mlc1 ctlcsex Hogt , who dIed
suddelily on Thu rsnnv ILl; Iw. billet T he m edical eV1dell~ a.ttnbuted (I ea:th t o f nH" ,1e"'cI'Clabon of the
h ef\rt ft.ud dllitabon of long Slll. ncl Ul g,O a ud !\ "'erowt to
thlJ effeot was l e tufne rl.

F

H ODGSON

CbaJrn1ft.D, Reading Bl'Dnch

GROWTHORNE.-:-:=_ _
OROWTHORNE

't\""ork of th9

~he

.,p~rt, m.',!!.

branch of

fr

Smartest

T!O~C:d ~o~e~hm:, ~~Il~'U'

repolts

L ondon
thl& source
much

KILLED

IS

ren

Th e Farmers'
£20,000: 10 the

wounded Ilild

L~D

felt for Ml and Mrs F ' !,cl'l r
ID~gt!l- roa.d, Crowthorne, who hO\ 6 lust reCC1\w.\ t e
8B.ri n eW8 of the dea.th of then eldc::It son III Ldoon 1\
Frll.nce Deceased, who was 22 ~e:llS o t Ig'e Ilel ol;!r' I
to the Hant) Terrltollals. !lud fiOOH after the out'lH lk:
of the war wn ~ sent to IndIa, a.ftf~l\\llnls sefllllg III
P!lIeatmEl prom t here lie 'n as sent to F rance I lit B
h e ha.s Just
ktl led bv a. smper
Much sYIDMthy

unnecessary .n,ri,;tY1 .~Ld I;or~q;~:

P6isPll'mg \ t:eet, for corns,
or chllbla ms.

"TIZ helps

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May b. obuined of oil chOllliau 'i'nd ,tMOL ,
booklet
D tb. Car. and Treatment 11 ImaDt. will bo Hot post fr.o OQ
application to MELLIN'S," tOOD .WC>RKS. ' S~ord ~treet.
~
Peckha!ll, ~E~ 1~. l
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S CASUALTIE·S.

follow! g cuualtJ.ea In the Royal Berka ..
n e.!('f en t.ar rCJ)o)"l e.d ...
K il l ,
!e pleat. 11' S 'Boshell
WOllnded _
1!
Sec LIeut. G Brill.
S E\; LIe ut., E' 3": Butting-, North!tInpton R. ~,
l
a.ltd
r- ,
~e' lotu i 'j' ~ port..ed MI••lng, now tFPort6d, PiiIOnet:
111 GOl rna tla.nda •
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Jl¥ LI te D WIIliaai.,' :WOl'OO!Oter B &ttd '
5

, ROY -sERKSHfltt

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P}esident Wtlson'-8
the

opiDl,OnS \

.....ou\d
til

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No mo.tter how longvou b ~\~ to lemalll on ,(111 1 re8 t
how ha.rd you \VOl k, 01 h o\\ long) ou dull - fI ;t, tin 1 \!
br1D~9 you I p9t1 u l foot comfort
bUlllDllq
Aftor 118n~ r.I Z, 110 mOlo COllls l
Skl!l h)OOb nO
or ra.w spo . No tUoh) . ~ll!,{jllg of J.~a v·t"' l1 , } t nro.
mot'e Jlmpw With p:l.Ul 'II? 110 ma.gl ... ac ~ .., Jf u

hey. ef•

hfll;'

1lo"' (h~iae the
'i t ··,"b" a,.!if,u.

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TIZ dul.ws out a l111OlS0I101lS (lx UdatlO 11 5 WhlCh rr~
the feet-t~1 only r emedy that. doc!! Cao !ll l~~1

'W~re

" .. "" t . . . U.L" Un

f,

at ...

Scotlon, 10

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nd SUIOa<bl e

at t~ organ
w~. read out

78

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{ when 1!U.1£.a.bla
anloOUG'
ma.l
obmg battle
on"

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C • B E F , France

110 UIU

Iw l

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loeal Red Cr_ L. Dodge,

£il,

f'

sent m el two OX09 and they h(l \ c 11\ 0\ Oll to
'I" 1<r H
I. '
preaent I ev r rece'n () d I [ ow go tt m""t
I l'IllIe
ko tonwto
be Ilith.
at th e first 0 POlt ullIty . as I would no I
,
out
It •
h
t· r s t(ll.!11~
Get
a. 1I31)ox of TIZ lnow at IIny c enu~ Ii 0
Don't suffel
HIH 0 ~QQd feet, feet that U6;~ 1 t !>\\bo~
neTer hurt Ilo,"cr got tlrbd A.nd don' t forget ' t'
of TIZ IS a'i ayfl \\ elcon1e to the bOj s ILt the F I O I~ W
If any w
~ 'fleu I. yIn 'eec:u. nng ' TJZ • write
L to • •

b st

bst was ;read

HOSPITAL.

endlDg Sunday, ..tIl Auguat, 1918.
In· pahents drnlttell . ••• •• ••• • • 0 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • ,
In·patie.u'tJ; 'lobarSfad ... . f"" ••• ••••• 0 • • 0 . . . . . . . ,

yon'n be 8Ui msod how comfortnble yOUl' feot 'I
TIZ is I~ deh ht TIZ \ 8 h!\1 mlcss
h II ~
" I must (ht:.ny testllnollV to th o mar... ellotl;l ri C \
of TIZ for nder feet,'! Vi n te::. rt o ,r J\ , ~~O~I~; ' I~

bwo ofdeSk
tho

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