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Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1910-12-08
A Big Success.
Last Saturday Was Booster Day
and There Was a Big
Crowd in Town.

Day IN Baxter Springs, ana o.
course there was a big crowd Of
people in town. They came from
far and near, Notwithstanding
the drouth and consequent dust,
I. and if they came to buy goods
they were we'll repaid for the
trip for the merchants of the
town gave some attractive bar
gains and there were fine stocks
of goods to pick from. All lines
of goods are mighty well repre-
scented in Baxter Springs and the
people all over the country are
finding this out. Produce of all
kinds brings as high prices here
as it does anywhere, and people
with produce to sell find it pays
to come to Baxter Springs.
Every store in town did a big
business last Saturday. Clerks
were kept on the jump from early
till late, and in some of the stores
they did not find time to 60 to
dinner.
The next Booster Day will be
Saturday, December II, and peo-
pie will find that a time to do
their Christmas shopping. We
are going to suggest right here
that they come to town early on
that day, for the rush is going to
be heavy.
And along that line we want
to suggest early buying, for the
early buyers will get the best Sc
lections, before everything is
picked over. Come to Baxter
Springs, not only on Saturday,
Dec. II, but whenever you need
anything in any line.
The following are the winning
numbers of the prize list:
S12 $500 due bill
272 24-lb sack -four
zoe pocket knife
947 pair work gloves
9O2 Velvis face cream
ia toilet set
40 $1.OO due bill
1913 $1.OO due bill
1885 s1.OO due bill
SAB S1.OO due bill
156 bottle hair tonic
473 5-lb roast
1s9 $500 medical service
1913 2.lbs coffee
sos IS cigars
$50 picture
sOS Republican / year
Isl News / year
621 Plymouth Rock rooster
765 S1.OO due bill
89 81. 90 due bill
114z s1.OO due bill
222 granite water bucket
$40 oyster stew
1928 dress shirt
137 sack aour
Al smoothing irons
$40 dozen bananas
932 eating apples {
Ss9 head cabbage
s7s News year
$40 Republicans l year,
1888 Photograph Album
1885 pound candy
ISL $1.OO due bill
sfs s1.OO due bill
4s5 ten tickets Majestic
672 SOC due bill
zs shaving mug
Sos pkg stock food
1882 81 worth Christmas toys
1ll4 six hambuTgs
81 5-lb roast
1872 Auto scarf
90 sack -four
1924 News I year
1ne neal
H I.n 1ne ii
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1910-12-08
PAID BIZ CORPORATIONS.

The Lowell electric plant is
not listed in public service cor
poratiOns BY the state, but pays
on a valuation of $500, 900 on the
plant besides their land holdings
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1910-12-08

The gas people are making
good Roadway in the way of get,
ting the mains laid. The ground
Is very dry, aud the work is nee
essarily slow, but taking all these
disadvantages into consideration
the company is doing very wen.
Il had been troubled with coa-
stipat:ou for two years and tried
all of the best physicians in Bfia
tOl, Tenn, and they could 40
nothing for me-" writes Thcs
E. Williams, Middleboro. ~.
Two packages Of Chanb sia
Stomach and Liver Tab
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1910-12-08
Taxes Levied.
A Total Of $33O,O1s Raised, but
What is il Ueed For? -

The total amount of taxes lev
led in Cherokee county this year
is $33O,O1s, on a valuation OF
$2S, 24b, 595.
The average rate You pay is
II 1-2 mills, or $1.15 per hundred
or S11.5O per thousand of as
sesSed value.
Of this there goes to the
State. IS %, 658. 81
County general fund. S4,739.79
County high school =. 14,123.29
District schools. 80. 112, 7S5. Is
and the balance is apportioned
to townships and towns.
Of this total the townships
pay $50, SOFAS, the towns ss2,-
041.31, and the public service
corporations 500, 1858, making
the railroads first, the cities sec
ond and townships third in the
amount of taxes paid.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1910-12-08
CIV LEYIRe.

As viii be seen, Columbus pays
the largest amount and Weir
City the least. The amount
raised is approximately 50 for
each man. woman and child in
the county.
For good things % eat phone
esq. PtENflcr s Co
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1910-12-08
BAXTER LIVERY BARN.

Oldest in the city. Established
30 years ago. Good service and
reasonable rates.
]. BISCH0FSBERGER. Prop.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1910-12-08
wheu EOu haye . cold get a

December !, 1910.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1910-12-08

ATTEST: C. H. McNAY,
IsEALl Clerk of the District Court.
BY b N WILEs. Deputy.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-06-18
keeo Out The Flies.

Editor Social Corner: We enjoy the Corner much, with it's many helps and hints. I will send a few that some young housekeeper may find helpful. It requires an amount of perseverance to keep a house free from flies, but the comfort of it when accomplished is worth the effort to secure it.
 The screens should be put in carly the back door should not be forgotten. The cellar windows should also be screened. Do not leave the sIop pail at the backdoor unless it has been scalded and dried. See that no food is left where flies can light upon it. and that the able is cleared as soon as the meal is over, and the crumbs swept up. If the table must wait for some late conner cover with two breadths of cheese cloth sewed together. There Is no room in the house where 1t is more important to keep the flies out than the dining room-
 mosquito netting portiere will be found of service in the door leading from the dining room to the kitchen It will take from two and a half to three yards of netting. the length of the doorway, with deep hem at the bottom
Norwich bulletin., 1910-06-18
Nice Tested Recipes.

Editor Social Corner: Our family en joy. the Social Corner immensely ano on Saturday morning it is the first section of the paper that we want to look at. l am sending you few recipes that if given a, trial l think will be re- peated.
 A recipe that will produce a delicious confection: Put into saucepan cup full of sugar, one-half cupful of milk one half cupful of broken chocolate, the yoik of an egg and teaspoonful of vanilla. Beat the mixture well ana place on the stove until 1t begins to boil and become smooth but do not let it become too thick. Then set il away to cool. While cooling, beat one half cupful of butter until it becomes creamy: add one cupful of sugar, two well beaten eggs, one-half cupful of milk in which a scant teaspoonful of soda has been dissolved, two cupfuls of flour and lastly the cooled mixture. Bake in four tins in moderate oven for twenty minutes.
 When ,the cakes are cooled spread over and between the sheets icing made as follows: Boil two cupfuls of granulated sugar with one-quarter cup of water for five minutes: beat the whites of two eggs to a froth and pour the hot syrup upon them. beating all the while until well mixed. The icing may be used at once. Pin a piece Of stiff writing paper around the cake if you do not dish to frost the sides
 Neapolitan Cream Cake: The fol- lowing is a recipe that am sure has never been published. While the foundation is not original, the putting together and naming of the cake is. ana has been pronounced a decided hit by those who have tried il. Take one half cup of butter. beat to a cream: add one cup sugar, two-thrds cup of milk one and two-thirds cups of flour. one half cup of cornstarch one quarter teaspoonful of soda. one level tes spoonftil of cream tartar. one quarter teaspoontul almond extract and the whites of three eggs Divide this mixture into three parts. leaving one white, and tn one of the other parts add a little pink color paste to rep resent the stra wberry, and to the other a little brown color paste. to represent the chocolate. Bake in three bread pans that are the same size. top and bottom. When cooled make a pistachio filling as follows: Two cups of confectioner's
Norwich bulletin., 1910-06-18
DeiCdfely
 Formed

and gently reared, women will find in all the seasons of their lives, as maid ems. wives and mothers, that the one simple, wholesome laxative remedy, which acts gently and pleasantly and naturally and which may be taken at any time, when the system needs a laxative. with perfect safety and real. ly beneficial effects, is Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna.
 It has that true delicacy of flavor which is so refreshing to the taste, that warming and grateful toning to the stomach which responds so favor. ably to it's action and the laxative ef. fec. which is so beneficial to the sys- tenn when. occasionally, it's gentle cleansing is required.
 The genuine. always bearing the nazae of the California Fig Syrup Co.,, may be purchased from all leading druggists in original packages of one size oaly, price fifty espts nsr bottle.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-06-18
Cross Not the Bridge Before You Get
 There.

Editor Social Corner: How many people there are who cross the bridge before they reach it, and make noun tains of molehills, which would never as it is. Worry and fret will kill any one sooner than hard work It will put wrinkles in the face which can never be removed and turn the hair white for the grave. There are some who never look for trouble and are bound to look on the bright side. Some years ago we had a boy live with us who made the best of life, although he was young in years. On the fingers of one of his hands he had a number of large warts. One day he was run ming the cutting machine at the barn to cut hay for the horses, much against our wishes when he accidentally cut off three of his fingers. As we were taking him to the doctor'seto have his hand dressed, he remarked: 'Geei That is the way to get rid of your warts."
 He was like Bridget, who saw her husband fall from a tree while pick ing apples and break his leg. She ran to him and said: Pat, I am so sorry-how much better it would have been if you had broken your neck and not had to suffer-"
 The bright side is the best for us all F'retting and worrying is hab- 1t like smoking only worse, and should not be cultivated. Life is about what
  path of roses a large portion of our lives or we can go along the path Of thorns and make ourselves miserable and make it very unpleasant for our friends.
 June is the month for roses. and those who have formed the habit of fretting over little trials of life, should look on the beautiful roses and make a vow that there will be roses in the home and in the paths of life mora than once a year-the month of June.
 We are as much interested in the Social Corner as ever, while we do not write weekly. as we see the young peo pie are writing letters and we will give them the space. We will say tc the young writers Keep on sending letters to the Social Corner. It will be a good school for you. We one" knew a boy who wrote a story for a New York paper just for the sport of writing. and to his surprise he re- ceived a check for $500 for his trou- ble. RURAL DELIVERY
 DaufelsOn
Norwich bulletin., 1910-06-18
Another Out of Door seina.

Editor Social Corner: Here is an other outdoor being that is glad, with much of an outdoor being as it is possible for me to be. and do all the housework and sewing for a large family. My plan is to remove to the porch or lawn everybit of work that can possibly be done there. and sleep with open windows at night. If the Social Corner Sisters will try doing more of their work out of doors, they will be surprised to find that much of the so-called Grudgery may be made a pleasure; and instead of tearing down the constitution will build it up
 This l know by experience. It is no guess work with me. for many times I have done work out doors that I never could have done in a heated kitchen. My sympathy goes out to the woman who must do housework and have no porch or shade tree to flee to for a refuge. and the poor little chil- dren of those same mothers who must play in the house with the same play
 things that they have used all win
 ter. brave the dangers of the hot and dusty street, while our own chill dren are romping Tn the fields. or quiet ly sleeping under the big shade trees. Oh how l wish that l was able, or that some one else who was. would buy few of these abandoned home steads. and fit them up for summer homes for the mothers and children that would not otherwise get away from the city. May those of us. es- pecially those who have the care Of small children be truly grateful for our pleasant homes in the country: and let us draw nearer to nature and natures God. l want to speak of just one other matter, then I will take my leave, or else none will want me to come into the Corner again. The head of our house is away at noon. so we pack our luncheon and proceed to some pleasant spot on the farm to eat it. One can go to a different place nearly every day in the week Remember to save the nearby places for days when one is unusually. tired. or in a hurry. When this plan is followed the dining room may be put in order immediately after breakfast and requires little if any attention until dinner is served in the evening. More work is saved than made by thus departing from the regu- lar routine and it brings so much pleasure to the children. With best wishes for the long life of the Social Corner, from one who enjoys the Cor ner very much. SUBURBANITE.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-06-18
Why Have Any Stale eread9

Editor Social Corner: Though an exile from home, still get my news of the great world, largely from The Courier. I find much entertainment and always some new ideas from the Social Corner.
 The bright and inspiring Arethusa referred to the saying: "Cleanliness is next to godliness," as from the Bible. I would like to ask her for chapter and verse The spirit of it is certainly there and the sanitary laws of Moses we moderns would be healthier for keeping old proverbs we often take for granted are in the Bible.
 The letter about stale bread" recalls many expensive recipes for saving 1t which cost far more than the bread. And so I ask, Why have any. stale bread?"
 Why not be like the boy in the ad. eating his favorite breakfast food and explaining to his dog waiting for the leavings There aint going to be any leavings." Of course. I mean as . general rule. The crust is the beat part of the bread; and dry bread. if sweet is healthful.
 NEBRASKA.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-06-18
The Phoebe.
NEBRASKA

Editor Social Corner: Sitting under the old apple tree as I write I watch the birds building their summer homes and listen to their singing and little talk among themselves. Among the earliest birds of the spring is the phoe- be. l suppose all our country readers are familiar with the voice of this It, tie favorite. It seems to have a kind of sociable spirit as though it wouid call attention to itself and ask for our kindness and good will. Phoebes are fond of building their nests near our dwellings I know one pair that for several years have built on beam in a building that was little used He stands outside watching flies and pfp- ing his gentle cry of "phebe. phebe." He is called fly catcher. There are other birds that are called fly catch CTS, but these have a particular way of doing it. They sit on a tree of shrub until a fly approaches, then dart after it and return to their perch.
 They seem to become attached ts a spot where they have nested and re- turn to it every year, but never again occupy the old nest for I notice they build a new one by the side of it next year. until there Is row of them. What a vast amount of time and pa tiencei
 It seems to me that boys are not so cruel to the dear birds as in days past I used to think boys were dreadful when I saw them so often throwing stones at birds. to iniure them and perhaps kill them. hope at least they have given up thet cruel habit ARETHUSA.
 Brooklyn
Norwich bulletin., 1910-06-18
Something New-HaIIsy's cometl

Editor Social Corner: Twenty years ago l heard it-and ever since it has Ifved-this saying: Whats naw but, truthfully speaking, everything is nld-only dressed up iu a different col or or style. Just keep one guessing and you have him Interested: like the old-fashion grab bag at the fes- tIvaI-it takes. I had two or three walnut rods that had been used on the stairs to keep the carpet in place. sawed them into four and one half inch lengths. and after cleaning them, covered them round with some left over pie crust. pinched the edges to- gether: wet my finger and smoothed seam down, stood them en end in pie tn and baked light brown. After they were done I removed tho stick and f1li- ed the tubes with fine chopped meat, well seasoned and put . stuffed olive in one end. I then placed them on top of a mount of hot mashed potatoes, having the ends of the tubes touch in the center. and apart at the outer edge: placing two or three olives or a boiled egg. slashed part way down. SO a g to show the yolk little in the cen ter. Radish can be used instead of olives I have named the dish Hal ley's comet as our folks look for it quite often. J. p. T.
 Yantic.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-06-18
M erhood.

Social Corner Editor: From far off New Jersey I come to enter your Social corner. May I enter.
 Your visitors l see have written on several subjects-I would write a few lines on Motherhood. If through your columns you might awaken in some of our young women a deeper love and respect for the pleasures and responsibilities of Motherhood, what vast amount of good you might ac- complish.
 So many of our young women of to- day are looking at the one side of Motherhood, the one where they see all the work the self denial, the suf- fering- But, girls, there is another side. That dainty little bundle all your own to fondIe, and in such a short time to return your caress. Then 9 little while and little pattering feet little. when perhaps the financial bur den is heavy. help to lift that bur den; and then-a comfort in declin- ming years; and now. right here, a word to those of us who have parents still with us. may we never fail in giv- ing to them the affection and comfort that is their due. What more blessed heritage could be ours, than an un- sullied name and Cody training by christian parents.
 All honor to parenthood. Better than gold is a peaceful home Where all the fireside charities come.- The shrine of love and the heaven of
 life,
 HaIlowed by mother. or sister or wife; However humble the home may be, Or tried with sorrow. by Heavens de- The blessings that never were bought
 sold,
 And centre there. are better than
 goldi"
 CATHERINE LOCKE.
 Camden. N. J.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-06-18
A Surprise Shower.

Editor Social Corner: To entertain a bride pretty idea was carried out once by the friends of young couple. The affair was of the nature of a Surprise Shower" each guest provid- ed as a little gift a certain article for the work bag. such tape. cotton, scissors and so forth A charming lowered cretonne bag was fitted up with all the gifts, and to the bag was attached a card with the following lines: Here's to the bride. In your life may there turk just as much pleas ure as this holds of work. Bright as a pin be your future. my dear, small as it's point may your sorrow appear. May your horizon with rose tints be lit; some clouds are crowshade, may yours all be wit Here are some hints that I'd just like to name: Darning Hubs socks saves his alarming the same. This is no yarn which I'm try ing to spin. 'twiXt you and Hubby have none button in. Loves like a needle true steel and bright shined, Needles have one eye and love is quite blind. Here, then. is luck! May your joy ever grow. Don't have things sew-sew; but all things just sew. Gracious, 'Ods Bodkins, and shiver my pins! When a girls married her life just begins.
 CUPID.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-06-18
A Help and a Hint.

Editor Social Corner: Have been reading the Social Corner letters thts morning, and cannot resist the tempta- ton of writing one Tn my family we use a. great deal of outing flannel. Be- fore I hit on this plan we had bag full of odds and ends of all kinds of outing flannel Now I always buy white. and I find 1t a great saving where 1t takes four yards to make one garment-two can be made from sev- en yards-there is no waste, as the smallest scrap can be used, and 1t can be scalded with the other clothes. no danger of fading. always white.
 This seems to be a Help One Anoth- CT corner well as Social Corner. What would help one another more than a change of air and surrounding for a few days visit with one of the country cousins, and what would be nicer than to have one of our country cousins visit nearer the city for a few days after the tiresome season Of can ping and preserving. VEIL.
 Norwich
Norwich bulletin., 1910-06-18

sugar. three tablespoonfuls of boiling water, one-half teaspoonful of pis- tachio extract. a little leaf green color paste, to give a delicate green tint Before the coloring matter is added. spread a little of the icing over two of the cakes that when cut they will not separate, and on the top spread this filling making about one eighth of an inch thick. This is a very nice fancy cake and when cut looks much like the mixed ice cream.
 There has been published some very nice recipes. l would like to see more, even if we do not all win a prize cut out the recipes that I think good and paste them into a blank book. I call it my Social Corner Recipe Book and I consider it prize in itself or course, do not keep all that are pub lished-only what l call the choice ones.
 Wishing success to the Social Cor ner.
 JUANITA.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-06-18
Good Cheap Cake.

Editor Social Corner: | send re- ceipt for goo7 cheap cake:-2 eggs: cup sugar: 15 cup of milk; l cup of flour: 1 teaspoon butter; 1 level tea spoonful cream tartar; F teaspoonful soda. Scala the milk and melt the butter in it. Cream the eggs and sugar then add the flour into which the cream tartar and soda have been sift- ed, mix all together thoroughly, then over the mixture pour the scalding milk. and beat well. Bake in two layers.
 Filling for cake: 1-3 cup butter: 1 cup powdered sugar: 2 teaspoons cocoa. Cream together and flavor with teaspoons cold coffee, 1-2 teaspoon vanilla. M. l.. H.
 Hartford.