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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-01-05
ONE COLOR IDEA ABANDONED
Fashions Latest Fancy at Least
Makes IL Easy to Remodel Slightly
Worn Gowns.

The fashions have never been SO
amenable to remodeling as they are AT
present. They have got barely over
that old idea of theirs that dress mad
to be. made almost entirely of one
material and quite entirely OF one
color.
It is considered very smart this sea.
son to use two or three materials and
several colors in one gown. When l
was abroad short time ago | saw
practically no monotone dresses, and
the smartest frocks that were worn
at the race meets and restaurants
were always party colored affairs that
looked most attractive after the long
run of the one-cOlor idea.
So if you haven't enough material IN
the dress you want to make over, or
if part of it is worn or so1led, you can
combine it with some other material
and it will not only freshen 1t beyond
recognition. but it will make it much
better style than it would be il 1t had
been made all of one material. IhaC
is encouraging, isn't it? You can veil
a half-shabby silk or satin dress with
chiffon, net, marquisette, silk wolfe or
half a dozen other pretty things. You
can combine a check, plaid or striped
material with a plain color, matching
one of the colors in the plaid, etc. You
can use two materials of the same
color, two weights of the same mate
rial; you can combine two different
colors or two tones of the same color,
or you can use two or three dlfferent
kinds of materials and several totally
unrelated colors, if you care to. You
see you can do practically anything
so long as it is little different from
anything you have done before.-Ex-
change.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-01-05
What Would Suppress the Saloons.

A genuine revival Of pure religion
and undefiled in all the churches, in
the hearts and lives of all church mem.
bers, would be the best possible means
of suppressing the saloon, because tt
would speedily remove many of tia
causes of drunkenness. Behind thu
saloon is apathy, neglect-a lack OF
the earnest and loving spirit which
goes out to relieve distress and wiz
The straying. Let US labor as earnestly
rs we ought to purify the evil atmos
phere in which the saloon fourishes
md the saloon itself will soon d!sap
Northumberland Presbyterian
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-01-05
Left Both Satisfied.

It all happened on one of those few
surviving pay-after-you-enter cars.
"Oh, insist on paying, Gladys" said
the brunette. You paid coming
down"
mo. / shall pay" declared Gladys
with equal firmness. What If | did
pay coming down--didn't you buy that
last package of gum?"
LET me settle the quarrel, ladies'"
suggested the diplomatic conductor.
"Why not use the denatured form OF
Dutch treat?"
whats that?"
"Well, you each pay the others
fare"
And that was the way they solved
it.-Cleveland Leader.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-01-05

"a OMANCE, tragedy, heroic sac.
ID rifice and deep mystery make
MM up the story of the "Pere Mar
Va quette." the great ferry boat
which sank with it's load of
human freight in the middle of Lake
Michigan on the morning of Septem-
Der 8, 1910.
News dispatches of the days imme-
diately following the disaster depicted
the romance, tragedy and heroism.
But the mystery is deeper today than
It was on the morning the accident
occurred.
Marine history chronicles no other
case of this character. Ships have
gone to sea never again to be heard
of, and the mystery of what became
Of them has not been dispelled. Other
ships have sunk or been destroyed by
fire or otherwise, but always, even
though the survivors numbered only
a mere handful, there have been sat
isfactory explanations of the cause
that brought about the disaster.
Twenty-seven of her crew, includ-
ing the captain and other officers,
went down with the Pere Marquette,
while 80 others of crew and passen-
gers were saved by the timely ar
rival of ferry boat No. IL of the Pere
Marquette line.
But the amazing fact is that not
one of the survivors could tell what
happened to the stricken vessel. And
despite the time that has elapsed and
the exhaustive Investigations carried
on by the owners of the vessel and
by the government authorities. the
mystery still exists.
What really did happen to the Pere
Marquette? What caused the great
lake leviathan, under Roadway for
three hours or more after she was
first damaged, to suddenly stop in her
course, poise for brief moment and
then drop, stern foremost, like lead
en- weight to the bottom of the lake?
Did the Pere Marquette strike a
submerged wreck?
Did her great cargo of loaded
freight cars shift?
Was some of her crew drunk?
Was an anarchistic maniac aboard?
Had the vessel vital defect in her
construction, and if so are others of
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-01-05
The Stem Stitch.

Stem stitch may be embroidered on
the machine as well as by hand. Here
is the method followed:
Sew with rather short stitch along
the stamped lines. Be sure to follow
pattern directly Then thread nee
die with embroidery silk and pass the
needle and thread, eye first, under
each stitch. Keep on the upper SIDE
of the material. If it is thin fabric,
put paper underneath before working.
This method results in well-ralsed
cord that is obtained in much quicker
time than by hand embroidery, and is,
besides, quite as effective.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-01-05
LATEST FEEDER FOR CALVES
Danish Woman Makes Improvement
on Small Idea That Is Possible
to Keep Clean.

Anyone familiar with the raising OF
calves knows the difficulties in teach
ing the calves to drink, writes ]. f.
Monrad of Denmark in Hoard's Dairy
man.
But, having taught the calf to drink,
the worry over it's tendency to drink
too fast remains. 'Tis true, floating
little hay or straw in the milk may put
a brake on this tendency, but in our,
too bacteriology, wide-awake CD
days, this plan seems less attractive.
In the latter part of the sixties, last
century, the idea of applying the prin-
ciple of the infants feed bottle was
first suggested, l believe in England
90 by Tucker, where an apparatus
was sold for the purpose. 1t is illus
trated in Sheldon's DAIRY Farming"
and consists of solid, low cylindrical
pail with a cover inserted inside sew
eral inches down; in the center of this
Is metal tube to which rubber tube
Is attached on the under side and
rubber nipple On the upper side. Since
then we have had many others, of
which I mention the Small feeder
(18S6), a tin can with fiat back, to
hang on a wall with tin nipple on
which is the rubber nipple. This had
the great advantage of only
short nipple to clean and was very
convenient to the calf, but had the
drawback Of leaking milk; in 1903 in
Switzerland a wooden teat was sug
gested as being easier to keep clean;
in 1891, Hoards Dairyman gave
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-01-05
How Old Hunter Cooks Wild Ducks.

How Old Hunter Cooks Wild Ducks.
Many persons imagine a wild duck
should only be roasted or baked,
whereas that is the poorest and most
unsatisfactory method of all Nine
times out of ten baked wild duck
comes to the table dry and shrunken
till there is nothing but the flavor ana
little meat on the breast and thighs
left.
A better way is to Joint two or three
ducks (three to five if they are teal
or butter ducks) into small pieces, put
In e pot with picked pork, sliced
short, and one good sized onion to the
duck. Salt to suit the taste, and set
on a slow fire, where they should stew
gently four hours, never less than
three. After this has cooked down to
q sort of brown pot roast the whole
will be found succulent, Juicy and ten
der. Try 1t. The less water used In
dressing ducks and all wild game the
bettsss
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-01-05
Trunk Suggestion.

Many girls away from home use
their trunks as window seats, but
when they need anything from the: /
they find it rather inconvenient to
remove the cover and pillows A bet
ter way to dispose of the trunk is az
follows: Have shelf as large as the
top of dressing table fastened to the
wall, just high enough to permit your
trunk being placed under it. Hang
pretty curtains around it and you will
have an attractive dressing table, as
well as hidden trunk.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-01-05

PTY HE costume on the left would look
well in gray serge; the skirt is
= cut narrow at the foot and trim
med down center of front by wide
Oraid, also Russia braid arranged in
simple design. The coat, which is high
to the neck, and doubled-breasted, is
trimmed down front to match skirt, so
also are the collar and cuffs. Hat of
gray felt trimmed with black satin rib
bon. Materials required: Five yards
serge 46 inches wide, six yards wide
and one dozen yards narrow braid. five
yards silk or satin for lining.
The other is in style well suited to
face cloth; it has plain skirt turned
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-01-05
His SnecIaItY.

what has become of young Mr..
D'Auber, who showed such signs or
talent in drawing? Has he made q
success?"
"Oh, yes, indeed. He's got all the
work he can do now"
Magazine or studio work?'
"He draws the maltese cross show
ing where the body was found, in the
evening papers. "-Cleveland Leader.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-01-05
Cow Sanctions.

pass along to place the feed, says q
writer in the Missouri Valley Farmer.
Allow So inches from center to center
of stanchions. Cut sliding bar four
feet and stationary bar three feet ten
inches long. Nail stats between the
stanchions to keep feed from falling
out of manger.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-01-05
Tauestry Hats.

Tapestry-co red hats, the tapestry
in bold patterns of soft and old tints
on a light ground stretched tightly
oyer the frame, come in wide picture
shanes and close mushroom models.
They are untrimme1..
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-01-05

side, tipped with diamond Gust or
with gold powder.
Let me add, for the reassuring of
bird-lovers. that the smallest possible
percentage of the so-called aigrettas
are the real thing. Rather they are
skilfully contrived out of the stems
of discarded feathers which otherwise
would go to waste.-Harper's Bazaar.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-01-05
NEW IDEA FOR sTANCHIONs
Fourteen-Foot House for Animals
Gives Two-Foot Manager and
Two-Foot Feed Alley.

Fourteen feet is good width for
the cowhouse, with stanchions four
feet from the wall This gives two
foot manger and a two-foot alley to
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-01-05
Had Been In a Worse scrape.

Damocles saw the suspended sword.
That's nothing" he cried, 1--WE sat
between two women with hatpins!"
Thus they saw he could not be
scared.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-01-05
RroIIlna by Electricity

It is claimed that a spring chicken
may be broiled electrically at . cost
Of "a cents.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-01-05

OF pastel blue satin, with under
dress of black velvet edged with q
wide band of ermine. This dress ia
trimmed with handsome embroidery
of blue and silver.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-07-01

Frank FTeese. He Is also survived by
one brother, Henry Freese, and one
sister, Mrs. Fred Bestmann of Ottawa,
III. He was a member OF Scott lodge
No. "a, l. o. o. F., and also of the Co
lumbia Sick Relief society. The fu'
neral will take place Sunday afternoon
from the home at O'Clock, under the
auspices of the two orders. Burial will
be made in Paramount cemetery.
Elsie, the 519 -months-old daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs. F. Melichar, 1905 West
Third street, died at the home yestsr,
day of cholera infRntum. She was one
of twins. leaving to survive her the
parents. and sister Molue. The body
will be taken to Cedar Rapids for IN,
terment.
George n. Kulaklieff died at Mercy
hospital Wednesday evening after an
operation for appendicitis. The body
was taken to the Hill chapel, where il
was prepared for burial. Deceased
came to America April /, 1910. and di
rect to Davenport, where he had
friends, and obtained employment al
the Bettendorf shops. He was &C
years of age, having been born in Bull
garia. Surviving him is a step-mother
several brothers, and an uncle, all liv-
ing in the old country. The funeral
announcement Will be made later
awaiting the arrival of a brother from
East St. Louis.
Mrs. Elizabeth Bulsterbaum passed
away yesterday at the family resi-
dence, 80 Warren street, after lin,
gering Illness of 10 months. She was
born Sept. IA. 1886, in Insel. Fehmarn
Germany, being "A years, 9 months and
16 days OF age at death. She came to
America and direct to Davenport in
1858, where she was married to Her
man Bulsterbaum seven years later.
She is survived by one daughter, Mrs.
Gus Brandt, and one son, G.. A. Bulster.
baum, both of this city, and one sister,
Mrs. Amelia Eggers, also of Daven-
port. The funeral will take place from
the residence Sunday afternoon at 2
o'clock, with interment at Paramount
cemetery
Wallace w. Baxter, for 20 years a
resident of Princeton township, died at
8 o'clock Thursday evening at the home
OF his daughter. Mrs w. f. Barlow. in
Clinton, Iowa, after an illness Of three
weeks. Surviving are six children:
Mrs William Dubois, Mrs. J. G. Scott
and H. c. Baxter of Princeton, Mrs. w
z. Barlow of Clinton, Mrs Anna Rob-
bins and Mrs. Rhoda Thomas of Tama
county, Iowa; one sister, Mrs. Daniel
Price Of Princeton, and two brothers.
James Baxter OF Princeton and John
Baxter of Moline.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-07-01
Colonel French's Model Farm

Of anything land the separate ami
mails have not been brought up be-
cause Of their price or because of
individual records, but the aim is
to develop a strain that will prove
of the highest utility.
The Iowana farm is a business
proposition pure and simple and is
run on business lines throughout
The expense and profits of every
different department are known as
the system of books kept enables
the determination Of the exact fnan-
cial standing of any branch of
stock.
At the time that the farm was
first planned it was thought that it
would take ten years 10 put the farm
on a paying basis, but the few
months that the plant has already
been running have shown that it
will be returning a fair return on
the investment in half that time.
An indication of this assertion is
found in the fact that last winter
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-07-01

In the Iowana farm, built by Col
onel George w. French. seven miles
up the river on the Iowa side, at a
cost of several hundred thousand
dollars. Scott county has a modern
stock farm that is called by many
experts the best in the Mississippi
valley AMI one Of the best equipped
and planned farms in the country.
This farm is not a within or a fad,
but the elimination of several years
or careful planning on the part of
Colonel French. who has for the
last ten years been wishing 10 dem
onstrate in practical fashion that a
farm costing hundreds of thousands
Of dollars. equippedtwith buildings
that the average 9nan considers
palatial. and run as a great business
would be managed, can be made to
pay.
The desire behind the Iowana
farm is 20 improve the condition and
quality % the dairy interests Of the
safe. The stock is not a collection,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-07-01

butter from the Iowana farm was
selling at SO cents on the Chicago
market at the time when the regu.
lar price for high class product was
35 cents, and that for the first calf
born on the farm an offer of 5000
was received, $500 being, likewise
offered for the first colts when
weaned.
Colonel French has travelled
throughout the United States and
has inspected model farms in all
sections of the country and event
uaIIy decided TO carry his idea out
in the fertile Mississippi valley and
in Scott county He has christened
the estate the Iowana farm, and In
dications are that the name will soon
come to stand for the highest type
of agriculture IN the state.
The farm is devoted principally
to stock raising, the crop end of the
project being considered as merely a
means Of furnishing feed. The aim
Is to raise the highest quality Of
hogs, cattle, horses and poultry Of
the breeds selected and to give the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-07-01
MOLINE

BY Auto to Frisco.-C. r Stephens
of this city, w. B. Simpson Of Chicago
western manager for the Lukens Steel
company, and George o. Gunderson OF
Chicago. manager of the Acme Steel
company, departed Thursday for San
Francisco. They will make the trip
in a Winton Six, driven by Percy Haw-
kins. The Chicago men drove to this
city Wednesday and picked up Mr..
Stephens. 1t is planned to cover the
distance in II days. The route mapped
out Is through Omaha; Julesburg, Col. /;
Cheyenne, Wyo,; Ogden and Salt Lake
City, Utah; Sacramento, CaL, and then
Frisco. The men Will return by train.
Another Deere Corporation. - The
secretary OF state has issued a license
to incorporate TO the Davenport Wagon
company Of Moline, capital stock $780,
000 object TO be manufacturing and
dealing in wagons, agricultural imple-
ments, etc. Incorporators are William
Butterworth w l. Velie, G. W. Mix
ter and G. y. Peek. Recent announce
ment was that the Deere interests had
purchased the Davenport Wagon com
pany. which up to the present time has
been an Iowa corporation. Turning out
Of wagons will be continued IN the
plant at Davenport, the new incorpora-
ton simply meaning that the company
has been incorporated under Illinois
laws and that the business will be di-
rected from this city.
o
Obituary Record.-Mrs Esther Hodg-
son, 1919 Third avenue, died yesterday
after a long illness with tuberculosis
She was born in Nebraska March Z.
1880. Survivors beside her husband
are her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. A. L.
Hammerquist Of this city, and three
sisters, Mrs. Herman Fredericks of
Victoria, B. c., Mrs. Annie Wood of
Moline, and Julia HammerQuist at
home.
Death summoned John Kisor, 221S
Twenty-first street, yesterday. He had
been belfast for the past five weeks,
due to a carbuncle and infirmities of
age. He was 81 years old. John Kisor
was born March 20, 1924, in Newburg,
Orange county, New York. He receiv.
ed his education in New York state,
and in the year 1856 came to Moline
with John Cooper, a resident Of this
city now. Upon arrival in this city he
secured work with a sash and door
works con Germ in Rock Island, where
he was employed for few years. For
II years he was employed as a shoe
maker by George Herbst, and later hef
was with Joseph Rank for g shorrl
period. After leaving the shoemsker's
bench he purchased team and was
employed by the city, sprinkling tie
streets. Later he operated a dar
farm for IL years. He was married
twice, the first time IN New YORK. He
from his first wife, who died
in 1906, in the 70's, and was married
again to Mrs. Sarah Randall oales
July 6. 1876. She survives. All leven
children by his first wife died, a ID be-
side his widow he leaves a step-laugh-
ter, Mrs. Theodore Ef1ant of Moline.
and a number Of nephews and nieces
in New York.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-07-01

teriously appeared at the farm last
week. All of the hoa Is are kept &C
cording to the colony house plan,
which means dividing the herd into
small pens of from three to eight
rather than allowing them to run In
one bed.
This idea, while It has been in
practice at al of tie state agricuI-
tural stations for SINE time and has
also been the sysem under which
most of the big sock farms Of the
country managed their herds for
some time, was IT first pooh-hooed
by neighboring frmers. who consid-
cred that the iIfnemorial custom OF
one drove and The necessary result
ing uncleanlin$s and liability to
spread disease were inseparable to
hog raising.
However, fhen the cholera ap-
peared it cam to the surface in one
small pen orless than six and the
result was fat the spread of the
disease to tk rest OF the herd vas
absolutely eat OF and but a few of
the animaI were lost, while under
the comma system of one large
drove at bast 80 per cent of the
animals would have been doomed
And so those who had formerly
secuted The colony house idea were
convinced that a capitalist who
kept his stodk in a palace knew his
business after all
In additilR to being designed for
utility in the highest degree the
architecture Of the Iowana farm har-
monies 50 well with the location
and the billings are so well adapt
ed to The different purposes that the
estate, prsseIts a most attractive and
beautiful bird's eye view. The last
Of the farm buildings are being com
pletel this week, construction ma
terisis are Icing cleared away and
the estate will soon be in spic and
spat shape. Colonel French's palat
ial new residence has been complet- |
ed and the family moved in the lat |
tel part Of last week. The garage |
ard some OF the smaller buildings |
a-e yet TO be finished, and much i'm |
p-ovement about the grounds re-
pains to be done, but the plant as
whole Is now complete.
The farml comprising some $50 |
acres, was purchased a year ago last |
tall and. the first buildings were be-
gun soon aftsrward. The farm ex- |
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-07-01

tends from { he 1. & 1. tracks rDrth.
taking in 4C acres Of choice onion
ground on 4 be flats and extfnding
north, includ ng the princips part
of the estate n the fat land opping
the bluff
The farm T. so well suppFd with
labor-saving tevices that q, Of the
work is done by from Is te2o men,
although the style of agriculture is
distinctively intensive. Al or the
buildings are equipped with cleo
tricity and are ventilat1 by the
King ventilating system.
The barns are likewie provided
with carriers working IN an over
head trolley v. hich maks it possible
to distribute feed in re most eco
nomical MANNER as Segards labor
saving. This makes q possible for
the care of the dairyherd in all its
different branches 3 be done by
three men.
There are also sun modern feat
ures as a central rsuse system, by
which all the manpe from the diff
ferent barns is cared to one place
by means of an owhead trolley and
likewise a hospiu for sick cattle
and other necessay appliances of a
thoroughly moden farm.