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The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1913-10-20
How We Boom the Coffin
Trade By Over-Eating

neat ihSidt 10 the sun neat outside
is what causes sun-stroke or heat
prostrations. while n winter. especi.
ally ii We are exposed TO the outdoor
atmosphere, We should eat con
siderable quantity of fat foods and
Carb hydrate tstarches and sugars).
When We 20 to have suit of
clothes made We give it some
thought Surely We should give as
much thought to the things that
make our blood and brain. If an
architect should throw his building
mat erial together with no more
thought than the average person be-
slows up II his food. he would have
Il pile OF debris fit only for bats and
luss. but by selecting, combining
and proportiohing his material with
thought and care he builds up a
strong. useful and beautiful struc-
ture. SO it S with our food. Food
Is 10 the human h dy what brick,
= Iii >'''' anu tiiilbtf are 10
building. If i, is selected. combined
and lroportioned correctly 1t will
but.d up Il strong. healthy body.
During The month OF Janaury the
coffin business is about five times
greater than in any other month of
the year. The remarkable DO m i'm
this industry begins next day after
Christmas and reaches its height
about January IL. and does not come
down In normal until sometime in
February. Tbs is due entirely to
the Teasing season. People eat much
more food than they need: they eat
three or tour times as many things
as HEY should. they consume vast
quantity q sweets. rich foods. irrita.
ting spices and intoxicating drinks;
they consume an extra quantity of
tobacco. tea and coffee. all OF which
has tendency to cause hsperchlorhy.
dra tscur stomach or acid fermenta-
ton, from which about 40 per cent
o: all our illness originates.
few simple health rules for the
winter seas II are:
Plain food
very little meat and white bread
tThe union OF cereal starch and uric
acid i'll meat makes rheHmatism).
No sweets for breakfast.
No ac Il fruits for supper.
An abundance of fresh vegetables
An abundance Of water drunk with
meals.
An abundance OF fresh air. dag
and night
Keep the bowels active by the lib
erai use Of plain wheat bran eaten
With every meal.
Wheat bran is rich in mineral
salts, iron. protein and phosphates
Ii harmonizeS chemically with all
other foads. Its constant use will
remove the causes OF constipation
and therefore. prevent intestinal gas.
and auto.intoxication tself posonne).
Modern milling methods and cook.
cry have taken nearly all the coarse
fibre out OF our foods. This coarse
stuff. called cellulose. is absolutely
necessary % good stomach and in
festival digestion. Plain wheat bran
puts into the Diet that which our
super-ciyilized methods have taken
out of IT,
The health question is very largely
the food question in its various
forms. and the correct use of food
means 10 select. combine and pro
portion it so as to establish normal
digestion and assimilation of food
and normal elimination OF waste
The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1913-10-20
A SOUVENIR.

found them III a book last night
These nitheied v.olets;
token of that early love
That no man Ger forsetS.
Pressed carefully between the leaves.
They keep their color still:
! cannot look AT them today
Without all old-time thrill
All ne, what tricks does memory
play!
The passing years have fled,
And hopes that lived in vigor once,
Alas! have long been dead
And this is all that can say
When all is said and done,
These flowers remind me CT some
girl
( | wish | knew which one.
Anon
! Hurry up that ORDER" said
traveller in railroad eating house
down South. I'm afraid I'll miss
my train"
/ Vas, sab, boss!" the waiter an
swered as he hurried off.
After what seemed an almost in
terminable wait to the traveller. he
returned with the food. AS he set
it WI he asked:
is YOU de gentlemans what VAS
feared he'd miss de train"
Yes" was the reply.
We'll. YOU needn't be feared OBJ
dat. sab, no mo-
Good. Is it late?" the traveller
inquired
NO. sab, its done gone!" was the
walters affable and reassuring re-
Spouse.
A man sent his neighbours little
boy 10 the drug store to buy five
postage stamps. He handed him two
dimes. the extra one being for him
self. Sine time afterward the boy
came back blubbering and said he
had lost one of the dimes.
But why didn't you buy me the
stamps?" asked the man.
Because, mister" replied the boy
! .'it WAS your dime ! lost.
The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1913-10-20
BOXING SHOULD Dc -.
TAUGHT IN SCHOOLS.

Abe Pollock. Americas foremost
referee. is in favor Of boxing be-
ing taught in schools and says:
The fact that DR.. Watson L. Saw.
age. director Of physical training in
the Pittsburgh public schools. has
recommended that every boy should
be taught boxing, as well as books.
The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1913-10-20
THE FIRST BALL GAME.

The first game CT ball ever played
IN America was an Aztec game. and
1t was played somewhere out on the
mesas of Mexico, long before the
Spaniards arrived in their search for
gold.
The sort Of ball that the Aztecs
played was very popular with the
public. just as the big league draws
attention today. They had no re
The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1913-10-20


Francisco Examiner.
food being Natures building ma
t"riaI ana also the thirg that causes
anu cures most OF our physical dis
orders lei rs examine this materia;
ana nd, II sc can. what is the
Hr~' cd. how II should BE- pro
ratfd and Hdrtakeh OF
Livery person that desires good
health should give some study Ia the
Ioilo"lhS rules,
FIRST How Ia select their rood
second iio" 10 combine their
GOD and
ihlrd II Ia proportion il Al
meals
y horse thai is fed too much corn
VIII have blind Staegers. This means
that his food = iermentine and
causing large quantities Of cas- and
the swollen thtestines press asainS:
tn arteries leading into the heart
and lungs and he suffers part of the
tim" from not cnonc!9 blood flow
ms INTO the heart. and then TO
much when Ii spurts through. Both
ihe Impoverished supply and the
attorai overflow produce the same
effect. w, dizziness. Any farmer
knows thai the horses diet must be
changed The remedy Is green stuff
III summer. or brah-mash in winter.
MILLIONS oil people suffer from fer
meiiatlon. sour stomach. intestinal
"a irie@nlar heart action. dizz ness
tblinu staggefS). nstipation. gas.
irttis. etc. and they don't know
fEohch 10 change their diet.
Liquor. beer and strong coffee
cause 100 much acid because the
active principle. or poisonous part
OF ali these things IS chemically
known Is alkaloid. and the ONLY wav
Nature can heutralzr or fiehf an
alkalOid is With acid, thercf re, she
pours acid into The stomach 10 pre-
vent lis from committing suicide
This causes fermentation. fermen
tation causes gas gas causes fr
regular heart action. dizziness and i
lot of sther troubles
There are aboot ZOO, milcs nj tnb.
ing in the body including arteries
veins. capilIaries. These are hollow -
that the blood and serum can r,ow
through them. Altogether they ara
called the circulatory system
There are millions of rttla ner,a
fihras attached IA RI. s,o,nacb ,nl
infestines thai ,oad 10 tho hroi, a,s
70 every mar. of tho hoav rbosa
are 50 thick undo, tho Cit, that ,o,
rannof IN, dow, III. INT os ,.o,.
hrlc needle anvvhoro ON H. hoa.
~ thou, touching .,,.. y,h., ,ba
stomach and intcstines are irritatcd
by acA fermentation. these little
nerves become irritated also and
then we are nervous. We cant sleen
we are restless forgetinl and the
brain fed from an irrifatad fonnt,in
become erratic We lose onr mi,
on things. We bec-me mentally de-.
pressed mechanically. and sometimes
commit rash acts All these things
are capscd hv -wronu= eatine and
{ drinking,
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1913-02-16
Bed Davenports

DCU DdVC IIpOI CS
The following are styles of which we
have but one of a kind and especially
low prices are made to close them out:
S17.S5 Automatic, G. O., black
arlll
$4,000 Automatic, +. O., imita-
ton leather .,..-......"."-...$2S.75
$500 karpen, +. O., imitation
leather ..,............-....-.~.~.--.$33.25
$4,000 karpen, G.. O., fabrikoid $34.S5
$3.50 karpen. f. O., Imitation
Spanish leather ................-.$46.25
$500 kindel, F. O., imitation
Spanish leather .............&47.5O
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-12-18

The only injury inflicted in that box
ing fasco recently "put over' on a
patient and long suffering public in
Milwaukee was on the boxing commits
sion. Nobody was hurt in lie ring, but
it is feared that some regulations were
irretrievably damaged. The men who
have advocated legalized boxing in this
state because they believed that the
public would be better protected if the
bouts were conducted under the direct
supervision Of the state, have had very
little to say in favor of the fight law
since the Milwaukee affair. 1t does not
help the boxing game, either with the
sporting men or with the people who
have all along opposed the passage of
a fight bill and in the language of the
ring they Htold the commission where
they got off and 'Egot away with it. Il
If the decision as to whether or not
they will conform to the rule sand reg
ulations laid down in this state for the
staging of so-called boxing bouts' is
to be left to the pugs themselves, the
public should know it.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-12-18
Lyman Strong Of somers
Gives Tender Care to In
valid Brother 40 Years.
MUST GO TO STATS HOSPITAL

The most unusual story of the devo-
tion of brother to brother known
in the annals of Kenosha county was
brought to light in the county court
today when an application was fled
asking for an examination into the
mental condition of Gilbert Strong, a
man long past middle life and mem
Der of one of the pioneer families Of
the town of Somers. Attorneys went
before Judge Taylor on Friday after
noon and explained the conditions sur
rounding the filing of the petition.
Gilbert Strong is brother of Lyman
Strong, man who has been very active
in the development of the town of
Somers and the statement accompany
ing the petition shows that for the
past forty years and more Lyman
Strong has practically sacrificed his
own life in order to take care of the
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-12-18
HEALTH COMMISSIONER rs BUSY
Two Men Brought Into Municipal
Court Charged With Violating Law.

Dr. j. J. Mcshane, health officer Of
the city was busy in the municipal
court this morning, when he had two
prosecutions for violations of the
health ordinances of the city. Joseph
Gerkin, formerly in the market bust
ness on Milwaukee avenue, moved out
Of the place and left the room in such
a condition of filth that it was declared
to be menace to the people in the
neighborhood. He entered plea of
guilty to the charges against him and
paid a fine of $40 and the costs of
action. This was the first prosecution
under this section of the health ordi-
nance.
Michael Grotski was brought in
charged with permitting garbage to re-
main on lot on Pleasant street until
it became menace to health. He en-
tered plea of Enot guilty" and the
hearing of the case was continued for
a week, Grotski giving bonds for his
appearance at that time.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-12-18

Racine people are much wrought up
over the appearance of small pox in
this city and in some of the towns Of
Racine county recently, but the fact
that the people are very generally wor-
ried over the probability of an out
break of the disease there may prove
the salvation of the city if it results
in wholesale vaccination. Kenosha
had scare last spring and the health
officers are convinced that the very
general vaccination which took place
at that time counts as much as the
strict guarantees maintained on the
two cases which developed in prevent
ing any further spread of the disease
in this city. The health commissioner
remarked at the time of the spring
case that it might prove blessing in
disguise and it has.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-12-18
MANY NEW STUDENTS.
Boys from from State Farms Entering
University for Course in Farm Work.

Of the 400 young men who have al
ready registered for the fourteen weeks
short course in agriculture at the
University of Wisconsin, PA are tax
ing the work for the first time and lac
are entering on their second and final
term. Most of the students come from
the farms of Wisconsin, and if they
do as former classes have done, at
least ninety per cent will return to
these or other farms or engage in other
agricultural lines.
Fond dn Lac and Dane counties lead
in the number of students, Az being
renrolled from the two. Although a non
resident fee is charged those living out
side the state, about 90 students from
other states are taking the course, Hi
nois, Washington, Montana, Ohio and
Pennsylvania being represented in the
enrolment. But one of the four wom-
en- who are taking the course is from
the state; Mrs. Theodore Werder, liv-
ing in Ashland, Bessie T. Hellgren,
Plano, Illinois, and Florence Lucas and
Fannie T. Cochran at Westtown, Pa.
The Wisconsin short course has at
tracted attention in all parts Of the
country. 1t was the first Of its kind to
be established in America and was de-
signed to meet the particular needs of
the farm boy and to give him an add
ed incentive to grow more and better
crops and farm products.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-12-18

brother overcome by misfortune. He
had not been alone in the sacrifice as
for years Mrs. Strong, his wife. had
given the tenderest of care to the
invalid. It was declared to Judge Tay-
Tor that Gilbert Strong had been an in
competent practically since birth and
that as boy Lyman Strong had taken
upon himself the obligation Of caring
for his unfortunate brother. AS wears
passed the condition of the brother
grew to be such that his care was more
exacting but the loyal brother made no
objections and it had been his desire
to furnish the incompetent brother
with every care he might demand so
long as he lived.
But misfortups came to the protector
of the invalid and it is now declared
that Lyman Strong is suffering from
paralysis and that he can no longer
continue his labor of love. The wife
of Lyman Strong would be glad to con-
tinue the care Iavished by her hus-
band, but members of her own family,
her father and mother, have met with
misfortune in Kansas and she feels that
she must go to them and aid them. On
this account the state is to be asked to
take over the care of Gilbert Strong.
The brother did not sign the petition
asking for the examination into the
mental condition of the man, but it was
signed by the attorneys who had in
vestigated the case and who had reach
ed the decision that there must come
an end of the devotion of the brother
if his life is to be spared.
The Strong family is one of the old
est in the town of Somers and for years
the people of the town have marvelled
at the tender care given the invalid
brother by Mr.. and Mrs Strong.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-12-18
COUNT THIS PENNIES.
State Officials Alarmed Over Objections
to Increase in State Tax.

How alarmed the state officials are
oyer the high state tax this year is
well Illustrated by a little incident
which occurred in Dodge county and
which presumably has had its repeti-
ton in other counties of the state.
Some weeks ago the county clerk of
Dodge county received the tax appor-
tionment of that county with the
amount included which the county
must pay toward the state insurance
fund for the insurance Of county
buildings together with few other
small items for which the state is
made direct payment by the county.
The Dodge county clerk, according to
his usual custom, Jumped the entire sum
as a state tax and was making out his
tax bills when he received notification
from Madison that he must change his
apportionment and include the insur-
ance fund levy and the other items of
like character in the county taxes for
the reason that while the payments re-
ceived from the levies are turned di-
rectly over to the state the same as
state taxes, they are not in reality
state taxes, being monies which are
collected for the counties. For in
stance, the state insures county build
ings the same as an insurance company
would, and of course if it were not
for the payment to the state, the county
would have to pay the insurance money
which would be collected as a county
tax to some insurance company as
premium for insurance carried on it's
buildings.
The state officials were probably
standing on their technical rights in
regard to the levy. On the other hand,
the items are almost trivial and except
in name it makes very little difference
how they are collected, as the money
collected goes directly to the state. The
insistence, however, shows how wor-
ried the state officials really are over
the large state tax and how they do
not intend the already burdensome
state tax figures shall be increased by
any levies, no matter how small, which
can be credited to county rather than
state taxation.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-12-18

The certified milk movement original
ed with DR.. Henry l.. Colt, who, after
several years Intellectual effort to i'm
prove the milk supply of his community
/. through legislation and other ordinary
means, devised the plan for a commits
sion consisting Of medical men, which,
by voluntary supervision and control of
methods, by paid expert inspection of
dairy work, and by their certifcation
of the product, should undertake, in CO.
operation with dairymen possessing the
requisite intelligence and capital, to
make available supply OF milk pro
duced under regulations imposed by
themselves, which should fulcl the most
exacting requirements of the physician.
The development of the plan is dis
cussed by DR.. Thos. G. McCleave, in a
recent issue Of The journal of the
American Medical Association.
Under the leadership of Dr. Colt, the
first medical milk commission was or
ganized in 1898, in Essex County, New
Jersey. The term certified milk"
was coined to designate the milk pro.
duced under the control of this com
mission, and was protected by United
States copyright. In addition to this,
many states have since passed statutes
prohibiting the use of the term except
on the authority of properly con
stituted commits ion. The movement.
originally designed By its author to
meet the dire necessities of MS own
neighborhood, was SD successful that
similar commissions were organized
elsewhere-in New York in 1896. in
Philadelphia in 1897, and s;Lce then
throughout the country-untn there is
now total of not less than sixty com
missions in twenty three states, and
two in Canada New York leads with
ten, Ohio has six, while California in
the extreme west and Massachusetts, in
the east each have five. The American
Association of Milk Commissions was
organized In 1906 to institute better
methods of propaganda and to unity
the work of its component commissions.
In California there is also state as
ISOLATION which aims to keep the work
within its jurisdiction on the same
high plane.
The influence of these commissions
has been so profound, not only within
the limits of their own immediate ac-
tivities, but in relation to the improve
ment of the general milk supply and
all other food products, that they may
be classed as one of our most import
ant agencies in public health work.
BY this means thousands of babies
have been saved from needless sickness
and death.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-12-18
q. B. MccARRoN HEADS YEoMEN

Kenosha Council No l79, Yeomen Of
America has elected the following of
fcers for the new year:
President George B. McCarron.
Past President-Harry E. Remer.
Vice Emma Blush.
Secretary John E. Borland.
Cor. Secy--Lulu G. Lampe.
Treasurer-Max Ladewig.
chaplain-Mary E. Rock.
Chancellor-James Murphy.
Vice Chancellor Mrs. A. Blondin.
Guide-Albert Brooks.
Associate Guide Stella Cable.
Guard-John Mike.
Sentinel-John DOVE
Musician Mrs. Bohle.
Trustees-Ed. Nelson, John Coner.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-12-18
DISTRICT TO Be LARGE ONE
Will Extend From Fremont Avenue
West to Grover Street and From the
Same Place East to Library Park
Elizabeth and Park SITS. Boundaries.

Extension Of the residence districts
of the city was considered by the spe-
cial committee of the common council
at a meeting held at the city hall on
Friday evening and as result within
the near future an ordinance will be
proposed to the council which will place
Prairie avenue almost in its entirety
and two streets to the north and south
of it in a residence district from which
stores and places for commercial life
will be forbidden by the city. The ter
ritory will be taken up in two ordi-
nances. One Of them will provide a
residence district in the territory
bounded on the west by Fremont ave-
nue. on the east by Library Park, on the
north by Park street and on the south
by Elizabeth street. 1t is understood
that neither Park street nor Elizabeth
street are to be considered within the
territory The second ordinance will
provide a territory running as far west
as Grover street and bounded on the
east by the limits named in the other
ordinance.
Chairman August Kisten and the
members of the committee have gone
carefully over all the territory and
they are convinced that there is no
need Of business houses on any of the
streets included in this territory.
Many property owners on Prairie
avenue have appeared personally be-
fore the committee and have urged that
this street in its entirety be placed in
a resident district, said Alderman
Kisten. The committee feels that this
would work hardship on some people.
On the west end of Prairie avenue
prosperous business and manufacturing
ordinance would interfere with these
districts. As these districts already
have many buildings used for business
purposes [ can see no reason why the
other property in this district should
not be put to the same uses. The COM
mittee realizes the fact that business
districts must be provided for in the
outlying districts of the city and it is
not the policy Of the members to inter
fere with the rightful use of the prop
erty of any man. With Elizabeth
street and Park street left open for
the coming Of the neighborhood stores
it will be possible for the people living
in the remainder of this big territory
TO have every convenience. There seems
to be real demand on the part of the
property owners to have these streets
set aside as residence Streets
The committee has not looked with
favor on the passage of general or
dinance including score of districts
in the city in residence districts and
the members seem to feel that the ends
sought in the ordinances may be better
served by having individual ordinances
to cover each district. Should the
growth of the city demand the building
of business houses in territory set
aside as residence districts it will be
an easy matter to repeal the ordinance
covering the particular district to be
affected provided the majority Of the
property owners favor the return of
this property to the unrestricted dis
tricts of the city.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-12-18
LoP OFF $4,000.
Demand in Action Against Chicago
Brass Works Reduced in Court.

Five thousand dollars was Topped off
a claim made by Angelo Copen in a
suit against the Chicago Brass Com
pany at a hearing in the municipal
court on Friday afternoon. Copen had
asked for $4,000 for personal injuries
but it was found that the jurisdiction
Of the municipal court only extended
over actions in which the demand did
not exceed $4,000 and by consent of
the parties the amount Of the claim
was reduced. The defendant company
presented an argument demurring to
the complaint and asking for dis
missal on the claim that there was no
grounds for the action. Judge Randall
took the motion under advisement and
will render decision some time next
week.