davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-08-20
NAHUM Easing Meat Famine


EcnnOm c exports OF the FED
eral Cover .ment re giving the
high cost Of living problem their
thoughtful consideration and
are investigating tie high prices
of meat. The Department of
Agriculture has Just completed
census Of the meat-produclng
animals of the United States
and finds that there has been a
decrease Of 4,183, 900 head and
an increase of 6,53o,OO0 in
value during the past year. On
January /, 1914, the herd num-
bered IA, 100000, compared
with 148,69o,0oo year ago.
The bulk of the nations de-
crease meat supply is in the
swine herd. Compared with
last year, the number of hogs in
the United States has decreased
2,195, 900 head; cattle 175, 900
head and sheep 1,763, 900 head.
The major portion of the in
creased values is credited to tlt
1eef animals. The value Of all
cattle, including mich cows,
when compared with last year,
shows an increase of $166, 688, 900
swine have gained SO 1920 in
value, while sheep have depreci-
ated 81, 100000.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-08-20
NEWS OF THE WEEK
Items of Interest Concerning
gour Neighbors

T. g. Oscar and family are spend
ing the week camping out at the
Oscar cottage on the lake shore
south of the city.
Frederick w. Smitbmyer, of
Lawrence, Kansas, and Ell. Hale
Cook of KANSAS City, Mo-, were in
the city Wednesday transacting
business. While here Mr.. Smith
myer secured marriage license to
marry Miss Emma e. Cook of Kan
sis City. The wedding will take
place at the Coburn resort on
Diamond lake in the town os Pratt
where these people have been spend
iEg the summer months.
J. E. Peterson OF Russell trans
acted business in the city Tuesday.
Primary election IS one week from
next Tuesday. Be sure to vote
right.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-08-20
Must Have License

Word was given out to-day tC
the operators of soft drink
parlors to the effect that they
must have g )vernment license
if they intend to handle the
products known as near beer.
This IS because the beverages
contain a small percentage of
alcohol. The proprietors of
these places complain that they
will be unable to procure a
license because of the small
profit in the drinks.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-08-20

Lew Anderson and children of
Ashland were in the city for few
hours Monday evening, having
motored over from Ashland.
Mrs. M. HI. Robinson has been
laid up during the past week as the
result of fall in which she was
quite badly Injured. AS Mrs.
Robinson was going from the
kitchen to the she'd at her home she
tripped over the threshold of the
door, striking her head against the
hard wood floor. This dazed her and
as she tried to get up she fell over
again, inJuring her back,
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-08-20

Mrs. Alex Maitland of Cusson
visited in the city for several days
during the past week with her
daughter Mrs. Will Robinson.
Attorney J. ]. Fisher of Bayfield,
transacted business in the city
Tuesday.
Bernie Warden, who has been
laid up for some time with blood
poisoning. is reported as on the way
to recovery.
w. f. Flint was in town today
with samples of the Superb ever
bearing awberries which he is
growing on his la4d east of the city.
He had fruit in all stages of growth,
from the blossom to the ripe berry.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-08-20
Elected Officers

The Methodist Ladies Aid
Society met yesterday afternoon
at the church parlors and elected
the following officers:
President Mrs. F. e. Wieman,
Vice-President, Mrs. w. A..
Robinson, Secretary Mrs. w.
Philbrick, Treasurer Mrs. Ell.
Koenig.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-08-20
Now Demand Efficiency

ANOW - ~N.NAAA A@KIlClenCY
There was a time years ago
when the voters of Bayfield,
county paid little or no attention
to the qualifications of a candid
ate for county Office. That was
in the old days when the.voters
were of a tranci9nt class and
were here today and gone to-
morrow. If candidate was
known as a good fellow" he
usually got a good bunch of votes
from this class of voters. But
with the change that has taken
place in Bayfield, county the vot-
ers are now demanding that a
candidate must be qualified for
the office he seeks. They want
the county officials to be honest,
efficient, painstaking and accom-
modating and when an official
has all of these qualifications, it
is usually the case that the voters
want him continued in office.
In the office of county clerk
Bayfield, county has such an off
cial in the person of Nels M.
Oscar who is seeking re-nomin-
alton and reelection. There is
not one word of complaint from
any source against this official
who has come to be looked upon
as bayfield, County's hired man
who can be depended upon.
The men who have the most bust
ness at the office are his strong
est supporters. Members of the
county board who look to this
official for their information on
county matters are almost unani-
nous in their endorsement of
Mr.. Oscar. They realize the i'm
portance of this office and what
a change would mean. The
laborer, business man, farmer,
trapper have all been used alike
bv this official who has made
everyone feel that it was pleas
ure for him to wait upon them.
No person has ever directed a
letter to the county clerk under
Mr.. Oscars terms, asking for ia
formation or advice about county
matters, that has not received a
reply. He has tried to be of help
to everyone.
1t is for this reason that the
voters of the county are going to
show their appreciation of his
work by returning him by one of
the biggest majorities ever given
a county official.
Mr.. Oscars opponent Mr.. Irish
is man who has had little or no
experience in county matters and
very little office experience. His
only appeal is that the voters
should give him a chance at a
county job.
The voters are going to feel
somewhat reluctant about turn
ing their vote from an official who
has been tried and has proven to
be all that is demanded of a
county official.
The work in the office Of coun-
ty clerk has been increasing
during the past few years but
Mr.. Oscar, the present county
clerk, has kept pace with it and
will continue to do the work in a
most satisfactory manner when
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-08-20

Mrs. Fred Downer returned las
Friday evening from Mellen where
she spent several days visiting rel
atives and friends.
Impure blood runs you down
make S you an easy victim for dis
ease. For pure blood and sound
d qp>tion-Burdock Blood Bitters.
At all drug stores. Price 81 90.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-08-20
Notice--Pioneers

A special meeting of the
Pioneer Association will be held
at the Commercial Club rooms
on Friday evening of this week.
1t is i'm portant that all mem bers
of the Association be present at
this meeting.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-08-20

"Doan S Ointment cured me of
exzema that had annoyed me for
long time. The result was last
ing"-Hon. S. w. Mathews, Com
missioner, Labor Statistics. Aug
usta, Me.
When baby suffers with Group.
apply and give DR.. Thomas Eclectic
Oil at once. Safe for children. A
little goes long way. 25c and 5Ocl
A t all drug stores.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1914-01-30
STOP EATING MEAT IF
KIDNEYS OR BACK HURT
Take . Glass Of Salts to Clean Kid
neys n Bladder Bothers YOU
Meat Forms Uric Acid.

Eating meat regularly eventually
produces kidney trouble in some form
or other. says well-known authority,
because the uric acid in meat excites
the kidneys, they become overworked;
get sluggish; clog up and cause all
sorts of distress, particularly backache
and misery in the kidney region; rheu.
matte twinges. severe headaches, acid
stomach, constipation, torpid liver.
sleeplessness, bladder and urinary ir-
ritation.
The moment your back hurts or kid.
neys aren't acting right, or If bladder
bothers you, get about four ounces OF
Jad Salts from any good pharmacy;
take tablespoonful in a glass Of
water before breakfast for a few days
and your, kidneys will then act fine.
This famous salts is made from the
acid of grapes and lemon juice, com.
bined with lithia, and has been used
for generations to flush clogged kid
neys and stimulate them to normal
activity; also to neutralize the acids in
the urine so 1t no longer irritates, thus
ending bladder disorders.
Jad Salts cannot injure anyone;
makes a delightful effervescent lithia.
water drink which millions of men ard
women take now and then to keep the
kidneys and urinary organs clean, thus
avoiding serious kidney disease.-Adv
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1914-01-30
SHE GAVE UP
ALL HER WORK
On Account Of Her Weakness, But
Cardui, the Woman's Tonic,
Brought Back Strength.

Summit, va.-Mrs. Leonora Walker,
Of this place, has the following to say
regarding her experience with Cardui,
the woman's tonic: Before / began
to take Cardui. l suffered with woman
ly troubles, and, also, with what
thought was stomach trouble. was
30 weak, had to give up all my
homework; and could not do any OF
the cooking.
i commenced taking Cardui, the
woman's tonic, and after the third day
! began to feel better. Have now
used five bottles, and am we'll, and
can do all of my homework and cook.
ing by myself. In fact, / feel like q
new woman.
l shall be only too glad to do any.
thing l can, to help praise the Cardui
Home Treatment, for it is so good for
suffering women. l shall never be
without It,"
For over half century, Cardui has
been helping to build weak, nervous,
tired-out women, back to strength and
health. 1t goes to the seat OF the trou.
Bile and builds up womanly strength
where 1t is most needed.
Cardui may be the very medicine
your system has long been needing.
Get bottle from your druggist today.
1t cannot harm you, and should surely
do for you what 1t has done for so
many thousands Of others.
NB.--Wlae 10. Ladies' Advisory Dept. chatts.
nooga Medicine Co.. Chattanooga, Tenn, for
Social lnsbuetions and 64-page book. Home Treat.
ment for Women" ssnt IN plain wrapper. On
request. Adv.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1914-01-30
GIRLS! GIRLS! TRY IT,
BEAUT|FY YOUR HAIR
Make II Thick, Glossy, Wavy, Luxur.
liant and Remove Dandruff-Real
Surprise for You.

Your hair becomes lig.t, wavy, fluf-
fy, abundant and appears as soft, lus-
trous and beautiful as young girls
after "Danderine hair cleanse" Just
try this-moisten a cloth with a little
Danderine and carefully draw 1t
through your hair, taking one small
strand at time. This will cleanse
the hair of dust, dirt and excessive oil
and in just few moments you have
doubled the beauty of your hair.
Besides identifying the hair at once,
Danderine dissolves every particle Of
dandruff; cleanses, purifies and invig-
crates the scalp, forever stopping itch
ing and falling hair.
But what will please you most will
be after few weeks use when you
will actually see new hair-fine and
downy at f1rst-yes-but really new
hair-growing all over the scalp. II
you care for pretty, soft hair and lots
of it, surely get rs cent bottle Of
Knowlton's Danderine from any store
and just try 1t. Adv.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1914-01-30
Rather Warm.

At school in dudley a teacher with
whom ! am we'll acquainted was TAX
ing his class in their poetry. Casa.
blanca" They came to the line, The
boy stood on the burning deck" He
stopped the class, and asked this ques.
ton, why did tho boy stand on the
burning deck?" He had good show
of hands, but one lad in particular
seemed very eager to give the answer
The teacher noticed this, and asked
him, whereupon' he got the following
answer, Because it was too hot to
sit down." which put the whole class
in an uproar.-London Tit-Bits.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1914-01-30
'CASCARETS" FOR
LIVER; BOWELS
No sick headache, bi|iousness,
bad taste or constipation
by morning.
Get a 10-cent box.

Are you keeping your bowels, liver,
and stomach clean, pure and fresh
with Cascarets, or merely forcing a
passageway every few days with
Salts, Cathartic Pills, Castor Oil or
Purgative Waters?
Stop having a bowel wash-day. Let
Cascarets thoroughly cleanse and reg
ulate the stomach, remove the sour
and fermenting food and foul cases.
take the excess bile from the liver
and carry out of the system all the
constipated waste matter and poisons
In the bowels.
A Cascaret tonight will make you
feel great by morning. They work
while you sleep-never grippe, sicken
or cause any inconvenience, and cost
only 10 cents a box from your store
Millions Of men and women take q
Cascaret now and then and never
have Headache. Biliousness. Coated
Tongue, Indigestion, Sour Stomach or
Constipation. Adv.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1914-01-30
EXPLAINING Telepathy,

There are numerous we'll authenti.
Gated cases on record in which per-
sons, suffering violent death, ap.
peared as phantoms to persons who
were dear to them at the moment OF
death. The emotion which a person
who Is conscious suffers at the mo-
ment when q violent death is offered
him in the form of murder or acct.
dent, beggars every other emotion.
Science, proceeding on the lines indi-
Gated above, hopes to unravel the
mystery attaching to telepathy, by
showing how the electric currents of
the air, when impinged upon by the
electric currents of the body at mo-
ment of supreme emotional excitatlon,
will transmit that shock over miles
and miles, and deliver 1t safely to the
receiving instrument in the form of an.
other human electric current, attuned
to the first in some way which science
has not yet explained.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1914-01-30
Taste for Salt.

Concerning the African craving for
salt, Livingston gives interesting ties.
timony. Only the rich among Bak-
wants could afford to buy 1t, and the
poor suffered from indigestion for lack
of 1t. Native doctors accordingly
made salt usual ingredient of their
medicine, and Livingstone successfully
gave sufferers teaspoonfuls of neat
salt. But now comes a notable point.
Either milk or meat had the same
effect, though not so rapidly, as salt.
Long afterward, when was myself de.
prived Of salt for four months, at two
distinct periods, l felt no desire for
that codiment, but | was plagued by
very great longing for the above arti.
cles of food. This continued as long
as l was confined to an exclusively
vegetable diet, and when l procured a
meal of flesh, though boiled In perfect.
ly fresh rainwater, 1t tasted as pleas.
antly saltish as II slightly impregnated
with that condiment."
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1914-01-30
New Cause for Divorce.

Why is divorce? There's a question
capable of puzzling most Of use, don't
you think? OF course, some of us can
answer it In single sentence or two.
More Of us require large volumes to
contain a full reply. And when We
get them written some one is sure to
supply fresh cause for divorce. Take
the case of that Of New York man
who is demanding the dissolution Of
the marriage tie because his wife put
soap In his soup. He has added some
what to the literature Of divorce. And
he has revealed new form of cruelty.
Soap as an article of diet Ia not to be
highly regarded. BY most persons 1t
is considered not only offensive, but
dangerous. And, what Is more, the
average man probably feels that he
eats enough soap in the barber shop
to satisfy his needs. Any added by
his wife is likely to be regarded as gu.
perfluous and to arouse peevishneSs
that may not easily be stilled.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1914-01-30
FRUIT LAXATIVE
FOR SICK CHILD
california Syrup of Figs" can't
harm tender stomach,
liver and bowels.

Every mother realizes, after giving
her children california Syrup of
Figs" that this is their ideal laxative,
because they love its pleasant taste
and it thoroughly cleanses the tender
little stomach, liver and bowels with
out gripping.
When cross, irritable, feverish or
breath is bad, stomach sour, look at
the tongue, mother! II coated, give a
teaspoonful of this harmless fruit
laxative" and In few hours all the
foul, constipated waste, sour bile and
undigested food passes out OF the bow
els, and you have well, playful child
again. When Its little system is full
of cold, throat sore, has stomach-ache,
diarrhoea, indigestion, colic-remem-
Der, good inside cleaning" should
always be the first treatment given.
Millions of mothers keep California
Syrup of Figs" handy: they know a
teaspoonful today saves a sick child
tomorrow Ask at the store for a 60
cent bottle of California Syrup of
Figs" which has directions for babies,
children Of all ages and grown-ups
printed on the bottle. Adv.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1914-01-30
SIGN CAME DOWN QUICKLY
Clerk May Have Meant Well Enough,
But It Was Not at All FIatter-
Ing to New Proprietors.

The new proprietors of little can
dy and nut shop in New York were
astonished to notice pedestrians on
the opposite side of the street stop,
gaze at their window for moment,
and then pass on, faces decorated
broad grins.
This happened so often that one of
the proprietors determined to investi-
gate. He fastened across to the op-
posite pavement. What he saw there
caused him to scurry back to the
shop on the run. Below a large black
and white sign that bore the notice
This shop is under new management"
"a careless clerk had hung an equally
conspicuous sign reading:
New crop of nuts now here"
When tramp asks for bread stin-
gy woman gives him the stony stare.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1914-01-30
HOW TO TREAT PlMPLES AND
BlACkHEADS

For pimples and blackheads the fol-
lowing is most effective and eco
nomical treatment: Gently smear the
affected parts with Cuticura Oint-
ment, on the end of the finger, but
do not rub. Wash of the Cuticura
Ointment in Ave minutes with Cuti-
cura Soap and hot water and continue
bathing for some minutes. This treat.
ment Is best on rising and retiring,
At other times use Cuticura Soap
freely for the toilet and bath, to as.
sist In preventing Inflammation, irri-
tation and clogging of the pores, the
common cause of pimples, blackheads,
redness and roughness, yellow, oily,
notify and other unwholesome condi-
tons of the skin.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world. Sample of each
free, with 32.p. Skin Book. Address post
card "Cuticura, Dept. L. Boston. ADV.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1914-01-30
NORMAL SCHOOLS
ARE PROSPECTING
suPT. THOMPSON FINDS THEY
ARE DOING FINE WORK.
EVENTS IN STATE CAPITAL
ooinss of the Various Departments of
the Government of the Common
wealth Reported for Ben
eft of Our Readers.

Nashville.
State Superintendent Thompson has
visited the normal schools, and has
this to say:
Il found the three state normal
schools doing fine work, particularly
along the line of teacher training and
the arts and sciences. The model
schools are, of course, the most help
full single things to the teachers and
those preparing to teach. l should like
to see this feature of the work fully
developed In our state normal schools.
The enrolment at this time of the
year is the largest in the history of
the institution.
The Middle Tennessee State Nor
NAL School opened it's third annual
session September Is, 1913, with a
large representative attendance. The
enrolment for the present term
reached 236 normal students, which
will be increased at the winter term
to more than 300
1T is claimed by officials who are
in position to know that in some coun-
ties more than so per cent of our pub
lie school fund is wasted through the
employment of inexperienced and in
competent teachers. II is the sole
function of the normal school to pre-
pare teachers and thus prevent the
economic waste resultant from the EN-.
ployment of weak, incapable teachers.
"The enrolment of the Middle Ten
nessee State Normal School for the
year ending July, 1912, was 31S in
the regular term and 4S5 in the sum-
mer term. Out of the 500 teachers
enrolled in the school, more than 600
are now teaching in the public schools
OF Tennessee. If each of these teach
ers is In charge of school or of a
room of 40 students, it will be seen
that $4,000 children are being taught
by teachers trained in the Middle Ten
nessee State Normal.
THE State Board of Education re-
Gently purchased 1876 acres of land
additional to the 100 they already own,
thus making farm of 235 acres, 1856 OF
which is tillable, the remaining so be-
ing used for the campus
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1914-01-30

and l now feel fine. l am regular, my
stomach is better and my pains have all
left me. You can use my name if you
like. / am proud of what your RENE
dies have done for me. - Mrs. MARY
GAUTHIER, q Ridge St., Montpelier, Vt
An Honest Dependable Medicine
1t must be admitted by every fair
minded, intelligent person, that medi-
cine could not live and grow in popularity
for nearly forty years, and to-day hold
a record for thousands upon thouss nds
of actual cures, as has Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound, without
possessing great virtue and actual
worth. Such medicines must be looked
upon and termed both standard and
dependable by every thinking person.
If you have the slightest doubt
that Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegeta-
BILE Compound will help you, write
to Lydia E.Pinkham Medicine Co.
(confidentiaD Lynn, Mass.,for adj
vice. Your letter will be opened.
read and answered by q woman.
and held in strict confidence.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1914-01-30
Some Exceptions.

Charles F. Murphy, with his toler-
ant and good-hunored smile, was talk
ing to reporter about the defeat of
Tammany.
They were unfair to us" he said.
After all, you know, all politicians
aren't grafters. They couldn't be and
exist.
IT'S like the eagle story. A man
said at the club:
why is an eagle like man."
Everybody gives this riddle up, 80
the propounder announced triumph
antly:
Because it's bald-headed.'
But an auditor objected, all
eagles aren't bald-headed.'
Well. neither are all men, was
the reply"
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1914-01-30
Supreme Court Opinions.

The supreme court, much to the
discontinue Ct politicians and liquor
men, decided neither the election case
nor the suit attacking the validity of
the shipping law. Nor was the Van
derbilt case passed on.
The court affirmed the death SEN
tence of Alfonso Diaz, a Cuban, who
killed his wife in Sumner county, he
claiming as his reason that the woman
was unfaithful. He was sentenced tu
be electrocuted March 8.
The court also affirmed the 10-year
sentence of James Bogart, who killed
Ed Phillips, fellow-worker, at local
stove foundry last year.
One bootlegger's sentence was af-
firmed and two or three other liquor
cases reversed, either for lack of evi.
dence or lack of venue.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1914-01-30
Joshinq Waldo.

1t was at Tammany dinner, just
after Mayor Gaynor had appointed
Rhinelander Waldo police head. FIX
Comptroller Herman A. Metz was
present Metz is about as formal as
a Bowery lad. well, 'Rhiney,'" he
said, holding out his hand, you've got
a hard job ahead of you. hope you
make good. But don't forget what
you're up against
We'll, it's my intelligence against
theirs; my intelligence against theirs,
replied the police commissioner. and
he pointed to himself significantly.
"'Rhiney,' you lose" retorted Metz
New York Tribune.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1914-01-30
India Cultivatlnu Qulnlne

Java, now furnishing the bulk of the
worlds quinine supply, finds great
market for the preparation in India,
which already consumes one-sixth OF
all the quinine produced. Ceylon. once
large exporter, has fallen of In the
product until the quantity sent out
each year is quite negligible. India,
however, in an effort to become a
great qutnine-producing country, has
planted thousands of acres to the Gin
chona tree.