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Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-12

The sinsnis truth ia that the aver age farmer can be just as independ- ent as he wants to be and will take the trouble to be. He holds the cards: ought to be good for at least three tricks out of five. If they aren't it's because they aren't played right
 It's just a waste of time and honest indignation for us to denounce other people for trying to get our money and always will be plenty to do that, If they can. The real question is whether we win let them
 It takes two to make bargain, or would take good while for anybody to sell John Farmer. Jr., western .ap- pies when he's got in his cellar bar rels more than he can use of better homegrown fruit. Or to sell him raspberry jam, made of spoiled fruit chemically colored and glucose sweetened. when his pantry shelves groan under the weight of ruby-red cans Of perfect fruit picked from his own vines.
 What we raise ourselves we don't have to buy. And the prices of what we don't have to buy do not greatly concern us. Let the other fellow kick about them
 Of all men the farmer is the one who is most capable of issuing a new Declaration of Independence,-of in- dependence as against the trusts and the combines and the back-room agreements of his would-be expIoiters.
 If he doesn't want to be independ- ent, if he'd rather wear the retailers gyves and the jobber's shackIes and the speculator's handcuffs, why, he surely has the right to do so.
 But it's rather a cry-baby-ish sort of business to make one's own bed and then snivel at having to lie on it.
 Now isn't it?
 THE FARMER,
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-12

What we raise ourselves we dom have to buy. And the prices of wha we don't have to buy do not greatly concern us. Let the other fellow kicl about them
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-12

Mrs. A. c. Rowiey entertained the young people on the hill Saturday evening at farewell reception to Aus tin and Barbara Peterson, who are leaving town for their winter home in New York.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-12
STAFFORD

Twelve Young Ladies Form Decree Team al Granse-Read Resurfaced.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-12

wires were broken. tying up telephone
The Detroit times., 1914-11-24
TO SAVE MILLIONS
IN CITRUS CROP
Method Of Preserving Orange
Lemon and Lime Juices Is
Discovered

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 28.-Five
million dollars at least will be saved
annually TO the citrus fruit industry
through the discovery, made by
Charles f. Burke OF the University OF
Calffornia's department OF chemistry,
furnishing ar inexpensive process for
preserving orange, lemon and lime
juices.
DR.. Burke has succeeded, after ex-
haustive experimentation extending
over two years, In perfecting a pro-
cess whereby the fluids OF citrus fruit
are retained as pure and wholesome
as first drawn from those fruits.
He uses no alcoholic base, his pro-
cess being chemical and mechanical
filtration which extracts all solid mat
ter. leaving the juice pure and really
clearer than when first squeezed from
the fruit.
DR.. Burke points out that as citrus
growers raise the lemon for its juices,
the extraction OF the early stages OF
the handling OF the fruit would mean
an immediate saving IN the handling
or the product, as the cost OF freight
on pulp, and the cost Of picking, Gull.
Ing and curing In sweat rooms is elm.
mated. The juices could be bottled in
handy and compact size and shipped
everywhere.
The greater part OF waste In hand
ling citrus fruits. according to DR..
Burke. comes from over-production,
culling, bruising and the failure TO
market before the product becomes
over-ripe. Through the practical ap-
plication OF the new process pure
orange juice, prepared according to
DR.. Burkes formula, has retained its
original flavor and has been pro-
nounced perfect by horticultural ex-
pertg.
The $40,000000 annual citrus fruit
crop Of California Is wasted each year
from to 20 per cent through neces-
sary processes of handling The loss
represents millions of dollars. the
greater portion of which could be saw
ed under the application OF DR.
Burke's new process.
The Detroit times., 1914-11-24
keep A JAR OF
MUSTEROLE HANDY
1t Quickly Loosens Up Coughs
and Colds in Throat or Chest

]ust a~llttle MUSTEROLE rubbed
on your sore, tight chest before yosi
go to bed will loosen up congestion
and break up most severe colds and
coughs.
MUSTEROLE Is clean white oint-
ment made with oil of mustard. Sim
ply rub 1t on. No plaster necessary.
Better than mustard plaster and does
not blister
Thousands who use MUSTEROLM
will tell what relief II gives from Sore
Throat. Bronchitis, Tonsilitis, Group,
Stiff Neck, Asthma, Neuralgia, Head
ache, Congestion, Pleurisy, Rheuma
tism. Lumbago, Pains and Aches az
the Back or Joints, Sprains, Sore
Muscles, Bruises, Chilblains, Frosted
Feet and Colds Qt often prevents
Pneumonia).
At your druggists, In 25c and 60c
jars, and special large hospital size
for $3.50.
Be sure you get the genuine MUS
TEROLE. q Refuse imitations-get
what you ask for The Musterole
Company. Cleveland, Ohio.
The Detroit times., 1914-11-24
XMAS MUSIC THAT
WILL BRING JOY
Music Appropriate to the Holi-
day Season Heard in All
Its Beauty

| Christmas is a time OF music and
gladness, and IL has truly been said
there should be music in every
home on Christmas morning" There
will be music in thousands OF homes
this Christmas, and the kind or music
that every home might well be proud
TO nave; that every one will be glad
TO hear. All the favorite Christmas
numbers can be heard In every home
that possesses Victor or Victrola,
and the new list OF December Victor
records brings with II four additional
Christmas numbers along with its
other splendid music and entertain.
ment. The Victor Oratorio chorus
hymn While Shepherds Watched"
and the well-known 1T Came Upon
the Midnight Clear" both with chime
effects which are particularly pleas
ing The two other Christmas num-
bers are Gounod's majestic "Nazar.
eth" and 1.-The First Novel;" one OF
the Oldest OF carols. both admirably
| given by the Lyric quartet.
No Victor list seems TO be really
complete without a Caruso record.
and the famous tenor is heard with
Alma Gluck In the great Banquet
Scene from Traviata, an attractive
number delightfully."- sung by the two
artists, the Metropolitan Opera chorus
providing admirable support.
! Sophie Braslau Is one OF the latest
American singers to be engaged by
the Metropolitan opera, and 1t Is but
natural that like other famous Metro
politan stars she should elect TO make
records exclusively for the Victor.
For her first record the gifted con-
tralto gives the brilliant "Brindisi''
from Lucrezia Borgia, and she sings
| this gay and fascinating air brilliant
ly, the high note being taken with
ease, beauty OF tone, and fine execu-
| tion.
| Besides the records OF these hui
man songbirds, the Victor presents
reproductions Of the actual notes OF
the loveliest of bird.singers--the
thrush, nightingale, and sprosser. Ma
ture-lovers will rejoice at the perfec-
ton OF these records. and every one
will be delighted with them. The
birds are in the aviary OF Karl Reich,
of Bremen, and four records are pre-
sented by them. The nightingale rec
ord Is sweet and pure, and the song
| Auc HAS
lovely song, and will rival the night
ingale In popularity. The sprosser's s
song is more rhythmic than the night
ingale proper, and Of greater volume.
In the canary and thrush duet. II Is
amusing to hear the canary endeav-
oring to keep up his share Of the
duet In spite OF the more vigorous
song OF the thrush.
The new dances are given further
popularity by the issuance OF four
new double-faced dance records, COM
prising four up-todate fox trots,
three one steps, and a hesitation.
They are played by the Victor Mill
tary band and Conway's band with
the dash and spirit and with that IT.
resistible swing which makes them
unequaled for dancing
Three new records provide splen.
did music in great variety-enter-
tainment that every one should hear
and can hear. for every Victor dealer
will gladly oblige, and It may not be
amiss TO mention that these records
make ideal Christmas gifts-very ac
ceptable In every home where there
Is Victor or Victrola.
The Detroit times., 1914-11-24

"Margie." said Aunt Mary this
morning, "you are working too hard.
/ think you should have a maid TO
help you out. You are looking rather
seedy as we'll and | noticed this morn
ing that your clothes are getting a
bit out OF date"
ITO tell the truth, Aunt Mary"
ans Wered, Il have been so busy that
j have not thought much about my
appearance lately--surely my new suit
IL I'll right and II cleared up nicely
aiser | fell in the gutter with II on
Don't you like it,"
"Yes, but tailor-made suit Is not
enough. You should have some new
frooks for the house aud an evening
dress or two ! know Dick likes "a
go out in the evening and also know
that every man wants TO feel proud
or his wife"
"oh, Aunt Mary, is it so bad as
Nall that?"
well, my dear, when Eleanor Fair
low was here today / could not helI
remarking how fresh she looked and
how becoming was her afternoon
gown. and you will forgive me II
say that your hair and complexion did
not look as pretty as hers. | would
not say this, dear, II were not sure
that your lovely red hair and delicate
lcoloring were more beautiful than
hers. but you really showed a lack
OF grooming that was sorry 10 have
Dick see.
Don't, my dear, think you can for
get your appearance and still retain
the interest OF any man, even youl
husbands"
"But, Aunt Mary" said very much
distressed. surely Dick ~ill not ex
pect me TO look my best after the
strenuous days and nights that have
passed. ] really have not had a mo
ment TO wash my hair In four weeks
and last night was up with Dici
almost all night"
That's just II. Margie. dear
know you have been very busy anS
the best little nurse In the >worlt
for Dick, but I want you to look YOU
best always, know what self-de
ceivers men are and they are thu
conventional sex after all. They ar
always talking about liking woman
for her sweetness and simplicity
they say they only care for thu
shrinking modesty that clothes itsel
in simple white muslin. They boas
that their wives never wear false
hair nor patronize the beauty shol
and yet have noticed that unless {
man thinks his wife is just as goot
looking as the wives of his friendl
he is apt TO make excuses when thu
family is invited to a party
"Dear Aunt Mary-who would have
thought she had noticed this peculiar
trait In the male sex? This morning
she thought Eleanor Fairlow was bet
ter looking than and, bless her heart
she was a little concerned becaus,
she likes me so well she doesn't wan
Dick to make any invidious compari
sons am aMfully tired and gues,
I will get maid to help me at leas
until Dicks hand gets we'll and pool
dear old Dad makes his Journey across
the border He Is so patient. i
breaks my heart every time 60 ovel
| there
Tomorrow I am going over ant
make him a long visit. hope Moth
er waverly explained about Dick. I
The Detroit times., 1914-11-24
THOUSAND GUESTS DINE
AT NEW TULLER OPENING

The recent addition to the Hotel
Tuller was thrown open TO the public,
Saturday evening. for the first time,
and II is estimated that nearly 1000
dined in the new restaurant and dane
ed TO spirited music.
The new dining room, with it's rich
panels of oak and softly-tinted Tiff
fany lights, with poppies nodding their
brilliant heads in jars and boxes as
the color note in the decorations, has
large fountain in its center, and it's
attractive tables will comfortably seat
1000 Another large room in the new
part Is the tango tea room, which
should prove popular place for the
dance enthusiasts OF the city who like
to sip tea between the fox trot and
the maxixe.
Special singers and dancers enter
tanned the guests Saturday evening.
Mrs. julius Pechette. OF Pinnebog,
Mich. is the guest OF her sister. Mrs.
Catharine G.. Clark, No. sos Third
ave.
The Detroit times., 1914-11-24
SEARCHES FOR CHILDREN;
FINDS ONE, OTHER DEAD

Dell Rathburn, of Great Falls. Mont,
camo TO Detroit a few days ago, To try
To locate his son and daughter, who
had left home eight years ago, aftsr
family disagreement. Meanwhile,
Rathburn had prospered, and as the
years passed, he grew lonely for HIS
son, Fred. and his daughter Myrtle.
His search was unayailing, until he
laid the case before the Detroit police.
and their efforts resulted In his locat-
ing his daughter. now Mrs. Mrytle
Chalender. of Grand Rapids. She was
visiting in this city.
Joy and grief were mingled for the
father, when he learned from his long
absent daughter that the SON he
sought had died, two years ago, from
pneumonia. Father and daughter plan
to make their home together.
The Detroit times., 1914-11-24
RAILWAY men
TALK SAFETY FIRST
Five Hundred Employees Attend
Sunday Conference-Pledge
Selves To Movement

The man who takes a chance Is
an expensive employe for a railroad,
said Marcus A. Dow, general safety
agent OF the New York Central lines,
in an address in the Board or Com
merce auditorium, before about 800
railroad workers OF Detroit. The
careless railroad man is menace.
The good railroad man Is the one
who would sooner lose an hour than
take chance that might end in dis
aster."
Mr.. Dow followed his address with
a moving picture play, Steve Hilrs
Awakening" The play is a powerful
argument for the safety first" move
ment
The men who do the actual work
OF sending trains over the road, the
engineers, firemen, brakemen, and
others were among the speakers In
the meeting. Valuable suggestions
were exchanged by the employees. Al
the conclusion OF the meeting, the
railroad men pledged their support TO
the safety first" movement.
Frank II. Alfred, general manager
of the Pere Marquette railroad, pre-
sided. Among. the speakers were j.
%. Goodwin, Michigan Central engi-
neer; j. o. Kriebel, Wabash pas
senger conductor: Fred Smith, Michi-
gan Central conductor, and Ralph
Remington. Michigan Central fire
man.
S. w. Brown, general superinten-
dent OF the Michigan Central, de-
clared In a short talk that 1.-The safe
ty first" movement has now become a
part OF the routine work OF every up
to-date railroad
The Detroit times., 1914-11-24

10 you tnlnk tnesc tnTce poJs are
brothers?
Lorenzo and Samuel Guien and lin
center) Lewis Kraft, Jr., who is
claimed by Mrs. Quien (picture be-
low as her son.
to compare the three poys and note
the striking resemblance they bear TO
each other She will also present a
picture OF Baby Lewis which shows
n distinctly protruding ear. and she
will point ont that the spirit child's"
ear stands out too. The picture
showing the protruding ear IS ner
main reliance in proving her mother
hood OF the boy called Eewis Kraft.
Speaking OF the tragedy that de-
stroyed their family life. Mrs. Kraft,
wife OF the dead politician, says: "Af-
ter | heard Of my husbands relations
with Mrs. Weeks ! had a long talk
with him. told him that, with
Gods strength back OF me. / would
endeayor TO go on with my life as
though the biggest thing Of all. my
husbands love, had not been taken
away from me.
Il said | would remain Mrs. Lew
KRAFT until death parted us. i SAID
that would keep his house, care for
him IL he We're i'll, and that we would
try TO hide from the world the awful
thing he was doing.
"He agreed, and we began a new
life that lasted until he died AS
time went on, Mrs. Weeks, knowing
that he loved children, urged him 10
have an heir 10 whom he could leave
the most OF his fortune II was soon
after that heard of the spirit child.
But he is not Lewis son. He has no
claim 20 his fortune or to his name.
AS Lew Kraft, Jr., Is named as ben
The Detroit times., 1914-11-24

CINCINNATI, o., Nov. 2S.--A "spir.
child"--a child mothered "spiritu-
lily" it is said by woman long
ince loved and long since dead, and
physically mOthered By a woman
no is still 'of the earth but lays
20 claim 10 romanee-is the center
I one OF the most sensational legal
contests ever held in Ohio
A wan-cheelIcd shy, little chap IS
evils Kraft, Jr., the spirit child
laimed by two women and emphatic.
Ny diselaimgd by third woman and
| ne heir TO $4,000, whether the court
|ecognizes his earthly or his spiritual
lineage
The spiritual mother however, is
OF invoking earthly law 10 protect
er child. The court machinery has
|leen started by very much alive,
esh-and- blood woman who declares
| hat the spirit child is her own and
/ hat, though she consented II years
| go TO give the new BORN baby TO the
oman now claiming to be its "physi-
! al mother, she now regrets her un-
atural action; and mother-loye com,
els her 10 claim her own flesh and
lood.
Then into the case comes the third
oman-a oken-hearted middle
I ged, childless woman TO further en-
angle the spirit child IN an earthly
lesh by declaring that, whether the
| oy be OF tile earth or the spirit
orld, he is not the son OF her hus-
and, the late Lewis Kraft, and he
as no claim on the Kraft name or
|Ortune
When Lewis Kraft political boss
n Cincinnati aud right-hand man Of
Boss Cox, reached middle life years
| 20, he discovered that he was tired
I humdrum domesticity and ne
ought solace in spiritualistic seances.
rom sweetheart OF his youth, lolg
cad. he received spirit messages
/ he spirit voice whispered OF a spir-
child that would come to him as
precious token OF his lost love Mrs.
Plymouth Weeks. a medium. voiced
he spirit messages. and they told
.raft that Mrs Weeks would be
physical" mother TO his spirit
|hild."
a child was presented to Kraft
/ nd he acknowledged it as his own.
|Nhen he died six mouths ago he be-
|ueathed II part OF his fortune.
Immediately after the terms OF the
Iill became known. Mrs. Dora Funk
uien, Wife Of farmer az Washing
pm G. H., o.. brought habeas corpus
Proceedings TO recover the spirit
'hild," which she claims is hers She
|ays SHE gave IL 20 Mrs. Weeks at
5 birth, because she was then un.
BILE TO support Il.
And Dora Funk.Guien has more
han her mere word to offer in proof
4 her motherhood She will bring
ITO court her two sous, Samuel and
orenze who, She claims are brothers
Lewis Kraft, Jr., and sons of the
|ame father iShe viii ask the Judge
The Detroit times., 1914-11-24
HUSBAND AND WIFE
ARE ACCUSED OF THEFT

Mrs, Harriet Whitman, 81 years old.
is held in the Central station az a
burglar. Her husband. Charlie Whit.
man, 49 years old, OF No. 7s5 st. An.
toinelst, is locked up on the same
charge
The police declare That The store
that occupies the front OF the premises
where the Whitmans make their
home. has been entered several times.
recently, and that investigation finally
brought the crime 10 the door OF the
whitman couple.
The Detroit times., 1914-11-24
WHO'S WHO IN THE SPIRIT CHILD MYSTERY?

Lewis Kraft friend and righthand exBoss
Cox OF Cincinnati, and devotee sprituaism. died
Mrs Plymouth Weeks former sprtuaistic medium,
o
1r, .,
Lewis Kraft believed
tercesson of the spirit ne one
Mrs C.. II. o. who nowa alleges
that Lewis
by
that the spirits had him Mrs
Mrs Catherine G5ycarold raft who for
endured in silence rivalry
The Detroit times., 1914-11-24

eficiary in Krafts will, he will re-
eeive the $4,000, whether or not the
court decides he is a spirit child
or Just an ordinary youngster who
ought to be playing baseball instead
OF wearing a halo.
The Detroit times., 1914-11-24
The Confessions OF a Wne
Aunt Mary Takes Me To Task

she did not. poor old Dad will think
How quickly, little book. do we fall
out OF step with the procession OF
the living. No one thinks any more
OF telling Dad OF the things OF this
world. We say I'VE must not worry
him"
! want TO live every minute It'll the
breath leaves my body Everyday af-
fairs either of Joy or sorrow interest
ME andN don't want TO miss any or
them-and up to date. little book, II
doesn't look as though very many are
getting away from me.
The Detroit times., 1914-11-24
AGNES III. BRAGDON
Is BORNE TO GRAVE

MONROE, Mich. Nov. 23.-The IN.
neral OF Mrs Agnes II. Bragdon, wife
OF City Attorney Alonzo p. Bragdon.
occurs today Mrs. Bragdon died on
Friday at the age of 6l, following a
long illness. She was a grandniece
OF Betsy Ross. designer OF the Ameri-
can flag. Besides her husband, the
faithful wife and mother Is mourned
by three children--A y. Bragdon. Jr,
publisher OF the Monroe Commercial,
Nies Bessie Bragdon, OF Toledo and
Mrs. Flora Utter, OF Lansing.
The Detroit times., 1914-11-24
LAKE AND RIVER STEAMERS.
8 3: !s;s!3:!A 3 !3!|s' !;|s'

kor Cle, cland. Pittsburgh and ar
points south and east. leave daily ie.tg
y. m. Pare 70 Cleveland. tLssi Pists-
Fof Msekinse Isiand and WAY Psrss-
Mondays. $3.50 y. m. Fridaya s:1e q m
wsek-End Excursions Every ssturday
Cleveland. t2Bo: round trip for trans-
portation. rsturninE In Tine for businS1u
Monday.
statereem Aeoommodations - Uppsr
berth. il.oo: lower berth tLse; vkois
room, tfSo. I
TICKET oFFICEs-Third Ave. whssf.
Rert S. Wet
The Detroit times., 1914-11-24
SOCIAL and
PERSONAL

George IL. Maxwell. OF the Ameri-
can Homecroft society. viii give an
illustrated talk on Home and school
gardening" Tuesday evening. Nov.
"A, In the Y. w c. a. auditorium.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-06-18
BY FRED L. BOALT.

g vera SIuZG-J6SQS ESIIdud IOoC hI0
father and mother when the Amer
leans took Vera Cruz. He wasted no
time in finding himself another faith
er-Captain R. S. Hooker of the
Eleventh company of marines.
Jesus, who is IA, and his new dad
are great pals.
The boys father had small cloth
ing store on the plaza, and he and his
wife and Jesus, their only child, lived
in the rooms over the shop.
When the firing began, that first
morning, Estrada, the clothier, rush
ed into the. street.
The plaza was crowded, and, as the
firing grew louder, the people ran
aimlessly hither and thither. Estrada
did his utmost to keep his little family
together as they were carried this
way and that by the panic-stricken
mob. -...-
, By and by the human stream car
ried them into side street, and a
block along it to the next corner
where an eddy swept them through
the doorway of hotel.
Vera Cruzians we're sniping from
balconies and housetops. The Amer
lean sailors and marines were taking
street after street, block after block,
their machine guns especially doing
awful execution.
A squad of marines appeared on
the run around a distant corner,
dragging a machine gun. They
wheeled it about so that the muzzle
was directed down the street. 1t hap
pened that it pointed at the open door
of the hotel ~
Jesus Estrada knelt huddled on the
crowded floor, with his face buried
against his mothers breast Estrada,
the clothier, placed himself between
his wife and child and the door He
was a man of peace, this clothier, but
he would face death for them.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-06-18

And in an instant the floor of the
hotel was shambies. -.
Later an army officer, prying
around in the heap of corpses, came
upon two bodies-a mans and wo-
mans. He could tell from the posi-
tons Of the bodies that the man had
tried to shield the woman, but that
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1914-05-25
POTATOES IN TISSUE PAPER.
(From the Boston Herald.)

(From the Boston Herald.)
And now the progressive northwest
is putting frills on the prosaic and
democratic potato Montana growers
are shipping to New York boxes of
potatoes in assorted sizes, each potato
carefully wrapped in tissue, Each box
is of 60 pounds, but the potatoes are
packed according to size, so that the
boxes contain %, 80, 40, SO, 60 or 20
potatoes each. And the New York
people, who like the smell of burning
money, are paying So box for these
potatoes-two or three times as much
as for Aroostook potatoes, which are
unquestionably of better quality. The
potato growers of Aroostook are not
devoid of enterprise themselves and
they are likely to take the hint Ii
was discussed at the potato day con-
vention recently held at Bangor, but
what will be the effect on the great
bulk of consumers if Aroostook takes
to sending out it's 25,000,000 bushels
Of potatoes wrapped in tissue and
numbered in small crates?