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The Adair County news., 1914-12-02
Mt. Pleasant.

Sunday School at this place is
progressing nicely with Mr.. j.
L. Hutchinson as superintendent.
The farmers throughout this
section are through making sor-
ghum. and are busy gathering
corn.
Mr.. Mont Harmon and family
have moved from the place
known as the Bruce Callison
farm. Mr.. and Mrs. Ira Vaughan
will move in same just vacated
by Mr.. Harmon.
John, Bette and Sallie Butler
visited at Mr.. J. B. Smiths the
latter part of the week.
Misses Mary Young and Stora
Hutchinson were the pleasant
guests of Mrs. H. w. Cundiff,
one night last week.
Miss Rena Cundiff visited Miss
Nellie Butler recently.
Mr.. w. B. Dickerson, of Dunn
vile was the very pleasant guest
of Miss Stora Hutchinson the lat
ter part of the week.
Mr.. Ed Butler made business
trip to Louisville last week and
while there purchased a Ford
touring car.
MIR. r. D. Hutchinson has sup
ply of turn;ps, something near
100 bushels.
The drummers still call on our
merchants-Curdiff & Butler.
We are very sorry to say that
Mr.. T. P. Cundiff has stopped
school to take care of his "nub-
bins" We understand he has a
very extensive crop.
Murrell Bros, have just COM
pleted a very large stock barn
for M. Claud Callison.
We are having a fine school at
this place, under Mary Young.
She is liked by all her pupils.
Mrs. S. C. Hood and daughter
spent one day last week with
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Shepherd.
Miss Rena Cundiff is spending
the week end with her sister,
Mrs. Henry Ingram. near Column
bia.
Little Miss 7Roberta Butler is
suffering with severe cold.
The little daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. James Hood has been quite
sick for the past few days, bnt is
The Adair County news., 1914-12-02
How TO Bankrupt the Doctors.

A prominent New York physician
says, "It it were not for the thin stock
ings and thin soled shoes worn by
women the doctors would probably be
bankrupt" When you contract a
cold do not wait for it to develop into
pneumonia but treat it at once.
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is in
tended especially for coughs and colds
and has won a wide reputation by its
cures of these diseases. 1t is most
effectual and is pleasant and safe to
take. For Sale by PAUL Drug Co.
The Adair County news., 1914-12-02

TheiBritish admiralty is con-
templating thessttconstruction of a
huge floating self-contained fac
tory, capable of carrying out al
most anyIkindlof repairs to war
vessels.that can be done without
dry docking.
In a new electrical smoke
abatement device the particles of
SCOT are!combined so that they
weigh enough to fall back into
a bin as they are charged by
current ledi:: through. fine wires
at he top of a smokestack.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1914-12-17

Miss Mary Sharp sang in Owosso
Tuesday evening.
John d. Spinney was in Ithaca on
business Monday.
James Morrison was in North Star
on business Monday.
Miss Elsie Boyer of Elwell was an
Alma visitor last week.
Mrs. w. f. Thompson Of Ithaca was
an Alma visitor last Saturday.
Stomach dosing will no more cure
catarrh than heal a cut. You must
get the medication right to the sore
and diseased membrane. That's the
Hyomei way-you breathe it. No
catarrh remedy is so simple yet effec-
tive. Chas Rhodes guarantees it.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1914-12-17

John Hodge was in Breckenridge
Monday.
Milo Hayes transacted business in
Ithaca Monday.
Sheral Callahan went to Elsie to
visit Tuesday.
Mr.. F. r. Bayliss of Ithaca was in
Alma Tuesday.
BraXton hobart of Riverdale was in
Alma Tuesday.
Mr.. Hasbrook was in Forest Hill on
business Tuesday.
Mrs. Peter Fatty left for Mt.
Pleasant Tuesday.
Magazine Subscriptions taken at
Rhodes Drug Store.
lothian Allen was in Mt. Pleasant
on business Tuesday.
Magazine Subscriptions taken at
Rhodes Drug Store.
Miss Francis PETERS spent Sunday
with her parents in Ithaca.
Buy Red Cross Seals and help the
boys and girls obtain the Stopple HOOK
Kit.
Charles Bevens sold his residence at
the corner Of Mechanic and Grant. to
Mr.. Chairman. Mr.. Bevens expects to
move within a month
If some food tastes good, but works
badly, ferments into a stubborn lump.
causing sourness, gas and Indigestion.
do not worry, simply take Mona. 1t
surely gives quick and effective relief
money returned if it fails. Chas.
Rhodes.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1914-12-17
LOCAL HAPPENINGS

Paul Crandell spent Sunday in Sag
NAV.
Miss Olwilda Pete Sundayed in
Ithaca.
lothian Allen was in Ithaca on bust
ness Tuesday.
Ralph Chisholm was in Brecken-
ridge Monday.
Postmaster V. P. Cash was in Lam
sing Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Otis Wilbur left for
Lansing Tuesday.
Downey Vought was in Cole on bus
mess Wednesday.
H. L. Holmes was in Forest Hill on
business Wednesday.
Magazine Subscriptions taken at
Rhodes Drug Store.
Buy Red Cross Seals and help stamp
out that dread plague.
Mr. Carl Harry was in Shepherd
Tuesday on business.
Mr.. and Mrs. K. J. Fraker We're
Ithaca visitors Tuesday.
Mr.. Smell and his wife are visiting
his mother in Kalamazoo.
Mrs. Z. II. Weese visited her daugh
ter in Shepherd Wednesday.
Prof. A. f. Shultz is attending a
school officers meeting in Ithaca.
Miss Winnie Dwyer of Alma visit
ed her sisterin Wheeler Monday.
Genuine Hair Switches will be sold at
one-hslf price at Mrs. A. Woodlands.
Mrs. Leon Stinchcomb and children
are visiting her parents in Grand Rap
ids
Mrs. Bert Eckert and two children
visited her mother in Ithaca this
week. '3s 4
Mrs. Nate Church and Mrs. Phil
lips of Toledo are visiting Frank
Sloan.
Ribbons sale. All ribbons at lOc. per
yard Saturday only, at Mrs. A. Wood
lands
Henry Tucker of Riverdale is spend
ing the holidays in Alma as the guest
of Mr.. Fletcher.
Mrs. Julia McPhaul of Mt. Pleas
ant spent Monday with Mr. and Mrs.
Duncan McPhaul.
Mrs. Peter Fatty returned from
Owosso where she has ben visiting
friends for few days.
Mrs. James McPhaul of Mt. Pleas
ant was the guest of Mrs. Duncan
McPhaul over Sunday.
Miss Louise Hood returned from
Lansing Tuesday where she has been
visiting Mrs. George Argent.
To put the radiance of sunshine in
the hair, and not only make it grow
long but soft and beautiful use Paris
ian Sage, the inexpensive tonic sold
by Chas. Rhodes. There is nothing
better to remove dandruff and stop
falling hair.
All Children's Hoods at Mrs. A.
Woodlands on sale Saturday Is, IS, and
40 cents.
Nearly all of the business men in
town have been enlisted in the men,
bership of business mems club that
met for the first time last Monday
evening in the new club rooms of the
organization above Fred Growers drug
store. 1t is the plan of those who be-
gan the club to have the rooms open
every evening for the members. One
billiard and one pool table each will
be secured and card tables. All of
the latest papers and magazines will
be taken and the rooms will be fine
place for recreation.
WANTED: Woman at once, at Arcadia
Cafe, to wash dishes. 1861
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1914-12-17
A CORRECTION

The pupils of the District School
No. a Frac. of Pine River township
will have their Xmas tree Tuesday
evening, December 22nd, instead of
Wednesday evening, the 23rd, as pre-
viously announced.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1914-12-17
SPECIAL SUNDAY MUSIC.

Special music will be one of the
features of the morning services at
the Presbyterian Church next Sunday.
An anthem, "Hark, What Means
Those Heavenly Voices ?" will be sung
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1914-12-17

Notwithstanding. Also coats
refined and repaired at 70S Gratiot
Ave. 1862
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1914-12-17
AN EVERLASTING PRESENT.

Sixty years of Gratiot county for
a Christmas Present. Over 1850
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1914-12-17

CHEAP-A $500 Fischer piano, used
only a short time, for 5000 c. A..
Sawkins Piano Co., 1913 Superior.
1865tf
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1914-12-17

FOR SALE-One horse harness an
light road buggy for 500 CO. c. F..
Gossett. 52l Highland Ave. lS65tf
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1914-12-17

by the mixed choir of thirty voice:
and Paul Austin will render a solo.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1914-12-17

LOST-A pair Of glasses in case, be-
tween Masonic Home and passenger
depot. Finder return TO Mrs. J. +.
Dayton, Masonic Home, and receive
reward. 1861
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1914-12-17

pagesl To any address, all charges
prepaid, only $500. Address w. d.
Tucker, Ithaca, Mich.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1914-12-24

old Black Jim, who shovels the snow
and carries out the ashes. Never
thought of him? Well think of him
to the extent Of pair CT warm NIT
tens. Knit them yourself Don't know
how? Your mother win staff you.
1t will be twice as much fun for you
and old Jim's look Of gratitude when
you give them to him will repay you
more than all tho fine phrases Of
all the young squirts to whom you
send neckties they won't wear ed
pineusions they won't use. Try Dads
prescription, daughter, and you'll be
the happiest girl in town Christmas
day. You will lid that it isn't get
ting what you want for Christmas
that MAKES for real joy You'll dis
cover something. That's right Start
now
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1914-12-24
mo SMOKING" IN kENTUCkY7

The Flying Squadron, which will
soon make whirlwind campaien
through the state of Kentucky. will.
IT is thought, take up the matter of
a statewide law prohibiting the use
OF tobacco in any form. At the re-
cent annual meeting of the Kentucky
Woman's Christian Temperance I'm
Jc1n1wy vbgkqj DIV wdorh wdorhwd dr.
ION, held in Winchester, Clark county.
strong resolutions were passed nv
the convention, opposing the use of
tne weed on the grounds of morality
ana the general benefit of the pecnle
The Flying squadron viii probably
follow this lead and it is likely
that prohibition of the use of both
llquor and tobacco will be discussed
ana advocated. Many states have
antl-cigarette laws-practically all
oI which are dead-letters as far 90
enforcement is concerned, but no stat q
mas yet passed sweeping law against
ene use OF tobacco in any form As
kentucky is one of the great tobac.
co-ralsing districts, it will be infer.
est1hg to watch the results of =,
attempt to prohibit it's use in tb,t
commonwealth.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1914-12-24
WHY ELECTRICITY
IN THE DAIRY?

Should the Idaho Public Utilities
Commission establish rules for over
head line construction of such ma
'ture as to prevent the power and light
companies from reaching the rural
communities of the state without
heavy additional expense, it would
be serious blow to the dairy indus
try.
In the modern dairy the use of cleo
tricity has come to be indispensable.
Perfect cleanliness, low temperature
and quick action are essential in the
scientific production of milk and but
ter. and this is why electricity is in
despensible.
1t is conceded now that the intro
ducton of the electric light end pow
e. devices in the dairy has done
more to bring down the bacterial
count in milk than any other one
move except sterilization and proper
means of cooling.
Milk produced in New York State,
New jersey, Connecticut, Massachu-
sets, Pennsylvania, Maryland and 9TH
err eastern states sells at wholesale
as high as Is cents a quart, and the
dairymen are made to realize that
it pays to have tho latest and best
equipment to command the top price.
Where electricity is available for
tho dairy it is used for lighting, for
clipping and cleaning the COWS, for
milking, for operating the bottling
machine, for cutting ensiage, for run
ming the vacuum pump and the water
pump, for grinding feed. for elevating
feed to storage bins, for refrigera-
ton and fer operating the butter
worker.
There is no place in the country
where the conditions are better for
dairyng than in some sections of
Idaho, nor where electricity may be
used to better advantage if it is not
made too expensive by arbitrary rules
for line construction.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1914-12-24

Passover supper He could not have
mMta '"'o NC IN cant that the
bread and the wine
were turned into His actual body and
blood; for He still had His body and
blood. Therefore He must have
meant. This bread represents My body.
which will be broken for you tomor-
row; and this wine represents My
blood. which will be shed for you to-
morrow-My life given up
Neither should we think that Jesua
meant that special virtue would re-
suit to the disciples from eating that
bread and drinking that literal cup
We should properly look far beyond
and see that He meant this: Only as
by faith you partake Of the merits Sc
cured by My death can you have the
great blessing provided for you as My
disciples.
The Apostles firmly believed that
Jesus death was for their sins and
constituted the basis Of their accept
ance with the Heavenly Father. They
realized that only az they appropriate
ed the life Of Christ would they be ~
cipiepts OF the promised blessings.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1914-12-24


try feet-washing is "0'"'
almost Il necessity. BY way of rebuke
Jesus arose from the table and per.
formed this mental service for His dis
ciples. telling them the import of the
lesson and intimating that no matter
how humble service they could rem
der each other, they should gladly
perform it..
AS the supper proceeded. Jesus grew
heavy-hearted and said. "One Of you
Twelve. eating with Me as member
of My family. is plotting My betrayal"
There may have been double object
in this statement: first, it would show
that Jesus was fully aware of the pre-
meditated betrayal: second. He may
have meant it as final reproof to
Judas. At very best traitors course
is dishonorable. but doubly SO when
the traitor accepts the hospitality of
the one against whom he is plotting.
CONSERVATION spread amongst the
disciples. Even Judas joined in the
general inquiry. rs it II" st. john
was next to Jesus, and st. Peter beck.
oned him to ask who was meant. The
inquiry was probably whispered. heard
by Jesus only. Our Lords whispered
reply was, THE one to whom l give a
sop" Presently He handed Judas a sop.
mark Of special interest. st. Peter
and st. John thus knew the affair.
Apparently Judas soon withdrew,
the record being that "Satau entarad
into him." The spirit of the Evil One
got complete control while he weighed
and balanced the matter of selling his
best Friend for thirty pieces of silver.
1t is therefore probable that Judas was
not present when Jesus instituted the
Memorial Supper.
Signification Of the Memorial.
The Memorial which Jesus institut-
ed is separate and distinct from the
Passover. AS Jesus explained it's
meaning. the Apostles did not compre
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1914-12-24
SCHOOL REPORT

Honor and ranks for pupils of
Irving School:
6 B Grade.-Honor roll, Elva Draw
ley, Bessie Vandervort, Helen Stultz,
Freda Bond rank 1, Verl Bentley;
rank 2, Fern Anderson.
A Grade-Honor roll, Gladys Beak.
ley, rank 1, Don Showalter; rank 2,
Estes Walburn. B. class ranks, LIST
Flossic Hatmaker; End, Grace Stultz.
4 A Grade-Honor roll, Melvin Low
der, Samuel Hatmaker; ranks 9 class,
Edward Gardiner, Edith Weeks.
B Class-Ranks, Violetta Ras-
mussen, Veda Smith.
Bird A Grade-Honor roll-Ranks A
Glass, Eula Cosgrove, LIST, William
Fisher, End.
B Class-Anton Williamson, rank
l, Elizabeth Kennedy.
End Grade-Honor Roll, Majorie Al
bertson Miss Bugbee's ROOM May
Davis.
Ranks A Grade-Orville Alfred,
list; John Oborn, End.
Ranks b Grade-Charlcs Brown, 1st
Grace Robertson, End.
End Grade Ranks Miss Jones'
Room Honor roll, Effie Walburn,
Ellis Murphey, William Hawley, Geo.
Fisher.
Ranks-Edith Smith, LIST; Robert
Thompson, End.
Ranks LIST Grade Miss Shuey) Ella
Grimmett. list; Nadia Harris, End.
Ranks 1st Grade (Mrs. Woodbury.
B Glass Ranks, Flora Nebeker, Da-
vid Taylor.
A Class-Wilmcth Cumberland, Or
iSsa Hansen.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1914-12-24
LISTEN, DAUGHTER

dad knows that Christmas is com.
ing and 50 does your mother and Won,
orotners and sisters. And we all
know just what will please Won most
80 from present appearances Won arc
not TO be disappointed. But Won
seem to have the wrong poirt of view
ABOUT Christmas, honey, and want
20 set you right. Christmas is the
season for giving. Get that? Tho
real happiness lies in planning What
you are going to do for others and
'ney doing it. The real Christina
Spiilt ILLS only those whose thouohts
are upon the happiness they hone 70
oes'ow upon their friends and unon
the unfortunates who think thew have
~ TRENDS It's not SO much what
you give as to whom you give. There, ;.
poor woman living around the cor
ner No one is thinking of wb.t
sne would like for Christmas sho.a
oe tne second happiest woman IN
'o"n II you were to walk in ON her
early Christmas morning with . ,tft
VI something warm for her to we.r
Tho happiest woman would he nv
little girl who brings it. rhera -
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1914-12-24
1T MAKES ALL THE DIFFERENCE

When q business man wines ard
complains that trade is bad with him,
the fault rests with himself. Either
he has not the business faculty or
else, which is most likely, he tries to
do business without letting people
know what he has to SELL A farmer
may just as we'll try to get big
crop without cultivation as for a
business man to build up q success
full trade without advertising. Just
now the mail order houses are send
ing tons of catalogues through tho
mail all over the land That is their
way of advertising, and it is a very
expensive way, but it pays or they
would not do it. A local merchant
may meet that competition in one
Of two ways; he may lose heart and
give up without a struggle. Suggest
to that man that he advertise taste
fully and generously in his local pa
per and he will not do it, on the
ground that it will do no good. Such
man is bound to fail-and he would
fail in anything because he is lack
ing in essentials.
The other way to meet the compa-
tition and win out is by judicious and
timely advertising, combined with
buSiness tact and the ability to make
good what he advertises. OF course
he will not be able to persuade ev-
eryone to buy of him, or to do
their trading in town, but the ma
jority will AS matter of fact, just
as the old proverb is true that ''tha
eyes of fool are to the ends of the
EARTH" so it is true that until the
day of judgment there are people who
will buy everything, even if it be but
spool of thread or ten-cent whip,
at catalogue house. But most peo-
pie have more sense and more 10y
atty to their town and it's interests
than to do that.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1914-12-24
Sick Headache

Sick headache is nearly always caus
ed by disorders of the stomach. Cor
rect them and the periodic attacks of
sick headache will disappear. Mrs.
John Bishop of Roseville. Ohio, writes
About a year ago l was troubled
with indigestion and had sick head
ache that lasted for two or three
days at time l doctored and tried
number of remedies but nothing
helped me until during one of those
sick spells friend advised me to
take Chamberlain's Tablets. This
medicine relieved me in a short time
For sale by all dealers. adv.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1914-12-24
Recipes for Curing
Pork, Hams
and Bacon

The best way to eat meat is to
eat it while fresh, for there is no
way of preserving it that will retain
Z all the nutrition and all tho flavor.
It is, nevertheless, frequently de-
sirable to cure meat at home, and
there is no reason why this can not
be done satisfactorily and economi-
cally. Salt, sugar or mola5ses, bak-
ing soda, and little saltpeter are
the only ingredients necessary.
Ordinarily the curing of meat
should be begun, from "a to SO
hours after the animal is slaughter
ed. This allows sufficient time for
the animal heat to leave the meat
entirely but not sufficient to permit
decay to set in. Once the meat is
tainted, no amount OF personalities
will bring back it's proper flavor On
the other hand, if salt lis applied too
soon obnoxious gases will be re-
tanned and the meat will possess an
offensive odor. 1t is also impossible
to obtain good results when the meat
is frozen EFEitFFI.
Plain salt pork-Rub each piece
of meat with fine common salt and
pack closely in a barrel Let stand
over night. The next day weigh out
10 pounds of salt and 2 ounces of
saltpeter to each 100 pounds Of meat
and dissolve in four gallons boiling
water. Pour this brine over the meat
when cold, cover, and weight down
to keep it under the brine. Meat
will pack best if cut into pieces about
6 inches square. The pork should
be kept in the brine till used.
Sugar-cured hams and bacon
When the meat is cooled, rub each
piece with salt and allow it to drain
over night. Then pack it in a bar
rel with the hams and shoulders in
the bottom, using the strips of ba-
con to fill in between or to put on
top. Weigh out for each 100
pounds OF meat 8 pounds of salt, 2
pounds OF brown sugar, and ounces
OF satpeter. Dissolve all in 4 gall
Ions OF water, and cover the meat
with the brine. For summer use it
Will be safest to boil the brine be-
Tore using. In that case it should
be thoroughly cooled before it is
used For winter curing it is not
necessary to boil the brine. Bacon
strips should remain in this brine
TOUR to six weeks; hams six to eight
weeks. This is standard receipe
and has given the best of satisfac-
ton. Hams and bacon cured in the
spring will keep right through the
summer after they are smoked
Inc meat will be sweet and pala-
table if it is properly smoked, and
the flavor will be good.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1914-12-24

1t does not require much searching
to find the good that is in the life
OF everyone, however evil he may
seem, and it is far better all round
to try to find that good than to seek,
carrion-like, to find the bad.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1914-12-24
NEW GAME LAW

A new game law that should be
passed by all states would contain the
following:
Book agents may be shot be-
tween October 1 and September ! ;
spring poets from March l to June
l; automobile speed demons from
January to January /; road hogs
from April Is to April Is; amateur
hunters from September l to Febru-
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1914-12-24
ADVERTISED LETTERS

List of letters remaining uncalled
for in the pest office at Blackfoot,
Idaho, for the week ending Dec. 90,
1914. Persons calling for these let
tiers will please say advertised
Dec. %, 1914"
Alfred. L. d.
Burrell, E.
FurlonG, Roy
Foster, Bert
Hines, F.
Hall, f. l..
Jackson, Harry
Johnston, J. Albert
McLaniels, Geo.
McKinnon, DR.. NJ. C.
Miller, Horton Z.
Morsie, Fred
Pierce, c. E. (2)
Stggott, ManOn
Young, Leon
Postage due on each of the above,
one cent. All of the above letters re.
naming uncalled for two weeks from
date of this list will be sent to the
dead letter office.
GREGORY JONES. Postmaster.