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The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-03
Dayton, Ohio.

tigation of child labor conditions in south Alabama. He visited all the in- dustrial institutions at which children are employed and made arrangements for the rigid enforcement of the new child labor statutes
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-03
Business IS booming!

Dayton, Ohio. Merchants everywhere tell OUT 800 salesmen that business IS booming.
 Farmers haue had two record crops, at big prices, with big demand at home and abroad. Stocks Of manufactured material are short, and labor IS in great demand.
 Exports largely exceed imports. Factories are busy, many work- ing 0Uertin1e.
 More freight cars are needed, and steamers are taxed to capacity. People are liuing better, and spending their money more freely. This country has the best money in the world, and more of it than euer before.
 Such q combination of fauorabLe circumstances neUer has occurred before, and probably WiU neuer occur again.
 Billions of dollars are passing over the merchants counters. The people Dho spend this money Want the best serUice. They demand tt in aH kinds of stores, from the smallest to the largest. They get 1t m stores Uhich use our up-to-date Cash Registers, Which quicken serUice, stop n,is- takes, satisfy customers, and increase profits.
 OUer million merchants have proued our Cash Registers to be q business necessity.
 '''''''' MA44z'~s7.-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-03

E Dr. A. l.. Gaston gave an interesting address yesterday afternoon at the reg ular meeting of the Ensley High School Improvement association. which was held at the High school. The meeting was we'll attended
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-03

There will be meeting of the mem bers of the independent football team of this city Friday night at o'clock on Avenue D and Nineteenth street. The independent team has arranged a game with the Ensley High school.
Middletown transcript., 1915-08-28
BETTER ROADS IN MISSOURI
Movement Has Passed Boom Stage
and Become Fixed PoIicy-Good
Advertisement for State.

When the public roads bureau of
the department Of agriculture made
its study of roads covering a period
which ended in 1918, Missouri didlnot
figure among the leading states either
in its mileage of improved roads or
in progress made in road building,
while some of the southern states
with smaller resources in a financial
way showed striking evidences Of
progress, says Farm Progress. They
had been building cheap.roads of such
materials as were Immediately at
hand, and that is what Missouri is
doing today with such energy and en-
thusiasm that the next survey of the
road situation is sure to tell a differ
ent story. This will be a good thing
for state pride and as a state adver-
tisement, but vastly more significant
is the direct benefit derivable from
roads that can be traversed at all sea-
sons with full loads. Every good road
that is built today and tomorrow and
every road that is improved will go
to make Missouri a better state in
Middletown transcript., 1915-08-28
PLAN FOR PRESERVING EGGS
One Gallon of Water Glass VIII Make
Enough Solution to Preserve Fifty
Dozen Eggs.

Use pure water that has been thor
oughly boiled and then cooled. To
each ten quarts of water add one
quart of water glass. Pack the eggs
in jar and pour solution over them,
covering well.
Keep the eggs in a cool dark place.
A dry. cool cellar is a good place.
If the eggs are kept in too warm a
place the silicate is deposited and
the eggs are not properly protected.
Do not wash the eggs before packing,
for by so doing you injure their keep
ing quality probably dissolving the
mucilaginous coating on the outside of
the she'll
For packing use only perfectly fresh
eggs, for stale eggs will not be saved
and may prove harmful to the others
Water glass is very cheap product,
that can usually be procured at not to
exceed 30 cents per gallon, and one
gallon would make enough solution to
preserve so dozen eggs, so that the
cost of material for this method would
be only ahont one cent per dozen
Water glass is sodium and potassium
silicate, sodium silicate being usually
the cheaper. If wooden kegs or bar
rels are used in which to pack the
eggs, they should first be thoroughly
scalded with boiling water, to sweeten
and purify them.-Taken from Farm
ers' Bulletin No. 1903, United States
Department of Agriculture
Middletown transcript., 1915-08-28

say they did not like the Rhode Island
Red because of their broodiness. The
Rhode Island Red does cause some
inconvenience along that line. but
have taken hens from these breeding
pens when in broody condition, and
placed them two and three in a small
er coop hung on the side of the breed
ing pens, and in three or four days
they are willing to go to work again
at their old job of laying, and
can show records these same hens
laid more eggs through the winter
than most of my pullets. Again. by
taking a rest when eggs are cheap
in spring, they are ready for business
when prices were high. Had they laid
heavily in late spring, as some breeds
do, without being broody, might
not have got the eggs in winter.
The Rhode Island Reds will grow and
mature four to five weeks earlier
than the other American breeds. max
ing them of more value to the utility
man both in getting quicker returns
and by being such foragers you are
not compelled to get the chicks out
in very cold weather, and as have
bred many different varieties both
of the heavy marketing fowls and of
the lighter weight type for laying, |
have found that none can give as
much satisfaction as the good Rhode
Island Reds.
Middletown transcript., 1915-08-28
GOOD
ROADS
TO MAKE SMOOTH ROAD BEDS
Put Soil on in Layers, Not In Piles
Best Tool for Road Improve
ment ls SplitIog Drag.

The making of a smooth roadbed
requires that when the soil is put on,
it be laid in layerL and not in piles.
When dumped in pilef some places
will be more packed than others and
there will likely be difference in the
density, while if laid on in layers this
will be avoided. Each layer should be
narrowed, or better yet, disked and
packed before the next one is laid
down.
In this way a good roadbed is Sc
cured from the first, while if the soil
is just dumped on the road to be
leveled and packed by the traffic over
the road good roadbed will never be
secured.
The best tool for keeping the road
well crowned and the surface smooth
is the. splitlog drag. This tool should
be used soon after a rain. The soil
is then loose and easily moved. The
drag moves but small amounts of soil
and smears it. on the roadbed in thin
layers. which is just what is wanted.
1t cuts of any projections and fills
any low places.
Middletown transcript., 1915-08-28
GOOD EGG MARKETING HINTS
Have Plenty Of Nests and Keep Them
clean-RemoVe Boosters When
Breeding Season ls Over.
tBy t. E; E. oUIsENgERRY. Missouri

(By T. 2. QUISENBERRY. Missouri
Experiment Station.)
Keep the hens nests clean and have
plenty of nests.
Gather eggs twice daily in warm
weather and daily during other sea-
sons.
Handle eggs as little as possible, as
handling deteriorates them.
Market eggs Of the correct size, "a
to 20 ounces a dozen.
Gull out all very large or very small
eggs.
Sell nothing but clean eggs; never
wash them for market.
Produce only infertile eggs by re-
moving all roosters as soon as the
breeding period is over.
Keep all eggs in cool, dry place.
Don't let eggs come into contact
with vegetable or kitchen odors.
Don't hold eggs too long, as they
deteriorate rapidly; market at least
twice a week.
Keep only one breed of chickens and
raise eggs of one color.
Market your eggs in clean, 30-dozen
cases, or in cartons holding one dozen
eggs, depending on the demand.
Don't expose eggs to flies and dust.
Confine broody hens at once and re-
move them to the Matching depart
ment.
Never expose market eggs to the di-
rect rays of the sun, to extreme heat
Or rain
Keep poultry houses free from YER
min.
Feed wholesome. clean feed and pro-
vide pure water in clean vessels and
often.
Sell your eggs only to buyers, who
buy loss-off and who are willing to
pay for quality.
Middletown transcript., 1915-08-28
SUPERIORITY OF WIDE TIRES
1t Has Been Found by Actual Test
That 5road-TIred Wagon Pulls 6.2
Per Cent Easier.

Wide tires build up roads and save
horse labor, according to the depart
ment of agricultural engineering at the
University of Nebraska. They have
the same effect upon a country road
as roller on a plowed field. On the
other hand, the narrow tire cuts up
a road like disk.
1t has been found by actual test in
this department that the wide-tired
wagon pulls easier in nearly all cases
than the narrow-tired wagon. In deep
mud on country road the wide-tired
wagon pulls 6.2 per cent easier.
On a country road with thin sur
face of mud or deep dust, however,
the narrow tires pull 40 per cent cas-
ier In a corn field the wide tires pull
3O.5 per cent easier, in dry alfalfa
field 1T.7 per cent easier, and on dry
country road 1912 per cent easier.
Middletown transcript., 1915-08-28
CBy P. s. PRASHl

10y .. HhA0f1.J
Anyone having a desire to engage
in the poultry business either for
pleasure or profit may select from the
now large number of breeds and va
rieties the one or the ones that take
his fancy, or If engaging in the utility
sides may choose for market poultry
some of the larger breeds, which
mean weight, while for eggs one u.s.
usually looks to some of the smaller
varieties, but my experience has
taught me to go between both,
which is the medium-size variety. In
this l get good results both for eggs
and marketing.
AS rule poultrymen of experience
look to one of the American
breeds for a fowl that will give a
good supply of eggs the year around.
and when ready to be marketed will
be in demand as table poultry.
All things considered, the Rhode
Island Red comes the nearest to the
all-purpose fowl for the farmer or
poultryman. 1t is purely an Amer
lean bird.
They have to some extent the active
qualities of the Leghorn, are still
large enough to make them valuable
as table poultry, SURPRISING in quality
some of the heavier breeds in the
much-wanted taste Of wild game.
/ have had many people complain,
Middletown transcript., 1915-08-28
HOW TO CURE ECZEMA, ITCH
AND ALL SKIN DISEASES

Don't suffer any longer with eczema
or any other skin trouble. Just apply
Hancock's Sulphur Compound to the
parts affected and 1t will stop the itch
ing at once and cure the trouble per.
manently. Many sufferers from skin
troubles have written US that the Sui
phur Compound cured them after
everything else failed. Mrs. Evelyn
Garst, of Salem, Va, writes: Three
years ago had a rough place on my
cheek. 1t would burn and itch. l was
fearful it might be Of cancerous ma
ture. l used different preparations,
but nothing helped it. One bottle OF
Hancock's Sulphur Compound cured
me completely" To beautify the COM
plexion, remove blackheads and
pimples use Hancocks Sulphur oint-
ment For sale by all dealers.-AdV.
Middletown transcript., 1915-08-28
AVOID SoFT-SHELLED EGGS
Most Frequent Cause Is Lack of
Oyster Shells and Mineral Mat
ter-Eeed More Grains.

Soft-shelled eggs in turkeys or com.
mon hens are caused most frequently
by the lack of oyster shell and min.
eral matter in the ration, and by
overfeeding, thus causing the stock
to be Overfat. OvSrfat stock are
quite apt to produce soft-shelled eggs.
One other cause, but not very com.
mon, is an irritation in the egg pas.
sage or oviduct, causing this abnor.
mality. To remedy this, the feeding of
less fattening foods, such as corn and
milo, kafr, but more wheat, oats and
similar grains and crushed or ground
oyster shell is recommended. This
will in most cases prove a remedy.
Middletown transcript., 1915-08-28
Good Roads Day in Missouri.

which the people may live their nor
NAL social life, better state for the
school child, a better state in which
to spend a working life and live out
a contented old age. The good roads
movement in Missouri has passed the
boom stage and become a settled pol
icy, finding its strongest reason for
being in the silent argument of good
roads already built. Its goal is a state
in which every market shall be ac-
cessible to the farmers wagon the
year around and public sentiment in
favor Of good roads so strong that no
other condition will be tolerated.
Middletown transcript., 1915-08-28
GIVE POULTRY CLEAN YARDS
Divide Quarters Into Sections So That
One May Be Renovated While
Other ls In Use.

Where fowls are confined in rather
close quarters during the summer it
is a good plan to arrange so that the
poultry yard can be cleaned or else
divided in two or more sections, so
that one can be renovated while the
other is being used.
If the yard is of the ordinary garden
soil it should be spaded under to the
depth of the spade after first cleaning
out the worst Of the filth. Then SOW
this space to oats or rye and allow
it to grow for two weeks; then turn
the poultry into this yard and treat
the other yard in the same manner
Middletown transcript., 1915-08-28


cording to directions on the bottle and
she is cured of this trouble. She was
all run down when she started taking
the Compound and her periods did not
come right. She was 80 poorly and
weak that often had to help her dress
herself, but now she is regular and is
growing strong and healthy. - Mrs.
MARTIN HELWc, Plover, Iowa.
Hundreds of such letters expressing
gratitude for the good Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound has accom-
plished are constantly being received,
proving the reliability of this grand old
remedy.
If you are i'll do not drag along and
continue to suffer day in and day out but
at once take Lydia E. Pinkham's . Vege-
table Compound, woman's remedy for
woman's ills.
II you want specinl advice write to
Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co. (cOnfl.
dentiaD Lynn, Mass. Your letter will
be opened, read and answered by q
woman and held In strict confidence.
Middletown transcript., 1915-08-28
Sea sIeds For Coast pefense.

Sea sleds are the latest craft to be
considered by the United States navy
for coast defense work. The navy is
experimenting with half-motor boat,
halfhydroaeroplane, which neither
flies over the water nor cuts through
it, but skips along its surface. A24-
foot boat of this type has male 361s
miles an hour at a navy test. 1t is
hoped to obtain boat that will carry
men at 55 or 60 miles an hour. 1t Is
said 200 of such craft could be built
at the cost of a single scout cruiser
and would be much more effective.
Middletown transcript., 1915-08-28
Waterproof Matches.

Hint for camping and fishing par
ties. Many of you have encountered
the annoying experience of finding
yourselves miles from a store and all
the matches in your possession so
damp that they could not be used.
A fact worth knowing is that matches
can be made waterproof without in
jury by dipping them in very hot
melted paraffin, allow them to cool
and they are ready for use The par
affin does not interfere with their use
in the regular way and they are alb.
solutely protected from dampness.
Middletown transcript., 1915-08-28
A Good Roads Advocate.

Aren't you In favor of good roads?"
"Of course I am" answered the toll.
gate keeper.
But this road of yours is miser-
able"
Maybe. But I'm in favor of good
roads. If the road hadn't been pretty
good this far you mightnt have got
here to pay your toll"
Middletown transcript., 1915-08-28
Lot of Unnecessar, worL,

1t is certainly less trouble not TO
nix wet mashes or cook feed for
small chicks, and they will do as well
on dry, uncooked feed. Cooked or wet
feed leaves dirtier eating vessels or
feeding places, more sour STUFF lying
around to start digestive troubles:
SO, why take the trouble to do lot
of unnecessary work?
Middletown transcript., 1915-08-28
Pretty Luncheon idea.

Fill a clear glass bowl such as is
used for goldfish with carbonated wa.
ter. In it place bouquet of nasturti-
ums and their leaves. The escaping
gas in the water creeps over each leaf
and flower, making the whole seem
covered with dew 1t is a most re-
freshing bit of coolness on a hot day.
Middletown transcript., 1915-08-28
Profitable Hen.

Every hen must lay certain num-
ber of eggs each year in order to pay
for her food, care and her share of
her overhead charges. The greater the
number produced in excess of this
figure. the greater the profit. There
is little satisfaction in conducting an
enterprise that merely breaks even
each year.
Middletown transcript., 1915-08-28
Factors in puok Feeding.

Green food and wheat bran are both
factors in duck feeding. One
or both should play part in the daily
ration. Runner ducklings require
about the same feed ais the Pekins,
but not SO much of it, nor so often.
They are good hunters when given
free range.
Middletown transcript., 1915-08-28
A Pitched Battle.

From the viewpoint of an innocent
bystander." philosophically remarked
the old codger, 81 believe that the
keenest competition know of occurs
when two chronic dyspeptics get to.
gether and compare their symptoms"
Judge.
Middletown transcript., 1915-08-28
Rrahmaa Mako nnnd can0..

White Brahma capons present a
very attractive appearance and thew
weigh a little more at selling time
than the Plymouth Rocks, but it takes
less feed for the Rocks because the
Rocks are better foragers than the
Brahmas
Middletown transcript., 1915-08-28
steadv Hand fnr Ham

One reason why hens fail is because
a steady hand does not take care of
them. Let 1t be the business Of one
person to see this work three times
every day.
Middletown transcript., 1915-08-28
plsInfectant for chnIera

AS a disinfectant in the water for
adult fowls afflicted with cholera or
any of the germ diseases resembling
cholera, put ten grains of sulpho.
carbolate of zinc in each quart of
drinking water.
Middletown transcript., 1915-08-28
New Minnesota iron Mine.

A new iron mine now being operated
in Minnesota has an estimated con-
tent of 4O,009,OOO tons of ore. 1t will
be worked by the open-pit method
prevalent in that state.
Middletown transcript., 1915-08-28

Our idea of a mean woman is one
who refuses to pay the doctor after he
has converted the late lamenteds in
sursnce policy into ready money.
Middletown transcript., 1915-08-28
FIrst Meal FOR chloka

When boiled and chopped up fine
the infertile eggs from the incuba
tor make great feed for the first
meal of the newly-hatohed chicks.
Middletown transcript., 1915-08-28

weakness. 1 spoke
to three doctors
about it and they did
not h clip her any.
Lydia E. Pinkham's
V ge table Com
pound had been of
great benefit to me,
SO / decided to have
her give it a trial.
She has taken FIVE
bottles of the Vege-
table CoYnnound ac.
Middletown transcript., 1915-08-28

Nearly 20 per cent of the persons
engaged in agricultural pursuits in
this country are members OF industrial
and economic organizations.
Middletown transcript., 1915-08-28
hon In ennd Pantnre

A hog in a good pasture or one that
Is fed regularly seldom does much
damage by roofing.
Middletown transcript., 1915-08-28

Tommy's Eighteenth Question.
"Pa, who was the most patient
man?",
Job used to be-"
Middletown transcript., 1915-08-28
settInn Ruah ErlIts-

When setting any of the bush fruits
the top should be pruned to CORE
spond to the root pruning the plant
gets in transplanting.
Middletown transcript., 1915-08-28
keep Fowls senarated

Until they are we'll grown chickens
Of different ages should not be housed
and fed together, as the older ones
crowd out the others.
Middletown transcript., 1915-08-28
Road DRAG an Aid,

The great farm builders are live
stock. alfalfa and silage, aided by the
manure spreader and the road drag.
Middletown transcript., 1915-08-28

Half the important European land
battles of the last centuries have
taken place in Belgium.
Middletown transcript., 1915-08-28
Insure Healthy LItters.

,Watchful care and good judgment in
handling the COWS will insure healthy
litters.
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MOTHER OF
SCHOOL GIRL
Tells How Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound Re-
stored Her Daugh-
ter's Health.

Plover, Iowa. -" From a small child
my 13 year old daughter had female
Middletown transcript., 1915-08-28

Owing to the shortage of farm la
borers England is giving attention to
labor-saving devices.
Middletown transcript., 1915-08-28

British Columbia reports the dis
covery of extensive gypsum deposits.
Middletown transcript., 1915-08-28

Massachusetts, has six living ex-
uvernors.
Middletown transcript., 1915-08-28
SELF SHAMPooIMG
With cuticura Soap Is Most Comfort
ing and Beneficial. Trial Free.

Especially If preceded by touches
of Cuticura Ointment to spots Of dan
druff and itching on the scalp skin.
These supercreamy emollients meet
every skin want as well as every
toilet and nursery want in caring for
the skin, scalp, hair and hands.
Sample each free by mail with Book.
Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. KY.
Boston. Sold everywhere-Adv.
Love cannot be bought or sold, but
it may be exchanged.
Middletown transcript., 1915-08-28
This Year,

Isn't it warm today?"
Yes; but how lovely and cool your
furs do make you look"
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Makes Good Eqas.

Buttermilk makes good eggs and
lots Of them.
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Bisbee daily review., 1915-04-06
PARTY ENJOYED
 EASTER BARBECUE
Auto Trip Across Divide and Jolly Feast for BiSbee PeO-
 pie and Guest.

jolly party of Easter celebrants participated, Sunday afternoon. in a delightful picnic excursion across the Divide. The trip was made in two large touring cars and, under the
 splendid weather conditions which prevailed, was thoroughly enjoyable The spot selected proved an ideal one for the party which pdrtook of the nature oi a barbecue, all the time honored products of the caterers skill being included in the menu. After the arrival at about 10 a. m. the uarty occupied the time until dinner listen ing to anecdotes, as well as in viewing the beautiful mountain scenery. AL ter the serving of the Lounuful din ner the party received the real treat of Che dayh wnon Mrs. D. A. Lumpkin, the clairvoyant, gave each member Of the group a reading, depicting what Fate carried in store for the various participants. Needless to say this feature proved intensely inter esting for an concerned The return trip was made in the early evening. In the party were Mrs 8. Stone Mrs. D. A. Lumpkn, the Misses Edna Fates and Carmen Newman. and Messrs Willard Stone, P V Rier. D. A. Lump kin, H. B. Johnson, all of Bisbee, and l.. B. scherer of Los Angeles and San Francisco.
Bisbee daily review., 1915-04-06
THROUGH TO DOUGLAS

C. II. Dowcl, assistant General Manager of the Copper Queen Com pany. with headquarters at Douglas,
 accompanied by l. J. Kirker, the road expert. II. c. Sullman, secretary O, the Douglas Business Mems Pro- tactiye Association, and Oscar Coll, secretary of the Douglas Chamber of Commerce and Mines, passed through Bisbee yesterday afternoon on their way to Douglas. All of the travellers wcie in Tombstone where they at tended the meeting of the Cochise County Road Bond Issue Association
Bisbee daily review., 1915-04-06
COCOANUT OIL MAKES
 A SPLENDID SHAMPOO

If you want to keep your hair in good condition, the less soap you use the better
 Most soaps and prepared shampoos contain too much alkali. This dries the scalp, makes the hair brittle, and is very harmful Just plain mulsiied cocoanut oil (which is pure and en- tirely Preaseless), is much better than soap or anything else you can use for shampooing, as this can't possibly in- jurc the hair.
 Simply moisten your hair with water and rub it in. One or two teaspoonfuls will make an abundance of rich, creamy lather, and cleanses the hair and scalp thoroughly The father rinses out easily, and removes every particle of dust, dirt, dandruf and excessive oil. The hair dries quickly and evenly, and it leaves it fine and silky, bright, fluffy and easy to manage.
 You can get mulsihed cocoanut oil at most any drug store. lt is very cheap. and a few ounces is enough to last everyone in the family for months.