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Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-04-17

mon baking soda. I always add a
pinch to all meats which I stew or
boil, as it sweetens and makes them
more tender,
A pinch Of soda added to all acid
fruits when stewing sweetens them
so that they need far less sugar, This
is especially so with apple sauce and
cranberries; add the soda just before
taking from the stove.
If the teapot and coffee pot are
boiled out once a week or so with a
solution Of soda it will keep them
sweet and clean.
Soda dampened and put on a burn
gives quickest relief; it should be put
on quite thick and carefully bandaged.
Soda and rhubarb mixture is the
very best medicine for children. l
keep it on hand all the time and it is
the only medicine my boys have taken
in over two years. 1t can be obtained
at any drug store and ten cents worth
will last quite a while: or, it can be
made at home. l will gladly give the
recipe to anyone who would care for
it.
With best wishes to Editor and Cor
ner members for a happy and pros
porous year during 1918.
STAFFORD DAISY
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-04-17
RECIPE FOR CAKE OR GINGER
BREAD,

Dear Editor and Social Corner
Friends: Here is a fine recipe that
you can use as either cake or ginger
bread: Put one third cup of short
en1ng in your mixing bowl, add three
fourths of cup of boiling water.
When the shortening is melted, add
one cup of molasses in which one and
one fourth teaspoons of soda has been
dissolved, one well beaten egg, two
cups of entire wheat -four and one
and cloves. Beat well and bake in a
shallow pan for twenty-five minutes
When cool frost with a simple FROST
ing colored pink with a teaspoon of
red sugar.
For gingerbread do not use CHINA
mon and cloves, but use all ginger for
your spice. This is also fine served
hot with whipped cream.
NJ. Roena: I'm glad that you got
the prize. You certainly have all the
right in the world to love your bun
galow and to be proud of it. It must
give you a lovely feeling to know that
You possess such a coy little home
jeanette: I wish knew you person
ally. I have a feeling that we whould
be fine friends. Next June will have
to change my name. Sweet Sixteen
IS only one-year name.
Schoolgirl: Please tell just a lit
tie bit about yourself. Are you a High
School girl I want to try to guess
who you are. 1 have made Floating
Island twice from your recipe and
both times came out fine.
Absent One: I have learned by
heart THE House By the Side of the
Road It is beautiful poem.
Poinsettia: I did not know rhuharh
could be served so many ways. Your
recipes are very. welcome.
PARKWAY Dame: 7 think as you do
about basting. can make my own
dresses. Il have summer one halt
done now), and I did not haste
hardly any. And my seams usually
come out all right though sometimes
get into hot water.
Pollyanna: Please do write again
and send your list of games.
Best wishes to all.
SWEET SIXTEEN
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-04-17

year it is so simple and they are SO
satisfactory. A butter box will do to
pack them in, or any box that can be
shut up tight. Have on the stove 5.
kettle of boiling water, and quaint
ty Of very dry saw dust; fill a wire
basket with eggs (use a wire basket
that is used to boil potatoes in), dip
the wire basket of eggs into the ket-
tie of boiling water and right OUT
again; this is done to close the pores
of the egg shells; then pack in the
box, having the bottom covered with
the dry saw-dust, put quite a thick
layer of the saw-dust over the eggs
each time; keep on in this manner
until the box is full or you have put
down as many as you wish; put on
the cover to the box until you are
ready 20 begin using them. Eggs put
down in this way are perfectly salts
factory anyway you wish to cook
them as the yoIk will stay firm.
PARKWAY DAME
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-04-17

Twas pretty cold and blustery that
Saturday afternoon besides showing
hard into the bargain, so it wasn't sur
prising that not so many as usual had
the store. But after supper they be-
gan to drift in until pretty near the
usual number was on hand. Being so
cold, though, the women folks had all
stayed at home. so there wasn't any
trading, and only the mail for me to
tend to.
That being the case. I heard more
than usual of the talk going on in the
circle about the store.
Fiji that air stove up agin, Jim, ~
said Nat. It's an almighty cold eve
ming, naow. Beats all how much corn
it takes this cold weather to fill up
them air pigs err mine. If pork warn't
so burned low 7 low I'd sell the last
blamed hawg.''
Beats all how late that Rural De-
livery man Is tonight" remarked Ke-
ziah Doolittle. Must be the roads are
pretty bad out on his route"
"Oh, that's all on account of it's be-
ing Saturday. cynically remarked A
Crank 'All the women folks are sure
to be out waiting for the paper, and
Of course he has to stop and chat with
them ALL"
"Ill bet there wasn't many out to-
day, anyway" laughed Dan. Prob
ably most of them have been shiver-
ing over the stove all day, worrying
over the prospect of having to leave
their new Easter bonnets in their
bandboxes tomorrow: Easter hats
won't look extra well poisoning out
of a snow drift"
Guess you've been listening to Eta
Barber. haven't you?" asked the Crank.
That sounds good deal like her phil
osophy.''
"And by that same token it wouldn't
profit by what they hear well said
Dan retorted.
Just then the door was thrown open
with bang, letting in gust of wind
and a furry of snow: and with it in
blew big, jolly Rural Delivery, him
self and his-mailbags well powdered
with snow
"Wen we'll" he shouted "This
beats all the April showers I ever
heard tell of. 1 didn't hear any Bee
buzzing today. guess she must be
Frozen by this unreasonable storm
Well boys and how's all the Brothers
tonight? The Sisters seem to be most
prominent by their entire absence"
Didn't you see any Sisters today
R. DIP inquired Nat. anxiously.
"Only a few" admitted Rural De-
livery. There was Munner hurryins
IneXperience. Guess Annette has
changed her mind about early house
cleaning. Saw her hustling to get il
the rugs and things she put out early
this morning before the storm began
Ma was out digging her early chicks
out of a snowbank tonight. and Biddy
and last years Spring Chicken were
on their perch pretty we'll bumped III
by the cold. Yes, there were some
others out waiting for the mail but
I tell you brothers. there's altogether
too many of the sisters we don't SEE
anything of nowadays"
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-04-17
DO NOT FORGET WlLDWOOD'S
BIRTHDAY.

To Social Corner Friends: It has
been a long time since 1 have writ
ten to you, although I have kept in
touch with you by reading The Cor
ner.
1 have often thought I would write,
but some way have missed it.
l have tried several recipes for
cooking and found them fine; also
tried the two remedies for rheumatism
and while neither have cured, I think
pain; and the other for the blood.
My case is of long standing.
We are having lovely weather here
now, and the spring is very forward,
the fruit trees are a mass of beauty
at present-pears. apples and plums
and cherries.
Some of my rose bushes are filled
with buds, and by my birthday, the
23d of April, will have lots of roses
in full bloom.
l took quite bouquet of roses to
my daughter last year on my birth
day: but guess I shall not spend it
with her this year.
L shall be rs, and would be pleased
to have some of your Circle remem-
Der me on that day. as they did Hettie
Marie.
By the way, what has become of
her. 1 have written her two letters
and have had no answers.
l have been having quite a severe
sick spell grip and other troubles),
but I am gaining strength Slowly
Perhaps when warm weather comes I
may be better. MY eyes trouble me
badly and the sight of one eye is near
ly gone. 1t is pretty hard for me, as
enjoy reading, and I can't read much
at a time.
Potlatch was out last week and took
dinner with me. 1 expect she will be
pretty busy with her flowers from
now on.
My granddaughter and her little son
made me visit not long ago. and he
is still the same cute little fellow He
likes to come out here in the summer.
With best wishes to you all. 1 am
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-04-17
BIDDY.
A WORD FROM BALsAM FIR.

Dear Social Corner Friends: It Is
some time since I wrote you last, but I
have been ever so busy. You know,
spring brings great deal Of work,
and, beside, I have been entertaining
as well as going, taking trolley rides
through the country. We are having
an unusually early spring and 1 was
glad to read so many new names on
the anniversary page, and so many
old ones, too.
must tell you what I met with not
long since-not a compliment; oh, no!
I always wear yellow bow on my coat
in plain view of Everybody, and so this
time l speak of had a large bunch
of violets on my coat, too. OF course,
I never thought about the color. Any
way, a gentleman wanted to know if I
was a suffragette. I was furious. He
said those people went to Augusta on
st. Patrick's day and wore yellow
bows. But they did not get what they
asked for, anyway.
/ am no friend to those people; no,
indeed. And before anyone else should
ask that question Immediately put my
yellow bow out of the way; but no
further than on lapel of my coat. I
believe a woman's place is in the home
and not out gadding after positions a
maj. should have
l am sorry to learn so many of The
Corner writer's are shut-ins I have
been. the past winter, but am glad to
say am enjoying good health now.
Was glad to learn Aunt Abby had
Social Corner Club No. 2. Let the
good work go on. Think it would be
nice to give Frank of Moosup a shower
Maine Lover: Did you get my post
card? The letter I wrote you came
back; said no one there by the name.
|, Rural Delivery: Your letter was fine.
Thanks for card
Crimson Rambler: Will write you
soon.
Frozen: I am so glad you had your
eyes seen to in time. Trust you are
feeling better and will continue to
gain, as well as the other unfortunate
ones in the Social Corner, for it Ger
tainly is one
UvTD
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-04-17
USES FOR COMMON THINGS.

Dear Editor and Social Corner Mem
oers: l am very much interested in
The Corner, and this week thought I
would add my mite,
I am going TO tell of a few ways
In which some of the common things
we all have in our homes may be used:
Ammonia-A teaspoonful of ammo
mia added to boiling hot soapsuds will
make glass; cut glass, lamp chimneys.
mirrors and window glass as bright
and shining as it is possible to make
them.
A tablespoonful OF ammonia added
to the tub in which clothes are nut to
soak will greatly help in removing the
dirt
Equal parts Of ammonia and tunpen-
tine VIII remove spots of paint from
clothing; saturate thoroughly and then
rub in soapsuds and rinse well.
When shampooing the, hair little
ammonia added to the water will give
fine results.
Turpentine I find is very useful when
backing the store: mix the backing
with turpentfne and see what a love-
ly polish it will give. Be careful that
the stove is not hot.
A teaspoonful Of turpentine added
to the boiler of clothes will make them
as white as snow. and no odor from
it. :
When about to wash the oiIcIoth or
linoleum next time, put a teaspoonful
OF turpentine in the pail of water and
see the results; it will not only clean
easier, but will brighten up the colors
Turpentine stripes are splendid for
anyone in great pain, such as collie
neuralgia, headache, toothache. etc. To
use them wiring q. flannel out of boil
ing water and pour on a few drops of
turpentine and apply; change as often
as they get cool.
A liniment made Of equal parts OF
turpentine, ammonia and either sweet
oil or skunk's oil. is good for lameness
soreness Of the joints. etc.
Kerosene also is useful in many
ways.
Kerosene is good applied on the out
side for sore throat and cold on the
lungs, but be sure and do not cover
as it will blister.
A cloth dampened with kerosene
makes the finest buster. for it not only
keeps the dust from flying about the
room. but will give a. good polish to
the furniture.
find there are many uses for com
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-04-17
SPRING is HERE.

Editor and Corner Membership
tend grateful thanks for the unexpect-
ed prize. Shall use some Of 1t for
sunshine messages for the shut-i ms.
and some that are not.
Picciola: I enjoyed, like your fam
lily, a severe cold day before and after
Easter. Hope your chicks are doing
well. Our older ones came March
18th. The others were lively Easter
ones. Neighbors' cats cast longing
eyes at them, and we cast stones at
the cats, when at a distance they turn
with q look Of; no you never hit us.
Chicken wire is used for the yards,
but the chicks have a way of squeeE-
ing through the smallest holes as all
can tell who have ever kept them.
Great Grandma: Your story is D.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-04-17

frying eggs, prevents any scattering
and saves getting burned.
How many ever tried putting down
dandelions for winter use Take an
earthern jar and put in first a layer
of salt, then a layer Of dandelions
and repeat until jar is full, having
salt on top. In winter take up what
you want, soak over night, and put
on with a piece of pork, and you will
think it is spring.
Another way is to cook in water
for one hour without meat then pack
in glass jars and put in boiler and
cook for another hour with tops all
on. I can string beans this way and
peas and green shell beans, and we
have plenty of garden sauce for the
winter, without buying.
How many of the Sisters belong to
the Christian Endeavor Society? L do
and think it a most helpful society.
The topic for last Sunday, was Get
ting Ready for the Next Life" 1
Think if we do the very best we can
in this life, always careful to give
every man his due, and the benefit of
the doubt, when there is doubt, al
ways striving to keep. the two great
commandments, we need not worry
do we?
1t is easy by a careless slip of
the tongue to wound our friends. 1t
is so easy to misjudge the motives of
others, and to repeat things that are
told and so stir up strife, instead of
pouring oil on the troubled waters
Let US try harder to keep the Golden
Rule. That is the color of our rib
bon, is it not? Golden, or yellow
And to do unto others not only as we
would have them do unto US. but dc
all the good we can regardless of their
attitude toward US.
1t is my purpose to so do but ]
fall far short.
Nell Of Wauregan: Please tell us
how you manage for breakfast and
supper.
Good will to all.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-04-17
Wanted.

Wanted-A wife who can handle a
broom,
10 brush down the cobwebs and sweep
up the room; .-.
WNo car. make decent bread that a
Fellow can eat,
Not the horrible compound you every
where meet;
WHO knows how to wash, to iron and
bake,
And is able of all things to make good
cake;
who makes her own garments with
nice fancy stitches,
And sews up the rips in a fellows old
breeches;
"a common sense creature and still
with mind
TO teach and to guide-exalted, re-
fined;
a sort of housemaid and angel COM
binedI
Sent in by BALSAM FIR F.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-04-17
HOW TO MAKE HEALTH BREADS.

Dear Editor and Social Corner Sis
ters: The following is a recipe for de-
,iciops unfermented whole wheat bread.
/ paid 25 cents for the recipe and make
twice the amount for US two every
three days. My husband has a loaf of
+ -ench bread every day, but he likes
this too, and he doesn't eat it for his
,zalth, but because it pleases his
Palate.
Unfermented Whole Wheat Bread
One pint of milk, one egg, two -heaping
cups of unsifted whole wheat flour
Have sizzling hot cast iron gem pans.
Silt flour several times before open
window or door. Mix egg into pint of
cold milk, sift flour into mixture and
beat five minutes in fresh air. Fill
gem pans quickly and bake in hot oven
one half hour. Be sure your pans are
sizzling hot and your mixture cold, for
therein lies the secret of light bread.
This bread is delicious made of rye
flour. You do not get that sour,
yeasty taste all bakers bread has and
which is the principal cause of fermen-
tation and stomach troubles.
! 1t can also be made of white flour
and cornmeal, using one-half white
hour with cornmeal. White flour must
)e mixed a little sitter than coarser
fours, and a pinch of salt can be add
81 if you wish.
The food expert stated that barley
| four was more easily digested and es-
| pecially good for invalids or GONZALES
cents.
The chief point is to have your pans
| sizzling hot, not necessarily cast iron,
| ] find, for they round up even more
| tender and light in my aluminium gem
ran; but like cast iron pans because
| tie gems come out almost perfectly
| lie an, and washing labor is reduced to
| the minimum.
For US I used ground wheat, I buy 1t
at a health food store. 1t is coarser
| with more of the outside of the kernel
CONTINUED on Page Fifteen)
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-04-17
LIVING IN THIS LIFE RIGHT FOR
THE NEXT.

Dear Editor and Social Corner Sis
ters:-April is here again with her
smiles and tears. We are all glad to
see her, for she brings us a promise
of the good old summer time"
L suppose the Sisters are busy
cleaning house. The poor tired Editor
has no time to clean her (his) house
with such a large family to look at :
ter.
Do you know that a little baking
soda on a cloth will take any stain
off the most delicate paint.
A pinch of flour in the grease when
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-04-17

mantle has an Old Home Week in
June, beginning, 1 believe, on the 21st.
Are the Sisters willing to have the
picnic the 18th of June. We can't
have it the same week Of Old Home
Week
Polly Peppermint has to drill chill
.drep for the occasion.
Talk it UP and let me know. I want
two weeks ait the least. Will try and
get the same place we had last year,
IL possible.
I must close,
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-04-17

K. Come again. Will answer your
caro- soon.
NJ. Roena: Should enjoy sitting
upon your porch. Know you will take
comfort and pleasure every day in
your well planned home.
1 lave III rny mind designed nU,ner-
Gus way 1 would like my house
1t Is human NJ ture to desire what we
do not possess.
HAZE read with interest the many
anniversary letters. 1 remained at
home: tut sent several cTrds 10 .hc
Sdut-inS
May the Editor be ven stren-t!l
All D. cue to care for thu la:ge and
fast rowing Corner family.
G1ce.lngs to all.
BLANCHE
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-04-17
MIRRoRED FROM SALTWATER

How many Of the Brothers of The
Corner ever stopped to think what a
big part in life the Letter 3 plays. If
starts with the farm and the farmer;
he must fertilize the burrows, send
his best fruits to the fairs, and plant
for the future. His fields must be
free from weeds and filth, his lands
clear of legal fees, but full of fruit
and f-mous for full measure and
fine Flavor. Good fences eliminate
fury, he guards against fire, and
takes many farm papers.
A word on Alcohol: Alcohol re-
moves the stains from summer cloth
ing. 1t will remove the clothes and
the summer; also the spring, autumn
and winter clothes, not only from one
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-04-17
TO BE MINDFUL OF OUR FAULTS MAKES US
UNMINDFUL OF OTHERS FAULTS
EVERY woMAN's OPPORTUNITY


of in
IF eachw week. the
EDITOR, Norwich,
MONTHLY:
Award made
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-04-17
RECIPE FROM BALSAM BUD.

BALaSAM FIR.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-07-30

Ali the news all the time The Argus.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-07-30
PERCEMAkER HAS
HARD Time OF IT
Han Attempting to Stop Quarrelsome
Gang knocked Unconscious by
One Of Number.

Mic Meyer. 539 Twenty-seventh
street, says the dove of peace has a
thaakIass job Mr. Meyers wife. Mrs
Elizabeth Meyer is complainant in a
case charging James EeHney who re
sides near the Meyers, with assault
and battery it being alleged thae Ken
ney knocked Meyer unconscious.
According 30 Meyers story. on the
night Of July Is ne came upon several
men fighting and attempted to stop
them. Instead OF his advances being
met with favor. he was struck q VIC
lent blow in the back Of the head. He
fell to the sidewalk unconscious and
was i'll for over d week. He says that
KenneF struck him.
The case will be heard tomorrow
@norniug before Justice Of the Peace
Cart Euehl
The case against II. Sargent, who
was arrested by officer Lehman on
the charge that he refused to help
him when the officer was attacked by
two men two weeks age. was dismissed
by Police Magistrate Smith yesterday
afternoon.
The case against Ed Davis, charged
with having stolen two inner tubes
was dismissed this morning.
Charles Garineth will be given a
hearing before Police Magistrate
Smith tomorrow morning on a charge
Of disorderly conduct preferred by L.
Stein 1t is a family quarrel.
G z. Streichter and Joe Brown
slowed fight when he tried to arrest
them last night, officer Gruby de
clared in police court this morning.
and they we're sent to the county jail
fer five days.
Rene DE smet paid So and costs on
a charge Of disorderly conduct pre-
ferred by a neighbor. T. OsterIink
Earl Coulter paid s. and cost for
violation of the motor vehicle law. He
was nabbed by officer Lehman C. NJ
Eohler, Pearl Kennedy and Thomas
Nool, all picked up by Officer H8nshaw
We're fined $40 and costs each this
morning for disorderIy conduct
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-07-30

Tor many years resident OF that city.
passed from his home 22I3 Eleventh
avenue B, at last evening. The end
cam after brave fight extending over
d period Of two years
Deceased was born III Mineral Point.
Wis. in 1889. Al the age 81 q he was
married 70 Miss Mary saires, The five
Children born to this union James.
Clair. Bessie. Ruth and PauI-alI sur
vive and are residents Of Moline. Mr..
NcElhatton's first wife died q years
ago and he was married in 1900 10
Magnolia Tospin of ChoEree. Me. she
PASSED away in 1907. leaving one child.
Horace
He was married q third time Dec. 9.
1909. to Miss Frances Conway. who
with two children. Robert and Richard.
is left 10 mourn BY trade the de-
ceased was @ stationary engineer and
had been employed by the Dimock &
Could Lumber company up to the time
of his last Illness a host of friends
throughout the city mourn his passing.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-07-30
ESCAPED INMATE
FINALLY CAUGHT
William .fufe7 Swaneo. Wanted for
Breaking Cut Of County Jan Tear
Ago, IS Captured.

Police officers Of East Moline yes
Lerday Afternoon arrested william
5wanGo, better known as CUTE. =
wanted for breaking county jail on
the evening Of july IL. 1918. Today
ne was returned to the county 5aiI
and Will be required To serve ont tue
remainder of his sentence of six
months ca charge OF assauItjng an
officer AMI wiI] also face preliminary
hearing on charge OF 5aiI-breaEing
Tor which me VIII probably be held TO
the grand jury
Swango was one Of q party of six
inmates who made an attack ON Hugo
Alvine former deputy sheriff. al 8
O'Clock on the morning Of July d. as
the latter was placing a bucket of
drinking water iu a cell As AlFne
opened the door, he noticed the men
were Crauching On the floor. but
thought nothing OF it, until they sud-
denly rushed him lie fought bravely.
bnt six OF the men succeeded I'll get
ting by him Seventeen others were
in the bull per" at the same time, but
aiviDe finally succeeded in getting
the door shut
The most important men TO get
away were James Roulette and r. J.
Wright held no the grand jury on
charge Of stealing the automobile of
Commissioner s. c. Stou9er on May
is from It'll front of the Hotel Harms.
Others to make their getaway besides
Swango we're Charles Stevens, color