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The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1915-01-28
ONCE LIVED IN SOMERSET C0UN-
TY
Now Lives In H0llister, California and
Enjoys the independents Reporter

The home of Is former Somerset
County woman Mrs. Flora Burns
Sevenman, now residing in California,
is herewith reproduced. Doubtless
many in SkoW hogan will recall Mrs.
Sevenman as she was the sister of
the late Ms James Palmer of this
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1915-01-28

and old friends in the independents
Reporter
Old acquaintance will regret that
Mrs. Sevenman does not herself APP
pear in the photograph of her resi-
dence. The persons shown on the
yeranda are her husband, his father
A. K. Sevenman, and two daughters
of the household, Viola and Ava. The
family pet F'uz. a white Alaska dog
is also shown in the gathering.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1915-01-28

town and used to visit here. One
other sister Mrs. Eden Adams now
lives in Madison. while brother b. F.
Burns also resides in Madison, being
Road Commissioner in that town. The
home of Mrs SeVenman was upon the
farm where the brother just referred
to is now located
The present home of Mrs. Seven
man is in Hollister. She and her
husband, II. NJ Sevenman owning five
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1915-01-28

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The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1915-01-28

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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-01-15
HEAVIEST CAR is THE DINER
Weighs Many Pounds More Than the
Rest That Go to Make Up
"Limited."

In most cases the heaviest of the
cars comprising a limited train is
the diner, which exceeds the other
cars in weight by about 10000 or
$4,000 pounds. Such a car, with full
equipment, usually weighs something
like 100000 pounds when ready to
make it's customary division run.
A dissection sleeper may weigh from
10000 pounds to $4,000 pounds, while
the buffet library car of the transcon-
tinental type comes next at 100000
pounds.
The baggage car, weighing $4,000
pounds, may be the lightest in the
train, but the postal car next to 1t
weighs, on an average, 100000 pounds.
A chair car is full weight at $1,000
pounds, while the ordinary passenger
coach tips the scales at $4,000 pounds.
With a locomotive and tender weigh
ing, say, 100000 pounds, it is easy to
estimate the enormous weight of some
of the modern through trains of seven
cars.-Popular Mechanics.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-01-15
MUST SHOW HIS VALUE
EACH RAILROAD MAN CAPITAL
lied FOR CERTAIN SUM.
Just What This Means Is Shown in
the Following ArticIe-key to
Whole Thing May Be Called
Cooperative Economy.

Perhaps cooperative economy is tho
best way of designating the new meth
cd Of railroad management. Without
cooperation among the men it would
not work. To save nickel or dino
a day for the company, each man must
be shown that he is capitalized along
with the rest Of the railroad property
for certain sum, and if he is any use
he must earn interest on that capital
ization, writes George Ethelbert Walsh
in the Sunday magazine of the Chicago
Herald.
A big railroad manager of an east
ern road took the men into his con-
fidence by addressing them in this
way, by personal interviews and speech
when he could, and by letters and cir
ticable:
How much are you capitalized at?
Do you know? If not, stop a minute
to figure it out. If you're getting a
salary Of $1,000, your capital value is
100000, and you've got to earn five
per cent on that or drop to a lower
capitalization. If you're earning only
$500 a year, it is because you have
failed to earn five per cent on any
greater amount. This is one sure way
of getting out of the lower wage class.
Raise your capitalization? How! Show
us that you're earning more than five
per cent on your present rated CAPT.
talization. Hereafter wages are going
to be based on this idea-individual
capitalization"
A concrete illustration: A station
agent at a salary of $50 a month had
record of wasting the company's
money through carelessness or a, run
Of bad luck. Freight Consigned to or
shipped from his point had a way of
meeting accidents that caused lot of
damage suits. The man was eau
toned, warned and finally peremptor-
! lily fired.
Another took his position, with a
warning that he would meet a similar
fate if he did not look after the com.
pany's interests with greater care.
He made two years clean record
and his capitalization went up to $16,-
600; another year it was advanced to
$4,000 as the result of his earning
capacity. Then came letter couched
in these words:
I'VE cannot pay more than 5000 al
X The business there will not war
rant it. But we consider you worth
more than 5000 a year, and you are
hereby transferred to w, with sal
airy of $1,000"
The station agent who mishandles 9
broom and wears it out beating the dos
or using it for baseball bat is the
same man who roughly handles the
freight and express packages, and lays
the foundation for endless damage
suits. He also leaves the station will
the drafts all turned on the stove sc
that it consumes 20 per cent more
coal than actually needed, and if by
chance there is a wind blowine
through the room 1t is his lamp chin
neys that are always cracked by it OF
blown off.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-01-15
IS CHILD CROSS,
FEVER|SH, SICK
Look, Mother! If tongue 10
coated, give "CaIifornia
Syrup of Fiqs."

Children love this fruit laxative"
and nothing else cleanses the tender
stomach liver and bowels SO nicely.
A child simply will not stop playing
to empty the bowels, and the result Is
they become tightly clogged with
waste, liver gets sluggish, stomach
sours, then your little one becomes
cross, half-sick, >~feverish, don't eat.
sleep or act naturally, breath is bad,
system full of cold, has sore throat,
stomach-ache or diarrhoea. Listen,
Mother! See if tongue is coated, then
give a teaspoonful of California
Syrup Of Figs" and in a few hours all
the constipated waste, sour bile and
undigested food passes out Of the sys-
tenn, and you have we'll child again.
Millions of mothers give California
Syrup of Figs" because it is perfectly
harmless; children love it, and it new
err fails to act on the stomach, liver
and bowels.
Ask at the store for 50cent bottle
Of California Syrup of Figs" which
has full directions for babies, children
Of all ages and for grown-ups plainly
printed on the bottle. Adv.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-01-15

bers of young chicks in the spring and
sap all the life out of the older fowls,
cutting down their production tremen-
dously.
Spray literally the whole inside of
the house, with mixture of IA parts
of kerosene and one part carbolic acid,
being very sure that every crack and
corner where lice and mites or their
eggs might be hidden, is thoroughly
soaked. To do the spraying, any or
binary hand spraying machine, such
as we ordinarily use to spray with
paris green in the garden, or to white
wash in barns, may be used
After this spray mixture has dried
off, apply a good coat of whitewash.
Finish up the job by covering the
floor with several inches of bright
straw or chaff, filling the nests with
some clean straw or wood shavings
and furnishing a dish of clean water
and hopper Of crushed oyster shells
and grit.
If the chickens can be treated fol-
lice before being called into their
renovated home, the job will be com
plete and thorough, and the chickens
will begin a new era of prosperity
for their owner.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-01-15
CHICKEN MENUS
HIGHLY POPULAR

Every since the good old days
when the trusty "blunderbuss' of the
pioneer used to bring down coveys of
cartridges and quail and an occasional
wild turkey along the virgin trail of
the wilderness, plump, juicy, we'll
cooked, soul-satisfying poultry and
chicken fixin's" have been source
Of qualification to many people.
The humble hen and her descend
ants of both genders have proved a
delectable topic of conversation at
many a boarding house. From che
tender black piece" to the brittle
cartilage at the point of the breast
bone, and from the neck to the Par
sons nose" every morsel has its own
separate and distinct appeal to the
human appetite. Few can resist it.,
and even babes in arms have been
known to gnaw at a roast wing with
greasy satisfaction.
Even with the advent of the cabaret
and the ''hot dog" lunch places the i'm
portance of chicken on the menu has
net been forgotten nor replaced. To
the housewife who has the wherewith-
al to obtain chicken and the skill to
prepare it, there is no need to worry
over what shall be the browning glory
, of the feast spread for special com
pany."
There are many ways of making the
ordinary barnyard variety of fowl
taste delicious beyond the widest
dreams. A few recipes of a safe and
sane nature from the Wisconsin Farm
ers' Institute Cook Book are added as
an aid to cooks in search of other
ways to serve this popular meat:
To Roast Poultry.-One rule will
apply to all poultry. Have oven very
hot until skin is Drowned, then cool,
and If poultry is stuffed, cook twenty
minutes to the pound; unstuffed fif-
teen minutes. Salt pork is very nice
to use for basting purposes; basic fire.
quently; when half done add one tea
spoonful of salt and one-fourth tea
spoonful of pepper.
Chicken Fricassee. - Dress, clean
and cut up the fowl, put In a kettle,
cover with boiling water, bring to a
boil, then simmer until tender. When
half done add pepper and salt; finish
cooking, thicken the stock, add little
cream If you can spare 1t. The time
for cooking must depend upon the
chicken or fowl used; an old one may
be stewed this way for three hours.
! Maryland Chicken. - Dress, clean
and cut up chicken; sprinkle with
salt and pepper; dip in flour, egg and
crumbs; place in well creased drip
ping pan and bake in hot oven, basting
with one-third cupful melted butter.
Arrange on platter and pour over two
cupfuls cream sauce.
Dreamed Chicken. - One and one
half cupfuls cooked cold chicken cut
In dice, one cupful white sauce, one
eighth teaspoonful celery salt. Heat
chicken dice in sauce, to which eel
cry salt has been added.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-01-15
THE STEEL ROAD

The railroad has been the subject of
several poems recently, but of none
more musical than this, which we take
from the American Lumberman.
There's steel road, a real road, that
runs among the trees,
That dashes over cataracts and clam
bers over hills
There's a white road, a bright road,
that's swifter than the breeze
And, easterly or westerly, it wanders
where it whilst
And it's no! then, it's go then, along the
shining rails,
A speeder for your chariot upon a sum-
mer's day;
1t will lead you, will speed you, through
green and dewy dales,
The forest for your canopy upon your
royal way!
There Is ne'er then a care then-the town
is left behind,
You're free as any meadowllark that
circles in the blue;
Like a swallow you follow the rails as
they unwind
In all the world around you there is
just the road and you!
And when play ends and day ends and
reddy is the west,
When birds come singing from the fields
and sailors from the foam,
Then the steel road, the real road, the
road that leads to rest
Is the white road, the bright road, the
road that leads to home!
Douglas Malloch
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-01-15

A thorough "house cleaning" of the
poultry quarters every spring and fall
will go long way toward increasing
the production of the flock and de-
creasing the number of untimely
deaths among the chicks, according
to a statement recently made by ]. G.
Halpin of the college of agriculture,
University of Wisconsin.
Cleaning out the droppings and the
sour top layer of soil from the floor,
and hauling in some clean, fresh dirt
or sand, is the first step in the clean
up" By bringing the level of the
floor up several inches above the level
of the ground outside, good drainage
Is secured and the fowls will have dry
footing" which is absolutely neces-
sary to keep them healthy. Roosts
should be scraped clean Of filth in
order to remove possible lodging
places for lice. Brush all the old cob.
webs and dirt from the walls anG
corners, and take every bit of movable
material out of the nests.
By thus Stripping" the house, we
have chance to get at the lice and
mites, which are among the worst enc
mics with which poultry have to con
tend. These pests kill off large mum
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-01-15
Fewer Train Wrecks Occur.

A great decrease in the number of
collisions and derailments of railroad
trains for the quarter ended June 80,
1914, was reported by the Interstate
Commerce commission. AS compared
with the corresponding quarter of
1913, there was decrease of 1877 in
the number of train accidents. De-
fective roadway and defective equip
ment together caused more than sew
enty-two and three-tenths per cent of
all derailments reported. In train &C
cidents the total number of persons
killed was 104, while 2,157 were in
jured.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-01-15
Good Plan for New Tire.

1t is good plan to run new tire
for a day or two, even If not imme-
diately needed, before putting it on
the tire rack of the car The running
seems to have an advantageous effect
in preventing the tire from deteriorat-
ing quickly. When the tire is put on
the rack, remember that sunlight will
cause 1t to oxidize, crack and become
quite worthless within short time,
and so place cover over it. This
should preferably be of the waterproof
variety. Do not carry tire only in
the paper wrapping in which 1t is sold,
for this is Comparatively little protec-
tion. and besides, will soon become un-
slightly.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-01-15
Activities of Women.

Female mill operators in the Bonn
bay cotton mills earn about ninety dol
lars a year in wages.
Sixty new trades, heretofore mainly
German industries, are now being
taught to women in England.
The latest wealthy American WON
an to establish hospital in France
is Mrs. Chauncey M. Depew.
Miss Elizabeth Kille has been ap-
pointed chief clerk to the secretary of
state in Kansas.
New York has woman insurance
broker who has customers in far-off
Turkey and Australia.
The novelty Of woman police off,
GERS is beginning to wear off in many
cities of the United States.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-01-15
Belt Railroad for Pekinu.

The Chinese ministry of communica-
lions has completed an arrangement
with the city authorities of Picking to
establish a line seven miles long
which will hug the wall it's whole
length, and connect the terminals OF
the Peking-Kalgan, Picking Mukden
Peking-Tung-Chow and the Picking.
Hankow railways. Two tunnels will
be bored on either side of the exist.
ing arch forming the Chien-men; one
will be used for the proposed tram.
ways and the other for passenger traf.
fic.-Scientific American.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-01-15
HOW TO PICK THE
MONEY MAKING HENS

Do you know which chickens in
your flock are producing enough eggs
to pay for their feed?
Can you tell the hen that lays thirty
eggs year at time when they sell
at retail for IS cents a dozen, from
the hen that lays six times that mum
Der, many of them in the season of
high prices?
Can you tell the steady layer from
the "boarder" in your flock without
first opening her and looking at the
egg sack?
These are some of the questions
that puzzle poultry farmers the coun-
try over.
The hen that produces three or four
eggs a week, and is on the job nearly
the year around is the hen that is al
ways hustling, according to J. g. Hal.
pin of the college of agriculture, Uni
versity of Wisconsin.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-01-15
LOOK YOUR BEST
A. to Your Hair and Skin, Cuticura
viii Help You. Trial Free.

The Soap to cleanse and purify, the
Ointment to soothe and heal. These
fragrant super-creamy emollients pre-
serve the natural purity and beauty
Of the skin under conditions which,
If neglected, tend to produce a state
OF irritation and Disagreement.
Free sample each by mail with Book.
Address postcard, Cuticura. Dept. Ky,
Boston. Sold everywhere.-Adv.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-01-15
Litter for the Hens.

Gather up all weeds, grass leaves,
and waste hay or straw and keep it
on hand for the scratching shed. In
winter when the fowls have pretty
well worn out their litter, carload
of this trash will keep them busy for
several days. The weed seed and the
lew insects it contains give them a
new incentive to dig.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-01-15
Appears as Counsel for Husband.

Mrs. Louise Nelson appeared before
Judge Ryan as counsel for her hus-
band, George Nelson. She won the
case, and received a "fee" of N$1.10
from the Judge. Nelson and five oti-
ers were arrested in raid on dice
game. All but Nelson were fined one
dollar each, with costs of three dol
lars.
my husband is a good man, and
works steadily" Mrs. Nelson pleaded.
Hes not a gambler"
"You have won your case," Judge
Ryan said GAS a fee, Mrs. Nelson,
you can have this"
The Judge then handed Mrs. Nelson
$1.10 seized when the dice game was
raided.-Chicago Tribune.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-01-15
Mo Friends.

81 understand her husband is base
ball umpire"
yes. And it's great for her peo-
pie"
81 suppose they get passes to all
the games
mo; it isn't that. But every time
they haven't anything else to do, one
of her relatives says, Let's go out to
the ball park this afternoon and roast
Kitty's husband"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-01-15
Business Comma to America,

Automobile men estimate that the
war is bringing to American manu-
facturers more than twenty million
dollars worth of business in auto
trade. Three thousand motor trucks
are under order and the representa-
tives of the warning European nations
are in the market for twice as many
more.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-01-15

on weed seeds in the fall. She is the
hen that is unafraid, yet nervous; the
hen with the bright eye and the scar
let comb. She is always singing as
she works and is generally at work
scratching away for dear life making
her own living out of Gods good green
earth. She goes often to the water
tank and drinks deeply for much of
the eggs she produces is water.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-01-15
Takes Work.

"The world owes every man liv-
ing"
Maybe. But you've got to be per-
sistent if you want to collect"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-01-15

Have from eight inches to . foot of
leaves or straw on the chicken house
floor, and keep whole grain In this
litter.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-01-15

fits difficult to convince man that
he is chump-and If you do, what's
the use?
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-01-15

She is the first hen off the roost in
the morning and the last on at night.
She is always foraging; following the
pillow in the spring in search of grubs
and cut-worms, roaming the woods
and fields during the summer, devour-
ing many injurious insects and their
larvae, and busily cleaning about the
threshing machine or gorging herself
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-01-15

The photograph shows the Twenti-
eth Century Limited on the first leg
of it's twenty-hour fight from New
York to Chicago. The photo was made
on the six-track section of the line
near Riverdale on the Hudson division.
1t shows type Of what is claimed to
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-01-15

Beware of the man who grins when
he gets angry.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-01-15
Comes to the Same Thing.

Comes to the Same Thing.
Knicker-Does Smith live by his
wits?
Bocker-No, he lives by the lack of
other peoples wits.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-01-15
The Shocks of Football.

The Shocks of Football.
How rough this sport of football
is! What shocks of Irresistible
bodiesi"
"Humph! What shocks Of irresistt
Die hair!"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-01-15
hnartc W,rtod To sell Enstrom's Up-to-date
HyCuiS VI 0usOu Household Expense Book.

Complete two year record of income and expenses
Fastseler big money, hustlers wanted experience
necessary, work for yourself, start something Outfit
b0c; send today. Elmer M Enstrom, jamestown, N Y.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-06-22
CALL FOR MORE SHELLS
Allies Must Have Them for Redemption
Of World, Says Correspondent; Mu-
nitiOns Ministers Consult

LONDON, June - David Lloyd
George, minister of munitions, who re.
turned from week end stay ut BO-
lOgue where he consulted Albert
Thomas, French under secretary uf
war on the munitions question, Is
forming committees I'm London and
In nll manufacturing towns to take
advantage Of every possibility for In
crcNsins the production ~ munitions.
This is the grnyrst problem confront
Ing the allies ln all thcntcrs " war.
The Times this morning prints a
dispatch from lts correspondent In
Eastern France who asserts that II
the French troops are to drive home
their offensive in yrrwhclming force
they must use a tremendously lncreus-
ed bulk " ammunition The same les
sun comes for England from the
Nocyre front, he points out while the
retreat Of the Russian armies In Ga.
licia hammers Il home again.
The correspondent says the daily
output Of shells certainly ~ much
larger than II was four months ago
aud that II IL possible that reverse
supply NJ ammunition Is being built
up much more rapidly than ls appar
cnt at the front bul he adds, what
We have come Co is the redemption
N the world by shells"
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-06-22
COM MERGE PLAN
MADE BY M'ADOO
Secretary Announces Membership Of
Committee Which Will Continue
Pan-AmeriCan BUSINESS Relations

WASHINGTON, June - Definite
steps were taken today by Secretary
McAd0Q-Lp continue the work " the
recent PanAmerlcan financial confer
pnce and 10 further the Idea ~ closer
flnanclnl aud commercial relations be.
tween the nations NJ the western hem
isphere
Mr. McAdOo made public the names
~ the representatives of the United
States he has selected IN serve uu an
International high commission uu uni.
form laws and the membership uf II
committee To consider "a visit uf Amer.
lean business men aud finnuciprs To
Central and South America lie also
announced the personnel for the Unit.
ed States ~ eighteen permanent group
committees which are to consider the
special needs ~ each NJ the countries
represented nt the rcrrut conference
The International commission is to
be- made mp NJ the representatives "
the United States named today hy Mr.
McAd,O aud nine persons from pnrh
South and Central American nation
10 I've named hy the finnurc minister
of each All the committees ARE nm.
official
The Representatives of the United
States un the high commission are.
Secretary MuAluu chairman: John
BNssett Moore Columbia university.
vice chairman John II Fuhcy. INIT
ed States chamber NJ commerce. Day.
ID r. Francis ST Louis. a. T.. Gary.