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The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1915-03-12
NO LUM IL,
ORpRICE'S
CREAM
BAKING POWDER

England was looked up to a
great deal in those days. 1t was
becoming to vie with France as a
fOuntais source of fashions. So
from there the white bread fad
proceeded to make it's way into
other lands, always the fashion
able circles taking it up first and
the other people following. And
everywhere it went there trailed
in its wake the loosening of
teeth, the shattering of nerves
and the devitalizing of blood.
Epicurism is a dangerous thing
in any shape, in any mood. But
rarely has any phase of it bought
about such widespread disaster
as this white bread fad. 1t
might be supposed that the
masses would have had more
sense than to initiate the rich in
such a whim Usually they have
proved themselves immune to
such influences. But the case of
white bread was an exception to
the rule, at least in most of the
civilized nations.
The German peasantry, be it
said to their credit, are still hold
ing to the old invigorating black
bread made of rye. And Ger
many has been making mighty
progress. Russia took to the
white bread fad unhesitatingly
and there they have carried the
idea to many other foods But
the hale representatives of the
agrarian classes till eat their old
time dark bread. The Russian
aristocracy carried the white
meats. They took to white wine
even before the white bread. The
white meats are served with a
snow white sauce called smetana.
And France, too, went wild
over the white bread craze. All
adopted the white bread habit,
and and there, also, the mills had
to be reconstructed to adopt
them to the new form of flour
manufacture.
But nowhere has the white
bread habit made greater head
way than in America. When
the American woman once set
her eye on the white loaf it was
her undoing. Never was the
housewife of any land won over
to anything more completely.
But at first the white loaf in
America was not so bad. 1t was
not so white as now, but more of
a creamy color. It's crumb was
elastic and of a sweet, nutty fla
.vor. It had not been robbed of
its nutriment. Only the husk
and the germ of the wheat had
been removed in the milling. The
bread was yet rich in gluten.
! And the American housewife
was not to be satisfied with this.
The idea of the white loaf seem.
} ed to grow on her and to capt..
vate her. She wanted the flour
as white as possible and ground
| as fine as possible. No other
standard of excellency she knew
No other she asked to know
Grind it fine and make il
white" was the command the
miller received. No matter how
: unhealthful the flour might be
no matter how little nutriment il
= might contain, the miller had NJ
/ alternative except to obey these
orders. When he did not obey
e them his work was all for moth.
f ing. There was no sale for his
flour.
t The American woman is not al
e extremist Rather conservative
e is she, a lover of moderation il
e everything. But there are ex
e ceptions to all rules, they say
e and in this matter of the whit,
\. ao,,r cro7o che oartoinlv won.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1915-03-12

Frank Kriehn, Jr., returned to
his home in Kansas City We'd
nesday night after a visit here
with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank Kriehn, Sr.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1915-03-12

been exhausted, ne had to turn
to other sources to supply the de-
mand for starch, but still the
housewife was not satisfied. FL
nally the miller was forced to re-
sort to chemical bleaching. This
came near destroying what little
life was left in the flour, and in
troduced a chemical substance
which made it all the more
harmful.
Recognizing the harm of the
bleached flour a strong effort was
made to the prohibit it, but the
millers liked it because it en-
abled them to use up all the
mouldy and bad wheat that
otherwise would have to be
thrown away. By the bleaching
process any kind of wheat may
be converted into white flour.
So, as the people wanted it and
the millers wanted it, there was
nothing to do but to let the bus
mess go on, and that is why most
of the flour on the market to-
day is Of tombstone whiteness.
The demand for finely ground
flour has kept pace with that for
whiteness. 1t has forced the
miller to such extremes that he
is now actually sitting the flour
through layers Of silk, making
a product so heecy that the ex-
preston "fne as dust" was long
ago rendered useless in trying to
describe it. And still, if we can
believe what the millers say, the
American, woman is asking that
the flour be made finer and
winter.
America leads the world in the
consumption of white flour now
a-days, and it leads the world
also in dental and nervous af-
fiction. Americans used to be
a very robust, hardy people.
with wonderful capacity for en-
durance. They were rosy OF
cheek and brawny of build anC
faced all obstacles f~earlessly anC
resolutely. Then England sci
them eating that white bread
and their cheeks turned pale
their teeth grow soft and theil
nerves become unsound.
Nowhere has the dental bust
ness grown so rapidly as in A
merica. The great amount o.
practice the dentists have OBJ
tanned in working on the soft
ened teeth of Americans have
made them very expert. The
American dentists and denta
colleges now lead the world il
number and skill. Almost a.
much might be said of American
nerve specialists and Institution,
for treating nervous ailments
These facts are significant.
Nearly all the mills of Americ,
have been forced to change theiI
/, methods that they might grinc
out the substance of the whea
and market only the starch!
part. In this day there is almos
no sale for the old Fashioned
|, bread that fed our hardy fore
fathers. Housewives won't hav.
it when it won't match the table
: cloth.
, In bygone days our -four wa.
! made of the entire wheat grain
, excepting the outer hush or bran
Such was the flour of Bibica
, days. Such was the flour tina
was very generally used until tn.
time of the eventful white brea,
dinner in London.
Dance Notice.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1915-03-12

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Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-11-02
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There never has been a time when
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with no promise Of an end for q long
time. These are world. shaking
events. in which the United States.
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PEELED to take part. No intelligent
person can ignore such issues.
The Presidential contest also viii
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for the nomination are in the field.
and the campaign. owing to the ex-
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Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-11-02
GIRLS NEED PHYSICAL DRILL
Bending Over Desks OFTEN Has a
Tendency to Cause Curvature
Of the Spine.

One who observes girls in GRADUATE
ing classes in different high schools
can hardly fail to be impressed with
their lack of good physical develop
ment, says the Mothers Magazine.
1t is safe to say that at least one
third of the girls graduated from
high school have curvatures of the
spine, OF uneven shoulders, or stand
in a bad position, or have too much
flesh or too little. Investigations
made recently in California showed
that about three-fourths of the girls
who go to college and university are
out of repair physically.
What is the cause of all this? The
prevailing theory is that high-heeled
shoes, construction in dress and lack
of any systematic exercise are respon-
sible; but the chief reason why girls
are so poorly formed is because prac-
tically no attention has been given
to their physical development until
very recently. In some schools girls
still do not have any regular physi-
cal exercise. They are not advised
by capable teachers regarding their
defects and how to overcome them.
The California report indicated that
many defects were due to habitual
bending over desks, which develops
curvature of the spine, which in turn
develops other deformities. But con-
ditions are probably better today
than they we're a few years ago. A
girls dress seems better adapted t.
helpful physical development than il
was ten years ago. Perhaps this viii
in time be demonstrated in the better
physical development of girls who
pass through the schools.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-11-02
YOUNGSTERS VIEWS or LIFE
TO Be Compelled to Give Affection Is
Something They Cannot Al
ways Understand.

The world seems to be full Of what
may be called canalized emotions.
One is supposed" to love ones aunt
or ones grandfather in certain
definite way, at the risk Of being sun
natural" One gets almost a sense
Of the cumulative measurement Of
emotion. Perhaps the greatest trag-
edy Of family life is the useless en-
ergy that is expended by the dutiful
in keeping these artificial channels
open, and the correct amount of cur
rent running. 1t is exactly this that
produces most infallibly the rebellion
of the younger generation. To hear
that one ought to love this or that
person; or to hear loyalty spoken of
as the older generation so often
speaks of it, as if it consisted in an
allegiance to something which one
no longer believes in-this is what
soonest hberates those forces Of mad
ness and revolt which bewilder spir-
itual teachers and guides. 1t is ex-
actly those dry channels of duty and
obligation through which no living
waters of emotion flow that it is the
ideal Of the younger generation to
break up. They will have no net
work of emotional canals which are
not trimming, no duties which are
not equally loves. = Randolph s.
Bourne in Atlantic.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-11-02
SEA TONNAGE LITTLE KNOWN
Nautical Terms That a Landsman as .
General Thing Has Small Ac-
qualntance With.

There is a great deal of confusion
in the public mind regarding the
tonnage" or displacement" of
ships, and with good reason, for
there are four distinct methods of
calculating tonnage. In the case of
warships the term displacement is
almost always used. The displace-
ment tonnage is the space occupied
by the vessel in the water. The
amount of water displaced by the
ship is equal in weight to the ship
and all it contains. As one ton is
equal to 35 cubic feet of water, the
displacement tonnage is found by d.
viding the number of cubic feet of
water displaced by 35, when the ship
is immersed up to its load line.
Gross tonnage is term commonly
applied to merchantmen. In calcu-
lating it, the whole interior capacity
of the ship below the tonnage deck is
found, including that of all covered
in spaces on deck used for stowage,
and the result in cubic feet is divided
by 100. Net register tonnage is the
gross tonnage minus. al the spaces
used for the accommodation of the
crew and instruments and the work
ing parts of the ship The dead
weight tonnage is the measure of the
exact amount of cargo a ship can
carry with safety.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-11-02
SANITATION IN DAIRY HOUSE
Extreme Care and Cleanliness Should
Be Observed to Prevent Entrance
Of Bacteria Irso MIX.

Unless considerable care is taken
large numbers OF bacteria may find
their way into. the milk during the
process Of milking. Cows should be
MIXED in clean, well-lighted stables.
After grooming and before milking,
the udders, TANKS. and bellies Of the
cows should be carefully wiped with
a damp cloth to remove any dust or
loose hairs which might fall into the
milk pail. Only those persons who
are free from communicable disease
should be allowed to handle milk or
even enter the stable or dairy house.
After the cows are prepared for
milking each mixer should thorough
ly wash his hands and put on a pair
Of clean overalls and a jumper or
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-11-02
Open and smaII-Top Pals.

wear a suit which is used for no 9TH
er purpose. The suit must be kept
clean and occasionally sterilized with
steam or by boiling in water. The
milking stool must also be clean, to
avoid soiling the mixers hands.
The small-top milk pail is a neces'
sity in the production of clean milk,
as it presents only a small opening
into which dust and dirt may fall from
the air or from the cows body. 1t has
been found by experience that the
use of this kind of pail greatly re-
duces the number of bacteria in milk
from average diaries. Many types Of
milk pals are for sale, but any tin
ner can convert an ordinary pail into
a small-top pail by the addition Of
a hood.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-11-02
GOOD ADVICE.

Have you an old saw you can
lend me?" asked Dobson. IL want
an old one so it won't matter to you
if happen to break out few teeth"
81 haven't the kind of old saw you
mention" said Gadsworth, ''but 1
can give you another sort l always
abide by"
"Another old SAW"
eyes, Neither a borrower nor a
lender be-" ]
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-11-02
Unusual Offer To Our Readers.

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In "Lippincott's," IL great complete
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Is timely articles from the pens Of
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Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-11-02
USE PATIENCE WITH CALVES
Young Animals Must Be Handled Care
fully-can Be Taught to Drink
Milk Very Easily.

Handle the newborn calf as you
would baby.
First of all, keep it warm, and be
sure it gets it's first milk warm from
its mother.
Keep it clean and keep the mother
free from excitement.
If you separate the calf from its
mother on the third day, give it the
milk warm from its mother.
With little kindness and patience,
young calves can be taught to drink
very easily.
Never jam a calls head up to its
eyes in milk-it is cruel.
Let the calf suck the finger; care
fully release the finger. and the job is
done.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-11-02
FEEDING SILAGE TO CALVES
Yearling Animals viii Consume About
One-Half as Much as Mature Stock
Keep Free From Mold.

Calves may be fed silage as soon as
they are old enough to eat 1t. 1t is
perhaps of greater importance that the
silage be free from mold or decay
when given to calves than when given
to mature cattle. They may be given
all the silage2 they will eat up clean
at ALI times. Yearling calves win con.
sumo about one-half as much as ma
ture stock: that is. from Is to 20 or
more pounds a day. When supple
mented with some good leguminous
hay, little. IL any, grain will be re-
quired to keep the calves in a thrifty,
growing condition. -. ls.sssz
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-11-02
REASONABLE EXCUSE.

"Yoq say you had your eyes open,
with a good grip on the wheel and
your foot on the brake?"
Eyes"
"Then how in TOphet did the acct
dent happen?"
Easy. / had to sneeze." l
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-11-02
To Clean Combs.

Put two tablespoonfuls of ammonia
In basin of warm water, and let the
comb remain in this solution about
one-half hour. Remove, and wipe dry.
The comb win be spotlessly clean
Woman's Home Companion.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-11-02
ANeERED THE FRESHMAN.

"Confognd this doublin'," NUT
tered the perspiring Scotch recruit,
after an evolution executed at the
double. "And confound dirty Glas-
gow," Missed an Irish voice in his
ear, "and I'll knock the head off Of
you when. we dismiss. London
Globe.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-11-02
CONTAGIOUS Abortion.

Cows affected with abortion disease,
long after they have seemingly recov-
cred and resumed the normal produc-
tion Of calves, continue to expel abor-
ton bacilli with their milk. One COW
now under observation has continued
to discharge such bacilli with her
milk without showing a symptom Of
disease for more than six years.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-11-02
INSTRUCTIONS.

" "T-I Y y ~
New Train Robber-But what
shall | do if the passengers refuse
to hold up their hands?
Old Train Robber-Pass yourself
off as moving picture actor who's
got on the wrong train by mistake"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-11-02
Eor success WIth palry.

The right kind of man will feed
his cows literally Of economically pro
duced feed and he will have silo. He
will care for them properly and breed
them properly. and gradually improve
his herd year by year. and there
seems to be no limit TO this at least
the limit has not been reached as yet,
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-11-02
NO DOUBT.

she-Do you think bats really can
get in your headS lt
He You try one, and you won't
ask that next morning.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-11-02

Owl-What are you calling the
janitor down for?
Squirrel II was mistaken. |
thought the steam pipes were max
ing that terrible racket we heard,
but it seems il was that woodpeoker
family that has moved in above as.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-11-02
HIS IMITATION.

"My dog is like an impressive ora
tor who asks a question"
SLOW is that?"
Gle paws for a reply" !
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-11-02
Keen Record Of EysrythIna.

Keeping production records is only
half the work. How much did Il cost
you TO feed that COW that gave you
6Ner -Tunds % MIX last yaarf Keep
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-11-02
osTeNsIsLg OCCUPATION.

"Does Bliggins work?'
''No. He has an office downtown
80 that he can keep out of the way
of the servants in his house."
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-11-02

WE HAVE THEM NOW-As we
h % &C v d "nr larpe impor-
tation of Holland grown bulbs of all
slnns -MErCALSE HE FLORIST.
Advtr .isment. a#Er N
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-11-02

Glass windows were first used in
private houses in England in $780,
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-11-02
rAE KIND.

.i'Yonr stories of the West Indies
need more ginger.''' - 80
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-11-02

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Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-11-02
WOMEN

The most economical, cleansing and
germicidal Of all antiseptics is
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-02-01
MR. PUTNAM 'SBODY
TODE BROUGHTTO
BENNINGTON
For Burial Beside Body of His
Second Wife
BURIAL PROBABLY NEXT WEEK
Some "Reminiscences of the Deceaoed
as Told by Bennington Friends
Who Knew Him for Years.

The remains OF Henry W. Putnam
who died Friday night in San Diego
Cal, will be brought to Bennington
for burial beside the body Of his sec.
ond wife, who was Mrs Mary Everett
in the village cemetery. Definite ar
rangements for the interment Will
not be known until after the arrival
OF Hcu.y w Putnam, jr, in San
Diego.
Like many Of the men who have
achieved success in the business and
financial world, Mr. Putnam was a
farmer boy, the son of Hiram Put
nam ana Ruhama Marshall Put.
nam of Essex. n. y. When young
man he went to California, making
the journey by water and the isthmus
Of Panama He landed In San Fran
cisco which was then a rambling vii
lage but rapidly growing because Of
the gold mining industry. With that
remarkable insight Of practical things
that characterized his entiro life he
went into the water business. Good
water was scarce. He secured poses
sion of the only well in tho vicinity
from which good drinking water could
be secured and peddled the output by
means Of wagons. BY thrift and in
dustry he acquired Il small capital
and returned to Essex This capital
he invested in an iron rolling mill op-
GRATED by the firm CT Ross, Low and
Pulye..
Leaving Essex. he went to Dubuque
Ia, and from Dubuque to Cleveland
Ills first wife who was Irene Cross.
man OF Essex. died in Cleveland and
was buried in that city. From Cleve-
land Mr.. Putnam went to Philadelph-
ia Later he located in New York and
from that city he came to Benning-
ton At the time he moved to Benning
ton in 1864 he was engaged in the
manufacture of the Putnam cork fast
one- At the time he peddled wat
er in san Francisco much of the pro-
duct Of his we'll was bottled and il
was necessary to tie each cork with
string. This process was tedious and
took time. but it made an impression
on the mechanical mind of the water
peddler that eventually resulted in
the invention of the cork fastener
The fastene- was for years manufact.
ured in lsrge quantities here in Ben
nington and is today still being used
in its original form.
When Mr.. Putnam first came to
Bennington he bought the property on
North street at that time owned by
Samuel II. Brown on the east side OF
the street and anothe' parcel on the
west side OF the street then owned by
Lemuel Grover and others He first
resided in the house at present occu-
pied by Fred Morehouse and which
then stood on the present site Of the
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-02-01
Keep the Children
Bright and Happy

Harpy youngsters must be healthy.
The digestive organs Of children get
out OF order as readily as do those Of
their elders, and the result is equally
distressing. When the bowels are
ciogged with an accumulation Of
refuse from the stomach the child ma.
tufally becomes cross and fretful
from The discomfort, and is often pun
ished TO, temper when medical atten.
ton is really what is needed
The next time your child is cross
and unhappy, without apparent rea-
son, Try giving it mild laxative. Dr.
CaldHells syrup Pepsin is a mild
pleasant tasting combination Of
simple laxative herbs with pepsin,
aud is especially recommended for
children because OF It's freedom from
all opiate or narcotic drugs and its
gentle action. 1t is sold in drug
stores everywhere. A free trial bot
tie can be obtained by writing to Or.
w B. Caldwell, 452 Washington St,
Monticello, Ills.