davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Mexico Missouri message., 1915-10-28
FURNITURE HOSPITAL.
Dear Frlend:--

Dear Friend:--
am sending this letter to you to
'let you know that 1 am in business
that some day may be of use to you
repair furniture That chair
with broken leg or rocker, or one
that has become unglued, is good
chair. Why cast it aside? Let me-
repair it. That old table would be
all right if you would let me work
on it, or any piece of furniture that
is broken, let me fix it.
l refinish furniture. If the varnish
is old and cracked, let me take IL off
and put on new; or perhaps you want
different finish or color. l would
please you. would like to try.
1 rebuild furniture. Have you an
old piece that you want changed
some way but do not know just how
to do it? Let me help you to make
something good out of it. have
had lots of experience in rebuilding
and cabinet work. I might give you
a good suggestion. Let me talk to
you about it,
We upholster. I have as fine a
line of samples as you ever saw 1
would be glad to use anything you
may get in town Il believe in buy
ing at home) but If you can't find
what you want, can get it. That
chair that is so comfortable, or thssA
couch or davenport that looks so
bad but is too good to throw away,
or settee that is good but the cush-
ion is bad, or perhaps the cushion
in your auto is wearing out or you
want cloth cover for the seats and
backs. I am prepared to give you
figures on any of it. Try me.
Do not throw away that mattress
that was once good, but is uncom-
Portable from long use. 1 can reno
vate it and make it good again.
When 1 was in st. Louis about two
weeks ago 1 was in a house that
handled metal weather strips. 1 Sc
cured the agency for it. Having
been a carpenter and having worked
in all kinds of houses and with all
kinds of windows and doors, ]
know people try to heat their houses
by burning out their stoves and fur
niture when they could save lot OF
cost by stopping the crack around
the windows and doors. The strips
; do not ouly keep out the cold but
they keep out the coal dust and SCOT
l and keep the windows from rafting
l have models in the shop. Would
be glad to snow them to you.
No, my friend, write this letter
l to you when 1 am trying to get a
: living out of this. l am trying tc
help you to save your furniture and
the expense of keeping your house
comfortable by shutting the cracks
i around the windows and doors.
am taking up these things be
cause no one else in Mexico is max
the Furniture Hospital Phones 21I
and $50 j, 113 East Promenade st
. w. j. OFFUTT.
Mexico Missouri message., 1915-10-28
sTRAYED.

A lage black stag hog. both his
ears frozen OF short. Information
leading to recovery will be rewarded.
H. P. WARDEN.
Mexico Missouri message., 1915-10-28

YOu can't miss getting the Hat
that pleases IL you buy it at
PAsQUETH'S. Next door to Fred
Morris.
Mexico Missouri message., 1915-10-28

Lost.-on Mexico and Paris road
one army blanket. Finder leave at
Message Office and receive reward.
Mexico Missouri message., 1915-10-28
trustee.

c. e. Morthland sold calf to Ho-
mer Mundy for $50.
Mexico Missouri message., 1915-10-28

F. M Ragsdale who has been quite
ill is reported as improving.
Mexico Missouri message., 1915-10-28

WANT AND SALE ITEMS.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

Buy your winter coal at the In
dcpedent Coal Mine, 10 cents bushel.
w. Il. WILKERSON.
Mexico Missouri message., 1915-10-28

Walter Frits has returned from
st. Louis to Mexico to live.
Mexico Missouri message., 1915-10-28
%.
Head of Horses

1Oyearold As good lot Of brood mares
county, will work place put Them
geldings good ones One 2year
draft Rey yearIng earling draft fill
lev One yearliDg draft horse and
substance 2-yearod hey; 3yearold saddle
mare broke the kind that grow saable mare
OF quality; soe 2yead the best
poets County yearng saddle colt Two weanng draft
Mexico Missouri message., 1915-10-28

oIa paDers or sale q this Oiioe.
Mexico Missouri message., 1915-10-28

Old papers for sale At this once.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-03-30
strings. For possible sale at a bazaar
it would he good plan to make these
little books all of different colors.
DISTINCTIVE VALUE OF BLACK
Makes Most Effective Foil Ever De-
vised for the More Bril-
liant CoIors.

The decorative value Of black as a
foil for brilliant colors, which finds it's
peculiarly modern expression in wide
hens and bands, was no doubt sug-
gested to the couturieres by the mag
nificent imperial coats of the Chinese,
to which special attention was attract
ed after the looting of Pekin in 1900.
On many of these brilliant garments
the gorgeous colors and the gold de-
signs are, as it we're, framed by broad
bands of black. and there is no doubt
that the shining dragons and radiant
blossoms gain hundredfold by con-
trast with this sable setting.
1t is striking to notice how one slight
but very definite note of color intro
duced on black or dark blue toilet
can give it just all the distinction in
the world. 1t may be supplied by the
long ostrich feather of flaming red or
Florentine green which adorns hat,
or splash of vivid orange against a
background Of dark blue or perhaps
simply large pink malmaison tucked
into waist belt.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-03-30

but as he is the sort of man who
knows 1t ALL, I said nothing.
No doubt he believes his failure was
due to something in the SOIL" but, as
we experimental little ourselves, we
are fully convinced that it was all in
the handling of the plants.
The last week in October is about
the right time to transplant, or rather
transfer strawberries.
The weather has begun to get cool
by that time and the plants are large
and strong. We set out 200 extra fine
strawberry plants last spring and al
lowed the runners to form plants until
the ground was all but covered. These
surplus plants are the ones we will
lift this fall.
See that the soil is in good condition
to receive the plants. Plow or spade
it as deep as the soil will permit.
If a crop Of potatoes has just been
removed from the ground, it should
not need much stirring
Place the plants in rows about four
feet apart and ten inches apart in the
rows. Rows may be either single or
double, as preferred.
If the weather is dry a little water
should be poured around the roots be-
fore filling in the SOIL
After the plants have gotten a start,
hoe Or run the cultivator between the
rows 10 loosen the surface before the
covering is put on. 1t is a good plan
to cover before hard freezing begins.
Don't cover too deep, because if the
air is excluded the plants will smother.
Clean straw, free from chaff, makes
the best covering.
Anything which holds moisture is
apt to cause the plants to rot if there
is very much rain
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-03-30
IDEA FOR CHILDREN'S PARTY
May Be Help to Worried Mothers at
Loss to Know How to Enter
tain Guests.

A charming children's party given
last year at a little town on Lake
Champlain displayed souvenirs that
the hostess had herself made This
little lady, who was scarcely twelve
years old, was gifted with her pencil
and had made on various occasions a
profile drawing of each little friend
These on the important day were
shown cut out in black paper and
mounted on white cardboard after the
manner of silhouettes. The delight of
the little guests can be imagined, for
everybody wants picture Of herself!
1t is always gracious, when it can
be afforded, to give some little trifes
at a child's party, for small hearts
always expect gifts. But as the true
spirit Of giving is self-denial, the little
mistress of the day should contribute
some of her pocket money toward
them, or else be shown that the work
of her own hands provides a far more
elegant gift than anything which can
be bought
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-03-30
NEEDS CARE IN DECORATION
DINING Room Is One of the Most I'M
portant in the House, and Re-
quires Thought.

In dining rooms there are certain
general rules to be observed in their
decoration. In even the most unas-
Stunning house the dignity of this
room should be preserved. At the
same time we should be careful in de-
signing an elaborate and expensive
ono not to have it oVerawing in the
magnifcence of it's decorations or Sc
we're in it's elegance. 1t should be SO
designed as to promote to the utter
most the feeling Of geniality and good
cheer, and the decoration can actually
go far toward furthering this most de-
sirable result.
The colonial dining room is apt to
be cold in it's effect, and l have often
corrected this fault by discreet use
of potted plants, inside window boxes.
etc. The Dutch dining room some
times has an excess Of platters, and
have seen q French room that was
uearisome in its tapestries. gildings
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-03-30
SAVING THAT COUNTS
LITTLE ECONOMY HINTS WORTH
NEEDING.
Dress Aprons Always Useful Addition
to the Housewives Wardrobe
Treatment of Shoes That Are
Spotted by Water.

Dress aprons are useful additions to
the wardrobe of the woman who does
her own homework, remarks the New
York Times. These are seen at their
best when coIored linens are used.
The tans, green, blue, old red and
brown look we'll with a narrow band
or contrasting color or tiny piping of
plain white linen bordering neck and
armholes
The same careful woman protects
her hair from dust while busy about
the home by wearing a dainty cap
made of white null and lace over a
wire frame. This frame is turban
shape, and is economical inasmuch
as the wire frame protects the Golf
rure from disarrangement
For the housewife who thinks in
advance this is the time to purchase
really excellent half silk hose at the
surprisingly low figure of 35 cents a
pair. These were shown at one of
the large downtown stores in black,
tan and many of the newer shades.
An inventive young woman recently
purchased dozen pairs of these hose
which were plain. She then en-
broidered on them small delicate de-
signs of polka dots, tiny rosebuds,
and even pattern Of tiny clover BIOS
SONS done in French knots with
silk of the same shade as the stock
ings.
II gloves or shoes of any color but
black have become spotted by water
and are allowed to dry there is no
hope for them. They are irreparably
ruined. But if, while they are still
damp, they are kept on hands or feet
and rubbed with a damp cloth, the
spots will disappear Then brush
briskly with a dry soft wooden cloth
A young business woman manages
a dainty conception in collars and
cuffs over her blue serge office frock
by a novel use Of narrow hemstitched
or embroidered edge handkerchiefs.
Two handkerchiefs made a set. One
is folded cornerwise and cut in half.
These pieces, with the cut edge
hemmed, are the cuffs. The second
handkerchief is also cut in half and
one half followed out to fit the neck.
The remaining half is again cut in
two parts and folded over the bodice
in the form of revers. These seus are
inexpensive and give an attractive
touch to the Office dress.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-03-30
(By H. L. RUSSELL)

(By H. L. RUSSELL.)
The organization of the alfalfa Or
der of the experiment association of
the state of Wisconsin, which now
numbers over seven hundred mem
bers, has stimulated special interest
in it's culture, but there are yet many
farmers who hesitate to try this crop
because they are not familiar with
It's culture. The plant is doing ex-
ceedingly well in Wisconsin and is be-
ing rapidly introduced, the present
acreage being estimated at over 80
600 acres.
Through the cooperative buying of
selected seed, over $4,000 pounds of
alfalfa seed valued at over $4,000
were purchased and distributed to
members at a very material saving in
price, and a much higher grade Sc
cured than would have been possible
had it been purchased by individual
farmers.
By means of this organization, it
has been possible to secure wide
spread cooperation of the members in
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-03-30
BENEFITS OF WISCONSIN ALFALFA ORDER
1hEC0NNECTINGLINk
A Slogan of the Alfalfa Order.

making practical trials, throughout
the entire state. In $40 trials where
1t was grown for the first time, sue
cessful results were reported in SO per
cent of cases. In the majority of
cases where failure occurred, the soil
had not been inoculated. Greater sue
cess was attained where alfalfa was
grown without nurse crop, although
light seedlings Of grain (not exceeding
one bushel per acre) were used quite
widely. Reports on winter killing
show, that where properly established,
it stood as well as clover. AS result
of tests Of different rates of seeding,
carried on not only at the Madison
station and the branch stations, but
also in cooperation with members Of
the alfalfa order throughout the state,
the agronomy department has found
that, as a rule, it is inadvisablc to
SOW less than fifteen pounds of seed
per acre on land well prepared and
lnoculated, and not less than twenty
pounds on new land that is first used
for this crop.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-03-30

or butter, one cupful of chopped cooked
nam, one-fourth of a teaspoonful of
salt and few dashes of pepper, then
fold in the stif1y beaten whites of two
eggs and fill buttered timbale molds
with the mixture, set in a pan Of hot
water and bake in a moderate oven
until firm. Remove to a hot serving
dish and garnish with hard cooked
eggs.
few tablespoonfuls of cooked rice.
added to different soups will give them
the needed garnish
Ham Cream Toast.-Melt four table
spoonfuls of butter in a saucepan, add
the same amount of flour and stir I'M
til we'll blended, then pour on gradu-
ally, while stirring constantly, two
cupfuls of scalded milk Bring to the
boiling point and add one-half tea
spoonful of salt. Cut stale bread in
thin slices, remove crusts and toast
on both sides, cut in halves crosswise.
butter and dip in the sauce. Add
half cupful of cold boiled ham, chopped,
TO the sauce and pour over the toast
Pea and Chicken Soup.-Drain a can
OF peas and pour over two quarts OF
cold water. Add two slices of onion
and three cupfuls of chicken stock:
let simmer 80 minutes. Melt two ia
blespoonfuls of butter, add two of flour
and when well mixed, pour on the hot
mixture, again repeat and put through
strainer. Add cupful of milk, a
few sprigs Of mint, seasoning of salt
and pepper, and one-third of cupful
OF cooked macaroni, rice or vermicelli.
Remove the mint before serving.
Chicken Gumbo.-Chop and brown
In butter one onion. Put into a kettle
with four quarts of chicken stock, one
half can of okra two teaspoonfuls
OF salt, some pepper and half a
chopped green pepper. Simmer all to-
gether an hour and serve hot.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-03-30

(By ANNA GALIGHER)
The strawberry will stand a good
deal of i'll treatment, but it will not
produce good crops under the above
conditions.
Any good soil which will bring corn
or potatoes will do for strawberries,
but if you want berries the size of
hens eggs put the plants in the rich
est soil you can find and cultivate the
same as other garden crops.
If the soil is not rich enough without
being fortified, use well-rotted stable
manure. Fresh manure will not do, ex-
cept as top dressing; after the plants
are well started, spread it between
the rows
l know man who makes a business
OF growing strawberries for market
whose berries are planted on thin, clay
soil.
No fertilizer of any kind is used, and
his largest berries are about the size
of Gregg raspberries, as a rule. About
half the berries are not worth picking.
I believe that spring is the proper
time to set strawberry plants.
But if one can procure good, strong
plants in the fall, and have them taken
up with a quantity of soil adhering to
the roots, they will bear good many
berries the following season, but not
a full crop
If transplanted in the fall, without
any soil clinging to the roots, the
plants should not be allowed to bear
fruit the following season.
This is important, because when all
of the roots are disIodged it takes a
long time for the plant to recover
from the shocks and form new roots.
None of the old ever take a firm
hold in the ground unless new feeders
start, and while the strawberry grows
on hibernates all winter, the growth
Is less rapid when the ground is cold
than it is in the spring and summer.
A great many people believe fall,
or rather late summer, is the proper
time to set strawberry plants.
They take up the plants, or send
their order to some nursery man, as
the case may be, and handle the plants
Just as they would in the spring. Now
this is all wrong.
Last fall, while we were taking up
strawberry plants, with the aid of a
dibble and spade, and carefully plac-
ing them in boxes and baskets to be
transferred to new location, one of
our neighbors came in for plants,
which he had previously engaged.
He insisted that all the soil be
shaken off the plants. He wanted
strawberry plants, not real estate"
A short time ago, while talking with
this man, we had occasion to inquire
how his strawberries turned out.
"Oh, we had a few" said he, "but
they are nothing like yours. They are
not what l expected. In fact, the ber-
ries were scarcely worth the picking
/ wanted to say, 81 told you so,'
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-03-30

center at the point where it folds to-
gether.
1t is fitted with number of leaves
of flannel cut into tiny points at the
edges. Across the front of the case
the word Needles" is worked in bold
letters with colored silk and ribbon
strings of a color to match are provid-
ed to secure the book when closed
The upper sketch shows the case
open and clearly illustrates the way
in which the interior is arranged, and
a packet of needles is seen placed
partly in the pocket.
The lower sketch shows the case
closed and secured with the ribbon
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-03-30
GROUND GRAIN BEST
FOR YOUNG SWINE
Most Satisfactory Gains Made
When Fed in SIop-Give
Plenty of Pure Water.

There is no way that grain will go
further or make more satisfactory
gains when fed to pigs than when
ground and made in slop. 1t should
be finely ground for this purpose and
should be soaked at least six hours
before feeding
Do not make this slop so thin that
the pigs must drink twice what they
need to get reasonable feed of the
meal and don't make it SO thick that
it won't run readily the whole length
Of the trough.
Feed them as much of this slop as
they need and then let them have
access to plenty of pure water and
they will drink no more than is good
for them.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-03-30
Scarfs Match Hancinus

The scarfs for the furniture of your
room may be made to match the hang
ings by cutting out single motifs of
cretonne and applying them to the
scarf ends. Place them on the mate
rial in an attractive way and haste.
They can either be sewed with an
oyer-and-over stitch around the edge
or buttonholed in place If, however,
you wish a quicker method, machine
stitch close to the edge around the
entire motif.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-03-30
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
MARKET REPORTS
Observation-Disclosures
Milwaukee, March &c, 1915.

Milwaukee, March &c, 1915.
Butter Creamery, extras, CSC;
prints, 29c; frsts, 25@26c; seconds,
22@23c; renovated, 21K @22c; dairy.
fancy. 27c.
Cheese-American full cream, new
made twins, 141a@15c; Young Ameri-
cas-, 15@15hc; daisies, 15@15kc;
longhorns, 150151zc; limburger fancy,
1914 @16c.
Eggs-Current receipts fresh as to
quality, 16h@17c; recandled, extras.
1871 @19c; seconds, 14@15c.
Live Poultry-Fowls, 161a @17c;
ROSTERS, lie; springers, fancy, 171ac.
Wheat-No. 1 northern, 1.57; No. 2
northern, 152@1.54; No. northern,
1.35@145; No. velvet, 152@1.54.
Corn-No. 3 yellow. 71K@72c.
Oats-No. white, 5Sh@59Ac;
standard, 591zc; No. 4 white, $50
59Ac.
Barley-No. 3, 79@s1c; No. A ITO
SOc; Wisconsin, 771z @C1c.
Rye-No. 1, 118.
Potatoes Wisconsin or Minnesota,
red stock, on track, 30@33c; white
stock, 33@35c.
Hay-No. L timothy, 13.75@14O0;
NO 2 timothy, 11.50@1250; clover and
clover mixed, 11OO@13OO; heavy red
top and grassy mixed, 9.50010.00; rye
straw, 8.25@8.50; oat straw, 5.500600.
Hogs-Good heavy butchers, 600
$50; fair to best light, 6.50@675; pigs,
550@6.0O
Cattle-Butchers' steers, 5.00@800;
feeders, 45O@5.75; COWS. 100000;
heifers, 4.75@65O; calves, 9.5O@10.25.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-03-30

hare become dry and hard may also
be freshened and will be most palata-
pie treated in this way.
Drowned Onions.-Butter a baking
dish and place the required number of
medium sized onions, peeled, in the
dish, pour over them cupful of beef
broth, add some leftover bits Of
cooked sausage, or raw chopped ham or
bacon; sprinkle little sugar on the
top of each onion and on this small
piece of butter. Cover with buttered
paper and bake for two hours in a
moderate oven until the onions are
tender. Serve from the baking dish or
as a garnish to pork chops.
Meat BaIIs.-Take four cupfuls of
chopped meat. To this add two cup
fuls of bread crumbs and four table
spoonfuls Of flour. Moisten with soup
stock or the liquor from the stew until
it is about the consistency of croquette
mixture. Take half the chopped meat,
add to 1t two level tablespoonfuls Of
strong horseradish, half teaspoonful
of cloves, pepper and salt to taste.
Mold into meat balls, cover with -four
and fry in hot fat. The rest of the
meat may be used for loaf, adding
bit of celery salt, chopped onion, a
tablespoonful of lemon juice and salt
to taste with grating of nutmeg and
a pinch of cloves. Form in loaf and
bake forty minutes. This may be
served with mashed potato baked with
it for a garnish.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-03-30
DESIGNED TO HOLD NEEDLES
Practical and Handy Little Book That
Can Be Made in Materials of
Many Colors.

Here is a practical and handy little
needle book that is simple to make
and Of very convenient size. It is
carried out in cream-colored satin or
art linen and lined with soft white silk,
and measures when closed, 5 by 31a
snches.
1t is cut out in one piece measuring
81 inches by 10 inches, lined, and
hat portion which forms the pocket,
folded over and sewn down at the
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-03-30

Hank! the hours are softly calling
Bidding spring arise,
To listen to the raindrops falling
From the cloudy Skies
To listen to earth's weary voices,
Louder every day,
Bidding her no longer linger
On her charmed way
But hasten to her task of beauty
Scarcely yet begun.
Adelaide Proctor
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-03-30
White Belts,

One of the white serge suits made
for southern wear shows an unusual
belt 1t is of dull white leather, about
two inches wide, perhaps narrower
1t is fastened in front by means OF
leather covered buckle, and on the left
side, few inches from the buckle. is
little pocket, just about the width
of the belt. 1t clasps shut with snap
fastener.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-03-30
Chief Problem Overcome.

"I've taken the most important step
toward building fashionable apart
ment house"
LET the contract, have your"
mo. I've selected a fancy name for
the building. Judge.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-03-30
Indians on the Increase.

Since 1860 the Indian population Of
the country has increased materially.
There are now 100000 members Of
various tribes, compared with 254,3O0
In 1860. They own lands valued
roughly at $60O,000,0O0.