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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-04-06
WISE HOSTESS
Won Her Guests TO Postum.

Three great coffee drinkers were
my old school friend and her two
daughters.
They were always complaining and
taking medicine ! determined to give
them Postum instead of coffee when
they visited me, so without saying
anything to them about it, ! made
big pot of Postum the first morning.
Before the mca was half over,
each one passed up her cup IL be re-
hlled, remarking how fine the coffee
was. The mother asked for a third
cup and inquired as to the brand OF
coffee I USED. | didn't answer her
question just then, for | heard her say
a while before that she didn't like Pos,
tum unless it was more than half
coffee.
After breakfast ! told her that the
coffee she liked 80 woll at breakfast
was pure Postum, and the reason she
liked it was because it was properly
made.
Il have been brought up from a
nervous, wretched invalid, to a fine
condition Of physical health by leay.
ing off coffee and using Postum.
Il am doing all | can to help tho
world from coffee slavery to Postum
freedom, and have earned the graft.
tude of many, many friends" Name
given by Postum Co., Battle. Creek,
Mich.
Postum comes in two forms:
Postum Cereal--the original form
must be well boiled. l5c and csc
pkgs.
instant Postum--a soluble powder
dissolyes quickly in cup OF hot wa
ter, and with cream and sugar, makes
delicious beverage instantly. soc
and zoe tins.
Both forms are equally delicious and
cost about the same per cup.
There's Reason for Postum.
sold by Grocers.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-04-06
KOUSEFLY NESTS IN
FIL!H-.HELP TO
KILL HIM

The househy is foul and dangerous
little pest. The female lays her eggs
IN manure, in human excrement or in
the flesh of dead and rotting animals.
never anywhere else. The eggs hatch
into maggots and the maggots feed on
the filth until they sprout wings and
become flies. The flies swarm into
our homes, bringing with them the
germs of many diseases-especially
typhoid consumption and dysentery
which they deposit on our food,
Many of our homes were saddened
last year by death resulting from dis
eases spread by flies. Therefore the
househy is our deadly enemy and We
ought to kill him off as far as possible
before warm weather comes. TO do
GRAFTON of the whole community.
Cleanliness, generally speaking, is the
fly's greatest enemy, but if one man
cleans up his place-remoying all
barnyard filth, keeping garbage cans
covered, etc.--and his neighbors on
either side do not follow suit, the one
man will not be protected from flies
and disease.
This war on flies is job for the
whole town, and it is a big one 1t is
suggested that our local authorities or
some Of our active citizens call a meet
ing and make plans at once to start
the campaign for fly determination
Let us enlist the aid of the health of
licers, the physicians, the merchants.
the lawyers, the mechanics the wom-
en- and the boys and girls.
1t will be necessary to have mum
Der of committees to look after the
many angles of the work and see that
proper preventive measures are taken
to remove the opportunities for flies
to lay eggs and hatch them. Swatting
the fly is ineffective--you only kill
one fly at a swat. But if you begin
earlier by spraying manure piles and
the contents of clubhouse vaults with
Kerosene or with chloride of lime. so
that fly eggs will not hatch in these
masses, you prevent the birth OF mil
lions Of flies.
The state board of health will be
glad to send US all kinds of informa-
ton helpful in carrying on a fly war,
If our local doctors have none on hand.
After the campaign organization is
formed, about the first thing to do is
to get reliable information and put 1t
in the hands of our people.
Who viii make the first move to
start the campaign?
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-04-06
NO FllTH-N0 FLIES!

Flies and filth go together. No filth.
no flies! About the only good thing
you can say about the fly is that his
presence should stimulate you to hunt
up the place where he was born and
destroy il so that it may breed no
more of his kind
Fly swatting may be a popular pas.
time. II has been talked about much.
SO far, ii has proved ineffective. The
Weil'meaning person, applying the
swatter at every opportunity. kills one
fly at time. The removal of the con.
tents OF a single manure box will swat
millions Of them at a blow
Screens and swatters are a good
thing, but clean neighborhood is the
best Get busy,
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-04-06

big.gun silcncer which the French
are using is so effective that no sound
distance than 100 yards or so The
slencer is attached to the muzzle Of
the gun. AS the shell leaves the gun
a small shutter springs up and pre-.
vents the explosive gases escaping in
the usual way when the gun is fired,
The result is that the sudden fierce
rush Of gas passes out through the two
channels with nothing like the rush
that is caused in the ordinary way, It
is impossible to stop the gases es
Gaping altogether, for the pressure is
so terrific that the gun would be blown
to pieces.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-04-06
STOP EATING MEAT IF
KIDNEYS OR BACK HURT
Take a Glass of Salts to Clean Kid
neys If Bladder Bothers YOU
Meat Forms Uric Acid.

Eating meat regularly eventually
produces kidney trouble in some form
or other, says a well-known authority
because the uric acid in meat excites
the kidneys, they become overworked;
get sluggish; clog up and cause all
sorts of distress, part 'larly backache
and misery in the kidney region; rheu-
matte twinges, severe headaches, acid
stomach, constipation, torpid liver,
sleeplessness, bladder and urinary ir-
ritation.
The moment your back hurts or kid
neys aren't acting right, or if bladder
bAthers you, get about four ounces OF
jad Salts from any good pharmacy;
take tablespoonful in a glass OF
water before breakfast for a few days
and your kidneys will then act fine.
This famous salts is made from the
acid OF grapes and lemon juice, COM
bined with lithia, and has been used
for generations to flush clogged kid
neys and stimulate them to normal
activity; also to neutralize the acids in
the urine so it no longer irritates, thus
ending bladder disorders.
Jad Salts cannot injure anyone;
makes a delightful effervescent lithia.
water drink which millions of men and
women take now and then to keep the
kidneys and urinary organs clean, thus
avoiding serious kidney disease.--Adv.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-04-06
TO sow SEEDS

Remember IN sowing seeds, to cover
them their own depth. Fine, dustlike
seed should be scattered along the
line and pressed into the soil. Sprin-
kle sand over the surface and again
press the surface of the soil. Place a
thin piece of muslin over the soil and
water carefully The muslin prevents
the seed being disturbed When the
seed breaks the soil, remove the mus
lin.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-04-06
Her interim.

Former Secretary Of War Garrison
said in Camden war argument:
Ignorance Military ignorance
Why. it's as bad as the chronological
ignorance of the Camden girl.
"A young man was prdising Phil
adelphia restaurant to Camden girl.
ITS so deuccd popular, he said.
that you have to engage your table
three days in advance. Then he
laughed and AIDED, But they feed you
so well that it's worth while going
without food in the interim
1t wouldn't be much fun to me,
though. said the girl. to go around for
three days with an empty interim. -
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-04-06

Supplies It as Required to the Birds
of birds, and they would learn to love
the woodland beauties quite as well as
their own stems and plants, and too
well to pick them and let them die in
few hours.
This spring the kingiisher comes
back to his favorite haunts, and we
hear him as from limb overhanging
the river, with a harsh, loud cry he
drops down and seizes the yellow belly
on which he has had his eye SO long,
awaiting the opportunity to secure
good dinner in this way.
The phoebe, whic,. we all know and
love to hear in the early springtime,
commences to build the last of this
month. Their nests are found under
the caves, bridges or ola barns, and
are made of grass, fine moss aud hair
plastered together with mud and lined
with soft feathers and wool. The
phoebe's call is "Phoe-e-be! Phoe-
e-be!"
When robins are mated, they build
from the middle of April to the first
Of May, near our dwelling houses, in
the apple orchard in II e pear trees,
and on grape arbors, and in the vines
of the piazza, provided the cats are not
too numerous.
Robins are very domestic, often
rearing three broods in a season.
During this month we have the
brown thrush, whose song is rest Tor
the weary. He begins to sing early
in the morning, and his voice can be
heard above | others, ringing out like
a silver bell.
Again he is the asst bird to sing at
sunset. When all the others have put
their heads under their wings and
gone to Nod and the thrush's sweet
song is heard from the woodland
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-04-06
Sudden Death
Caused by Disease of the Kidneys

The close connection between the
heart and the kidneys is well known
nowadays. When kidneys are diseased,
arterial tension is increased and the
aeart functions are attacked. When
the kidneys no longer pour forth waste,
uremic poisoning occurs and the per-
son dies, and the cause is often given
as heart disease. or disease of brain
or lungs.
1t is a good insurance against such
q risk to send 10 cents for large
trial package OF "Anuric'-the latest
discovery of DR.. Pierce. When you
suffer from backache, frequent or
scanty urine, rheumatic pains here or
there, or that constant tired, wornout
feeling, get "Anuric" at the druggist.
It's 81 times more potent than lithia,
dissolves uric acid as hot water does
sugar.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-04-06
INTERESTING FACTS

Zinc refining continues to be Of In
terest In Canada. The British Column
bia government will give financial help
TO a Victorian reduction company for
establishing a demonstration plant at
Nelson,
Hong Kong reports an increasing de-
mand for notions Of all sorts to sup.
ply southern China Needles. pins.
buttons. ribbons. safety pins, rubber
and celluoid toilet articles and SINH
lar products are III great demand.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-04-06
Hit Two With One Bullet.

A Belgian soldier on sentry duty
man approaching one night and chal-
lenged him. Receiving no reply he
fired and killed the man, who was iden
titled as NJ. Victor Fasquel, work
man, fifty-seven years old. The bull
let which killed him traversed his
body and wounded British soldier in
a neighboring camp.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-04-06
After Grip Then
Spring Feuer?

This is the time of year to look
out for trouble, We feel weak-our
blood seems hot--no appetite--lt's
time to clean house! This is when
the blood is clogged and we suher
from what is commonly called cold
DR. Pierce'- Golden Medical Discov-
cry purihes the blood and entirely
eradicates the poisons that breed and
feed disease. Pure blood is essential
to good health. The weak, rundown.
debilitated condition which so many
people experience is commonly the ef.
feet of impure blood. Medical Discov-
cry" not only cleanses the blood OF i'm
purities, but increases the activity of
the blood-making glands, and enriches
the body with pure, rich blood.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-04-06
HINT TO AMATEURS

Learn to thin ruthlessly. Plants that
grow too close together never do well.
Pinch off all suckers from fruit and
ornamental shrubs Don't let weeds
get foot high and then pull them, dis.
turbing the surrounding flowers; bet
ter let none be pulled out. Go at
them when they are young and tender
and haven't formed a root.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-04-06

A single gallon Of gasoline will milk
300 cows, bale four tons of hay. mix 81
cubic yards of cement, move a ton
tuck II miles, pillow three.fifths of an
acre Of land or generate sufficient
electricity to illuminate farmhouse
for 80 hours
Maine could supply names in his.
tory as tonguetwlsting as most OF the
European battleilelds, for example
Annabessacook. Baunog Beg, Egge.
moggin, kokadjo Mattamiscontis,
Mattawamkoag, Oquossoc, Pattagum.
pus, Wytopitlock.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-04-06
How to SteriIize Milk,

Drs. r. kraus and b. Barbara of the
city of Buenos Aires assert in the
Muenchener Medizinische Wochen-
schriIt that water or milk can be rem
dered sterile simply and rapidly by
shaking with animal charcoal and fl.
tering A three per cent addition of
charcoal suflices for milk if II be al
lowed to stand for 5 minutes
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-04-06
WHEN THE GROUND THAWS

AS soon as the ground .haws enough
to permit it, dig in tn manure that
has been used to mulch the trees,
shrubs and plants 1t is not wise to al.
tow heating mulch to remain about
the roots or trunks. as it may cause
the bark to soften and permit the en-.
trance Of injurious spores.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-04-06

Cuttings of house plants may be
made as late as April, and far north
during the first of May. Fill a soup
plate, or other shallow dish, with clean
sand, and plant the cuttings In 1t. Be
sure to keep the sand wet, and tho
dish In sunny window.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-04-06

Snapdragons Easy to Grow and EHec-
tive for the Busy Woman's Garden.
the double ones, they are very pretty
and are an excellent flower for cut
ting. They come in white, pink red
aid dull purplish blue.
The verbcna and the portulacca are
iine flowers to plant in low beds and
make an excellent border. The morn.
ing glory is an old fayorite that has no
equal for covering porches, fences. or
for training over msightly buildings
Plan to have garden this year, no
matter how little time you think you
have to give TO il. Your health will
be so much better for the time spent
out of doors that you will find you will
hurry up the work in the house to
get out to your garden.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-04-06
This WunInterest Mothers.

Mother Gray Sweet Powders for Children
tor Fevcrishuess, Headache, Bad Stomach,
ueething Disorders, move and regulate the
bowels aud destroy worms. They break up
Colds ia u hours. They are go pleasant to take
children like them Used hy Mothers for ~
years. All Druggists, 2rc Sample FREE Adj
dress, Mother Gray Co., lie Roy, y. y.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-04-06

the worst yeIIow-eVer pest holes in the y
world.
The army surgeons learned that the mosquito was to
blame They declared war on the mosquito. The weapons
in this not sWatterS There was but one weapon
sanitation
The city was cleaned with absolute thoroughnesS Mos
qlto-Dreedlng sWampS drained Lakes and streams
were covered with OIL Now Havana is one of the worlds
most heath cities. The lesson taught fifteen years ago
has been applied steadily by the CubaHs.
In this country the house fly bears about the same
relation to typhoid fever and dysenery that the mosquito
bears to yellow fever the tropics. Both insects are dan
gerous germ carriers.
This community ought to rid Itself Of fIes The means
of doing SO are the those employed in Kidding Ha
the Canal Zone Mania and New Orleans Of the ever
mosquito But the job win not be nearly so big
Our citizens should caI meeting
ss :, {: &C.: :;:. *;'; +. :': :s ' q
= am@-sSSslS war. There is no time TO be lost Once
m.sEysSsS warm weather arrives the flies will null
/1IgE, tpy faster than can kill them
LTF ~ off,
4 Let us act noW
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-04-06
Careless of Her.

"Oh, say, who was here to see you
last night
only Myrtle, father"
We'll. tell Myrtle that she left her
pipe on the piano"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-04-06

DR. Plcrce's Pleasant Pellets are the
original little liver pills put up 40 Years
ago. They regulate liver and bowes.-Ady.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-04-06
His Recoveries.

Did he recover from the ACCIDENT
Yes. And ten thousand dollars
from the railroad company besides -
Brownings Magazine.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-04-06
sire hinn.

Money doesn't bring happiness
Maybe not But it will help you
greatly in going after it,
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-04-06

One way to control the fly is
to catch it in such a trap as
is shown above The trap may
be placed near the garbage can,
or any other place that the flies
are sure to come. A simple
and effective trap may be made
from a grocery box by substi.
tuting wire netting for the top
and two sides, cutting a round
hole in the bottom and inserting
in it a wire netting cone with
an eighth,inch opening at the
bottom and a halfinCh opening
at the top. Some article of
food. preferably fish head,
should be placed inside for bait,
The trap must be elevated sew
eral inches above the ground, so
as to give the llics a chance
to enter. When the trap is full.
it may be emptiod by shaking
its contents through a small
opening. ordinarily closed by
sliding door The trap described
and shown in the illustration is
particularly effective one, as
il was planned with a view to
the ny's habits. The odor OF
food leads the fly to enter the
trap at the bottom, once inside
it is attracted to the top by the
light. When it gets out Of the
wire cone it cannot escape. The
trap has the additional virtue of
being inexpensive. 1t may be
made at a cost of about twenty
cents and about a half hours
time.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-04-06

However kissing isn't always what
t is smaCked up to be.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-04-06
WE SHOULD ACT NOW!

When the American army went down
10 Cuba to clean things up politically and
otherwise after the Spanish-AmeriCan
war. it found that Havana was one of
the worst yelloWfever pest holes in the
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1916-01-18
IOWA PRESS COMMENT.

I. ''Well, the president must give it
to John Dshfson fer Having Kept
quiet 50 long Under the circumstall-
ees,.,, suggests the Waterloo, Times
Tribune.
s4'If Nj. Roosevelt We're. to come
into Iowa, campaigning" says the
Marshalltown Times Republican.
she could find the milk all right,
but where would he find the table
spoonful to go with it,"
1t begins to look to the Dubuque
Times journal cas- though the next
general assembly will usea the
shears on lot of unenforceable
laws" Z.
.'Iowa no longer need tolerate the
shipment OF whisky across state
lines" asserts the Des Moines Regis
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1916-01-18
Local High School Debaters Keep in
Front by Their Decisive Vic
tory Over the Hum
boldt Team.
RESERVE TEAM DEFEATED
Webster City's Seconds Lose Close
Contest On the Humboldt
Platform.

The race among the twenty-six
high schools Of Northwest Iowa who
are members Of the Iowa Debating
League was narrowed to thirteen
schools in the contests held last Fri
day night. Webster City was fort
innate enough to secure place
among the thirteen, winning a
decision Of the three
judges in the local debate with Hum
lboldt
1t is not yet decided with which
high. school the next debate of the
lseries will be held. The next round
lof the series is scheduled for Jan.
IS. Among the more important res
|sults of the other debates Of last Fri
|day were the defeat of Pomeroy, last
years district champions, by Lake
lefty, Algona's victory over Sanborll
lCarfoll's defeat Of Denison, Rockwell
lCity's defeat Of Spencer, Britt's vic
tory over Garner, and Cheroklee's
Victory over EeMars
The Webster City second team re-
truned from Humboldt on Saturday
morning. y The debate was lost by
1.-THE unanimous decision of the two
Judges, the third judge. attorney
lFiles Of Fort Dodge, falling to make
lconnections. The team reported ex-t
lcelIent treatment at Humboldt, and
added that the debate was won fair
lily on it's merits by the Humb oldt
boys.
The Webster City team consisted
| LOT Harold Lane. Arthur Vail, and
|Merville Gilmore, while Humboldt
Twas represented by Ford Lee. Louis
caille, and Hal schellenburger. The
istellar work Of the latter was respon-
Isible in a large measure for the spc-
fcess 81 the Humboldt team. For
3Webster. City, the outstanding fiat
lures Of the debate were the clear
Icut. forcefully delivered constructive
speech of Harold Lane, and the ex-
Iceptional work Of Arthur Wahl. Al
Though the youngest debater who ev-
Ter represented Webster City in an
Iinter-scholastic contest, Wahl was
Eperhaps the superior Of any other de-
batter on either team. Both IN con-
struction and srebuttal, his logical
|style and convincing delivery held
the closest attention ofsthe audience.
and he showed unerring GOODNESS OF
i Judgment in his ability to pick out
] the weak logic in the opposing case.
The judges Of the debate We're
Paul Gustafson. assistant debate
coach of Fort Dodge high school, and
the Rev. Blackstock, pastor OF the
/ Methodist church at Britt. 8,
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1916-01-18
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administrations. continental

the administrations continental
army plan offered the most. workable
solution of the nations military
problem. If the plan failed, he said,
there was no escape. from compulsory
service. Every country in Europe,
he added, realized the, truth of this
and England might better have re-
allied it sooner. With military SER
vice imposed on men between Is
and "a as q patriotic duty ll W., with
nominal pay, he thought it would
cost the nation no more for an ade-
|qnate force than to maintain It's
present establishment. His estimate
of 100000 was questioned by Rep
resentative Anthony, who asked if it
would not be physical impossible
fifty for any power to land 100000
+ IL .4sf .
men in the United States in a period
short of sixty days. Citing a table
prepared by, the staff under. the date
| Of August IA, 1914. General Scott
said. Austro- Hungary had the ships
and men to send force of. u. 900 in
Ia first expedition and 100000 n a
second within sixty days. France
could send 100000 in the first eS-
petition and Germany could send
ss7, 900. The general, disclosed; the
fact that the war department Had
prepared estimates for six big mo,
bile coast defense guns of caliber
probably greater than IL inches, to
be fired from railroad cars or hauled
on their own carriages by motor
trucks. He said he understood that
MANY contracts held by American
firms for ammunition and arms tc
| be exported now were a year be-
hind with the deliveries because 81
the time required to equip plants
IFor this. reason he favored cop
lstructing in advance all necessary
1gauges and tools to convert CONNER
cial plants to the needs of the Amer
Iican army in time Of war.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1916-01-18
Farmers, Take Notice.

We Observation-Disclosures In pur-
chasing a 1InAtaa quantity Of fine
quality, lsf4,sNeAthern. Iowa grown
yellow dent seed corn. This is select
ed stock, which has been carefully
tested for termination from 81 to
&c per cent. If interested in Some
good seed it will pay you to procure
your requirements out of this lot, as
it is very doubtful whether we will
be. able to offer you anything near
as good after this lot is gone.
w. G. Winter, Flour and Feed. )
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