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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-06
ART GOODS.

Odd Skeins of Germantown, Shetland and Saxony yarn. Variety of col ors. Were 12c and 15c skein, sold here at Sc.
 Red Tag Sale Price Sc sl1cin. Stamped Centers with sufficient floss for working, Were 10c-
 Red Tag Sale Price 7c. Lace Edge and Drawn Work CcnterS Were 25c.
 Red Tag Sale Price 1sc.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-06
GLOVES.

Women's cape and kid gloves. In tan and gray. Were $1.0O pr.
 Red Tag Sale Price S5c pr. Odds and ends of women's winter gloves, mostly black. Val. 25c pr
 Red Tag Sale Price 19c Dr. WOmen's 16 button length chamoisette gloves, washable. Worth soc pr.
 Red Tag Sale Price S3c pr Women's tan cape gloves. All sizes from 3-4 to 8. Worth $1.0o pr
 Red Tag Sale Price soc pr.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-06
STATIONERY.

12c Writing paper. 24 sheets and en- { velopes to box
 Red Tag Sale Price Sc box. Keiths Krafter Linen Correspondence Cards. Gilt edged. Reg .29c.
 Red Tag Sale Price 21c. Writing Paper in ID. pkgs.. with pkgs. of envelopes.
 Red Tag Sale Price 25c.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-06
NOTIONS.

Pc Darnfng Cotton. Black and white.
 Red Tag Sale Price for Sc. Pc Safety Pins. Assorted sizes.
 Red Tag Sale Price dozen for sc. 1Oc, and 125zc Pearl Buttons,
 Red Tag Sale Price 7c card. Sc Tape. Assorted widths. z 3 yd. rolls. Red Tag Sale Price rolls for sc. Wizard Sewing Cotton. 200 yd. spools.
 Red Tag Sale Price for Sc.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-06
JEWELRY.

Shell and Amber Barrettes in many } different styles. Were 25c.
 Red Tag Sale Price 12 1ac- Lot of Bar Pins, cuff pins. brooches, sets, etc, worth 25c.
 Red Tag Sale Price lie. soc Lavanieres.. Stone set with pearl
 Red Tag Sale Price s5c.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-10-19
SO Head of Live Stock

SO Head of Live Stock
4 HEAD OF HORSES
Black mare coming years old,
weight 1900; 2 coming 4 year old
horses, bay and dun roadster bred,
weight 1000; bay horse coming 3
years old, weight 900.
50 HEAD OF CATTLE
IL head 2 year old steers, weight
1150 to 1900; head of l year old
steers, weight 700 to $50; Hereford
bull coming yearling, full blood but
not papered; II head yearling heif-
ers, Short Horns and Herefords,
weight 700; 80 head 2 year old heif-
ers, Short Horns and Herefords, 900
to 1000; 8 head of cows, to years
old; II head calves, heifers and
steers.
Lunch by Luke Brown.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-10-19
A NECESSITY
Mrs. Collier Say. Could Not Keep
House Without Black Draught.

Hardin, Mo.-Mrs. J. W. Collier, Of
this town, who knows from experience
Of tho merit Of Black raught Liver
Medicine, has following to say for
publication: II want to let everybody
know that I have used Thedford's
Black-Draught for many'years, and it
Is Just what Is claimed for It. l am
never without Black raught, and
really I couldn't keep house without 1t.
Whenever ! feel bad, take small
dose, and feel better right away.
/ advise everybody who suffers
from liver OF stomach trouble to use
ck-Draught Liver Medicine"
For three-quarters Of century
(75 years), Thedford's Black-Draught
has been regulating Irregularities Of
the liver, stomach and bowels, and has
long been recognized rs the standard
remedy. Il is . fixture In thousands
Of homes Is the main stay Of the TAM
ily medicine chest.
II you have not tried II, get pack
aee from your nearest dealer, today.
He sells It IN 25c and 800 packages,
making e cost You only one cent Z
dooo. N03
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-10-19
w. A.. cox
Daughton & Owens, Auctioneers.
A. r.. Switzer, Clerk.
Bethel.

Several from here attended the
funeral of Lawson McKern last Fri
day at Palestine.
Jim Sales and wife of New Vir-
gini&. were here visiting at the home
of Dow Parker a few days last week.
Mrs. Bert Millsap called on Mrs.
Joe Dobson one day last week.
Mrs. Pearl fuller and daughter
Veta called on Mrs. Joe Dobson one
day last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Dobson were Da-
Wis City visitors last Monday.
Miss Ethel Baker called on Mrs.
Bessie Millsap last Saturday after
noon
Mrs. Joe Dobson called on Mrs.
Barton Burrell one day last week.
Mrs. Sherm Turpen visited with
Mrs. Tom Baker last Friday.
Mrs. Oscar Rex and daughter Ber-
tie, Mrs. Frank Cox and Mrs. Joe
Dobson attended the funeral of Law
son McKern last Friday at Palestine.
Mrs. Julia Baker and Mrs. Will
Pickens called on Mrs. Joe Dobson
one day last week.
Mrs. Rolla Mclaughlin of Line
vile came up for few days visit at
the~home of Pearl Tuller and then
s..e will join her husband in Des
Moines and make that their future
home.
Another cool spell of weather
slipped in on us last Sunday evening,
and makes us think of our heating
stoves.
Pearl fuller, wife and daughter
'Veta were Lineville visitors last Fri
day and Saturday at the home of her
sister, Mrs. Dave Belvel.
Mr.. Baldwin of Leon was through
here last week repairing sewing ma
chimes ana organs.
Bert Adams has Just finished SOW
ing his wheat.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-10-19
e Head of Cattle
so Head of Hogs
Garden Grove.

Thos Churchill and family return
ed Monday from trip to Chillicothe,
Mo-, in their car.
Mrs. Peck left Monday for Indian
ola where she will make her home.
She was accompanied by her sister,
Mrs. Ryan who has been visiting
here.
Mrs. T. J. Shelter and daughter,
Mrs. W. C:.Ward, left yesterday for
Fresno, California, where they ex-
pect to make their home.
Olin Monroe went to Weldon last
week where he will take up his du-
ties as assistant cashier of the Well
don Savings Bank.
Frank Roberts has traded his farm
near Leon and one near Weldon and
the Gainesville lumber yard for 700
acres of land near Newtown, Mo.
Word has been received here Of
the marriage of Willie Hutchinson, a
former Garden Grove boy, in the en-
ploy of the Burlington at st. Joe, to
a young lady at Quitman, Mo. Mr..
and Mrs. LATE Hutchinson of this
city returned Monday from trip to
st. Joe to visit their son.
Mrs. Leedum went to Glenwood,
Mo-, last week to visit with relatives.
Will Jennings returned. last week
from Kansas where he had been for
several months, to visit his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Jennings.
Miss Mary Wells came from Indi-
anola one. day last week to visit at
the w. H. Jennings home.
Mrs. Nettie Bruce went to, Abba
one day last week to visit friends and
from there went to Des Moines.
w. A. Williams drove to Des
Moines Sunday to visit at the Geo.
Ayers home. Mrs. Williams has
been at the Ayers home since her re-
turn from Rochester, Mimi.
G. T. Smith and family drove to
Des Moines Sunday to visit with rela-
t;ves
John Dufiield is preparing to move
his family to Des Moines where he
has a POSITION as conductor for the
street car company.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-10-19
dashboard Ridge.

Quite a nice little shower visited
this neck of the woods Sunday.
Several from this vicinity attended
the meeting at Maple Grove Sunday
night.
Miss Mary Ward returned last
Tuesday from Buffalo, Oklahoma.
where she had been during the sum-
mer with her brother Francis and
wife.
George Pack spent Sunday at the
J. H. Main home.
Chas. Roger and lady friend called
at the w. F. Jones home Sunday ev-
ening.
nesday afternoon at the Frank Ward
home.
Eloise Robbins spent last Monday
afternoon at the J. H. Main home.
Miss Sylvia Petticord spent satur-
day night at the Frank Ward home.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-10-19
Rid Your Child of Worms.

Thousands OF children have worms
that sap their vitality and make them
tlistless and irritable. Kickapoo Worm
killer kills and removes the worms
and has tonic effect on the system.
Does your child eat systematically :?
Cry out in sleep or grind its teeth?
These are symptoms Of worms and
you should find relief for them at
once Ktckapoo W0r-a Killer Is a
pleasant remedy. At your druggist,
&c. !
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-10-19
sioan's Liniment for Neuralgia Ache'

The dull throb of neuralgia is
quickly relieved by Sloan's Liniment,
the universal remedy for pain. Easy
to apply; it quickly penetrates with
out rubbing and soothes the sore
muscles. Cleaner and more prompt
ly effective than mussy plasters or
ointment; does not stain the skin or
clog the pores. For stir muscles,
chronic rheumatism, govt, lumbago.
sprains and strains it gives quick re-
lief. Sloan's Liniment reduces the
pain and inflammation in insect bites,
bruises, bumps and other minor in
juries to children. Get q bottle to-
day at your druggist, 25c. !
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-10-19

We want your business and viii
xiye you every reasonable banking
courtesy and accommodation. Leon
|savings Bank.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-10-19

Alfalfa seed ::or sale by Biddison
Coal 4 Grain Co.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-10-19
Motorcycle

New and rebuilt, on monthly pay
ment plan. Dealers and riders want
ed. Eagle Motor Co., Cedar Falls,
Iowa.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-10-19

Get prices on timothy seed from
the elevator. Biddison Grain Co.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-10-19

REPORTER Fur SALE BILLS.
New-York tribune., 1916-07-30

spoonful Of olive oil and fry by the
spoonful in deep, hot fat 70 crisp
brown. Drain for a moment or two on
brown paper and serve on a folded
napkin, garnished with quarters OF
lemon, dripped in chopped parsley.
Peach Ice Cream.
II these directions are followed ex-
actly very rich, smooth cream will
result: Heat in the upper part of the
double boiler one pint Of milk with a
pinch of salt and stir in one heaping
tablespoonful of cornstarch moistened
TO a paste with little cold water.
Cook, stirring constantly, for eight
minutes. Have in readiness two eggs
that have been beaten with two heap
ing tablespoonfuls of sugar; add this
TO the cornstareh mixture and cook for
moment or two longer. Do not let
il boil or it Will curdle. Remove from
the fire and when cold fold in half
pint of sweetened whipped cream. Turn
into a chilled freezer. and when about
half frozen add a cupful and half OF
sweetened peach pulp. Use sliced
peaches, pressed through the potato
ricer. Continue freezing until frm and
smooth, and repack in ice and salt for
two or three hours TO ripen.
New-York tribune., 1916-07-30

blending lemon or lime Juice may be
occasionally used in place of the Gus
tomary vinegar. Be very careful in
preparing any vegetable salad into
which edible greens enter largely to
wash them thoroughly in very cold
water and then pat each leaf dry with
a soft napkin. This is absolutely nee
essary, as otherwise the dressing will
not adhere to the leaves and coat them
properly.
Study to vary the cereal course daily.
This may seem a very little matter but
the very sight of a new preparation
or a dainty, different method of serv-
ing familiar one will often tempt the
appetite, especially if the cream is icy
cold and the powdered sugar in an at
tractive shaker or sitter. Frequently
the cereal course constitutes the most
nourishing part Of the breakfast menu,
and the wise caterer will realize that
no effort should be spared in its ser
vice.
The forequsrter Of lamb planned for
Wednesdays dinner will allow of cold
meat for Thursday. curried lamb for
Fridays luncheon and the bones used
as the basis of the tomato bouillon A
delicious accompaniment for the cold
meat may be obtained by forming the
New-York tribune., 1916-07-30
Grand Rapids Carpet Sweeper.
Made by the Bissell Carpet Sweeper
CO., New York and Grand
RAPIDS, Mich.

Although il is rare nowadays to find
home without either hand or cleo
trio vacuum cleaner, the carpet sweep
er still has its use, because of its light
ness and the ease with which it can
be operated for just brushing up"
The Grand Rapids CARPET Sweeper
possesses features that make it eff
cient and durable. The rubber tired
wheels are pressed steel, with ball
bearings that make the sweeper noise
less and easy running. An anti-ravel-
ler device prevents dirt, hair, ravel-
lings, etc, from gathering in the brush
bearings, while rubber corner cushions
and braid protect pieces of furniture
when accidentally knocked. The brush
is eleven inches wide. and consists of
New-York tribune., 1916-07-30
Battle to Legalize Th,
Cheap Coal Tar
Sweetener.
S1Ueetener.

marked economic advantage to the
manufacturer is pitted against the un.
organized general welfare"
When the Camel Saccharin gets its
nose in the Pure Food Tent il won. be
long before Good Old Sugar will be sit-
ting in the road outside.
Just now the Germans aren't frr-
nishing the world with sweets-and you
can't get saccharin at profitable prices;
but when the Teutons go back to their
normal pursuits--if in the meantime
legal federation is obtained for sac
charm under cover Of small type dec
laration on a label Chat most con-
sumers never see)-then watch deyel-
opmentsl
Not only the sodas and ginger ales
and canned corn and preserves and
candies (the two last named could then
be made almost entirely Of glucose with
just a pinch of saccharin to make up Tor
the absent sweetness), but any aid all
foods calling for sugar, could legally
contain instead this coal tar product
admittedly guiltless of any food value
and admittedly dangerous TO health II
you get over q certain amount
Beware the Cheap Substitute
Only "one-hundredth of / per cent
in your ginger ale. IL takes small
man to quibble over that, doesn't il?
But-suppose you make up the "in-
furious" amount from other sources'
And, supposing you are not injured at
all. are you interested in saving thou
sands a year to the food manufactur-
ers by cutting down the quality and
food value of these several foods?
About thirty have been known TO con-
tain saccharin. Debasing quality by
the substitution of non-food materials
for true foods is one of the most In
sidious forms of food adulteration.
We don't hear anything of reducing
the price Of the foods in which this
cheaper artificial sweetener is placed
Nor shall we hear Of it!
Truth to tell, we don't believe that
even the average food manufacturer, or
the Gamers and others who have ideals
for their trades and pride in their out
put. would use this substitute any more
than they use benzoate of soda because
they can, but they might be forced by
unfair competition TO do so If a short
sighted policy legalized this specious
fraud, just as millers are forced by
unfair competition into bleaching -four.
Don't help to make this possible by
falling to read labels and TO turn down
products substituting saccharin for
/ sugar.
It's the housekeeper's responsibility
70 back up pure food principles by her
intelligent practices in buying.
The saccharin makers are on their
job every minute.
Are you on yours?
New-York tribune., 1916-07-30
nnver Electric Iron.


Made BY the Dover Mfg. Co., Canal
Dover, Ohio.
Our grandmothers, mothers and
4 I even we ourselves used the
common hatiron and did sur
prisingly good work with it, but in this
age of efficiency the wise housekeeper
uses an electric iron and considers 1t
a priceless adjunct to the laundry
equipment. With it better ironing is
done. less time and labor required and
under far more comfortable conditions
No stove or gas burner to heat up the
room. and no walking back and forth
between the ironing board and the
range.
The initial cost of the iron Is more
and the operating cost at the usual
electric rates higher, but often its con-
venience and efficiency well repay the
investment. When electricity can be
bought at five cents per kilowatt hour
it compares very favorsbly with irons
using other fuels.
The Dover Electric Iron is well con-
structed and weighs six and three
fourths pounds, or with the six feet OF
flexible connection cord and separsble
socket attachment detached, six pounds
1t is a convenient shape and well bal
anced, and, like an efficient iron should
retains its heat so well that the current
need be "on" only one-half Of the time
New-York tribune., 1916-07-30
TESTED AIDS FOR THE HOUSEHOLD

The "Hande' Hot Pan Litter, with its
long handle, is especially adapted to
such work, but may be used for many
other purposes. 1t Is made of galvan-
lied drawn wire and strong enough
to lift at least fourteen pounds. The
TWO gripping jaws-one being station
airy while the other slides on the
handle-can be separated any dis
tance up to thirteen inches and will
securely grip round or square pans
with rolled edge. Price % cents.
New-York tribune., 1916-07-30
SOME SWEET FACTS

of food especially
available the economical body fuels
with food fuel value
admittedly injurious If than 03 as
gans a taken. Who TO weigh out portion if
the aw permits in foods?
diabetes because owing to the special de-
digestive functions the assimed
such by the kidneys The effect of this disease
proves nothing its
needed by the dab who take
not IL wholesome a normal Quite the
having useful diseased
when taken of health.
kidneys unused and practically unchanged
by we'll and sick-to their ultimate derment
food value and deases
adulterson under the law much the addition
injurious ingredients.
New-York tribune., 1916-07-30

Isn't it robbing the body to suosu-
tute saccharin for sugar?
Too much sugar may cause iermeh-
tation in the stomach or intestines-
+ but 1T WILL NEVER CAUSE DIABETES OK
KIDNEY TROUBLES the promoters Oh
saccharin would lead you to think.
1t is well known that the converse
of a proposition is not always true
Because diabetes cannot eat sugar, 1t
is blandly and with childlike naivete
announced that sugar causes THIS
| trouble.
Never were effect and cause more
blithely juggled. Nothing could be
further from the truth.
Not content with this distortion of
facts, we are assured by the same light
and airy process of inverted reason
ing that since sacchsrin is good even
for a special kind of invalid it must
be more wholesome for a well person.
Saccharin is a drug condiment; it Is
not a food.
Nearly all drugs which are useful
under abnormal conditions are inJurl-
Gus when not needed. This is fun
damental principle in therapeutics
which is we'll established.
The advertising of such misstate-
ments as these to promote the substi-
tuition of saccharin for sugar should be
red flag of warning to all reasonable
folks of the sinister and selfish aim at
work in this propaganda.
The diabetic takes saccharin as the
lesser of two evils. II he must have q
sweetener to keep up his appetite, and
owing to his diseased condition cannot
digest sugar, minute amount Of sac
charm may be used Even the diabetic
would probably be better off without 1t.
So when the manufacturers Of sac
charm urge you to avoid the dangers
Of sugar" staple food since the days
of the ancents, who called 1t the
honey Of reeds"-by substituting non
food coal tar product discovered but
recently, remember that the economy
is theirs, the risk is yours, and keep on
smiling sweetly and eating sugar!
A Long Drawn Battle.
The legal ins ana outs Of the battle
between sugar and saccharin would be
amusing if there were not so much at
stake.
The Federal government, after issu-
ing four different decisions, fatfootediy
rules that while foods for the cure or
mitigation of disease may contain sac
charm, if so labelled, "this must not
be interpreted to mean that the use Of
saccharin in foods prepared for ordi-
nary consumption is permissible even If
declared on the LABEL
New-York tribune., 1916-07-30

cold dressing into small, fiat cakes
then dipping in seasoned -four and fry
ing crisp and brown in hot bacon drip
pings. Little novel additions of this
kind will De found to help out the
plainest kind of dinner.
On glancing over the menus arranged
for the coming week the caterer will
notice that very little meat is used
for either breakfast or luncheon and
that the evening dinner has been ar
ranged as the principal meal of the day.
New-York tribune., 1916-07-30
Tested Recipes.
MARYLAND Biscuits.

Rub one teaspoonful of salt and one
tablespoonful each of lard and butter
into two scant quarts of flour and mix
use any baking powder Knead until
thoroughly mixed and turn the dough
out on the bread board. Beat with the
rolling pin until he dough is full of
blisters and we'll puffed up. turning it
as you beat il; then form quickly into
thin small biscuits, prick with a fork
and bake in quick oven for fifteen or
twenty minutes. These delicious bis
cults i)r which Maryland is justly IA
New-York tribune., 1916-07-30

on the label If the goods go into inter
state commerce -otherwioe you may be
fined or sent to jail!
That is how the warning should read
under the Federal decisionl
These remarkable statements are
based on a Missouri decision, which in
reality decided that the law could not
prohibit the presence Of an ingredient
New-York tribune., 1916-07-30

the lightning" Bread and Cake Knife
at hand, such results need never oc-
cur, AS its keen specially designed saw
tooth edge will cut hot or cold cake
and bread easily and leave a smooth
surface. The blade il made of a
good quality of steel and securely
fitted into an ebony finished wooden
handle. The construction is strong
and durable throughout. Price 25
cents
New-York tribune., 1916-07-30
Cream Cheese Salad.

nous must be we'll beaten to be com
plete success.
Cream Cheese Salad.
Chill the cheese thoroughly on the
ice. then mash to a paste and add for
each cheese of 10-cent size two table
spoonfuls of chopped parsley and two
slices of minced green peppers. Blend
well, roll with butter paddles into small
balls and serve three for each portion
on crisp white lettuce leaves that have
been chilled and dressed with French
dressing.
Moulded Date Rice.
Wash one cupful Of rice in several
waters and boil it rapidly in boiling
water for five minutes. Drain, add
two cupfuls of milk and cook slowly
until the rice is tender and the milk
absorbed. Dissolve three-quarters OF
heaping tablespoonful of instant gela-
tine in four tablespoonfuls of hot wa
ter and add it to the rice with one
quarter OF cupful of sugar. a tiny
pinch of salt, one teaspoonful Of va
nlla extract and half a cupful Of
whipped cream. Stir the mixture fire.
quently as il cools. and when 1t begins
TO stffen. fold in one small cupful OF
New-York tribune., 1916-07-30

saccharin manufacturers have erected a
brave edifice proving the superiority OF
saccharin to sugar as a sweetener, and
its healthfulness and economy!
Better fortune attended the recent
test case tried'in New York City against
the Excelsior Bottling Works. BY a
vote of two to one the Special Sessions
justices sustained the ordinance of the
New-York tribune., 1916-07-30

five spiral rows of black bristles one
and one eighth inches long, each row
h.ving twenty-six tufts. The machine,
with its forty-fve-inch handle, weighs
six mounds. The case is made in nut
brown and golden fumed oak or ma
hoganized sycamore, with either nick
eled or japanned trimmings. Prices
60 * and 50
New-York tribune., 1916-07-30

unless it were proven to be injurious IN
the amounts in tChich it iCds present;
and, secondly. that the particular law
at issue was unconstitutional, because
it was class legislation. and prohibited
the use of saccharln IN one class OF
products only, l. e., soft drinks, and was
therefore discriminatory.
On which slender foundation the
New-York tribune., 1916-07-30
Wire Cone Toaster.
Made by Harkins & Willis, Ann Arbor
Mich.

Until toasters suitable for use over
the top burner OF gas stove were
invented. the family depending upon
gas as the cooking fuel had to be
satisfied with bread toasted in the
broiling oven. The method was usually
inconvenient as we'll as inefficient and
the toast produced not always palat-
able.
The Wire Cone Toaster is designed
for use on the surface burner of gas
stove and will toast four slices OF
New-York tribune., 1916-07-30
Rollman Apple Cutter.
Made by the Rollman Manufacturing
Co Mounf Joy Penn

Thi5 device is simple and so designed
that at one stroke it will slice the az
pie and cut out the core. IL is made
entirely of metal, timed, and is cir
cular in shape, with convenient hand
grips. A s4-inch steel tube with sharp
radial steel blades forms the central
portion and the cutting part The Roll
man Apple Cutter is useful for gen.
eral household use, and is especially
adapted to preparing apples for bak-
ing; will also cut potatoes for French
frying. This cutter is made in two
sizes, for cutting the apple into either
eighths or twelfths. Price 25 cents.