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The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-04-06
ATTEMPT TO SUICIDE
LED TO FATAL BLAZE
Girl COnfesses to Having Set
Apartment on Fire While
Bent on Killing Self.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Warrants charging man.
slaughter and arson have been issued
against Bessie Reimer. the 19-year-Old
waitress who confessed to setting fire,
accidentally, to the Foster apartments,
1121 Prospect-av, causing the death Of
two persons and injuries to 16 others.
At the same time a warrant was is
sued for George Hanson, now in GUS
being a suspicious person. Hansom's
attentions, the girl charges, led her to
attempt to commit suicide by asphyx-
iation, an explosion following and set
ting fire to the building.
Chief of Detectives Rabshaw had
planned to ask for warrant charging
the girl with murder, but later received
advice that such a charge would not
hold. Rabshaw pointed out that it is
no offense for one to attempt suicide
in Ohio, and that no law being violated
In this respect, it would be difficult to
hold the girl under charge of MUIR
der
The warrants we're issued by Police
Prosecutor Marco, Detective Ryan ask
ing for that charging arson ito prop
erty worth 100000" and Detective
Matt Farrell acting in the other
cases.
Practically alone In the city, the
girl insisted that she had attempted
to escape a life of shame.
81 decided to kill myself rather than
submit" she said, according to Rab-
shaw.
The girl was removed to the City
hospital after giving the police the de-
tails of how the building was set on
fire.
In statement to Rabshaw, follow
ing severe grilling, the girl admitted
that, lying in her room in suite IL, she
conceived the plan of committing sui
eide by asphyxiation. To accomplish
this she turned on two gas jets and
lay down en- the bed.
But third jet was burning and this
she failed to notice. A few minutes
later, according to her confession, the
escaping gas exploded and set flames
around the room.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-04-06
Wireless Amateurs, MESSAGE.

1t was very pretty thing that the
amateur wireless operators of the
country did on the night before Wash
ington's birthday. At midnight the
hundreds of boys who make up that
army sat waiting for a message from
Davenport, la. When it came, every
one within hearing repeated it, and
each boy who received it relayed it
eastward in his turn, until it reached
the operators of the Harvard Wireless
club. They delivered 1t to a delega-
tion of boy scouts, one of whom read
it aloud from the platform of the
town hall in Lexington. The message
was this: "A democracy requires that
people who govern and educate
themselves should be 80 armed and
disciplined that they can protect them
selves. Youths Companion.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-04-06
DIVERSITY ON FARM
IS MOST PROFITABLE
Opportunity Given for Crop ROta-
ton and for Maintenance of
Fertility of the Soil.

CBy ALvA BENTON, University Farm.
st. Paul, Minn.)
Farm records show, and good farm
ers agree in general, that diversified
farming is most profitable. Diversified
farming means raising live stock and
various kinds of crops. Diversified
farming gives opportunity for crop ro-
tation, for distribution of man and
horse labor, and for the maintenance
of soil fertility. All of these are es-
sential to good farming. Crop rotation
aids in maintaining crop yields and
soil fertility; the distribution of labor
reduces the cost of operation; the
maintenance of soil fertility is the ba-
sis of all successful agriculture.
Diversified farming is of great i'm
portance because it gives the farmer
an opportunity to carry out all the best
farm practices.
Is your farming properly diversified?
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-04-06
By D. c. MooRIyG1


Rabbits are very particular as to
what they eat, and feed only on vege-
table matter. They prefer the more
succuIent kinds. such as vegetables,
clover, alfalfa and fallen fruit. When
none of these foods are available, they
often eat the bark of trees, especially
when snow covers other food.
It is very easy to prevent rabbits
from injuring trees, and all cases of
damage are due to neglect rather than
to lack of efficient remedies. Your
premises should not afford hiding
places for rabbits such as brush piles.
This Is not meant to include green
cover crop in the orchard. An or
chard with a cover crop above the
snow is seldom II as'er injured.
Traps are very effective in catching
rabbits. The more traps you have the
better. This is not so economical a
method as poisoning for protecting
the trees, but It furnishes amusement
for the children and also provides
meat for the table.
There are two general ways of poi
soning rabbits. (1l By placing poi
soned water in their runs, especially
during dry weather. (2) By placing
poisoned food where they can get it.
The following, which was originally
recommended by the Ohio station, has
given satisfaction: One part sulphate
Of strychnine, one-third part borax,
one part white soap, ten parts water.
Shake well and apply to tender twigs
with brush or by dipping and dis
tribute the poisoned twigs around the
trees.
There have been number of washes
and paints Of various kinds recon-
mended as being effective against rab-
bits. The disadvantage of these
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-04-06
TENT CATERPILLAR
DOES MUCH DAMAGE
Insect Was in Great Evidence
Last Year, and Promises More
Destruction This Summer.

The apple tree caterpillar which was
in great evidence last year is promis-
ing more destruction during the COM
ing season. Prof. M. A. Cobb of the
agricultural department of the Cen
tral Michigan Normal school finds that
there are millions Of egg masses fas-
tened on the limbs of the fruit and
forest trees. These masses can be
gathered and destroyed at this season
of the year, and 1t will do much to
reduce the NUMBER OF the pests that
come out next season.
Last year many orchards were near
ly defoliated by the tent caterpillar
and large apple trees were found
which contained from two to fifteen
tents. The growers often burned them
out with torches before they had con-
sumed all the foliage on the tree, but
the difficult work in :hickly infested
orchards and where the egg masses
can be destroyed, that is the surest
way Of reducing the number Of the
troublesome pest.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-04-06
PREVENT RABBITS FROM INJURING TREES
a Good Rabbit Trap Which Explains ITSELF

washes is that heavy rains wash them
of and make it necessary to repeat
the application. 1t is not difficult to
find or devise preparations which will
keep rabbits away. Rabbits are very
particular about their food, and any
taint on the tree will keep them from
injuring it. The following has been
recommended by the Oklahoma sta.
tion and found very satisfactory:
Water, one gallon; one pound of soap;
two to four ounces of carbolic acid"
Some prefer to add enough vermilion
red to give the mixture a good pink
color. and the consistency Of cream.
This is painted on the trunk Of the
trees with a brush or swab of rags
tied to stick.
Another wash. which has given sat.
isfaction, is made by Stacking one
peck of fresh stone lime with soap
suds. Thin to the consistency of
whitewash, add one-half gallon of
crude carbolic acid, four pounds sui
phur and one gallon of soft soap.
The United States department of ag-
riculture recommends the lime-sluphur
wash as giving satisfactory results.
This wash consists Of: Unslaked lime,
20 pounds; flowers of sulphur, Is
pounds; water, so gallons. The lime,
sulphur and one-third of the water are
boiled together for one hour, and then
the rest of the water is added. By add
ing salt the wash will stick better.
The Arkansas experiment station
has found that painting the trunks of
the trees with white lead and linseed
oil gave very satisfactory results.
Mixed paints should not be substituted
as they may contain oils which would
injure the trees. One advantage of
this mixture is that one application is
sufficient for the entire season.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 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. l determined to give
them Postum instead of coffee when
they visited me, so without saying
anything to them about it, l made q
big pot of Postum the first morning.
Before the meal was half over,
each one passed up her cup to be re-
filled, remarking how fine the coffee
was. The mother asked for a third
cup and inquired as to the brand Of
coffee l used. l 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 so we'll at breakfast
was pure Postum, and the reason she
liked it was because it was properly
made.
Il have been brought up from q
nervous, wretched invalid, to a fine
condition of physical health by lesv-
ing off coffee and using Postum.
Il am doing all / can to help the
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. 15c and 25O
pkgs.
Instant Postum-a soluble powder
dissolves quickly in cup of hot wa
ter, and, with cream and sugar, makes
a delicious beverage Instantly. 800
and SOC tins.
Both forms are equally delicious and
cost about the same per cup.
There's q Reason" for Postum.
sold by GrocerA
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-04-06

covered with spotless napkin, folded
to cover a good-sized tray. The small
est, prettiest dishes should be placed
on it and everything in an orderly
manner. All hot foods should be
served hot and cold foods cold on
well-chilled dishes.
For fever patient, fruit juice in
cold water makes most refreshing
drinks. Serve in small glasses rather
than in too large quantities. This is
a rule which should be observed in
all serving to sick people.
Oatmeal GrueI.-Take two-thiTds of
cupful of oatmeal, add three pints
of boiling water and teaspoonful of
salt; cook for two and a half hours
in a double boiler. Remove from the
fire and strain. When using for
patient, use half a cupful of the Cruel
with half cupful of thin cream, two
tablespoonfuls of boiling water and
sugar to taste. A grating of nutmeg
or cinnamon may be added in some
cases. Other gruels may be prepared
in the same manner, using barley,
cornmeal, rice or farina.
Chicken Custard.-Take a cupful
and half of crumbs from the center
of loaf, add to them two tablespoon
fuls of finely chopped chicken breast.
Beat the yolks of two eggs until well
mixed, add to them a dash of celery
salt. a pinch of salt and a cupful of
milk. Mix all we'll and pour into a
custard cup set in Lot water and bake
until the custard is set. Serve hot.
Simple custards are both wholesome
and dainty to serve to an invalid.
Float-island. with small cubes of jelly
on the egg white, makes a most at
tractive dish which will be especially
pleasing to children. The sight must
be appealed to in the sick, so study
of pretty combinations pleasing to the
eye is worth while.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-04-06

and dressed with mayonnaise, served
on head lettuce, is another delicious
salad.
Cabbage SaIad.-Chop enough cab
bage to make two cupfuls, add chopped
peanuts enough to flavor 1t we'll, two
tablespoonfuls Of scraped onion and
French dressing highly seasoned with
salt and red pepper A little red pep
per cut in fine strips may be used as
a garPish to this nice salad.
Potato SaIad.-Mix cold boiled pota-
toes, cut in cubes with crisp cucum-
ber, also cut in cubes, sprinkled with
chopped onion. pour over mayonnaise
and garnish with minced parsley.
AppIe-Cheese SaIad.-Pare apples
and cut in small balls with French
vegetable cutter, marinate in French
dressing and chill Mash a cream
cheese, season with teaspoonful each
of worcestershire sauce and chopped
red pepper. Shape into balls the same
size the apple and heap few of each
on crisp lettuce. Serve with French
uTeSSlnB.
Meat SaIad.-Cut chicken, beef or
veal into fine pieces, removing all fat
and gristle. To each two cupfuls of
meat add a cupful of chopped celery
and one small onion, finely minced.
Just before serving add enough boiled
dressing, highly seasoned, to make it
hold together.
Cabbage SaIad.-Chop a small cab
bage head very fine. with an onion, fry
until brown a slice of salt pork cut in
fine cubes, pour over the cabbage the
hot fat and Drowned cubes, stir and
season well with salt and red pepper,
then add enough boiling-hot vinegar
to season we'll and serve hot. This
is salad which may take the place Of
a vegetable at dinner.
Jello or gelatine used with cut fruit
and served with a French dressing,
makes another nice salad, serve on
head lettuce.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-04-06
Has a $4,000 WoodniIa.

A 100000 woodpile-walnut logs
heaped over three blocks of ground
is waiting the completion of the new
gunstock factory at Chillicothe, Mo.
A force Of LOO men is buying up the
walnut timber in Kansas, Iowa, ILL.,
nois, Arkansas and Missouri. Train
loads of logs are arriving in Chillico-
the daily. The factory already has
pay roll of 1900 men and, when COM
pleted, will be the largest plant of its
kind in the country. With a decrease
in demand for guns, the manufactur-
ing of wooden ware, such as motor car
and wagon spokes, will be taken up.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-04-06

spoonfuls Of baking powder, a fourth
of a teaspOonful of salt; mix well,
then add cupful and half each of
sweet milk and a beaten egg. Add
two tablespoonfuls of drippings into a
hot frying pan and pour in the mix.
ture. Bake in a moderate oven 30
minutes. Serve with jelly
cornmeaI crIsps.-Mix together two
cupfuls of cornmeal, two teaspoonfuIs
of salt; beat in gradually two cupfuls
of boiling water, add two tablespoon.
fuls Of butter and spread an inch thick
in a large dripping pan. Bake until
crisp, about fifteen minutes. Cut in
squares and serve as crackers.
SaVory Mush.-Stir into quart OF
mush teaspoonful of sage or of poul-
try dressing. When ready to fry cut
in slices and dip in flour, fry in lit
tie hot bacon fat and serve with fried
bacon at breakfast.
Popcorn BaIls.-Boil a cupful of
corn sirup with a Tablespoonful of vim.
egar until it hardens in water. Pour
over the corn while hot and butter the
hands well before forming the balls.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-04-06
They Wanted Him.

A newspaper man ran across the
street the other day to dairy lunch.
He was in hurry. He leaned against
the marble counter and ordered a
lamb stew. A man who had been out
all night swayed against him several
times and his breath exhaled whisky
and onions "One stew! One stew!'
called the boy behind the counter to
the kitchen. The newspaper man
turned to the inebriate: Pardon me,
sir" he said, 'but think they are
paging you. Saturday Evening Post.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-04-06

food, appropriate kinds
for the person served
and prompt and dainty
service. Do not confer
with the invalid as to
what he would like to
eat, for the various sur
prises will help to tickle
his appetite.
The tray on which the
food Ia served should he
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-04-06
S15oKTIO[I[N1
l8GABKEH$g

of butter with three egg yolks. Fill
the crust and use two whites for frost.
ing.
Graham Gems.-Take q cupful each
Of graham -four and sour milk. one
egg, teaspoonful of soda, two table
spoonfuls of sugar and three table
spoonfuls of melted shortening, add
salt and bake in buttered gem pans in
hot oven.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-04-06
serviceabIe Tester for Seed Corn.

A shallow box filed with sand makes
serviceable tester for corn. Near the
upper edge wires or threads are
stretched in both directions, forming
a number of squares. The box is filled
with moist sand up to the level of
these wires or threads, and on this
sand the seed grains are laid, and COW
cred to keep from drying out. 1t is
covered with muslin, drawn tightly
and tackled, on which two-inch squares,
each one numbered, are marked with
an indelible pencil. A box 2Ox40 inches
would have 200 squares.
A plain, moistened cloth is placed
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-04-06
Get Good Seed.

Don't purchase the lowest-priced
seed. In nine cases out of ten the
highest-priced seed is by far the
cheapest. The seed doesn't cost much,
after all, in proportion to the labor put
on plants, once they start. A full crop
is important, and possible only with
good seed.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-04-06

over the kernels, and a sack made for
the purpose and partially filed with
sawdust, about two inches thick, is
placed on top of the cloth and pressed
down firmly.
The tester should be placed where
it will be held at ordinary room tenn
perature, or warmer, for five or six
days.
The ears from which the four sam
ples-four, five and six grains-have
been taken should be arranged in Sec
tions Of tens to correspond with Sec
tions Of tester, and where they will be
undisturbed after test is finished.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-04-06
Rabv Killer Sentenced

Akron.-John Nelson, convicted of
manslaughter for killing the year-old
daughter of Mrs. Sadie Knecht, his
landlady, got a one to twenty-year
term in the reformatory in Judge
Ahern's court Nelson dropped the
child while he was rocking it to sleep,
he said
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-04-06

Always speak the truth" said the
man of precise standards. "Of course"
replied Miss Cayenne; "but some peo.
pie in their desire to do so think
they're called upon to constitute them
selves private detectives in order to
find out all the truth there is."-
Washington Star.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-04-06

mayonnaise sprin-
kled with chopped
chives will make
a most dainty and
tasty salad.
Diced pineapple
mixed with one
third the quantity
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-04-06
oherIin GivAn Soo mn

Oberlin-An important addition to
the curriculum of Oberlin college has
been made possible by the. $4,000
beQuest Of Mrs, Caroline e. Haskell of
Chicago in the establishment of the
Haskell lectureship.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-04-06
Former Iowa
Farmers Are
Doing Well
In Canada.

ing statements about the enormous
war taxes that are being paid here
$500 on a quarter section yearly
about forcing young men to enlist for
the war; about the cold, no crops and
any old story that by its extravagant
boldness might influence men and
women from venturing north to Can
ada, is really in the list Of curios to
our people. Knowing the country, We
can hardly take it seriously. Our gov
ernments. however, dominion and pro-
vincial, are taking steps to expose the
false statements that are being made.
and thereby keep the channel open for
continuing the stream of settlers that
has been flowing to US for the past
decade.-Advertise
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-04-06
Kills Self In Toledo IaiI.

Toledo.-Putting the loop Of his
belt around his neck and tying
the other end to a bar of his
cell, T. H. Lenkster, So, committed sui
eide at central police station here.
Lenkster had been arrested on a
charge of assault and battery.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-04-06
Least Profitahl. Machine.

In farm work the machine that lasts
the longest, in years, is generally the
least profitable. This is because it is
the number of acres covered per year,
rather than years in life, which deter
mines the proftableness of an imple-
ment.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-04-06
snrax TO Control Morms

There is no longer any more ques-
tion regarding the control of worms
affecting apples, or other fruit. Spray
ing will do the work.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-04-06
Fremont Armorx Assured.

Fremont.-A state armory building
for Fremont is assured and Maj. G. c..
Best, state armory board architect,
has conferred with representatives of
the chamber of commerce and board
of education on building plans.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-04-06
Burns Cause Death.

Youngstown.-Burns received when
= torch ignited his clothing March Is
Caused the death of George Folden,
nineteen, at the City hospital.
Folden was car oiler for the Penn.
sylvania railroad.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-04-06

On Monday morning little Jennie
observed the kitchen assistant putting
the clothes on to boil preparatory to
washing them. Running upstairs she
exclaimed: "Oh, mamma, we're going
to have boiled clothes for dinner!'
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-04-06

Be consistent in your economy.
Don't try to save on the necessaries of
life. To do so is false economy, but
to practice your economies on those
things you do not actually need-the
luXuries of life
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-04-06
Nu. hAl meeQ
After a Fashion.

DO animals and insects really
TALK"
Il have language. SO to squeak" /"
the mouse responded.
Me, too" Clipped in the locust, "as
it whir."
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-04-06

S pid er Corn
B re a d.-Mix to-
gether a cupIul
and an eighth OF
cornmeal and a
half cupful of
bread flour, a ta-
blespoOnful of SUI
gar thren ton.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-04-06
Protests Against Dams.

Columbus. = The local common
pleas court has received pro.
test from the village of Waldo against
the proposed construction of impound-
ings dams to protect Columbus from
floods. They claim that it would
greatly endanger that village.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-04-06
Daily Tho,rh4

He determined to add nothing, not
so much as passing sigh even, to the
great total of mems unhappiness, in
his way through the world-that. too,
was something to hold on by the drift
of mere appearances. walter Pater.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-04-06
Alliance Rubber Chief Dies.

Alliance.-George c. Russell, thirty.
nine, president of the Alliance
Rubber Co. and former sales manager
of the McCaskey Register Co., is dead
at his fathers home in Long Beach,
Cal,
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-04-06
Laborers Win Demands.

Alliance.-Work on the big addition
to the Morgan Engineering plant was
resumed when 1875 striking laborers
returned to work after their wage de.
mands of raise from % IL to 25
cents an hour had been granted.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-04-06
XIII MANY Muskra,s.

Findlay-Hunters have killed hun
dreds of muskrats during the past few
days because of the high water. Swift
currents started their homes down the
river and as the animals appeared
hunters on the banks shot them.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-04-06
pon,t Let Earm Wear out.

Manage the farm so it won't wear
out-return all stalks, straw and ma.
nure to the soil, and grow legumes.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-04-06
Cost of Farm Tractor.

In considering the cost of the trac.
tor on the farm it is necessary to con-
slider the items of operation, efficiency,
upkeep cost and possible length of
service.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-04-06
Provide BEDDING for Cows.

II the bedding is used up, do not lot
the cows go without, but draw a few
loads Of sawdust With clean plat
forms, this material will keep them
from being soiled.