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Milford chronicle., 1917-03-02
CARD OF THANKS.

To those who were SO kind to US during our re-
cent bereavement we extend our sincere thanks.
lip J. ?. REESE AND CHILDREN.
Milford chronicle., 1917-03-02

Use DeLaval Cream Separator and get oil the
rrofts from your milk. There is a big saving to
he user Of the DeLaval to that of the Of any
otber make The Pierce Hardware Co. Phone Al.
Milford chronicle., 1917-03-02

II YOUR hens are not laying just to suit you get
,sekape Of Conkey's Laying Tonic. II will make
soth YOU and your hens happy. The Pierce Hard
ware Co Phone Al. 1t
Milford chronicle., 1917-03-02

The Eureka Colony Brooder has all the features
.assar7, for a good serviceable broOder. Call ard
leeit The Pierce Hardware Co. Phone IL 1t
Milford chronicle., 1917-03-02
IN MEMoRIAM.

In sad but loving remembrance of Kate J. Stay
ton, who departed this life March 9Th, 1916.
Sadly missed.
HER CHILDREN
Milford chronicle., 1917-03-02

Inst received a new lot Of beautiful and lates
,,ojel BICYCLES. Also so pairs of new Tires. Elk
eessories Of every kind. Price right. VIM. H
Warren. z-Stt
Milford chronicle., 1917-03-02

OREGON & CALIFORNIA RAILROAD co.
Grant Lands. Titles to same revested in United
States by Act Of Congress dated June g. 1916 Two
million three hundred Thousand acres 20 be opened
for homesteads and sale. Timber and agricultural
land. containing some Of best land left in United
States. Now is the opportune time Large sec
tional map showing lands and description Of soil
climate rainfall. elevation. etc. Postpaid one dol
lar Grant Lands Locating Co. Box 6l0 Portland
Oregon. 2-23 SIN
Milford chronicle., 1917-03-02

Lowe Bros make but one grade of Paint that is
+bsr High Standard grade. The best possible to
,.sLe me Pierce Hardware Co. Phone Al. 1t
Milford chronicle., 1917-03-02

AWNINGS. TENTS. CANVAS COVERS. Etc
Al~'rteed bv makers of experience. r. J Smith
~ 907 Walnut. Philadelphia. l2-29d
Milford chronicle., 1917-03-02

We have the John Deere Riding PlOw. The al
..,el nlov that will do your work as you want it
- The Pierce Hardware Co. Phone Al. It
Milford chronicle., 1917-03-02

rrse Conkey's Buttermilk Starting Food for your
nc chicks and raise every one that you hatch.
~. Pierce Hardware Co. Phone Al 1t
Milford chronicle., 1917-03-02

n.-,, forget to see Romeo and Juliet at the
. ION ,sl. .rbeatre Tuesday night. March 9th 1t
Milford chronicle., 1917-03-02

1,st received a new lot of Picture Frame Mould
-. Pictures framed neat with good backing. at
KY KY old prices VIM. H. Warren. 2-9tf
Milford chronicle., 1917-03-02

FARM FOR SALE Known as the Coursey
Farm. lis acres. 100 acres in cultivation, Is acres
in wood. Good high land suited to any crop. IS
acres in wheat Peaches. apples and pears in bear
ing Large comfortable house with cellar and elec-
tric lights. Old shade trees. Two large poultry
houses. Good stable, just been remodeled. 36x50
Corn Crib. Good tenant house. Running water
from spring in pasture lot. Phone q l2 Pos
session March lst. 1917. Chas- b. jackson. Eel
ton. Delaware. 3-2tf
Milford chronicle., 1917-03-02
Friday. MARCH z. 1917.

rop sALE-lrish Cobbler and Early Rose Seed
nl.stoes. j. E. Holland sat
Milford chronicle., 1917-03-02

Coming, March 9Th. at the PALACE Theatre,
nd Beverley Bayne. 1t
Milford chronicle., 1917-03-02

FOR SALE-A eight year old Spanish Jack.
guaranteed 70 me 10 be an right and sure fold.
A very fine colt. He Is known as the Dan McCor-
mick Jack II interested call and see him James
L. Workman. Pennington. Del. 2 23-2tp
Milford chronicle., 1917-03-02

r,. have our fresh stock Of Vegetable and Gar
We The Pierce Hardware Co, Phone Al. It
Milford chronicle., 1917-03-02
TRY THESE ON YOUR vIcTRo- A

6ie37- Dixie by Garrison .... ..............s 500
olo20- Minuet in G. for violin by Powell ~ 100
,e5s, Come out Of the Kitchen. Mary Ann.
- When Ragtime Rufus Rags the Humoresque
The March List contains e'ghty-f four splendid
Records from Is cents % 800 and they are all
here for you 10 choose from. Will be glad 70 play
any Of them for YOU Il EVANS & son.
Milford chronicle., 1917-03-02
Director and EmbalmeI
Lincoln City, Delaware

White and black hearses. and a good
stock of funeral supplies at my ware
rooms at all times. Calls day or night
attended to personally. Phone 144-12
Auto service if desired. dec-22-1St
E. G. REED, Lincoln City, Del.
Milford chronicle., 1917-03-02

HORSE, CARRIAGE AND HARNESS for sale
$3.50 buys the outfit Horse gentle willing and in
good condition. Carriage and harness used seveu
months. Sold because Of dscontinuance of can
vassing department driving routes Of Milford
Chronicle. Can be seen at residence Of Colone
Theo Townsend Milford, Del by applying 70 Of
fee Of Milford Chronicle Publishing Company
Milford. Del. l-26d
Milford chronicle., 1917-03-02
Public Sale.

Having decided 20 stop farming on accounted
the health Of my wife. / will sell al public sale at
my home about half mile east Of Smiths Store on
the road leading from Rridgeville to GEORGETOWN on
Milford chronicle., 1917-03-02

FOR RSALE-We are offering Pollard Dry Mash,
in which is embodied Poard's secret formula.
records made in The North American Egg Laying
Competition by him. Enough said. Price $3.50 per
hundred Bags 10 cents extra Delaware Egg
Farm. H. L. and W. L. Grier. Props. Milford,
Delaware. 2-l6u
Milford chronicle., 1917-03-02

FOR SALE-One pair Mules. years old odd
Mule years old Mule Colt years old one Mare
years old This stock can be seen at my farm 10
Neck. six miles from Milton. Del. viii
sell very reasonably as have no use for them.
Geo NJ Simpson Milton. Del. 2-23d
Milford chronicle., 1917-03-02

FOR SALE-Two Horses two Cows and one
male Steer for service. Zack Donovan. Milford
Del. ltp
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-01

PEAS-Sow for late ripening such varieties as
Telephone or Daniel O'Rourke. Late sown seed
should be planted four inches deep. Rows should
be three feet apart
RADISH-Sow In partial shade French Breakfast
or Partisan Forcing.
TURNlP-Early Milan White should be sown
for winter use. Seed one-half inch deep,
one and a half feet apart
The Belated Gardener also will canvass the
neghborhood for recruits for his garden. Dur
ing the entire summer gardeners are thinning
and transplanting and if the newcomer goes to
a neighboring garden, "fat" in hand, and offers
TO take home the young plants himself, it is quite
probable that he can obtain for very little dozens
of small plants which be set out directly and
will give his garden quite imposing ap-
pearance. Cabbage, caulihower, eggplant, young
peppers tomato plants and lettuce may be had
from those who have an overstock. sometimes for
the asking.
TTansplanting seeding. is spoken of casually
enough, but, more than any other process in
gardening, it needs Exposure to air and
sun is disastrous and drying out almost always
fatal. The essential point for the amateur to
member Is that roots are exceeding delicate; that
O plant with its roots exposed rcishcs the stua
lion about as much fish enjoys being out Of
water To an experienced gardener, a tenderness
and a really exquisite care in handling the roots
Is second nature just as a nurse handles baby
dcftly and carefully-no other way is possible.
Tho process is simple enough, but the roots
should be kept covered, and kept moist and cool,
this is essential
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-01
By FRANCES DUNCAN

-HE BEIATED GARDENER. whose vacation
and whose garden enterprise may only be-
Il gin tho LIST of July, has still time TO bring TO
maturity a creditable number of crops-that 49,
IL he goes about the business with skill and dis
patch.
first OF all comes tire preparation Of the SOIL
No matter how delayed may be the gardens De-
rinrings, il is always worth while to stop ana
see to il that your plants are to have something
20 eat before setting them out IN their garden
The soil must be well dug and well enriched
either with well rotted manure or-what Is pet-
ter for a belated garden-commercial fertiiIer
two ounces TO the square Yard summer
pIantod garden Is most likely TO suffer from lack
81 moisture and insufficient root growth; there
fore II the roots may make their way down eS'"s'
this danger is materially averted.
Much sowing may still be done: II the garden
Z, already growing, the following may be sown
wherever 1. ,pace, and may take the place OF
esrIv crops Just harvested. Do not SOW crop
tvico in succession In tho Same place. Paintings
for July Ii
BEANs-string, Hodson Wax or Bountiful
,owiny two inches deep, six inches apart in the
rows. rows two feet apart. Allow one pint OF
.oed 70 foo. row. For Bush Limas, COW Hen
der.on's variety. Pole beans may still be sown
(pole, three feet apart each way. King OF the
Garden is a good sort for poor soil.
BEETs-sow Crimson Globe. Seeds put one
inch deep. and are best soaked over night
CORN-sow Country Gentleman or Golden
Bantam, Eve kernels in hill, two inches deep
hills two feet apart Until the Fourth OF July"
Z. the traditional time for sowing corn.
CUCUMBERS-sow Cool and Crisp hills -FOUR
fee. apart, seed inch deep.
.ENDIVE-Creen Curled. SOW ono foot apart In
row. which are two feet apart Endive sown
now is manipulated 20 DARK cellar 70 bAneh
for winter use
KALE-Siberian, sow seed one-half Inch Deep
thin 20 stand one foot apart in row.
LETTUCE-sow. II possible, in partial shade
Nay King or White Summer Cabbage, or the Cos
(Romsine) varieties which are excellent for
summer growing Seed should be onc-quhrter
inch deep, rows one foot apart. Give plenty Of
ssteT.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-01
MANY KINDS OF WAR SERVICE UNDER THE RED CROSS
Amliay Work Teaches
Women ManyBrancbes
Of Industry

of sixty women under the Red Cross Moto,
Service.
These women have all had at least year,
experience in operating motor car They ar.
learning to handle big army motor trucks owe,
rough country and bumpy roads. They not only
have to crank the cars and shift the gears, bu,
they are being taught the name and use Of
each minute bit of mechanism and the prope,
way of making repairs, putting on tires, etc
This work is not easy, for the roads over which
they travel in practice abound in ruts. More.
over, the military instructors from Fort My.,
who teach this class make no concessions b.
cause their pupils are women. They must lean
to do this work fully as well as men or else
quit trying.
This idea is to be passed along to other
cities; when a new unit is formed il will }.
provided with the same type of goyernmen,
instruction, so that the whole contingent Of
motor service hat is recruited with wome,
will be of standard efficiency.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-01
Canning Peas and Beans

THIRST Gull or string and grade Put.
wire basket or cheesecloth and then N
boiling hot water from two to five min.
utes. This is the blanching process. Remove
from the boiling water and plunge quickly into
cold water. This process is called dipping.
Pack in the contaner until full, being careful
in the case of the peas and lima beans il Tin
cans are used not to overpack, as these yege.
tables expand somewhat during sterilization
Add boiling hot water to fill crcvices, and then
one level teaspoonful of salt to each quart 0.
material. Place rubbers and tops in position
If the Lightning jars are used adjust the wire
clamp but do not snap into place. If tin
cans are used cap and tip the cans
If hot water bath method is used sterilizs
100 minutes. Ninety minutes are required for
sterilization in a water seal outfit, sixty min.
utes in steam pressure outfit under five
pounds of steam and forty minutes in an
aluminium pressure cooker under twenty
pounds of steam.
Remove the jars, tighten the covers and in.
vert to cool Wrap the jars in paper and store
These directions are taken from United
States Department OF Agriculture Bulletin
Classification OF Fruits and Vegetables To-,
Canning, Form NR-24.)
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-01

In planting the hole should be deep enough and
wide enough. They must not be stuffed into
hole but have room to spread out comfortably.
The soil should be sifted gently about the roots,
the space filled In and thoroughly soaked with
water. For several days newcomers in garden
bed should be kept shaded and very moist Gar
deners always choose a dull, overloaded day
for transplanting or, II heaven does not send
that variety, transplant late in the afternoon.
CULTIVATION Of the garden is less necessary
thar in June, but the soil mulch should be main
tanned. Beans should be disturbed little as pos
sible especially when the vines wet.
POTATOES should be billed, and when the
young plants are six inches high they should be
sprayed with bordeaux whether not symp-
toms Of blight have made their appearance
Three weeks later spray again.
TOMATOES should have support There are
several devices on the market for sustaining the
vines and the over-heavy fruit One OF the best
and newest ways OF treating tomatoes is TO train
the vines to pole to a trelis. Take sx-foot
poles bamboo poles may be used; set these at
two-foot intervals, with a foot Of pole in the
ground. With heavy hemp Irvine tie across hori-
zon,aly in lattice fashion at distances of one foot
The tomato plant is then trained like espalier
fruit. To begin with, the straight, upright stem
Of the young tomato is tied to the pole beside 1t.
When four or five side shoots appear, the two
strongest chosen, the others "pinched off"
and these side shoots trained along the hori
zontal cords. As the plant grows taller other
side shoots are similarly treated Trained in this
way, tomatoes can be cultivated more convenient
ly, planted more closely, and there is danger
of the fruit rotting even in wet season. Also, it
is very decorative. Tying needs to be seen to
Il ,io L..
and not Irvine.
CANNING should begin as soon as there Is any
surplus Of vegetables. 1t is by far the better
practice TO preserve little at time, rather than
to mako of canning an orgy Of industry as ex-
harsting and dislocating to the afflicted house
hold as the New England Spring cleaning"
Beans, bcets corn, peas, tomatoes, all may be
canned, and il is far better 10 so preserve them
when young and tender.
Book Rights Reserved by Frances Duncan
Manning)
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-01

Every town and city where the Red Cross
flag flies offers an opportunity to each woman
of that town or city to find place for her SER
vice. In every local headquarters full infor-
nation is ready for all who apply. No woman
need remain idle for lack of definite knowledge
of what to do.
The women who keep up these absolutely
necessary supplies will do as big a work as
their sisters who battle and dress the battle
wounds.
Indeed, it is recognized already that the
women Of America must Of necessity impose
upon themselves this obligation if the war lasts
long and we come to feel its full burden, for
upon the humble service that keeps up the I'M
ceasing flow Of supplies will depend the lives
of the wounded men in our military hospitals.
WHAT HOME WOMEN NEED TO LEARN
Another great work that lies before the
masses Of home women Of our land is that of
learning and then putting into practice n.y.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-01
Nursing Service at the Front Auoued Only after an
ArduOus Course Of Training Has Been added to
Long Experience in Hospital Work

and qualified applicants who have not before
applied for Red Cross registration. Then,
again, there are the students of the nurses
training schools, who would come next in line
of consideration before the ambitious but ut
tery untutored amateur who longs to serve as
a war nurse.
AUXILIARY RED CROSS WORK
Though the National Red Cross takes great
pains to point out just what the amateur may
not do, it also explains In detail just how every
man and woman in the land may do his or her
bit of patriotic duty And the women who find
that they cannot go TO the hospitals as regu-
lar nurses may perform many other duties
which are just as fine and patriotic, though
neither spectacular nor romantic.
For instance, the eager worker will find that
there is an unlimited field of labor in the prep
aration Of the regulation boxes of supplies,
directions for which are supplied at the local
chapter headquarters Of the Red Cross in
every city, or are mailed directly to the appli-
cant If she should happen to live in some re-
mote section of the country.
Each Of these chests-all Of which are Of
exactly the same dimensions and uniformly
marked and packed-contains eight boxes, num-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-01

logical answer begins and ends
with active military service, which, for various
reasons, notably age and physical unftness, is
barred to many energetic, capable and com
petent people.
But these reasons do not constitute bar
rier to other worth while lines of patriotic
service.
So numerous have become the inquiries and
offers of service from every class and quarter
that the Red Cross is now preparing to answer
these queries. Every line of activity in which
either women or men may be made useful Is
being surveyed, that definite instruction may
be Forthcoming for the assistance Of appi
cants.
First, the mind naturally turns to work I'M
der the Red Cross, where the opportunities
fairly stand forth and shout for attention.
Those who pine to become Red Cross nurses
will find the road to this ambition far from
being primrose path. Only those women who
are strong enough mentally, morally and phys
ically actually to consecrate themselves to the
work should attempt to achieve this distinc
ton.
RED CROSS REQUIREMENTS
Women who are determined to earn the right
to wear the Red Cross uniform and insignia
must be prepared to qualify by answering
long list of questions. Following are a few
of the important ones:
Is she a graduate of school Of nurses giving at
least two years course of training in gen
ersl hospital which includes the Of men
and has a daily average of at least fifty
patients!
7. ,ho -, req;stered nurse as required by the law
Of her state?
Is she at least twenty-five years old, and not over
forty?
Is she a member Of an organization affiliated with
the American Nurses Association and can she
secure the Endorsement of the superintendent
Of the training school from which she was
graduated?
I, her application approved by the local commit
tee on Red Cross Nursing Service?
Can she pass the physical examination required
By the Red Cross?
II takes but glance at this fragment OF
the requirements imposed upon the asplrants
TO fame as Red Cross nurses to realize how i'm
possible it is for an unframed woman to find
chance TO serve in this capacity even in time of
war. The Qualifications are so numerous and
of such nature that even those who have
made nursing life profession find difficulty in
getting through them satisfactorily.
Even when all obstacles are overcome and
the young woman is a regular nurse under the
Red Cross, she has but small assurance that
she may be able to render service at the front.
Only in the possibility of a long and severe
war, involving American troops in service OF
over a million in numbers is this likely. And
already the Red Cross has an enrolment OF
sufficient numbers TO care for the war nursing
needs Of million men.
From the ranks of nurses already graduated
would undoubtedly come hosts Of fully trained
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-01
A Lesson In Administering First Aid Ser.
vice in the Field
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gienc methods of working, living, eating, sleep
ing and playing. The Red Cross urges that
each woman, in order to be Of value to her COM
munity. should take at least the home nursing
instruction and the first aid course. If she
adds to these course in detetcs and one in
surgical dressings, she will make herself
most valuable member of society," not only IN
times of war, disaster or civic misfortune, but
in emergencies at any time she will be an in
telligent aid to a trained nurse or physician.
The women who do take these courses as ar
ranged and directed by the Red Cross will find
abundant opportunities to allay suffering, per-
haps to save life Or they may find active SER
vice in some of the units as nurses aids, dong
a great deal of the careful exact work that the
trained nurse has not the time to do.
The National Red Cross issues full instruc-
tons as to the enrolment for such instruction,
and classes have been formed in schools and
colleges. by clubs, institutions and groups of
people in practically every city in the United
States.
One of the most valuable of the groups es-
tablished for this instruction is under the su-
pervision of the United States Bureau OF
Mines Starting in the bureau office in Wash
ington, with the wife of the director as the
moving spirit, classes in first aid and home
care of the sick have been formed.
The work is planned ultimately to embrace
tho mining population of the country. 1t is to
be offered to the women folk Of all the miners,
that they may fit themselves to DO OF use at
all times in relieving suffering and saving life.
As an inducement tho bureau offers certlfi-
cate to each woman who takes the course and
passes the examinations-in addition to the
one received from the Red Cross.
A FULL LINE OF ACTIVITIES
For the woman who feels that she can serve
her country better in other lines than first aid,
nursing or making Red Cross supplies, there Is
a wide field from which to choose any partlcu-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-01

bered from to s. They are filled with sup
plies needed for quick service in military hos
ptals All marked No. 1 contain sterilized
surgical dressings and other necessities to rem
der first aid; No. 2 holds bedding of prescribed
cut and quality; No. 3, garments for wounded
man; No. A. surgical dressings for GONZALES
cents; Nos. 5, and 7, miscellaneous supplies;
No. 8, the comfort sacks and other things al
lowed patients who are recuperating in the
hospitals.
INTENDING STREAM OF SUPPLIES
NEEDED
When any war gets down TO businesslike
basis of activity thousands upon thousands Of
these supplies are required. Replenishment
must come through the handiwork of woman.
Then, too, there must be an endless chain of
sewing; shirts, bedding, bandages, bath robes,
pajamas, etc.-everything which patient in
a hospital requires. This work must be done
by the women Of America.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-01

larly congenial form Of service that is needed.
The form of enrolment card which an appi-
cant is given to fill out shows most plainly the
many different ways in which she can help. 1t
is as follows:
A % Sewing
(2) Mending.
go Linen room work.
B Preparation of surgical supplies.
General supply room service.
Packing, shipping.
Laundry service.
CD Diet kitchen.
(2) Cook
90 Waitress.
G % Housekeeping
(2) Cleaning.
H % Interpreter.
(2) Translator.
On Letter writing home service only.
(2) Reading aloud (home service only.
z () Clerical service.
(2) Stenographer.
90 Typist
90 Accountant.
L Telephone operator.
NJ Telegraph operator.
n Photographer.
Oh Motor service
90 Contribution OF motor.
90 With chauffeur.
az With personal service as chauffeur.
P Masseuse.
Q Special mot classified above).
All the applicant need do is to apply for one
of these cards, fill it out according to her capa-
bities and return it to the Red Cross.
WOMEN WHO DRIVE MOTOR TRUCKS
With the idea that eventually women must
prepare to follow the examples of English and
French women and fill in the places in mills,
factories, munitions plants, ETC., left vacant
when men 90 to war, Washington has a unit