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The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-05-11
Advertising Big Aid
In Fight on FL. G. of L.

Agitation over the high cost of liv-
ing has revealed the part played in the
fight for lower prices by the Associa-
ton of National Advertisers, an or
ganiation Of ESQ leading advertisers.
Mr.. Sullivan, the secretary-treasurer
Of the association. said:
THE old idea that the cost of ad-
vertising raises prices dies hard. But
the business man knows better. He
knows that selling goods is costly bus
iness-no matter, what the goods or
what the selling methods. And he
knows that anything which creates
demand on a large scale, and thus
makes selling easier, ts bound to re-
duce selling costs and thus helps to
reduce prices.
But evidence is better than argu-
ment. The makers of a famous pho
tographic camera, when they began
advertising % years ago, made one
camera makers of a famous photo
graphic camera when they began ad-
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-05-11
LEADER OF DUMA
REPUDlATES Idea
Of PEACE MOVES
Demonstration of Loyalty to
Entente Follows Rod
ziank0's Speech.

the anniversary Of the opening of the
FIRST duma, an extraordinary. session
OF delegatH9E and ex delegates was
held ar t6 kTauride palace. The
msm11 sthe provisionaE govern
menk and Foreign diplomats also were
~reuent.
Prolonged applause greeted a speech
by President Ro0zinko, in which he
Regulated amy idea of a separate
peace There was an enthusiastic
demonstration later when he pro-
claimed the loyalty of Russia toward
her allies. The whole assembly stood
and cheere6 the Entente Ambassadors.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-05-11
ToDAY's ANNIVERSARIES.

One of the earliest historic events
SO far as humans have kept records
of them, occurred on May H. This
event takes US back to biblical times,
for it was on this date in the year
1491 BIC, that Egyptians under
Pharaoh were drowned in the Red
Sea. The next historical event OF this
day of which there Is any record,
takes place almost 1000 years later
and is the burning in public of James
de Molai. grand master. and 81
knights of the Temple in Paris They
were condemned on confessions Of Is
lamism and paganism, exterminated
on the rack and afterward retract-
ed.
17761Wi1liam Pitt, il1ustrious Eng
fish statesman, died.
1813-Spencer Perceval, prime
minister of Great Britain. shot in lob
by of House of Commons.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-05-11

WASSING-At New Canaan, May 2,
Martin Wassing. aged ss6 years.
PURDY-At New Canaan, :. May 2,
Emma B.. widow of the George p.
Purdy, aged 65 years
STEVENS-In Stamford, May 8, Ira.
D. Stevens. in the 50th year of his
age. ~
TUOKER-In Stamford. May Z. Eliza
beth. widow OF Newman Tucker
DROUssHT-In Stamford, May IS,
John Drought.
GRoARK-In Stamford. May 2, Rich
ard w. Groark, aged GA years
BURDICK-I Danbury hospital. May
6, John L. Burdick, OF Brookfield.
SAMMONS-In Danbury, May o.
Carlton. Sammons, aged e.,
GRISWOLD-1n Winsted. May !,
Elizabeth B.. widow of Midian N
Griswold, aged IS,
WEISHEIT-In Norwalk, NAV 2.
Mary A, wife of William ]. .Weis-
fheit.
BROCKEL1In Danbury, May 8,
Charles F. Brookel. aged So years.
BATES-In Bethel, May 8. Ethel A..
wife of tHurland Bates. aged 40
years.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-05-11
Teutons Outnumbered
Kaiser Tells Sultan

London, May 10.-A despatch to
Reuters Telegram Company from
Amsterdam gives the following reply
of Emperor William to recent con-
gratulations by the Sultan of Turkey
on the bravery Of the German troops.
"All ewes are turned on the mighty
conflict in the West, where our enc
mics superior in number and mate
rial, are seeking a decision.
"Our brave troops are there accom-
plishing deeds such as never have
been recorded in the history of all
times and of all peoples. May the AL
mighty protect them and lead them to
complete victory"
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-05-11
MARRIED.

PUICHBECK-BE Weston
May 5, Robert Puichbeck of Red
ding and Miss Elsie Beers.
WATERS - WEED - In Stamford.
May 6, Miss Hazel Weed Of Spring
= dale to Frank L. Waters of Water
bury.
RITZU-ADAM-In Norwa!k, May 8.
Michael Rutzu and Clara Adam.
EDDY-PIERCE-I Canaan, April
%, Lawrence Eddy and Miss Doane
L. Pierce.
PECK ECKERT-In Hartford. Lo-
rem H. Peck of Torrington and Miss
Anna P. Eckert.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-05-11
DIED.

JUDD-In Bethel, May 6, Miss Kath-
crime Judd
RISSOGIIO-tn Danbury, May 4, Oil
yer Rissog1io, aged 50 years,
SNIFFEN-fn Bethel May 8, RiehardI
Sniffen. aged 60 years.
BARD-1n Danbury. May a. Flora
Alice. wife of George H. Bard. aged
80 years.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-05-11
AMERICAN BRASS SO.
- FAfsf5s WxGE SCALE

Ansonia, May 1.-THE American
Brass Co. yesterday notified all en-
pioyes who are paid by the hour that
beginning May 6, they would receive
n straight advance of two and one
ha1facents an hour. The notice also
said that adjustment of piece work
rates would be made as might be
seuitk blA
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-05-11

ssHow do they do it? BY means of
advertising, which has created de-
mand on a larger scale an! thus per-
mitted production and distribution on
a large scale"
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-05-11

On May Is. France. will start a ma.
tion-wide dietary schedule which will
providestwo meatless days a week.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-05-11

Farmer Want Ads. One Cont a Word.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1917-10-26
The 1emnermsntal Artist.

The Art World Magazine is willing
to admit that the public taste and
preferences in art is not to be despised,
and 1t thinks artists should consider
those preferences. 1t says:
"An artist only honors himself when
he never loses for one moment the
thought Of pleasing that great world
public. He should seek forever to
captivate 1t, not merely by pleasing it,
but by pleasing it so much that 1t will
be delighted to take off his hat to him,
thank the glver Of all good things for
having created him, and honor itself
by mailing his name high up in the
temple of fame. Thus he will win a
niche In the heart Of mankind, which
means the immortal love Of the race.
The truly wise and great
artist digs down deep into the heart
and soul of man, there to sense If he
can what the race is feeling, thinking
and longing to have expressed for
itself-ln the hope of being enraptured
by the nobility Of the forms In which
the artist expresses the things which
he finds there"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1917-10-26
CASTE YIELDS AN INFLUENCE
SantaIs Prefer Starvation Rather Than
to Eat Food Cooked by the
Brahmlns.

Occupation is still preserved among
the Indian natives by Inheritance and
tradition, so that the diversion of la
Dor to industrial pursuits has been
an almost impossible task confronting
the British government, the National
Geographic Magazine observes. The
supply Of agricultural labor constantly
outruns the demand, thus keeping the
wage scale extremely low. Caste elso
prevents people from leaving crowded
districts and going to sparsely inhab-
tied regions, of which there are MANY.
In time of distress the restrictions
which caste throws about rescue and
relief work would be exaspefating if
they were not so tragic. For example,
In the terrible orissa famine Thousands
of Santals persisted, In the midst Of
ample supplies furnished by the gov
eminent, before 1t was discovered that
there is peculiar tenet of their faith
which forbids them to touch food
cooked by Brahmins. 1t was also dis.
covered that skilled weavers would not
go to the ordinary relief work camps
for fear that the hard labor would
cause them to lose the delicacy Of
touch which they value so highly.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1917-10-26
Raised Her Own curIs.

Elizabeth had accompanied her
mother down town on shopping trip.
While mother was busy selecting her
goods Elizabeth wandered over to the
office quarters, which were on that
floor, and stood looking into the win
dow of the cashiers cage. Noticing
the pretty golden curls of the child, the
cashier asked: Little girl, where did
you get those pretty curls2' Elizabeth
did not answer and the young man
again asked, in teasing way: "Where
did your mamma buy them"
In scornful and emphatic tone
Elizabeth answered: "She never
buyed 'em: l raised 'em."
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1917-10-26
0LD.STYLE BLOSSOMS PAssE
Were Valuable for Home Remedies In
Days Of Our erandmothers and
Herb Doctors.

With the exception Of some of the
daintier spring blossoms, our wild
flowers are passed by without com.
meht Violets, hepaticas, bluebells,
trilliums are still sought after and
picked, the fall asters are gathered by
Fome and the goldenrod is admired,
but passing into disrepute on account
of its hay-fever aggravations. There
was time, however, when grandmoth-
er was young, relates the Ohio State
Journal, when most of our common
field and wayside flowers were Of
prime Importance In the household, in
the shape of family bitters, physics and
curealls.
Yarrow, pest to the farmer and
Of doubtful beautyOeven to the Wild
flower lover, was at one time most
useful herb from which a tea was
made that cured all sorts Of ailments,
from toothache to typhoid fever.
From the boneset plant, so common
along our streams now, q tea was also
made which was q prime favorite In
the curing Of that common malady,
"break-bone fever"-do not laugh
probably what we know today as
grippe. Camomlle, we call 1t dog fen
mel, was brewed into tea as well, and
was used as tonic and blood purifier.
Jimsonweed, q corruption of James
town weed, was valued by the settlers
of that early village as a narcotic, and
is still so used, for that matter. Self
heal, the little close-growing purple
lowered pest of our lawns, was used
to relieve sufferers with quinsy and
other throat Affections This plant be-
longs to the mint family, and most Of
the mints were of use incidentally.
Pennyroyal, spearmint, Oswego tea,
bergamot, catnip and mother-wort
were all of value to the simpler of a
century or more ago.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1917-10-26
Buttons a By.Product Of Beer

The spent yeast which collects in
breweries and dlstillerles is put
through process which turns 1t out in
the form Of buttons, door-bell plates
and knife handles. Formerly this left
over material was considered to be a
bothersome waste; now it is utilized,
every bit of 1t. AS It is gathered from
the watts the yeast is Of a dirty, gray
brown color. The first operation is to
dye 1t and then to work 1t over until 1t
assumes the form of powder and can
be hot-pressed into any form. In this
stage 1t is called "ernolith." 1t may be
sawed, scraped, filed, drilled, engraved,
turned to an edge and polished.-Popu-
lar Science Monthly.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1917-10-26

The farmers in the part of Baltimore
city known as the Annex of 1888 DOM.
plain that there are many barren stalks
in their cornfelds this year, which con.
sideraly reduces the Yield. Expert
Rgricultur1sts say this comes from a
failure to properly test the seed plant
cd last spring
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1917-10-26

Baltimore county people claim that
II the city would put a winning base
ball team in the field It would do much
more to boost town than acquir-
Ing 10000 people by annexation.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1917-10-26
NOTICE.

Office Board County Commissioners,
Rockville, Md, Sept. 10, 1915.
Ordered this day that the Glenmont-
Colesville road be closed to public travel
until further notice. The object of closing
this road is to reconstruct same, and all
persons are hereby warned that they travel
said road at their own risk.
JOHN r. LEWIS, Prest.
BERRY E. CLARK, Clerk.
sep 29-tf
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1917-10-26
SCHOOL SUPPLIES.

4 INVITE the attention OF Teachers, Schol
Il Ars, and the general public TO a full line
Of fresh goods.
TABLETS, for Pen and Pencil, In variety;
Copy, Composition aud Exercise Books
Lead, Slate and Colored Crayon Pencils;
Inks, in AllsixesAnd colors;
Wards, Writings, Cranes and Hurd's
nne Correspondents PAperaud Envelopes;
Legal, Foolscsp and Bill Paper;
Blank Books In variety,
Al WILSON'S DRUG STORE,
Opposite the Court House
sep 2f-u Rockville Nd
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1917-10-26

AEoNEY TO LOAN.
M $4,000 in sums of
$1,000 and upward, on approved real estate
soCuBity.
ROBERT B. PETER.
AttOrney-at-Law.
oct 1S-u Rockville. DIN
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1917-10-26
NOTICE.

Office Board County Commissioners,
Rockville, Md, June S, 1917.
Ordered this day by the Board of County
Commissioners that the Blair Road from
Silver Spring to Avenel be closed to public
travel until further notice. The object of
closing this road is TO repair same, and all
persons are hereby warned that they
travel this road at their own risk
JOHN r. LEWIS, Prest.
BERRY Z. CLARK, Clerk.
june S-tf
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1917-10-26
NJ O It L . IA.

Office Board County Commissioners,
Rockville. Nd. Sept. S. 1915.
Ordered this day by the Board OF County
Commissioners Of Montgomery county that
the road, known as the Jacksonville Pooles-
vile road. leading from Jacksonville to
Poolesville be closed to public travel until
further notice. The object Of closing this
road is to reconstruct same, and all per-
sons are hereby warned that they travel
said road at their own risk.
JOHN r. LEWIS, President.
BERRY E. CLARK. Clerk.
sep 15-td
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-12-04
FLOWER SEEDS FOR YOU

The Republican office has 600
packages of flower seeds very small
packages with just few seeds in
each, and they are for the folks who
want them. OF the $500 families
in the county who take our paper
there are probably 900 who want to
get start of vari-colored hollyhocks
and perennial peas, of the giant
kind (not sweet peas), and anyone
who cares enough about them to call
at the office can get package. A
child with a written request can get
package. A person sending in by
letter and enclosing postage, 3 cents,
can get them. Persons making re-
mittances to our office and wishing
seeds sent out with the receipt, will
receive them by merely mentioning
seeds. Don't enclose postage in such
cases. Seeds will be sent only to
those who ask for seeds, and the
first 600 APPLICANTS will be supplied.
Directions for getting the flowers
started will be found elsewhere in
this issue. tt.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-12-04
COUNTRY MERCHANT REPLIES

I'm so tired tonight, but I can't
miss the chance to answer your
clever write-up of last week on the
dusty country store. Yes, we'll adj
nit we're rather dusty and torn up
at times, but why shouldn't we be,
after putting up two or three sheep
mems bills along with the many city
bills amounting to $500 or more,
and when we get minute to our
selves why shouldn't we lean against
the shelves for minutes rest! Re-
member we're up and at work at Z
O'Clock in the morning, and never
close before 9 or 10 at night. But
when we enter Blackfoot store
before 9 o'clock in the morning we
get no service, as the lady clerks
have not arrived yet, and only the
boss and janitor seem to be in sight.
But any time later during the day
you can enter the stores in town and
behind the counter one clerk will be
busy tatting, another crocheting, an
other powdering her face and the
fourth busy conversing with her
gentleman friend, while we stand
and. wait until they are ready for
service. The country clerk has no
time for that. She's always ready
to wait on you; you never find her
wasting her time.
Just this week we put up bill
amounting to $62.20 to one of
Blackfoot's richest men. We ask
him how it was he didn't patronize
his home town and he said, well,
I've gotten tired Of paying their
clerks to sit around and tat, besides
we're treated right in the country
stores.' This is not the only one;
we can mention many, but when you
enter the country store hereafter
and see it out of order, just say to
yourself, "They have been very
busy" And say, don't be so an
tique, as we're in the twentieth cen
fury now, and not the tenth. But
we're wide awake at all games and
when you want good jolly time
country stores home where you'll
get it.
Oh, wake up, child, and think.
End
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-12-04
HOW TO RAISE perennial
PEAS AND HOLLYHOCKS

Perennial peas are not sweet peas,
neither are they good to eat. The
vine grows from six to eight feet
high, requires something to support
it, and makes a bower Of beauty sew
eral feet across. The bloom grows
in clusters somewhat like grapes,
) and Is red and purple and very bril-
Liant. The vines die in the fall and
new ones come up in the spring,
making very rapid growth.
The roots go down two or three
feet If the soil permits, and are
tough like ropes. II you expect to
plant perennial peas next spring, it
will be better to prepare the seed
bed this fall. Dig hole as deep as
you want the roots to 20. and mix
in some well rotted manure so 1t
can ripen the soil during the winter.
The deeper you loosen the soil, the
greater will be your bower of beauty.
If you have time to dig place as
large as a wash tub or half barrel,
so much the better. Remember this
kind of vine will last indefinitely,
and you can afford to give it fine
seeded so it will need no help for
years. Give each vine plenty Of
space, say six feet across and two
feet at the roots.
Hollyhocks need to be at least a
yard apart, and they do better if
they are we'll fortified. They should
be planted in row and in different
colors, tho you can not tell by the
seed what the color will be. In the
monotonous gray of the sage plain,
hollyhocks and perennial peas make
very fine showing because Of their
bright colors They are very appro-
pirate for new farms because gay
colors are so rare and they stand UP
we'll as if to becken everybody for
a mile around. They are very hardy
and stand the winters we'll. They
will not bloom the first year. t..
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-12-04
HOUSE WIVES WRITE 1T

ftHousekeepers are invited to send
us suggestions for economy in the
management of the home, whether
it applies to cooking, washing, cloth
ing or whatever it may be that will
help solve the problems of the great
economic changes confronting us.
Our office force find it hard to
keep up their work and have prac-
tical things for the home economics
department that do not become mo-
notonous, and that do not border
too much on the impractical. Most
of the recipes for cooking deal with
things found in the kitchens and
larders of city homes rather than
homes in the country or little towns,
and again, the present situation re-
lating to foodstuffs calls for compil-
ing recipes emitting the use of
things that are to be tabooed be-
cause of the desire of the food COM
mission to cut down their use.
If you have an idea to contribute
to the rest of the population of the
county, please send it in. tt
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-12-04
FINDS GERMAN FOOD
SUPPLY SUFFICIENT

Speaking in the Prussian lower
house today on food conditions, Herr
Won Waldow, president Of the Ger
man food regulation board, said the
German people still would have to
bear many restrictions, but that an
adequate food supply for the coming
year was available.
Considerable supplies of grain
for making bread have been provid-
ed by early threshing," he said.
"The imperial grain bureau has al
ready received 1,0O0,550 tons, as
compared with 100000 tons last
year. The potato crop may be re-
garded as SATISFACTORILY as a
good one-and we count upon hav-
ing 34,500,000 tons. Distribution
will be carried out much more eff
ficiently than in recent years. The
same quantity of sugar as formerly
can be delivered.
Herr Won Waldow said that bread
and potatoes would form the basis
of the food supply
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-12-04
SUGARMEN'S CONVENTION
INVESTIGATE BEET TOPPER

1.-THE Utah-Idaho Sugar company
| assembled $50 delegates from the
various beet-growing districts at its
beet fields at Lehi, Utah, Wednes-
day to witness some demonstration
with beet topper and beet puller
Blackfoot was represented bY--the
county commissioners, F.. T. Halvev'
son, W. c. Sollenberger and WilfoEd
Christensen, who are also beet grow
ers, and Field Superintendent
George H. Smith of Blackfoot and
John e. Kelley of Shelley.
The task Of building machines to
pull and top beets has baffled, in
ventors, but they are still trying,
two very simple machines to be
tested, one for topping and the
other for pulling. The topped does
its work first, and the puller fol-
lows.
The topper was made from parts
of moving machine, the wheels
and shaft being the main parts, and
attached to this was device driven
by a sprocket chain, to roll along
ONCI LILO DCOLo dllu uAoC Ou CHC iCdNOc
and the crown. The depth at which
the discs play is governed by roller
that passes over the beets just ahead
of the discs, and a guard or fender
following the discs pushed the leaves
and trash aside leaving them about
sixteen inches from the beets.
The puller consists of sloping bars
that run deep in the ground and
hoist the beets enough to loosen
them from the earth and a roller
with spikes on, draws them onward
and drops them.
The machines were not at all per-
feet, yet they demonstrated the pos
sibilities of operating on those prin-
ciples, and, the Utah-Idaho Sugar
company was anxious to have men
from all it's sugar districts there to
witness the work. The company
showed it's willingness to act for
progress by paying the expenses of
the delegates for the round trip, and
their opinions about the machines
were sought for by the company's
officials and the inventors, to guide
them in the further development of
the tools.
One thing considered and hoped
for is that the principles of the two
machines may be combined into one,
and the elevator principle added, SO
that one machine can be made to
pass along the row and top, pull and
load the product, running the tops
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-12-04
RED CROSS WORKER
INSULTED AT FIRTH

"FIRTH.-A member of the Local
Red Cross chapter at Firth, who has
been very liberal with his purse IN
periodically helping the organizA-
ton, recently was the recipient 81
very insulting anonymous letter
We wish it understood that this man
is appreciated by the Red Cross
chapter and held as respected citi-
zen by the whole community, while
the person, who wrote the message
minus a signature, could be very
easily dispensed with. Signed: A
citizen of Firth, who would like to
see Red Cross work carried on in a
spirit of Christian love rather than
one of fiendish jealousy"
The above note was sent to The
Idaho Republican for publication.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-12-04
SUGAR SOLD IN EAST
IN ONE-POuND-L0TS

The Sugar famine in the east is
causing the greatest Inconvenience,
and Individual purchases have been
United to one pound. The grocers
believe, however, that this amount
will be increased -te-two-peunds.
Illinois had bumper crops this fall
and the farmers are enjoying I'M
usually high prices. The most of the
corn crop failed to mature fully,
and in this respect did not come up
to its earlier promise. Wheat, how
ever, yielded abundantly.