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WEEDS USED AS FOOD
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there are surprisingly large number
of varieties. are sprung from Wild
plants. with pods containing inconspic-
uous beans. So it is with the potatos
the sweet potato. carrot. parsnip.
turnip rhubarb and every other vege-
table and fruit of which man can think.
The end of turning wild things into
cultivated things has not yet been
reached.
Then there is pusley. It is q very
common. juicy and fleshy weed. which
sprawls itself over the ground and
which is more often called pig weed"
than pusley from the fact that pigs
and their elders. the hogs. are fond OF
it. Pusley makes an excellent salad
when one has learned the art of pre-
pairing ii.
The tender shoots of the various va.
rieties of milkweed are excellent and
palatable food. though most persons
have never been apprised Of this fact.
and it is notorious that the milkweeda
grow in nearly every place where they
can find a foothold-
Many of the older people in the coun-
try around Washington, and especially
the older generation of colored people.
know the merits OF the dandelion and
the young shoots of pokeweed. Poke
weed is that native American plant
which some of the early American COL
onists transplanted into their gardens
as an ornamental shrub because of its
fine foliage and its garnet-juice berries
The plant is plentiful today, but per-
haps more people know of IT under the
name of "inkberry" than under the old
Indian name Of pokeberry plant.
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6NHE fields and woods are full Of
plant forms which. though
edible. are not eaten-that is. the
plants are not eaten by the great mass
of mankind. And it is remarkable that
men do not eat these plants, not be-
cause they do not like them. but be-
cause they do not know that they are
edible, and even though they should
learn that they may be eaten with
safety and advantage. would not have
the slightest notion how to prepare
them. There are many of these plants
growing profusely along the quiet by
ways of the country and over the un-
titled fields bordering the highways
and the by-ways. which. while edible
in their present wild state. are sus-
ceptible OF being developed into that
form of food generally called garden
or table vegetables.
There is no vegetable that man eats
today that was not at one time a weed
or a wild plant The successive years
or centuries of cultivation have so
changed its physical appearance that
there remains little outward similarity
between it and its wild ancestor. All
the forms of cabbage-kale. caulihower.
Brussels sprouts and kohl-rabi-have
been descended. or perhaps ascended,
from a small and mean-looking wild
plant that exists today in many parts
of the world, but which looks not at
all like it's cultivated descendants All
the edible beans and peas. of which
Evening star., 1917-08-19
The Old Spirit.

ceNH Ow that we Americans are in this
~ war" said Booth Harrington the
other day, "we'll show the allies that
we've still got the old bridge builders
spirit
.'Stonewall Jackson, you know. had
a bridge builder called old Miles. Miles
was very necessary to Jackson because
the 1imsy bridges on the line of march
were continually being swept away by
the foods or destroyed by the enemy,
and in these contingencies Miles was a
jewel. He could run you up bridge
in the time it would take another man
to make the measurements.
.One day the Union troops burned a
bridge across the Shenandoah. Stone
wall Jackson called old Miles to him
and said:
You must put all young men to work.
night, for I've got to have bridge
across this stream by morning. Ny
engineer will draw up the plans for
you
We'll, early the next morning Jack
son. very much worried, met old Miles.
See here he said. obviously; how
about that bridge? Did the engineer
give you the plans"
.Old Miles took the cigar from his
mouth and fiicked the ash off with a
sneer.
General he said. the bridge is
done l dunno whether the picter is or
not"
Evening star., 1917-08-19
For His Children.

nov WHITMAN told in an address
VI in Albany a story of a brave
French soldier.
This story shows he began, how
we are fighting to free future genera
tions from the horrors unspeakable that
German autocracy has heaped on us
"A French soldier volunteered for a
particularly dangerous piece of work.
He was hardly expected to get back. but
get back he did. His mission was sue
cessfully accomplished.
His captain that evening took him
gently to task.
You are no longer a boy the cap
tain said You should leave these life
and death Jobs to younger men. You,
remember. are father of four young
children
".Mon capitaine' said the soldier
solemnly, 1T was for them l did it,
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It SpoiIs Everything.
NHARLES NJ. SCHwAB. in a LORI
" address, decried meanness.

" address. decried meanness.
''AIeanness has ruined more bust
nesses than openhandedness will ever
do" he said. "Meanness spoils every
thing. Whenever l am tempted to be
mean l think of the old man who stop
ped smoking
why did YOU give up your pipe@'
his pastor asked him. 1t was your
one comfort. apparently
THE old man sighed and answered..
No it wasn't such a comfort, after
all. You see, if you smoke your own
tobacco it costs like the very old Harry.
and if you smoke your friends YOU
have to ram ii down so durn tight that
your pipe won't draw"
Evening star., 1917-08-19
What's the Answer?

A MOVIE actress said at a Bar Har-
3A Dor tea:
"A girl can't dress in less than ninety.
minutes-and a nfnety-minute toilet 10
only an ordinary one at that. A real
toilet. which includes a hair waving.
manicuring and massage, requires three
hours
The less a girl puts on the longer
il takes her to do il. Girls never wore
little they do today, and never
was ii necessary to be as careful and
thorough about ones dressing.
Some men grumble because a girl
takes so long to dress. but I say to
them:
Would you rather wait for an at
tractive girl or have an unattractivs
girl wait for your"
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Too Young.

eer ERMANY." said Mayor Mitchell at
W dinner in New York. '.matured
too fast-or. rather. she thought she
had matured when she hadn't.
Germany is a very young empire,
an infant empire. and with her swagger
and brag she reminds me of the little
hoy in his first pair Of trousers.
This little boy walked into the din
ing room with his hands in the pockets
of those wonderful trousers, hesitateo
a moment and then whispered to his
mother:
Mother can 1 call father Bin
uowT"
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Il had intended to light my candle
when l got inside. but for some reason
I went stumbling along in the dark. fol-
lowing the wall till l got to the steps
where I had dropped the box. Here a
light was necessary, but my hand did
not go to my pocket. I thought it bet
Evening star., 1917-08-19

Six hours later another note was
found, this time from the wife:
Father:
Tied TO a rotting corpse what does
one do? Lop on ones arm If neces-
Evening star., 1917-08-19

The title Of the next story In tAA9
series is. "Violets OWN"
Evening star., 1917-08-19


thing besides the candle. My match box
was gone-not my match box. but my
crandfathers. 1t common box.
Made of gold and cherished for some spe-
cial reason well known to himself, | had
often heard him say that some day |
would appreciate its value and be glad to
own it. And | had left it in that hole and
at any minute he might miss it-possibly
ask for it The day was one of torment.
NV mother was away or shut up in her
room. NV father don't know just what
thoughts | had about him. He was not to
be seen either, and the servants cast
strange looks at me when 1 spoke his
name. had been given my usual tendance
and was tucked safely into bed: but the
gloom, the silence which presently set
tied upon the house had a very different
explanation in my mind from the real one.
NV sin (for such it doomed large in my
mind by this time) colored the whole
situation and accounted for every event.
..At what hour l slipped from my bed
on to the cold floor | shall never know.
Awful as the prospect seemed to me
frightened l was by the very thought
| had determined in my small mind to go
down into the cellar. and into that mid
night hole again, in search of the lost box.
Dressing in the dark, / found my
matches and my candle and putting them
in one of my pockets, softly opened my
door and looked out Nobody was stir
ring; every light was out except, a soli-
tary one in the lower hall. That this still
burned conveyed no meaning to my mind.
How could l know that the house was SO
still and the rooms so dark because every
one was out sea rching for some. clue to
my mothers flight?
.aOf the terror caused by my own shad-
ow on the wall as | made the turn in the
hall below, ! have as keen a recollection
today as though it happened yesterday.
How 1 ever stirred from the spot do not
know, but when l did stir, it was to go
forward. and enter the uncanny hole.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1917-10-05
TWIN. LAKES

Oct. John Deering was a county
seat caller Saturday.
Those who were in Little Falls on
business Saturday were Bill Larson,
John Olek, John Deering, Mr.. and Mrs.
Joseph Domish, Joe Cimenski, Frank
|Schippritt and August Piehowski.
John Schippritt took load Of pota-
toes to Little Falls Saturday =.
Miss Johanna .Grawski came up from
Winona Saturday. She will teach school
here.
We. Cimenski, Anton Shulz,, John
Olek and Edwin and Hugo Larson re-
turned from Fargo, N. D., Saturday
morning.
John Cimenski was city caller on
Saturday.
We sure are having nice weather
now.
The school in district No. 38 opened
last Monday with Miss Johanna Graw-
ski as teacher. -- ~ $
Arthur and Elmer Peterson returned
from Fargo, N. D., Saturday.
Frank schippritt was digging pota-
toes for Frank Kurowski Monday.
A party was given at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Domish Sunday
and it was well attended. All had a
good time. ~
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1917-10-05

Oct. 3.-Mr. and Mrs. w. V. Rams
burg-of Minneapolis visited Sunday at
the home Of Mrs. Ramsberg's parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. A. j. Holm.
Sam Olsen, who is employed at C]o-
quet, visited a few days at his home
here.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. Larsen and Mr.. and
Mrs. VIM. Manbeck and son attended
the Norwegian Ladies' Aid which was
entertained by Mr.. and Mrs. A. johnson
at their home in Culdrum Sunday
Miss Alma Walene of Green Prairie
visited friends here Sunday.
Mrs. J. Donnelly Of Little Falls Wis
tied Saturday at the home of E. o.
Westberg. ~ s.
Rudolph Larsen enrolled at the Lit.
tie Falls high school Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cichon and son John
and family of Swanville visited over
Saturday at the home Of Mr.. and Mrs.
S. Geek. .-
Leander Larsen arrived home Satur-
day from Bemidji for visit with his
parents, awaiting his call for the next
draft. ..-. ..5
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Peterson of Darling
visited Tuesday at the home of A. J.
Holm.
Miss Marie Trampe of Swanville Wis
tied Sunday with Miss Thelma Savage.
John Vielenski and William Copa
went to Deer River Sunday, where they
will be employed. 3
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1917-10-05
sale OF School, AND
Other STATE LANDS
STATE OF MINNESOTA
State Auditors Office.
st. Paul.. Minn.. Ami!


81, 1917, at 10 O'Clock A. n. in the Office Of
the County Auditor at Little Falls, Nor
rison County, in the State of Minnesota,
lands and also those state lands which
have reverted. to theetate by reason of the
non-paymentI Of interest: :
payable to the County Treasurer at the ,e
time OF sale. The unpaid balance is payable
at any time in whole or in part within
interest rate of four recent per annum
due on June first of each year; provided,
that the interest can be paid at any time
within the interest year without penalty.
money may be paid any time between
June arst and May thirty-first without
pGTnhn e 3nnra;aed va,ne If +,,,,h.s u,,.,, 40
stated. must be paid in full at the he
An mineral rights are reserved to. the
state hy the laws OF, the state.
All lands are sold subject to any and all
ditch taxes thereon.
L Lands on which the interest has be-
come delinquent may be redeemed at
tas aesa q pusessseq
Delinquent Lands''. :'.~s.>' -. - >'.''
No person can purchase more. than 800
state lands purchaeed previous TO 1906 are
Agents getting for purchasers must
and kind of soil are on file in this office.
List giving legal descriptions Of land to
be offered may be obtained Of the State
er at st. Paul and the County Auditor at
the county seat.
3 s. 2s4t : q Z state a1AR2 aditor.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1917-10-05
SHERIFFS SALE

whereas, certified transcript of de-
cree of foreclosure has been this day
handed to me in an action brought in the
nesota; by one Frederick w. Hilger, as
plaintiff: VS.: Kay Todd. Sinclair II.
TODD, his wife, and one W. L. Mayo. as
adse dl.,ea directing me, as Sheriff of
real estate hereinafter described, ac-
cording to law, in the manner provid-
ing for the sale of real estate on execu-
vas duly entered in the office Of the
Clerk of the District Court Of said
County of Morrison on the 9Th day of
September. 1917. for the purpose of sat
specified in said decree, with the costs
and expenses of the sale of said real
NOW THEREFORE,, Notice Is hereby
given that the undersigned, pursuant to
said decree of foreclosure aforesaid, will
sell the real estate hereinafter describ-
ed, at public auction to the highest bid
the, Court House in the City of Little
Falls, in said County Of Morrison, Min
znssota, on Monday, the 18th day Of
fered and disposed of at said sale in the
manner provided by. law.
The real estate SO to be sold as afore-
An undivided one-haif (K) of the fol-
lowing tracts of land, situate and being
in the County Of Morrison and State Of
Minnesota, to-wit: ..>
sW u Of NV Y, and the NV " Of
SW u. Section 10. Township $780, Range
8: NV " Of NE:A and NE x Of INV NV
Y. Section 20. Township 100. Range 81;
NV ". of NE n. Section q, Township
1870. Range 81; Lot 16, Section 30. Town
E Y ofeNw n, Section "a, Township
100, Range 81; containing 40 acres. more
or less, according to the Government
survey thereof.
Dated at Little Falls. Minnesota, this
9Th day Of September, 1917.
az5=l:& PAUL FELIX
Sheriff Of Morrison County, Minnesota.
j. d. Sullivan, =
st. Cloud, Minnesota,
Attorney for Plaintiff. S14-6t
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1917-10-05
LINCOLN

Oct. 3.-The railroad company has
changed the hours Of the agent and
operators. They each work Ell ght hours
a day. The agent goes on at D. m.
One operator at midnight and the 9TH
er at 8 a. m. The operators get a raise
Of ten per cent in pay also.
Myril Cook and Elmer Randall are
digging their potatoes that they, bought
of McGill.
Elmer Randall returned from Dako-
ia Saturday. He says that the crops
were fair where he was, but the season
was short as there were somany thresh-
ers.
Tieman Olson's little girl was sent
to Little Falls to Halls hospital with
the appendicitis Saturday. She is re-
ported to be getting along fine after
the. operation.
John Grassinger was inftown on bus
mess Wednesday. He drove in with
his team
Albin Randall and the Sanders boys
have gotten tired Of keeping bachelors
hall and are boarding now.
!. Dan Randall returned home Tuesday,
after an extended visit to his sons that
live on the Minneapolis & Rainy River
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1917-10-05

r. r. north OF Deer River. he says
that the Great Northern locks up its
station nights. .#s. SIS
Mr.. johnson, who bought the Melon
aid place north Of town, was up here
Monday with a man who has bought it
Of him and is going to fix it up and
settle on it in the spring.
C. A. Weyerhaeuser received three
more carloads of building material this
week, and has teams hauling it out to
his farm.
The summer season has closed. A
sure sign of which is that Mox Mayer
has closed the gate on the road to the
lake and the town board says nothing.
j. Aug. Missions store Is running
now but business is pretty light as the
people who have been camping on the
lake that bought their supplies here
have all gone home.
Hanson has put in tank and pump
to handle gasoline. He has moved the
small building that he had for house
and made barn out Of it. He is liv-
ing over the garage now. ...>ss.sl
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1917-10-05
SOUTHWEST DARLING

Oct. a. The rain Tuesday night
helped winter rye along in good shape.
Potato pickers were very busy on Au-
gust Thelander's place last week. He
got 1000 bushels from four acres of
land.
William Regnell and Sexton Nelson
have returned from the North Dakota
harvest fields. They say crops were
good, especially papers.
John p. Boquist is building stable.
Frank Deering has built an addition
to his house and now has a job for a
painter.
Some careless hunters shot at some
chickens on August Blomquist's place
recently and broke window in the
chic ken house. August was in the
chicken house five minutes before the
window was broken and considers him
self lucky at having escaped being a
target for the hunters.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Kendall of Lit
tie Falls were here this week helping
Olof Forsberg pick potatoes.
The attendance in school district IS
has been very small, only three or four
children each day.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1917-10-05
DIXYILLE

Oct. 3.-Mr. and Mrs. Jake Thoen
and son Fred left for Kenyon last
week to visit with relatives.
While burning potato vines Thurs
day on the Geo. Dubmeier place during
the heavy wind, some flames caught at
the straw pile and finally reached one
barn and then the other, burning both
barns and straw pile to the ground, in
Gliding large amount Of hay, which
was in the loft. The barns were in
sured for $3.50.
Miss Josie Hodorff, who is employed
in the cities was home on few days
visit.
Some Of our folks attended the social
held at the Langolau school house Fri
day evening. 1t was reported that a
large crowd was present.
The school in district No. Is opened
last Monday. Miss Emma Ellis is the
teacher.
Carl Hcurung and Nick Daniel are
busy hauling grain to the Royalton
market.
Geo. Dubmcier has new Ford car.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Miller motored
to Parkers Prairie to attend the we'd
ding Of Ewald Roehm.
Ewald Roehm returned from Parkers
Prairie Thursday, where he was mar
red to Miss Martha Gadon Of that
place at 3 clock Wednesday after
noon. After his return to this place
he was given a laundering rumble Of
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noise by about forty of our local boyu.
The noise could be heard for miles
around. Mr.. Roehm is buttermaker Of
the Little Rock Cooperative creamery
and will reside at that place.
A large crowd attended the dance
held at Andrew Keehr's Thursday and
all report good time. !,
The school IN district No. 81 started
Monday with Miss Frieda Kuschel as
teacher.
Miss Margaret Yokish of Milwaukee,
Wis. is here visiting at the home or
|C. W. Miller, for a few days. -
John Weiers and family left Tor
White Lake, 8. D., Tuesday, with =; a
carload of stock and goods. He will
reside there in the future.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chaunce Parkins auto
ed to st. Cloud on Sunday to visit with
relatives.
Everybody is digging potatoes now.
They all have good crop.
Geo. Hofferman Of Graham received
|113 bushels of Alsike clover from ~
acres.
julius Thoen and Mic Kaiser were st.
Cloud visitors Monday.
Miss Lillian Kuschel left for Sank
Rapids Monday, to visit with relatives
a short time.
The Mason school house in district
No. 21 has been reshingled the past
week.
Sylvester Kaiser was called on Sun
day and was ordered to leave for Camp
Dodge.
Theo Pohlkamp returned from st.
Cloud and the twin cities, where he has
been on business.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Dubmeier autoed
to st. Joe Monday, to attend we'd
ding at that place.
Mrs. Geo. Pohlkamp was visitor
at the Britt home Monday.
Why not get a half dozen for your Sun
day dinner. IT'S something to help
the high cost of living.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Herwers went to
st. Joe Monday to attend wedding.
Crows can be seen by the thousands.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Schafer left for
St. Cloud Monday, where they will re-
side. They were married last Tuesday.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1917-10-05
sHER1FFs SALE

=
whereas, certified transcript of de-
cree Of foreclosure has been this day
handed to me in an action brought in the
1lesota, by one Frederick W Hiiger. as
plaintiff. VS.. Kay Todd, Sinclair II.
Iodd, his wife, and one w. L. Mayo, as
Mae der;aan directing me. as Sheriff Of
rea! estate hereinafter described, ac-
cording to law, in the manner ,provid-
tng TOT the sale of real estate on execu-
tlon, which said decree of foreclosure
was duly entered in the office of the
Clerk of the District Court Of said
county of Morrison on the 9Th dav of
September, 1917, for the purpose of sat-
e snSnfs the ies AMOUNT a1 of the Judgment
ana expenses of the sale of said real
NOW THEREFORE,, Notice is hereby
said decree of foreclosure aforesaid win
sell the real estate hereinafter describ-
ed At public auction to the highest bid
ger ger for cash, at the north front door of
Falls. in said County of Morrison. Min
October, 1917, at n:s0 o'clock a. m, Of
said day, said parcels of land to be Of
manner provided by law. : -.
Inc real estate so to be sold as afore-
saad, is described as follows, to-wit:
lowing tracts of land, situate and being
N the County Of Morrison and State Of
o., Lot I'll Il; Section 80. Township 1a1, Range
Range 81; n Y of SW Il, Section g.
township 131. Range 81; Sc Il of SW Il,
Section g, Township 49, Range 81; NV
of Sc 4: Section %, Township 1sl,
Range II; II of Sc n, Section 80.
Township 131, Range 81; NV Il of NV
a, Section 4. Township $780, Range 81;
1 Lot three 90, Section six, Township
Township 1870, Range 81: Lot Ave (5]'
Section 6: Township 100, Range 81; con.
tanning 552.67 acres, more or less, &C.
cording to the Government survey there
of. "
Dated at Little Falls; Minnesota. this
9Th day Of September, 1917.
PAUL FELIX,
Sheriff Of Morrison County, Minnesota.
j. D. Sullivan.
St. Cloud, Minnesota,
Attorney for Plaintiff, S14-6t
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1917-10-05
CUSHING

y Oct. LIB. F. Kearfott ! Of 1. Little
Falls spent the last of the week at the
R. A. Nygaard home here's
Miss. Bertha Thorsen, who has been
employed at Little Falls, arrived home
last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. Kastonek visited
friends and relatives at Browerville
Thursday and Friday.
Mrs. Anderson of Lincoln spent a
few days here last week visiting with
her son, Jens, of this place.
Sunday school will be held at the
usual hour in the Lutheran church Sun
day, Oct. z. Everybody welcome.
Miss Hannah Bennett of Little Falls
visited friends and relatives at Cush-
ing Sunday and Monday.
The services and also singing given
ip the Baptist church Sunday was
largely attended.
Quite few from this place were
county seat visitors Saturday. e..
Mr.. and Mrs. B. E. Nygaard motored
to Little Falls Monday evening: