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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-12-21
TWENTY BOWLING
TEAMS ARE ENTERED

Mason City, Dec 20.-Des Moines
will be represented by at least two
teams in the third annual Iowa State
Elks bowling tournament which will be
held in this city next month.
Mora than twenty teams have been
entered to date. These include teams
from the following towns and cities:
Webster City. 8; Boone, 2; Davenport,
8: Sioux City, 3: Des Moines. 2; Du-
buQue, q: Mason City, 3; LIE Mars, 2;
Dyefsvilje, L., Mason City must raise
seven more teams since ten were as
sured in order to get the tourney.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-12-21
LARGE MEMBERSHIP
WILL GET TO VOTE

Between $50 and $40 names, repre-
ready for the ballots to be sent to each
member of the Commercial club for
the annual election Of directors. This
is the largest number Of names ever
before included i'm ballot Of the
Commercial club.
The ballots Will be complete tomor-
row evening and will be sent to the
printer Members who are delin-
quent in their annual dues may pay up
to date by that time and will be added
to the list Of members in good standing
making them eligible for voting and
for election to office.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-12-21
SENDS CHECK
TO HELP POOR
J. MoRRELL FOSTER DONATES TO
SOCIAL SERVICE FROM
"SOMEWHERE IN EUROPE"

= The Social Service Bureau has
friends across tho water - we'll as at
home. This was proven when . letter
with check for $40 was received by
J. w. Lewis from J. Morrell Foster
who is doing his bit in the navy aboard
one Of Uncle Sans sub chasers in Eau
ropeAn waters.
Mr.. Lewis was among those collect
ing recently for the bureau and the
check from the young naval man is a
response to the appeal which he has
received in the past on these annual
campaigns.
Mr.. Lewis has written Mr.. Foster
commencing him for his thoughtful
ness Of the poor at home while himself
enxnged in the world war on the other
side Of the globe, thousands Of miles
from home.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-12-21
Sports Summary

Chicago, Dec. 20.-Kid Graves out
boxed Charley Neary in ten rounds at
Milwaukee.
Welker Cochran was leading Ora
Morningstar, 800 to SOB at the close Of
the first days play in their 1900 point
1872 balkline billiard match at Detroit.
In the international wrestling tour
nament DR.. B. F. Roller threw Pierre
LIE Belg. Wladek Zbyszko downed Dc
metrius Tofalos and Ed Stranger"
Lewis defeated Tom Draak
Norman kingsly was elected cap
tain of the University of Minnesota
football team.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-12-21
FLOUR RETAuS
1912 PER SACK

Tie prices announced yesterday as
fixed by the county food administrator
included four kinds of flour when but
one class, the first patent northern.
should have been listed. In comment.
ing upon the changes made in the var.
ious commodities listed. it gave the
price of this flour to the consumer at
$2.s2 per 4S-pound sack. This was In
correct, as that is the price tho retail
er pays and the consumers price
should have read, 1912 for that guam
tity and $1.56 for . 25-pound sack.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-12-21
PRODUCE MARKETS.
Yoek Predvoe.

i--y-kss~ York Produce.
New York, Dec. 7o.-Butter-AArket
steady; receipts, 1886 tubs: creamery
higher than extras, 5oA oslo; extras.
Soc: hxsts, 4404Sc; SECONDS, 41043hc.
q HGgs-Rarsiy steady; receipts, A131:
fresh gathered extras. eS0t4c: extra
flrsts. e3oS1c; nrsts. 5S@Sec: seconds,
5SD67c; state PennzyfvAnja and near
by western hsnnsy whites hne to
fancy. TOO 7sc.
Cheese-Steady; receipts. 49, boxes:
state whole milk fats fresh specials,
13h 013kc; do average run, $50
13Ac.
Dressed poultry--Firm: chickens. -
. 36c; fowls. 1402Shc.
Live pouBtry-Ffrm; chickeoG, nc;
fowls. 3s03Sc; turkeys, 3o032c.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-12-21
THINKS RED SOX
PITCHERS BEST

Boston, Doc 2o.-Ed Walsh was IN.
terviewed here the other day about
southpaw pitching. I'm all the time ]
have been In baseball" he said, 81
have never seen two left-handers on
one club with such stuff as Nehf and
Tyler. StAlings has two wonderful
pitchers in these two southpaws. II
you start talking about Schupp, Ben
ton and Sallee, I'll start talking about
Nehf and Tyler, and no one win hear
you"
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-12-21
Moran Wants Match.

Spartansburg, S. c., Dec. 20.-Frank
Moran, Pittsburgh heavyweight pugil-
list, who is boxing instructor for the
New York national guard division at
Camp Wadsworth here, has tele-
graphed Jess Willard accepting his
challenge to fight any heavyweight for
the benefit of the Red Cross.
Moran said he was willing to meet
the champion over any distance and
at any place.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-12-21
Y. M. c. A. MAN PROVIDED.

Centerville, Dec. 20.-Secretary J.
A. Wilson of the Community Y. NJ. c.
A. has been prohered the secretary.
ship of the Medina, New York, Com
munity Y. M. C. A. It is at a very
increase in salary over
what is paid in Centerville. An early
meeting of the board here will prob
ably be called to consider the matter
and if Mr.. Wilson's resignation is
presented and accepted the next prob
lem will be the filing Of the position
here.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-12-21
kanlss City cash esa;a.

kansas City. Mo-. Dec. 3o.-Ths cash
grain market follows: -
Corn-No. mixed. $1.e4ol.sS: No.
2 white, $1.ss01.7e; No. 2 yellow. $l.sS
@1.7c.
oats-No. , white. soc; No. ? MIXED
7Sk07Shc.
Rye-$1.7e.
Hay-UnchAnged.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-12-21
Chicago Live steek; Opening.

Chicago. Dec. 2o.v-The opening live
stock market follows:
Hogs-MArket weak at yesterdays
average: receipts. 44,0Ge; estimated
tomorrow, 10000: bulk. $15.sS0 1910:
light, s15.20@16.3 mixed. $1N.704
1850: heavy, $l5.10@ie.5o: rough.
$15.70@ 1880: pigs, $l1@ls.Ao.
Cattie-Market firm: receipts, 49,
900; estimated tomorrow, 10000; ma
tive steers, s7.25@14.35; western
steers, $6.2e@12.75: ssockers and feed
ers, $S.2501O.25; cows and heifers $50
@11.2o; calves, 3s@1s.5o.
Sheep-Marxet slow: receipts, 49,
900: estimated tomorrow, 10000: weth-
ers, $9@13; lambs. $12.5e@16.60.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-12-21
COMMITTEES TO MEET.

New York, Dec. 20.-The annual
meeting Of the national basketball
rules committee win be held here Fri
day. 1T which time it it expected the
intercollegiate championship schedule
viii be announced. Preparation Of the
schedule has bean DELAYED U efforts
to econoniSe both h time and travel.
ing expenses Of The various college
teams.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-12-21
ED REULBACH QUITS
BASEBALL FOR GOOD

New YORK, Dec. 2O.-Ed Reulbach,
former star pitcher Of the Chicago
Cubs in the days Of Frank Chance and
is done with baseball
TO rail- time. He has become asso
ciated with the Submarine Boat cor
poration of Bayonne, N. J.
Reulbach was with the Boston
Braves last season, but did little
work
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-12-21

Muscatine. Dec. 20-Fay r Let's,
aged 46. a prominent resident OF Letts
was killed and his 16-ye2r-old son
Lloyd was serionly injured in q rail-
way wreck at Camden, Mo-, last
night. They were enroute to Delhart
Texas to make their home.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-12-21
Chicago cash or.i~.

Chicago. Dec. ss.-The cash grain
market follows:
Corn-No. 2 and No. 3 yellow. nom
inal: No. 4 yellow, nominal; No. 5
yellow, $1.35@1.43; No. yellow. 5000
1.4O.
oats-No white. 7s0soc: stand
ard. 7sh @sokc.
Rye-No. 2, sl.s.; barley. s1.4o@1.e1;
timothy. $5@7.5O: clover, $20076.
Pork-Nominal: lard, So; ribs.
$23.75@24.25.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-12-21
Dam ERECTORS
WIN SHOP TOURNEY

The erecting room bowling team
defeated the office team by score OF
2,231 to 1877 in three match games OF
the Dain Manufacturing company
bowling tournament on the Hotel OF
tumwa alleys Tuesday evening. The
erecting room won the three games
played and Bagg rolled the highest
score, averaging 167 pins. Following
is the lineup and scores,
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-12-21
HOG MARKET
PRICES STRONGER

Chicago, Dec. 2o.-Hog values tend
ed to harden today owing to relative
scarcity Of supplies.
Most Of the cattle offerings were OF
inferior quality.
There was no urgent call for sheep
and lambs
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oh;esse Predses.

Chicago, Dec. 1o.-Butter Creamery
3S03sc.
Exgs-Lower; receipts, 1854 cases:
lirsts, l7c; ordinary ffrsts, 4204se; at
mark, cases included. 4004ec: re-
1rigeeator drsts, 3s03ehc.
PotAtoes-Lower; receipts, IL carr:
Wisconsin, Michigan and Minnesota
bulk. $1.7ool.S5: same sacked, $1.Se0
lSo.
Poulfsy-Alive, lower; fowls 17o31c;
Strings, lSc; turkeys. 24c.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-12-21
Peer;a Cash Grim.

Peoria. H.. Dec. 2o-The cash grain
market follows:
Corn--Unchanged to &c higher; No.
S white, $f39; No. 6 white. $1.35; No. 5
yellow, $1.3s: No. 8 mixed, 3L45; sam
pie. $l.2e0S0c.
Oats-Aarket Y to nc higher; No.
2 white, 7sc; standard, 7Sc; No. 3
white. 7Shc.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-12-21
Chicago Liv, suck; Closing.

Chicago EIVO SUCK; Closing.
Chicago, Dec. 2o.-The closing live
stock market follows:
Hogs-Market strong at yesterdays
average; receipts, $1,000: estimated to-
morrow, $4,000: bulk, $15.9O@ 1910:
light, $15.20016.35; heavy, $4,000
1855: mixed, $is.7o@ls.s0; rough.
$15.70@15.90.
cattle-Market strong; receipts. 49,
900: top, $14.35.
Sheep-Market weak to 1oc lower;
receipts, 1900: top, SIS; lambs. $1s.6o.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-12-21
FORGE SHOP WINS
BOWLING TOURNEY

The forge shop bowling team de-
feated tho work shop team by score
Of 1883 to 1854 total for the three
games played last evening on the
Hotel Ottumwa alleys. In the tour
nAment OF the Dain Manufacturing
Go. Toole rolled the highest score,
averaging 176 for the three games
Following is the lineup and scores:
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-12-21
HAY MARKET.
ch;ease Hay Naar..st.

Chicago. Dec. 2o.-Hay-Recsipts 81
tons: shipments. 25S tons. Mfket
firm. Demand good and offerings light
Choice timothy hay quoeable at $3.50
20. No. at $27@7S. No. at 12s@2e.50
No. 5, $22O24. Kansas. Oklahoma,
Iowa and Nebraska Prairie Hay
Choice. $24@25. No. /. 1901: No. 2,
Sso622: No. 8, $1,000.
Straw-Rye straw auotable At sic
11.5o. Dat straw at $1e.5e6l1. Wheat
straw at 5000
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-12-21
St. Lov;. Live Steel

st. Louis Live Sleek.
st. Louis Mo. Dec. 20-The live stock
market follows
Hoxs-receipts 11.oeo; market lower
lights $15.s0@$1s.3o: pigs $13.25@
STATS; mixed $1s-2s@$16.45; good
heavy $le.2S03ls.55; bulk $15.So0
$1S.45.
Cattle-receipts 5000: market
steady steers $s0$14.3s; heifers SO
1850; cows $5@11; calves $5.75@$16.
Sheep-receipts $50: market weak;
lambs, 3t3@1s.so; ewes. $1e01l5e;
wethen 3110e11so.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-12-21
SCOTT COMES BACK
FROM BATTLE LINES

An Atlantic Port, Dec. eo.--Majo.
General Hugh l. Scott q. 8. A, who
Is to be assigned g. chief instruction
officer of the 7-e ..stiapA army IT,
turned today ro.n Europe en- an
American ship. He has been at the
front in France studying conditions
there. A number Of the United States
army officers arrived here with him.
IOWAN DIES IN WRECK
ON WAY TO NEW HOME
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-12-21
osn.l,a Live 0ase,<.

Omaha, Nebr.. Dec. :e.-The live
stock market follow:
HogS-Narket steady: receipts, 81
600: heavy, $1S.Seols-3o: mixed, $50
1925: light, $1590@ls10; pigs, $10@
le: bulk, 31e@1e.2s.
CA4tle-Mafket steady: receipts. T.
ooe: steers, SS.5e@13.5o; cows and
heifefs, $6.50010; calves. $3.50 % 1850.
Sheop-lGAF6et steady and lower;
receipts, 10ooo; yea1iings. $l1.50@
13.5e: westerns. 3l1o12: ewes, $500
II: lambs, $Ao1e.
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q. lev;s Produce.

st. Louis, Mo-, Dec. 90 Poultry
UNCHANGED except. ducks. 21@22c;
geese. 10000.
Butter-Higher; creamery. lSeSoc.
0egD-Do1., 4Sc.
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owah. Cash or.;n.

Omaha, Nebr.. Dee. 2o.-The cash
grain nafa1et follows:
Corn-No. white. $50; No. white
S1.42@143; No. 8 yellow. 3l.5l: No. 81
yellow. $1.4o@1.43; No. S mixed, $1Ss@
13s
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-12-21
Kansas City I've stock.

kAnaAS CITY IWo STOCK.
Kansas City, NO. Dec. 2o.-The live
stock market follows:
HoE-Market steady; receipts. 4
900; bulk, $lh5e31s.2S; heavy, $15.90@
1915; light, $1s.5o@1s.1s; pigs, $12.so@
1870.
Cattle-Markek steady: receipts, y
900: steers, $S.75014.76: cows $5-5e0s;
heifers, $e@10.5O; calves, $t@13.
Sheep-Markst sesady: receipts. f.
900; lambs, $l6@ls.16; yeArlings $l2@
1850; wethers. $11@12; ewes $s@1l.3a.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-12-21
Kansas City pre.,ues.

xAnsas City. Mo-, Dec. 2e.-Butter
Creamery, 43hc; firsts. 41hc; seconds.
S9kc; packing, SIC.
EggD-F1rsts, 47c: seconds. s3l632c.
+ Poultry-Hens BIC: ROSTERS, 15c;
bRoilers, 240zSc.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-12-21
RETAIL PRICES.


Flour ana feed-Graham flour, pei
sack. 7sc: shorts. cwt.. 50: bran. cwt.
$40: shelled corn, but S1.S5: hay, awt.
Sl.e6: straw. per cwt.. 7o075c: meal pei
10 10. sack, Coo: corn and cat chop. cwt
$4.S5; corn per bu., 3l.65: chicken feed
1910: wheat flour. sack old wheat
s2.S5@3.10: rye flour. $l.e5: buckwheai
slb.. s5c.
Butter, Esss and Poultry.
Creamery buttsr-5o@55c; country
butter. 400&5c.
Eggs-Fresh country. 4s@5sc.
Poultry-Geese, Creased Use: turkeys
dressed. 5000: dressed hens. $50 soc;
springs. soc: ducica. Soc.
Fresh and Salt Fish.
Fresh hsh-cathsh. soc: trout. soc:
halibut, CSC: perch. 14c: snae,ts. lec;
fish. pail soc: salt maekerel. 10 e
&c h.: Holland herring keg. el.150
LES: pail anchovites, S1.3s: suoked
salmon. CSC; pickerel. 1Sc: carp. 5 10,
&c; salmon. CSC: pickerei. zoe: oysters
h.. soc; Iceland fat herring. S1-3c
each.
spieed sardines. for Toe: box cod,
I'm @70c: fancy smoked bleatera, &c;
ring. 3 Tor &c; imam haddie, 22Ac h.:
smoked white hsh. 3sc.
Fruits.
Fruits = Bananas. INC b.: lemons,
$50 oc: oranges: $4,000 Pc, de.en:
new apples. 4e6Soc peck: h.. 30S9kc:
Per blu. S103.56: pears 3o@4oc: b.,
$500: grapes. h.. zoe; Kieffer pears,
bu.. $3.50: Tokay' grapes, 15c: Emperor
grapes, 15c; AalAga grapes. 2oc.
Vegetables.
Home grown cabbaGe-lb. 3Hc; pars'
ley. 5@1oc: mushrooms. 81 b.: green
beans. soc: horse radish. lie: bets,
per peck, 3ec: lettuce. 9oc pse h.:
caulinower 1oO3Sc: home RFOWn pota.
toes, per peck, l0c: green onions
for 1sc; gArfic. 3Sc: head lettuce,
cuculnbers, each. 1880: Swiss chsSd.
for &c: sweet potatoes. h.. &c;
manages, 3Sc b.
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! New York, Dec. 20.-RAw sugar
Steady; new Cuban centrifugal, gov
eminent price) 5-S2c: molasess. nomin-
nj. Refined, steady.
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Sc. Lou;s Cash Grain.

st. Louis. Mo-. Dec. 20.-The cash
grain market follow:
Corn-Nd. 2 track. $Ls3; No. whita
$1.73
oats-No. 2 track. 7sc; No. 3 white
soh oslo.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-12-21
M;ooe.ooi;e cjoeiWa crayn,

Minneapolis, Mimi. Dec. 2o.-cios-
ing grain:
Corn-No. 3 yellow. $1.ssO1.7o.
Oats-No. 3 white. 77h@7Shc.
Ffax-$3.4503 .le.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-12-21
NV York Money; ciesine.

Il New York Money; CJooiN0.
New. York. Dec. 2o.-Mercantile pa
per-6h @5HE.
Bar silver-S6 Re.
Mexican dollars-e1e.
Time loans-6x q.
Now York. Dec. 20.-CAu money
HiSh, ga low. s.; closing bid. 5x.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-12-21
OTTUMWA HOGS
REMAIN UNCHANGED

All grades Of hogs in the local mar
ket were unchanged in quotations to-
day. Several changes were made in the
other lists. The prices follow:
Hogs-Furnished by John Nor
rell & Co.)-120@150, 1920; 150@1S0,
s15.2e: 10000. $15.25: 200 and over.
$15.75: packers good 1850: fair $15.25.
Sheep - Best lambs. &ll.se0l2.6e:
choice ewes. $70S: fair to good ewes 81
o..
osts-ss@7oe.
Hay-S1s02z: straw. ss0l0.
Butter, Eggs and Poultry.
Butter fat quotations-F1rst grade,
4sc: second grade. 4sc.
Buttar--3s0 &c.
ESg-3003Ec.
Poultry prices pair to fasnersD-
Hens per h.. lie; ROSTERS. 1oc: spring
chickens 1917 hatch lie; ducks, 80
1Oc: geese. S1loc; No. 1 turkeys. soc;
old toms. 1910: spring frys, lie;
fowls, 13c.
Wool and Hides.
Wool-Brighe medium clear ss@s0c:
ehafsy and slightiy bury. lsc: semi.
bright Sc: bright medium bury 37hc;
0Ssc: light. fine cSear. lo@5oe: heavy
luster. 436s4c: hspd bury. &c.
Hides-No. fully cured 15hc: No I
Green 14hc:. horse hides. No. /. $3.50;
No. 2, $3.50.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-12-21
Primary Movement

606OO0S1U 11SSe OSOIVVVb
corn, none; oats, $685. 900.
Car Lot Rseeipts.
Wheat-10 cars, with Of contract
grade.
Corn-147 cars. with none of contract
Oats-74 cars, with "a Of contract
grade.
$50 cars, compared with ees cars last
week and TT cars the corresponding
day a year ago.
Estimated cars tomorrow. Chicago
Wheat, 8: corn, 177: oats, l0S.
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lmNdnn Mnn.>

LONDON Wsessoy
Der ounce!
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Oats-No. 2 white. 77xc.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-11-24
THE EPIDEMIC OF ssDYSENTARY''
DUE TO FAULTY FOOD

The Leipziger Neueste Nachrichten
records an epidemic Of dysentery at
Herchenhain, in Upper Hesse, where
seven persons died of 1t suddenly;
and from an article in the Berlin Lo-
kal-Anzeiger on the means to be TAX
en- against the disease, it appears that
there is "a somewhat extensive cpl
demic'' at Berlin. 1t is the same dis
ease that Is referred to in an account
Of intestinal catarrh, from the Deut-
sche Medizinische Wochenschrift, as
follows:
'sThe simple intestinal catarrh,
most unaccompanied by fever, pre-
dominates in North Germany; but
also from Tubingen several cases are
reported, whereas hospitals in Mum
ich and Wurzburg testify to no in
crease above the normal. North Ger
man towns s(Berlin, Halle, Leipzig,
Bonn, Cologne,) report a heavy cpl
demic-like increase; but whether dys-
EMERY is here in question can not
be ascertained, for lack Of bacteria
logical data. Most Of the cases must
be considered as result of war con-
ditions: 'Indigestible or deleterious
foodstuffs, or fruit obtained in a less
fresh condition than formerly. How
ever, the general opinion is that the
bread, ill-milled and i1l-baked, is at
fault" -
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-11-24
SCARCITY OF SUGAR

The Brunswick volksfreund quotes
the Madgeburg Zentralblatt fur die
zuckerfndustrie for the following &C
count of the German sugar-beet crop.
Some daily papers have been pub
Listing report, emanating from a
Berlin news agency. to the effect that
the strikingly good condition of the
beets will compensate to substantial
degree for the diminished production
caused by a decrease in cultivation.
This is an exaggerated statement
which awakens hopes impossible of
fulfdllment. Even with full crop
the production could amount at most
to 34,0oO,00O ctr. (hundredweight) of
raw value, while in the last years of
peace over $4,000, 000-ctr. were pro-
duced, All means must be employed
70 bring the beet cultivation up TO
the peace-time level; until this is
achieved the sugar shortage will re-
main, for the more or less good har-
vest results can make very little diff
Ference"
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-11-24
THE DEADLY "BEs1~ SUGAR

A substitute for ordinary sugar is
dealt with In an article published by
the Berliner Tageblatt, which states
that negotiations are at present go
ing Jon between the war food bureau
ana the imperial sugar office, on the
issue of which depends whether the
chemically pure white lump and cas-
ptor sugar are to be replaced by raw
sugar, to which the name of "best"
sugar (Edelzucker) is to be given.
The motive for this innovation is to
economic in coal. Sugar factories
are to be amalgamatsds This raw
sugar contains A. IL per cent. of mo-
lasses, per cent. organic and liz per
cent inorganic foreign substances,
and it is considered by experts as a
breeding ground for bacteria of every
kind. The sticky, viscous nature of
this sugar also adds to its objection
able qualities. 1t is not suitable for
Jam making, and gives peculiar fla
vor to coffee, tea, etc. The Tageblatt
says that this economy in coal will
threaten, the health of thousands, and
hopes the nation will be spared the
tinfliction.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-11-24
TODAY'S ANNIVERSARIES.

The thimble came into general use
in England after the close Of the sew
enteenth century. Its uses had been
known before that, it is true, but it
was employed at best in isolated
cases. The first reference to the
thimble found in English literature is
under date of Nov. "a, 1895, when the
useful article was referred to as a
"Thumbell." The device was very
much like the one in use today ex-
cept that it was worn ON the thumb,
as its name indicates. This clumsy
way of utilizing it was soon changed,
but the name remained the same, al
though corrupted in the course OF
years into "tf1imble." The man who
introduced thimbles into England was
John Lofting, a mechanic and metal
worker Of Holland, who settled in
England in the latter part of the sew
enteenth century, and practiced the
manufacture in various metals with
great success. Indeed, he founded
a fortune which has been increased
and distributed among many wealthy
families of the England of modern
times. Lofting was not the inventor
of the thimb1e, however. for article,
of this kind have been found in the
ruins of Herculanum.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-11-24
AUSTRIAN CRITICISM OF
GERMANY

The Vienna correspondent of the
Hamburger Nachrichten, in an agry
article about the renewed activities
of Austro-Hungarian pacifists and
democrats in behalf Of speedy
peace, speaks of IAN influential poll
teal current in Austria-Hungary that
cherishes the illusion Of terminating
the war at any cost by a speedy COM
promise" He refers to an article in
the Neue Frefe Presse, of Vienna, by
the eminent jurist, Prof. Lammarsch,
who attacks DR.. Michae1is, and sus-
gests that Austria-Hungary should
use its influence to procure the entry
Of her allies into an association for
the peaceful settlement of interna-
tfonal conflicts and the limitation of
ornaments. The correspondent also
refers to an article in the Vienna Som
and Montagszeitung complaining that
the slowness OF the democratiZatton
of Germany prevents the conclusion
of peace, and asking why the imper-
tal chancellor does not unambiguous-
ly proclaim that Belgium shall re-
main free and independent.