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The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1917-10-24
THE POTATO SITUATION.

The potato situation has been so
puzzling and perplexing that the going
price has been something like bread,
the government reporting in some
cities, sixteen ounces are being sold
for six cents; other places, twelve
ounces for five cents, and still other,
ten ounces for five cents. A summary
from all over the country until the
present time has been unsatisfactory
as establishing a uniform price for
winter" potatoes. Two months ago
they were being loaded, according to
the New York Worlds report in Chi
cago for 80 cents and $1.00 per BUSH
Ell. At the same time they were SELL
ing in parts of Carroll county for 80
cents, in Sac county for IS to 80 cents
and in Denison for $1.00. They we're
paying the last Of the week from $1.2O
to $1.25 in most places.
1t is difficult to determine what
should be the retail price Of potatoes.
but inquiry would indicate that spuds
are now being delivered for about
1925 per bushel in many places for
winter use. No one is inclined to
question but that the farmer ought to
receive all he can get under reason
able circumstances, and, on the other
hand, no one blames the purchaser for
securing his supply as cheaply as he
can under ordinary conditions. 1t
would appear to the impartial observ'
er that the prevailing value now is
fair to both parties. What the future
may bring is another question.
Bushels of potatoes have been de.
lvered at many Of the homes in this and
djoining towns early this fall for 90
cents or less. and many families Sc
cured their winter supply at that rate
know of cellar which contains fiji
teen bushels purchased for rs cents
delivered in the cellar.
According to reports of a large yield
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1917-10-24

'24xG4 and chicken house 16x32. Both
lof hollow tile brick. Mr.. Hickey is
the owner of classy herd of Short
horn cattle. He has thirty head, twen-
Ity Of them are cows. His herd is
headed by bull that would look good
! in the best Shorthorn herd in the
state. He is a beautiful roam. He has
several young males. Some are pure
white, others roam and red. His farm
is located in section thirty-three.
Hayes township.
A. Wore is installing heating plant
in the dwelling three and a half miles
northwest of Dow City.
Ernest Hummer purchased l2O
acre farm in section six, Union town
ship. and is now building a new set Of
buildings. The land had no buildings
upon it when purchased by Mr.. kum-
mer. A residence, 20x26, basement
barn, 32x34, corn crib, 30x32, and hog
house 1Sx32 are the buildings now be-
ing built.
Vic Strait has ninety-twO head of
spring hogs, filters from nineteen
brood sows. He is farming the Hugh
Foley farm in Willow township, six
and a half miles south of Charter Oak.
%
j. N. Lee is building corn crib
|3Ox4O on the farm in the southwest
corner of Paradise township.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Houlihan. who
reside about three miles southwest OF
Dcnison on the Lincoln highway, re-
turned last week from trip to Mag.
ara Falls and other points Of interest
lin the eastern states. Mr.. Houlihan
will build on lockwood farm a cattle
shed. 16x4S, and machine shed.
24X32.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1917-10-24

not been put in that big barn. l
noticed fine large stallion III the
barn and was told that 1t Is worked
on the farm the same as other horses.
It does considerable more than any
other horse. 1t weighs about l'oo ana
is nine years old.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1917-10-24

. NJ. J. Hickey is building hog hous,
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-04-13

The legislature has adjourned after
a session of exactly one hundred days.
Just how much has been done cannot
be told until the record is compiled.
but from the evidence at hand it is
reasonably clear that it has not broken
any records of accomplishment. 1t
has done some good things and some
foolish things but in this respect it
was no different from every other leg
islature. 1t has given patriotic sup
port to the nation in the outbreak Of
the war but in dealing with construc-
tive measures for the development of
Vermont it does not seem to have had
quite the courage of its convictions.
1t has backed and filled. whistled and
hawed and geed, but APP
parently hasn't pulled the load ahead
much. The legislature had a lot of
fine patriotic members who have la
bored earnestly but in some cases they
worked in vain or with very meager
results.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-04-13
OUTGREW HER STRENGTH

A fine, tall daughter, the pride OF
her parents, may have grown too fast.
If, with her height, she is calm, even
tempered, rosy, with bright eyes and
a springing footstep, you nave nothing
to fear for your girl. But this rapid
growth is sometimes gained at the eX-
pense of her strength. Maynard tenn
per, constant hunger for sweets, head
aches, and pain in the back and side
after a little healthy exertion mean
that instead of entering womanhood
smoothly and without disturbance, as
she should, she is paying already the
penalty of thin blood. Watch for
moods. Look, after she has climbed a
hill or run upstairs, for breathlessness,
a color that comes and goes, and q
heart that beats fast and painfully.
These mean anemia, and. an anemic
girl will never make healthy, bloom
ing woman. She is bloodless. Let her
have DIR. Williams Pink Pills for Pale
People. Soon better appetite, bright
eyes, calm temper and fresher color in
lips and cheeks will tell you she is maxi
ing new blood. Then all will be well.
Building Up the Blood'' is q useful
booklet that will be sent free on request
by the DIR. Williams Medicine Co.,
Schenectady, N. Y. Your own drug
gist sells DR.. Williams Pink Pills.
Price so cents.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-04-13
500 Reward. SlGN

The READERS OF this paper VIII be
pleased TO learn that there Is at least one
dreaded disease that science has been
positive cure now known to the medical
fraternity. Catarrh being a constitutional
disease, requires a constitutional treat
ment. Halls Catarrh Cure Is taken in
ternally. acting directly upon the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system. there
by destroying the foundation OF the dis
ease, and giving the patient strength by
nature in doing its work. The proprictors
have so much faith in its curative pow
ers that they offer One Hundred Dollars
for any case that il fails TO cure. Send
for Est OF testimonials.
Address: F. ]. CHENEY & CO. Toledo. o.
Sold by NIL Druegists. $50.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-04-13

see how 'Gets-It gets them off in a
hurry and without the least main. /
con wear tight shoes. dance ard walk
us though / never had corns."
"Gets-It" makes the use of toe
irritating salves, bundling bandages.
tape, plasters and other things not
only foolish, but unnecessary. Use
this wonderful discovery, "Gets-It,"
for any soft or hard corn or callus
1t is the new. simple. easy. quick
way, and ii never fails. You'll never
have TO cut a corn again with knives
or scissors. and run chances of blood
poison. Try "Gets-It" tonight. !.
"Gets-lt' is sold every where, &c
bottle. or sent on receipt OF prieo by
L Lawrence & Co. Chicago, III.
Sold In Bennington ana recommended
as the worlds best corn remedy
by w. L. Gokay.
r. A. Quinlan
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-04-13

tie opportunity for showing while
her husband was President. Mr. Ad-
ans was called in 1897 to succeed the
first president, but Congress was then
in session in Philadelphia. Before
the White House was habitable. the
term had nearly drawn to its close,
and Mrs. ADAMS was only four months
an inmate of that historic structure.
The first 'drawingroom was held IN
January, 1901. two months before they
left the exalted position she SO admir-
ably graced" ~
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-04-13
WAR TIME PRICES

The following extract from an ar
ticle printed in the Epicure tells of a
time when prices were higher than
they are likely to be again in this
country.
During the colonial period and the
early days of the republic all good
housewives prided themselves upon
their tables, and with justice. Among
others, pre- eminent in those stirring
times, may be named Abigail Adams,
wife of the second President. A wo-
man of great dignity, nobility and
beauty, she presided over the house
hold of the rising young lawyer with
thrift yet with liberality. Having
been trained from childhood in a
notable New.England kitchen. no one
knew better than she how to impart
tlavors and preserve the delicacies Of
every species of yiands.
IN her ingenious letters to her hus.
band, remarkable for one who had
never attended school a day in her
life, Mrs. Adames naively describes
the straits in which they found them
selves in Massachusetts in the year
1913. Crops had been poor, harvest
scant and money deprecated in value.
She wrote, 1t takes $40 to buy a bar
rel of cider, and SIS for a hundred of
lour. Evidently there were few
mince pies made that winter, for she
goes on TO say
All butchers meat costs from one
dollar to eight shilllngs per pound.
Corn sells at S25 per bushel, and rye
FOR $50; potatoes, $40 per bushel;
butter, twelve shillings per pound;
cheese, eight shillings; sugar. twelve;
md molasses. s12 per gallon. scarce
" know the looks or taste of -four
hese four months; yet thousands are
worse off, having no grain OF any
sort The bread at this time was
wholly rye and Indian. rI
The next year things were worse.
Molasses reached $50 per gallon;
sugar, 81 per pound; ana hohea tea
touched the scale with sugar Board
was $50 and $50 week and. plain
board at that In 1880 butter was no
.ess tliaiii s12 pei; pound, and tea went
up to 800 the highest point 1T ever
reached OF course the deprecated
currency was the prime but by no
means the only cause OF high prices.
Our heroines fine talent for cook.
ing and serving excellent dinners did
not desert her during these priyations.
She who was left alone in perilous
and threatening times, subject to the
incursions OF the British. the family
residence was situated in Braintree
near the landing,-with four little
ones, the eldest not yet ten years old,
was gifted with great executive ahili-
s.
Three years later Mrs. Adams
sailed to Join her husband. who came
over to England in order to escort
her to France. She gives the orli-
nary bill of fare at the house OF
British official where they dined, as
soup, fish, boiled ham, 'fillet of veal,
roast duck. almondpudding, currants,
and gooseberries.'
In France, where they kept house
in fine style, such as became the rep.
resentative of a new republic, Mrs.
Adams learned a good deal concerning
that mode of cooking in which econo-
my and delicacy are the leading
characteristics. 1t may be believed
that her experiences abroad were in
grated upon her excellent domestic
training with happy results.
These results Mrs. Adams had lit
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-04-13
AT BURR AND BURTON
Students Passed Resolutions in SUP
port OF War.

At recent mass meeting of the
students, and teachers of Burr and
Burton Seminary, Manchester, the fol
lowing resolutions were adopted:
Whereas in the present interna
tional crisis we believe that both as
regards our rights and liberties as a
nation. and in the interests of Christ
ian civilization, the United States
should wage war against Militant
Prussianism, (not on the German
people).
Resolved; That as school we
place ourselves on record as heartily
approving the action of our President
and Congress in its declaration OF
war, and
Resolved; That we hold ourselves
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-04-13
Said Abe Martin,

Fun is like life insurance, tn older
you git tn more it COSTS The moral
is plain-the younger you taae life
insurance, the less il cos;s, and we
add, the surer you arc or getting it.
National Life ms. Co, of Vt. NUT
ualJ Earle S Kinsley, General
Agent Mead Building Rutland, VT.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-04-13
Force of an Oil Well.

Oil has been elected from the Baku
wells with such force and accompanied
with so much sand that steel blocks
twelve inches thick placed over the
mouth Of the wellsto detect the dow
were perforated III few hours and
had tobe replaced. Thcseasing with
which the VOLS were lined was often
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-04-13

ready to fulfill our patriotic duty in
support of the government, pledging
cur moral and material support to all
movements and enterprises undertake
en- in behalf OF the cause to which our
country is committed
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-04-13
Come on Over, See
My Corn Fall OIL"
u Put 2 Drops Of sGets-It' on Last
Night-NoW Watch"

'See-all you have TO do is to use
your two fingers and lift the corn
right off. That's the way 'Gets-It'
always works. You just put on
about drops. Then the corn not
only shrivels. but loosens from the
toe, without affecting the surround
ing flesh in the least. Why. it's al
most O pleasure to have corns and
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-04-13
Goo sick
60 cork
Many Women in this Condition Re-
gain Health by Taking Lydia E.
Pinlham's Vegetable Compound.
Convincing Proof of This Fact.

Ridgway, Penn. 81 suffered from female
trouble with backache and pain in my side for over
seven months so could not do any of my work. /
was treated by three different doctors and was
getting discouraged when my sister-in-law told me
how Lydia E. Pnkham's Vegetable Compound had
helped her. decided to try it, and it restored my
health, so / now do all of my homework which is
not light as / have little boy three years old"
- Mrs. O. NJ RnINEs, Ridgway, Penn
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-04-13
Corn of Guatemala.

Guatemala's annual cocn production
amounts 10 about 100000 quintals of
1914 pounds each. This sullices for do
nestle consumption only, as corn is the
most important food in that country
Beans rank next in importance as a
national food.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-04-13
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Mrs. Lindsey Now Keeps House For Sew

Tenne GaT want to tell how much Ihave been benefited
by Lydia Pnkham Vegetable Compound About eight ago
got health unable keep house for three in
the family had dull tired dizzy feelings cold feet and hands nearly
all the could scarcely sleep all The doctor said had
of liberation and without operation would always
be an invalid told him wanted to wait awhile Our druggist
advised my husband get Lydia Pnhams Vegetable Compound
has entirely cured Now keep house for and work
the garden some thankful got this medicine feel
though it saved life and have recommended to others and
they benefited Mrs w LINDSEY H. T. 3 Tennie, Ga
If you want special e. PnlSham Med-
letter will be opened
and held in strict confidence
The Washington herald., 1917-03-10
that FUNNY TASTE
means IT IS Pure
So Used to Adulterated Oil Can't Tell
Real Article.

Did the olive oil in the mayonnaise on
your salad taste peculiar at supper last
night, and did you swear under your
breath, and then tell the family that the
grocer was trying to serve up cottonseed
Oil?
Well, If this happened, the chances are
ten to one that the reason for all the
rumpus was that you were tasting pure
Spanish olive oil. and that all these
years you have been growing so ac-
customed to adulterated olive oils
that when you smacked your lips to the
stun you thought someone was trying to
play a joke on you.
Much Of the olive oil now being sold on
the American market, according to a re-
port to the Department of Commerce
from Consul General Carl Bailey Hurst,
sta toned at Barcelona, Spain, is pure
Spanish olive oil. Spain scrupulously for
bids the adulteration of her olive oil, and
as result, Spanish exporters are having
difficulty in suiting the varied taste of
consumers in different localities.
Although the Spanish product has long
been exported, much of it was sent to
certain European countries to be blended
and treated for shipment to other mar
kets. but the outbreak of the war put an
end to this procedure. Shipments of
italian and French OIL to this country
have been greatly curtailed on account
Of the war. and the Spanish trade is
nourishins. So II the mayonnaise tastes
funny" you can at least thank God that
it's pure.
The Washington herald., 1917-03-10
WATERS RICH Wife
IS GIVEN A DIVORCE
Baltimore Heiress Asked $50 a Week
Alimony-"Ceorge" Denied Charges.

(By the International News service.)
New York, March s.-The romance of
the Baltimore heiress who married hotel
waiter, came to a dreary end today with
separation papers and an order for all
mony.
He IL George l. LAmaze, now head
waiter IN q fashionable New York hotel.
She Is the daughter Of Michael ]. Red
ding. president Of the Baltimore Demo-
cratic Club and Q millionaire traction
magnate.
The pair met three years ago at the
Copley Plaza Hotel, Boston. Miss Nancy
Redding was a guest. LamaEe carried a
napkin over his left arm and poised a
tray upon his right hand. Patrons Of the
hotel called him George, the handsome
waiter"
Lamaze said tonight that he and his
wife had separated after a quarrel on
February .. Three days later he was
served with a summons and complaint
In a suit for separation. His wife ap-
piled for so a week alimony. Lamaze de-
MED his wife's charges Of cruelty and
abandonment and made counter-allega-
tions Of extravagance. AS evidence OF
his generosity to her he mentioned that
he had given her an automobile, 500
sealskin coat, a s.25o diamond ring and
q $50 bathing suit last summer.
The Washington herald., 1917-03-10
SOCIAL LEADERS
AID BALTIMORE BAZAAR
100000 Tickets Sold for Fete Open
ing This Evening.
The washington Herald.

Special to The Washington Herald
Baltimore, Nd, March 9.-The advance
campaign for the Allied Bazaar which
will open in the Fifth Regiment Armory
here tomorrow evening has resulted IN
the sale of approximately 100000 tickets,
It was announced at Bazaar headquar-
ters tonight.
About 5000 persons make up the work
ing membership of the association con-
Quoting the exhibition, the number in
cluding a representative group OF Wash
ington society women. These include
Mrs. Paul Bartlett. Mrs. Harriet Blaine
Beale, Mrs. A. c. McClintock. Mrs Victor
hour, Miss Ernest Mrs. Campbell Graef.
Miss Mabel Boardman. Mrs. James Car
roll Frazier. Mrs. William B. Lamar,
Mrs. Henry c. Perkins, Mrs John Wells
and Miss Wells, Mrs Ralph Jenkins,
Mrs. Archibald Hopkins. Mrs. Thomas
Gan, Mrs. Charles c. Glover. IT., and
many others.
One Of the leaders among Washington
men who have been working for the ex-
hibtion Is DR.. John H. Metzerott Miss
Metzerott and a large group Of her col
lege girl friends will come over to serve
in the booths. In addition to these
visitors a number Of diplomatic repre-
sentatives of allied nations have signified
their intention Of attending in the course
Of the bazaar which will conclude next
Saturday night
Chief among the points OF interest in
the bazaar will be the combined British
and French governments war exhibits,
valued at $500 0O0
The Washington herald., 1917-03-10
NINE. YORSKA SUPERB
NPREPAREDNESS PLAY
Protese of Bernhardt Score. Hit al
Private Performance.

The Spanish Ambassador and Mime.
Riano, the italian Ambassador and Coun-
tess di Cellere and q representative So
ciety audience from diplomatic, Official
and residential circles attended the OPEN
ing performance of "The People," Marian
Creighton's play Of preparedness and
patriotism. which was staged at the Ca
sino Theater last evening.
| wholly symbolic, but timely In its mes
sage to American men and women, the
play bears the stamp Of universal appeal,
and while lacking consecutive dramatic
action, has its forceful moments.
With all the agents Of the successful
drama-thrilling events. subtle intrigue
and powerful love story-is woven the
theme Of brotherhood and love.
The play is raised from a suggestion of
the amateur by the superb acting of
Mime. Yorska as The Woman, who repre-
sents the universal protest of her sex
against the brutality of war. Heralded
as a protogee of Sarah Bernhard and
founder of the Theater Francais, Nine
Yorska sustains her reputation with
magnificent acting and raises to heights
Of dramatic art the moments Of intersity
| which the play affords.
Play q Moral Lesson,
While a diplomatic analogy is not diffi-
cult to apply in the story Of The Peo-
pie' IL ID sumciently interesting to the
average audience as an entertaining piece
Of propaganda and a moral lesson. It Is
presented in a prologue. five episodes and
an epilogue. The somewhat thread-bare
plot OF the young princeling exchanged
In infancy for the peasant child which
opens the play has a novel turn. and at all
times the dialogue escapes the pedantic
by spontaneous and wholly logical
climax. The piece is charmingly mounted
and costumed.
The supporting cast is adequate and in
cludes such artists as Edmund Goulding.
Miss Harriet FftZJames and Miss Judith
Ives. Miss Fftzjames. who Is we'll known
in Washington society and is the daugh-
ter of Assistant Attorney General and
Mrs William Fits, had a small role
| which she filled with consummate art
Miss Ives Is also popular in social cir
cles. being q former member Of the
Washington Stage Society. Mr.. Goulding
was excellent as the young king
Others in the cast who filed their roles
effectively were Miss Nellie Gill, Miss
Claire Spencer. Aimsworth Arnold, Ellis
Kirkham. George Barr. Herbert Evans.
I.owden Adams, Joseph Gillow. Earl
Yedaker and Joseph Ives.
Last nights performance, which was
by invitation only. viii be repeated at
standard prices daily for a week or moro.
The Washington herald., 1917-03-10
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vitality essential to the preparedness
plans Of the government; the sundry
civil bill, providing s13s. 900 for the civil
establishment; the general deficiency bill.
providing sss, 900 900: imperative for imme-
diate use In various lines Of governmental
activity. and the Military Academy bill.
carrying S1,5Oo.ooo.
II was stated last night that as soon
as the new Congress convenes the Presi-
dent will lay before a joint session his
views and desires as to legislation. II
he wants legislative sanction for his step
in arming American steps, Congressional
leaders declared last night, 1t will be
promptly forthcoming.
The adoption Of a cloture rule in the
Senate has cleared the way for action in
both houses to uphold the Presidents 8
hands in dealing with Germany. Admin
istration leaders in Congress declared
last night that the Presidents fight with
the Senate in the past week has solidifed
both Republican and Democratic senti-
nent in Congress and in the country be-
hind him. and that from now on he will
find hearty and enthusiastic support for
his policy.