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The daily progressive-miner. [volume] (Ketchikan, Alaska) 1915-1919, 1918-05-30
MARRIAGE
PLAN OF GERMANY
WORSE THAN HAREM
by Winona WilcoNl

tSy W mona WlcoNl
Women who are alive 20 history in
The making pe-eioey 2 hor-id threat
10 the evolution OF their sex in recent
social developments in Germany.
The PruSsian war party is quietly
tavoring poiygamy as Il means Of re-
newins its ulan-power for future wars.
The plan is not new in Germany Be-
fore The war. Berlins illige;imate birth
rate shocked the eenters Of lesser
kultur
Until recently. the American wo-
man has discussed such we'll known
facts with DISCUS, rather than excite
nent- But now the Prussian by fore
ing new sex slavery upon his own
women. is degrading the womanhood
CT the world. and Is tarustins upon the
women everywhere special sex
struggle
\ German pamphlet As condensed
ny 81 English author. says that the
hatser'S wise men are advising second
ard or lateral marriages as relig-
!on. as state policy, as a military
measure" 10 rebuild Prussian armies
for war after this war.
Under the scheme outlined a mar
RED man Or lateral aarriges with
sp.nscers and his legal wife IS admon.
:shed 70 tolerate the same. The state
xiii rear rhe children. in case vhe par
ea-s do no- care % do SO
Evidently he Turk : civilized
and cairalroaz gentleman compared
20 cha modern Hun.
The Turk a. lsas. assumes the sup
port q lis plural wives His harem
: designed . pr0ec- his children as
we'll as his women
Bur he German ku,rug s not SO Ten
der, 50 sentimental. Having fulfilled
her TASK. he Huns secondary wife
las 70 claim upon Ter lateral hus-
hand except -ta- she Is entitled TO
wear : secondary Wedding ring"
Her children are 10 De raised Or the
state ne boys Tor soldiers. the girls
To- dom@s-ics Il peace and rlunirion-
makers il wartime
No equal degradation was ever
planned for wonaakind
Certainty the American woman nev-
= considers any such condition in
relation 20 h=rse.f Too often she is
30 sure OF her own honor under the
stars and stripes that she lives, day
6y day. as II no Hun we're 70 BE whip
2=d. no PrEssian moral code 70 Be re-
vised
And 50 living. she completely ig-
nores the trigh1tuI chance Q: what
would happen 10 women everywhere
we're Germany 70 rule The world
Every woman in America ought TO
make herself think OF the war az least
once Z day. ouagh- TO realize that
he stakes o. The var include more
-hzn na,iona! boundaries and indem-
miles
TIE armies OF the allies are nor
fighting for democracy only They
are 5a.-li1g tor human decency as il
= represented by The status Of NO
nan
To abhor German a-ay-under
any uame-is merely a negative kind
Of T5rrue Only the woman who
makes SOME daily sacrifice for the
American soldiers is doing her fair
share % fighting IN 5ehaI. OF her own
sex
The daily progressive-miner. [volume] (Ketchikan, Alaska) 1915-1919, 1918-05-30

This Is eTerybody's war Nobody Is
Insignificant Soma o. us fight in The
sron,-E-ench. some plant gardens.
SOME build ships and some cook
meals. 50 good Eaar one doesn't miss
me Wheat and o1aer things thar We
are @aVing for TIE 5gnre-s ove-seas-
Are you playing your par the best
way you know how: SAVE THE
FOOD TO HELP YOUR FIGHTERS
FIGHT.
The daily progressive-miner. [volume] (Ketchikan, Alaska) 1915-1919, 1918-05-30

The United States is just L. S. We
a. pledged 10 carry on the fight,
shoulder TO shoulder With the Allies.
VIII MEN. GUNS and FOOD. Will
you plant garden and help the fight
arz fight.
The daily progressive-miner. [volume] (Ketchikan, Alaska) 1915-1919, 1918-05-30

FOR SALE-A fine launch
18th 5 h. p. Union Engine. eli in
Xcellent condition. Would
make a good troller. B. A.
Eardley or see H. R. Thompson.
l m p.
The daily progressive-miner. [volume] (Ketchikan, Alaska) 1915-1919, 1918-05-30
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ENDING MAY 25. 1918


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The daily progressive-miner. [volume] (Ketchikan, Alaska) 1915-1919, 1918-05-30

ATTENTION GARDENERS
w, We are GU, 10 BEAT Germany.
Plenty in the cupboard next fall will
depend upon wha. you plant this
spring
The daily progressive-miner. [volume] (Ketchikan, Alaska) 1915-1919, 1918-05-30

Food is the most precious thing in
tho world. How much can you raise
this year,
The daily progressive-miner. [volume] (Ketchikan, Alaska) 1915-1919, 1918-05-30

FOR SALE-14 II. p. . cylinder 4
cycle Scripps engine. Price reason
able. See H. r. Thompson,-adv II
The daily progressive-miner. [volume] (Ketchikan, Alaska) 1915-1919, 1918-05-30

4 fine garden is the best service
a civilian can give
Norwich bulletin., 1918-12-07
DON'T GET FRIGHTENED.

Dear Social Corner Sisters: Do not get frightened about germs in milk. No milk is healthy without germs and no healthy person is without them either
 It is the milk germs-ttle bacteria ill milk-which give to butter the ex- quisite taste which commands the high price; and the makers of nut but ter have to cultivate and use the germs of milk to make margarine taste so much like real butter that the experts have difficulty to detect margarine by taste.
 Do you know that milk and honey so often spoke of in Scripture are the only straight food for man nature SUD- plies, the others being adapted.
 Eugene Christian, the most eminent dietist in America, says.
 Cooking milk is recommended by certain alleged dietetic authorities on the ground that it kills bacteria. They probably forget. maybe do not know, that all the five digestive fluids are strongly germicidal. The bacteria which may exist in milk. of which SO much fear is entertained, could not live an instant after coming in con- tact with the gastric juice which is strongly aeiduous. to say nothing of contact with the saliva, bile and pan creatic and intestinal juices" ''Sterilized milk lacks freshness. It tastes dead and to a very great ex- tent is dead. It's too free use will produce scurvy ill children. and when scurvy exists both sterilized and raw millS must be discontinued" SARAH ANN TIGHE.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-12-07
TO CROCHET CAP AND SCARF.

Dear Social Corner Sisters: This is
 the way crochet a Tam and Scarf: Three balls of Vicuna yarn for cap;
 cast on A stitches; knit rows Cor
 ridges), D l row, knit until you have 36 patterns (S rows form 1 pattern)
 and. work should measure about
 yard (measure with tape measure); bind off and join with invisible stitch
 es.
 Take four steel needles, No. 12, pick up for bottom of cap 4 stitches, on each pattern, or IA stitches in all; AS stitches, on each of needles, k first row plain, narrowing 12 sts on each needle; there should now be 36 stitches on each needle; knit ? and purl 2 for 15 rows; bind off loosely (always bind off loosely); with cellu- Ibid crochet hook oh stitches, join, $ single crochet into ring; do not join but work around
 Second row. into each st. Third row-1 into first stitch, repeat all around.
 Fourth row-1 S into first 2 stitches, 2 single crochet into next stitch. l S c into each of next 2 stitches; repeat from ;; continue working in this way, always having riore st between widening parts until you have 72 stitches, in round; leave long end of yarn, place this circle over top of cap, and take ridges from cap, sew on to one st. or circle; again take 2 ridges of cap and sew to next stitch of circle; the IA ridges on cap
 should match the 72 sts on circle; join, break your yarn and place large inch taSsel on center of cap.
 Handsome Knitted Scarf with pock- ets-Nine balls of Vicuna yarn. Cast on 60 stitches k rows nlJrl 1 row l knit ' rows, p row, repeat from, * until finished. I make scarfs about 55 inches. Bind off. Pockets: Cast on 40 stitches, knit rows, into next i row knit, first 10 stitches purl; 30 l stitches, *, knit rows, into next row | k, first 10 stitches; purl, 30 stitches
 repeat from until you have 5 pat l terms Cor when placed over scarf it will reach from end to end: bind off;
 turn back the plain knitting; place pockets above 2d pattern from each end of scarf and sew to sides and bot l tom sew three crochet buttons on middle of pocket cut fringe to 6 i inches long, and use , strands to each fringe.
 Buttons-Chain stitches, join 6, S
 c into ring, do not join but work
 around
 l Second row. S into each st. Third row-1 into first stitch, Z s into next st; there would be 1s
 stitches; work rows on these; insert
 l molds and work 1 S into every other
 | st, until closed work 1 row of slip
 stitch on each side of scarf to prevent
 stretching.
 1 I always use a celluloid needle fol this scarf-No. 4.
 1 ETHELYN.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-12-07

such headWay when discovered that the family was obliged to jump from theo second story window Stephen Taylor who slept on. the ground floor, was found burned to death. Ii will probably never be known how the fire started. The telephone operator called all in that localitY and help soon ar rived, but people could do nothing eE cept to keep other buildings from taking fire A local subscription for the family was immediately started, which at last reports was more than $250 Considerable clothing has been donated also.
 W. B. Hawkins with his family spent Thanksgiving with his daughter at Short Beach
 MT and Mrs. James Wood of Tal cottville spent Thanksgiving with Mrs. F. W. Chase.
 Rev. and Mrs. Leon Austin of Rosen- dale, Mass, spent Thanksgiving with MT. and Mrs Hudson Austin
 Miss Gladys Irish has gone to New Haven, where she expects to make her home.
 Richard, the year old son of Gil- bert H. Storrs, was severely kicked Friday by young colt, cutting large gash over his eye.
 Miss Hattie Hawkins mas returned from a lengthy visit on Long Island and in southern Connecticut.
 Mrs. J. R. Lee entertained her par ents, MT. and Mrs. Hall, of Ellington, and her sister, Mrs. Walter Church, of Willimantic, over Sunday. MT. and Mrs. T. B. Beach of Hart ford spent Thanksgiving with Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Walbridge. Mrs Emma Fender of Wi1limantic spent Thanksgiving with Mir. and Mrs. Albert Newell.
 Mrs. Cora Mcknight is visiting in Elmiga, N. Y.
 Mrs. J. N. Walbridge and daughter, Miss Mabel, spent several days in Hartford recently.
 Clarence s. F'iske has bought the Charles Perkins farm at the Center and will take possession the first part of January.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-12-07
COVENTRY

The annual thank offering Friday evening was the most successful ever held. A program included recitations and songs by the children and the presentation of an envelope contain ing a substantial sum of money to the pastor. Afterward the company went to the hall, where baked beans, brown bread and coffee, pumpkin pie, some home made candy and popcorn balls and ice cream were sold. There was large display of farm produce and canned goods which was sold at auc- tion, amounting to $56.66.
 Rev. and Mrs. Rossnagle are spend ing two weeks vacation with friends in New Jersey.
 Tuesday afternoon and evening last MT. and Mrs. Hudson Austin cele- brated their golden wedding. MT. Aus tin is veteran of the Civil war. Mrs. Austin was a daughter of the date Noah Bartlett. Both are natives of this town and have spent practically all their lives here. There are five children, three sons and two daugh- ters. The family has never been broken, and Mir. and Mrs. Austin are in very good health. About one hun dred dollars and various other gifts was received.
 The farmhouse of John Anderson was totally destroyed by fire between and 5s o'clock Wednesday morning of last week. The fire had gained
Norwich bulletin., 1918-12-07
SOCIAL CORNER POEMS.
The chanqino Times.

The Changing Times. old Grandma Perkins. she says, sez This world ain't like what it used to
 be. -- When l was a gal long, long ago, The wimmen was prin and would not Downtown each day in H slzin-ti tight
 skirt, - s-e.---'- e-Ssf They didn't trifie and shey didn't fiirt. They stayed to hum right by the fire; Of their own men folks they didn't tire. They didn't go gaddin5 round here and
 there =. .N ~ - With a lot of punk rats stuck in their
 hair. -- They sewed on buttons and they darn
 ed the socks, And they knowed the croup from the
 chicken-pox. They did their own washin', ironin',
 too. Which the wimmen. folks nowadays
 cannot do, They didn't tog out like n jewelry
 store, And wear them bangles and beads
 galore And every mornin'. night and noon. They wasn't lfti up like q corner sa-
 iNOIls They didn't ride round in sinousines CT big seven passenger gas machines And when they wanted to put on style They'd ride in a livery rig once in q
 while. But still am somehow bound to say, They were like the wimmen nowadays
 one way, One little stunt they would never balk, There wasn't a time when they
 couldn't talk. I guess from the days of Adam and
 Eve, Al least so we are led to believe, Q There never was a woman. old or
 young. Who didn't have the full use of her
 tongue. A. .
 Sent in by Crimson Rambler.
 lf- lf all we say
 In a single day, With never a word lef. out. Were printed each night. In clear black and whlte, TWould prove queer reading, no
 doubt
 And then just suppose. Ere ones eyes he could close,
Norwich bulletin., 1918-12-07
SOME THINGS IT IS GOOD TO
 KNOW

Dear Social Corner Friends These are good things to have in a handy scrap book:
 If lemons are kept in cold water. their freshness will remain unimpair- ed for several weeks.
 Linseed oil we'll rubbed into oiIclotn will make it last twice as long. Wipe 1t off well and let it dry thoroughly before using.
 To remove stains on white flannel, the best way is to mix equal parts of the yolks of eggs and glycerin, apply 1t to the stains, and allow it to soak for half an hour before the article is washed.
 If freshly cleaned tiles are rubbed over with kerosene they will keep clean for a long while
 When liquid which eyaporates quickly is used to clean any article of clothing, place a clean white plotting paper under the soiled portion to keer the liquid from spreading over toe much of the article. A suspected sample of ground coffee may be tested in this way: Place a teaspoonful of the coffee in a wine glass containing water. If part floats and part sinks, it is safe to consider it adulterated. Carpets in rooms which are seldom used are apt to be attacked by moths Salt sprinkled round the edges anC well under the carpet before it is pu down will generally prevent their rav. ages.
 REBECCA.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-12-07
SWEET POTATOES SOUTHERN
 STYLE,

Dear Social Corner Sisters: The medicine chest by Blue Blue" was good sound sense. I have cut it out for my Scrap Book and will stock up for the winter; but shall add Larkin Balm Analgesic and Ant;septic Heal ing Ointment (which is so good for sore toe nails of any kindO, Derma balm, camphorated oil and anodyne liniments. I am in a clIE Of ten and like it. Let me hear from others on the subject. We use Nujol Oil and think it is so good for constipation. Blue Blue," are you not new writ CT? If so, welcome.
 tNot a Nurse"-Where are you Come and give us some more of your good, sound common sense. Don't get scared because you had so many com pliments. You sure did me a great favor, and perhaps saved life. My twin sister is well and happy, so is her little son and husband.
 I take comfort reading The Social Corner, so does wee Katy. who is six months old today. December 1st. Hope some time to meet some Of the Sisters; but I will soon leave for the South land, so hy-hy.
 Sweet potato recipes Southern style:
 Sweet Potato Cones: Mash some sweet potatoes, season with a little salt and sugar, butter and cream; mold in small teacups, turn out, sprinkle with bread crumbs and dot with butter. Bake 20 minutes.
 Sweet Potato Pudding: To three quarters quart mashed sweet potatoes and one rounding tablespoon of but ter one and one-Quarter cup sugar, four eggs beaten separately, adding the whites last, juice of one lemon, add little cream and bake in pud- ding pan. If you wish bake in open pie crust.
 Sweet Potato Waffies: S,ft a cup of fioAr with one teaspoon baking powder, add one cup of mashed sweet potatoes (pressed measure), one teaspoon each of melted butter and sugar: beat one egg light, add one and one-half cups milk, stir well Bake at once in we'll heated, greased waffle irons.
 Sweet Potato Croquettes. Bake sev- eral sweet potatoes. as soon as soft scrape out and put through a potato ricer; two tablespoons of butter. one i egg to each pint of pulp and cream to 1 make consistency to handle. Form into croquettes, dip in egg and crack l CT crumbs. fry golden brown in deer
Norwich bulletin., 1918-12-07
croeheted Lingerie Clasps.
THE VICTORY SING.

Dear Sisters of the Social Corner: To my Thanksgiving day festivities was added the pleasure of being pres ent at the Victory Sing held in Maol- son Square Garden. To every one of the immense audience gathered in that auditorium, some selection on the va- ried program touched the heart, but the one most frequently sung was The Star Spangled Banner.
 The addresses of Welcome and Me- morial were unusually comprehensive and patriotic. The songs of Thanks giving and Victory in which the entire audience joined, led by the leaders of the various Liberty choruses. were sung with great rejoicing. The ap- pearance of a large company of Red Cross nurses marching into the audi torium, carrying their banner, created much enthusiasm.
 But the inspiring influence of the afternoon was the. music given by four hundred singing sailors of the U. s. training camp at Pelham Bay. Led by it's band, the boys gathered in the rear of the Garden, circled by soldiers bearing the Stars and Stripes, and sang the songs of home as sung in the | camps All their songs met with wild 1 applause, but when their harmonious ! voices took up the strains of Sweet Adeline" the people demanded with 1 vociferous-cheers that it be sung again and yet again, and still the people
 were not satisfied and they sang it again. Then the band played Taps and the boys followed, their voices re-
 beating those sympathetic chords,
 louder and louder, then dying away to
 a whisper. Amid the general outbursr
 of enthusiasm I saw many struggling to maintain their comopsure.
 i The Tableau of the Allies, compris- ing United States soldiers, sailors,
 marines, and girls dressed in national
 costume, each girl a native of the al-
 lied country she represented and car
 rying it's flag, interspersed by a soldier
 carrying the Stars and Stripes, was
 the last on the program, and made a
 fitting ending of the most heartfelt
 Thanksgiving that our country has ever known.
 THE LITTLE SINISTER
Norwich bulletin., 1918-12-07
CELEBRATE CHRISTMAS.

Dear Social Corner Editor: ] believe in Christmas and this is a year to pitch right in and celebrate it. It is worth supporting.
 Here we have been spending more millions because of ill-will toward men than we have spent thousands for goodwill to men" since the country was founded The goodwill idea is the only idea which deserves Generous support.
 These are rival ideas and the world seems to be going to the devil because man has been doing the wrong thing.
 The greatest heorism ever shown in this world and the grandest was shown by the man who faced the Caesars and the Sandhedrin and calmly stood. for Truth. showing no spirit of defiance, only a spirit of fidelity to his brother man and to God which has gleamed through twenty centuries of life and can never be dimmed.
 What would have happered had the world stood for Peace on Earth; Good
Norwich bulletin., 1918-12-07
LEDYARD

A special meeting of the town school committee was held at Ledyard Center Wednesday evening. The members of the board, Billings T. Avery Charles A Gray, Frederick ". Burton, John Mcclure and s. E. HoldridGe, together with Supervisor o. F. Lowell of Nor wich, were present. Arrangements were made. for the transportation to school of Leslie Ladd. son of William Ladd, in. the Lester district. The school in District No. 8. Gallup, will be closed at the end of the fall term. There are only five pupils attending this school at present. The school house in District No. 12, known as Gallup Hill, has been repaired and this school will reopen Monday, Dec 9, with Miss Dorothy Massey of Preston teacher. This school has been closed for a number of years.
 Earl B. Geer, who has been threat ened with pneumonia, is rapidly re- gaining his strength.
 The Ledyard ThimbIe club met with Mrs. Arthur D. Barrett Tuesday after
Norwich bulletin., 1918-12-07
A GOOD HOME MANAGER.

Dear Social Corner Sisters: The happy home is the dearest place in the world, but it takes a good business manager to make it happy.
 First there must be cleanliness. and then good food, well cooked and served we'll
 If she can manage these two things cleanliness and good food, well prepared then add cheerfulness.
 The home manager has the health and the happiness of the family se- cure, while giving her family every possible comfort.
 She must look well to expenditures. for that means wealth, or at least provision for a rainy day.
 The most important thing, however. that the home manager is working for is the happiness of her family. This means constant vigilance, for there are clouded brows to be smoothed. and stormy eyes to be smiled into. The fallen must be lifted, the troubled camforted, and the sick nursed. When little moles grow into big mountains, she must see they are quickly leveled. She must be fair maid, a good cook, an excellent nurse, half a doctor three quarters of lawyer. and a just
Norwich bulletin., 1918-12-07
fat. Garnish with parsley and serve

fat Garnish with parsley and serve hot
 Sweet Potatoes in Cases: Wash and bake six large sweet potatoes; when done cut small hole in top of each, scoop out and mash fine: add two ta blespoons of butter. cream, salt, pep uer, a little sugar and the beaten whites of two eggs. Ell up skins with mixture. set in oven a few min utes and serve hot.
 Southern Sweet Potatoes: Boil till done but not soft; peel and cut in strips two inches wide; raoisten with cream; sprinkle with sugar; dot with butter and bake in 6 shallow pan with : out letting the pieces touch. Serve with roast meat.
 Southern Pudding: To one cup mash ed potao add beaten yoll1s 0f four eggs, one quart milk, one-half cup sugar, one teaspoon cinnamon; stir in beat en whites, and serve with any sauce preferred
 Sweet Potato scuffIe: To one cup mashed potato add two cups cream one-half cup sugar, salt cinnamon, two teaspoons lemon juice and cook in double boiler 20 minutes; add beat en yoll1s of four eggs and cook for minutes; then fold in the beaten whites, ill small patty shells with mix .ture and put in oven to brown.
 Candied Sweet Potatoes: Six medi- um- sized potatoes cooked; drain, peel sprinkle with one cup sugar, pour over one-half cup melted butter and cook in moderate oven for two hours.
 Sweet Potatoes au GratIn: Cut five medium sized cold boiled potatoes 1T slices, put ] layer in a buttered bak- ing dish: sprinkle with salt, pepper ant three tablespoons brown sugar.. do with butter; repeat and cover witt three quarters cup top milk ant bake until crumbs are brown
 Baker Sweet Potatoes: They require third longer time to cook than com. | mon potatoes.
 Cold Sweet Potatoes are excellent sliced and Drowned on the griddle Springle with salt. Butter is the bes to fry them in.
 This is what my good black Mamma taught me :: the Sunny South" KATYDID.