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The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1918-02-07
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DISCRETION NOTICE

All persons are herby notified that
my wife. Deborah d. Newell OF Lex
lngton. Maine. has left me without
cause and that I will pay no bulls
contracted by her on and after this
date.
Dated Lexington. Maine, January 10,
1918.
3w4 MAHLON F. NEWELL
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1918-02-07

An AID in Everybody's Column cost
little, does much Try one, it is sure
to bring results
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Opportunity for Government Service
g. 3. ".
FairfelG


Thru the appointment Of Forrest
Cross as enrolment agent for the
United States Public Service Reserve.
the men of Skowhegan. Cornyille and
East Madison are given an opportu-
nity to file with the department of
labor their desire To- accept such a DO
stion as they are best qualified 10
perform and at very attractive CON
uer.afi,r Tho bureau aims To have
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1918-02-07

Augusta, Feb. Col Charles s
Hichborn OF Augusta, the director FOL
Maine of the United States Public
agents in every county in the state
Anyone desiring to enroll in tht
shipbuilding industry will give hi'
name to the enrolment agent in his
town
Other enrolment agents for Som
erset County are:
II. y. Flanders. Athens
c w. Dutton, Bingham.
V. c Bowman, Detroit
f. A. Pattee. Harmony
]. II. Haley, Hartland
Fred w. Lane, Madison.
Elbridge Foster. Mercer
DR. H W. Smith Norridgewock
W NJ Bigelow, Pittsfeld
T J. Young, Scion
E. \. Piper Jackman.
Elbridge Foster, Smthtield.
A 4 Clark. Caratunk
Frank J. Durgin, The Forks.
sherman Tinkham, Arson.
Geo. l.. Hoyey No. Arson and Con
cord
d Il Whitney, Cambridge.
Alton Goodridge. Canaan.
John Wentworth Embden.
Chas. q. Jones, Moscow.
John " Dunlap. New Portland
l. W. Frost Palmyra.
Lester Ramsdell Ripley
Robert AI1rtin 81 Albans
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1918-02-07
HARD SOAP

Take four pounds of fat scraps, l
can potash, quarts water and put in
an iron kettle. Let boil until scraps
are dissolved, stirring with a stick.
Add little cold water If it boils too
hard. 1t boils over easily. AS soon
as scraps are dissolved remove from
fire When it is hardened cut out
with a sharp knife, There will be a
surplus of I've in bottom Of kettle. Care
must be used in handling as this I've
will remove paint from woodwork or
oileloth. This recipe is original, as
| wanted some way to use scraps left
from rendering lard and tallow.
SADIE II. HINCKLEY.
BLACK PUDDING
cup chopped suet, cup currants
or raisins, ! cup m0lasses, l cup milk,
! teaspoonful cream tartar or | table
spoonful vinegar, / teaspoonful salt
and teaspoonful soda, -four as stiff
as molasses gingerbread. Spice to
taste. Steam three hours.
Two eggs and one cup sugar beaten
TO a froth. Flavor.
e. NJ. II.
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SAUCE

1 tablespoon flour dissolved in one
cup of cold water Pour on one cup
of boiling water and let cook ten
minutes. Add cup sugar and piece
of butter size of a walnut. II pre-
ferred a sauce may be made of mo-
lasses or maple syrup
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1918-02-07
APPLE DUMPING

pint flour, l teaspoon cream tar
tar; IL teaspoon soda. salt, milk
enough to mix soft Fill pudding
dish with apples cut in small pieces
and put dough over top. Steam
about one hour. Serve with sauce.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-11-25

The origin az the limerick appears
10 be mystery which has baiileG even
the editors OF The New England die
tionary The subject is discussed in
a recent issue of The Cornhill. and the
author, c. l.. Graves, reminds his read-
ers that before limericks were vulgar
tied by newspaper competition they
often furnished q field for the irregn-
lar activities Of men Of Wit and tai:
cnt." Both Thackeray and, o, NIL
people. Dante Gabrielle RoSetI. in
dulged In the amusement generally nj
the expense Of both friends and foes.
Du Maurier's French doggerpl in the
limerick manner had quite q reputa.
tion-ll etaiy YIN homue de Marere
for instance. A. G. Hilton, the
author Of 'Ge famous OCTOPUS" par
ody Of Swinburne contributed some Of
the hest Of the Cambridge college lin
ericks.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-11-25
Brain Memories.

Every activity. every experience IS
registered in The brain rs q memory,
Conscious experiences as conscious
memories, unconscious experiences as
Unconscious memories. And the- con
Sc1ouS memories which disappear.
things forgotten, are still retained rs
unconscious memories. If we think of
The great number Of things that We
experience unconSciouSly for instance,
how many people we see and do not
remember the next moment and the
still greater number thar we remember
for while and then forget, it will be
apparent what great quantities of nm
conscious memories are slowed away
Ia The dim depths OF our minds Some
of them it is difficult to recall, but
more cannot consciously berecalled nj
all.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-11-25
FOLLOWED HER
DOCTORS ORDERS

Many rheumatic people suffer pains
that could be avoided by building up
the blood. When rheumatism ia aSso-
ciated with thin blood it cannot be
corrected until the blood is made rich
and red.
Mrs. Peter Fitzner OF 10 Holt street,
North Billerica, Mass, used DR.. Will
liams' Pink Pills to combat the effects
of rheumatism accompanied by attacks
of Indigestion. This is herexperience.
Il was living in Nova Scotia some
years ago and contracted a severe cold.
The next day / was confined to bed.
Sharp pains started in my right
shoulder and nearly drove me mad.
They worked down to my right knee
which was stiff and sore, and went to
my hands. | could not sleep and was
in terrible pain all the time. My knee
was swollen.
"My stomach was affected and I
would have terrible pains after eating.
Gas would form and l would have
amothering sensations and could eat
but little l was very nervous. My
doctor advised me to try DR.. Williams
Pink Pills and as ] had heard of boy
who had 81. Vitus' dance, and had
been benefited by these pills I was en-
couraged TO try them. After | had
taken three boxes l was much better,
the pains in my shoulder and limbs
were not so intense. l took several
more boxes and the pains LETT pe. DR..
Williams Pink Pills certainly built up
my blood and restored my strength"
A valuable booklet, Diseases OF the
Blood, containing much information
about rheumatism is free on request.
DR.. Williams Pink Pills are sold by
all druggists or by mail, postpaid, on
receipt Of price, 80 cents per box, six
boxes for $50 by the DR.. Williams
Medicine Co., Schenectady, n. Y.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-11-25
YOU TOO MAY SAY GOODBYE"
TO ILL HEALTH, MISERY AND
PAIN. SAYS THE GOLDINE MAN

In talking with the Goldne man,
at Gokay's Drug Store, he said it was
remarkable how many people are i'll.
Some OF them are not really sick but
weak nervous. all run down. Some
can hardly get about from weakness.
Some think they have dyspepsia, 9th
ers kidney. liver and Bladder trouble.
Many can't sleep at nights Then
some feel tired and drowsy after
every meal: again another has high
blood pressure. fat; some irritable,
nervous, excitable. and all lack vim.
vitality, energy ambition. Many
take stimulants, strychnine. iron. nux
vomiea, arsenic, pepsn, digestion aids
cathartics. salts. castor oil and other
strong drugs. which whip up the sys-
tenn for the present at the expense of
the future All this is foolish and I'M
necessary. One or two teaspoons of
Goldine in hot water before meals and
another dose on going to bed will fix
these troubles completely in two or
three weeks Just try it two weeks
then see il you can't do your work
twice as easy and walk twice as far
without firing. If you are ailing all
the time, try Goldne fairly just once,
No matter what misinformed friends
may say about prepared medicines.
Let them talk or think as they please
We have the proofs and they are here
among your home people. People
who have been trying things for years
without any benefit, who have almost
ruined their stomachs with strong
drugs. These same people have taxi
en- Goldine Herb Remedies and been
almost Immediately benefited. Mrs.
Frances Matello. 1854 Seneca street
Franklin, says: 81 suffered from
Goldine may also be obtained at Tho
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-11-25
DAILY HEALTH TALKS
What Is The Cause of
Rackache2
. BY DOCTOR CORNELL

Backache is perhaps the most common
ailment from which women suffer. Rarely
do you find anybody free from it. Some
times the cause sobscure, but DR.. Pierce,
OF Buffalo, n. Y, a high medical authority,
says the cause is very often 4 form OF
catarrh that settles in the delicate mem
branes Of the feminine organs. When
these organs are mhamed, the first symp-
tom is backache, accompanied by bearing
down sensations, weakness, unhealthy dis
charges, rregularity, painful periods, irri-
tation, headache and a general rundown
condition. Any Yoman in this condition
is to be pitied, but pity docs not cure. The
trouble calls for Dr. Pierce's Favorite
Prescription, which is a separate and dis
tinct medicine for women. 1t is made Of
rc5ts and herbs put up without alcohol or
cpiate Of any kind, for DR.. Pierce uses
nothing else in his prescription. Favorite
Prescription is q natural remedy for wo-
men, for the vegetable erowths Of which it
is made seem to have been intended by
Nature for that very purpose. Thousands
Of girls and women, young and old, have
taken it, and thousands have written
grateful letters TO DIR. Pierce saying it
made them well. In taking Favorite Pre-
scription, it is reassuring to know that it
goes straight to the cause of the trouble.
There is but one way to overcome sickness,
and that is to overcome the cause. That
is precisely what Favorite Prescription is
intended TO do.
Send l0c for trial pkg Of Tablets.
Address Invalids' Hotel, Buffalo, N. Y. !
Constipated women, as we'll as men, are
advised by Dr. Pierce TO take his Pleasant
Pellets. They are just splendid for COS
tiveness. On
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-11-25

nervous breakdown for four years.
was bloated With gas and my appe-
tite was poor / had catarrh with
much mucous dropping into my throat
day and night had rheumatism in
my joints and muscles and was sore
from head 20 foot My blood was
bad, my limbs would get numb and go
TO sleep and my feet and ankles swell
I used Goldine only a short time and
it helped me Immediately | surely
advice any one suffering in this way
to give it trial The Goldine Man
says that no matter how skeptical
YOU are he invites YOU to come and
see him today and he will give you a
large test dose of Goldine absolutely
free The minute YOU take it YOU
feel it to Your toes. Take il six days
,,,I
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-11-25
i eliciOus!
Appetizin! /!

Benefit Brand Sweet Nut Marga-
rine is made from the most nutritious
elements OF choice cocoanut meats,
with the pulpy portion rejected This
pure rich nut cream" is churned
with pas;eurized milk. Best for cook
ing and deectable as a table luxury,
At 32c. a H. Sold only at the Direct
Importing Co.'S. yellow front store
1873 Main St, Bennington, where
Benefit Brand Teas, Coffees. and
Grocery Specialties are retailed at
wholesale prices Look out for our
store in your town.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-11-25

With opportunities for employment
TO many, no longer need woman
marry for support. Who knows but
that one of these days the girls will
bark back to the old-fashloned Gus.
tom OF wedding for lovel a.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-11-25

Onlcial estimates place the popula-
ton Of Germany at the end of next
year as 7,025,00O below what it was in
1914, and II we keep on we shall have
the place Whitfield down to a point
where ii will not worry even Belgium.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-11-25

When the Berlin Lokal Anzelger
says that the Germans Of America
"never came up to the expected sup
port OF kultur in the new fatherland" II
is saying something that is not only
mighty true, but mighty compliment
tary. ..as.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-11-25

A good way TO stop the women's
practice of wearing birds on their hats
would be to make them wear all the
Misunderstanding bugs that same bird
might have eaten in the course OF
month or so.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-11-25

Sea planes are 10 fly from this coun-
try to Europe instead of taking cargo
space on the ships. And after they
land in France a few might take
preliminary spin to Berlin and back.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-11-25

The patriotic girls may as well be-
gin 10 chop seven inches of heel from
their shoes and get ready for service.
The war is calling another 100000
boys this year and the work must
20 on.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-11-25

A girl Is getting somewhere on the
road to discretion when she learns
that marriage is one Of the most sol
emn events Of human life instead Of
an uproarious, hilarious iamboree.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-11-25

Probably the kaiser now regards
the way in which shipbulldlng, troop
transporting. ammunition making and
other war Industries are speeding up
IN the United States, as anything but
idiotic.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-11-25

The ''work or fight" rule will he CON
sldercd hardship by the loafers, but
there are lots OF folk who are working
who would rather fight three days
than TO work one.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-11-25

We have reached the point where
we realize that a patriot finds great
incentive to fight In merely anticipat-
ing what he is going ia do to the enc
my when he gets him.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-11-25

If all the reports of food shortage
had been true, Berlin would have
starved long ago. When Prussia Is not
trying to excite terror she is begging
for sympathy.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-11-25


watch the results.
There is no string
TO this offer; you
don't need TO try it
il you don't want
TO, This offer is 10
every man, woman
and child in Ben
nington. We ask
you to test Goldine
for Yourself. Come
yourself, or bring
any member OF
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-11-25

Burlap famine threatens and price
NJ leather has advanced. Horrors
What will we wrap our feet in next
winterl
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-11-25

We cnrc not how often mother has
her day. but in justice to all concerned
let's see TO It that father gets his
lightA
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-11-25

There are 15,0O0OO0 Americans ellg-
ible for military service and nearly
every one Of them is willing to fight.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-11-25

We should worry about those three
meatless days week Just look at the
hcnns we've got coming In the garden
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-11-25

Despite the high cost of beans, GER
tain indlscrect and unpairlotic people
continue to spin the luscious legumes.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-11-25

The governments meat program IL
liberal enough. but not all OF US Ike
our meat served as the government
likes SIS.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-11-25

There 0re even more American Wis
itors In UnroTe in time or war than
ln time of pence.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-11-25

The canoe has opened It's casualty
list for the season
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-11-25

This season witnesses n demand for
marching men in camps rather than
for dancing men at summer resorts.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-11-25

N.f'ftt- i-..- fff..,....rt sNui iaiili. III
~ mh, Cit, ''', w., the most difficult
trouble and try
Goldine just once
This is the Goldine Man who will
explain Godine at Gokay's Drug
Store Come in and talk with him
personally and learn personally what
good health really means.
mes drug store at tIoosick Falls.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-11-25

Neither VII anyone object 10 the
Substitution Of chicken for beef liz
those harvest dinners
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-11-25

without yaggcratinn. our American
boys'over ih"re have been lghting lilss
bunch Of Wildcats.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-11-25

Rnt that change Ia styles Is not re-
uoactiye. There's last years clothes.
for example.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-11-25
Sweet Nut
Margarine

It is ouly little trouble to order
your coal ROW
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-11-25

Those bomb nroof" Jobs do not
soon, however. to be draft proof. es-
pecl0ly In The navy.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-11-25

II Is too hot 20 DO anything but lay
In that winter fuel. You are crazy
with the heat IL you don't do It.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-11-25

Tho clover crop Is coming on fine. so
We Sh0n't have to suffer from any clr
verless days this winter.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-11-25
Daily Thonnnt-

That act OF contemplation creates
die thing cont~mHaied.-DisraelL
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-11-25

Some enemies plot 10 wreck troop
trims. others merely conSp!re to get
rich off government contracts.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-11-25
,hal LIVER is NO GOOD

lat 81 so lazy it let's the skin Go part
81 i'e woif. ire sGir turns yellow
,...- is. Such d liver upsets the whole
trste'l. Take Hoods Pills. they put
sa Nv.- 20 work. best for billou5ness,
iov n-ss. constipation. DO rot irri-
e cor c.'re. pyice 25c. of druggists
e. licoG Co. Lowell. Mass.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-11-25

IN
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-11-25

also be hooes drug store at Hoosck Falls
The Cordova daily times., 1918-03-12

Cordoya's Two Bits a Day" club.
the members of which buy a Quarters
worth of thrift stamps every day. f.
constantly increasing in membership.
thus helping to raise war funds. "Tvo.
bits is the old tern, dating back to-
the early days of the country. for a
quarter Of a dollar, and is still used
in the South, West and Alaska. Every
patriotic American now wants TO do.
his Bit; and the members of these
clubs are carrying out this idea finely
in doing their two bits" every dav
1t is hoped that Two Bits a Day"
clubs will be formed all over the
country in the great war-savIilga cam
paign.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-03-12
LOOK WHO'S HEREI

The great American game is on
Politics again comes to the front, and
politicians are already waylaying the
retiring voter, and if said voter can't
be waylaid, he is being tracked to his
lair. and the why's and wherefores
slipped to him by the painless (?) gas
method.
And gas method is correct. If some
of the boys should happen to forget
the gas, it would be merely another
case of September Morn for them.
Don't be caught unaware. The events
of past years have proved the wisdom
of preparedness. SO while the getting
is good, and before the rush sets in.
Mr.. Voter, get yourself a gas mask
and wear it in a convenient position
for in the next thirty days there is
going to be enough gas (heaps of it,
obnoxious, too expended right here
in our midst to supply the American
gas battalions in France with all the
ammunition needed for at least one ex-
tensive campaign.
In fact, from all indications, the
present Alaska political campaign is
likely to have introduced into it all
the improved arts of war The neces-
sary and highly instructive and protec-
tive art of "camOuflage" viii certainly
be a prominent feature, although by
no means a novel one, as most of us
are familiar with it under the COM
mon and garden name of bull" News
papers have recently been filled with
inquiries and speculations ON machine
guns. We predict that Alaskans are
now about to become more familiar
with another, and different, machine
almost as deadly as the former, and
commonly termed machine politics.
Yes, sub, the bearings are in the
process of being oiled, and soon, Mr..
Voter, you will have the opportunity
of seeing this deadly % weapon being
pllOted by Its daring driver over the
PROSTATE bodies of it's foes.
Yes, it's a great life if we don't
weaken, and large part of it is poIf-
tics. There is politics and politics,
and both kinds will be on tap soon.
Got your seat in the grandstand?' No.
Well, better get it early and inspect
the field. The runners are out of tire
paddock and on the field. Four OF
them for the main event Names:
Sulzer, Maloney, Wickersham and Con
nally. Look them over carefully and
size up the jockeys, for, believe us
Jockeys are going to be among those
mentioned before the judges pin blue
ribbons on the winner.--FafrbankF
Citizen.