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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-11-04

Dear Mrs. Thompson: I am keep
ing company with a man who said
something which l consider very
rude. Sunday we went to dinner
at a married friends house and met
a young girl there. The next day
took d walk with him and he told
me how well he liked this girl He
said she was very pretty and just
the kind who would like to take
long hikes with US He said that
next spring if he cant find another
man TO go along he will haze to
take her with US. This hurt my
feelings very much. What do you
think of a man who would say a
thing like that?
CATHEROINE S.
The man had no intention of
hurting your feelings He consid-
ers you very good friend and feels
that you would be as glad to meet
an interesting girl as he was. Be
too big for jealousy or he will be
disappointed in you. Never let him
know that you resented his re-
mark If you meet the girl be cor
dial to her and endeavor to win her
friendship.
Dear Mrs. Thompson: I met a
young man who came to see me a
few times and then stopped coming,
although 1 have reason to think he
was interested in me. I think he
must have heard something that
was untrue He has asked a girl
friend about me several times and
she says he appears TO be very
much interested in me yet
Would it be all right to invite the
girl friend and her boy friend over
to my house some evening and
have my former boy friend? Or
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-11-04
The Daily Short Story

won't you? I wish to- make bis
cults, a pie and a cake"
4 was an expert in all three, y
Wanted Ben. Now, then, ma am,
if you'll make me proud by taking
down the directions l give you, and
then let me sort of guide the actual
cuisine, I'll tell you more in five
minutes than a correspondence
cookery school would in a month. -
Juttie fitted about, excited and
radiant Ben directed, he assisted,
lac wrote down innumerabIe recipes
for Juttie, but he let her do the
work
OH" screamed Juttie in a per
feet delirium of joy, as the cake
came out OF the oven a poem of
beauty, and in rapture she gazed
from it TO the pie, and thence to
the snOwy-White biscuits. and then
all over them again in turn.
Now, ma'am," pronounced Ben,
you've caught tho knack, you've
got the dainty touch Study out
them recipes and you can take the
prize every time"
Il don't know how to thank you
oh, you good, useful mani" ex-
liberated Juttie, and she handed Ben
. dollar He drew back from the
prolfer, but she insisted. please
please don spend it in drink, will
you?" she pleaded.
Il won't, ma am" pledged Ben,
quite seriously. You've given me
an idea. a sort OF impetus. Wen
call it a jolt, if you like, and see
what comes of il. l hope you'll
cook your way into the heart Of
your husband double sure. and I'm
a better man for having met you"
So Ben Wolfe went his way. and
Juttie Barton scored the triumph
of her life. II seemed that she had
been married barely four weeks
Until that morning an old aunt had
seen 10 the household duties. Now,
thrown on her own resources, Jut-
tie had tiustered and floundered I'M
I'll the fOrtuitOus appearance Of tho
tramp had solved her difficulties.
What had worried her most was
that her mather-in-law was 10 be
at tea that evening. She passed
Abe happiest hours OF her life. Mrs.
Barton was delighted over her
cookery. Ned was proud and COM
piimented, and pleased as was Jut-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-11-04
The MeaneSt Stacker.

The meanest Stacker in America next to the
Stacker of military who seeks to evade military
service is the retail dealer who takes advantage of
the war to make excuse for exorbitant profits. He
is in intimate touch with the plain people of moderate
circumstances. whose sons are fighting battles to
him from disaster and yet he does hesitate
to sweat his customers to the last penny.
1t is gratifying to note that than thirty Of
these sIackers have been rounded up and fined for
oyercharging on meat. One of them, in a whining
voice said he only did it to make up previous losses
That is to say. he levied people poorer than
himself to reimburse him for what he had dropped
by bad judgment-and he seemed to think this was
all right The food administration took a different
view. The fines light-only 500 in each case
but the culprts are compelled to make restitution
10 their swindled customers. and to display a sign
10 the effect that they have been engaged in the
crooked practice OF oyercharging This ought to
prove warning 10 others-New York Morning Tele-
graph.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-11-04
When You Carry Your Lunch.

W hNh AUu SdAi AOu1 A+AANJp
Filings for Sandwiches-Ch Chopped
celery and hardboiled eggs mixed
with salad dressing.
Chopped celery and apples, nuts
or olives, mixed with salad dress
ing.
Thin slices of turkey and fried
bacon on toast spread with salad
dressing.
Sliced hard boiled eggs and
chopped olives, spreading the bread
with salad dressing.
Chopped hard-boiled eggs and
anchovies mixed to a paste with
mayonnaise.
Canned salmon and the yolks of
hard-boiled eggs mixed with may
onnaise. Use brown bread.
Tomatoes sliced thin. three or
four leaves OF lettuce with a dash
Of dressing, then fry crisp two or
three strips of bacon and place all
between thin slices of bread or
toast well buttered,
Flake contents Of can OF tuna.
Add celery. green peppers, olives
chopped fine. Mix with salad dress
ing, placing crisp lettuce leaves
between thin slices OF bread or
crackers, spreading mixture upon
them.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-11-04
Health Talks sz Dr. Mzaaa szaaz. NJ: D.

Galleries per pound. But, dollar for
dollar, peanut butter has the cows
backed out of the lot these days.
Animal fat, however, contains a
vitamin essential for growth, and
it is not certain that vegetable fat
contains that vitamin, so either
fresh milk or cows butter should
remain a reasonable share of the
Child's ration.
Anybody Need Il GfzZard?
I see that you answer all ques-
tons pertaining to health. would
like to learn where one can dis
pose Of the lining of chicken giz-
yards, which l believe is used for
medicinal purposes.
MRS. F. S. I.
Answer-This is news to me-
Also Some BaciIIi for Sale.
Kindly let me know the origin of
the culture used for souring milk.
Is it animal or vegetable? I had a
tablespoonful given me last Octo-
Der. and it is now a quart I
should like to sell some of it to re-
sponsible parties. r. P.B.
Answer-The Tactic acid bacillus,
naturally present in milk, ferments
the sugar of milk into Tactic acid,
causing the souring. Bacilli are
animal or vegetable. as you prefer
they are unspecialized one-celIed
organisms and one may call them
ether or neither. Anybody could
grow quart from a tablespoonful
in week or two, so the starter
has no special value.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-11-04

(SECTf0N TW0O
The following casualties are re-
ported by the commanding general
OF the American expeditionaFv
forces:
Killed in action, 116.
Died of wounds, -.
Died of disease, 20.
Wounded severely, p.
Wounded. degree undetermined
%.
Wounded slightly. SO.
Missing in action, IS.
Total, 313.
Killed in Action.
Frank +. Bertino, Orient, III
John A. Cliff, Hanover, III.
James r. Connolly Inka IL
David e. Davies, Herrin, H.
Emil n. Johnson, Chicago. III.
Clinton II. Morris. Rockford, III
Roscoe Propes, Herrin, H.
Chester Z. Rombaugh, Suffer, N /
William Urban. Chicago, III.
Died from Wounds Received in
Action.
SERGEANT.
Earl L. Sears. Chicago, Ill
PRIVATES,
John Srutek, Chicago, Ill
Daniel L. Tankersley. Winehes--
ter, III.
Ralph L. Zane. Lake City. Iowa.
Died Of Disease.
PRIVATES.
Leonard W. Potter, Granger, Ia
Harley F. Thompson, Bloomfield,
Iowa.
Wounded Severely in Action.
Charles Kafka, Chicago, III.
Piotr Kocot, Chicago. Ill
William E Piggott, Mcclure, I'll.
Wounded In Action, Degree URde.
tPrmined. If
PRIVATES.
Morris Fl. Goldstein, Chicago, M
Charles B. Macherey, Worden.
Ill.
Oscar Marshall. Dana, Ill
Wounded Slightly.
LIEUTENANT.
Dewitt It. Petty, LawrencevlTle,
Ill
CORPORAL.
Lee Roy Riggs, haywood Park,
Ill.
PRTVATES.
Paul Barton Dale-Evanston n.
Raymond l.. Nebeker. Chicago,
Ill.
Karl Patten, Patoka, IL
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-11-04
MENU HINT
BREAKFAST.

BREAKFAST.
Grapes
Rolled Oats with Ton Milk
Corn Flour Cakes Maple Syrup
Coffee
LUNCHEON
Potato Soup Salmon Salad
Johnnie Cake Apple Butter
Oatmeal Cookies Tea
DINNER
Spring Chicken Mashed Potatoes
Celery Cabbage Salad
Rice Pudding with Raisins
Coffee
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-11-04
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
PPanut Euftpr VERSUS CnNEs'.

Can you inform me if you think
peanut butter is just as nutritious
and fattening for growing children
as cows butter? RI. V. T.
Answer-Peanut butter is a very
wholesome, nutritious and econom-
zeal food for children, but you
stack it up against the most nutri-
tiOus article OF nutriment on the
whole list of foods. Peanut butter
gives about 1925 calories per
pound, and cows butter gives 3,6O5
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-11-04
Cake Filings and Icings.

Cream Filling Put two cupfuls
of sugar and a half cupful OF wa
der in saucepan; add teaspoon
ful OF lemon juice, or saltspoun-
full OF cream of tartar Stir until
the sugar is dissolved, and boil uu-
iii The syrup spins heavy thread
or forms a soft bail when dropped
into cold water. Pour this slowly
into the well-beaten whites of two
eggs, beating all the while Beat
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-11-04

has been subjected during the past four years. No
place seems willing to shelter the kaiser and his
blood and some place must be found In the Ha-
waan Islands is small isle named Molokai
to meet the requirements. Molokai is also
used for the physical lepers
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-11-04
Household Hints

until sufficiently cold and thick TO
spread.
One may add to this chopped
nuts or chopped dry fruit, like can
died cherries or pineapple. and use
II as filling, or it may be used plan
as soft icing.
One may add a teaspoonful o.
rose favoring and a drop or two Of
pink colorinE for rose icing; o.
pistachio green coloring, with a
teaspoonful Of caramel, OF a tea
spoonful for brown icing; or . tea
spoonful Of vanilla for white icins
For coffee icing or filling use one
cupful of coffee in the place Of one
cupful Of water,
Cream Coffee Filling -- Mix 10
gether a half cupful of sugar, ana
a quarter cupful Of -four. Pour
over. stirring rapidly a half pint d
scalding milk and one cupful OF coi-
fee. Cook i'm a double boiler nye
minutes. and add two eggs wen
beaten Cook in a moment, taA5
from the fire add one teaspoonIu'
OF vanilla and stand aside 20 cool
Use between layer sponge cake.
Chocolate Filling ~ Boil Tour
ounces Of chocolate, q tahiespoo"-
ful of butter. one Cupfui Of sugar
and half cupful of water teGslne-
until they form soft bali NheH
dropped in cold water, Take IIOl.
the fire. beat a minute and let Y
stand until partly cool, and II ls
ready to use. To make it creamy
pour it while hot into well-beaIeA
whites of two eggs
The Table.
Leftover Pie crust FIRST nH
II. then roll fine Il can then
used in cookies A little less ~ nv.
and shortening should be USED 'g 5-
the original cooky recipe calls lo'-
The pie dough should not ne a''0'
ed to get strong before using 4
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-11-04

In grandfathers day anybody with jug of
whisky could start a saloon. Even now, anyone
with a few dollars and little nerve can start
bank in Illinois and handle other peoples money
The amendment the state banking law will help
TO safeguard the public by putting all banks under
state supervision.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-11-04

Are you of those optimistic chaps who say,
whats the of building hard roads? Well all
be riding in airplanes inside of ten years" If no.
you will expected support the bond issue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-11-04

Marshal Foch knows the shortest road to peace,
and he is in fair way get there before the dip
lomatic letter writers have fairly oiled up their typ
ing machines.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-11-04

The awful toll of is very wildly brought home
US all by the report that, in 80 weeks of actual
fighting the British had lost over hundred
thousand in killed, wounded, and missing.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-11-04

Automobile owners paying for system
Of hard roads. a bond issue will merely make it
possible to the money to best advantage,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-11-04

Many suggestions have been made as TO the prop
er place in which TO exile the arch-criminals
sponsibleS for the bath Of blood 70 which the world
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-11-04

Many of the basic laws of Illinois have long been
obsolete. Vote Yes" the constitutional amend
ulent question tomorrow.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-11-04

The Democrats offer an exceptionally strong
ticket for your consideration tomorrow. Don't over
look that fact when you go to the polls.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-11-04

The ends or tops of sirloin steaks
make good cannelon or hamburg
steaks.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-11-04

PRIVATE.
Roy r. Johnson, Des mOines Iowa
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-11-04

Washington, Nov. 4.--The cas-
ualyty list given out today by the
war department has a total of 627
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1918-06-20

Of forested hills, all sunlit. It's even
ing, just when the sun ia mellowist
and that peaceful mood covers the
fields and hills and woods. You're
having this kind of an evening, across
there now. ] suppose.
/ wish Oliver were here-he's back
with the company and the rest Of the
battalion--and we could rend this
quiet beauty with friendly quarrel
over some topic neither Of us knew
anything about, as we did in the old
DAYS.
I wish I could drop in on you, dra-
matically. en- costume. with mud
turtle steel hat, a great. glaring, hor-
rible gas mask, my ankle length vol
luminous slip coat, my ponderous hob
nails. with grenade in one hand. a
pistol in my belt. and a bayoneted
rifle in the other hand. You'd set me
down as Marian visitor of some
consequence. But as we all look alike
over here, no one notices it much. Don
Quixote would occasion no furore il
he came thru the street in his armor
and casque. Peculiar how much war
we can wear and how little we can
feel. I'm no more of beliggerent
than I was when Hank and the mob
upended me and filled those pride-o'-
my-heart trousers full Of snow. Pos
sibly there's plenty of that combative-
ness tucked away in me somewhere,
and hope I can reach it on occasion.
7 was born lamb, you know, but
Fate has made me the goat. Pm not
getting sorrowful We're too we'll
fed for that and my old straw ticks
too comfortable. Why, tho I am at
war, get more sleep now than did
this time last spring.
In the matter Of food we're as we'll
served as we were at Camp Stuart.
OF course we don't buy apple and nut
sundaes and oranges and soul satisfy
ing dinners in this town, but for an
ordinary fortune we can buy delicacies
like almonds, figs and dates. Candy
is rare and fruit, too, but our COM
manding officers here see to it that
occasional supplies Of canned pine
apple, chocolate, gum and fruit come
up. Contrary to our expectations,
they do at home; but I suppose the
French feel that we rich Americans
with $50 a month might combine
little philanthropy with our fig buy
ing. Wine? yes, but don't care much
for the cheaper red and white, can't
afford the champagne, and fear the
cognac-so l haven't been real drunk
yet. Most of the fellows drink the
red or white wine (taken from a cask,
in the kitchen, bottled and corked in
two seconds after your order arrives)
for the social sense one or two quarts
give. It's almost worth drinking the
bitter brew to get that expansive,
fraternal, comprehensive sense of
well-being, that loosens tongue, heart
strings , and brain-you may know knt I'm
Of course, I've had no letters from
home yet, and don't expect any for
some time, but know you're all right
Give my regards to all the friends.
With love,
JOHN.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1918-06-20

detachable part Of this machine the
more fragmentary l feel and the more
incomplete my look on life becomes,
so that to give you an impression
complete Of Our trip inland on the toy
cars, our villages and billets, our
training and all, is impossible. I'd
like to tell you Of the country, the
folks and the customs, but your Stod-
dard, with it's photographs and de-
scrlptlons can give you as good an
idea Of the country you can guess
were in, as can, even tho his work
dates from the '9O's. Things don't
change much in French villages, I
suppose you have an idea Of what
they are, nestled here and there in
valleys or against hills or struggling
on ridge tops, with the rude stone
houses, the curved, muddy, pictur-
esque streets, the ducks and COWS in
the alleys, and their silence of a coun-
tryside, below all the noise of trucks
and cars and drilling soldiers.
No young men, no young women.
When we have all our middle aged
men in the army and our women in the
factories, we can begin to know what
war is. At that I think it is harder
on us at this stage, for our minds
have not been prepared and seasoned
for it as have the French, thru de-
cades OF preparation and army train
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1918-06-20
ing among the men.

ing aiming CHe men.
That's something want to tell YOU
about, too; army training and it's
effect on one. If you think we are
over here in misery of mind and full
of forebodings, and homesick, and dis
couraged at what's ahead of us, you
must consider our training. We've
been eased into it all thru successive
steps, SO slowly that we didn't notice
EN-. It's taken the place of brain,
soul and will. When we go to the
trenches what fear there is will be the
mob fear, and our discomforts will be
endurable because our feelings have
been more or less toughened. You find
that the man adapts himself to almost
anything and we'll soon feel at ease
in the trenches. Besides, we have a
whole summer to prepare ourselves
for winter campaign life, 1--WE won't
be so out Of luck as Co. D men were)
and that's the hardest part of it.
Just at present Pm with a squad
from our company at sort of school.
We're learning various things we
should have learned in the states to
fit US for special duties. l suppose
you know from articles and news more
about the various activities, like
scouting, patroling, observing and
sniping than l do, and we are forbid
den to describe our work, it's a case
of use your own knowledge, to find out
what III be doing the next few weeks.
At present Pm escaping the heavy
grind of intensive training, going thru
various night maneuvers, walking
trips and exercises in place of it.
We enjoy views, when the sun
shines, that are as beautiful as any
thing I've seen. We're situated in
valley about as wide as the Mouse,
but the hills and woods and cultivation
remind me more of River Falls coun-
try, even to the little river with it's
tree-bordered banks and it's rapids.
This must be young paradise Of a
country to spend vacation in, afoot.
Pm having pleasant time, even I'M
der present conditions, but when I
come back We'll arrange for a return
to France, put the old Dodge to a
donkey, and tour as we please.
Take my present position, if you
like a sample of what's pleasant in
this hamlet life. Pm sitting on a
stone wall, just where it begins to
crumble and disappear for time be-
meath tunnel Of weeds and vines;
to my left lies half-neglected gar
den, wee one, bounded helplessly by
ruined wall that lets the meadow
grass and flowers crowd in right up
to the lettuce beds. Then there is
some field, a woods, low forested
hill, and back of it a range of higher
hills banking their masses of green
woods to the horizon. In front, and
blocking off much Of my vision, stands
red-roofed, heavy made, stone
house; beyond a bit of meadow, a
stone mill half concealed in the trees,
an apple tree in bloom, then the rise
Of the hill; at my right is road up
which pass the peasants coming in
from the field; beside it runs brook
four ducks are conversing on it
now,-big, comfortable willows form
a rampant around a green, small mea-
dow where few big cows Craze; then
between the hill and meadow runs
background Of the clustered houses
Of the village.
Looking down the valley I can see
beyond the woods spire and the
roofs Of a village; beyond is a bank
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1918-06-20
JOHN RASMUSSEN
WRITES FROM France
Minot Soldier Gives Excellent De-
scriptiOn of Country and Depicts
Life in the Land Across the Sea.

The following letter was received
from John Rasmussen, by his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. s. J. Rasmussen, of this
city:
May 10, 1918.
Dear folks:-The longer I remain q
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1918-08-27
FOOD RESTRICTIONS
ENFORCED At 0. S. S.
DR.. Douglass Reports No Ill
Effects Result From
Obeying Orders

At the Ohio State sanatorium.
where the state is treating its tuber-
cular patients, and where nutrition
is the main treatment, the recent or
ders of the federal government to
conserve have had no i'll effects upon
the patients.
A special report by DIR. S. A. Doug
lass, superintendent of the institution
sent to the board of administration
last week Is to the effect that every
regulation sent out Dy the national
food administrator is being followed
to the letter. There are meatless
meals and sugarless coffee and -four
substitutes are used.
DR.. Douglass says: 1--WE have no
cause to complain of results from the
regulations imposed. The cardinal
points Of our treatment of tubercular
patients is nutrition. but fail to note
the least i'll effects of following the
order of the national food administra-
tor"
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1918-08-27
HUGE FIRE CAUSES
GREAT DAMAGE ON
FARMS NEAR HERE
May Reach $4,000; Woods
Covering Five Acres Are
Destroyed

Starting and gaining headway In a
field on the Clyde Butcher farm, two
miles west Of Homer, fire late Friday
destroyed eight huge stacks of hay
and did damage to the amount OF be-
TWEEN s25, 900 and $4,000 on the farms
belonging to Butcher, Mary Cunning
ham, Charles Bowman and on the
old Church farm. The fire kept
spreading and the flames were not
subdued until late Saturday morning.
The Lig woods back of the Butcher
residence were completely ruined
while large trees on the other farms
were also destroyed. The whole
woods, which cover about FIVE acres
in the aggregate on the four farms,
were all ablaze at one time and the
fire threatened several barns which
are near them. An investigation Is in
progress to determine the cause of
the fire.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1918-08-27
MEN APPOINTED TO
SIGN CERTIFICATES
Will Issue Sugar Cards To
Residents OF Towns
In County

For the benefit of those residing
In nearby towns, the Chamber of
Commerce has made out list of men
one In each locality, who in the fu.
ture will sign certificates for sugar
for canning purposes. Those resid.
ing near Centerbnrg may secure Ger.
tificates from Mayor Harry Bell,
Fredericktown P. J. Cummings. Dan.
Vile c. M. Rice, Brandon C. E. Shu.
felt and Gambler Mayor A. r. Holtz.
No more certificates will be issued
in this city until next month since
the supply has been exhausted along
with the 10,00O--pound allotment for
the city. Another lot will be an
nounced for Mt. Vernon in Septem
Der, but nothing has been received
indicating how 1t will be parcellet
out to the Gamers.