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Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1918-02-02
"A Head of
CATTLE~

IL heifers, 2 yrs old. some of them
springing. 6 that have had one calf
that viii be fresh by day Of said
cows, some OF them now milking, the
others close springers No ]. Bull,
San JOS Pontiac. Born March 9th, 1915.
Sire, San Jose Pontiac Kondyke Dam.
"Clothild Acts Dekol," quiet marked
right. and the purchaser gets papers
with him.
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1918-02-02
Public Sale
OF
Personal Property

Having rented small farm, the I'M
dersigned will sell without reserve, on
the ''Drummond Farm" Middle Neck.
Cecil County, Nd, miles west of Micsz
dletown, Del.
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 18th, 1918
At 10 o'clock, sharp.
10 Head of
&Horses, Mules
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1918-02-02

so head of hogs and pigs
10 brood sows, 8 of them have pigs
by their side, others will farrow in
April, 10 pigs just weaned, 6 shoats,
weigh abou; 1o5 lbs.. fine boar.
IMPLEMENTS
2new farm wagons, / new creamery
wagon, Il. c. Green make,) I Ohio
cultivator, l ) section SPRING tooth, |
Keystone side delivery rake, nearly
new. Imperial Reding pillow, new last
fall and good one. 26i Wizard Flows,
B. & H. drain drill, II hoes, dearborn
pole, 1-2-3-4 horse trees.
HARNESS
8 sets leather wagon hrrness, COM
plete, l set of them used but little, 6
sets of pillow harness, brides, Irish
collars, new last spring, some kitchen
goods and other small articles.
TERMS
All sums of $40, the cash will be re-
quired, over that amount. credit of
9 months will be allowed, purchaser
giving a bankable note with approved
security, Interest added from day of
sale.
NOTICE
The content of this sale bill mnst be
sole. l have reserved what I need.
Cannot take it with me. It's all good
and will be sold for the high dollar.
A. N. CRAWFORD.
EUGENE RACINE, Auc.
r. L. PRICE, Inside Clerk.
w. LEE PENNINGTON, Outside Clerk:
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1918-02-02

FOR sALE--Wagons and dearborns.
j. e. GREEN.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-04-20
Girl Takes Care of Baby

One day when l was playing in
the back yard, my neighbor lady
came over to my house. She asked
me II l would stay with her baby
till she went to town. or course |
could not tell her no, because |
liked to play with the baby. She
told me if l would stay with it she
would give me a quarter to buy a
Thrift Stamp. When she came back
instead of giving me quarter, why
she gave me fifty cents. l bought
two stamps with that money.
Every day l wash the dishes and
dust the rooms for my mother At
the end of each week she gives me
Ave cents. | have pulled the
sprouts off the potatoes, and | get
money for them. l am saving ev-
cry penny | make to buy Thrift
Stamps with for | want to do all
| can to help Uncle Sam win the
war.-Ruth Hamilton, Baxter.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-04-20
SAVE SUGAR

We think of our soldiers in
France, how they need comfort and
plenty to eat and wear. We can
not feed and clothe them unless
we save.
Some Of the candy companies
have barrels of sugar, while gro
Ger so we got little bottle and
sugar and not have over five cents
worth of candy a week, we might
be able to do something. Instead
of sugar candy we could have mo-
lasses candy and in that way save
sugar.
Use your left-overs and help our
Marianne Swayne.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-04-20
Brother Sends New Dimes

When my big brother was in
California when ever I wrote hir,
a Letter he would send me new
dimes and on Christmas he would
send $500. When the Thrift Stamp
club was organized l bought two
War Savings Stamps.
Another way l bought Thrift
Stamps was to sell old papers to
the rag man and l also do not buy
much candy and save money that
I used to spend for candy.-Ruth
McMahan, Baxter School.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-04-20
JOHNNY'S THRIFT STAMPS.

Johnny went TO ScnOOl one day
feeling very smart. He raised his
hand with all his might. The
teacher asked what he wanted.
He said. 81 want some thrift
stamps. Four if you please"
what are they" asked the chill
dren. They did not know what he
meant. The teacher was the only
one beside John that knew.
Johnny got his thrift stamps and
was the first to have his name
placed on the thrift stamp honor
roll. That noon Johnny told the
children all about thrift stamps
The children bought them after
that, and now Johnny's room is
ahead of all the other rooms in the
sale of thrift stamps.-Mary Jane
Schillinger, Warner School.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-04-20
Girl Does Work When
Mother is iii

Il am saving up my money to
buy Thrift Stamps. have Is cents
already. My mother is sick and
yesterday l had to do almost all
of the work. In the morning ]
washed the dishes, made the beds,
and took care of little sister and
then got dinner.
In the Afternoon | took sister
out again. Then | got supper, and
did the dishes. Then ! read the
paper a little and went to bed
next Saturday am going to the
Washington to see Little Red Rid.
ing Hood 1t costs 5 cents to go
l am helping to win the war all
l can.-Grace Ryan, Baxter School
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-04-20
Boy Will Work in Garden

| earn money by WORKING at
home for sister. l dry dishes.
sweep the floor, and carry out the
ashes on Saturday mornings This
summer | am going to NOW the
grass for a lady that will give me
IS cents. In the afternoons l am
going to work in our garden. will
not get money for it, but will get
some of the vegetables. / will sell
them and buy Thrift Stamps
Robert Long, 6B, II years old, Bax-
ter School.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-04-20
THRIFT STAMP MONEY

I save all our old paper and
magazines. asked my grand
mother to save her paper and mag
azines for me. 1t then tie them up
with cord My father takes them
to the junk shop. With the money
l buy Thrift Stamps. When the
Palladium was giving a stamp for
the best Thrift Stamp verse won
one. My mother gives me money
about every week to buy Thrift
Stamps with. earned the money
by helping mother.-Curtis Hay
ward, Baxter School.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-04-20
WHAT | AN GOING TO 90
TO WIN THE WAR.

Did you ever 60 past a candy
shop and have a nickel or dime?
And the candy looked so good that
you just start to go in and get
some and then you remember what
your teacher said about Thrift
Stamps. You go home and father
gives you fifteen cents and says
now you can buy that candy you
saw. But you say now | will get
a Thrift Stamp.-Philip GRATIS,
Starr School.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-04-20
Girl Saves Money

| earned one Thrift Stamp by
putting a verse in the newspaper
And for the rest drew money
that | had saved from the bank
The way l saved up that money
was, | saved my pennies, nickels,
and dimes, and put them in my lit
tie bank ! do not go to very many
picture shows, only those that We
know are good and l do not buy
candy.-Thelma Albin, Baxter.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-04-20
WAITING FOR SCHOOL
TO EE OUT,

was waiting for school to he out
one afternoon. 1t seemed to be
longer than any other time. My
aunt was at my house and she had
some children with her. had
some games that l made up. l was
thinking about it too much and |
had to stay in for spelling-class.
1t was late when got home and
my aunt was gone home Naomi
Long, age IL, grade ga, West Ward,
Columbia City, Ind.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-04-20
Girl Sweeps Floor

| earn my money by working. |
wash the dishes, sweep the floor
and take care of the little chickens.
Mother pays me 10 cents each time
carry the ashes out for mother.
| do not work for money, but she
pays me for it, When | have rs
cents | buy Thrift Stamps. Marga-
ret Harvey, Baxter School.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-04-20
COMING HOME FROM SCHOOL.

One day when l was coming
home from school l was was riding
my tricycle.. My brother was be-
hind me and l thought that he was
trying to stop me with stick. |
told him not to do it. He said that
was no: doing anything. l looked
at my wheel and there was crack
in it. 1t was making all the noise.
Mark Crafts. Starr School.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-04-20
A MISTAKE.

At school the other day a girl
that sat back of me was making a
face of the kaiser. She began to
spell kaiser with a capital letter,
but l told her that since he was our
enemy we should not use a capt.
tai Veterinary Jane Schillinger,
Warner School.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-04-20
Boy HELMS His Mother

] help my mother dust My
brother and | do the dishes. On
Monday l mop the kitchen floor.
In the summer l help my mother
do her washings
She buys me Thrift Stamps. She
buys me one every week l have
ten Thrift Stamps now.-Wilbur
Robbins, Baxter School.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-04-20
PLAY TIME

One day | called my dog to get
her dinner, but she didn't come,
so | went to hunt her. couldn't
find her so went home in disgust.
| went to feed my rabbits and
found her in the box with them.
She likes them very much.-Joe
Hildebrand, Columbia City.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-04-20
HOW | GOT IT IN THE EYE.

One night this winter l was with
my friend. He and l were stand
ing reading a paper. The first
thing l Fnew something went zing,
and / had my hand up to my eye.
brushing the snow out of 1t. My
brother had thrown the snowfall
Ralph Pratt. Columbia City, Ind.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-04-20
THRIFT STAMPS,

Buy Thrift Stamps to help Uncle
Sam. Dent buy just one. but six
teen. When you have sixteen eX-
change it for War Savings Stamp.
l am going to work this summer to
help win the war.-Melburn Kutter,
East Jefferson School.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-04-20
WORK o "A THRIFT STAMP.

Each Thrift Stamp kills a German,
A German that is so cruel;
A big stamp kills the Kaiser
The Kaiser that tries to rule.
In 1923 how happy will we be,
When we can get the money,
And set our allies free.
Phillip Kessler, Starr School.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-04-20
Boy Empties Ashes

Every Tuesday and Saturday
mornings l 60 to lady's house to
empty ashes. She pays me a dollar
a month. use it to buy Thrift
Stamps. Then after school beat
rugs for mother but not for money.
Fred Throckmorton Baxter.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-04-20
A SURPRISE.

One morning | got UP and found
a pig ir the clothes basket. He
could not drink milk from a sau-
Ger so we wot a little bottle and
made him drink out of it.
One morning when l got up he
was gone and mother said that he
was dead.-Robert Lewis, Starr
School
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-04-20
How i Help Win the War

/ used to go to the picture shows
two times a week. Now / only go
to the picture shows once a week.
] go with my mother, and some
times when father has time he goes
with mother and Robert Hough,
Baxter School.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-04-20

A nickel and penny were lying
Oh the table. The penny fell off,
why didn't the nickel?
Ans. A nickel has more sense
(cents) than penny-katherine
Duval Pauline Arnold, Starr
School.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-04-20
Girl Dries Dishes for Mother

l dry dishes every night for
mother. Mildred gives me a dime
every Tuesday night. save my
dimes and buy Thrift Stamps
Mary Parker. "a grade.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-04-20

DRINKING FROM THE HOSE.
/ had the hose and was going to
take a drink. turned it on slow
and was drinking when someone
turned it on full force. 1t splashed
into my face.-Helen Plattner, Co
lumbia City.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-04-20
THRIFT STAMP HELPS
WIN THE WAR.

I am a Thrift Stamp and cost
twenty-five cents. l am going to
help my country win the war. /
am for soldier boy in the trench
es.-RObert Chestnut, BIB, Starr
School.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-04-20
SAVE.

Let us save money,
And not spend it for honey,
So the soldiers can tramp
On a wretched miSer,
Who is the Kaiser.
Elizabeth Unthank, Starr School
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-04-20
Boy Picks Greens

l picked greens and sold them. l
got sixty-two cents for them. /
bought Thrift Stamps. - Howard
Harlan, "a.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-04-20
Query Corner

The editor will try to answer
Questions readers OF tho Junior
submit to her. She will not
promise to answer all Of them.
The questions will be answered
in rotation. so do not expect the
answer to be printed in the
same week in which you send
1t in.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-04-20
GIRL WANTED TO
BUY THRIFT STAMPS.

Guy T6HTf ] 81 NMFS.
asked mother If | could take
the money out of my bank and buy
Thrift Stamps. She said that
didn't have enough money.
My cousin has four War Savings
Stamps and her sister has two
Thrift Stamps.-Ruth Eleanor Ro-
land.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-04-20

Dear Aunt Molly:
Who are the most important,
boys or girls?-Columbia City.
Dear Columbia City:
They both are very important.
One is not more important than
the Other.-Ed.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-04-20

Dear Aunt Molly:
Why do girls wear hair ribbons?
Willie.
Dear Willie:
The main reason is because they
want to Be in style.-Ed.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-04-20

Wilson recently conferred the golden eage badge
Miss Edna Ruth Cole
Washington Miss Coleman but the fourth girl IN the uned
and passed fifteen OF the pro
winning
eaget list of achieve
men
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-04-20
Dear Aunt Molly:

Dear Aunt Molly.
Hew old are Mary S.
Dear Mary:
I'm afraid to tell but you may
come 20 the Office and then perhaps
you can guessed.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-04-20
Dear Aunt Molly:

Dear Aunt Molly:
Do you like cats Tommy A.
Dear Tommy.
do not like them, but | do think
that they are very useful as they
tend to keep the rats and mice
from eating up the food which we
ourselves can eat.--Ed.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-04-20

Dear Aunt Molly:
Who is Mr.. Asquith?-Ada Ne.
Dear Ada:
Mr.. Herbert Henry Asquith was
formerly the Prime Minister of
England-Ed.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-04-20

Dear Aunt Molly:
Who is Rene Viviani?-Ada
Meyers.
Dear Ada:
Rene Viviani was the Premier Of
France.-Ed.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-12-28
Balloons and Pigeons Were
Used to Carry Mail During
Siege of Paris in 1901

Although airplaneS were unknown In
1870, balloons played an important
part in the siege of Paris, relates
writer In New York Evening World.
So closely were the Prussian lines
drawn about the city that cOmmunica-
ton with the outside world was cut
off. The military authorities called
upon the aeronaut Durouf to make
balloon flight from Paris. Carrying
250 pounds of letters, he made the at
tempt, and after flight of three hours
landed at Evreaux, far beyond the
zone of Prussian control. A regular
mail service was then established, and
though many flights ended In disaster,
it continued until the surrender of the
city. 1t was in this way that Gambret-
ia, the statesman, made his escape
from Paris to Tours, where he recruit
ed new army, which offered des-
perate but vain resistance to the in
vaders.
The Lalloon service was maintained
throughout the investment, from Sep
TENDER %, 1870. to January %, 1871.
Letters to be sent "par bablonmote"
were written on very thin paper, and
among the most interesting relics of
the siege are the letter journals, In
vented by LIE Petit Journal. The news
Of the besieged city was printed in
very small type on one side of thin
letter sheet and the other side of the
sheet was left blank for personal COM
munications. About score of Paris
papers issued these novel sheets, and
practically all letters were written on
them.
Getting letters into the beleaguered
city presented more difficult problem,
but this was partially solved by send i,
ing carrier pigeons out with the ball
looms. Letters and dispatches were
photographed and so reduced that a
single pigeon homing it's way to Paris
often carried thousands of dispatches |
In quill attached to it's tail. One |
pigeon carried to Paris dispatches rep
resenting 100000 francs In postage.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-12-28
Potatoes Feed the World
Different Ages and Sizes of Tubers Demand Special Pepa
tion and Aid in Keeping Body Tissues Alkaline

family and the better
ubers food basn
sound detec according specialists of the
Of United States
the point OF
readily dgestbe FORM contain
anda generally
tendency
work condition either neutral sg
furnishing This scientific
o
Potatoes however while valuable addition mixed diet alone
furnished
al and oils used in cookery
should peen
This
portions soluble
in
PAIRING
bitter those which been until the spring
dsagreeabe
soaked before cooking.
methods desirable which
considerable
applied wemaud
boiled they should bn
of being placed cold BY the latte
material boiling of thu
break Off
in
which
II water and produce soggness
solann poisonous substance which,
therefore, to avoid such potatoes
sprouing portions.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-12-28
Must Purchase Sugar Every
IS Days Instead of Weekly

Approximately 100000 pounds of
sugar will be saved per year by a
new ruling Of the food administration
which will prevent anyone from OBJ
tanning more than two pounds of su-
gar per month. Many people were un-
consciously breaking the regulations
regarding the distribution of sugar
by purchasing their sugar on the basis
Of one-half pound per capita per week.
On this basis Of four weeks to the
month there would be only 48 weeks
to the year, or 1856 days. This would
leave 20 days, or practically another
month, during which sugar would be
consumed on a basis of two pounds
per capita. With a population of 1O0,-
100000 people this would require
about an additional 2O0,OOO,OOO pounds
of sugar. The new regulation requires
the consumer to purchase his allot-
ment Of sugar every fifteen days, or
rather than every week.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-12-28
DON'T Turn Out Your Toes
Or You'll Get Flat Feet;
High Heels No Guarantee

DO You turn your toes out farther
than necessary when you walk? A
good many people do, asserts an ex-
pert, and there are two reasons why
the practice is bad one-for one
thing, it gives an awkward and affect
ed gait, which may even be a mincing
gait If the habit Is very pronounced j;
for another thing, 1t Is apt to produce
fatfoot, that unsightly and often pain
full disability.
One hears good deal about fiat
foot these days, and 1t is shocking
how many otherwise able and efficient
candidates for the army have to be
turned down by physical examiners
because of this disability-fiatfoot. So
much attention Is being paid to the
welfare Of the foot now that f1atfoot
Is likely to be far less prevalent in
the next generation, but those who
have been fortunate enough to escape
the trouble so far In this generation
should be very careful not to let 1t
come upon them.
Lie IOluluUI SuuScS VI Udt1UOl uIC
improper shoes and faulty ways Of
walking or standing. Flatfoot Will not
be prevented, as many women seem to
fancy, by the continuous wearing Of
high heels. There are people who
wear healless tennis shoes all summer
long without injury to the arch Of the
foot. 1t all depends on the way one
steps. Barefoot people for the most
part walk with the toes pointing
straight forward-if anything trifie
inward. The Indian always walks in
this way; so-if you will note-does
the barefoot lad in the country. The
toes in this method of walking get
firm grip on the ground and help to
propel the body forward.
To avoid fiatfoot wear supple, rOomy
shoes and take care not to toe out ex-
cessively. Make all the toes do their
work in propelling the body forward.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-12-28
German Birth Rate Shows
a Drop of Forty Per Cent
Since Beginning of War

The birth rate in Germany for 1916
fen off 40 per cent from the figures for
the year 1913, according to DR.. Charles
Greene Cumston of the University of
Geneva, writing in the New York Med
ical Journal.
Doctor Cumston's figures are taken
from report prepared by the intelli-
gence department Of the local govern
ment board Of Switzerland. Doctor
Cumston says in part:
During the war there has been a
heavy fall In the German birth rate.
The first three years of the war alone
reduced by more than 100000 the
number of infants who would have
been born had peace prevailed. I
would add that the infantile death rate
has been kept well down, but Is so per
cent higher than in England.
The birth rate. which had risen from
1851 per 1000 inhabitants In the decade
1S41-1850, to 1871 In the period 1871
1880. fell In the succeeding decades to
1868, 36.1 ard 319. The rate for the
last year oftthe decade 19O1-1910 was
80 per 1000 inhabitants, and the con-
tinuance of the fall brought the rate
as low as 2S.3 In 1912. In 1913 there
were $4,000 live births. In Ger
many, In 1916, there were only 1,103,-
900, decrease Of 40 per cent as COM
pared with 1913"
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-12-28
May Find Priceless Tables
With the Ancient Furnitur

There is tremendous demand =
day for old mahogany or oak table.
II there are any historic associates
attached to these tables they brig
fabulous prices. There. are plentyof
tables In the country possessing ral
historic interest, but none of then Is
in the least likely at the moment to
come On the open market. The table
on which Napoleon signed his ab6ca-
ton may be priceless. In England
there is mahogany table which, ira
dition says, was washed I'D ON the
coast Of Glare after the wreck of the
Spanish armada.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-12-28
Buy Wisely and
With Much Care

New York.-Wherever morchor+s
are foregathered, writes q fashion co.,
respondent, there is talk, interesting
talk' concerning the prices that women
pay for clothes this season
one expected the level of prices to
DC aigher' because food, fuel, light and
rent have increased beyond the knowl.
edge or man; and there have been
nagrant cases of injustice to the pub
nc In the amount of money demanded
Dy some dressmakers for building
clothes. but there are cases that must
"e setIsd with the individual. not the