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The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-03-01
Tie KITCHEN
GBLNEf $50 s.

Anybody can lead the simple life''
If he has plenty of money and all the
modern conveniences.-R. w. Helms
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-03-01

Milk producers of Racine and Ke-
nosha counties numbering 200 in con-
Vention at Franksville on Wednesday
voted to join milk producers of Wis
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-03-01
FOR THE WHEATLESS DAY.

There are many ways of serving the
ordinary cornmeal mush, but few real
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-03-01
RAILROAD TIME TABLES.

CHICAGO & NORTHWESTERN.
Chicago assenger-------- 1870 p. m.
South.
Chicago passenger $40 a. m.
Chicago passenger a. M
GAINESVILLE passenger 7:15 p. m.
500 a. m. train makes close con-
nections for the west at Jefferson
Junction.
Both 11:07 a. N. and 7:15 p. m.
trains make close connections at JEFF
ferson Junction for Madison and all
points west.
North.
Green Bay nger-------7:55 a. m.
Green Bay, Sundays only----S:10 a. m
Green Bay ger-------2:42 p. NJ
Northern Michigan 80 p. M
Rockford passenger arrives at Wa
tertown at 9:40 a. N. and goes no
farther
The 1850 a. M. train makes connec-
ton at Clyman Junction for trains
east.
The 1870 train south makes cCnnec-
lions at Jefferson Junction for points
east.
A train goes west from Clyman
Junction at 4:45 p. m.
*Daily.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-01-26
HOW DEFEAT WILL BENEFIT
THE GERMANS.

Harold Bell Wright, the famous au-
thor, says in the Feburay American
Magazine:
Prom our shores this gospel of the
mar of Galilee and this gospel of our
national freedom have gone forth to
every land. To our shores have come
lives from every nation to be here
fused into one national life and to add
thus to our ever-growing strength
against this day when, for all the peo-
rles of earth, the divine cause of hui
mainly is to be won or lost.
I'm the ranks of those who carry our
country's flag are men of every land
and blood-English and French and
German and Dutch and Spanish and
Armenians and Chinese and japanese
and Africans and Indians. There is
scarce a race on earth that is not rep
resented in this army of liberty.
Our army is the army of this ma
ton, but it is more: 1t is the army of
the liberty-loving world. It's blood is
the blood of humanity, the humanity
of Jesus, the humanity for which Jes-
us lived and died.
But Jesus said, Love your enc.
mics
We'll, this nation sings no hymn of
hate. The spirit of those who will
carry the Stars and Stripes to Berlin
is no the spirit of hatred. When the
well-loved and faithful dog of the
household goes mad and the
lives of friends and neighbors, it is not
hatred that fires the bullet to end its
madness. Because this mad dog OF
Europe must be stopped in his ca.
reer of death does not mean that ha.
tired has raised the army that will &C.
complish that necessary end.
"'Bless them that curse you Dc
good to them that hate you,' said Jes.
us.
well, the blessings of our cause in
victory will be to those men who face
our soldiers in battle, as we'll as to
those brave ones in whose support
oHr men are fighting. The good of lib
erty will be for the German people as
we'll as truly al for all other peoples
Of earth. Nc greater good could come
to the people of Germany who are
fighting now the battles IF their kaiser
than the defeat and utter humiliation
of the spirit of that ruler who drives
them to the battlefield"
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-01-26
SUNSHINE AND SHADOWS.

The sun always seems more well
come after a storm than it was before;
the longer the storm the more we en-.
joy the sun afterwards. How much
more we enjoy it after a rainy week
than after a single rainy day? The
sun was shining all the time. but the
clouds hid it from US.
So it is in our lives. We have
cloudy days (blues), a stormy day
little troubles) now and then, some
times violent tempests like a regular
northeaster great big troubles) which
nearly overcome us, also a rainy sea
son (seems as though our troubles
will never end) Our peace and joy is
greater after the big troubles than af-
ter the little ones. We could not see
the sun (joy and peace) ahead be
cause of the clouds (troubles) but il
was there all the time. We often see
the rainbow of promise through water
(~tears).
J.. NORMAN SHINN.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-01-26
YOU CAN DICTATE
BETTER MOVIES,

The moving picture situation in
your town is strictly up to you. If
you want better films you can have
them. In the February Woman's
Home Companion a writer says:
1.-THE movement for Better Films is
now nation wide. The TWO years dur
ing which the Woman's Home Com
panion has fought the battle for a
higher type of motion pictures, while
it has not seen the realization of the
ideal, has clearly demonstrated the
actual unpopularity of the vampire
type of picture and the disgust of the
public with the p~hotoplays which, with
all the magic of practical and stage
mechanics at their command, continue
to fail of true heart interest and hui
man appeal.
Il am sure that no one wants the
pictures put down to the artistic level
of the so-called 'S~unday-school books
of twenty-five years ago; but as one
who has served his time in the mo-
ton picture business I can honestly
say that the destructive criticism,
which is usually all that reaches the
mar who makes motion pictures, is
susceptible of no other Interpretation.
Almost the only comments received
by the producer (as the manufacture
er of motion pictures is called are
warnings from censorship bodies and
indignant mothers that this or that is
not proper"
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-01-26
Spring Flowing in France Will Be
Done by Tractors from America

To increase Frances crops and to
tighten the burden of toll on her old
men, women and children 1900 farm
tractors will go to that country from
the United States. The first hundred
are already on the way, and the whole
number will be in France by March,
in time for the spring blowing. Deck
space was provided for the first ship
ment on a naval transport. Schools
of instruction will be organized.
The acreage sown to crops in the
uninvaded portion of France in 1917
vas about TO- 900, 900 acres less than
in 1913. or 24.4 per cent. The increas-
ed production through the use of trac-
tors this year is expected to greatly
improve the food situation.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-01-26
CHANCE FOR FORTUNE
Fame Also to Man Who Cures
Measles and Mumps.
Uncle Sans Army and Navy Surgeons
Dread Measles More Than Any
Other Disease.

Washington. = Fame and fortune
source that periodical bugbear of the
army and navy-the measles and
humps epidemic.
For some unknown reason, when-
ever troops are concentrated, either
In large camps or on board ship, one
of the first diseases to make its ap-
pearance is the measles, and this dis
ease which most of us place in the
category of childhood ills, is one of
the most dreaded by army surgeons.
Symptoms of the disease appearing
In any of the men is the signal for
the immediate quarantining of the
soldiers company and the barracks
where he is located. Fumigation of
the barracks then follows and every
precaution is taken to prevent an
epidemic.
An after-effect of measles. greatly
opment of pneumonia, and 1t has been
found that the fatalities among ma
ture persons are much greater than
with children. The pneumonia result
has been more prevalent in the canton
ments located in the southern states
than in those of the North or West.
Generally speaking, surgeons look
for mumps at about the time that
measles appear, and are rarely disap-
pointed. The fatalities through mumps
do not begin to reach the number of
those by measles, but the same rigid
quarantine is observed in both cases.
For many years the best surgeons
in the army have been working on
theories that would eradicate the
source of these diseases, but they have
to admit that they are now no nearer
a solution than ever before.
This is the season of the year that
the epidemies usually start. and it
would not be surprising to hear of
the quarantining of entire canton
ment posts in all sections of the coun-
try through the holiday season.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-01-26
CORNM A BREAD.

Corn is one of the most plentiful of
our crops this year., and should be sub
stituted for wheat wherever possible.
The home economics department of
the New Jersey State Agricultural
College recommends the following
recipe for a cornmeal bread made with
yeast. Give it a trial.
1 cup liquid (milk, water, or half
cup of each).
1 cup whole wheat flour.
l cup cornmeal.
1 cup bread flour.
l tablespoon sugar.
11h teaspoons salt.
~ yeast cake dissolved in 2 table
spoons water (additional).
Scald milk or boil water. Add corn
meal, sugar and salt. Cook 3 minutes
in double boiler. Cool: when luke
warm, add yeast and flour. The last
of the -four will be hard to work in.
The dough will seem to be too stiff,
but as the bread rises the moisture in
the cornmeal becomes evenly distribu-
ted throughout the loaf. When the
dough has doubled in volume, knead
and put loaf in creased pan. When
light bake at least 1 hour in a moder
ate ven
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-01-26
CONTENTME EMIT.

1t seems to be the nature of man.
kind to be dissatisfied. Adam, our
common ancestor, set us a bad exam
pie in not being satisfied with the
"softest snap a man ever had. Adam
had no rent, taxes or gas bills to pay;
no neighbor's chickens to bother him
and nobody to question the title to his
property. He didn't have to bother
about styles, had no Easter. hats to
buy and had no worry about his wife
clipping with another man. He had a
monopoly of everything, being a meat
trust, leather trust, coal trust and
plenty of other trusts all in one, with
no competition and no board of di-
rectors to annoy him. He didn't even
have to work: YET HE WAS NOT
SATISFIED and simply MUST have
that forbidden apple.
That started the trouble and nearly
everybody since that time has wanted
the things they didn't have. Paul, the
apostle, seems to have beer an eX-
ception. as he says, for | HAVE
LEARNED, in whatsoever state | am,
Herewith to be content" philippians
AID. But even Paul wasn't satisfied
earlier in life, for he says he has
LEARNED to be content, altho he
wrote these words from Jail. Paul
also says Having food and raiment,
let us be Herewith content" Il Tim.
othy $50. So it seems the reason
Paul was COMMENTED was because
he wasn't hard to please. Perhaps we
can learn a valuable lesson in con-
tentment; Paul had nothing and was
perfectly contented, so was better off
than Adam.
J. NORMAN SHINN,
Chronic Christian Optimist
and Sunshine Specialist.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-01-26
Catarrhal Deafness Cannot Be Cured

by local applications. as they cannot reach
the diseased portion of the ear. There Is
only one way to cure catarrhal deafness. and
that is by a constitutional remedy, Catarrhal
Deafness Is caused by an inlamed condition
of the mucous lining of the Eustachian Tube.
When this tube is infamed you have a rum
bling sound or imperfect hearing, and when
it is entirely closed, Deafness Is the result.
Unless the can be reduced and
this tube restored to its normal condition.
hearing will be destroyed forever. Many
cases of deafness are caused by catarrh, which
Is an infamed condition of the mucous sur
faces. Halls Catarrh Medicine acts thru the
blood on the mucous surfaces of the system
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any
case of Catarrhal Deafness that cannot be
cured by Halls Catarrh Medicine. Circulars
free. All Druggists. 75c.
F. j. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, Ohio.
adNprttsemef
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-01-26
ROLLED OATS BREAD.

In keeping with the need for the
conservation of wheat flour, the home
economics department of the New Jer,
sey State Agricultural College recon
mends the following recipe for oat.
meal bread. Try it.
~ cups liquid (milk, water or halt
of each).
~ cups rolled oats.
2 cups flour.
2 tablespoons sugar.
IL teaspoons salt.
u yeast cake dissolved in 2 table.
spoons water (~additional).
Scald milk or boil water. Add roll
ed oats, salt and sugar. When luke.
warm add yeast and flour. Knead
well. Set in warm place to rise. When
double in volume. knead, place in
creased pans and let rise again until
double in volume. Bake from As min.
utes to l hour in moderate oven.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-01-26
$500 Inspectors Work to Protect Meat
Supply for Soldiers and Sailors.

All meats and meat products for the
Army and Navy are obtained only from
Government stamp Inspected and
passed" This stamp means that ev-
cry step in the progress of preparing
the meat has been under the constant
supervision of trained inspectors. AT
the camps all products are reinspected
and laboratory analyses made to show
that the foods have not been made in
furious by tampering.
Throughout the country there are
$500 inspectors engaged in this work.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-01-26
A FABLE OF TWO BULL FROGS.
A alive One" and a "Dead One"-a
"scrapper" and a "Quitter."

A farmer living not far from Pleas
antville, N. j., washed his milk cans
in a small stream. One day when he
was in a hurry, two bull frogs were
accidentally left in n of the cans.
The can was filed with the rich milk
for which this section is noted, and
carted several miles over rough roads
to the station.
The frogs were in tough luck" as
most of us are at some time. One of
them struggled for a short time, but
finally became discouraged and said,
No use trying any longer, I'm going
to quit" then stopped fighting for life
and died. The other frog said, "Im
not going to give up the fight as long
as there is any breath in my body, no
matter what happens" so he kept on
struggling, kicking and fighting as the
wagon jolted, fighting and kicking, al
though it often seemed hopeless.
When the lid was taken off at the
station the farmer found one dead
one," floating and one live one" sit.
ting on top of a cake of butter (Which
his efforts had churned) whistling,
Brighten the Corner"
MORAL-Never stop fighting the
battles of life, or give up hope, no mat
ter how hopeless the task seems. Be
an optimist, like the whistling frog,
instead of a pessimist, like the frog
who "~croaked." Don't be a "croaker.'
j. NORMAN SHINN.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-01-26
Refuse Officers Courses When Chance
for Immediate Service Might be Lost

Soldiers at the environments would
rather see service at one on the bat
tie lines as ~privates than go later as
officers. In many instances enlisted
men eligible for admission to officers
training schools have refused to apply
because they feared the work would
loseen their CHARGES of immediate &C
tive service in Europe.
In one division, with $50 men to be
selected for training schools, only 40
would apply. The rumor was abroad
in camp that the division would sail
before the work at the school was
completed, and not until the men were
assured that the schools would move
with the divisions were the quotas
filled.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-01-26
THE PRoDIGAL SON
WRITES SOME LETTERS.

What he wrote home.)
Dear Sister: Thought | would write
and tell you that at last | struck luck.
l was walking along the street out
here in Cincinnati, out of work and
money and just about to get some
thing to eat when a man came up to
me and asked me to go with him, say
ing he would take me to a place where
l would get a shave, haircut and new
suit of clothes, free of charge; also a
job. 1t sounded too good to be true
and ! didn't want to go, but he insist
ed so strong that went. He kept his
promises and / am working steady.
Your brother,
SAMUEL.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-01-26
Letters and Parcels for Lonesome Sol.
der Come in Hundreds.

The Post Office Department is tell,
ing of a man at a cantonment regard
ing whom that story was circulated
that he was lonesome and had never
received a letter since arrival in camp.
Then came the deluge.
In one mail he received 1000 letters,
10 special delivery letters and parcels,
and 54 ordinary parcels. Investiga-
ton showed he could neither read nor
write. He was found surrounded by
several other soldiers who were help
ing him with his mail.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-01-26
j. NORMAN SHINN.
Theatres for Use by Men in Camps
Are Now Completed.

The Government Liberty" theatres
at the 16 National Army environments
are all completed, and in a few per
formances have been given. The bull
dings, which are supervised by the
War Department Commission on
Training Camp Activities, are 12O feet
wide and 179 feet long, made of pine
boards, implanted, but faced with hea-
Wy building paper, which makes the
sides alright. Complete ventilating
systems have been installed and heat
is supplied by steam and small stoves.
There are five large entrances and
Is exits, and the theatre, seating
5000 men, may be emptied in about
one minute.
The stage is 65 feet wide. The floor
of the auditorium is saucer shaped
and sloping, so every seat provides a
clear view of the stage. The seats are
benches fitted with comfortable backs,
and sections will be reserved so tick
cts may be purchased in advance. The
"smilage" books, soon to be placed on
sale, will be good for all these thea
tiers, as well as chautauqua tents.
The motion-picture booth, housing
two machines, is asbestos lined. The
stage has al asbestos curtain. Light
ing effects are similar to those of
standard city theaters.
The theater is placed on the highest
point of ground in each camp, and in
many camps the postofice, main Ii
brary building, and hostess houses are
nearby, making a sort of town center
where large numbers of men gather
each night.
The tower On top of the stage loft,
about rs feet from the ground, serves
as a signal tower for wig-wagging.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-01-26
OvFRWORkED.
TIRED WOMAN
TOOK WNO[
Now. She is Strong and
Hearty

Philadelphia, PAT was over
worked, run down. nervous, could not
eat or sleep. 1 felt like crying all the
time. I tried different remedies with
out benefit. The doctor said it was a
wonder I was alive, and when Vinol
was given me l began to improve.
I have taken eight bottles and am
now strong and perfectly healthy in
every respect, and have gained in
weight. / can not praise Vinol
enough."-Mrs. Sarah A. Jones, Io25
Nevada ST., Philadelphia, Pa.
We guarantee Vinol to make over
worked, weak women strong or re-
turn your money. Formula on every
bottle. This is your protection.
H. j. DENNIS & CO.,
Druggists, Pleasantville
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-01-26
"SmiIaee" Books to be on Sale in
Nearly Every City and Town.

"Smilage" books, containing coupons
good for admission to theatres and
entertainment tents at the Army camps
will be on sale in nearly every city
and town in the country during the
week beginning January %.
The books, which come in two sizes,
to sell at 81 and IS, are to be used as
presents to the men in camps. The
coupons which they contain are good
for any theatrical event or entertain
ment staged under the direction of the
War and Navy commission on training
camp activities.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-01-26
SAMUEL.

(What he wrote to his pail.
Jack: Tough luck. Broke and on
the fritz out here in Cincy. Was just
going to bum a feed at a back door
when a bull pinched me and took me
to the can. tried to give him a good
con but he was wise to me. His nibs
sent me up the road for 80 days, at
hard. SAM.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-01-26

You doubtless enjoy reading the so
cial and local items in The Pleasant
Vile Press. Bear in mind. when you
have some n visiting you. to call or
write or phone us the fact, so that
we NAV make this department more
interesting.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-01-26

The Pleasantyille Press comes to
you as an old friend and neighbor,
telling you all The home news while
the large city dai,ies enter your house
as a stranger.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-01-26
THE ONLY SON
BY Robert Adqer Bowen of the
Vici!antes.

E Nay, tell me not my sacrifice Is
, less
& In that / have but one to give:
+ That my torn heart Is not so
3 sensitive
+ Because love counts its yearn-
s ing by excess.
2 Doth God a measure set for hap
. piness?
. Doth deeper love in wider
s boundaries live?
!, Are its commandments less
& imperative
+ Where there is only one to serve
: and bless?
8 Dear God, 1t Outlines seems my
( heart must break
: So do l live in him, my only ,
: So has he grown a very part of
3 me!
: All! We who think that greater
numbers take
, The greater toll, remember that
? Has centered all my loves {
( epitome! :
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-01-26
When Your Child Cries

at night and losses restlessly, you feel wor-
ried. Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Chill
dren Break up Colds in "a hours, Relieve
Feverishness, Constipation, Teething Disor-
ders, and destroy worms. Used by Mothers
for 80 years. All Druggists, 25c. Sample
FREE. A. S. Olmsted Leroy N. Y.-ady.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-01-26

Boys and girls clubs in northern
and western States pledged for the
war service in gardening, canning,
poultry raising and other emergency
enterprises have more than 100000
members.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-01-26

The winter of 1867 was the most
disastrous the range stockmen of the
West have ever known. The lamb
crop for the entire West was Is to 20
per cent below the average, and the
calf crop was considerably below nor
NAL.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-01-26

Are you a member of the Pleasant
vile Press family? If not, become
one today.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-01-26

A fireproof solution for treating air
plane fabrics is a thing which may be
realized in the near future, expert
ments in a private plant having al
ready developed a comparatively sue
cessful solution.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-01-26

Government barges have been plac-
ed in service on the upper Mississippi,
and through Government assistance a
new fleet is to be built for this SER
vice. Sugar is being moved by barge
from Louisiana plantations to New
Orleans.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-01-26

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The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-01-26

The manufacture and consumption
of pastry regarded as a luxury in
France has been entirely suppressed,
except on Sundays and holidays.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-01-26
THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW

J. NORMAN SHINN.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-01-26

Gable rates have been reduced be-
tween North and South America.