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Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1918-02-12

good healthy condition, and always rec
ommends it, ~ MS. JAMES s. GRIFFITH,
I06 Spence Street.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1918-02-12
THE UNITED STATES FOOD
ADMINISTRATION SAYS

Food saving is in its essence the
daily individual service of all the
people. Every group can substi-
tute, and even the great majority
of thrifty people can save a little
and the more luxurious elements
Of the population can, by reduc-
tion to simple living, save much.
This means no more than that we
should eat plenty, but wisely and
without waste.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1918-02-12

bed near a WINDOW
70 she could get
her breath. One
doctor said, Poor
child. she is likely
to fall dead any
time A friend
teld nae DR.. Miles
Heart Remedy had
cured her father,
20 I tried it, and
she began to i'm
prove. She took
q great many bot
ties. but she IL
spared to me to-
day. q fat, rosy
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-08-08
DeKalb.

Say! We are needing rain. Do.
esn't this alarm you? Sunday 1t
was ITO in the shade.
+ Quite a number of folks from
this neck of the woods attended. the
big Sells-FlOtO circus at Leon We'd
nesday.
A. Wilson has BEEN on the sick
list the. past week, but is lots better
The whistle of the threshing ma
chine can be heard from far and
near at present.
Tom Hall and J. G.. CoZad are
loading car of wheat at DeKalb.
Delbert Wilson hauled wheat for
Walter Cox Thursday.
Most every one is on the sick list
this week, and II we don't get some
rain soon we will all be on the sick
list.
Charley Fry spent Sunday with
Delbert Wilson.
George Cox, son of Walter Cox,
had the misfortune of getting his
leg broken just above the ankle
Monday morning. He was driving
the cows up and in some manner the
horse he was riding fell with him.
DR.. Phelps of Van Vert, was called
and the broken bone set. He Is
getting along as well as could be
expected. ...-s.g
NJ. and Mrs. Fred Fry and ISM
lily spent Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs.
George South. $50
Bert Anderson was a caller in
Decatur Saturday on business.
Mrs. Lee Ewing and family spent
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-08-08
Van Vert.

Mr.. and Mrs. Jim Mote and daugh-
ternoon for their . home in Des
Moines after short visit at the
home of Mrs. Notes parents, M
and Mrs. George Barr.
Miss Pearl Hatfield was visiting
friends in town Saturday evening:
Miss Lulu Rumley spent sunday
at the home of Miss BALLS Halstead.
Miss Gladys Price left Saturday
afternoon for an over nights visit
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. B. r.
Manley. of Weldon. On SUNDAY she
ACCOMPANIED Mr.. and Mrs. Manley
to- Oskaloosa for a short visit at the
home of Miss Lena Manley. She re-
turned home Monday.
Carroll Spencer was calling on
johnson attended the ball game at
Osceola Sunday afternoon.
Miss Ilene Hastings went to Gar
den Grove Wednesday to visit with
Miss Helen Schmit and brother
George spent Tuesday evening in Os-
Mrs. Chester Everett and son Cur
tbs, of Des Moines, came Saturday
afternoon for a short visit at the
home of her parents. Mr.. and Mrs.
A. B. Fierce.
A. H. .Simmerman was attending
70 business matters ~ Osceola
Mr.. And Mrs. O. E. Burkey. Mrs.
Will Tiedje, and Mrs. Mabel strong
drove to Camp Dodge Sunday. They
returned home Monday.
Miss Thelma Harper spent Satur-
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-08-08

and Willie Steen attended the -Four
Years in Germany" Monday night
Willie Steen helped Fred Gill
thresh Tuesday afternoon.
A number from this neighborhood
attended the circus at Leon Wednes-
day.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Clanton were
visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Wesley Steen
and son Willie Tuesday evening.
Aaron Frye and family and Carroll
Spencer were calling on Mr.. and
Mrs. Wesley Steen and son Willie
Thursday evening.
Miss Mildred Daugherty was call
ing on Mrs. Alex Ramsey Friday
morning.
Jack Jones was calling on the
Cole boys Friday afternoon.
Mrs. Fred Jay and children, Myron
and Tavern were visiting Mr.. and
Mrs. Will Hedrick Thursday and
Friday.
Little Jack Jones was visiting his
grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs. Jack
Edwards Friday and Saturday.
Cain Hall was calling on Wesley
Steen Thursday afternoon.
Wesley Steen was calling on N.
G. Spencer Saturday morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jace Smith were Wis
iting Mr.. and Mrs. Alex Ramsey Sun
day.
Mrs. Clark Daugherty was calling
on Mrs. Alex Ramsey Monday morn
ing.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-08-08
day night at the home of Miss Lee

day night at the home of Miss Lee
more Evans
The monthly G. w. B. M. meeting
will be held Saturday at the home OF
Mrs. Marion Fuller, Mrs. Flora Price
leader.
Misses. Rosa Smith, Callie johnson
and Coda Frey, also M. H. Frey
spent Wednesday in Leon.
Olin MAGELLAN, of Camp Dodge,
came Sunday morning for short
visit with his mother Mrs. Mary
MAGELLAN and other friends.
Vigo Rasmussen who is in train
ing at Camp Dodge, came Saturday
evening for short visit with home
folks. He returned to the camp
Sunday evening.
Jake Wolf, Of Murray, was trans
acting business in our town one day
last week.
Saturday evening our chautauqua
came to a close and was very well
attended considering the warm
weather and the extremely busy sea-
son. The programs were very good
and some quite instructive.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-08-08
Burr Oak Ridge.

This vicinity was visited by hot
winds Sunday which was very hard
on the corn crop.
C.. E. Chastain and family spent
one day last week at Frank Lewis
Roy Gill continues quite sick.
Mrs. Barry's daughters, Florence
and Agnes, and her sister are visit
ing her at the present time.
George Chastain came down from
Des Moines Friday and in company
with his parents and Mr.. and Mrs.
Perry Chastain motored to Camp
Dodge Sunday and spent the day
with Private William r. Chastain,
who will soon sail across, They al
so met with several other Decatur
county boys.
: Hazel Mullin was an over Sunday
visitor with Julia Chastain.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-08-08
Hazel College.

Harold Ramsey is on the sick list
this week.
IONA Housh and Cain Hall were
helping N. G.. Spencer stack grain
Monday and Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wesley Steen were
Visiting Tuesday with Mr.. and Mrs.
John Thompson.
Carroll Spencer was calling on
Willie Steen Tuesday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. N. G. Spencer and
children velma, Julia and Carol,
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-08-08

Sunday afternoon with Mrs. Erastus
Wilson.
Miss Ruth Wilson spent Sunday
afternoon with Misses Mae and
Clyde Anderson. =
Mr.. and Mrs. Plat Harris spent
Thursday evening at the Charley
Wilson home.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-08-08

When General Ludendorff told the
kaiser that the drive would take
100000 men the kaiser consented.
None Of his six sons would be among
the 100000. =
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-08-08

To prevent heavy emigration af-
ter the war, Germany has passed
law taxing all those leaving Ger
many 20 per cent of their capital or
property holdings.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-08-08

All his utterances abound with it.
He loves to say, II will hurl the
English to the ground" 81 will lead
you to victory" II will conquer
Europe"
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-08-08

In the British army battalion of
= .e96 men requires for it's daily RAJ
tons 635 two-pound 1oaves Of bread,
127 poandse OF bacon, more than 81
the items. g..
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-08-08

Thirty. thousand women and girls
fnf Austria have been driven by him
ger to join the labor battalt 1ns
working near the Austrian fronA :
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-08-08

A new automobile attachment
makes a permanent record Of the
trip for the purpose of preventing
speed disputes with authorities.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-08-08

The next twelve months of the war
are expected to cost the United
States in actual cash expenditures
$24. 900, 100000. Contracts to be
paid in later years will amount to
nearly $500, 600, 900 more.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-08-08

If we could tangle up words the
way some folks do, we would have
our fortune made.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-08-08

Some folks thick they are Witty
when they are cSs coaree.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-08-08
Wholesale
CONSIDER THIS

That for Fall, prices will be
$50 higher than present prices.
That there is a real scarcity
of merchandise today.
That clothing should be pa
triotically conserved.
Buy-Buy now-You will be
doing a patriotic thing by buy
ing good clothes now.
Avail yourself of this oppor-
tunity-and let us help you
save on your clothing.
=. Read this ad over carefully
every item is bargain.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-08-08

Boys good heavy trousers, the
$3.50 kind OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES O5c
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-08-08
OF INTEREST TO YOU.

OF INTEREST TO YOU
The price reductions we are
making mean that we are not
holding our merchandise for
higher prices-but are giving
you this advantage.
You have read the facts about
the scarcity of wool and the low
production of raw wool in the
United States and your CONSUL
sion must be that prices cannot
come down to- their present val.
lie until years after the war.
In our clearance sale we are
offering you dependable mer-
chandise at less than present
Wholesale prices.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-08-08

Boys knee pants, $1.25, si.oo
and some Use. Choice -..-..4Sc
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-08-11
Bread Rises to the Occasion

to utilize all the gluten in that rs per cent
wheat -four that remained, were able to
make go of it.
The reason, of course, was simple Gluten
is sticky. When the gas from the fermented
yeast begins to generate in the dough of
wheat flour the abundant gluten holds it in;
bubbles form and the dough rises Try it
with any cereal which lacks gluten, and it
won't rise. The gas escapes.
"A wheat base is therefore necessary for
the making of palatable light bread If tn,
wheat flour in the bread be insufficient to
furnish enough gluten the bread won't rise.
r fortunately, however, wheat flour con.
talns al9kxcess Of gluten. Every one knows,
Tor instance, what used to happen when
mother let the bread rise too long. The
pans overfowed and the bread was too light.
BY reason of this fact there is enough
gluten in 70 per cent wheat -four to make
q light loaf if all Of il or nearly all of il
be released into the dough by breaking down
as many of the starch cells of the -four as
possible, particularly if care be taken not
to knead the gas out by improper handling
In the words of one baker, The call was for
gas. Inc theory was to use the dough a
little younger" whip hell out of it and
bake it quickly
The tale of what has since happened as
a result of the situation that was BROUGHT
about by Mr. Hoover's rule for bread is one
Of the most striking industrial stories of
this war
because of the extreme urgency of the
situation small numbers of leaders in the
baking industry met in Chicago in February.
They brought with them practicable formu
las which had been collected bv cor
rcspondence from scientific bakers from all
over the United States. They were designed
to meet every kind of condition as to in
gradients, climate and geography. One
formula for all the bakers in the United
States was out Of the question. A dozen of
the best were selected Trade secrets were
pooled. New formulas were worked out and
tested, and the results were sent out broad
cast to the bakers of the country"
Although the wheat crisis has passed
for this year and Mr. Hoover's cable Of
two weeks ago has released hotels, res
taurants and other eating places from
their pledge to abstain entirely from
wheat until the next harvest, the old rul-
ings requiring that bakers make bread
containing rs per cent of other fours or
meals and that purchasers of wheat -four
take an equal weight of substitutes, are
still in force. The victory" loaf ap-
parently is with us indefinitely. 1t may
be said to have attained even kind &c
popularity.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-08-11

he men that were left took. For a short
"aee the flames pursued them, and the To-
a. retirement became local rout Then
as names stopped and machine guns began
make toll of the fugitives. Only one man
''m the front trenches is known to have
n'aTned. German infantry, following up,
"ufeo into the breach in the line, widened
'ook our positions as far back as Sanctu-
ny wood, and then consolidated
len days afterward we counter at
AeAea and won back the whole of the line
'Sneerned, but at very considerable cost.
''''0entally we captured two of the Ger
Van nam projectors, one of them COM
ss'e' and they proved to be of the great
~ possible use to US subsequently for
.'ueaIng the army in the new warfare and
Inspection by our own experts with a
"" 10 their duplication for retaliation.
me name projectors taken by the 14th
.'''oh were simple but very interesting
=, construction The main part was
s""aflcal vessel of steel, about two feet
'e'ght and fifteen inches in diameter,
~, with straps so that it could be car
wv On a mans back At one side about
'~'aifds Of the way up was filling hole
vi closed by screw cap Near the top
-. pressure gauge attachment and tow
l.. me base was lock closed by a lever
t."''e and to which could be attached a
s length Of flexible hose ending in q
''so'lar shaped nozzle.
Il, examination it was found that the
,.r 'he protector was divided inter
4. "'o t%o compartments which could
~. ""ec'ed by opening another tap The
g. ~ compartment was the compressor and
~, 'hc OF! reservoir. The compressor
was filled TO level pressure Of
50. '"'ee atmospheres with de-oxygen-
s,ss ~ Or nitrogen. Air itself cannot be
,. 'ecause Of its oxygen content form
H.. ." explosive mixture with the vapors
IL. we oil, and any heating or compress
si,,. oacE-hash from the fame or fuse
,s.,.. "'NAe things very unpleasant for the
.,m The nitrogen required for the
sy,. ..,!ee''rs ia carried into the field in
I...., e'ihoefs about 4 feet inches in
w.. ihcnes in diameter. Several
u. nv. cylinders have been captured from
NJ, .",y since These cylinders are actu-
rs,.s aA~' INTO the trenches and the fame
~ charged from them there.
a,sw.. e'mbustlblc liquid used In the fame
h,,,s. nag varied in source and com
w b.. from time IN time, but it inyarla-
!. o"e Characteristic which appears
;s,. 'e"'ial for good rcsults--i. must
+s 49,. . " EASILY volatile and heavy and
nx.a 'e fractions mixed in carefully
sr.s,, "'p"rti"ns. The heavy oil has
sAes,,s Deen a petroleum product and
sM a,.,s 'srry residual oil from the dis
a,u,.. !" wood. The light portion that
Ah, e Jst's keeping aligbt was orig
No. 'Snt GASOLINE, but At one period,
RON shortage Of petrol or not 1
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-08-11
All Sorts of Battleplanes

\ MEXICAN battleplanes arc now
a beginning to make their appear
ance on the Western front, and while no
details are available at the present mo-
ment regarding the types in use, it is
OF interest to note the changes under
gone by widely known types of domestic
machines. Certain of our machines have
taken on characteristics of German bat
tleplanes, such as the tapered front,
propeller pot and fshlike fuselage.
while others have taken on the charac-
teristics of the French Spad and the
British Sopwith fighter The American
machines in several instances are in
closing the Vshaped engines, leaving
only the exhaust pipes showing, and
these are grouped into one pipe on
either side, which leads back and ends in
a perforated taper One widely known
type of American airplane has been so
materially changed of Late that it is at
first COMPOUNDED with the French Spad;
the engine is entirely inclosed; the wing
arrangement is similar to the Spad, and
the strut arrangement is identical with
that of the French MISUNDERSTANDING
American.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-08-11
Electric Welding, to Do
Away With Rivets

TN PLACE of using rivets to fasten
L the plates and the framing of ship
together, declares a writer in "The Sci
entiic American" test is being made
by the Emergency Fleet Corporation, at
the Federal Shipbuildng Company's
yard in Kearny, N. j., in the use of
electric welding.
"This test is to be conducted on a forty
foot length Of a 9,600-ton cargo steamship
Both spot welding and continuous arc weld
ing will be used, the spot welding for con-
Meeting the frames ano plates and the arc
welding for joining the seams Of the plates
The hull to be tested will be filled with
water and subjected to various strains in
order to judge Of the strength of the joints.
Should the test prove successful, it will re-
suit not only in the saving of 10 per cent
of weight, but also in a great economy of
time. 1t will eliminate great deal Of work
in marking out punching and fitting of
the members, we'll az reduction in the
railroad transportation from the rolling
mill to the fabricatng plant. 1t is believed
that the total saving will amount to about
$40 ton of the steel structure
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-08-11
Rehabilitating the War Cripple

q big buster and cleaning the windows.
His mind is set on the dirt he has to re-
move, not on the fact that his MANNED arm
is repeatedly taking hold and letting go of
the buster. Driving a plane in the
penter's shop can be employed for cxercis-
ing muscles in both legs and arms
"A man with a stiff ankle soon tires of
working a pedal machine or stationary
bicycle in the massage Department.; there
fore, as soon as the limb is fit for it, he is
offered some sort of work, such as fret
work, where his foot drives the fretsaw
but his hands are busy guiding the work.
His brain is interested in what his hands
are doing and not wearied by the curative
action which the treadle motion brings
about Similarly, bootmakers' shops, splint
shops tailor shops, all provide their share,
not only in restoring the men to health
but in helping the surgical work of the hos
pital by making ingenious splints and de-
vices for the treatment Of their wounded
comrades.
"Thc effect on the mental outlook of the
wounded man is equally important SOL
der is either fit for duty or he is in the
hospital. After lying in bed weeks or
months while septic wounds have been
slowly healing. he has lost much of his
spirit and initiative. IL he is in a hospital
do. he is likely. during his convalescence.
to acquire the habit OF getting through the
day without anything more energetic than
smoking. playing cards. and listening to a
concert, or, II out going to picture show
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-08-11

sunken ship the Ehinger tanks will posi-
lively raise the wreck to the surface and
support it while being towed to the port or
until everything of value is removed and
transferred to another ship.
at is planned to manufacture non
collapslble buoyancy tanks, and to begin
bringing back these sunken treasures. Com
petent authorities in maritime disasters
state the average depth of sunken ships to
be but 200 feet. Ehnger tanks operate
to depth of 800 feet"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-08-11

in the United States of which it is planned
to have fourteen. located in as many differ
ent sections These men will teach the in
jured soldiers how to DO things find en-
ployment for their minds and their hands
even while they are still in bed. They will
have their own stories to tell Of how they
have overcome the handicap with which
they are saddled, and will show the patients
pictures and tell them stories Of similarly
afflicted men who have made good A WON
derful collection OF these pictures has been
made at Washington, as we'll as motion
pictures showing cripples and disabled per-
sons of all kinds doing all sorts of 'mpossi-
Bile things. In the surgeon generals Office
has been compiled book, telling the life
stories Of cripples who have succeeded 1t
is planned to place copy of this book,
profusely illustrated. in the hands of every
disabled soldier and sailor. for him to read
or to be read to him by the nurse or one of
the cheer up squad
at is not only the injured soldiers own
mental state that makes the task of putting
him back on the payroll of industry diff
cult one; it has been, in England and
Canada, at least, problem of educating the
soldiers family and friends as we'll The
patriotic hystcria of the public has serious
ly hampered efforts to give the war cripple
a fair start in civilian life in some commu-
mites. Public gloriticaton of the returned
soldier has mounted to such heights of sem
timentality that the police have behn afraid
to attempt to restrain him, no matter what
excuses he might indulge in. Treating
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-08-11

bakers. Gluten was the rift in the lutte.
Bread won't rise without enough of it.
Wheat has it. Corn and most other grains
nave practically none of it. Rye has little.
When, therefore, Ira Hanks, of Huntsville,
who runs his bakery by rule of thumb and
bakes his bread in the good old way, tried
to take out 25 per cent of the wheat flour
and substituted say, corn, the result was
something that would have disturbed the
digestion of a Harlem goat 1t didn't rise.
1t was solid and soggy. Brother Hanks lost
many wrathful customer. People .-ont
nome to roll their own. In short, none but
the scientific bakers, with modern machin-
cry and the technical knowledge necessary
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-08-11

When. however, the patient is in an atmos-
phere of work he soon RECEIVERS some mold
on himself, and wishes to do some til ny
especially when the satisfactory perform
of his work earns him some small,
extra privileges. A. his power to work in
creases he ceases to think of himself so
much as a manned man, but begins to think
Of what he will do in the future
The hardest problem is to persuade the
injured man that he is not shut out from
all the recreations Of normal, everyday
life. He cares not so much how he earns
his money so long as he can live on
par with others who earn their living.
He must be shown that he can enjoy
life; otherwise there is no incentive to
work, not even to live. With this end in
view the following programme has been
outlined by the Army Medical Corps in
an attempt to profit by the painful ex-
periments and disheartening failures of
the "mutiles" Of the early years of the
war:
From the moment the disabled soldier
comes out from under the influence of the
an@sthetic, almost up to his discharge from
military service, he is kept constantly re-
minded that his future is whatever he is
willing to make it, A corps Of cheer up
men, themselves cripples of various sorts,
is being organized for work at the base
hospitals in France, on the hospital ships
that will bring the injured men to this
country. and in the reconstruction hospitals
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-08-11
Fias Floats Lik e Footballs

ONE of the newest types Of life pre-
~ servers consists Of belt to which
are attached two or three inf1atable
units shaped like footballs. Each has a
casing Of properly reinforced duck, and
is lined with a rubber bladder having
valve at one end for initiating it. The
preserver weighs only about one and one
fourth pounds and when debated can be
carried in the pocket. Equipped with
two bags, it has sufficient buoyancy for
use in swimming, while the three-bag
life preserver will sustain a person
weighing $50 pounds in the water
Popular Mechanics.