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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1918-03-01
FOOD PRODUCTION ENDANGERED
BY FREIGHT EMHARGoEs.

During the last weeks Of December,
1917, absolute embargoes were placed
on rail shipments Of phosphate rock
from Florida. This fact was widely
reported In the daily press, yet few
people realized Its true significance. If
the embargo continues II will force the
closing of many fertilizer factories all
over the United States, and will render
impossible maximum production Of
food crops so badly needed in these
times of war. An embargo of this kind,
necessary though 1t be. vitality affects
the handspring of our national welfare.
The first big effect Of such an en-
barge is.to cause the closing Of all de-
partments of many fertilizer plants.
However. the big effect Of this en-
barge on rock phosphate movement Is
on the farm itself. where fer
tilizer is needed for the work Of food
production. Labor Is short, greater
production can only be secured through
higher acre yields produced by using
what labor we have on land SO ferd-
iized as to make 1t productive. In This
light. then, continued embargo on
rock phosphate. however necessary it
may be from the transportation view
point, is a great national calamity. It
affects both oBr agricultural produc-
ton and the ability Of our country.
to win the war speedily and certainly.
What can you do to help? Many
thingSl
Order spring surpiies nnw-fertiIiz-
ers and farm machinery, feeds and
seeds:- lime. and other needed ma
terials.
Unload as soon as the car arrives,
taking from the car whenever possible.
Do your part now, and trust that the
other man will also do his. This is the
spirit of true cooperation, and is the
only solution of difficulties caused by
freight congestion.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1918-03-01
Bees Intelligence oyerrated.

The intelligence Of the honey bee
has been greatly overrated, according
to Everett f. Phillips, who is the
government expert on bee culture.
He says that this insect really has no
adaptability at all, but a wonderfully
perfected instinct. ! Success in bee
keeping, therefore. depends upon study
Ing the bee and giving 1t exactly what
Its imperious instincts require. For
example, the space between the wall Of
a hive and the comb in which the
honey is to be placed must be exactly
"a quarter of an inch. If it is more
the bees will store honey in the space,
and If 1t is less they win seal it closed.
III either case the hive must be broken
open to get the honey.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1918-03-01
Prodlual Providence.


II don't like to see warning armies
call too persistently on Provide ,e. It
savors Of arrogance and sel4-right-
eousness. Providence may take re-
venge."
The speaker was a certain bishop,
who went on:
There was once young couple that
had no children. The husband was
anxious that heaven should bless them
with D girl. the wife was anxious for
a boy. Being very religious. both be-
sought Providence morning, noon, and
night to grant his or her desire.
sAnd Providence heard. Providence
granted both prayers."-London Tit
Bits.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1918-03-01
NOT MAKING FAIR BARGAIN
She Expected Hubby to Have All Pos
sibIe Virtues, But Forgot to
Take Stock Of Her Own.

"What kind of man are you going
to marry?' asked earnest, dark-haired
Margaret Ellis.
Her friend Vivian raised her golden
head. II want the man / marry to be
entertaining, to be high in his profess
sion, to have money, or the hope of
getting 1.-THE kind Of man that every
one is anxious to know. That kind
could make me happy. Just any man
wouldn't do. / couldn't marry just
any man."
Grandmother Ellis looked up from
her crochet. A quizzical look crept
into her gray eyes as they rested on
vivian's attractive face. Then she
folded her capable hands in her lap
and said:
"Can you cook, Viyian?''
"Why, yes, a little. can make
mayonnaise, cake and-and fudge"
she answered, looking puzzled over
the seeming irrelevancy of the ques-
ton.
"Can you sew"
"No; but / can embroider."
81 see. OF course you can keep
house?"
mo, Mrs. Ellis, / cannot. The maid
does that at our house."
81 see, I see," unused grandmother.
She gazed out of the window for a
minute, and when she looked back
her eyes were very kind.
eyes, my dear, you expect to marry
someone who has used his time well
in making a successful man Of him
self. He must be so well trained that
he will make no mistakes that might
cause you discomfort or unhappiness.
He must stand the strain Of the long
days, and the responsibility not only
of his work but of his own family
and then be entertaining.
81 wonder often whether women
realize just what that means. You,
on the contrary, know nothing Of your
business of being a wife. You enter
on the biggest job in life without
training. You will learn in time, per-
haps, but at the expense of his COM
fort and your own. The petted doll
way Of homemaking is marked with
tears and regret. Do you think it is
quite fair to ask so much and give so
little?"
AS Grandmother Ellis talked flush
had risen to Vivian's face, but plenty
of sense lay behind her beauty. She
drew long breath.
''Thank you, Mrs. Ellis" she said,
sincerely. 81 have never thought the
thing out before. You have given me
something that shall profit by
Youths Companion.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1918-03-01
A Hint to the Aged.

If people past sixty years of age
could be persuaded to go to bed as
DON as they take cold and remain
N bed for one or two days. they
would recover much more quickly,
specially if they take Chamberlain
Cough Remedy. There would also
'e less danger of the cold being
ollowed by any of the more serious
diseases
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1918-03-01
BRANDED AS MYTH
Mother Never Really Carried
. Market Basket, 1t Is Declared.
Even Before Days Of Telephone
Housewife Seldom Went to the
Grocery or the Butcher Shop.

A voice of protest rises In the East.
There, as elsewhere, sundry lecturers
have been talking to women's clubs
about the high cost of living. Said
one of them:
Housewives could reduce the cost
of food If they would market in per-
son. Too many market by telephone"
This is a typical remark.
"Our mothers and our grandmoth-
ers," continued the lecturer, 'went
personally to the grocer and the
butcher. They saw what they bought.
And they used to carry K home with
Them"
The conclusion is obvious, says the
Indianapolis News. Our mothers and
our grandmothers, paying these daily
visits to the grocer and butcher, were
able to buy seasonable products and
the best of the products at lowest
prices. They made their own selec-
tons; they picked out what they
wanted.
A woman took issue with this state
ment. Others followed. This argu-
ment, they said, has gone undisputed
long enough. AS matter of fact, our
mothers and grandmothers did very
little marketing in person. The tele-
phone In, their day was not used, to
be sure. There were few telephones
to be used. But 80 years ago-and
even in more recent times-the gro
GERS boy called daily, recited some
new items Of stock, logged the pa
irons memory with few questions
regarding the quantity of potatoes,
sugar, flour and salt on hand, took the
customers order and departed. Moth
er saw the goods for the first time
when the grocer's boy, later in the
day, delivered them.
And in grandmOther's day, the wom-
en- protesters declared, four-6fths of
the marketing was done by sending
Johnny or Mary to the grocer or the
butcher. And many Of us who are
something over thirty and not vet
turned sixty, regardless Of sex. can
find without effort, in the depths of
memory. personal evidence to. substan-
tiate this claim. How many times
were we brought complainingly in
from play to Ego to the grocer's7"
And at the tender age of seven or
eight or nine, did we do much select
ing when we thus filed the household
order? Very little, as we recall it.
On the contrary, we took what the
grocer gave us and hurried home with
the purchase, making sure both cons
ing and going that we kept safely in
hands or pockets the little brown book
In which the purchase was duly and
carefully recorded by the grocer or
the gfocer's clerk.
Times have changed. Johnny and
Mary go seldom nowadays to the gro
-~csf or to the butcher or to the baker.
Mother rings them up and delivers her
order by telephone. Butts the diff
ference very great? Is it sufficiently
great to account for the vast increase
in the cost Of groceries and meats
and bread and rolls? Substituting the
telephone for the grocer boys daily
visit OF for marketing with the chill
dren as proxy will hardly seem to
some of us, now that memory is
aroused, to account for the higher
cost Of living.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1918-03-01
Can't Count Them.

Two aviators, one American and the
other Irish, were discussing the best
position for the propeller with relation
to its strength.
'Mine," said the American, sis IL
front and gets up to 10000 revolutions
a minute"
Sure" said the other, II can't say
which is best, because mine is at tho
back, and so can't count them"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1918-03-01
Chamberlain's Tablets.

These Tablets are intended especi-
ally for disorders of the stomach.
liver and bowels. If you are troubled
with heartburn, indigestion or con-
stipation they will do you good.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1918-03-01
n No Danger.

Stranger Ito maid)-May I see the
niissus, please?
Maid-No, sir: she's engaged.
Stranger-So much the better then.
I'm married man and my wife
wouldn't want me to talk to foot-loose
young ladies'
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1918-03-01
Recoil.

A recently invented shock recoil pad
to protect the shoulders Of gunners is
featured by long air chamber inter-
posed between hard rubber base and
a soft rubber cushion.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1918-03-01
Oil Fuel.

Unusual compactness and quick.
steaming qualities are claimed for a
new English oil fuel boiler, in which
hollow concentric cones for the water
are set over q huge burner.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1918-03-01
Has Doubtless Helped.

'Do you believe that eating carrots
improves the colnplexionY
GAS to that I can't say. But do
think that belief has brought the car
rot prominently into the market"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1918-03-01
Behind the Bars.

Elbow long are you in for?" asked
the new convict.
"Six months" was the reply.
II see. Just doing your little bit,
ehT"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1918-03-01
A poor man without principal is
usually devoid of interest.

1t is easy to get on to the curves
of a bowlegged ball pitcher.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1918-03-01

Cold storage is a failure when it
comes to keeping an engagement.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1918-03-01
REM E M Der

~ II AVA Il IVA ~ - ~ >
better home-making 10
the ideal back Of TO.
DAYS HOUSEWIFE,
its reason for existence.
lis earnestly planned-for
goal. Better homemak-
ing in its largest sense.
with the spiritual and
mental no less than the
material needs Of the
family IN view; home
making as the biggest
Of woman's opportun-
ines rather than house,
keeping as the most
dreary Of woman's
drudgeries.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-06-06
PONTENELLE CLAIMS
WIFE Is PRO-GERMAN
Files Cross Petition to Bill for
Divorce, Alleging He Mar
I ried in Order to Reform
Woman.

That the marital troubles between
Eugene Fontenelle, Decatur, Neb.,
nephew Of Logan Fontenelle, noted
chief of the Omaha tribe, and his
wife, Catherine, who resides in Oma-
ha, have been mountainous, is indi-
Gated in his answer and cross-peti-
ton, Wednesday in district court,
to her petition asking for divorce.
Eugene alleges that his wife. before
he married her, was a woman OF i'm
moral character, that he knew It. but
married her, on her own alleged solic-
itation, with the hope of reforming
her. He alleges that she is OF pro-
German tendencies. He denies any
immortality on his part and &C
knowledges that he is so years old
and that Catherine is so years old.
He alleges that the marriage was
contracted by Catherine with the pur-
pose of blackmaiiing him. He asks
that her petition be dismissed and
that he be granted the divorce.
Soon after the fling of Eugene
Fontenelle's answer, Mrs. Fontenelle
followed by filing a reply to the de-
fendant's answer in which she de-
MED all allegations, with the excep-
ton that she admits committing moral
wrongs before her marriage. She
alleges that she left Eugene as the
elimination of many abuses heaped
upon her by the defendant. She asks
that the defendants cross-petition be
denied and that she be given the di-
yorce,
Omaha daily bee., 1918-06-06
-FOUR STOLEN AUTOS
RECOVERED IN CITY
Numbr of Alleged Thieves Ar.
rested in Roundup by Omaha
Police in Last Forty
Eight Hours.

Four stolen automobiles have been
recovered in Omaha during the last
two days, and the alleged thieves ar
rested. An automobile belonging to
r. D. Shirley, 1912 Davenport street,
which was stolen May 8. was re-
covered in front of the home Of Clar-
ence Engstrom, 62l South Twentieth
street. Engstrom told police he
bought" the car from Percy Perry,
6lS South Sixteenth street, who was
arrested later.
An automobile which was stolen
June 2 from Peter L. Peterson,
Honey Creek, Ia, was recovered in
garage in the rear of the home Of
Thomas O'Rourke, Twenty-seventh
and B streets. South Side. A number
3 on the license plate had been
changed to 8. .
Motorcycle policemen recovered an
automobile which was stolen from the
Ford Livery compan, 1914 Howard
street, two days ago. The hubmeter
and patent lock had been removed
from the car.
An automobile belonging to John
Underferth, 43 Main street, Council
Bluffs, was recovered in a garage in
the rear of 1852 North Nineteenth
street. Glen Clark, 2668 Douglas
street, and Leroy Compton, 24l7 Pop
pleton avenue, who are alleged to have
stolen the car. were arrested and
bound over to district court.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-06-06
WOMAN BOARDING
FLOUR CHARGED
'e WITH SEDITI0N

Because of her refusal to return ex-
cess quantities of -four proceedings
under the sedition act will be started
against a woman living in Howard
county, near St. Paul. Gurdon w.
Wattles, federal food administrator,
Wednesday directed County Food
Administrator c. w. McCracken to
file charges against the woman.
In hearing before the county
council of defense this woman, ap-
pearing as a witness for a defend
ant, testified that she held more than
the 30-day allotment. Administra-
tor McCracken ordered her to return
the -four. She refused, and in addi-
tion, it is reported, she declared her
pro-German sympathies.
Mr.. McCracken referred the re-
fusal to Mr.. Wattles, who immedi-
ately ordered the proceedings.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-06-06

irritable, Respondent and melancholy.
When the iron goes from the blood of
women the roses 60 from their cheeks. In
the most common foods Of America. the
starches. sugars, table syrups, candies. pol
ished rice, white bread, soda crackers, bis
cults, macaroni. spaghetti, tapioca. sago. far
ina. degerminated corn meal. no longer is
iron to be found. Refining processes have
removed the iron Of Mother Earth from
these impoverished foods, and silly methods
of home cooking. by throwing down the
wastepipe the water in which our vegetables.
are cooked. Is responsible for another grave
iron loss. Therefore you should supply the
iron deficiency in your food by using some
form of organic iron--Nuxated Iron---just
as you would use salt when your food has
not enough salt"
II people would only take Nuxated Iron
when they feel weak or run down instead
Of dosing ~ emsslyes with habit.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-06-06

mend Nuxated Iron to all who feel the need
of renewed energy and the regularity Of
bodily functions" r."
Former United States Senator Richard
ROLAND Kenney. Judge Advocate General,
2sth Division. Hattiesburg, Miss. says: at
gives me genuine pleasure to bear testimony
to, the curative properties and the restora-
tive and tonic value Of Nuxated Iron. I
have been using your prescription for a
number of months during which time have
enjoyed an increase of weight. a decided in
crease in my vigor and in the powers Of en-
durance under the strain Of newly
duties to the Government. From the time
Of my retirement from the Senate of the
United States, nearly fifteen years ago
down to the present time. or rather until
the outbreak of the wsr. had been actu-
ally and unremittingly engaged in the prac-
ties Of my profession in a,y home state.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-06-06
C.of c. to Give Luncheon in
Honor of Colonel F. A. Grant

A public affairs luncheon in honor
of Colonel F. A. Grant, commanding
officer of the Omaha quartermaster's
corps, will be given at the Chamber
of Commerce Thursday noon. COL
onel Grant will leave for his new post
at Montreal, Canada, Thursday night.
Randall K. Brown will preside.
Charles H. Pickens and John w.
Gamble will make short speeches and
Colonel Grant will respond. The
commanding officers Of Fort Omaha
and Fort Crook will be present. So
also will the officers in Colonel
Grants department. The executive
committee of the Chamber and a
number of other members will also be
present.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-06-06
SOUTH SIDE
WOMAN INSTIGATES
RAID ON NEIGHBOR
Takes Hubby's Bottle to South
Side Police and Causes Arrest
of Joe Serbin; Liquor
Seized.

Acting upon information Of Mrs.
Yechant, who brought bottle Of liq-
uor to the police station and told
the officers that it was a sample Of
the kind that her husband had been
purchasing regularly from a neigh
Dor, detectives raided the home of
Joe Serbin, s22s South Twenty-hfth
street, Wednesday and obtained q
26-gallon cask about one-fourth full
Of liquor.
According to the officers. the liq-
uor was homemade concoction, un-
known to the official samplers" at
the station. Serbin was arrested and
later released on bail bond.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-06-06
TWO FACE CHARGE
STEALING AUTO
OF ]. .UNZFURTH

Detectives arrested Glenn Clark,
2668 Douglas street. and L. H. Comp
ton, Z,4l7 Poppleton avenue, Tuesday
afternoon, charged with stealing an
automobile belonging to Jack Unz-
furth, taxi driver, Council Bluffs.
The automobile, which was stolen
from Seventeenth and Douglas streets
Monday night, was recovered in a
garage in the rear of 1882 North
Nineteenth street, which Clark had
rented.
Detectives lay in wait for Clark and
arrested him when he came to the
garage. Compton was arrested an
hour later when Clark "squealed" on
his accomplice.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-06-06

Former United States Senator Chas. A.
Towne says: "As a member Of Congress
from New York. as q member Of Congress
and Senator from Minnesota. as partici-
pant In political campaigns and candidate
for Vice President, my nervous energy and
reserve force were tremendously drawn
upon. That survived these trials and
came into advanced middle life with the
elasticity and strength Of boy Is unques-
tionably due to the righteous attention I
have paid to the proper care Of my body.
Recently have been taking Nuxated Iron
and have found 1t Of the greatest benefit -
. tonic and resulativs. Henceforth I shall
not be without II. am in q position to
testify for the advantage Of others, to the
remarkable and immediate helfulness Of
this remedy and unhesitatingly recon-
Omaha daily bee., 1918-06-06

Upon the declaration Of war decided to
re-enter public life which to me meant the
army in the midst Of war time. With the
sustaining tonic Of Nuxated Iron have
had no occasion to weaken under the most
strenuous duties and tho longer the hours
Of work and study. the better ! have felt.
l beg TO recommend to every man. whether
he works with hand and brain. the invalu-
able medicament which only yourselves pre-
pare. It has no equal on the market"
DR.. Ferdinand King. . New York ply
sician and Medical author. says: There
can be no vigorous iron men without iron.
Pallor means snaemis. Anaema means iron
deficiency. The skin of anaemie men and
women is pale; the flesh flabby. The mus
cles lack tone. the brain fass and the mem
ory fails and they become weak. nervous.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-06-06
Rev. M. J. Magidson Leaves
To Join Jewish Battalion

Rev. M. ]. Magidson. former prin-
cipal Of the Zerubavel Hebrew school,
leaves tonight to join the Jewish bat
talon which was recently organized as
unit of the British army. Rev. Mr..
Magidson is an active Zionist, leader
of the Young Judeans and organizer
Of the Mizrachi. A group of his
friends and co-workers will give him
s.nd-off tonight at the Union depot.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-06-06
Recovery Of Watch and Arrest
Work of South Side SIeuth

A bit of sleuthing by Detectives
Francl and Herdzina resulted in the
recovery of a wrist watch stolen from
Miss Antonia John, 3sl3 u street, and
the capture of the thief in less than
two hours after the theft had been
reported. George w. Paulson, I. w.
w. hall, had the watch in his posses
sion when arrested. When confront
ed by the evidence and Miss Johns
testimony in police court Wednes-
day, he entered plea OF guilty and
was sentenced to 80 days in jail by
Judge Fitzgerald.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-06-06
Gall for Is Mechanics.

Local exemption board No. z,
South Side city hall. has received a
call from the government for Is men
with some experience along mechan-
ical lines, and possessing at least a
grammar school education. The men
will be part of Omaha's quota of l25
men asked for by the government.
The quota for the state Is o27 men.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-06-06
"B|ack Matt" 0Id-1ime
Printer, Dies at Home

Herman Matthes died at his home,
1l3 North Twenty-ffth street, Wed
nesday morning at 10 o'clock. He
was one of the best known of the old
time printers in Omaha. He came
on all three of the Omaha dailies. He
was familiarly known among his
friends as "Black Matt" He is sur
vived by his wife. Funeral arrange
ments will be completed when word
is received from relatives who live
outside Of the city. Burial will prob
ably be in the printers | in West
Lawn cemetery.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-06-06
SOME OF THE
PROMINENT
PEOPLE WHO
uAxyc sYSEn
AND ENDORSED
NUXATED IRON

AND ENDORSED
NUXATED IRON
Hon. Leslie M.
Shaw-Former Sec
retary Of theTress-
ury in the Cabinet
of one Of the most
strenuous OF Amer
lean Presidents.
also former Gov
ernor Of Iowa.
United States
Judge George W.
Atkinson -0f the
Court Of Claims Of
Washington, d. c.,
former Governor OF
w. Va.
General John L.
Glenn, U. s. A. IRE
tired 1.-The drum
mer boy of Shiloh,
who was Sergeant
in the u s. Army
st IL years Of age.
Former United
States s . y ator
chas. A. Towne-
the silvsr-tongusd
orator Of Mime
sota, nominated d for
Vice President.
Former Health
Commissions VIM.
r. Kerr Of Chicago.
General David
Stuart Gordon, u.
8. A. Retired -
Well.known Indian
fighter and hero Of
the battle Of Get
tysburg.
Former United
states Senator
Obadiah Gardner Of
Maine.
Former First As
sistant Postmaster.
General of the
United States, c.
p. Granfield.
General Horatio
Gates Gibson, U. s.
A. (Retired )-Who
entered In the City
of Mexico in the
war Of 1847 with
General Winfield
Scott.
Former United
8 tates Senator
VIM. v. Sullivan Of
Mississippi.
Judge Samuel s.
Yodsr - s I . tes-
man, Jurist, for
merly Surgeon MA.
jor in the Army.
Former United
states Senator
Richard ROLAND
Kspnsy - Present
J q dge Advocate
General IN the 2sth
Division, Hatties.
burg, Miss.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-06-06
Fort Riley Band Will Be
Entertained BY c. Of c,

The military band from Fort Riley,
Kan. will be entertained at luncheon
at the Chamber Of Commerce to-
day noon. The band comes here to
play at the "jitney dance" tonight,
The proceeds Of the dance will be
divided between the band and the
Omaha Associated Charities.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-06-06
Funeral Of Peter Barrette
Will Be Held on THURSDAY

Funeral services for Peter Barrette,
IS years old, who died Monday as
result of fall down stairs in the
home of his daughter, Mrs. Clara
Waver, 2l14 Chicago street, will be
keld at 2:30 o'clock, Thursday after
noon at the Cole-McKay parlors,
POLO Farnam street. He is survived
by three daughters. Interment will
be in West Lawn cemetery,