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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-15
TOWNSHIP HAS
ONLY 3 MILES
OF ROAD LEFT
South Rock Island After May OF
1920 Will Have But Little
Highway to Keep Up.

After May, 1920, the highway
commissioner of South Rock Island
township will have the softest job
of any overseer of roads il the
state.
Owing to recent annexations to
Rock Island, most of the road will
be under city supervision, only
three miles remain for the commits
sioner to take care of. There are
- miles of highways in the town
ship, and the city will be respon-
sible for the care of all but three
miles.
The township officers were 70
meet with Supervisor Ben Beng
ston last night. to allow the pay
ment of bills, but none of the mem
bers showed up. A meeting will
be held for this purpose later in
the week.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-15

The trees of the square arc filmed
with faint, shr II green tat least
So Washington square artis:
would say. The children are
roller skating and playing hop
sketch below and a hurdy-gurdy
is jangling. With a flourish the
bus turns and away it goes under
Washington arch. Fifth Avenue
stretches before it. a street OF sing
ing beauty Stately old houses
near at hand. tail white buildings
cleaning against the sly beyond
Tags fiuttering. people like shifting
blotches Of color against the a
phaIt, all seem arranged tor you g
see as you come bowling along. II
those in gorgeous linlousincs could
knew with what pity they are gazei
down upon. 'CnCy are uHiy a part
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-15
MRS. CAREFUL
HOUSEWIFE

Reduce your high cost of living by
purchasing your winter supply of
POTATOES
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-15

of the picture, for all their airs.
The top OF the bus alone can fur
nish grandstand seats for the pan
Drama
1t turns at Fifty-seVeIth street,
past studio buildings and shops
bright with flowers and hats, and
comes at last TO Riverside drive.
Now it is hard to choose which way
10 look. The river crinkles into a
million waves like Clipped silver,
strange ships ride at anchor, the
park is bursting into bloom. BIZ
on the other side are the homes Of
the affluent, all getting their win
dows washed and their brass rails
polished.
Part of the game Of riding on a
bus is choosing which house you
will live in. You feel suddenly that
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-15

Direct from my farms in Northern
Wisconsin, cutting out all middle
profits. getting your supply Of win
ter potatoes delivered to your city
at a much cheaper price than YOU
could buy at retail and getting a
much better quality. Stock is now
ripe and fine for winter storing,
quality the finest in the history of
the business. We ship daily in
$50 pound sacks by freight, weights
and quality guaranteed. Price.
$3.50 per hundred f. o. b. Necedah,
Wis, cash with order. Order be
fore cold weather sets in to in
sure against frost. No orders tax
en- after Nov. l. Address all orders
to L. G. WILLIAMS co, Necedah.
Wis.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-15
4 Free Prescription You Can Have File
and Use at Home.

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and Use at Home.
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Are you a victim of eye strain or other
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miracle to me- lady who used It
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without glasses. 1t is believed that
thousands who wear glasses can now dis
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their eyes so as to be spared the trouble
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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-15
r r A VELE T T E
By Nfksah.
A BUS RIDE.

One OF the most inspiring things
to do in this world is to ride on top
of a Fifth avenue bus on a spring
day. A bus. TO one crossing the
street, is q terrifying object as it
numbers and rumbles along, look
ing too big and clumsy to be re-
strained by the hand of man; but
riding atop it you realize that It
kaa a jolly soul. When ii lurcheS
at pedestrians II is just playing.
You start at Washington square
and get a front seat if you can.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-15

you can have any one you want,
such a sense OF power comes VITA
your lofty position And so yuo
decide quite grandly that Tou will
refrain from choosing and thus I'm
a way you possess them ALI
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-15

; Christmas, according to J. Frank
MCElwane president of the Ma
tional Boot and Shoe Manufacture
ers' association
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-15
SHOES DIE FOR DROP.

New York, Oct. 15.-Footwear
prices are due for a tumble. in fact
they have dropped 20 per cent since
the middle of August and are go
ing to take another drop after
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-15
STOP ITCHING SKIN
Zemo the Clean, Antiseptic
Liquid, Gives Prompt Relief

There is one safe, dependable treat
ment that relieves itching torture and
that cIeanseS and soothes the skin.
Ask any druggist for 35c or 81 bottle
of Zemo and apply it as directed Soon
you will find that irritations, pimples,
blackheads, eczema, blotches ringworm
and similar skin troubles will disappear.
Zemo the penetrating, satisfying
liquid, is all that is needed, for It
banisheS most skin eruptonS, makes
the skin soft, smooth and healthy.
The e W. Rose Co., Cleveland. O.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-03-13

beer =. ere were many ways of brewing the
beverage, but one of the most popular methods
8 that by which moIasses beer was made.
Great great -gra ndmother would take one ounce
of hops. upon which she would pour one gallon
OF water. Then she would boil hops and water
for ten minutes. when she would add one pound
of mol1sses! Wien the mixture was luKewarm
she would put in spoonful of yeast. Then
she would set her molasses beer to one side
for fermentation. II cheap easily
brewed drink, a delight to the thirsty worker
who returned to midday dinner after a back
breaking morning in the fields.
Another cheap and agreeable table beer was
even more simply ma6e The housewife would
take four and one-hah gallons of water. boiling
one-half and putting the other into barrel.
Then she would add the boiling water TO the
cold with one quart of nSolG Ises and little
ysret. She would keep the bunshole OF the
bsfrel open until fermentation ceased.
And with the spring great-great-gTandmothe
would find herself busy again at the old. de-
lightfu task OF distilhng and brewing the in
gredients that make for the cup that cheers.
Such a scrubbing ard securing and a wiplng
and drying Of casks and watts. tubs and barrels.
bottles and kegs and Jugsi such hammerIng
and a clattering and a hopping and mailing up
Of new casks and watts and barrels TO hold the
new wine soon 20 be nslei Those barrels and
:, 8 and kegs which we're still full would
pushed further aek in the cellar 70 make room
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-03-13

for the new ones. Wines and beers that would
not improve much with the months would
be dragged to the front for immediate use.
Something of chemist, great-great grand
mother would take two half emptted casks of
wine and pour into the other knowing that
the mixture would taste even more delicious.
Thus she would relieve another cask for new
wine or sic or beer
Apricot wine. for instance. something be-
loved by every one of her family. Only too
often had she caught the youngsters of her
household surrepttious1y visiting the cellar
with = gimlet and a straw to bore hole in
the cask and through their little conductor
sucking up the mellow. liquid delicaey that
never made anybody really intoxicated and
yet put lecn zest for life in every lover Of the
wine
To make II she would take three pounds of
sugar and three quarts OF wafer letting them
boil together Then she would skim it well,
putting In six pounds OF aprcots pared and
stoned. She would boil again until the fruit was
tender. Then she would take up the fruit and
when the liquor was cold bottle 1t up Some
times, after she had taken up the apricots, she
would let the liquor have one boil with sprig
of noweWd clary In II.
We're the boiled apricots themselves wasted?
Not at ALL. Great-great- grandmother was too
wise and energetic a housewife. Nothing went
to waste In her establishment. She used to
make wonderful marmalade and excellent pre-
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-03-13

serves out of the boiled fruit. And II was the
same with apples that she found unfit for the
making Of winos preserves Of any sort. She
would pare the fruit halve II, cut IT into rather
thin slices and then put the pieces flat on
board TO dry I'm the When one side OF
the fruit was thus cured she would turn the
other to the sky. The apples partially dried, she
would take a needle and thread and string
the slices together, using perhaps several spools
and a whole tub of apples. Then she would fes-
toon her kitchen with strings of the fruit run
ming from corner of the to the other.
Under the raftors the cure of the dried apples
would be furthered. and in winter time great
great-gfandmother was never at loss for
terial for apple saace apple frtters or any
other delicacy with apple basis. All she had
TO do was to take down long string Of apple
slices and let them soak over night. They
would be ready for. cooking in the morning.
And then there was balm wine. The very
name brings thought of Colonial days and
great-great -grandmoihcr.. a quaint. pretty pict-
ure in her white cotton stockings and black
low shoes with their shining silver or paste
buckles her rather short skirts of cotton print
looped UP at the hips; her tight, high walsted
bodice with It's snowy kerchief. and her coquet-
tsh white cap with Its. black bow and large
foppy frill, which she even In the house.
A a rule great-great grnndmother's arms were
bare TO the eIbow-for she was a busy, hard
working woman. There was always an old pair
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-03-13

the bottle from his home when he had Christ
himself example. turning the water into
wine at a wedding feast n Canaan
And the good housewives of that day most
assursdly followed that example, using the
magic of their domestic alchemy to turn not
only water, but the flowers of spring and Sum
mer and fail. the fruits of all the seasons. the
roots of trees and shrubs herbs and vegetables
and even leaves and bark Into cordials, tran
dies, wines beers and aIes No one said them
nay and the housewife whose cellar was not
well stocked with gallon Jugs and barrels
yes. barrels-of ripe rich old liquors and Jolly
nut-brown brews that foamed and frothed in
an ecstacy of good cheer when poured into
tankard or goblet n housewife not "ery
much respected by her neighbors
Beer at great-great-gra ndmothers table was
as plentiful as water at the board of modern
prohibitionIst. and neither t-great-grand-
mother, great-great- grandfather. nor their CONS
and daughters, their men servants and their
maid servants. seemed the worse for their beer.
on thu contrary, they seemed to hold an.idea
tina. beer did a lot toward keeping them healthy.
putting good, ripe color into their cheeks.
sparkle into their eyes and mpartng liveH-
ness TO their step. They lived long, arduous
lives and their old ages were green and hearty.
and they thought that beer had something to
do with II all
SO sincerely did they believe this that every
bod. knew the recipes Tor the naanHfaeturs Of
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-03-13
Her Blackberry Wine.

Here too OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES had meal
epfnble advantage over the housewife of the
imm. late future, for nearly al her cordials
and liquors were built upon already distilled
brzndies and other strong bpirits. BSt her wine
was for the most part all Of her own brewing
and one of the brands loved the most by her
generation was blackberry wine. a sweet. strong
concoction which delighted the most epieurean
taste When in midsummer the berries On
the hillside were Just burst1ns with sweetness.
xreai-great- grandmother was wont to go
a-berryng. and maybe her daughter ana SONS
would go with her. and they would return with
their pals .illed to the rims with -he succulent
fruit
Then they would bruise the berries well
with their hands. and to one gallon OF the
fruit they would add one-half gallon of water.
letting the mixture stand over night AIter
that they would strain and measure the juice,
and TO each gallon of il they would add two and
ene-half pounds of sugar Then they woulo
e2sk their mixture and put 1t aside to ferrnent'
tacking muslin over the top of the cask. When
the fermentation ceased. they would pour u
snto jugs and kegs. great-great-grandmother
preferrfng to pour It into kegs. for blackberry
wfHe keeps best when 50 housed.
Didat she ever brew her guests dlsn OF
tea1 Certainly tea was always welcome, but
there is q time and place for everything, as
either Shakespeare the Bible says. and tea
WAS all very well for sick people or for high
and polite society. but what minister Of oiden
days would choose to vex his insides with
futile. e.ammy tea when he might enchant them
with some potent fluid, whose magic
would make the day seem little brighter, the
> ngbird's pipe little sweeter and everything
in general a little melower nd happier2
Did not the very Bible. the book by vhich
their simple lives were guided. tell them that
n glass OF wine maketh the heart nerry?'
And was Il not IN the Book OF Timothy that ft
was commanded. Take little wine for thy
stonnach.s sake" Forsooth. never was there
. fsritan 90 narrow minded that he baaAshed
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-03-13
The Old Recipes.

Most of great-great-grandmother brandies
and eordials were made upon basis of pure
sptsit and one may rest assured tEaf taey were
ihe w>sker for that Fine old whiskeys
ana ruuas -sre her balsaI ingredients. Sugar and
spices and the ,aice of .Iuits, bsrries and e,ea
ssketasles we're added TO the Iiquor she pur-
shAsed in bulk. sometimes from the Ia Ter1 in
nc village OF town. sometimes from Boston or
Sew York warehouses. and stili more fire.
suentiy from England and even France .-nd
Spain- 1t depended upon the family purse.
ssose who could afford It buying directly from
she older countries. waiting months for. Their
Ihips TO come in
When visitors chanced in upon them. great
kr<at- grandrnother would toddle into the
kitchen or perhaps into the cellar again. TO
finally reappear. In her spotlvss apron. her
xfrflc, her bodice and her old fashioned lace
sap, carrying a tray upon which were seen
cakes of her own making and decanter of
come carefully prepared liquor, cleaning with
.heery warming high lights through the glass
Thee were one giass-perhaps two. three. ana
maybe four-for everybody. and when the
visitors we're gone it q1ite possible that
Kreat-great- grandmother and great-Sreat-
Z sndfather would sit down before the depicted
5eeanter and polish off the contents to Their
swn satisfaction If great>great-grandmothe
aere thrifty soul. she probably was. and II
ser cellar were not quite as well stocked as Il
should have been hich was not Likely. sne
and great great grandfather might have had
d few words upon the reason for her sudden
seizure OF the decanter the moment the guests
departed. and locking it up in her cupboard.
ehere one may be assured number of other
xood things TO eat and drink were already
narshalled.
n Il wber the minister himself came around
so nav a call-ah. then great-great-grand-
rnother was at her besti II she knew in ad-
vance Of his coming. size woul1 be all prepared.
suf il his yisit was surprise. eagerly would
tie seek the cellar. and cage would be her
.e..rch among the heavily loaded shelves. Her
hes. ;eifIes her most precious preserves. and the
most aged and becobwebbed bottle-or bottles
she cou.d find would be brought into the light.
III she knew her pastors taste. maybe she would
draw off from some sturdy. iron-hooped old
eask some eowsiip, dandelion blackberry
~1ne. and perhaps she would add currant or
A plum cordial 10 her hospitality
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-03-13

Lots of Us Remember Fine Old
Brews Brought UP Only
on State Occasions.
ry AuorsTIN L.AEpY.

c~se upon time there were sages who be-
iss~-A tsnd were glad 10 beiieve> that hacchus
ass his nympes danced Joyous. vinous meas
urss on the ward OF sunny hllisides to the
merry piping OF Jolly. pot-pellied old Pan; 'nee
npor n time. when the world was little
yeunger, simpler and perhaps happier in some
wrys, there lived in the strange land Of America
o race OF thoroughly respecting churchsons
psalm singing beings who worshipped a wrath
fpi. Jealous God and yet at the same time paid
most innocent tribute 10 the vine wreathed od
Pagan deity whose symbols were the brimmns
cups OF rerple grape. the dancing girl and the
rose
Yes. a strange re e-e were these beings. grim
AMI unreienting as their own frowning >iew
England coast line They lived hard. eleas,
workaday lives; they never smiled on sundays.
when they went to church three times and said
prayers between whites: they believed that If
The rod were spared the child was spoiled; they
hated the deSiI with terrible hate based Ipon
chill fear: they believed in witches. and oe-
heved so sincerely that they found them in old
women and old men, In mothers and fatt RS
and In little boys and little girls. all OF whom
they put iaso stoeks and stoned 10 DEATH or
lied &c stake. making slow licking flame the
execationer. They placed the fierce ban OF
their religion on all joy they deemed tinted With
the eaorfulness OF happier civilizations. buried
under The dast OF the ages Their happiness
~ss their lack of Joy. and th%y xissed delight
shsn tney crucified plee-sls upon the cross Of
heir b<ief Anx T>$-and YET
Nsw ~.es q seat-great-grandfather HaIte!
bis sr,s oddly his nia.iecap ol ehe-fy or
apr@tot handy, great-great grandmother would
slsr something warm over her shoulders light
hesh candle. and. shutting carefully in her
fn4. nA
seIiar to pSer by upheld candle light at iae
score and score OF bottles. jars. plot, quart and
;aiion measures which contained the warm
Eg. tasty liquors brewed and distilled by her
swn capable hands Then. with a bottle o: the
Darticnlar brand Of nighicap wanted BY great
great q andfather. she would shuttle uRs'airs
srHin sDd perhaps join him in a lans sw's of
he delicious strfr. sure to promote The sound
sst OF sleep.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-03-13
Some Old Recipes of Various De-
coctions, Harmless and Appc- ]
tizing, Are Recalled. q

OF gloves around TO keep her hands white and
soft.
one can ina gine her then. In the low raftered.
roomy kitchen of her home beginning to make
balm wine by taking ten pounds of sugar which
she placed in six quarts of water. boiling gent
iy Tor two hours Then she would put her fluid
into tub to cool. After that she would take
three-quarters of a pound OF the tops OF the
oaim, brusing them and putting into barrel
with a little nav yeast. When her liquor WAS
quite cold she would pour II on the balm ana
then close up her barrel and let Il stand six
weeks After that she would rack II off and
put lump OF sugar in every bottle which would
be we'' oorked. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES used
10 say bairl wine was much better the second
year than the first. but 1t was SO good directly
aIter fermentation, that there precious
Ittie left by her family to age q second year.
Clary wine was another fayorite with her
family. and even less expensive than balm
wine. Twelve pounds OF Malaga raisins
mighty cheap IN -gra nd mothers
dayD would do the trick She would pick them,
chop them small and put them in a tub and
pour In half pint OF water for each pound OF
the ra.sns, She would let them steep for ten or
eleven days. stirring 1t twice day and being
careful TO Keep the brew closely covered.
Then she would strain II off and put II into
some vessel with about one-fourth peck of the
TOYS OF clary when II Is i'm blossom. keeping it
closely covered for six weeks before bottllng
II OFT In two or three months It would be tit
TO drink
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-03-13

some vessel with about one-fourth peck of the
TOYS OF clary when II is in blossom. keeping it
closely covered FOR six weeks before bottllng
II OFT In two or three months It would be tit
TO drink.
Trampling the Grapes.
not practised 10 any extent by great-great-
grandfather or any OF his period in this coun-
Try Even TO this day the peasants in Italy.
Spain and France trnmple out the grapes in
the same method that their ancestors did
thousands and thousands of years ago. The
grapes are piled into huge tub with a hole
near us base. Then the peasants remove their
fabots and. sometimes without washing their
feet leap into the vat and irampie the fruit
The purple blood of the fruit Rushes from the
hole In the base Of the vat and is caught In
tubs ana lars and skins. As the grapes
crushed down more are added. the feet of mel.
and women increasingly trampling. tfampline
upnn ',"m. squeezing out the ruddy. life gly-
ing flnld. In France they sing that are
as od the race itself while they make the
new wine OF the year.
But great-great- grandmother in America
would crush her grapes By any method that
seemed handiest to her. She would let the juice
stand one week. draining and then straIning.
adding quart OF water and three pounds OF
sugar TO each gallon of Juice. Then she would
put her mixture into a barrel cask and cover
the hunShole with thin piece of muslin ie:-
ting II stand until the fermentation stopped
She would pour her wine then into cask and
let IT stand lightly sealed for six months. After
that she would bottle IT, seal the bottles and
put them In cooi place.
? Glover wine she made by taking three quarts
OF the blossoms, to which she added four quarts
OF boiling water. letting II stand three days.
Then she would drain, putting three more
quarts OF water TO the flower heads. with which
she would place one peel of lemon. Then fol-
lowed another boiling OF fifteen minutes and
another draining, which she would add to the
first made Juice. To every quart of the liquid
she would add one pound of sugar. causing
further fermentation with one cup OF yeast
She would bottle after keeping the wine in
warm room three weeks
Even milk could this wonderful great-great-
grandmother OF ours turn into alcohol. She
would heat four cups Of milk and then let them
cool. When lukesarm she would add
fourth OF yeast cake dissolved IN
fourth OF n cup OF iukewarm water and two
tablespoons of sugar. This she would pour
Into bottles with patent shoppers. filling two-
thirds full She would cork each bottle tightly
ard give II n vigorous shake letting 1t stand in
the kitchen six hours and then ice twenty
four hours. She served her drink Ice cold and
called II koumiss.