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The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1920-06-25
Just Folks
By G. A. GUEST
SINCE JESSIE

We understand a lot Of things we
never did before,
And it seems that to each other Ma
and l are meaning more.
/. don't know how to say it, but since
little Jessie died
We have learned that to be happy we
must travel side by side.
You can share your joys and pleas
ures, but you never come to
know
Just the real depth of loving till you've
got a common woe.
We're past the hurt of f~retting-we
can talk about 1t now,
She slipped away so gently and the
fever left her brow
So softly that W. didn't know we lost
her, but instead
We thought her only sleeping al we
watched beside her bed.
Then the doctor. l remember, raised
his head, as If to say
What his eyes had told already, and
Ma tainted dead away.
Up to then l thought that money was
the thing / ought to get
And l fancied, once I had 1t, / should
\ never have a fret.
But / saw that l had wasted precious
hours in seeking wealth, :
| had made a tidy fortune, but 1
couldn't buy her health.
And / saw this truth much clearer
than I'd ever seen before:
That the rich nan and the poor mar
have to let death through the
door.
We're not half so keen for money as
one time we used to be
| am thinking more Of mother and
she's thinking Of me,
Now we spend more time together.
and | know we're meaning more
To each other on life's journey, than
we've ever can before.
Ii was hard TO understand IL! OH
the dreary nights we've cried
But we've found the depth Of loving,
since the day that Jesse died
Copyright by Edgar A. GusstA
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vdrilL. Gems cleaned from the walls,
and on all sides were rich furnishings
giittering with jewels, golden statues
and pictures. Some music sounded
and the girl held her breath in aston
ishment as the ragged woman
changed suddenly into n handsomely
dressed sprite.
II was only testing your heart,
said the sprite. II am the fairy %
this fountain and know why you came.
Here is a golden flask full of water
for your mother. Ii will cure her nj
once. Here, give me your old dip
per-"
The sprite filled IL full of flashing
diamonds, each n rs large as \
bean.
Run home nowS said the sprItt.
But be careful that my old enemy.
the North Wind. does not hit you. He
lies about at this hour 10 harm all my
friends"
Greta hid the flask of water in her
Rapidly she ran, but she could hear
the wind coming after her. Faster
and faster she flew, but onward
roared the old North Wind. Just IL
she got to her door her foot caught in
q root Of n tree and she tumbled. Out
Of her hand flew the dipper, but it did
not fall-the North Wind grabbed il
and blew it up into the sky. And
there ii sticks yet. But, fortunately,
the diamonds were saved, for they all
fell out on the ground, SO that Gre,a
found every one. Up in the sky to.
day CLEANS Greta's dipper, shining rs
brightly rs it did thousands OF years
ago. (COpyright.)
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1920-06-25

dream Freud would, doubtless, see it
tinged with neuroSiS.
What say the mystics? They say
that to dream of quarreling with Your
sweetheart means that you are going
to love each other better than ver
To quarrel with a friend means that
your friendship is secure and tina:
you will shortly enjoy yourself in his
company, though some Of the mysticS
are unkind enough TO add that 1t also
means loss of money. If you quarrel
with Q stranger 1t is an omen that
you will soon make the acquaintance
Of an undesirable person. Any dream
of quarreling signifies the reconcilia-
ton of arrangements and constanc!
in friendship. SO quarrel all you want
to in dreamland and keep the peace
in the waking world.
(Copyright)
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Rann-dOm Reels
BY HOWARD L. RANN

for budding. 1t is very particular To
put in an appearance the day before
some %vOluptuous social event, and
when worn with a decollete gown and
pink carnations makes Il captivating
color scheme. Every once in a while
we read in the newspapers OF some
high society wedding having TO be post
poned on account of the grOOm's alb
Sence, but in nearly all Of these cases
IT will be found that the bride-elect
has come down with Il luminous cold
sore which cannot be hidden behind a
tulle veile with any degree OF sue
cess. 1t requires great fortitude and
will power for an e~nraptured groom
to stand up 1T the altar and run his
neck through the yoke. under such cir
cumstances, but II has been done.
There is no known cure for the cold
sore except patience and hope, Some
victims carry a camphor bottle and
apply the contents in n Stealthy man
INTO the world wearing n quarter sec
ton of black cOurt-plaster. When Il
cold sore settles on the upper lip Of
nan he can always circumvent it by
growing a thick, branching mustache,
nut woman is denied this precious priv
ilegc aad is obliged TO suffer in ST.
ICnce.
The cold sore is probably given so
that we will not become too proud of
our looks. The man who can show
pride with a dubious cold sore on his
lower lip has reached the point where
any further initiation would result in
IL blowout.
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Cant you let me have some of the
water?'
x promised to bring it to my moth
er," said Greta. But i know you
need it at once. Drink"
please, miss, for heavens sake.
give me n sip of water" said a feeble
voice at the side of the path. Greta
looked closely and saw an old man
hobblingt along with his cane.
Il have TO bring some to my moth.
err" returned Greta. But you can
have Il drink, for l know you arc
weary. Rest by this rock" So the
old man took a deep draught from the
dipper, which almost emptied it.
Greta ran on toward the house, but
Il was as II had fallen ana
was hurt. She looked closely and
saw a ragged, aged woman lying on
her side with the blood flowing from
a cut in her hea!d and her Eyes tight
" closed.
The girl did no, stop to think o
how little water size had. She poured
d Drink down the WOmanS throat ana
bathed her wound with the rest. The
old woman opened her eyes slowly.
Can you help me home, child?'
asked the sick woman. II live down
by the spring"
Certainly" replied Greta. II have
used all the water for which my moth
er ent me and will have to return "a
the spring anyway. ! will be glad Ia
help you"
SO with the old woman leaning or
her strong. young arm, Greta went
slowly back to get the water. On
reaching the spring the woman
knocked on the rock above II and the
stone opened, admitting them to n
big chamber, carved out Of the solid
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1920-06-25
Beauty Chats
By Edna Kent Forbes

candy, figs. bananas, grapes, chest
nuts or walnuts, for these contain
either fats or carbohydrates, which,
are fattening.
This sounds like a long list. but in.
reality 1t is Il very little one. All
other meats YOU can have. and fish
and oysters. green vegetables and
salads, eggs. fruits. | have given the
above list Of the foods most necessary
10 avoid, since it is easy to memorize.
The woman going in for reduction will
know then what foods not TO order for
her table. Avoid drinking with meals.
The worst things to give up are
sugar and butter and cream. But tea
taken weak with lemon is more deli
cate than tea with cream and In place
of sugar one can purchase saccharine.
(CCpyright.)
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1920-06-25

STRICKLAND W GILLIAN
The Car Nut.
Copyright

The Car Nut.
That every village has one, Is a thing
you can't dispute.
He is a sort Of genius-a mechanical ga
loot.
Back in the old bicycle days he rode a
racing wheel
He'd tell how many centuries he'd done
right off the reel!
And when he wasn't riding one. he had
a pedal off
He was as ioony over bikes as some
men over golf.
But now he's in the seventh heaven:
there's gear-grease on his mug,
And he can tinker all he likes-the VII
lage auto bug!
The keenest JOY his soul can know is TAX
ing one apart;
To grind the carbon from a valve plumb
satisfies his heart.
To wear a set Of jumpers and a greasy
cap, why, say!
Upon a sea OF glory he Just simply floats
away!
viscera all showing
without the hood. he listening close to
hear how 1t Is going:
Mmmm-hmmmmm! There isn't anything
could ever, ever put
! Another drop Of bliss into the being OF
that mutt
Folks pay him for the work, but shucks!
IT'S such a waste Of money.
He'd do the same thing for his board. be-
cause to him It's funny.
He'd use a monkey wrench at meals II
anyone would let him.;
He'd tie his tie with a stilson-sure!
That stunt would never fret him.
He hooks up wiley with the pliers. with
skilful twist and tug.
He eats, drinks, dreams ma~chinery-this
village auto-bug.
Company.
Fight, and the world fights with you.
Neutral, and O neut alone.
Isn't 1t ODD?
The longer a paved road has
been down, the better we know
il has been kept up.
Newly Defined.
What is your idea of being really
intoxicatedT
"A condition In which the int "
tee cannot explain how he happe..," 20
get It,"
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1920-06-25
NOTICES. RSGk COOK " N~ M~t~t@

ter of each round; fold over the dough.
rolling it carefully SO that the opening
is closed, stand in a CREASED baking
pan, brush the top with milk and bake
in q quick over for Is minutes. Serve
with strawberry butter, made by beat
ing to a cream two tablespoonfuls Of
butter and adding one cupful Of pow
dered sugar gradually. Add one mash
ed berry, beat well add another until
four gOOd-sized berries are added.
Dish and stand aside to harden.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1920-06-25
DIPPER OF DIAMONDS

IN BRIGHT nights one can see
" cleaning in the sky a formation
OF stars which resembles a dipper III
shape. But once, thousands and thou
sands Of years ago., this dipper LIVED
In n home Of a peasant girl.
1t was, then just IL simple tin thing
with II rusty handle.
The mother vas taken suddenly
sick one night and called to Greta to
bring her a dipper OF water. Though
II was cold and dark outside, tho
daughter dressed and ran TO the spring
at once. filled the dipper and started
home. Suddenly in her path appeared
a tiny puppy.
Il am so thirsty" said the puppy
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1920-06-25
Pioneers


(XT HAT you are and what you have
w you owe largely TO the blood
$" eating efforts Of Pioneers. Every
notable name in History, since Time
started, represents Pioneering of some
sort. Not all were Finishers, but all
were Starters. If you want TO be II
Pioneer
Start Something.
Watt was u Pioneer in revealing the
powers OF Steam. He got his hrSt
Ideas from his Mothers stove kettle!
Sir Isaac Newton evolved the Idea OF
GravitatiOn from throwing an Apple
into the air. Today he is recognized
rs one of the worlds greatest Pioneers
in the field of Science. Thus 1t has al
ways been. BY Thinking, even YOU
may
Start Something.
Woolworth, the Pioneer in Five ana
Ten cent stores, received his Idea from
q conversation in Il small New YORK
country store where he was at the tine
a Clerk. The idea was free TO every
one-but Woolworth had the Nerve
and Initiative to
Start Something.
Remember this: if an Idea comes
to YOU that you consider valuable and
you don't work it, out, some n some
where at some time is almost sure to
do sO-and receive the Glory for 1T!
SO, day by day, keep the Pioneering
instinct alive. BE known as one not
afraid to
Start Something.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1920-06-25
Last Dreams
What They Mean
QUARRELING

nOCTOR CORIAT says "EverybOdy
- dreams and ridiculous it may ap.
pear" But with regard 70 the
prophetic quality of dreams he says
''From Il strictly scientific standpoint
such an Interpretation would be very
superficial in that it did not take int
full cognizance all the complex facts
which may produce n dream" For in
stance it must be proved what the
event ''foretOld" in the future never
existed as a wish in either the con
sciOuS or unconscious thought Of the
dreamer. In my experience | nave yet
failed TO find one genuinely prophetic
dream.
Yet all the scientists agree that the
study of dreams from a scientific
standpoint is still in its infancy and
one scientist goes so far as to Sug-
rest that as our waking thoughts fire.
quently contain the germs Of our fu-
ture actions so u dream thoughts
may have in them similar germs.
DR.. Charles Mackay. i'm his well.
known book, Extraordinary Delu,
sions," SCOTS at The belief in the
prophetic quality of dreams but re-
marks: ut has subsisted through all
the changes that normal or physical
revolutions have operated in the wOrld
and the record Of five thousand years
bears testimony TO the universal diff
fusisn Of the belief"
The scientists would explain j
dream of quarreling with a friend as
the springing to life of some dormant
idea regarding that friend lurking III
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1920-06-25

M FRIEN JOE hees wife leava
1V1 town lasa week so he tella me
we go maka cat feesh Sunday. l buy
da feesh pole and maka da lunch and
Joe he deega worms for foOla de feesh.
| dunno yer moOcha bout, but Joe say
he catcha plenta feesh hees life.
We gotta greata beega long streeng
weeth da pole n end and other end
ees da hook. On da hook Joe put u
weegle worm and trow da whole works
cen da water but da pole. l no heg-
ure out wot's idee Joe wanta keela
dat worm twice-stick weeth da hook
first and eXa time drown heem.
Dat worm stay cen da water Tonga
time before Joe pulla out. Den ne
getta sore and say Ida cats no bfta
yer good" no say somating, but 7
tink Joe ees leetle bugahouse.-no cat
ees ever bite before maka da scratch.
For tree, four hours we sect on dat
boat and no getta something only wet.
Joe say mebbe da worm ees too beeg
SO he putta young n on. l feegure
dat way ees greata idee-eef da beey
cat ees no hungry mebbe da kitten
iika da lunch.
Joe maka plenta cuss why da cat
feesh no eata hees worm. PreeIy soon
| am deesgust and putta beefsteak
sandwich on da hook. Joe aska wct's
idee and ! say eef da worms no catcha
da cat feesh mebbe beefsteak catcba
dog feesh or some other kind. l 6un-
no. You know, l tink Joe ees craze
cen da head and he say sauna ting
weeth me.
Wot you tink?
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1920-06-25

will substitute celery for soup or fatty
vegetables, she will lose weight.
If you want to grow thin, you must
M eat milk, cream or cheese, for
milk is 4 per cent fat and cream and
cheese Is per cent. You must mo- eat
the meat Of the pig-which Is 30 to 40
per cent fat, bacon being almost 10 per
cent You must not eat olive oil for
that is 100 per cent fat, indeed, it Is
the fattiest form Of nourlshment. You
must not eat wheat, buckwheat rice.
oats, potatoes, macaroni or corn, for
these contain from ! to 4 per cent Of
fat. Neither must you eat sugar or
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1920-06-25
THE COLD SORE

>HE cold sore is a small, pink
growth on the human lip which
Is more painful to a sensitive, shrink
ing nature than upsetting the consom-
me at a six o'clock dinner. 1t is one
OF NATURES efforts to humble pride,
and is sometimes so successful that
the victim will not appear at the NOV
ing-pfeture show for q week.
All medical authorities agree that
the eaHSe of the cold sore Is harder TO
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1920-06-25
ABOUT REDUCTION

HID YOU ever eat baked celery?
- Stewed celery? Celery and oyster
broth? Celery is not just Il relish
TO go with II large dinner, ii is II
splendid food in itself-and 1t will not
add weight. If the woman who wants
to reduce quickly, comfortably. and
without looking old after she is thin,
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1920-06-25

locate than the relation of the yer
age sermon 10 the text. Some investi-
gators declare it is caused by the same
germ which brings on the hot-riveted
hay fever, while others say that it is
due to eating the self-rising pancake.
This latter theory seems to be disprOv-
en- by the fact that thousands OF peO-
pie eat layer after layer of pancakes
every morning in the year without in.
curing a solitary blemish, while 9th.
crS who live an abstemiOuS life on
oatmeal crackers and last nights
milk are OftentimeS stricken with q
cold sore which resembles Il blushing
young onion.
The cold sore chooses its own time
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1920-06-25

Fruit Cake Baked in Fireless Cooker
Use any preferred fruit cake; place
in round pans or s the shallow cook
or kettle. Bake for two hours be-
tween two soapstone radiators, heated
% minutes over an ordinary gas flame
Omen the cooker the first 10 minutes To
allow the first heat and steam to es'
cane. Fruit cake thus baked has some
thing O; the old brick-oven flavor
This method can be used for wedding
cakes ar for any dough mixture which
reuueves long slow cooking.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1920-06-25
Seasonable Dishes.

A change for the always good straw
berry shortcake will be found In The
following:
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1920-06-25
Strawberry Dumping.

Put one pint of flour into a bowl;
add to it half a teaspoonful of salt
and a teaspOonful of baking powder;
rub in carefully a tablespoonful of but
ter and add sufficient milk to moisten.
Knead lightly, and roll out into a
sheet about q sixteenth Of an incl In
thickness. Cut with a large round cut
ter. Dot three large berries In the cen
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1920-06-25

Emerald earth and azure Sky
BUSY bee and dragon fly,
Bobolinks singing In the grass
Daisies nodding in a mass.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1920-06-16
ELLENBORO.

Lutte Kern of Lawrence, Kansas, is
visiting his parents, Andrew Kerns.
James Mcpherson and wife are ex-
pect1ng to leave soon for a trip
through the west and while away will
visit relatives in Idaho and Oregon.
Chas. Ziflmer and wife and grand
daughter of Steuben visited at Nell
son Bakers.
Will Boyd and Sam Risic have
moved their saw mill to the George
Whitcher farm anS are now saving
lumber there.
Sunday school has been organized
with Mrs. Alfred Tucker as superin-
tendent Jeanette Clark, secretary,
Genevieve Cushman, treasurer, and
Mrs. Allen Hinson, pianist.
Florence Bryhon was ill with scar
let fever at hospital in Dubuque.
She is graduating from the Dubuque
college this year but was unable to
attend the commencement exercises.
Mrs. Edna Treloar spent the week
at Wauzeka and Mt Sterling.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1920-06-16

Platteville has organized machine
gun company with a full roster of
officers and men, "a in number as fol-
lows: captain, l first lieutenant, 2
second lieutenants, a first sergeant,
one mess, one supply and one stable
sergeant, sergeants, corporals, l
horseshoer, mechanic, cooks, 2
buglers, s privates, first class, "a pri-
Yates.
Herbert w. Blashfeld, a former
Boscobel boy, recently educational di-
rector of the First Methodist Church,
Decatur, ILL.,, has accepted a similar
position with the Roseville Methodist
Church, Newark, N. j. The Newark
church has membership of LOO be-
ing the leading Methodist church in
that area. The salary is to be $4,000
per annum.
Savanna, H., grew 1851 since 1910
and now has 5,237 population.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1920-06-16
HIGHLAND COUNTY.

Otto and Henry Vose. two saw-mill
men VINO have been operating their
mill at Lloyd, had a narrow escape
on Thursday last when in the act of
removing their outfit. They ,iere
using traction engine, the trap wag-
on being attached thereto In cross
ing the steel and concrete bridge just
north of Lloyd, the structure collapsed
under the weight and the entire out
fit and two drivers were precipitated
into the creek several feet below
The young men fortunately escaped
from the mix-up without a scratch
but it was several days before they
got their outfit out and the roadway
cleared for travel.-Democrat
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1920-06-16

The Sitter State Bank opens its
doors shortly with t. M. Webster of
Montfort as cashier.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1920-06-16
The NEW EDISON

A portion of the demonstration
was even carried on without the
lights, so that no one could see
whether Miss Cases lips moved or
not. 1t was all genuinely instruc-
tive, and the twin-ship between
Miss Cases singing, and the repro
duction thereof, proved SO close as
to be often indistinguishable. -
Nes0 York Globe.
"When you see and hear Miss Case
sing, you can scarcely believe that
an art SO essentially individual and
personal as hers could ever be repro
duced mechanically, yet the New
Edison has succeeded to the point
where the voice in the fluffy pink
draperies and the voice in the ma
hogany box seemed one and the
same. o-Ne1O York Evening Mail.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-10-04

long forward vas tried which n"'t'h
sixty yards n looked liNI SURE
touchdown. but only tho inability 81 Tho
runner to iTot - lIitle faster enabled u
Iisnry puTsucr 10 uNUrihko him on lha
lnrAIa' nflnan yard line. From hoTa a
porfncI nold goal wan counted ny tho
VIsiIUIs and tho pour" stood 40 Ia ia e
VOC 81 tho Tyler Tube
"nuIloI' Duann. star TiIht ond OF tbs
IoauIs pulled la three Of tho passes
uaaI lha H0ni and took tho pallet over
un two uuuan,"na hsndalbdTSsr hit IN
IsrI IarLIa los ihs initial l0uuhd0w u
anrt the locals had unsd straight foot g
haII ia,iI,a la IlaDIua III" oval ga Iha
two lard lln6 "nups" Noat siIaIshl r
un.d "uI Ihu p".l r"Hlr, AID tho oval
passed. nu"o,siy "v"' tho "fs"us' a., .
r.,fst n""I hhh h"". Iis"Iy, = ~,
lsi Iuhs
II" m,"'a p'"'l"B ~ss d"n. ~ tha
"r.nluh h-If .nd tho l"". 10 ~s,r lead
To-. 4 IL ~. s"urni halt ~. walnut
81 IL. u.n,yr anh ~. p"ot "Hsnaa
~nrL ~ ~. vlsiI",a aI"n. .nabi.i IL.
lponis 4" pII. ~ iwo U"rp inh"hhn ~ns
lnlHsn pulled In . pretty pass ~ Tho
ihlrd rusrl"T snh Tlo.d srrnss tho goo
liz. ror he second touahdowr Ws-,
sa.Iu Kicked goal The hRaI touch.
DOWN rams In ~. third quarter. rhsn a
forward vas shot from NiannId 10
Dussn. Who by = brilliant RlS9p OF open
nsld running svadsd the sktlES visiting