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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-04-21
FRUIT PROSPECTS GOOD.
Conditions In Iowa Far Better Than
In Adjacent States.

Conotttono IN iowa TIT 0Ves0S '"S'
In Adjacent States.
Des Moines, April 21.-The present
prospects for a fruit crop In Iowa
this season are excs1lent Secretary
Herrtok, Of the state horticultural
board, reports. The cool weather has
retarded development and tho pros
poets are that when warmer weather
does come and the fruit blossoms
out Il viii not receive the backsets
which 70 often happens whom Il
niu.soH1. SSs-!sS.
Freezes 10 the south and south
west have seriously injured fruit
in Missouri, Arkansas, Oklahoma,
Texas and other states. II 10 esti-
mated the peach crop VIII be $780,
900 bushels short. Attic the psaah
crop IL not much Of / crop IN iowa
the prospects are that the psaoh
trees b this state viii ylsld heavily
this year
Il win not be necessary % sp5ay
this year tor two or three weeks
yet. Secretary Herrick stated today.
Jsem ~ es4 r. ~ taAth 81 M
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-04-21
Mrs. Stricken Denies IL.

Special to Times Republican.
Omaha, April 2l.-Mrs. Carrie
Stricken, defendant in the damage
suit brought by Mrs. Kinney at
Clarinda, lives in g. fashionable
apartment in Omaha She indig-
nantly denies that there is any cause
for the charges against her, which
she declared are absolutely untrue
and that Mrs. Kinney will have to
prove them. Mrs. Strickler formerly
lived in Shenandoah, where she has
extensive property interests. She is
divorced.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-04-21

Rockwell city-The county board
of supervisors have let $4,000
worth Of road contracts for the com.
ing season. There will be forty-sev-
en- miles Of gravel road laid this
summer turnout the county. This
sounds good to the people Of the
county, especially to the auto drivers
and rural residents.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-04-21
iowsn Died In Florida.

SpVCIdI 20 IIIII6b-IIepUUiICdH'
Mapleton, April 21-The body OF
Adolph Rasmussen, who died in
Florida few days ago. was brought
to MapIeton yesterday for burial.
Mr.. Rasmussen went to Florida a
few weeks ago on account OF poor
health. He was about 80 years old
and had lived in Mapleton for the
past thirty years, conducting cigar
store and news stand. The funeral
will be held today from the Metho-
dist church. He was unmarried.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-04-21

Jefferson Highway. II 10 well I'M
proved. highly productive and In q
locality OF some OF the choicest sgri-
cultural lands of Cerro Gordo county.
II viii be tenanted the coming year
by NJ. ID. woloott, who removed here
this spring from Humboldt, and who
had large landed interests In close
proximity to Rockwell.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-04-21
Myers Picked in Sixth District.

Newton, April 21.-At an informal
meeting Of the democrats Of the
Sixth congressional district o. P.
Myers Of this city was selected as the
candidate for congress on the dem
ocratio ticket from the sixth con-
Sressional district.
Mr.. Myers Is we'll known thruout
the district and is a democrat Of the
old school. For a number of years
he has been a practicing attorney in
Newton and prior to his admission
to the bar he was superintendent Of
schools in Jasper county.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-04-21
WOMAN ALLEGES
LARCENY OF LOVE
Wife of Essex Physician Brings
Action For $4,000 Damages
Against Former Resident Of Shen-
andoah Now Living in Omaha
Defendant Makes EmPh attic Denial.

Clarinda, April 21.-Mrs. Bessie w.
Kinney, of Essex, has brought suit
against Carrie Strickler, of Omaha,
for $4,000 damages, alleging the
Omaha woman alienated the affec-
lions of her husband. Doctor kin
ney mysteriousIy disappeared from
his home several months ago and
from Iowa City wrote his wife that
he would not return. Mrs. Kinney III
her petition charges that her nus
band and the defendant were seen
together frequently in Omaha and
that her husband abseuted himself
for days. which he spent in Omaha.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-04-21
Rockwell Farm Of 200 Acres Sold

Rockwell Farm Of 200 Acres Sold.
Special to Times Republican.
Rockwell, Apru s1~-Rsal estate
continues 70 move in the vicinity of
Nockwsll, the latest sale being that
Of the John Collision, or Horn, farm.
tie purchasers being J. q. Piersol,
q. 4. Bower and W. A. GTummon.
This farm contains 100 acres and
= located three miles north Of Rock
we'll and one-haH mile west Of the
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-04-21
FAILED TO VOTE RlGHT-FlRED.
Labor League Expels Sioux City
Commissioner and Others.

commissioner and OtTIeTS'
Sioux City, April 21.-Councilman
J. B. Mann and Policemen Jerry
O'Connor, Charles Mcguire and E. l..
Toal have been expelled from the
membership Of the Political Educa-
tional League of the trades and la
Dor assembly, 1t became known yes
terday. The expulsion was voted ON
the ground that these members OPP
posed the labor ticket in the spring
election.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-04-21

will DO soon enough fos the first
spraying OF fruit trees this season.
he states.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-04-21
Kanawha Talent Stage Opera.

Special to Times Republican.
Kanawha, April 21.-Kanawha To-
cal talent staged the japanese comic
opera, "Mikado" on Thursday even
ing. Of last week, playing to a crowd
ed house. Critics from surrounding
towns were present and as evidence
that they appreciated the exceptional
talent displayed are making offers
for the company to put on the play in
their respective towns.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-04-21

Martin Luther is said to have or
iginated the idea Of the Christmas
tree,
New-York tribune., 1920-05-09

respectively, at the same intervals.
At high heat (both buttons
pushed in), starting at 1420, the
temperature ran 1470, 1872, 100,
and 1902, the thermostat auto
matically opening and closing the
circuit every three minutes at the
latter temperature, so that constant
heat is maintained. On the other
heats, however, the temperature in
creases throughout an hour when
/. it reaches a constant heat of 115'
and l42', respectively.
The cost Of operation varies from
two-tenths Of a cent an hour for the
low heat to less than half cent at
high heat, with ten-cent rate for
electricity, and with the local New
York seven-cent rate the expense is
only 0.15 to 0.3 of a cent A small
New-York tribune., 1920-05-09

nearly eight hours of cooking and
pot watching was necessary. Note
the following recipe:
ihe Portable Soup of Yesterday
Boil a knuckle of veal, two calves
feet, a shin of beef and any other
bones of meat which will produce a
stiff jelly, in large kettle with as
much water as will cover them. Let
1t come very gradually to the boil
ing point, skim thoroughly until the
broth appears entirely clear. Then
fill up the kettle with hot water and
boil very slowly for about eight
hours or until the water has nearly
all evaporated, so that it is rather
thick. Run it through a fine strain
er and set in a cool place where it
New-York tribune., 1920-05-09
Soups of Distinction
With Special Missions

of high fuel, the soup in the can
is as natural and as useful as an
apple on the tree. Bought by the
case or dozen and stored away for
emergencies it has many uses.
The cost per serving, considering
that one gets three or four portions
from the ten-ounce can diluted one
half, is 3 to 4 cents portion; add
milk or cream and the price is z
to 8 cents. The invalid broths and
the cream soup as bought cost 8 or
10 cents for each service. Obvious
ly, for the small family and for
emergencies these soups are both
economical and convenient and their
uses are many.
Soup the Prelude of the Meal
Think of an opera without
the suggestive overture! A direct
plunge into the main theme of
the music lacks charm and prepara-
ton to enjoy what follows. So with
a dinner, it seems to lack an intro
duction, prelude, as it were, if not
prefaced by we'll blended soup.
IT you think the figure strained YOU
90 not appreciate how much har-
mony - mental and physical -- a
cheerful, we'll appointed, we'll spread
table adds to life.
1t is quite necessary, however,
that the law of the ''fitness of
things" be observed carefully in the
selection of this important part of
the repast. If the meal is hearty
one it should be a soup that whets
the appetite Ga julienne, bouillon,
or a consomme) if light one, a
rich, creamy soup should add the
necessary nourishment. Do not for
get, also, that soup has an esthetic
as well as calorific value. If your
Monday meal looks rather frugal,
since the Sunday roast is doing duty
for the second time, and a particu-
larly critical guest drops in, serve
hot, fragrant soup. 1t will make a
more impressive meal, when rounded
out with salad and dessert. For the
substantial luncheon, thick chow
der or a vegetable and meat soup
can form the main part of the meal.
Soup also acts as an appetizer. A
dainty cup of bouillon is sufficient
New-York tribune., 1920-05-09

coloring in teas, etc. Then there
are "classic" analyses of food sub
stances with which the figures Oh
tanned by the Institutes chemist may
be compared. Government bulletins
and other authorities stand on the
shelf ready to give testimony on any
disputed point.
By the time any food has run the
gantlet of these varied scrutinies
and comparisons and has had its
measure taken in all these ways, if
it registers anywhere from so per
cent to 100 per cent it is safe to say,
as the Virginia darkies would put it,
that 'it's quality" And that is
what it means when a food is listed
under "Whos Who in Foodville."
If you want to know more about
the workings of the Institute, the
laboratory, the kitchen and our files
are "at your service" Call Beck
man 5000 to make an appointment
or to make al inquiry ALP.
New-York tribune., 1920-05-09

Tor this purpose, and drinking SOUP
is comfortable procedure. 1t is
not. only bad form to pass the plate
twice, but some authorities contend
that it dilutes the juices of the
stomach too much, which puts facts
back of manners in this instance.
"Soup of the Evening"
Other reasons for serving soup
are that it contains the most valu-
able mineral and vegetable salts of
the foods which were used in max
ing it. In the case of the tired
mental worker it relieves fatigue
and appetite is stimulated by the
aroma and flavor. All in all Alice
in Wonderland with her "Soup of
the evening, beautiful soup" was
New-York tribune., 1920-05-09

Will harden very quickly. Skim off
every particle of fat and return it
to the saucepan, skim and stir fre-
quently so that it does not scorch.
When it becomes very thick syrup
put in jar and set in kettle of
hot, but not boiling, water until it
forms thick jelly. This will keep
many months if packed in jars and
kept in cool place.
This is highly concentrated es-
sence of soup, but almost as good
is the jellied canned consomme,
which can be made with very little
trouble and in only few minutes.
Jellied Canned Consomme
Dilute can of consomme as di-
rected on the label, using three
fourths of the quantity of cold
water. To the remaining water add
one tablespoonful of granulated GEL
atlne for every pint Of consomme
used. Let this stand until softened.
Dissolve over steam and stir into the
cold consomme. Set in a we'll
creased pan and allow to solidify.
Cut in cubes for serving. A little
lemon juice may be added if desired.
Consomme can be served in sew
eral ways and thus add to the va
riety of the meal. Consomme ju-
llenne is made very attractive by
cutting carrots, turnips and string
beans into matchlike pieces, cooked
until tender in boiling water, and
one or two tablespoonsful of the
mixed vegetables put in each dish
before pouring on the soup.
Consomme served with fancy
shapes cut from royal custard is
very pleasing. This is made by mix
ing one egg yolk with one table
spoonful of milk and pouring it into
we'll creased mold. The unbeaten
egg white should be put into another
small creased mold. Both are then
placed in pan of hot water and
baked until firm. When cool it is
removed from the molds and cut into
slices and then into fancy shapes.
A few tablespoonsful of chopped
beets give a desirable color note and
pleasing flavor. Shredded almonds
or grated cheese help out once in
New-York tribune., 1920-05-09
How FOODS etIntOth the Institute Blue Book
Double Test Flavor and Value

we'll and not taste nearly so good,
Flavor and size, odor and appear
ance do not show up in the chemist's s
report. This is where both cooking
tests and tasting tests come into
play. Materials that do not need to
be cooked (canned fruits, beverages,
ready-to-eat cereals, buffers and
oleos) are placed on plates, num-
bered and "eaten blind" so to
speak, by number of discriminate
ing persons who pass on their flavor
and quality and characteristics
without any knowledge of the brand
they are eating. No one can "play
favorites" in these tests or be
prejudiced by price or mere looks.
The domestic scientist devises
special ways of using the food
materials and serves the dishes for
a frank opinion as to whether the
concoction is really good Or is mere
ly a "gustatory curiosity." The In
stitute occasionally INDUCES in an
New-York tribune., 1920-05-09

or vegetable soup instead of cookies
or bread and sugar. tits very little
work and much better as a "snack"
in between meals. For children who
dislike the taste Of straight milk, try
hot milk with very small amount
of tomato soup added. The attrac-
tive color will appeal to them and
you can quite easily "put it over"
and the hot milk is down. The
canned soups also are excellent to
use as the foundation of other
dishes, or.with few leftovers which
would not make enough soup by
themselves.
Contrast the days when the ready
soup did not stand on the pantry,
shelf. To make a "portable SOUP"
as they called it, for travelers-voy-
ayers who had no cold storage
New-York tribune., 1920-05-09

something of an up-to-date dietitian! |!
This extra course of the dinner
need not involve large expenditure
of time. The making of soups, espe-
cially meat soups and consomme,
takes many hours of preparation if
made at home and is almost ini-
possible for the women who COM
bine business and homemaking.
That is where the canned soups play
their part.
They also give feeling of secu-
rlty to any housekeeper, knowing as
she does that a delectable soup
may be prepared at a moments
notice. They are most welcome
when there is sickness in the family,
or on camping trip.
When the children skip in from
school give them a dish of creamed
New-York tribune., 1920-05-09

their heat on desired section, and
this was done most satisfactorily.
The appearance of the heater is
good, with its highly polished cop
per reflector 143s inches in diane
ter and inches deep. The cast iron
base IS inches in diameter and 4
inches high, but the reflector swings
IN horizontal cradle to which it is
fastened by rivet on either side.
SO that it can be set to throw the
heat in any direction.
Another good point is the con-
structlon Of the non-welded, clamp
on, wire guard which projects 7A
inches in front of the reflector, pre-
venting contact with the cherrv-red,
heated element. 1t can be easily
removed by simply pressing thumb
lock, and thus the reflector NAV be
kept in the highly polished condi-
ton necessary to produce the best
results. The second point is that
the element itself (made Of a closely
colled spiral of resistance wire.
wound 0.5 times around a porce-
lain support, at the focus of refec-
tlon) can be screwed out at the back
and so is easily replaced in case
of breakage, or if il should burn out
The cost of operation is cents
an hour at the New York local rate
of Z cents, and 5$4 cents at the
average 10-cent rate. This sort Of
a "localized," portable heater of
high efficiency in q limited space,
which can be turned on or off at
moments notice, is the ideal sum-
ner furnace fer cold mornings or
evenings, summer homes ana the oc
caslonal raw, rainy day from spring
to falI, especially if there are chill
Gren, elderly people CT invalids to
be considered.
Simplex sunbovvl Electric Radia.
tor.
Made by tho Simplex Electric
Heating Co, Cambridge, Mass.
prices aaa further details n,oy
be obtained on application to The
Tribune Institute. Beekman 5000.
New-York tribune., 1920-05-09

claims on the labeD means that the
foods listed can be relied on not
only to be wholesome, but to be
typical of the best of their kind and
to be good eating."
Precedent and Practice
Passing from the standards for
mere legality, we turn to the Insti-
tute book shelf, where the dean of
the faculty is Leach & Winton's
Food Inspection and Analysis" in
all the newness of it's fourth edition.
with more than thousand pages of
solid information as to the compost
ton and character of good foods; the
marks of foods that "are no better
than they should be" and how to
prove it; Now foods are treated to
prepare them for commerce; adul-
terants to be looked for in certain
foods, such as ground shells in
spices, roasted peas and cereals and
chicory in ground coffee, added
water in milk, facing" or artificial
New-York tribune., 1920-05-09

weight is correct, and if any color
ing matter or preservatives are de-
clared to be present. Here the In
stitute's standards are more rigor-
GUS than the governments. 1t is
one thing to go into court and prove
that given amount of a preserva-
tive or other foreign material will not
actually harm any one and another
thing to rule that since it is ques-
tionable at best, and fine products
are made without it (benzoate of
soda in nut margarines or catsups,
for instance), we will have none of
it in list of quality foods. Minute
amounts of some relatively harmless
preservative, such as sulphur, may
pass, but here, too, less is accepted
than the legal requirements desig-
nate.
In other words, the approval of
the Institute (based on an so per
cent rating covering freedom from
injurious substances, quality and
New-York tribune., 1920-05-09

tax for the convenience and COM
fort afforded on a moments notice.
Simplex Electric Heating Pad.
Made by the Simplex Electric
Heating Co., Cambridge, Mass.
1'HE Simplex Sunbowl Electric
Heater is of generous size, 20
inches over all in height, 14.5 inches
wide and about IL inches from front
to back, but it weighs only 75
pounds and the very convenient
handle on top makes it easily porta-
Bile, while the II foot cord, with it's
separable plug at the apparatus, fits
into any lamp socket by means of a
Hubbell parallel sided separable plug
of the type which is being recon-
mended for Standardization. So
many different styles of plugs occa-
sion endless trouble and annoyance
New-York tribune., 1920-05-09

much warmer than only two feet to
the right, above, or the rear.
For instance, in fifteen minutes
the temperature five feet directly in
front of the heater showed a rise
of 36.5 degrees, whereas two feet
above it was only 2.5 degrees
warmer, to the side l degree, and
to the rear 0.5 Of a degree. AS a
lamp socket can, by law, supply not
more than 660 watts, the equivalent
of gas stove burning 4 cubic feet
an hour, such a heater could onlv
raise the total temperature of a
room 8 by 8 by 8 feet to 10 degrees
F. with an outside temperature of 80
degrees, and change of air once an
hour. Therefore, as stated before
the special efficiency of these heat
ers consists in their concentrating
New-York tribune., 1920-05-09

"adventure in cooking," but usually,
despite sacrifice Of reading inter-
est, we stick to food combinations
that we know will "eat WE'LL" even
If they do not make such exciting
copy.
All Counties Heard From!
When all the returns are in
from the chemist, the cook and the
ultimate consumers turn to
the library to see what the law and
precedent require of the foods in
question. The standards established
under the food law are the first con-
sideration. They do not necessarily
mean high quality; only that food
must at least meet these require
ments to be merely "legal." These
standards stand for average or
minimum quality, not for special
excellence.
Next one looks at the label to see
IT the special claims made for the
product are carried out; if the net
New-York tribune., 1920-05-09

HEATING pads and electric SUM-

HEATING pads and electric SUM-
bowl heaters may not seem to
be seasonable topics of conversa-
tion in Maytime, but, as a matter
of fact, between seasons is just the
time to speak of portable heaters,
and as for warming pads, teeth
and ears and backs do ache, unfor-
tunately, all the year round-and
when you do not want a hot water
bag you can stand an electric
pad, especially if the woolly outside
is given a smooth summer costume
of ttonhor linen.
The Three-Heat Snap Switch
The particular point about the
new model of the Simplex heating
pad is the substitution of the double
push-button snap switch for the old
separable plug switch which had to
be pulled apart and reconnected to
change the degree of heat or for
turning it off and on. This is much
more convenient than the former
method and also exposes the metal
parts that are Electrically alive"
less.
There are three different curren.
settings, high, low and medium, and
a constant temperature can be
maintained at will. The fexibility
of the pad and the control of the
heat by the thermostats so that it
cannot overhead are two special
features, though these are not new.
When a temperature of 1922 Fab
renheit is reached the heat is au-
tomatically turned off. When the
low heat was turned on continuous
ly for one hour the temperature
was 50 in five minutes, ga in ten
minutes, 1l0' in thirty minutes and
115' in one hour. The medium heat
120', 124', 1922 and 1922,
New-York tribune., 1920-05-09
What Happens to Food Sample
in the Institute

Foods are chosen because of their
seasonal interest and studied in
groups that their special compost
ton, dietetic value and what they
do for the body may be discussed
for example, the food value of whole
Wheats and special economies or con-
venience, as in the case of macaronis
or the canned goods or dried milks.
And last the quality Of each particu-
lar brand is passed upon after re-
ports from the chemist and from the
kitchen have been considered.
Sometimes a product may analyze
New-York tribune., 1920-05-09

TNHE foods that find a place in
b the Institutes Food Blue
Book pass along this route
Two samples are bought in the
open market, or from the nnanufac-
turer direct when particular brands
are difficult to locate.
New-York tribune., 1920-05-09

as appliances multiply and we find
that they will fit the outlets in one
place and not in another. The war
taught us, and rubbed the lesson in,
what Standardization of parts means
in mechanical efficiency
Concentrated Heat
The special feature of the
operation Of this heater is the fact
that it concentrates it's heat on the
person or place toward which it is
directed. These heaters are not sup
posed to heat large room-their
specific job is to raise some one
portion of room to higher tenn
perature than the surroundings.
This reflector was especially effec-
tive in this way, as tests made in
the Institute showed that five feet
directly in front of the heater was