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Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1921-06-23
Children a World Problem

Next month there will be held in
Brussels, Belgium, an international
conference of new kind.
1t will be under the auspices of
the Belgian government and its
sole purpose will be to consider
child welfare. A series of ques-
tions will be taken up dealing with
the physical and moral welfare of
children and the rearing of infants.
1t is a hopeful sign but one that
brings some establishment to see
the government of the lately de-
vastated little Belgium leading in
a world movement of this kind.
Yet it can not be denied that the
rearing Of children properly is a
world problem quite as important
as peace, war, or foreign trade, and
one that has had far less attention
in the past.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1921-06-23
Accidents from Automobiles

In these days of the rule of the
automobile, while crossing the
street is dangerous move, and
lodging cars is a large part of our
daily routine, we note with salts
faction the introduction of organ
lied safety instruction in our
schools.
The safety instruction plan Of
the national safety council has
been adopted in thirty of our
larger cities. Among them are St.
Louis, Cleveland, Milwaukee and
Detroit. In the latter city the
number of accidents to school
children dropped after it's intro
duction from $40 in the school
year of 1888 to 459 in the fol.
lowing year, and the number o.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1921-06-23
Woman Novelist ON Education Board

WOkxdN 4NOvCltSt VM 1lOUC0tAOu OUdIU
Dorothy Garfield Fisher has
been appointed by the governor of
Vermont as one Of the five men,
bers of the state board of educa-
ton. She is the first woman ever
to have served in that capacity in
the state, and the appointment is
for five years. Mrs. Fisher has
been much interested in edusa-
tional questions ever since her
early connection with the Horace
Mann school, and the country
school in the north district of Ar
|lington, Vermont, near her home,
which her two children attend, has,
under her interest, become one of
the most interesting rural schools
in New England. Her publishers
report that Mrs. Fisher seems
more interested in this school
board appointment than in the
fact that her new novel, "The
Brimming Cup" is the second
best selling novel in the United
States, exceeded in popularity
only by that ever present book of
the year, Sinclair Lewis "Main
Street"
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1921-06-23
Problems, measures and
events of interest to her
as mother, home max
er and citizen.
The Need of Victory

The Hall of Fame, Of which we
hear occasionally, is long, in
closed space connected with one
of the great buildings of the Uni
versity of the City CT New York.
In it are placed the statues of ia
nous Americans who have been
dead at least ten years and who
are deemed by competent judges
to have been worthy of being thus
preserved in the memory of man
kind.
: The first dedication ceremony
since 1907 was held recently,
Four American women were given
a place among the new entrants
and their statues will probably re-
main there as long as our nation
shall endure. They are Harriet
Beecher Stowe, author of Uncle
Toms Cabin, who died in 1896;
Frances E. Willard, founder Of the
Woman's Christian Temperance
Union, whose death occurred in
1898; Charlotte S. Cushman, the
actress; and Alice 7. Palmer, edu-
Gator and president of Wellesley
College.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1921-06-23
The Problems of
HOME AND FAMILY
A Talk with our, Wives, Mothers,
and Sisters
The Effect of Fear

A little girl, Agnes Hughes, Of
Millville, Pennsylvania, six years
old, is helpless paralytic, the re-
suit of fright from terrifying stor-
les of MYTHICAL monsters that lurk
in dark rooms. She can neither
talk nor walk.
The child was unusually bright
and early learned to sing and
dance. She had remarkable use
of words and an enquiring mind.
A few months ago a woman told
her there was a "bogey man" in a
room where she was going. She
became frantic with terror and
went into spasms Of hysteria.
She was Gained for the time but
has lived since that time in fear Of
shadows, and her imagination peo-
pied dark corners with hideous
monsters.
After a time her constant fear
and terror affected her power of
locomotion and gradually she be-
came unable to walk. Then she
lost her power of speech, and now
she is utterly helpless. Her par
ents have taken her to nerve spec
ialists but they are unable to do
anything for her.
All children are not so sensitive
to the emotion Of terror as this
little girl, but the fear of the
DOGGY man" is indirectly respon-
sible for the ills of many children.
The nervous system Of children
is very sensitive and in the case of
this little girl we have an example
of the disastrous effects of the
emotion of fear.
The healthy unfolding of the
mind Of a child is arrested, and the
Imagination is distorted and per-
verified. The child who is habitu.
ally frightened into obedience is
weakened in mind and body, for
the action Of the mind is reflected
in the body.
It is a crime to brighten child,
to implant in his mind anything
which will interfere with his
| healthy growth and development.
| The mother who rules her chill
dren by fear Of the "bogey man"
ior other objects of terror is cruel
and unfeeling. and the ill effects Of
/ her weakness are woeful.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1921-06-23
Our Record,at Court
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Our RecOrd,a Court
The evidence is steadily accumu-
lating to show how mistaken was
the old notion that women are too
sympathetic and sentimental to
serve on trial juries or as judges in
our courts.
Judge Florence Allen, of the
criminal court at Cleveland, Ohio,
has to date pronounced the death
sentence against three men con-
victed of murder in the first de-
gree. The first was one John Az
zarello. In the jury which con-
victed him was one woman; and
she was one of the most steadfast
advocates Of conviction after the
evidence had been heard. The
second was Frank Motto. The
foreman of the trial, or petit jury,
in this case was a woman. The
third was an accomplice of Motto
named Purpers. There were four
women on the jury which tried
this case.
The first woman in the world to
be the foreman of a grand jury is
Mrs. Cora Cross of the city OF
Cleveland. On the same grand
jury are four other women, which
constitutes genuine innovation in
American court practice as there
seem to be no other cases on record
in which women have served on
grand juries.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1921-06-23
Strawberry shortcake

Sift twice two cups -four, l teas
poon salt and 4 teaspoons baking
powder. Rub in 6 tablespoons
shortening. When fine add Z cup
milk. Knead we'll and roll out to
J inch thickness. Cut with bis
cult cutter. Brush tops Of biscuit
with melted butter. Bake in hot
oven fifteen minutes. Split, butter
and fill with crushed, sweetened
berries.
Use pebblesash oilclotA for pill
lows for the summer porch, for
mats under the flower pots, or for
aprons to be used when you are
washing. Small table covers dec
Grated with designs may be used
for the dining room table. Card
table covers are both attractive
and durable.
Occasionally the best of house,
wives have can of jelly or pre-
serves which goes to sugar. It
can be used to sweeten dried fruit
which is being cooked and will add
a delightful variance of flavor.
Shake the pan in which you have
your boiled potatoes after you
have drained off the water. 1t
will improve their texture.
-.
If sugar for cake is course, beat
ing up eggs and sugar together
over hot water will dissolve the
sugar.
Staining an ordinary chopping
bowl will make a good bowl fol-
fruit.
A guest room is not complete
without some good reading matter
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1921-06-23
Plain Canned Strawberries

One quart Of fresh berries will
make one pint Of canned fruit. For
every quart Of berries use one cup
Of sugar. Put sugar and berries in
preserving kettle with two table,
spoons Of water. As soon as the
berries heat the juice will be drawn
out. Let the fruit heat very slow
ly. Boil gently for eight minutes.
Fill sterilized cans full to over
flowing with the boiling mass and
seal. If berries are canned one
jar at a time the fruit stays whole
and there is less danger Of over
cooking part. The jars must be
sealed while the fruit is boiling hot.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1921-06-23
Housewives Corner
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a random record of helpful
suggestions for busy home
makers
Strawberry Preserves

Pound for pound Of sugar and
berries, one-half cup red currant
juice to each pound Of fruit.
Put the berries with half the
sugar in a crock in alternating
layers. Let stand twelve hours.
Put currants in preserving kettle
with just enough water to keep
from burning. Bring slowly to the
boiling point. When simmering,
crush with wooden potato mash
er and cook a few minutes longer.
Strain through cheese cloth. Put
juice and the rest Of the sugar into
preserving kettle and boil to a thin
syrup. Add berries and their
juice and cook until the syrup sets
quickly when tried in a cold sau-
Ger. Pour into glasses and cover
with paraffin when cold.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1921-06-23
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Helpful Thoughts

This life is what we make it.
The way we see things deter
mines our fate. There is more
sunshine than shadow; more
of Joy than sorrow, if we
look for it,
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1921-06-23

Wet the range while cold with a
cloth dipped in kerosene oil, then
apply backing. It will remain
clean longer.
Cooked starch answers the same
purpose as varnish in renewing the
beauty Of linoleum.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1921-06-23
officially called the White House
until Roosevelt's time. Previous
to that time it was officially known
as the Executive Mansion.
Women Doctors

The woman who has a taste for
medicine and who can take the
course of instruction necessary is
preparing 6ne future for herself.
The woman doctor is a necessity
and is already on her way. There
are nowhere near enough good
doctors and the field is constantly
widening. Preventive medicine is
only in it's infancy. No woman
who is free and who feels drawn to
the work and can accomplish the
training required should hesitate
to follow it.
Prof. Pierre Delbet, in a paper
read before the congress of surgeons
which convened in Paris recently,
stated that treatment of appended
It's by anti-gangrenous serum in
stead Of by an operation has been
tested with such satisfactory re-
suits that it is likely operations in
the treatment of the disease will
soon be abandoned.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1921-06-23

Staining an ordinary chopping
bowl will make a good bowl for
fruit.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1921-06-23

A guest room is not complete
without some good reading matter.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1921-06-23

If sugar for cake is course, beat
ing up eggs and sugar together
over hot water will dissolve the
sugar.
The Yale expositor., 1921-09-08
GRIEF IS CAUSE
OF GIRLS SUICIDE
UNABLE TO WE'D COUSIN, AND
MOURNING LOSS OF MOTHER,
FATAL SHOT FIRED.
HAPPINESS is ENDED FOR HER
"There Was Nothing More for Which
Might Live" She Tells
Sister After Shot.

Detroit.-Separated by fate from
two whom she loved more than any,
one else in the world"-her mother
and her sweetheart-Miss Burr Rob.
erts, IS years old, of River Rouge,
committed suicide by shooting herself
above the heart.
Only a few hours before she had
pressed the barrel of her brother-in-
laws army revolver to her breast, she
and Roy Fortner, her sweetheart, had
agreed they must not love. They were
first cousins.
Through the night Miss Roberts
studied over this decision, and at
1880 o'clock in the morning, as she
sat in her nightclothing on her bed.
she shot herself
There was nothing more for which
| might live" she told her sister, Mrs.
Jesse Baker, when the latter hurried
to the room. Mrs. Baker had been in
the basement of their home when she
heard the shot. She believed she
said, that intruders had fired.
hG SUI was COubClOuS WnGn Iu6J
found her. Stretched across her bed,
she begged to be allowed to die. with
mother and Roy taken from me, |
cannot bear to live" she is quoted as
saying.
She died in Delray Industrial hos
pital two hours later. Before her
death she gave a statement to Wal
ter Hancock, of the River Rouge po-
lice department.
She told how she had come here
two years ago, from North Carolina,
she and her mother, and of the happi-
ness they had known in their little
home in River Rouge. She sobbed
heart-brokenly when she told of her
mothers death.
Then she told of the romance shat
tered by the kinship of her sweet
heart. For two years, she said, she
had loved Roy Fortner, and he had
loved her.
Then came a day when Fortner be-
lieved he must look facts squarely in
the face. He told her they must not
be sweethearts longer; that they
could not marry because of their rel
ationship.
Fortner was grief-stricken when he
learned of the act of Burr. He told
police he had done only what he
thought was right, that he had tried
to xeplain to her, to tell her of the
bright future ahead of her.
Miss Roberts made her home, after
the death of her mother, with her sis
ter, Mrs. Jesse Baker, of 1876 South
Dearborn street, River Rouge.
The Yale expositor., 1921-09-08
MAY NEED MORE BONUS FUNDS
Fuller Thinks $3o,ooo,ooo May Be
100000 Under Sum Needed.

Lansing.-A third special session Of
the Legislature and a special state
election may be necessary before
bonus payments to former service
men and women can be completed.
At meeting of the Administrative
Board, o. B. Fuller, auditor general,
declared that the $3O,OO0,0OO author
lied by constitutional amendment will
be insufficient to pay all of the Michi-
gan veterans. More than $S,O00,00O
has already been expended, he said,
and only about 10000 of the estimated
$4,000 veterans have been paid. He
estimated that a total of probably
$36, 100000 will be required.
The Yale expositor., 1921-09-08
FORD HAS $54,844,538 CASH
Motor company's Report Shows Total
Assets of $3.50, 1868, 1878.

Lansing.-The Ford Motor COM
pany, according to a statement filed
with the department of state last
week, had at the CLOSE of business,
June 80, $54,S44,53S cash on hand and
in the bank.
It's plants including land, buildings
and improvements were valued at
SAC, 1896 10; machinery and equipment
at $21 ,1S3,9 $50, and good will at $780,
517,9S5. It's total assets were listed
at 1868 1868, 1878. Property in Mich
igan was valued at $13S,O25,079. Total
capital and surplus were given as
$173,951,17 and the amount of cap
ital and surplus allocable to Michigan
$S7,S61, 2S4.
The Yale expositor., 1921-09-08
D. U. R. DIVIDEND IS REFUSED
Company's Statement Inconsistent,
Declares Commissions Report.

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. to issue IL
per cent stock dividend has been de-
MED the Detroit United railway by the
Michigan state public utilities COM
mission.
In the report on the application,
written by William w. Potter, Of the
commission, it was declared that the
application which was supported by
the statement that the company was
financially able to pay the dividend
was inconsistent with their showing
a short time ago when representatives
of the company came before the COM
mission asking to be allowed to issue
bonds in the sum of $5,000000.
The Yale expositor., 1921-09-08
Own Invention Traps Burglar.

Minneapolis.-Des Moines authhori-
ties identified the body of a man shot
and killed by patrolman in an at
tempted robbery as Henry Hank"
Hawking, notorious safe blower Hank
ms was the inventor of an electric
burglar alarm system that is installed
in virtually all Iowa state offices, and
manufactured the invention before he
went bad" 1t was one of his alarms
that gave him away to local police.
The Yale expositor., 1921-09-08
BOARD CLEARS PRISON WARDEN
catlin Victim of "Spite Work" Gov
vernon Declares.

Lansing.-Warden Catlin of Mar
quette prison, indicted in connection
with the recent investigation of the in
stitution, was exonerated by the state
administrative board last week.
The board went on record as believ-
ing that the acts charged against Cat
lin were "acts Of charity" rather than
infractions of law. Among other
counts he was said to have purchased
goods at a store conducted by prison
inmates.
Considerable spite work" entered
into the affair, Governor Groesbeck
declared.
The Yale expositor., 1921-09-08
Trolley 1roubI. In N. Y. Too

New York.-Commissio of Ac-
counts Herschheld denied that he i'm
mediately would begin an inquiry in.
to the motives behind the two appli-
cations for a receiver for the Inter
borough Rapid Transit company. He
said he had examined a witness who
testified that the strike of Inter
borough employees in 1919 was order
ed by officials Of the company as a
weapon to force Mayor Hylan to al
low a fare above five cents on the
subway, elevated and surface lines
The Yale expositor., 1921-09-08

Primitive Baptist paper and decided TO
try it. Ihave used Lydia p. Pinkham,s
Vegetable Compound and Lydia E.
Pinkham's Liver Pills for about seven
months and now l am able to do my
work. l shall never forget your medi-
cine and you may publish this if you
want to as it is true. Mrs. j. F.
HURsEY, Star. N. G.
Here is another woman who adds her
Testimony to the manywhose letters we
have already published, proving that
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound often restores health to suffering
women even after they have gone so far
that an operation is deemed advisable.
Therefore it will surely pay any woman
whe suffers from ailments peculiar to
her sex to give this good old fashioned
remedy fair trial.
The Yale expositor., 1921-09-08
SECOND WARRANT FOR HAAN
Lawmaker Fails to Return to Face
Charges, AS Agreed.

Grand Rapids.-For the second time
in his difficulties here, the bond Of
State Representative William A. Ham
has been forfeited and bench war
rant has been issued for his arrest.
This action was taken Sept. 1 by Po-
lice Judge Frank A. Hess. Similar ac-
ton was taken the week previous in
justice court when Haan failed to ap-
pear for examination. Haan, who had
been taken to Detroit to answer to
charges of obtaining money under
false pretenses, was to have returned
here last week.
The Yale expositor., 1921-09-08
Loses Citizenship by MARRIAGE.

observation-disclosures William s. Fitz-
gerald, who recently made belated an
nouncement of his marriage 20
months ago to Miss Margaret Chiffon
Tucker, may be compelled to renounce
his ambition to succeed himself as a
result, 1t was stated by legal authori-
ties here. Lawyers pointed out that
Ohio statutes provide that the res
idence Of a married man shall be
that place where his wife resides, /"
Mrs. Fitzgerald has never made her
home here.
The Yale expositor., 1921-09-08
BeredoII Subs Body Greeted.

Philadelphia, Pa.-The body of Rus
sell Gross, who was drafted in place
of Grover Bergdoll, the Stacker, was
brought here. Crowds at the railway
terminal stood bareheaded as the flag
draped coffin was borne away to be
taken to his home. Gross was 20
years old, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
G. Gross of this city. He was killed
in action Oct. 26, 1918, after having
been in nine battles.
The Yale expositor., 1921-09-08
Accident Mars Honeymoon Trip.

Cleveland, O.-The honeymoon trip
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin C.. Simpson,
each % years of age, of Cleveland,
was ended abruptly when their auto
mobile was demolished by south.
bound Cleveland Southwestern inter
urban near Chippewa lake. Mrs.
Simpson was killed instantly and her
husband died a few minutes later.
They were married August 2 and were
touring the state on their honeymoon.
The Yale expositor., 1921-09-08
All TO God.

You should frequently arouse with.
In yourself the desire to give to God
all the faculties Of your soul-that is,
Of your mind, to know Him and think
Of Him, and Of your will, to love Him
and further seek to consecrate all
your outward senses to Him in all
their actions.--Fenelon.
The Yale expositor., 1921-09-08
No Wedding Bells for Dancers.

Chicago.-Art and matrimony will
not mix for the Duncan sisters, mus
ical comedy stars, for at least 10
years. The sisters have signed a new
contract with Charles Dillingham;,
New York impresario, which contains
a clause forbidding them to marry in
the next 10 years. It's a matter of
business with the twins. They de-
clare marriage would interfere with
their art.
The Yale expositor., 1921-09-08
Police Nab Naked Woman.

Detroit.-Clad only in a sheet, Mar
garet Middleton was arrested in a
garage at Gratiot avenue and Beau
bien street. She fed from her room
at a hotel with only the sheet about
her and did not stop until she reached
the sheltering walls of the garage.
Margaret is held for investigation, pc
lice believing she is wanted in To-
ledo on the charge of peddling dope"
The Yale expositor., 1921-09-08
OREGON HITS PACT WITH U. S.
Says Treaty Impossible, Unnecessary
and Is Not Wanted.

Mexico City.-The signing of a
treaty with the United States is
neither possible, convenient nor nee
essary, and is contrary to Mexican
constitutional precepts, in that it
creates special privileges for Amer
icans," according to that portion of
President Obregons message to con-
gress dealing with foreign relations,
which was read in the house.
The Yale expositor., 1921-09-08
$4,000 DAILY SALVAGE SALE
Army Disposes Of $4,000 Surplus
Blankets at $141,oo

Washington.-Army salvage sales
have averaged 100000 per day since
January 1, according to the director
of sales. In sale at New York re-
Gently $4,000 was received for co.
900 surplus blankets. In all 100000
surplus blankets are to be disposed
of by the army.
The Yale expositor., 1921-09-08
SILESIA'S FATE IN COMMITTEE
League Of Nations Commission to De-
eide countrys Future.

Geneva.-The commission of four
appointed last week by the council Of
the League of Nations to deal with
the question of Silesia met immediate
ly after the adjournment of the coun-
ell and has began its work.
The Yale expositor., 1921-09-08
N. Y. Bonus Act Held illegal.

Albany, N. Y.-The court of ap-
peals, by vote of five to three, held
the state soldier bonus act invalid on
the ground that it violated Article
VII, section 1, Of the state constitu-
ton, which prohibits lending the cred.
individual, association or corporation.
The Yale expositor., 1921-09-08
New Haven Gets Big Loan.

Washington.-The interstate COM
merce commission approved a govern
ment loan of $S,OOO,OOO to the New
York, New Haven & Hartford rail-
road. The money is to be used to
meet maturing indebtedness and for
improvements.
The Yale expositor., 1921-09-08
13,41e Ships Used Panama Canal.

ashington.-During the seven
years of commercial operation of the
Penema Canal ended Aug. IA last,
Is, 416 commercial vessels made the
transit through the isthmus, accord
ing to the Panama Canal Record The
aggregate tonnage of these vessels
was 1850, 942 and their cargo totaled
51,57S,920 tons of 2,240 pounds.
The Yale expositor., 1921-09-08
looks After NearOes, Interest,".

Observation-Disclosures of DR..
j. r. A. Grassland, Negro, of ST. Jo-
seph, Missouri as special expert"
in the veterans bureau to look after
the interests of Negro soldiers and
sailors entitled to benefits under the
relief laws, was announced.
The Yale expositor., 1921-09-08
Charles Stay Is Extended.

Berne.-Upon the request Of the
Spanish government the Swiss gov
eminent has decided to extend it's per-
mission for former Emperor Charles
of Austria to remain in Switzerland
until October. Under the original per-
mission of the Swiss government the
former Austrian monarch was to have
left the country by September /.
The Yale expositor., 1921-09-08
Court UphoIds Oil Claims.

Mexico City.-Oficials of the Mex
leo department of commerce and in
dustry have been enjoined by the SUI
preme court from denouncing rights
to oil lands held by the Texas Co.
prior to May /, 1917.
The Yale expositor., 1921-09-08
UNUSUAL HAPPENINGS
AND OTHER BRIEF NEWS
Detroit Priest Made Monsionor.

Rome.-The pope has appointed
Rev. Father James Gregory Doherty,
pastor OF st. Vincent's parish, Detroit,
Mich, monsignor of the papal house
hold.