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Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1924-12-11
KERRICK

Mrs. Frank Mach win enter
tain the Union LADIES' Aid at her
home Saturday. Dec. IL All are
welcome.
Mr.. ard Mrs. J. P. Tanquist
and SONS. Herman and Henry. Of
St. Paul. spent few days at the
j. w. Tanquist home here.
Francis Matson and Walter
Peterson Of NorthSeld. are spend
ing a few days with the former 5
brother, r. v. Matson of this
place.
The youngest child Of MIR. and
Mrs. D. y. Fiske passed away on
the night Of the sth from con-
vr1lsions. Funeral arrangements
have not been made. They have
the sympathy OF the community
The Lutheran LADIES' Aid OF
Bruno, will hold their annual
Christmas sale and chicken din
ner at the houle of Mrs. VIM. FL.
Gellatly, Saturday, Dec. IL
Everybody is cordially invited
The basket ball game and
dance on Saturday were both
well attended and enjoyed by all
The game ended. Kerriek Il.
CIoyerton 20. Both teams have
good players and the game was
fast, clean and exciting all the
way through.
Everyone who is Interested In
having Rev. Simpson continue to
hold services here on Sundays
please be at the school house
next Sunday afternoon. Dec. IL
A special meeting viii be held
after the regular services To dc
eide on that matter. Let's all
come out and boost TO have SER
vices as often as possible. Regu-
Lar services 2 D. m. special meet
ing ) p m.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1924-12-11
Duxbury Neighborhood

Mrs. w. Shute. Mrs. S. WATSON.
O. Knudison and Minnie Anderson
are on the sick list.
The basket social held at the
hall Friday evening was well at
tended and a good time was re-
ported by all
Ninety-three people were vac
einated by Or. e. P. Dredge OF
Sandstone. at the town hall last
Thursday afternoon.
Mrs. r.. Shute WAS pleasantly
surprised Sunday afternoon when
a few Of her friends gathered at
her home to help celebrate her
birthday.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1924-12-11

made the ton contest, and grades
did not do as well as purebreds.
Prof. A. c. Army of University
Farm was manager of the farm
crops Judging contest held No
vember % in connection with the
international Livestock EXPOSE
ton at Chicago. Nine college
teams took part. Minnesota was
not represented, but evidently
will have its team in this contest
as it now has in the livestock
Judging events.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1924-12-11

Following Is a Inst of coutrI6u-
tious from Ask0v and vicinity to
-Dankse Kvinders Missionsfond'
The money is now being sent TO
the treasurer Of the organization.
Mrs. Hostrop of Cedar Falls,
Iowa All the money thus een-
tributed is spent for missionary
purposes at home (tn IT, 81 or
abroad. not one cent being paid
for the service of officers
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1924-12-11

We are pleased to welcome TO
our community Mr.. and Mrs. Pei
ton of Minneapolis, who have re-
Gently moved onto the John
Blamer place.
The Community LADIES' And
will have a sale of home made ar
ticIes Saturday evening. This
viii be a good place to do your
Christmas shopping A good
lunch and a good time Is prvmisesi
TO all.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1924-12-11
FLEMING TOWNSHIP

Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Beavens and
Milford Swift visited at the r. NJ
RDdRnberger home sunday eve
ming.
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1924-07-24
What They Say
Of The Northwest
Continued from page one)

Continued from page one)
tive state.
with nothing more than the
average bounty from nature dur
ing the rest of the crop season,
the problem of the Northwest
will progress fartoward solution.
I'VE of the benighted East
have cherished the idea that ere
long some angel of mercy would
80 through the Northwest, dict
ionary in hand, explaining the
meaning of the word diversified
tion,' demining rotation and
bringing order out of chaos. At
ter comparatively intimate con-
tact with those who have their
money invested in agriculture in
Minnesota, North Dakota and
Montana, one begins to suspect
that agricultural information is
not the peculiar and exclusive
gift of those who live east of the
Mississippi. The fact is that the
Northwest had bhgun diversified
ton and rotation and had made
material progress when the war
broke out. The Northwest knows
and is practicing Investigation
as fast as possible. The farmer
cannot, and will not, attempt to
switch Immediately andcomplete-
ly from wheat to other crops, but
he is thinking for himself, knows
the real reasons for his troubles
and is intent on the job of cor
recting them.
I'm two years. the four states
of the Northwest have increased
net corn receipts from 500, 0O0,-
900 to $191, 100000. oats from
$40, 000, 900 to 500, 900, 900, flax
from $11, 900, 900 to $36, 900, 900,
and hay from S14, 900, 900 to $780,
100000. Meantime wheat dropp-
ed considerably due to curtailed
acreage and lower prices. These
figures are as of last years har-
vest. The trend towards diversi-
hcation will make almost as much
progress this year as in the pre-
vious three. Butter, wool and
cotton are the three great farm
products that bring materially
more in price than in pre-war
days. The four states O f the
Northwest produce one-sixth of
the butter of the United States,
and these states give US one
ninth of our wool.
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1924-07-24
Showing Of Gas and Oil
In the international

The First International Oil
Syndicate we'll, in the Sc cor. sw
NV 34-35-1 west, now drilling be-
low 1000 feet and it is expected
this will be a completion within
a few days. 1t has encountered
some gas and a small showing of
oil.
The syndicate was organized
by S. M. Bonnean of Gravelbourg,
Saskatchewan, Canada, who is
at present in charge of the drill
ing of the Dry Fork we'll near
Conrad. Acreage was secured
was secured from the Great Nor
thern Mutual Oil company of
Great Falls, of which company
Hugh M. Jones is manager, and
also a director in the syndicate.
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1924-07-24
Gave Party for Mrs. Aarte

The ladies of the Kelvin Civic
Club entertained at the Harry
E. Harte home Monday evening
in honor of Mrs Harte's birthday.
A very delicious lunch was serv-
ed at which the husbands of the
ladies were invited. Mrs Harte
was presented with a beautiful
present by the club.
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1924-07-24

Lester H. McGregor was arrest
ed Sunday morning at a Road
house north of town and charged
with the crime of second degree
assault. The alleged crime was
peculiarly atrocious in character,
the victim being an inmate of
the resort, named Anna Kisch-
ner. The woman's nose was brok1
en- and other serious injuries in
ficted. McGregor was taken to
Shelby by deputy Prendergast
and arranged before Judge Tolley
who placed his bonds at $1,000 to
appear in district court.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-06
WHO WAS MARIE CORELLI?
Stories of "OId Residents" Differ As. To , ParenkaRe

 's Percentage
 The death recently of Marie Corelli, She novelist, has brought to light the fact that mystery surrounds her parent age, says the Continental Edition of the London Mail. =.
 In the beautiful old-world village of Miekleham, Surrey, near which she was brought up under the care of the late Charles Mackay, the song writer, the question has been much discussed.
 According to a picturesque report she was a founding as a baby in basket outside Mr. Mackay's cottage This story was supported by an S0-year- old Mickleham resident who knew Mir Mackay and who says that he heard it from MT. Mackay himself.
 'The percentage of Miss Corelli was never known," he said.
 To other old residents, however, the report came as a surprise
 q remember Minnie Mackay, as she was called, as girl" said George Rose, a member of an old Mickleham family. "I thought then she was Mir. Mackay's daughter. She was a slim girl with a mass of fair hair. She was trained as a singer and have heard her sing at a concert myself. She had an attractive voice. l am almost sure she used Rose Trevor as her professional name"
 Edward Davies, who has lived at Mickleham forty years and knew both Miss Coreni and Mrs. Wareham, MT. Mackay's servant and her nurse, said |:
 ''I understood that Miss Corelli was ;;tep-daughter of Mir. Mackay, her mother being a widow who married the song writer"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-06

 to the growth of the bacillus. It ere ates powerful toxin, which often re suits fatally to the person so poisoned.
 '.Tberc are certain characteristic symptoms by which botulinus poison ing makes itself manifest. Paralysis fthe throat and stiffening of the muscles of the neck, accompanied by acute pain, are chief evidences of this toxin.
 Heat will kill the bacillus. The packing company should subject its products to certain degree of heat before they are shipped. Or if the consumer heats to the boiling point all the canned food he buys, particu- larly vegetables, he will be in no dan ger from this poison"
 Dr. Pfenninger explained that the National Gamers association was con- ducting intensive research on this sub ject, working in conjunction with the Hooper Foundation for Medical Re search in California. Dr. Pfenninger spent some months at Hooper Founda- ton in connection with this work New York Times.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-06

q strenuous Get -The-Vote campaign during the summer and early fall, with programs on the work of the vari- ous standing committees during the balance of the year.. The budget-quota for state and na- tional league work assigned Jefferson county, totaling $500, was also adopted. Following is an outline of the pro gram.
 Get Out The VOte-How? Understand how boss rule is achieved and maintained. In The Great Game of Politics" by Frank R. Kent, 1t is shown that in an average precinct the boss has to be certain of only 65. votes. How he manages to be certain is clearly explained, and it is chiefly because of the stay-at-home vote.
 Sixty-five, sixty-five,
 Sixty-five voters,
 Up to the ballot box
 Come the By y-Roters :"
 Forward the precinct van,
 On variation put the ban,
 There at the ballot box Automat voters. Forward the precinct roll Is there missing soul?
 Not if the boss is there Keenly to mark the poll Theirs not to make reply, Theirs not to reason why,
 Just so there's no one shy There at the ballot box, Sixty-five voters.
 Fathers to right of them,
 Mothers to left of them,
 Sisters behind them,
 All voting soundly.
 Let uniformity be strength, Each family vote it's length,
 There at the ballot box
 Safely and soundly.
 When shall their glory fade, Strong-fashioned, machine, made?
 Perhaps one may wonder!
 If "Sixty-fives" yield their place.
 While hundreds show their face,
 Old rules may pause space,
 Broken asunder!
 Helen King Cheesman.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-06
The WOn1an Citizen

posed bond-issues for Fairfield were submitted by Mayor Pratt. These issues are being supported by the league.
 Just as the party was breaking up, group of belated guests from Bir- mingham arrived, Mrs. c. s. Simmons, Mrs. w. D. Colby, and Miss Colby. About 30 members of the Fairfield league attended the affair.
 Girl Scouts. Thank You! Mrs. Asa Rountree, Jr., executive secretary, Girl Scouts of America, Bir4 mingham, Ala.
 My Dear Mrs. Rountree On behalf of the Business and Professional Wom- ems club and the League of Women Voters, we wish to express our warm thanks to you and the Girl Scouts for your wonderful cooperation with us and help with the Baby show. We could never have got along without you.
 | The leaders and Scouts whom we wish to thank particularly are Mrs. Hobart McWhorter, Mrs. Twining, Miss Catherine Wood, LeRoy Hall, Virginia Clark, Evelyn Meadows, Eliza beth Taylor, Beverley Simms. Mary Adeline, Ann Dunlap, Octavia Howard, S, Frances Hall, Louise Schoerhoer, Mary Sloss Whitaker, Lois D'Arman. Hester Woodwall, Lydia Taylor, Virginia Jenkins, Frances Wieelock. Marie Stallings. Virginia Jenkins, Mary Phil lips Woolverton, Pauline Wirloughby, Fredericks Twining, Christine Smith, Jennie Hood Hunt. Mary Allen Hood, Mary Hall, Annabelle Hall, Evelyn Fulford. Eleanor Bonham, Bessie Blousman, Charlotte Andrews, Eleanor Kilby, Fanny Levy, Lute O'Connor, Lily Belle Hillhouse. Will you please express to them our warm grati- tude?
 We cannot commend too highly the | fine work of the Scouts in taking care of the hot, tired babies, and amusing the little tots.
 With best wishes, sincerely yours,
 MRS. MARY A. NIX,
 MRS. J. H. WIDEMAN,
 Co-Chairmen.
 New Members Within the past few weeks, dues have been received from 19 new mem- bers. New members are Mrs. R. NJ. Keeble, Mrs. c. E. Cashal. Mrs. Sam Rubenstein, Miss Emma Leonard, Mrs. Brine J.. Ashmore, Mrs. Ala Curdelle. Renewals have come from the follow ing members: Mrs. C. s. Simmons (for 1925), Mrs. J. E. Pearce, Mrs. D. S. Litton, Miss Letha Davis, Mrs. N. B. Fountain, Miss Lila May Chapman, Mrs. W. H. Brannon, Miss Mildrer Brannon, Miss Mamie Fogarty, Mrs. Murray Brown, Mrs. J. R. Dewberry, Mrs. H. N. Malony, Mrs. c. P Beddow, Mrs. l.. F. Harris.
 Next Meeting Of League To Be
 Luncheon
 The Birmingham women delegates and visitors to the democratic conven- tion will be the guests of honor of the League of Women Voters at it's next meeting, the date of which will be announced later. It is planned to have the affair in the form of a luncheon to which everybody will be invited to hear at first hand just what happened at the convention.
 A digest of the platform will also be given. The hostess committee of which Mrs. C. B. JayIfes is chairman, will be in charge.
 Adopt State Program
 At the last meeting of the League of Women Voters, it was decided to adopt the program of study suggested by the Alabama League of Women Vot- CTS for county leagues. This embraces
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-06
l Leaving America On Gee an ss v1
 " oy age
By LULA HOYT

The last picture of America from the outgoing steamer is a colorful one. l have never seen a sight quite like it on leaving any other country. I stood on 1 the deck of the great liner as it slowly and impressively pulled away from the pier. What sight was the end of that pier solid mass of vibrating hu- manlty; a solid mass of color-reds, blues, yellows, blacks-and, predominant t. ing. hundreds of upturned faces. Some were cheerful, some with tears stream Ing down them, but each with eyes fixed on one particular point. tSt
 Flags and handkerchiefs were waved until long after the mass of faces be- came blur in the distance. <
 The days of forebodings about the ocean trip are long past; people do not worry about the safety of their loved ones on the water But as l looked at the many saying goodbye l realized again that separation can con- jure up many other forebodings than merely worry over physical safety. Even in this time of crossing the ocean in five days many leave-takings con- tinue to keep their quality of rather sad uncertainty.
 Five days! I speak of it with won- derment, having crossed the ocean when twelve days was considered a good voyage. Yet before long airships with passengers will cross in a matter of hours. Perhaps we soon will be able to weekend in Europe.
 Still that has not yet happened, and few days in such luxury as those I have just spent fill me with delight.
 I spoke of our ship as a floating hotel, and certainly it is no exaggera- tfon. Not once on the trip, if I did not look at the ocean, would l realize l was on ship. No vibration, no mo- tion, sleeping not in berths but regular hotel beds; luxurious lounges. palm rooms, Ritz restaurant on the top deck. What is the difference between this and any large hotel?
 One no longer sees the captain and officers as in the old days. In fact, the only officer have seen on the deck or in the rooms has been the doctor. So even this reminder that we are on q steamer that is being piloted across a vast expanse of water, and not merely on dry land, is being kept from us. On some lines this is different as the officers always come to the lengthy and elaborate meals, if seen at no other time.
 happened to see one thing the other evening that was delightfully."- in con trast to the impression of almost every thing being done by machinery. I had been playing bridge rather late in Il friends sitting room and came into the main hall of one of the lower decks on my way to my state room. There in the hall, sitting on a wooden box was a man, the center of huge circle of shoes all pointing in the same direction. He was diligently polishing one.
 It somehow looked very primitive and amusingly incongruous- One rather imagines the shoes being polished by a miracle, or certainly in some very spe- cial room fitted for the purpose. After all, our shoes are still polished the same way, different though the circumstances may be, we are still in the hands of fate and the men who steer the ship across the three thousand miles of water
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-06

In all cOlors, some with embroid clocks, some have shadow ell
 Every pair perfect. MT Special sale ME price ..... ..'.'''.......
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-06
COUNTRY YMosT HYGrENIc
Swiss Bacteriologist, Here to Study,
 Praises Americas Methods

FFaleeS Amerfca'S MothO0S
 The United States is the most pro gressive of nations in the matter of hygiene, according to Dr. W. Pfen- ninger, visitor in America. Dr. Pfenninger is bacteriologist connect ed with the university at Zurich, Switzerland, and has been in this country the last six months studying our methods of food hygiene.
 '.I desire especially to commend your methods of controlling hygiene by means of educational propaganda," said Dr. Pfenninger. Particularly is this true of your milk requirements and the national publicity for pure milk that has been soeffective in making cer- tain standards operative through legis- lation. Also, this publicity has been helpful in impressing the public, with the importance of milk as food.
 While in this country have spe- cialized in the study of control and elimination of certain harmful bacilli found in canned foods. There is a deadly kind called botulinus bacillus, which I have made my chief object of research while in the United States. Cases of this kind of poisoning seem to be infrequent in. the east, but every little while, in the western part of the country, particularly in California, there Is an outbreak of botulinus bacil- Jus poisoning.
 The botulinus bacillus is found in canned foods particularly in canned vegetables. There seems to be some, lining Tn the canning process favorable
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-06
VOICES LACK VARIETY
A Writer Discusses English As Spoken
 In Its Native Haunts

"A WFftef DlScuSSeS Engf1Sn AS spoken
 In Its Native Haunts
 Undoubtedly the English spoken in it's native haunts is a far better groomed language than any trans planted specimen. In conceding this, however, it is we'll to remember that the British voice is not voice at all, but syndicate. It is a trust in which all we'll bred persons hold equal shares.
 Not only do the stockholders all pro- nounce and infect in exactly the same way, but even the quality of voice seems universally fixed. Indeed, after one has heard all afternoon Have you seen the hollyhocks Railways, from each of thirty speakers, with the accent on the first word-one begins to long for less perfect and more varied utterance
 Unlike the average townsman of Italy and France, the English provin- ciaf travels. But in view of climatic conditions, this wander spirit must be regarded perhaps as less of quest for intellectual stimuli than as an escape from physical handicaps. As to what he brings back from his travels I leave the following conversation, taken yer batim from one of my garden parties, to reveal:
 Did you go to Tnterlaken when you were in Switzerlandw w
 'Yes. we were there for a fortnight"
 'Awfully jolly place, don't you think !? l wonder-did you by any chance find that tea room-'
 Oh, you mean that jolly one near the Regina? ?'
 "Oh, no, DO, no! Not that at all. haus."
 You liked that? How extraordinary! i! We went there several times and we didn't like the tea at all. As for the sweet cakes, they were really abomin- able."
 Sparing the reader those further bril- liant jets of conversation which welled up from the tea springs of Interlaken, and passing rapidly over the fact that the poor old Jungfrau was never once honored by mention, I shall permit the small town British conductor to take us through the medieval architec- ture and the Renaissance art treasures of Florence. Another accurate trans cription:
 Did you get the same pension this yearT'
 Yes, but it was most unfortunate, you know. The place has gone off most frightfully."
 ''Oh, really has it? In what way? ?"
 "Ah, well, for one thing, they never have a sweet nowdays."
 'Oh, dear, was thinking of going back there next winter, but I can't do so if that is true. No sweets Oh, no, I really couldn't. I should feel simply done in without my sweet.
 But it is not the worst. Would you believe it-they no longer serve tea :"
 Shocking! And what lovely tea one used to get there! Don'tSy remem- Der how we always tried to get back to the house in time for tea? I wonder what could have come over the place. They did one so well before the war"
 Imagine this sort of travel talk sus- tained for half an hour and varied only by geographical changes. If you do so, you get the full measure of your small town Britisher's usual capacity for for eign culture. On the continent I have, talked with hundreds of these provincial pilgrims, and l have yet to hear from them any more searching art criticism than ripping" or jolly"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-06
! CECILIA HERON

Cecilia Heron was the third daugh- ter of Sir Thomas More. She was born in the Sear I510, and, with her sisters, received a learned education. She pos. sessed thorough knowledge Of Latin and corresponded with Erasmus in that language Very early in life she vas married to Giles Heron, Esq. Little or nothing of yher private history is on record aside from her acknowl- edged scholarship
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-06
.uunAM

quarter-plnt of the most wonderful skin whitener, softener and beautifier.
 Massage this sweetly fragrant lemon bleach into the face, neck, arms and hands. It can not irritate. Famous stage beauties use it to bring that clear, youthful skin and rosy-white complexion; also as a<freckle, sunburn and tan bleach. You must mix this re- markable lotion yourself. It can not be bought ready to use because it acts best immediately after it is prepared.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-06
TRY LEMON. JUICE TO WHlTEN SKIN

z The only harmless way to bleach the skin white is to mix the juice of two lemons with three ounces of Orch I'd w h i t e, which any druggist will supply for a few cents. Shake
 well in a bottle, and
 you have a whole
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-06

Put tapioca custard in individual cups and cover with a meringue into which you have beaten sifted banana pulp; then grate little chocolate over the top.