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:.rm / " w >\ *ri ~,*r T 'H' Ilhursdaj-, Jnn« 1,1939 v, , * .vjL*' • ,v» '• • .* "arf-.l ,st *w ,>•-v;' •" '* tf t. <v*-'hi, &<//,: ^ __ ' jf%r •»' p'•» 5^ T* * #^?r< ™ 'ywf?' «BX KcHINRY PLAWDBALSi " ' ' Twle« Told Tales TWENTY TEARS AGO Mrs. Elizabeth Laures is having the .lower floor of the old blacksmith shop on Main street remodeled and when •finished will be occupied by the Busy •Bee restaurant. '; The laying of the cement blocks for the new garage that is being erected for J. W. Schaffer was started last r week. Raymond F. Conway, employed by ;ihe Western United Gas & Electric Co., has been confined to his home on •Water street during the past week by a severe attack of quinsy. ' Some very good work is being done 'on our streets. All of the hallows are being dug out and then refilled with crushed stone and a top dressing. THIRTY YEARS AGO "rtfe price of butter was to 25 cents on the Elgin board of trade Monday. A few of our resorters are already here for the summer season. A night shift is now working at the Terra Cotta and the factory is way behind orders. The water wagon is again on the job and from now on the streets of the village should be kept in a dustless condition. Jos. J. Mertes, the popular proprietor of the Oak Park summer resort at Pistakee Bay, now drives a four-passenger International auto. FORTY YEARS AGO Benjamin Gilbert has purchased the Pekovsky building, which was used by Peter B. Freund for a' saloon. Mr. Freund has moved to a temporary building he has erected near the Mc- Henry Journal office. John M. Smyth's furniture wagon went through here the early part of Jthe week on an overland trip from Chicago to Pistakee Bay. The furniture was for the summer residence of Hon. Wm. Lorimer. The remains of Edw. A. Woodward Teached Woodstock Saturday evening •from Porto Rico and were interred in Oakland cemetery. The deceased was a member of Co. G. and died as the regiment was recalled from the island. Messrs. Wyckoff and Kimball, the laundrymen, are located in the Mrs. Margaret Knox building, near the Parks building on account of the annoyance the machinery caused the occupants of the upstairs rooms. FIFTY YEARS AGO Henry Smith has sold his trotting gelding "Jockey" to some Elgin parties. Mrs. John L. Howe is building an addition on the north aide of her residence. The misses Parker and Childs are now situated at the ladies salesroom and, prepared to do all kinds of fashionable dressmaking on short notice and at reasonable prices. Mrs. John Schuenemann, of Chicago is attending the post office at Johnsburg during the absence of her father, Chas. Kuhnert, who is visiting in Dakota. SIXTY YEARS AGO Miss Kate St. Clair, of Nunda, contemplates opening a Juvenile Singing class in this village soon. Quite a large party of the little folks assembled at the Riverside House on Saturday last in honor of the birthday of Miss May, youngest daughter of mine host WSghtman, and a merry time they had. The new Steamboat is fast assuming proportions, and Capt. Wolfertin, the builder, informs us that it will be ready to launch on Thursday of next week, the 15. W. G. Billings, of Chemung, made us a pleasant call on Thursday last. My Neighbor SAYS: Overcrowding in the cold-frame will raise havoc with your seedlings. Thin them out mercilessly. • • • # Diced leftover baked or boiled ham combines nicely with peas, beans, mushrooms, rice or macaroni in creamed dishes. • • • Alligator pears, sliced thinly and mixed with chilled french dressing, combine very well with fresh strawberries to be served as a salad. • • • Plant some Tom Thumb roses in your garden. The plants are only three to four inches tall, but they blossom profusely. Rosa rouleti is the botanical name for them. • • • Canned or fresh fruit juices lend variety to the breakfast. Among the more popular juices are prune, grapefruit, cranberry, orange, pineapple and--more lately--apple juice. • • • Egg yolks willcurdle if they are allowed to cook a long time. If they are to be added to creamed mixtlhres, such as a la king dishes, thev should be mixed in just a short time before the dish is served. £' Associate^ Newspapers.--WNU Service. For fifteen years Policeman W. S. McCall directed traffic in Oklahomi City, and then had to turn down a pro. motion to sergeant, because he can't drive an automobile. Bitten by Snake Head He Had Chopped Off TROUP, TEXAS.--When. 13- year-old Voyt Hagerty saw a brown snake he decided to chop off its head with an ax so it would not bite anyone. The head stuck to the ax blade. The youth sought to brush it off with his hand. The mouth snapped and Voyt had to be treated for a copperhead bite. ODOR WAVE MACHINE LEADS TO COON DEN Abo Smells 0\it Diseaatf, or What Have You? HENDERSONVILLE, N. C.--Luther Shipman is planning to revolu-, tionize the smelling-out industry-- and all because his coon dog's nose was not as keen as it might have been. Shipman came in from en all-night hunt one time, coonless, tired and with failing faith in old Rover. With a flower pot-stand, the .rim of an auto headlight, a number of flashlights, Luke set about inventing himself a machine which, he vows, will sxhell put the varmint in his lair. < • And from that to. the now perfected and versatile "Odor Wave machine" was only a matter of a few steps and a few dozen batteries. The finished product is designed not only to track down wild critters, but also to ferret out humans--both the quick and the dead--and also discover metals and other objects. Detects Human Ills. Everything has its odor, and even odor has its wave length, argues Luther Shipman. Standing upon the horizon of a scented world, Shipman noted more fields of" service. Thus was born the idea of smelling out the various ills suffered by mankind. His machine first smelled out his father's kidney trouble, and from this humble beginning, Luke's machine discovered that nearby neighbors (many of them all unsuspecting the fact) had catarrh, cancer, tuberculosis, etc. His machine now has 76 smelling cells, each with its own battery. In addition to locating the elusive coon and its success in diagnosis, Shipmen says it recently located some old guns for a man. Police authorities are overlooking a potent aid in the machine. Shipman now has a battery which he says can locate dead people. It is, he explains gravely, a dead battery. After months of patient work, the odor wave contraption has been improved both in precision and distance. The inventor claims it is accurate up to a distance of 7,850 miles--there is a mileage indicator on the thing to convince skeptics. Friendly Railroad Runt Errands for Hill Folks BOONE, N. C.--The mountain folk swear by "Tweetsie," a little narrow gauge railway winding along among the coves and crags on a 66- mile route between Boone, N. C., and Johnson City, Tenn. » The engineer has been on' the job 35 years; the conductor, 32. They think nothing of stopping the train in front of a mile high cabin, picking up the children, and delivering them safely to the home of a relative down the track, while the conductor often shops in town for an isolated housewife or farmer. Then the train stops in front of a farm home for the specific purpose of delivering a spool of thread or a length of wire. The little train, with its huff-puff locomotive, will stop anywhere, any time. Its whistle, ringing shrilly through the mountains, is more for greeting than warning. The formal name of this folksy railroad is the Eastern Tennessee and Western North Carolina railway, but you could not tell the mountain people it is anything but "Tweetsie," the title they gave it 52 years ago. Girl's Pet Skunk Puts on Its Best Airs for Public CORUNNA, MICH.--Delia Muzzy, 1J$ years old, has a pet skunk that follows her or her brother Lester wherever they go. The skunk, named "Stinky," was captured when its mother was killed six weeks ago. It has been fed from a bottle and coddled so much that it behaves like a kitten. At first when the little black animal with white stripes down- its back was seen following Delia and her brother down the street, they were given a wide berth by everyone. But "Stinky" behaved himself so well that children now have no fear of him. But when a strange dog comes too close, "Stinky" gives a vivid demonstration of the reason for his name. Even the Stork Travels By Auto in New Orleans NEW ORLEANS.--The stork travels by motor in New Orleans. Tomuro infirmary, a private hospital, has two stork cars to take maternity care to mothers who would not otherwise be able to afford it. When a family notifies the child welfare department that the stork is expected, a nurse with a wellstocked medical kit goes to-the home. She calls the hospital if more help is necessary and a stork car speeds to the scene. FARM TOPICS PRECOCITY NOTED ; IN PULLET FJiOCK May Identify Early Starters When Picking Breeders. Dr. W. C. Thompson. Poultry Husbandman. New Jersey Agricultural Station. WN\J Service. The best and highest egg producers in a flock of poultry almost invariably are those which started the laying year early and got under way during their first three months at a fairly high rate of production. There is evidence to show that such precocity in pullets is largely inherited. Because of this, it is well for practical poultrymen who anticipate producing their own chicks to mark the pullets going into production in such a way that precocious starters may be identified later when breeders are chosen. With flocks that are so hatched and reared as to go into egg yield early, it is necessary to know what rate and what amount of production is necessary in order that individuals may be termed precocipus layers. If the pullets are not managed under artificial lights, precocious production might be described as being at least 10 eggs per bird for the first month, 12 per bird for the second, and 14 per bird for the third. ' If the pullets are managed under artificial lights and are given a 13- hour lighted day and the proper management to go with it, these minimum production figures might be expected to rise by one egg for the first month, two eggs for the second month, and two or three eggs for the third month. These standards furnish poultrymen with a guide by which to judge any of their pullets. Records better than these minimum standards are, of course, to be accepted as indicating still greater values. Records under these standards, however, must be taken as indicating a lack of inherited capacity for precocious laying, or early starting. One must be sure, of course, that failure to get under way early and with a rapid production rate is not due to mistakes of management, feeding, weather or any other environmental factors which have some bearing on egg yield. While selecting breeders by their degree of precocity is valuable, it must be borne in mind that, after all, the progeny test is the very best method of measuring a breeder's value. "5-- SPRING SUIT Proper Care May Check Losses From Swine Flu How farmers care for their pigs when flu sweeps through the herd determines to some extent the losses, and Dr. H. C. H. Kernkamp, member of the University Farm, St. Paul, veterinary medicine staff, offers tips which will help to get pigs through this period. During the course of the disease, which is usually four or five days, the pigs should be kept in clean, dry quarters, with plenty of room to prevent piling and crowding. There should also be ample ventilation, but no drafts, stresses Dr. Kernkamp. Pigs should have access to fresh water and wholesome, easily digested feed. Pigs will usually refuse feed, but those thpt do eat will be helped. Swine flu is a contagious disease, and while not confined to pigs of any age or size, it occurs more often among pigs from 5 to 12 months old. It usually spreads through a herd very rapidly, and is characterized by marked depression and weakness, labored breathing, high temperature, rapid loss of weight, refusal to eat, and some coughing. Unless secondary lung complications develop, pigs will usually recover in a week, though it is extremely important to give them the right kind of care. ^ y In the Feed Lot A liberal supply of whole grains should be fed turkeys until the marketing date. • • • Calves will waste feed eating from small boxes. Give them large ones to eat from. * * *' Turkeys gain most economically if a constant supply of clean, fresh w.ater is before them at all times. • •. * The washing of eggs removes the slight natural protective covering aind increases the tendency of eggs to absorb flavors. More than half a million farmers in this country buy gasoline, oil and other petroleum products through farmers' co-operative associations. * * * Houses for ducks must be dampproof, draught-proof and rat-proof. • • • To wash henhouses, a suitable solution is one pound of lye mixed into 15 gallons of hot water. m • • Winter barley is attracting the attention of New York farmers, and its culture is on the increase. • • • No poultryman should be without poultry house lights. Once light is started, & must be continued regularly. • * A merchant in Ottawa, Ont., Can., recently posted the following notice: "Owing to war scares and the unseasonable weather, prices have been drastically reduced.'* Jacob Whiteman of Middletown, Conn., bought a large wire cage trap arid baited it just before he went to bed. Next morning he found he had .qfught two rats -- and his cat! Buy your baby chicks at the Farmen Mia fbone U. ttrtt » >>5 A tailored suit of cream tussor with vest and cull edging in red, embroidered with cream color. Read the Want Ads 4-H CLUB NOTES The annual 4-H Club rally will be held Saturday night, June 3, 8 o'clock, standard time, third floor, I.O.O.F. building, Woodstock, Illinois. The program will be made up • of stunts and musical numbers by the various 4-H clubs. Harold Jepson, district 4-H leader for boys, will be present and have charge of recreation. The rally is open to all boys and girls in the county of 4-H age, ten to twenty inclusive," and their parents and everyone interested in young people. " Miss Marjorie Church, a member of the Coral 4-H club, and the Home Advisor, Mrs. Clara Sweeney, are representing Camp Wetomach^k girls' 4-H camp at the East Bay Camp near Bloomington this week. This is a 4-H camp training help in co-operation with the Leisure craft and Counseling Camp. William Gardner of Solon Mills, treasurer of the County Rural Youth Federation and president of ythe local Rural Youth organization, is representing the county Epworth League Institute. Rev. IRalph Kafoed, Greenwood, is also attending the camp from the county. The McHenry county 4-H Club camp is one of the oldest "gypsy camps in the state having been held each yea* since 1929. ' " fSffBtftii LOCK THE STABLE BEFORE THE HORSE IS STOLEN ti Mm' OH, I CANT you CANT CANT I ? VO 1HAT/ / V TRITH about ADVERTISING By CHARLES B. ROTH MEMORY COURSE THE German psychologist, Ebbinghaus, a careful, scholarly observer of the workings of the human mind, has said that we forget 90 per cent of what we learn within 24 hours. From your own experience you know that what he says is true. The business man, noting this, understands why he must advertise, not occasionally nor sporadically, but all the time. It's the only way he can be of the greatest service to his customers. His advertising reminds us of him and of the things he sells, and though we may forget him and those things between times, every advertisement he publishes renews the impression and creates recognition of his business. His problem'is to find the most economical way of reminding us that it is to our advantage to trade with him. He discovers soon that nothing is so economical a medium for this purpose as the newspaper. There he advertises. We read. Both he and ourselves benefit by his repeated advertising. 'He benefits in the obvious way, by winning us as steady customers. We benefit *n . equally obvious Charles Roth IN 1,000 LESSONS way, by finding a man whom we can trust and from whom we can buy all the many things we need to make our lives more interesting and complete. Advertising Is the news of business. Often that news is of far more importance to us than any other news in the paper. For example, if a woman needs a new coat and scans the advertisements to see what is being offered, the business news she reads is of far greater moment in her life right then than the story on page one of a war in Asia Minor or of an oil field fire in Texas. Stripped of all glamor and my«- tery advertising amounts to nothing more exciting than this: telling people of a place where they can get what they need to make life possible or endurable or* lively or enjoyable at the most, satisfactory and economical basis. The advertiser who keeps telling the story of his advantages naturally gets the bulk of the trade, because, as you have just learned, we all forget rapidly and must be reminded continually if we are to act. When advertising is carried on for a long enough time, the name of the man and his product become a part of the daily life of millions of households, respected, revered things and names, almost as close to us as friends or members of our own family. A Charles B. Rot*. -X. 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