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- '** i?* 1 :r? '* ^>'37. *>*« v; imS 1 f • '•' , THE MdUSHMY -«v ., *¥%' .,. Tf , i ? ~ . V " . . ' - ' :- ;r 1 v' * " ;J* ' * * 7 ' , 1 Pi-|.V.WV«',Tr!r f"'Ji HM lf'l|Mi<( t'Jf • V ipi '* WVH " r<«. '/i . jr ;••'• n> 1 i£« HIS CHOICE Saitiljo went to his parson one day Wid said: "Pahson, will yo' all pray 'to' my floatin' kidney next Sunday?" "Well, Sambo," said the preacher, **l'd be glad to do anything for you, but do you thihk that that's a proper H»»n g to prpy for in church?" "Well, pahson, Ah thought you prayed fo' somethin' like that las' Sunday. You prayed long slid hard Vfo' the loose livers." With a Difference First Private--I am often compared with Lieutenant James Stewart of the air forces. t Second Private -- G'wan. Who ^%ould compare you with a' movie, .itar? First Private--My wife* She seems ' to prefer Stewart. -v OPA-lihi ; . IHtter--You charged me twice as tnuch for this steak as you used to. Proprietor--I have to. The price :'.:0 steak has gone up. Diner--But the steak ttian it used to be, too. Proprietor--Of course. city of beef, you know. is smaller v... The scar* THE SCOTCH OF IT Mac--I'll be everlastingly indebted to you if you lend me that five. Sandy--I don't doubt it. That's the trouble. True Detective Policeman--You see the man was •hot. A knife was found at his feet. And who do you think poisoned him? Detective--I give up. Who? Policeman -- Nobody, he hanged himself. CAN BANK ON 1* •^7^v- Mm Twic« T o l d Tales Items ef Interest Taken Trott fkl Nee of the Platadaakv «f Tsars Ago N ! the acetylene explosion, is now able I to be out of doors, but it will be some : time before he can play ball. j Miss Anna Eising, Chicago's favor- ; ite singer, age twelve, will appear ! with Eiler's big show, Monday, Octo- ! ber 26, at Stoffel's hall. ' Mr. and Mrs. Michael Knox are the ' proud parents of a boy born to 4hem Sunday, October 26. Mr. and Mrs. Knox reside about three miles south of McHenry. During six day's time Antop Schneider trapped 170 muskrats. "T'eople not acquainted with the rodent would no doubt be surprised to learn that there were such a large ' number in this vicinity. . October 16. The marriageftook place at the church of Adent with Rev. Mid* dleton Barnwell. officiating. Good Growth If plsuits are already making vig orous growth and have dark green SPRING GROVE rv ' By Mra. Charles Freund) j ., Mf. and Mrs. Arthur Kattner, son SIXTXY YE4K8 AGO THIRTY YEARS AGO" : lotiis Wrede is carrying his arm in 1 a ?ling this week as a result from a I fall from a wagon near his home Saturday evening. In the fall he fractured his arm. ». . • Use a Water-Bath for Canning Tomatoes, Fruits (See Re<Up« Below) Poor Fellow Smith--Tsk, tsk. Jones--Tsk, tsk. White--Well, if you guys can't talk about anything but the way Roosevelt is running the country, I'm going home. Strictly Personal Telegraph Girl--I can read every word so far except this one. What's that? Elderly Lady--Never mind that. It's none of your business.j, They'll know it at the other end. In Every Port Jane--I can't understand why I didn't accept you the very first time jyou proposed. Gob Friend--That's eapy. You weren't there. Perpetual Motion Mr. Smith--Did they take an X-ray of your wife's jaw at the hospital? Mr. Jones--They tried to, but they could only get a moving picture. Reporter--And what book Would you say helped you most in your long life? Octogenarian--My bank book. Need a Vacation * Rastus-- It's terrible, nuthin' but work, work, f'om mo'nin' till night. Sambo--So you-all done got & job? Rastus--Yassuh, Ah stzhts tomorrer. lfany homemakers who have never done so before will be hard at work doing some old - fashioned "putting up" this summer. Not only will it be economical to put up your own Victory garden's surplus, but also it will be a vital step in stretching those precious points next winter. Canning's simpler tocUy%nd much of the spoilage that occurred formerly can be prevented if the homemaker checks the causes of spoilage. There's %^xeason for every type of spoilage, and what's more important, every one of them can be prevented if she's careful. First, it's not smart to use leftover produce that you wouldn't eat at the table. Select only prime fruit and vegetables in perfect condition. Best quality goes into commercial canning, and so it should for home canning. Get out into the garden early in the morning to get vegetables and fruits and can immediately, or if you market, tie a bandana on your hair and go out early in the morning to get your produce while it's still fresh. Cleanliness is another important factor. Remember that food spoils for other reasons than that the jar is not air-tight. More spoilage than you ever dreamed of can result from not washing the food properly and discarding bruised or imperfect vegetables and fruits. Be sure to peel the food, if it is to be peeled, so that no dirt and the bacteria that lurk in it get rubbed in the product as it is peeled. Work as quickly as possible with the food once it's started on its way to the can. Flat sour, which occurs in vegetables, can often develop in vegetables, for example, if the jars in which the precooked food is placed stand too long before processing. Too much delay in handling food from one step to the other may cause a great loss of vitamins and mineral. Do as much preparation ahead of time as possible like checking equipment and getting together jars which are examined for imperfections and nicks. Wash all jars and caps in soapy suds (not in cool dishwater after the breakfast dishes!) and scald or sterilize them. Select Day for Canning. If there's a huge quantity of food to be canned, it would be a good idea to round up as many friends and neighbors to help, and to do the canning on a community basis. In many towns, pressure cookers which Tour Canning Shelf 'Tomatoes •Beets Green Beans Spinach •Recipe given •Peas Corn Rev. Joel Wheeler and wife leave this week to fulfill engagements in Chicago. Mr. and Mrs, :. P. Hauperisch celebrated their twentieth wedding anniversary last Saturday., They were the recipients of many lovely presents Frank, Masquelet^ McHenry's yetand the test wishes from thtfir friends,. oran druggist and highly respected George McLean and wife, of Cham citizen, dkd at his home on Elm paign, Illinois, visited with his par street last Thursday afternoon, Octoents, Judge H, W. McLean and «wife, ber 23. He had been in poor health in this village, last week. They were for the past fifteen months. married at Champaign, the sixteen- gt Mary's Church will again hold kth and stopped off here for a ;fe^.; it's annua! fair at Buch's hall. The days while on their wedding trip. -v " big event opens on Sunday, Novem- Henry Colby, of this village, has ber 9 and will continue ori Thursday built one . of the finest barns to be evening, November 13. found in this section. The. whole Work on the new dam in the Fox building is 24 x 50. The barn includes rjver jUBt south of this village, will be a carriage-room, boat house, stable, resumed within a short time. Chicago harness-room, eat-bin, wood-s h e d, laborers are already at the scene and coal-house, hen-house and a hay loft.«the contractor hopes to have the work completed within a short time. FIFTY YEARS AGO f -- TWENTY YEARS AGO The Big Four of Algonquin will give j another ball Friday evening, October Mnj N E Tayior has closed her 27, at Columbia hall Algonquin. Slo- 9ummer hoteJ ftt Riverdale, on Fox cum's archestra has been engaged for river near pi8takee and has re_ the occasion and an elegant supper turT1ed to Chicago where she will will be served at the Morton House. spen(j the winter i Peter Heimer of Iowa was a visitor; c Unt,f who heads the McHenry t in town over Sunday. While here he ke Cream company of thia city( left was a guest of his cousins, John ; Monday evening for Cleveland, Ohio, {Joseph Heimer. where he attended a convention of the ! Professor Strayer went to Chicago j j^atj0nal Association of Ice Cream Saturday to attend the Fair. He was Manufacturers held on Tuesday and are necessary for canning non-acid vegetables, are available at the canning center. Then, if all produce ; accompanied by fifteen of his pupils -Wednesday^ of this" week* must be canned in a single day, it who also attended the Fair as guests; Mr and Mrs Edmund' Knox were «n^CeSK?ry#^ reTlt a- mUCh of the Profe9Sor- „ v , / pleasantly surprised at their home on help as possible from others in your ; Dr. and Mrs. C .H. Fegers have left, Waukeean street last Fridav when *iVe <hem "°ur "me c.Z wnen neeaea. were called there by the serious lll- Canning day should be canning ne88 o{ the doctor's brother. During day only, not laundry day, general Df Feger.B absence his practice will be taken care of by his brother,- Dr. William Fegers. to remind them of their forty-second foliage, nitrogen is aot needed and Billy, spent the weekend with Mr. and more might be injurious. ftb, ! Mrs. Mel Kutish in Chicago. -- ^ ! Mrs. Harry Myers entertained mem- | bers of her pinochle club at her home i Friday night. Prizes for high scores went to Mrs. Albert Britz and Mrs. j'Al Schmeltz-er, while consilation went I to Mrs. Charles Freund. A lovely | lunch was served following cards. • Rev. John Deleiden and the ushers ; of St. Peter's parish meit at the i Charles Freund home on Thursday i night for their regular meeting. ! Cards were the evening's diversiop, after which meeting was held. Refreshments were served. i Mrs. Nick Huff and infant son re- | turned home from Woodstock hospital j this week. " ; 'I "'M rs. William Shotliff underwent an. ^ appendectomy at St. TheTese hospital ( Tuesday morning. [.. Weekend guests of Mr. and Mrs. • .Frank Wagner last, week 'were Mr.' l and Mxs. Charles Kaus,. daughter, Pauline, and Mr. and Mr£.;Bill Weileir of St. Louis, Mo- . •'The "Christwrn Mothers held a regulay meeting at St. Peter's parish hall on Thursday afternoon. After the ^ rfkt ting cards were enjoyed and prizes we^e awarded those achieving high scores. Lunch was served following cards. „ Mr. and Mrs: Ernest Kattner and family of Ridtynond spent 'Sunday afternoon in the William Kattner home. The Charles Freund family and Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Smith, son Davey, were visitors in the home of Mrs. i M. J. Freund Sunday night . Leonard Franzen and son, Russel, left Monday for Los Angeles, Calif., where Ru?sel will be married within the next few weeks. Russel been honorably discharged from the L\ & Army Aviation Corps, due to Ul health. • Pfc. George Waspi of Nevj Bern, N. Car., is enjoying a furiough with home folks. The George Wagner family of Chicago were Sunday visitors in the Frank Wagner home. The Community club ir.et at St. Peter's parish hall on Monday night. Cards were played following the m«et- Sicily's Trademark ' ' Menacing Mount Etna, ^^utope's highest active volcano, is Sicily's trademark. Eruptions that occur every five or six yeaj-«: often blow" off a few feet of its height or build it higher. The snowy peak reaches between 10,750 and 10,850 feet above sea level. The fertile slopes are striped and dotted with green vineyards and fruit trees, making Etna typical of the Sicilian mountains that have "snow on their shoulders and orange blossoms in their laps.'" Dot Days "Dog days" is - the name given We sultry period which, strictly speaking, lasts from Juiy 3 to Aur gust 11 when Sirius, the "dog star.'* rises with the rising sun. The term is not used officially in the weather bureau. It long has been believed that dogs are particularly susceptible to madness during this period, but statistics of the Pennsylvania department of agriculture show no foundation, in fact for this myth; * -J ' 'j-' ~' Vanadium From Soot. In Germany, the need or vanadium is so acute that slag from blast furnaces is being carefully "sifted" for the vanadium lost in steel making. Italy frugally wipes out the smoke-stacks of ships and industrial plants for the nj%f>htha soot and frojn it extracts part of its vanadium supply. Italy also gleans vanadium from caustic soda solution used in refining bauxite. An American firm has reported "rich" accumulations of vanadium in the flue dust of ship boilers burning Yene=- zuelan fuel oil. Bomb Paint Paint used on bombs, which frequently have to be exposed to the weather in ammunition dumps for long periods, must be made to withstand immersion for 18 hours in cold water without fading, softening, checking or changing color Pigs Is Bacoa Everybody thinks pigs is pigs. And pigs would always be pigs but they eat so much they make hogs of, themselves. One Advantage . Jimmy--I have an awful toothache; I wish I were you, Dad. Dad--Why, Jimmy? Jimmy--Whenever you have a toothache, you can take your teeth out. Bad Enough There was the colored girl that got hurt in an accident. Her friends suggested she sue for damages. But Bhe only said: "Ah don't want no moah damages. What Ah wants is repairs." ' Lynn Says Staeeetsful Canning: It is easy to do the right thing with foods to be put up in cans if you know the principles and follow directions. : Follow the slogan, "two hours from garden to kettle." Use only fresh, firm, ripe rather than overripe produce. Wash all foods carefully before attempting any preparation. Check jars, rubbers if used. and caps along with equipment before you start canning. Work at the range as much as possible to save time between steps. Have sterile jars on one side of range, fill them from kettle on stove (or from colander near stove, if using fruit which is not pre-cooked), and place immediately in water bath or pressure corker or oven. Jars should be washed in a pan of soapy suds And scalded, inverted oft a clean towel . until US^,\"v^-'v-.;V'-;-;".-T~ ' cleaning and baking day, too. It's better, too, not to be overly ambitious and try to do three bushels of J tomatoes, all in onessw«ep, for you will do better with a small quantity, and feel less tired, even though it may take several days in which, to finish. Processing Foods. Fruits and vegetables need processing which means the application of heat to the product for a certain definite period of time. You just can't put fruit into jars, seal and store and expect them to stay in perfect condition. Water-Batb Method. In some cases, when pressure cookers are not obtainable, a waterbath may be used for vegetables and meats. However, the water-bath is more preferable f o r t o m a t o e s (which are acid, and technically a fruit) and fruits. To make a water bath, use a large wash boiler or deep vessel fitted with a rack made of laths, perforated material or galvanized wire. Have a tight fitting cover. Place prepared jars on the rack which must hold them at least Mi inch above bottom of the canner. The water bath should be filled with boiling water which comes at least an inch or two above the tops of the jars. Jars on the rack should not touch each other. Start counting processing time as soon as water around jars begins to bubble, and keep it boiling during entire processing period. If necessary, add boiling water, if it boils away, for the water must always be boiling at least an inch above, the tops of the jars. Here are some recipes fpr common fruits and vegetables: •Tomatoes. ! Scald tomatoes in boiling water 1 minute. Soak in cold water 1 minute, peel, core, quarter and pack into clean, sterile jars. Add no water. Add a teaspoon of salt to ej^h quart of tomatoes. Put on bai>d'ancf> screw band firmly tight. Process iny hot water bath for 35 minutes.* , •Peas. ; . • • - Shell, grade peas, using only prime quality. Pr<?-cook 3 to 7 minutes depending on size. Pack loosely, adding hot water to within 1 inch of top. Adjust cap and process in pressure cooker, 60 minutes at 10 pounds, or 180 minutes in hot water . bath. . VV'V.a •BeetS. Use small, uniform beets. Wash carefully. Leave the roots and stems long. Boil 15 muiutes. Plunge into j cold water, remove the skins and ; pack into clean jars. Add 2 tea- ' spoons of salt and sugar mixture to ' each quart jar if desired. Fill to ! within hi inch of top, with boiling water. Put on cap, screwing band ; firmly tight. Process in hot-wateF j bath 120 minutes or in pressure i cooker 40 minutes at 10 pounds. - [ Are you having difficulties planning j , meals with points? Stretching your memUr j Lynn Chambers can jive you help if you ' write her, enclosing a stamped, self-md- , dressed envelope for your reply, in car« of her at ITestern Newspaper I'mon, 210 i South Desplaines Street, Chicago, llliiimM. T FORTY YEARS AGO Also, the paint must not chip or scale, wedding anniversary. The evening and must not tend to acquire a sheen ing and refreshments were served by was spent in music, dancing and or gloss which might attract the at- the committee in charge. stunts by the little folks, after which tention of enemy air men. A color - • of paint is selected which will ren- Wax Output der the ammunition as nearly indis- Only about two-thirds of a pound ef tinguishable as possible against the wax is produced by a bee colony terrain on which it is stored. each season. a delicious lunch was served. Germer Petesch and Miss Elizabeth Augustine Adair were married at Johli Leicken, one of the victims of. Birmingham, Alabama, on Tuesday, Released by We«t4ro Newspaper Union, Established Trade Post .. John Jacob Astor, greatest of American fur traders, in 1811 established trading post at Astoria in Oregon. Yanks Prefer Baseball Baseball and softball are the f* vorite sports of American soldiers. Knew Trafflc Rales The bike rider must know the traf lie rules and obey them, particularly such rules as riding single file, turning from the proper lane, and . observing traflPc signs and signals. Expertness with a bike means ability to ride safely. Mark Poison Poisons should be kept separate from medicines and foods and out of the reach of children. Moreover, it is wise to mark poison containers so that they will be positively identified even in the dark. A clear labei and pins stuck in the cork will warn the unwary, of danger. Lnmber Now Fire-Resistant Lumber ca? be treated to make it highly fire-resistant. It can be "preserved" by a chemical that makes it resistant and distasteful to termites. Green woods, impregnated with still another chemical and ! dried, become relatively plastic | when heated. They may be bent or j twisted into various forms. They i retain their new shapes, resuming i^their normal rigidity and hardness, i when cool. ' Subscribe tor the Plaindealer Behind die scenes of shell production In this modern war production plant 37 mm. steel cartridge cases arc being turned out in vast quan rities with the aid of efficient electrical operations, Electric convcyorj provide a steady flow of parts and a progrcssional movement through the various steps of processing. The draws (stretching operations) are made in huge electrically operated presses. The annealing is done in an accurately controlled continuous electric furnace, conveyor ized salt bath and conveyor type oven. The finish is applied by an automatic spray machine and is baked in an infra-red oven In this war plant, just as in thousands of others throughout Northern Illinois, Electric Power is the vital source of energy ... the dynamic force that puts more production into every hour. Electric Power Sbeeds War Production Beciute of its compactness, efficiency tod ewe of opetition, the infra-red bsttery of Umpi is used in baking tht tanh on ihrll casings. Casings have been removed from the foreground to show the calrods which heat the bottom of the shell) The Miiall. thick cups have been annealed in the utntrolled atmosphere furnace and are ready for the first draw (stretching process). They'll roll down to the presses at the teat Casings move past the spray guns, placed so that each casing is covered completely. Here one has been covered and others are catering the spray. / Draws are made in these big electrically driven press*. Drawn shells are pushed up to the conveyor by a hydraulic * ram, and the conveyor carries them to the wash and furnacte. Internal spraying is the function of this detuical i Chine. The girl puts the shell over the revolving tub* and the paint sprays inmit. She does two at a time. VICTOR* BUY Ekctriatybasgonetowar^iUn'tivastoitf. 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