Emmetsburg Democrat, The (Newspaper) - December 26, 1917, Emmetsburg, Iowa IOWA Y ADDISON WELLS SERIOUSLY INJURED Mis Lower Jaw Broken While He Moving a Safe Thursday Addison Wells was very seriously injured while taking Carty Mccarty's large safe upstairs to their new office in the W G Henry building The rope broke and he was struck in the jaw by a crowbar or the block to which the rope was attached The lower jaw is badly broken and several of bis front teeth are loose condition was so serious that lie was taken to the Park hospital at Mason City where he is undergoing treatment Dr Starr who has charge the case thinks there will not he serious results but ilr Wells will be laid up for several weeks He is fortunate that he was not killed as the blow was a staggering cue The happened so quickly that he ISd not realize just what had occurred He was accompanied to Mason City by Mrs Wells and his sister Miss Wells All who knew him will regret much to learn of his misfortune We sincerely hope for bis early and recovery MERCHANTS Writes Hume They Are Behind That Harry G writes home from France to his people at Spencer as This is a pretty good sized but as to up-to-date stores and the like they are far behind the times The People are alright but this language gets my angora I don't see for the of me how they farm this country for it js so i hilly and rocky Their farm ments are also very aged and there is for a improvement and e seen only a since They cut nearly all their grain hay by hind and 1 bavi couple of mowing machines landing on this side We are in cantonments and have plenty of blankets to keep warm Our chow is A FARMERS CONVENTION Alto County Farm Bureau to Hold Annual on January 5 Several years ago Mr prank of county Illinois Planned his 500 acre so that ali of the fields would be regular and equal He then adopted a definite crop rotation including clover With simple rotation and the use of lime and phosphorus he gradually increased his acre yields On an SO acre field he lias raised bushels of weighed corn per acre He has raised 62 bushels of winter wheat per acre He has raised HO bushels of oats per acre He has raised 4 to 6 tons of clover per acre The annual convention of the Palo Alto Farm Bureau Association very good and ancs It Save Kerosene The Wall Street Journal calls attention to a new carburetor will the substitution of y kerosene for gasoline in the ing autos trucks and other of vehicles It attaches a great deal of importance to the new device D J O'Brien of this city scoured an at- ior his Ford car during the fall which enables him to start it with gasoline but lie runs it with He finds that kerosene is more powerful than gasoline and he lias very little trouble with his car The device is made at some town in Illinois and costs only a few dollars It is very simple This is probably the invention to which the Wall Street Journal refers Kerosene each one of our troop gives ten fr a month in order to get a little mings on the side We usually have cake pie pudding or some kind of desert for two meals a and supper us be held in the Iowa Theatre in Kln on Saturday January 5th at in the forenoon and will Continue all day At that meeting one thing only will be the value in dollars ana of definite and systematic policy in I management of th Appreciated Thirty Clayton Minnesota Dec 19 1917 W I Editor of the Democrat Hear Mr 1 am enclosing you my check for to pay for the Democrat from January i 1017 to January the e Parm Business Tins involves a crop rotation and auf manure KOVer euel one field of a four year rotation To accomplish this purpose Mr Mann upon our urgent invitation has enough live stock consented to come to OIl rg OIl Sth and for the tion of soil fertility as fle of iuri tci 11 n i the year lUe amount is This is a real opportune fo lit Vn in advance In doing so I feel like the fellow who goes to a store and buys People of AIlo master on soil problems Mr Mann three packages for I am for four days at last that ir there is a to audiences of to paper entitled to the advance from this it is the Emmetsburg Democrat im on those occasions and excellent paper has been coming to were more pleased has M Wl be if tub been newsy ll Of tt T Weeks of this city services at Spencer las Homer A ot DCS Offers Wmc Timely Suggestions on lie Subject Tlie average American attaches as much importance to a Quarter as the Cuiser does to a treaty lu many countries strong men work an entire day for a much smaller sum One of the War Savings plan is lo teach the people of the United States the value of a ter that properly invested it will help vin the fight against People have been heard to Hie idea of investing a quarter and then in a trift stamp Too small to bother men have said And those sa blocks out spend that quarter on some ly worthless article We are so used to thinking in big figures that even the sum to be raised in the next vear by the War Savings Stamps fails to impress us It to realize the figure to know that H has been only a matter of his John has 300 minutes since Christ wis he has also 200 to 300 born i hogs Just as those minutes mount into Is now dotted with ill houses the Slate Com- scoff at me men have their way to Dr LeR conducted Sunday Mrs S W Smith came from Mason C ity and enjoyed Christmas with her sister Mrs j H and other relatives in this city Exemption board officers have been very during the past week They are making a great many fices lor the sake of their country A gentleman in Dallas county planted ten acres of beans last spring and check crop few days ago was for for his given B Elsenbast and his son Robert of were in Emmetsburg Thursday Mr Elsenbast is one tlie most prosperous and farmers in our county of up-to-date Henri Wegner of own ship was in Emmetsburg He is not feeding any cattle this so your quarters billions Twenty a month cents a week C cents a day tTe missioner Hinshaw has charge them Fish that are caught are s to the several state cost Patrick and Joseph of institutions at John Jones of Ayrshire was an Em- visitor Monday Miss Martin was home from on Christmas day Mrs Ray and son William were Ayrshire visitors Monday Mr and ilrs R J Buchan of cer were Emmetsburg visitors n Fender of is the guest of Emmetsburg relatives for the holidays Miss Amy Brill of Spencer spent Christmas at J S Martin home in this city L H Jackson went to West Libert Monday to spend Christmas dav wit relatives Miss Agnes McCarty recently her friend Mrs D Lattime of Bancroft Murra neighborhood a city Thursday of the visitor in ou Mr and Mrs John Warnke of Fari T Dwyer who Slates will the required sum i horae friends for a week Set those Barters to work buying Thrift Stamps and War Savings returned to Camp Dodge Both highly of their stamps The war is going to be that place are in vorth every penny it costs if it corps this country a lesson in thrift and Tt cently returned from Norway Iowa where they were visiting Mr land's mother The weather was verv S Ins CAHI Is Essential tney were and Iowa Sanitary Engineer j 6 g d lo come home Towns and cities using as tlie weather will tion tanks for the disposal of wi be on should adopt the Inihoff tank in the buildings hault Minnesota are many local relatives Henry Wichman of Ruthven i town today He was a pleasant calle the Democrat office K M Helgen enjoyed a Christmas isit from his parents Mr and O O Helgen of Ruthven The John D Lynch live stock sal last week at Lone Rock Kos suth county netted Mrs C C has for severa days been enjoying a visit from her father R C Irvine of Omaha Thomas Jennings was allowed to return home from Camp Dodge mas to visit his wife and family Gordon Saunders who is a student and Mrs Thomas Dyrland re Bt Xew Haven Con- is home for the holidays Mr and Mrs Ted came from West Bend to eat Christmas dinner with Mr and Mrs R H Stratemeyer W p Spirit Lake was a Christmas visitor at the home of Mr and Mrs Jake Scott of this city table for use in hotels and cafes It is somewhat like the The guests sit down and turn the table around and themselves to the on it In the center are number of jars in hot water To the jars is connected an electric wire by they are kept warm The snest sits down looks over the list offered turns the table until he finds what he orders then gets busy There is no serving The work is all done by the eaters Air Eilers has secured a patent on the device He will one of Ule tables a trial at Storm Lake hotel men in cities think his invention wili prove practical Not New to Dr Harry B of Boston who is recognized as a national authority on dentistry says that poor teeth cause diseases of nearly organ of the human Many forms of insanity epilepsy St Vitus dance acute neuritis diseases of the heart appendix and as well as chronic aches he says are often caused by the poison secreted because of bad teeth and gums It is not to give this information to burg in several Fellows Must Humble Last week Earl Caddock entered Camp Dodge at Des put on his new uniform and commenced his duties as a private soldier He is working a stable He will not be lowed to wrestle tor money during the war except for the benefit of tht Red Cross While there may be a pulu in the granting of the A Of can citizen whether be rich or poor skilled or unskilled js willing to lake chances with his This is t he spirit of democracy engaged in il J Conry the lumber and coal business at sure was in He called while tll the Democrat sent to him during the coining year e Has Troublesome fares Mrs Dell P Murphy and childre ef or Marcus Thursday o un the holidays AS day meeting to be arranged later v h S Knowles Any sewage plant should dress the Knowles is will ad- authority along Professor Dunlar no are never idle e The Siven at the K C Hall Tuesday evening of last week by the Miss Josie Dealy arrived from Sel S D the latter part the week to spend Christmas with her parents Mr and Mrs j P lines of Hon -e serves a large hearing de that all its The proceeds which HOW OUR BOYS FARE AT ARK Writes to HI Friends at From the Ruthven Free Press Co E Inft Camp Pike Ark Dec Sth 1917 Dear Ruthven It has been a very long time since written you people so this afternoon being a half holiday I will write you a few lines There is about four inches of snow on the ground this afternoon which is the result of a uice little storm which took place yesterday afternoon It was very cold this morning at which is the tim the bugle tells or calls us to get out There was no thermometer around tell us just how cold it was but I would say it was very near the zero mark We only have two army ets now so some of the fellows got Pretty cold last night However we are informed that wc will be another quilt soon so that will helm quite a lot The boys that left are pretty well scattered now Dr Minor and Will Davis are the two left at Camp Dodge Paul Carl and Martin are in Co Pot this regiment bile I am cast off by my lonesome I guess the other boys didn't like my company or they would not have off and loft me all alone However I soe Carl Paul and Martin real often hey seem to be feeling pretty well ind I guess they were Just obeying when they left Eie I left Camp Dodge two weeks ago a special train with other men from that place We went hrough Keokuk St Louis and then river and traveled for one alt day through the swamps and woods of Illinois There I saw some f the small huts and dug outs I lave read about but I don't want to ee any more of them We went across the river again D Missouri and then into arriving in Camp Pike Ark n Sunday at j a m I surety d the trip and should have liked ravel for another day or sor you might be interested H J Woods has sold his we had to eat on our way BERT L FRANCE County Agricultural Agent PORK BV I arc readily accessible for I In most cases it is were quite satisfactory will Ounce Should Be This Hom made better than anv rem result Man Murphy has r several for his duties in the lumber yard S Ills meals watching the Inking care of the furn putting out the eat at night dock ace and tals from this county during the past couple of years the dangers ing from the neglect of bad teeth Have been duly demonstrated POULTRY CAR I will have a poultry car on C track on THURSDAY and FRIDAY 27 and This be the last car of the season so martet all jonr On these dates I paj following loc roosters natters requiring hen the A Dastardly that orders have been issued to all food ground glass placed in it to kill sol Chicago military authorise caim that they have evidence of Plot to kill both soldiers and c made by a canned tomatoes aic the mentioned as most dangerous Springs Ducks feed before bringing tn as must He K j MCELROY for The Democrat feels to the public it past year largest of any year during the of Tery grateful for the generous has received during the Our business was the past mitten t- of sanrt filters sand is essential that the air pen ham or con can be OM h the method buT i persons should he p one acre of sewage by the animal T Professor Dunlap meat expert at Iowa State I off 3 pounds of 2 treat the sewage after it has passed S are their and through the tanks This is are it cheerfully I done by discharging it i ly upon tlie surface In the operation of j store at Sheldon to the Sioux Plm i ture company which owns stores i and otb rv Che of Places the a list PC all parties in Mr and Mrs J J Kane their so Edward and their daughter Miss Call were Christmas guests at th home of Mr and Mrs E 3 o county to go to war The f Graettinger Sensation for their services this city ho tamily says that Prank's father lived to be over eighty years of age and Mrs Gotch is still living at Humboldt Cl and Francis of spent Christmas with lir and P f- Littleton of this city and Mrs John ounces of and 6 gallons of water Dis- j solve the saltpeter and sugar in warm water first then add the n some water On Sunday Mr Roy Cha n w in it until tlle sait is all dissolved departure Mr and JIrs O'Brien ot Postmaster John Dalton of Rub some moved over each piece of meat and pack attended Edith Hahn and T r eW clean strong not too He has Third ard Mr Pour in brine ami weight nt down so that no part is meat highly respected uncovered Set m a dry place where the temperature Is low enough to keep the meat fi while the brine is working in Overhaul at five days 35 30 days Overhauling is simply Christma Packing and repacking in a Hahn and m 05 Air Arthur Thompson in H i Brien reports Acting parties are amon th e is I he nry Je salary in E enjoyed a visit the community They will we understand make their future home in teat ity We extend hearty congratulations of i latter Sunday for to see her husband who Mrs Shi DCS is at a different On Mr Axel Rudolph Qte This is im- and Miss Tressa Reynol in the same brine Portant as it mixes the brine and of were changes the position of the meat in M Peonage in such a way that the brine gets to all bridesmaid parts of it It requires four days to Claussen in its Part of last week from need his beloved country I of The Daltons are doing their bit Ie C J Lawrence who from Cylinder Thursday our i reponer that when he lived near Des J reports that Mo was an old neighbor oil wells were recent v Carried h H HU me old M H farm lives at that place his Miss west of this city Mr Whalen J i on Ids this and Mr pound of meat to cure fully so that who know the br was best man Lri wren move onto the place in March the average ham requires about Smoke in usual way century but our fits were very light on or increased cost of paper labor and all other kinds of material used in tj business We shall try and the Democrat newsier and ter than ever and we hope that our patrons will bft and generous towards us in the have been in the past A well known dealer says that in preparing the furnace for the night he coal should be packed down and fter the fresh coal U hould he banked on the so that the fuel below and behind deal of coal can be saved TOO ide and groom izen co nave only words of I for them The Democrat unites with helr in Dishing them says he is a high class happiness The man who forged 00 in i small cheeks several weeks ago was recently arrested at i the of I s D under wil i considerable of his land to local Mr Miss Catherine Kane returned from Monday She has enlisted nurse and win report is a and is an Cross nate from He was at l nurse an Miss so I will give you the menu some of you can try it out corn beaf beans bread and coffee for dinner and then we had the same for each of the following meals per breakfast and dinner With the exception of the last days the weather has beon real nice since my arrival here I appreciate the warm weather and feel sorry for the boys at Camp Dodge who did not come with us It will be pretty cold to drill there This is a very pretty camp it be- ns situated on hilly ground and there are trees in every direction as far as one can see There is one objection however that is we do not have very much room for drill grounds Friday our battalion there are four companies in a battalion or aien went to dig trenches They ire seven feet deep We have a real of trenches under ion they are over a mile long and mile wide They are being under the supervision of Frenck and English officers and will be ex- like the trench systems used dugouts for soldiers to stay n during the day etc The trenches very hard to construct here ax here is about one to two feet of dirt nil from there on down it is soft ml hard rock some wc are able to ick out with a pick axe ami the has to be blown out with win from In this wav a his will many people arc very careless looking after their furnaces tle attention would save several tons of fuel each year in the home first of the year and will in this territory for the Camp Hardware Co of Des learned the name of the Gov place him was a slacker He receive what is com- We hare not cman wl the other company The boards sentient their average When people donate free of charge their friends Misses and Vnn A Cross sale held at s a few days ago netted people arc i when it comes to their t expenses with her in all day at the trenches I nd on tins day I ate my first army leal on the field which was Potatoes roast beef tomatoes read nnd hot coffee ThU wasj to the field from in wagons v Well I imagine I belter r tins time or Mr Foy will be me for paper space The fo de- ne big thank Harold Jensen of Graettinger an visitor Sunday of vithout the paper Quite heavy to stand their own for the sake of public -j and his brother i left for Masonville Christmas wth his parents i He enjoy to -i about it I be ore how a person es tiie home paper it is letter to me I want you Foy or send ing With my best to mv friends I remain Sincerely PAUL Miss Craft of Peoria
