LooALS, With this sort of weather the ice crop should break all records, ~ Mr. and Mrs. Paul Murray, of Chi- cago, are due in Centre Hall week be- fore Christmas, Wanted—Turkeye, and Chickens.—Chas, mew, Centre Hall, Pa, J. G, Dauberman is a grand juror at the December sessions of court, at Bellefonte, this week. A new Btarck piano was purchased and placed in the home of Mr, and Mre, O. F. Funk on Monday. Early Monday morning mercury dropped below the zero mark to the extent of one degree, the flist time this winter, W. H. Zimmerman and children— Hszel and Robert—of Bunbury, were guests of Merchant and Mrs, C. M. Bmith, on Monday. Uncle Bam is cautioning those who mall packsges for Christmas delivery to not only mail them early, but to wrap them securely and addrees them plainly. Fred Fisher, of Collegeville, is the guest of Cleveland Mitterling this week, The young man Is in search of a carload of cows, but weather con- ditions bave put a temporary halt to buying. On account of the inclemency of the weather the bazaar held by the Ladies’ Aid society of the M, E. church, will “ pgain he open on next Bawurdsy evening, in the waiting room of the I, 0, O. F. building. O. A, Jamison, of Monroe, Wiscon- ein, was an arrival in Centre Hall on Tuesday morning and will spend the greater part of the winter here as the Geere, Ducks D. Bartholo- Millheim. John Evy was in town a few days last week. John Boob has gone to Philadelphia where he expects to find employment, The Old Maids’ return to the sud- Itorium netted $37.00, Lewis and Thomas Brouce spent Bunday in Banbury, Herm Confer and Leon Bmith, camping in Decker valley, returned Friday with a spike buck. With the mercury hovering a little above zero for several days more, it will be possible to cut eight Inoh ice. Mrs. Jennie Bwanger, who has been away from home since July, bas re- turned for the winter, William Ulrieb, from Grayville, Bouth Carolinie, is visiting at the home of Ed I, Musser. On Mouday Mr, and Mrs, Chalres Brown attended the funeral of Joseph Neff, a relative, at Heola. Mathew Halaban, of Philadelphbis, who was well known here, died at his brother's home at Reading last week. Rumor has it that Mre. (Dr.) John Hardenberg is in a Philadelphia hoe- pital, undergoing treatment for diabe- tes The first real winter weather of the season came on Saturday morning in the form of blinding snow storm, con- tinued all day, and falling to a depth of about eight inches, Word has jost been received here that the stork arrived at the home of Mr, and Mrs, Robert Musser, of Sun- bury, and presented them with twine. The father, better known as" Bob, ” waa formerly from this place, Oaoe morning last week in going to bis shed P, I. Confer discovered the four tires miesing from his automobile, evidently taken the night previous, Mr, and Mre. V. A. Auman, of Darragh, spent the past week in Centre Hall, the former as a guest of Mis. James Alexander and Mrs. Kate Conley, while the latter put in his time in the mountains after deer. The latter part of this week, Mre, D. been found. Ralph E. Musser, son of Philip and Ida Musser, of th is place, has resighed his position as railroad operater, stat- tioned at Bunbury, and has gone to Harrisburg to join the colors, Ralph stay of a few weeks with her sone, Ralph C. and George B. Boozer. A we:k later Bhaopnon Boozer will join his mother and brothers in the Windy City. If you are toluking about buying Brooder Blove it will pay you to in- vestigate the merits of the ‘Buckeye’. Orders should be placed pow to ir- gure delivery when wanted, Full line cof Poultry Bopplies,—~Chas, D. Bar- tholomew, Centre Hall, Pa, Week of Prayer will be observed in Centre Hall beginning Bunday even- ing, December 30, in the Reformed church, snd continuing until the fol- lowivg Bundsy when the eervices will be beld in the Lutheran church, The program will be printed next week. Roy M. Garbrick, ove of the Report e's appreciative readers in the Pine Blump district, was a caller on Friday, and reports farmers well through with the farm work except in some cases, the butchering, He also stated that his neighbor, Mr, Osman, bad several prospective buyers for his farm, The drifted condition of the roads on Funday morning as a result of the heavy snow the day before, made it impcesible for Rev, D, B, Kurtz and Rev. RB. R. Jones to fill their appoint. ments in the country, Both minis ters undertook the task but were com pelled to return home before getting far, A letter from Corporal William Bailey, with the Boal Machine Gun Troop at Angusts, Ga., says that their company’s new address Is, Co. A, 108:h Machine Gun Battslion, The change became effective December 1st. “The boys are expecting a visit from Capt. Theodore Davis Boal, to give us a talk on his experiences over the ges, ”’ he saye, Catharine, the four-year-old dasugh- ter of merchant and Mrs, C, M. Bmith, was bitten by what was thought to breve been a spider, last Friday, The child complained of a stinging senes- tion on the neck and soon thereafter that section became highly inflamed, showing signs of poisoning, Treat- ment at the hands of the family phy- sician brought the child out of all dan ger. Mre. E. A. Zeigler was among friends in Centre Hall on Tuesday and Wednesday of this week. Mr, Zeigler isin the U, B, srmy service and is teaching at Fortress Monroe, Virginie, holding commission of a captain, Mre, Zsigler will be recalled ss Mise Rebecea Moyer, who, about a dozen years ago, very sucoessfully taught the primary school in Centre Hall, Bhe bse many warm friends here who are pleased to note the success of her hus band se a military officer, Patrons of Uncle Baw’s great Post Office Department could aid prompt service in no better way than to use mote care in addressing leiters and pocksges. Rallrond mail clerks are about the busiest people outside the trecches on the French front, and have no time to turn letters in half dozen angles to decipher the address. Write plainly and place the address on the lower right hand corner of the en velope or package, and the sender's name and address on the upper telegraph battalion. Ralph is a prince of a little fellow and the best wishes of bis wany friends go with bim. Byron Musser, a brother, who enlisted sever- sl mouths age, and who ia stationed at a western camp, is on his way to the eastern shore with the possibility of sailing for France soon. While we all know it is hard to separate from our loved onee, particularly on a mission of this nature, Mr. and Mrs, Musser are proud of the fact they can give two boys to Uncle Bam to fight for the good old U. B, A. wm n————— ———- Pine Grove Miils. Mre. J. G. Miller is in the clucthes of la grippe. Elizabeth Archey is quite ill with poeumonia, Many sates were stranded in the snow drifte, Bunday visitors were few and far be- tween, Mre. U. H. Maris Is convalescing from an attack of pleuro pneumonis, B. A. Dunlsp is moving about with the aid of a cane, The venerable Amos Dean has been under the doctor's care for the past ten days owing to pulmonary trouble. The three-link fraternity will hold their annual holiday banquet Decem- ber 28, at 8:50 p. m. in their hall, Mr. and Mrs, Bamuel A. Homan are receiving congratulations over the ar- rival of one of the Red Cross sex. E. A. Decker reports a boy at his home, and little Grace can now share ber play thing, E. A. Auman, the miller, claims the belt for the heavy weight porkers, one baving tipped the scale at 334. J. J. Treesler reports the best pen of five porkers that stalled at 15646 Ibe, Enoch Bweeney's pen of four weighed 1600 Ibe, D. W. Thomas and Mr, Shoemaker took to the woods for big game on Fri- day and returned home by noon with a big four-prong deer. Daniel Harpster had a new arrival at his home last week—a sweet little girl—No 10. Dan has since given his order for a six-passenger Overland ma- chine, Saturday Mother Earth was decked in robes of purity, Mercury dropped twenty-eight degrees in four hours. Storm followed and piled drift every where. Prof. Lawrence A. Haddens resigr- ed as teacher of the High school, have ing enlisted and reported for duty on Wednesday. Mrs, Ida Williams, accompanied by Miss Ruth Bwabb, were called to the Fred Williams home, near Tyrone, to administer to the sick in the Williams family. J. R. Lemon, a civil war vetersn snd noted pimrod, of Gatesburg, brought down a nice two-prong buck on Wednesday, The old veteran Is anxious to round out the 50th of the fleet foot tribe, A A SA. Now Hed Oross Members, Mrs. W. O, Heckman. Miss Sarah Zettle. Miss Hazel Ripka, W. O. Heckman. F.P. Geary, + Wiiliam Garls. At Byers Ripka, bade it ipa SERVIOE FLAGS ON THE PARM, The Fiag Finds a Place In Every Farm House, The American Red cross will make an effort to increase its membership from 5,000,000 to 15,000,000 between December 16 and December 25, Ob- viously a considerabe proportion of these 10,000,000 new members must be enrolled outside of the large cities and a large number of them must come from the farm, When Europe went to war the ser- vice flag became the household badge of patriotism. At every home from whence had gone a msn or boy to fight for his country thers was unfurl. ed the flag with one or more small stars on s white fleld to indicate the number of fighters that particular home had given. When the United States went to war the service flag was transplanted overseas ; and from thousands of homes, stores, offices and factories it now waves deflance to the Prussian, So what more natural than thaf this emblem of active military service should be adopted in modified form by the Red Cross to indicate the number in each home who although compelled to stay at home, have found a way to serve their country through member ship in the grea test of relief organiza tions? Instead of the small star, it is the small red cross, But whether ip dicated by star or crose, both classes are serving. Before the membership campaign is over the Red Cross service flag should be in the window of every American farm house. If the home dleplays the service flag bearing the etars, there should be placed beside it the service flag bearing the red crose. These two together evidence the fullness of ser- vice, There is no reason why the farmer should pot take as moch pride in the display of the Red Cross service flag ss might the employer of a thousand men--avd no doubt be will, How to construct the Red Croes service flag Is described in another article in this le- sue, Here is 8 cause that deserves support of every mar, no matler if he dwell in in city of millions or on the faim, Spring Millis. Dr. H. 8. Brauchit and family ate tended the funeral of the Doctor's father, at Coburn, on Tuesday. The railroad bridge carpenters are repairing the floor of the overhead bridge east of C. P. Long's store, Mre. Ewing, of Biate College, in- stalled the officers in the Rebekah Lodge vn Tuesday evening. The school board met on Baturday. The newly elected members were Jae cob McCool and Ralph Bhook. Clyde Boyer and wife, of Lock Ha ver, spent Monday with Mre., Boyet's parents, Mr, snd Mre. Jacob Lee, Sr. Mre. Harry Allison returned from the Bellefonte hospital and is improv- ing at this writing. ———— A A ————— WHEN CEREALS ARE INJURIOUS, Little Talks on Healthjand!Hygion by Sam. a lG Dizen, M.D LL ©, D Se Com missioner of Health, Cereals are valusble ss foodstuffs for human ndeede, particularly daring youth and old age. We will use in this talk oatmeal as an example of stsrchy foods acd through it, study their effet on the systems, In the first plsce it shou'd be thoroughly chewed #0 that the alka- line secretions of the glands in the mouth are thoroughly mixed with it, If this is dome, the process of diges tion which turns the starch into suger ie well staried before the food passes from the mouth into the stomach, where it meets with an acid secretion intended for the digestion of proteins or meate, Here the starch digestion, if it has been started, is arrested. There are two ways of preparing or cooking these fordetufla, oatmeal smong them. The Beoleh cook itina very short time, their idea Ling to re- tain a certain degree of hardz tee to the grain that may act mechanically snd stimulate the nerves of the mus ular walls of the intestines and there by take the place of laxatives that are too often used by those leading sedentary lives. This half-cooked mass of food is often mixed with milk or cream, Based On @ Cost Per @ It Saves oi V Cc Qs 2C. CASCARA £2 QUININE FE Hera which belps to wash it down imme. diately upon taking it into the mouth, which entirely prevents the natural digestion, When taken in this way, oatmeal or other starchy food is wasted as far as nourishing the body is concerned and often acts as a foreign substance in the digestive tract, there by interfering with general digestion of other foods. Thie not only prevents the body get- ting nourishment from a general diet but it produces toxins or polsons which are absorbed by the body and cause various ills, all the way from a slight disturbance of health to such an extreme that sometimes will cost a life. The better and most practical way to cook oats or other starchy foods ls to submit them to cooking for hours, often all pight, that the grain be thoroughly softened, which makes it more easily digested. This softer preparation of food, however, is also often eaten with milk or cream, reduc- ing its consistency to a semi-liquid which goes down the throat slmost immediately after entering the mouth, It therefore is subject to the same criticism as the less thoroughly cooked oatmeal as far as the alkaline digestion in the mouth is concerned. This, however, is not irritating to the digee- tive system snd would seem to go through a certain degree of digestion in the intestinal tract. Nevertheless it is robbed of a great deal of its food value, The oats and other starchy foods, ss we have sald, should be thoroughly cooked and kept in the mouth suffi. clently long for the first process of di- gestion to take place. Goingdack, then, to our thoroughly cooked oatmeal, we may say that the wisest way to ptepare starchy food le to make it into cakes or some other form that will necessitate chewing bee fore it can be swallowed, If, however, owing to conditions we meet in life, we are compelled fo take a food In mueh form, it 1s advisable to select that which is thoroughly cooked and A — MAKE 2 MEATLESS DAYS A WEEK THE [ULE AND HELP THE ARMY WIN, PLEADS HEINZ Food Director of Public Safety Committee Urges House- keepers fo Reduce Present Lavish Consumplion as Patriotic Duty—Heavy Eating Jeopardizes Plans For Feeding Soldiers, A request for meatless days has | been Issued to the nation by Herbert Hoover, and at his request Howard Heinz, Food Director of the Pennsyl- vania Committee of Public Safety and | Federal Food Administrator for Penn: | sylvania, calls upon all patriotic citi- | zens to reduce the meat consumption by adopting in every family a rule of strong meat in plentiful two meatless days per week, prefer- mutton and fat—the lati ably Tuesdays and Fridays, and the | the form of pork and pr use of meat only once a day on other | We must not cut down ! days. | sumption of those who Mr. Heinz says: our battles in the trench “Especially must we save pork and | We must cut down our its products, such as bacon, sausage | tion. This we can do 1 and lard, if we are to fulfill the duty | the exercise of moderate that we owe to those who risk their | and with advantage Hves for the cause of democracy and | health. For us, freedom for all peoples, substitutes in poultry, g “America is a meat-eating nation | other sea food and veg: and its meat consumption has always | “In thig hour, when th. been excessive in proportion to that | ture of the country and ! of other countries where meat has of the world are at stake been less plentiful and more regarded | called upon to do our ! as a luxury. | prove our loyalty to our coun “Today, we have reached a point | to those who expose their where the drain on our meat supply, | it may lve. The sacrific through our own prodigal use and an | demanded of us are small in compari. abnormal war demand, has brought | son. May the response to this appe about a shortage eo serious as to | be prompt, generous and universal jeopardize the plans of ment for feeding our sol allies by whose side we ure a fighting. As a war def v ure our habit of t stricted and reformed. “Soldiers, strenuously | must have sustaining foc Years wn +. vw of 1 and there a and fu. liberties are each to try and lives that! that are are sufficiently dry to hold its own form. usable food, and many pereone who This form should not be destroyed by| have had to give up the eating of adding large quantities of cream, ! starches, cap, if they follow this ade The food should enter the mouth In} vice, resume their consumption with solid form so that more or less measti-| impunity and often be much bene. cation will be required. When this Is | fited. This is true especisily, ss hes followed out oatmeal becomes a vale been said, in youth and old spe. STORE ——— AA AS I ——— So we simply say to Toyland,
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