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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1898-07-27
CASTALIA.
July 26, 1898.

July -oi 1000
From our regular correspondent
d. A. Alspaugh is enjoying visit
with his brother from Anamosa.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. M. Lambert were up
from Postville yesterday for visit
with old friends.
Miss Tatro, of Clermont, has been
the guest of her cousin, Miss Pearl
Tatro, for the past ten days.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey Clough, of FL
kader, came up Saturday to spend Sun
day with friends and relatives.
A. w. Kramer Jr., returned from a
ten days visit at the Omaha Exposition
and other points last Thursday.
Mrs. S. E. Manatt and children re-
turned from two weeks visit in Wash
ington county, Iowa, last Saturday.
The Ladies' Aid of the NJ E. church
will hold picnic social at the resi-
dence of Mrs. Myron Dean tomorrow
afternoon.
The new seats for the U. b. church
are expected to arrive this week. The
re-opening of the church will probably
occur August 18th.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Buchanan were
calling on friends in this vicinity last
Tuesday. They left for their home at
Riceville, on Wednesday.
Misses May and Fannie Holmes
wheeled down from DEBORAH Saturday
and were the guests of Miss Alice
Bloxham, over Sunday.
Jas. Shipley and a friend wheeled
through town yesterday on their way
from New York City DEBORAH. They
came all the way on their wheels.
A social party was given at the resi-
dence of B. w. Rathbun last Wednes-
day evening in honor of Hall and his
lady friends, of Arlington. Everyone
reports very pleasant time.
J. HI. Campbell met with the Good
Templars Lodge last Saturday evening
and addressed large and appreciative
audience at the M. f. church on Sun
day evening. AS temperance lectur
er he has few equals.
A letter received from j. l.. Windel
last week was dated Unalaska, June
10th. They had been out on the water
80 days and had gone 220O miles anG
still had over 1000 miles to travel be
fore reaching the Kowak river. Their
they will have trip of 800 or 400 miles
up stream before reaching their desti
nation. May all their anticipations o
finding untold riches be realized, anC
they return to us safe and sound to en-
Joy it, is the earnest wish oftheir man,
. ffiends here.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1898-07-27

A company of our young and older
people went to the river last Sunday
and had a good swim.
Henry Hendrickson, the thresher,
formerly of Nasset, passed by one day
last week. He will soon start his ma
chime.
Miss Tilda Ramsey has procured a
bicycle. It's the first of its kind in our
neighborhood, and the boys hope that
many will soon follow.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1898-07-27
Cheap Excursions.

Via B., e. r. & N. Ry., on July 5
and 10, Aug. 2 and 16, Sept. and 20,
Oct. A and IS. On these dates tickets
good q days, will be sold at rate of
one fare plus So to all points on this
line in Iowa, Minnesota and South Da-
kota, north of and including Shell
Rock and Abbott Crossing, and to
Waverly. Tickets at this rate will
also be sold by all agents of this COM
pany to large numbers of cities and
towns in southern, western and north
ern states. For full particulars call on
agent B., G. r. & N. Ry. or address
]. Morton, G. p. & T. A.,
Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1898-07-27
Isc! War Atlas. I5c!

Contains 16 pages of new and COM
plete map of Cuba, the West Indies,
the Philippine Islands, Spain and
Portugal, City and Harbor of Havana,
double page map of the world, etc.
Published by the B., G. r. & N. Ry.
and for sale by all agents of this COM
pany for Is cts,or sent postage paid for
Is cts. Address j. Morton, g. p. & T..
A, Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1898-07-27
NASSET.
July 26, 1898.

July 70, 1898.
(From our regular correspondent.)
Harvest is in full blast.
Miss Martha Rund is home on a visit
John Woldum was Nasset visitor
last Sunday.
A lap-robe was found on Sjura Lars
hill not long ago.
Ole Woldum has hired to Erik
Wapgsness for short time.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1898-07-27
The editor of the Eva

The editor of the Evans City, Pa,
Globe, writes, Zone Minute Cough
Cure is rightly named. 1t cured my
children after all other remedies
failed" 1t cures coughs, colds and all
throat and lung troubles. +. j. Wei
ser
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1898-07-27
Notice to Builders.

The undersigned wish to inform the
public that they are prepared to fur
nish at lowest prices possible, lime for
building purposes, cement for cisterns,
sidewalks, etc. Hard plaster equal to
the best, and second to none. Two car
loads just received.
Respectfully soliciting your patron
age.
A. A. CHANDLER & Son.
POI Washington st.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1898-07-27
Homeseekers' Excursion.

The c. M. & st. p. Ry. will sell
Homeseekers Excursion Tickets July
10, Aug. 2 and l6, Sept. 6 and 20 and
Oct. A and IS; same territory as hereto
fore. Inquire of S. V. POTTER, Agent.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1898-07-27

e. G. Blanks, of Lewisville, Tex
as, writes that one box OF DeWitts
Witch Hazel Salve was worth 5000 TO
him. 1t cured his piles of ten years
standing He advises Others to try 1t.
It also cures eczema, skin diseases and
obstinate sores. +. j. Weiser.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1898-07-27

Win your battles against disease by
acting promptly. One Minute Cough
Cure produces immediate results.
When taken early it prevents consump-
ton. And i'm later stages it furnishes
prompt relief. f.. j. Weiser.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1898-07-27
CORRESPONDENCE.
News Furnished us by an Excellent
Corps of Writers From Neighbor.
ing Cities and Towns.
FRANKVILLE.

July %, 1898.
tFrom oui regular correspondent)
Farmers are busy stacking.
Miss Jessie Feltis attended church
here last night.
Miss Marie Bollman was shopping
in Waukon last Saturday.
Len Miller, of Stella, Iowa, was in
attendance at church last night.
Miss Maud Rollins, of Burr Oak, is a
guest at the home of Miss Lottie Bird
sell.
Miss Edith whitman, of Postville, is
enjoying visit with Miss Marie Boil
man.
Ben Helming and sister Clara, of
Waukon, were visitors among friends
yesterday.
Miss Hattie McIntire was Waukon
visitor at the home of Miss Chedd last
Saturday.
Miss Matte Owens, of Postville, was
a guest at the home of Miss Edna
Letchford Sunday.
MSS Liza Jenkins, of Waukon, visit
ed at the home of her sister, Mrs. Herb
Waters, yesterday.
Messrs J. B. and Tom Bollman are
lathing a house for Mr.. Ask, near
Washington Prairie.
The ladies d. Y. N. I. society will
meet at the home of Mrs. ]. S. Phillips
next Thursday afternoon.
The Ladies Aid Society of the M
E. church will hold sociable at the
home of L. r. Letchford next Friday
night.
The many friends of Miss Martins
Smitker were surprised to learn of hel
marriage which occurred over a week
ago. We all wish them much joy.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. w. Smith and fam
lily returned to-day to their home il
DEBORAH, after a weeks visit with rela
tives here and at Castalia.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1898-07-27

Thousands of persons have been
cured of piles by using DeWitt's Witch
Hazel Salve. 1t heals promptly and
cures eczema and all skin diseases. 1t
gives immediate relief. +. j. Weiser.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1898-07-27
For Sale.

[ have some of the choicest building
lots in the city for sale. High, terraced
ard fronted by mecadamized streets.
J. w. DAUBNEY.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1898-07-27
Wanted.

A good steady boy to learn the bar
ber's trade. Apply at once.
JOE SHEMA.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1898-07-27
hiding Irvine

]. j. Marsh has just received another
car load of the best grade.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1898-07-27
National Encampment Union Veterans

Union, Rock Island, ILL.,,
Aug. OTTO II.
For the above all agents of the b.,
C. R. & N. Ry. will sell Round Trip
tickets at Very Low Rates. For par
ticulars call on agents or address
J. MORTON, G. p. & T. A.
23-sm Gid. Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1898-07-27
Don't Pay Rent; Buy Lot and Build HOus

L am Offering for the money, the
best residence lots in DEBORAH. Will
sell for part cash, balance on monthly
or yearly payments. In Paine d
O'Connor's and Day & Paine's addition.
HERBERT d. PAINE.
Sampson Block.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1898-07-27
We Cure

All diseases amenable to
treatment by the modern
scientific methods. No
incurable diseases under
taken, but hundreds of
cases cured which have
been looked upon as in
durable.
The herald., 1898-04-10
Semi-ReIigious Dramas

When Wilson Barrett brought out his
Sign of the Cross" he made the way cas-
ier for other religious or semi-religious
dramas. Olga Nethersole is seriously con-
sidering a play of this Sort where her fa-
vorite white lilies will be most appropriate
and symbolic, and Sir Arthur Sullivan has
had revised his sacred lyric drama, THE
Martyr of Antioch" which is of especial
interest to Chicagoans because the leading q
soprano part is being sung by Miss Bessie
Mcdonald of the Carl Rosa company. She
is Margarita, daughter of Callias, priest of
Apollo OlybiuS, the Roman prefect, is In
love with her and she with him, but she
becomes a Christian and chooses martyr
dom rather than be his wife. The part is
said to suit Miss Macdonald to perfection.
Quite the latest thing in this handclasp of
church and stage is 1.-The Bonnie Brier
Bush" which is being warmly commended
by clergymen and attended by the thought
full and religious people who have made
1.-The Sign of the Cross" and "The Old
Homestead" such successes. AS a Wash
ington preacher puts tit draws audiences
from those people who ordinarily do not
attend the theater, but who appreciate a
good, clean, wholesome rendering of real
life" If the play is half as good as the
book 1t should win.-The Matinee Girl.
The herald., 1898-04-10
Among the Dramatists

Joseph 1. e. Clarke, who has succeeded
Henri Dumay as editor of the Criterion
served many years as a newspaper man
in New York. During the past three years
Mr.. Clarke has written successfully for
the stage. His "Heartsease," written IN
collaboration with Charles Klein, and For
Bonnie Prince Charlie" from Coppee, re-
spectively, furnished Henry Miller and
Julia Marlowe with star" parts. e. II.
Sothern will bring out his dramatization
of 1.-THE Courtship of Maurice Buckler."
Sir Henry Irving has purchased two of Mr.
Clarkes original dramas. MIR. Clarke Is
the author of Robert Emmet," tragedy
of Irish history, and "Malmorda," met
rical romance, both published by the Put
mans.
The new farcical comedy in three acts, by
Arthur Sturgess and ]. M. Glover, entitled
Julia" will be produced in the London
Royalty theater next Thursday, after some
preliminary experiences in the provinces.
At the same time Mr.. Courtney Thorpe is
to be seen in a one-act play written by HIM
self and founded on Kiplings Light That
Failed"
Charles II. Hoyt's latest play, "A Day
and a Night" receives it's initial produc-
ton on the 18th inst
1.-THE White Demon; or, The Morphia
Mania" is the by no means reassuring
title of the latest English melodrama that
has been brought out in London. For
tunately such plays are seldom exported.
Buffalo Times.
The latest melodrama written by Arthur
Shirley and Sutton Vane is called 1.-The
The herald., 1898-04-10
CALENDAR FOR THE WEEK

made actress whose success was founded
or purely animal qualifications. She was
absolutely destitute of education; she had
no natural ear for the music of poetry, no
knowledge of the structure of blank verse;
and yet, when she came to Los Angeles in
August. 1886. she was playing and did play
here, Juliet. Lady Macbeth. Juiiana Leah
and Pauline. Her physical charms and
warm, impulsive manner secured for her
commentator from those who were not
capable of judging from an artistic stand
point, and by dint of energetic press work
she was heraded as the great and only
cne." When she was deprived of Hill's
assistance. however. she drifted until she
became worse and worse as an actress, her
art became rude, her accent coarsened and
he. native intelligence blunted by the
cheap and violent methods she employed.
She was never adequate to the intellectual
Interpretation of a Shakespearean heroine,
and her course had been retrograde for
years past. AS an actress she furnishes a
shining example Of what to avoid in dec
The herald., 1898-04-10

ayers to produce, pieces that under the
veil of "absurdity" give ample ecope to
the development of intrigue licentiousness
and libidinism. But such pieces are pro-
duced because the public likes them-or
at least a sufficient number of people
patrosize such plays so as to make their
production highly profitable to managers
and authors.
That portion OF the public that does
not like vulgarity, such as stage drunken
ness, double entendre and jests at the mar
riage institution may stay at home, or
wait for nice domestic turkey dramas
like "Shore Acres or 1.-The Old Home
stead" to come along The character of
the average farce-comedy is so perfectly
we'll known nowadays that the dramatic
critic performs q work of supererogation
when he painfully points out as objection
able, features in one production that are
common to all of that class.
James j. Corbett, the prize fighter will
appear as an actor in Charles T. Vincent's
successful play, "A Naval Cadet" which
| is to be presented at the Los Angeles The
ater on the 18th, 18th and 10Th inst.
The New York Dramatic Mirror and its
editor, Harrison Grey Fiske. have been
| amply vindicated by the action of the
grand jury, which dismissed the two
charges of criminal libel preferred against
Mr.. Fiske by Marc Klaw, a member Of the
theatrical trust. The Mirror says that
reports were telegraphed to the leading
cities variously asserting that Mr. Fiske
| had been held for trial in the Court of Gen
eral Sessions; that he had been indicted
and that he had been convicted of criminal
libel. These unfounded statements were
| published in newspapers in Cncinnati
| Washington, Chicago, San Francisco, New
Orleans, Los Angeles and elsewhere. The
subsequent action of the grand jury sufh-
tcienty exposed the character of these re-
ports and the Mirror is to be congratu-
| lated on the result of its battle.
o O o
Many contradictory statements have
been circulated about the theatrical trust
and the combination is not without sup.
| porters. One of the leading journals OF
New York, Life. has handled this sub
| ject without gloves and in a recent issue
The herald., 1898-04-10

The death OF the actress known by he
stage name of Margaret Mather, which oc-
Cured at Charleston. West Virginia, on
the 7th inst, marks the significant end of
a carer that may serve as a beacon light
of warning, but hardly of encouragement 4,
to the thousands Of women who are strug-
Cling for theatrical distinction.
Margaret Finlayson was born near To-
ronto. Canada, October 81. 1853. Her child
hood was spent in Detroit under conditions
of extreme poverty. Maggie" it is said,
sold papers on the street as a child and was
a hotel dishwasher when half-grown girl.
For some years she lived with her sister
in New York, and in 1878 drfted into a
barn storming company, under George
Edgar. who gave her leading Shakespeare
an roles to play. for which she was. of
course, quite untitled. There must have
beeu something about the girl 10 attract
attention, however, for in 1880 ]. NJ. HILL
a Chicago theatrical Barnum, found her.
and in doing so thought he had found a
gold mine. He easily made contract with
The herald., 1898-04-10

| summed up the condition of theatrical af-
| fairs In the Empire state and as prevailing
over the coutltry as quoted below. The
well-known independence and high char
acter of Life gives considerable weight to
| its utterances on this question. 1t says:
Life herewith presents a design for a
seal to be used by the theatrical trust. This
| is largely work of supererogation, as the
| trust leaves its mark of corruption and de-
| basement on everything it touches. The
| trust has only been in entire control dur
| ing the present season. and the stage itself
has not yet shown the complete decad-
| ence which is bound to come with its longer
enslavements to band of spectators and
adventurers, men whose only standard of
art Is what II can be made to pay in DOL
lars and cents.
New York city is more fortunate than
the other cities of this country because
the trust has not gained control of all its
theaterS. We feel the effects of its ex-
istence, however, in the increased prices
of admission, and in the lowering of stage
morals and the increase of stage filth
Fortunately, the existence of the Fifth
avenue theater, of Dalys and of others
not controlled by the trust, enables New
York to see the artists who have been
blacklisted by the trust, and who, in many
cities where the monopoly controls all the
theaters, cannot find a stage on which to
appear.
Brooklyn people are the latest sufferers
through the existence of the trust, mas
much as through its influence they have
been deprived of the privilege of seeing tho
greatest actress of our daytime. Mod
jeska. A statement of the circumstances
may not be uninteresting, as it shows the
methods of the trust all over the country
''In February, Madame Modjeska played
very successful engagement at the Fifth
Avenue theater in this city. AS this was
an independent house, her offense was
rank, and the trust set in motion the
wheels of punishment She was made the
subject of attacks in the dramatic columns
of the New York Sun, and her manager
found trouble in hiring theaters outside of
New York. A verbal arrangement had
been made directly with the manager of
one of Brooklyn's leading theaters for
Modjeska's appearance during a certain
week. This manager is not a member of
the trust but is afraid of the hardships to
which it might subject him should he dis
obey its commands. The arrangement for
sharing the receipts had been agreed upon,
but when it came to signing the papers
Modjeska was notified by the BROOKLYN
manager that she would have to pay
from her share ten per cent of the whole
amount to two members of the trust, who
claimed the sole right to book attractions
for the theater. Madame Modjeska is not
only great artist, but she is also woman
of spirit, so she promptly declined to SUBJ
nit to the extortion. The result Is that
Brooklyn theater-goers will have no op-
portunity to see Modjeska. and they may
thank the Theatrical trust for u
The herald., 1898-04-10
"Curfew Shall Not Ring"

1t now appears that the bell-rinSins
scene which has done so much for the sue
cess of 1.-THE Heart of Maryland is as old
as almost everything else in the way of
stage sensation. Years ago melodrama
called blanche Heriot, or, The Chertsey
Curfew," was produced either at the Victo-
ria or Surrey theater in London. The hero
of it was to die on the gallows at the first
stroke of the curfew bell and the great
scene showed how his life was saved by his
sweetheart hanging on to the clapper of
the swinging bell and thus preventing it
from sounding.
The herald., 1898-04-10

her by which she placed herself under
his control, first for a course of training
and then for appe arauce as a star. After
two years of seclus.on and study II was
determined to try her on the Chicago pub
lic Hill selected her name of "Mather"
as being good New England appelaton
of respect ability that would excite interest
and besides went alliteratively with her
Chris tian name of Margaret. The press
was adroitly worked and when the de-
butante made her appearance in Chicago,
August 2S, 1882 she was hailed as a sue
cess.
1t was not, however, until October Is,
1855. that she was launched in New York
at the Union Square theater, where she
appeared IN Romeo and Juliet" Her
manager believed in advertising and in
buncomb. He mutilated the text Of the
play, but staged 1t with a magniflcence that
astonished New York. The new Juliet was
not an artistic success. but Hill. knowing
the value of a New York Endorsement, kept
the production going until, as the testi-
mony showed in the suit subsequently
brought against him by Mather. he had
sunk upwards of forty thousand dollars in
the venture. Then he went on the road
with the eclat of success, having the rec
ord Of big New York run, and he made
q pot Of money.
Under the str.ctest of taskmasters, his
star meanwhile had been kept under the
closest of surveillance. She was handsome
and magnetic. had a palpitating animalism
that would attract undesirable surround
ings, SO she was not allowed to be inter-
viewed. she received no letters except
such as her manager first read, and she
wrote none herself-for good reason. OF
course the mpetuous Margaret chafed
under this restriction and finding no other
way out of her bondage she escaped by
jumping over the footlights. so 10 speak,
and on February Is, 1887, she secretly
married a good-natured, penniess, con-
sumptive fellow named Emil Habberkorn,
who was the leader of the orchestra be-
longing to the company. Hill was furious;
lawsuit followed; Margaret claiming
that Hill had swallowed up all the profits
OF her work in expenses. Then she soon
stopped her allowances to Habberkorn and
left him stranded. Later she got a divorce
from him on the ground Of failure to
provide" and I believe the poor devil died
later on. After her divorce she made an
other secret marriage, this time with Gus
:ave G. Pabst son OF the beer man. which
affair turned out unhappiiy and her hus-
band secured divorce from her in 1896,
paying. /; Is said, very considerable sum
In order to get free.
Then Margaret returned to the stage
again, and under the management of B.
Z. whitney of Detroit she was playing in
magnificent production Of "Cymbei!ne"
when she was struck down with an acute
attack of Rights disease. which resulted
IN her death as above stated.
Margaret Mather furnishes one of the
most striking examples Of the machine
The herald., 1898-04-10
Personal

Charles Coghlan will present a new play
In April at Cleveland.
Eddie Foy will star next season in a new
French farce that is being adapted for him.
Juliet Crosby reappears this week in the
Burbank bill. taking a prominent part in
'1ncog."
j. H. Ryley sailed on the 9th inst. to be
present at Charles Hawtreys London pro-
duction of play by Madeleine Lucette
Ryley.
Courtnay Thorpe will appear at the
Royalty theater, London, on Easter Mon
day in dramatization of 'The Light That
Failed"
Charles Dickson proposes to return to
vaudeville. for which he has secured two
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