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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1903-08-26
No. 81

nearly so large, so elegant or so
expensive for the time in which it is
being built or the wealth of the
county, as was the old building.
How we are building wisely in doing
the thing right from the beginning,
and how the future generations will
point to it as the work of honest, sem
sible men, laboring for the best in
terests of themselves and their neigh
bors, and expressed the hope that the
building would be completed upon the
same substantial, adequate scale in
which it has been commenced. He
paid deserved tribute to the Board
of Supervisors for their splendid
disposition of the charge placed in
their hands, to the city of Decorah
for it's progressive, up-to-date spirit
and progress, and to the county for
its magnificent, wealthy farms. and
sturdy, patriotic, citizens. Inter-
mingled throughout the addr IS were
stories that shook the sides of the
listeners with laughter, and again an
eloquent sentimental strain that al
most turned them to tears. 1t was
an address such as we have seldom
heard. and regret that we cannot print
it in full. 1t elected the highest praise
from all who heard it, and he had no
difficulty in holding the rapt attention
of the crowd which stood up in the
drizzling rain throughout the entire
After the speech the ceremonies
closed and many spent pleasant hour
the progress of the work on
the new building. all being agreed
that at least so far the work was be-
ing done in manner satisfactory to
the people and complimentary to the
and the men under his
charge.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1903-08-26
IOWA AT THE WORLDS FAIR.
First State Building to be Finished on the
ST. Louis Exposition Grounds. Ey.
hibits Now Being Prepared.

| 1oN stdte DuilulHS al tic NOiAu
Fair is practically finished. The
| framework was completed in the lat
ter part of July. The work of apply
ing the staff on the exterior is nearly
finished, and workmen are rapidly
completing the interior work. Iowant
are proud of the fact that they were
the first to start work on the Plateau
of States, and are prouder still that
they were the first to complete their
state building
The building has two stories and an
attic It is 100x125 feet, and cost
$44. .000 At each end is a semicircular
colonnade portico, two stories high.
The first floor has rotunda which
may be used'as an assembly room, a
check room, custodian's office, bureau
of information, post office, telegraph
office. two secretary's rooms and stor-
age room. On the second floor are two
large rooms for the Governor and
Executive Commissioners, a ladies'
par lor, gentlemen's parlor, which
NAV be used for exhibition rooms, aud
also reading rooms and press rooms.
Promenades surround the building at
the ground level and on the second
story level, about 50 feet from the
ground, the latter expanding into
large porches above the semicircular
porticos. The main entrance is in the
center of the long side, and consists
of classic pediment carried on six
large Corinthian columns. In the
tympanum of the pediment is the
Iowa coat of arms, and on the entabla-
ture of the pediment the inscription
"Iowa." The rotunda on the first
floor is shaped like Greek cross, and
extends up to the top of the cupola, a
height of over 100 feet.
The work of collecting Iowa's exhi-
bit for the Worlds Fair at st. Louis
is progressing rapidly. Each Iowa
commissioner is actively engaged in
the work of his department.. Exhibits
of agriculture, horticulture, dairy
ing, live stock, manufacturing and
mining will be made. An extensive
educational exhibit, an art exhibit,
and, in short, exhibits in all branches
of activity that are of importance. are
in preparation.
For the educational display, schools
and colleges throughout the state are
preparing specimens of their work.
For this exhibit $l2, 900 has been al
lotled out of the state appropriation
of 1925. 900, and $4,000 square feet of
space has been taken in the Educa-
tional Building.
Much attention is being given to the
brick and tile manufacturing indus
tries of Iowa. Specimens will be
shown of the work done at brick and
tile factories, from the time when a
mere lump of clay is taken from the
ground, until it is worked into the
finished article. The Iowa brick and
tile industry has never been properly
represented at any national exposition.
and as it is regarded as one of the
most important industries of the state,
Commissioner Edward d. Brigham.
who is in charge of the manufacturing
exhibit, is working hard to make the
display a commendable one.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1903-08-26

Many different cards of thanks have
appeared in newspapers but Oswego,
Kansas claims the prize with one
from FIVE prisoners of the Labette
county Jail who begged to thank the
county for the good meals, kind treat
ment and compulsory baths.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1903-08-26

Ella Wheeler Wilcox says she has
not been able to find the ideal man.
This is certainly startling discovery
and entities Ella to distinction. We
Judge. from what we have seen of
Elias sentimental stuff in the papers
that when she finds him he will be
wearing the sweetest kind of under
wear all trimmed in lace insertions.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1903-08-26

This year Porto Rico reports 1000
schools, with 10000 pupils. II five
years its roads have increased from
17S miles to 32S. All it's revenue,
amounting to $2,5OO.0O0 a year, is
spent within it's own boundaries. and
the present surplus in its treasury is
l,00C, ZOO. This is typical instance
of American imperialism.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1903-08-26

According to recent census bulle-
tin the percentage of increase in
population in the United States was
207 per cent between 1890 and 1900.
For the first time in the coUntry's
history the southern states show a
greater percentage of gain than the
northern, due largely to the heavy
immigration into the southwest.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1903-08-26

There are 526 islands numbered on
the chart of the Mississippi north of
the mouth of the Illinois river, be-
sides many little fellows that are not
considered "towheads. 4"
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1903-08-26

In France, when a funeral passes,
every man raises his hat to salute it.
The deceased person may have been a
child, pauper, beggar it is no
matter, the cortege is saluted by
every man, whether he be prince, mil
lionaire or mendicant It is good
and lovely custom.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1903-08-26

A telegram from Milwaukee says
that process has been discovered
whereby first class whiskey can be
made from sorghum for only cents a
gallon. The first cost of whiskey is
very small. Before the war good corn
whiskey retailed at sixteen cents a
gallon and there was a large profit in
it at that. It is the tax and license
that constitute the cost. Formerly
any little jim Grow dealer could put
in still and make his own liquor
from apple parings that contained
sugar When the government stepped
in to regulate the manufacture it
necessitated employing larger capital
hence the enormous distilleries Of the
present day and the whiskey trust.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1903-08-26

A flock of oStriches at Phoenix, Ari-
zona, now numbers more than 1000
birds.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1903-08-26

The display on the part of the rich
before the eyes of the poor is the
cause of much unhappiness and more
divorces and separations than one can
think of.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1903-08-26

Unfortunately the people the world
would like most to be rid of are never
the ones who get mixed up in the
tunnel accidents.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1903-08-26

Have a purpose in life. and having
it throw such strength of mind and
muscle into your work as God has
given you.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1903-08-26

The number of employees of the rail
ways of the United States at the close
of last year was /, ,lS9.3l5, an increase
for the year of llS. l46.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1903-08-26

In southern India the school master:
have AZ different kinds of punishment
for naughty boys
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1903-08-26

There are in the United States /
$40, 220 railway cars and IL ,22S loco
motives.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1903-08-26

A genius has been figuring out how
many ancestors man has. First, he
takes your father and mother-that
makes two human beings. Each of
these must also have a father and
mother-that makes four more human
beings. Each of these must have lad
a father and mother-and that makes
eight more human beings. So he goes
on back fifty-six generations which
brings him TO the time of Jesus
Christ. The calculation thus result.
ing shows that lS0, ,235. OF, ,4S9, 534. 976, :
45S births must have taken place in
order to bring you into this world
you who read these lines.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1903-08-26

Be a servant to no but one business,
but make that business serve you.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1903-08-26

Lord Salisbury, the noted English
statesman and premier, died Satur-
day. He was in public life for fifty
years.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1903-08-26

The man who can convince others
that he has a correct opinion of him.
self has won more than half the battle.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1903-08-26
CURRENT COMMENT

There are in Montana the finest
glaciers in the world.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1903-08-26
REPUBLICAN COUNTY CONVENTION.

A delegate Republican Convention OF the
Republicans OF Winnesheik County, Iowa, Is
hereby called TO be held in the Grand opera
house in Decorah, Iowa.
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER IL, 1903,
at the hourof 1:S0 O'Clock p. M, for the pur-
pose of nominating candidates for the follow
Ing county offices:
County Superintendent of Schools.
County Treasurer.
Sheriff
Surveyor.
Coroner.
Coroner.
And a cand didate for Representative from
from this (SSth) District in the next General
Assembly, and Thy the delegates from such
District) nominate member of the Board of
Supervisors for the Fourth Supervisors Dis
trict. Also to name a County Central Com
mittee for the ensuing year, and for the trans
action of such other business as may properly
come before the convention.
Under the usual apportion onment such con-
vention will be constituted as follows:
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1903-08-26

An exchange speaks of the game of
gossip" which is having quite run
in some localities in the east. 1t is
played with photographs They are
shuffied and dealt out like cards,
every one in the party receiving a
photo. It is then the play to tell
every mean thing that can be thought
of about the party photographed. We
know of localities where that game
has been played for years without
photographs.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1903-08-26
Subscription Price $1.5O per year.
Ohice-317 West Water Street.
Telephone No. Is.

~p!e
REPUBLICAN TICKET.
For Governor
A. b. CUMMINS,
of Des Moines.
For Lieutenant Governor
JOHN HERRIOTT,
of Stuart.
For State uperintendent-
JOHN F. RIGGS,
OF Sigoumey.
For Judge of Supreme Court
CHARLES A. BISHOP,
of Des Moines.
For Railroad Commissioner
COL. DAVID j. PALMER,
Of Washington.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1903-08-26

has been played for years without
photographs.
Don't fool away your money Oh in
vestment companies. When man
represents that his company will pay
you thirty or fifty per cent in 80 days
or year on some bond scheme, don't
you believe him. The country is full
of fellows who can make fortunes for
other people but never make cent for
themselves. These concerns have no
way of making your dollar into two
dollars by series of loans. Some
fellow is going to get left in the deal.
"Good morning" Only two words
and so easy to say. And yet, cheer
fully said, they brighten not only
your waking hours but those of all
with whom you come in contact. To-
day is almost gone and you can't we'll
mend what has gone amiss. suppose
you begin tomorrow with CHEEKY,
magnetic good morning to all whom
you meet. Try it, and, our word for
it, the suns beams will fall with new
gentleness and toll will not seem quite
so cherries.
An observing individual says a man
can today wear paper shoes and
clothes, eat from paper dishes. paper
knives and forks at paper table, sit
OH paper chairs, read the news in a
paper, sleep on a paper bedstead in a
room carpeted with paper, wash in a
paper tub or bowl, live in paper
house, ride in a paper car or carriage,
sail in paper boat. be rocked in a
paper cradle. be fed with paper
spoon, take pop or toddy out of a
paper bottle and be buried in a paper
coffin.
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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1903-08-26

Entered at the post office in Decorah
Iowa. as second Glass Mail Matter.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-06-02
Pleasant Ridge, ". Va.

Miss Pearl Keller Is on the sick
list.
The rain came and was very &C
ceptable.
Everybody get ready to take a
ride on the "kars.
Miss Lou Starkey spent Monday
with friends at Next.
S. G. Starkey spent Sunday at
Mr.. Arthur Ankrom's
&C. Fetty made business trip
to Sistersville, Saturday
James Fetty spent Sunday with
his uncle, D. W. Wilcox.
Mrs. Ada Mccoy spent Sunday
with friends at Middlebourne.
Miss Nancy Fetty spent Sunday
with her friend Nettie Headley.
Mrs. Lin Headley was shopping
at Dog Town, one day last week.
Miss Mary Headley spent Thurs
day with friends at Middlebourne.
Miss Ella Starkey was calling on
Mr., J. E. Epgle, Thursday
evening.
Sampson Keller Is at home visit
Ing his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. I.
&. Keller.
Miss Marchie ~Fetty spent Sun
day with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
G. c. Fetty.
Mrs. W. H. Wetzel spent Satur.
day and Sunday with friends at
Gorrels Run.
Mrs. A. L. Stsckpole visited her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Glover OF
Indian Creek.
Ben Starkey and wife spent Sun.
day with their daughter, Mrs.
Pearl Hissom.
Miss Anna Wetzel returned
home Sunday from an extended
visited with friends.
E M. Roome, of Pine Grove,
was here one day last week looking
after the interests of his farm.
The Buck Run crew were seen
Sunday evening vending their way
into Middlebourne, singing their
favorite song, dolly Grey"
Charley Starkey has been en-.
ployed tor the last week bugging
his potatoes. He thinks his
neighbors had better be doing the
same.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-06-02

If you don't your food does not
do you much good. Kopol Dys-
pepsia Cure Is the remedy that
every one should take when there
Is anything wrong with the stom-
ach. There Is no way TO maintain
the health and strength Of mind
and body except by nourishment.
There Is no way to nourish except
through the stomach, The stom-
ach must be kept healthy, pure and
sweet or the strength will let down
and disease we'll set up. No appe-
lite, loss of strength, nervousness,
headache, constipation, bad breath,
sour risings. riftlng, indigestion,
dyspepsia and all stomach troubles
are quickly cured by the use OF
Kodol Dyspepsia Cure. Sold by
Opera House Drug Store
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-06-02
Brain-FOOd Nonsense.

Another rediculus food fad has
been branded by the most compe-
tent authorities They have dis
PEELED the silly notion that one
kind of food Is needed for brain,
another for muscle, and still an
other for bones. A correct diet
will not only nourish a particular
part of the body, but will sustain
every other part. Yet. however
good your food may be, Its nutri-
ment Is destroyed by indigestion or
dyspepsia. You must prepare for
their appearance or prevent their
comming by taking regular doses OF
Green's August Flower, the favor.
lite medicine OF the healthy millions.
A few doses aids digestion, stimu.
lates the liver to healthy action,
puri6es the blood and makes you
feel buoyant and vigorous. You
can get DR.. Green's reliable RENE
dies at D. A. Hendershot's.
Get Green's Special Almanac.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-06-02

George Schaub, we'll known
German citizen of New Lebanon,
Ohio, Is a constant reader of the
Dayton Volkszeitung. He knows
that his paper aims TO advertise
only the best In It's columns, and
when he saw Chamberlain's Pain
Balm advertised therein for lame
back, he did not hesitate In buying
a bottle of 1t for his wife, who for
eight weeks had suffered with the
most terrible pains In her back aud
could get no relief He says. "Af
ter using the Pain Balm for few
days my wife said to me, 4 feel as
though born anew and before
using the entire contents Of the
bottle the unbearable pains hsd
entirely vanished and she could
again take up her household du-
ties" He Is very thankful and
hopes that all suffering likewise
will hear of her wonderful discov.
cry. This valuable liniment Is for
sale by c. W. Grier.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-06-02

There is more catarrh In this
section of the country than all
other diseases put together, and
until the last few years was sup
posed to be incurable. For great
many years doctors pronounced 1t
local disease and prescribed local
remedies, and by constantly falling
to cure with local treatment, pro-
nounced 1t incurable. Science has
proven catarih to be constitution
al disease and and therefore requires
constitutional treatment. Halls
Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F.
J. Cheney & Co.. Toledo. Ohio, Is
the only constitutional cure on the
market. 1t Is taken internally In
doses from ten drops to a teaspoon
full. It acts directly on the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system.
They offer one hundred dollars for
any case 1t fails to cure. Send for
circulars and testimonials.
Address,
F. J. CHENEY & Co,
Toledo, o.
Sold by druggists 75c.
Hall's Family Pills are the best.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-06-02
HE "NAME3 NAMES"
A Correspondent Who Violated the
German Journalistic Code.

A Correspondent Who Violated the
German Journalistic Code.
The American newspaper thinks it
essential to make clear the source of
important statements. An interview
with a nameieSs statesman whose
identity cannot even be guessed FROM
the context is put down in American
newspaper parlance as "a fake But
the opposite method is the method III
the continental countries of Europe.
There it is an objectionable otense TO
name your informant.
This knowledge purchased at rath-
er an incOnvenient price when l mad
been but three months in Berlin as cor
respondent of the American Associated
Press. 1t was in the early autumn OF
1894. Bismarck's successor in the IN
safe chair of the imperial chancellor.
General Count Caprivi, had resigned
early in the evening after a stormy
meeting with the kaiser. At 10 O'Clock
that night Caprivi accorded me an Ill
terview. He did not request that his
naIle DG LII iL4S 4oANN0
l quoted him in my cablegram that
night His talk to me had been brief.
but to the point. He had told me OF
the causes that had led to his loss or
favor with the kaiser and to his retire
ment.
But I had unwittingly violated one
of the first principles in the code OF
German journalistic ethics. And l
reaped a whirlwind Of abuse for 1t,
THAT news is bogus-must be bogus
you know" said the German newspa-
pers and their correspondents, for.
don't you see, he has quoted Caprivi."
For years the reputation thus earned
made my work doubly hard. When
ever happened into one of the de-
partments a whisper ran round, THAT
is the man who names names"
never quite got over this during my
long stay in Berlin.-Wolf Won Schier-
brand in Worlds Work. -
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-06-02

A J. PORTER,
ArToRNEY-AT.LAwA AND NOTARY PUBLIC
Special attention given TO the
Oil business.
81, Mays, W. VI,
opposite the Pleassnts County Bank. ISIS ~
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-06-02
The soldiers Last March.

WHY is it that the most solemn serV.
ice ever devised by man, the stately
hush of the vast cathedral, the impos-
ing robes, the stained glass windows,
the pealing organ, all fade into insig'
nificance beside that soul stirring, sim
pie act-the .trumpeting out Of taps
over the body of a dead soldier? No
man who has ever heard it, either on
the field of battle. at the quiet army
post or in the haven Of these weak and
shattered units of the Grand Army OF
the Republic, ever forgets it. For the
bugle notes seem to take into their own
all embracing cadence the tears, the
memories, the shattered hopes and the
long farewell. - John L. Rath0m in
Scribner'S.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-06-02
BEAUMONT TEXAS
OIL FIELDS.

Through sleeping car from Chicag,
without change and through sleeping
ear reservations from Cincinnati viz
Memphis, Temp, to
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-06-02
Kidwell, W. Va.

We are having a good deal Of
rain.
Mrs. John Workman Is GONZALES.
cling.
Mrs. Lazear Is no better at this
writing.
Wheat and oats, are going to he
short this year.
A. S. Wilson, of Ohio, Is visit
Ing relatives here.
Farmers of this place are still
blowing and planting corn.
T. B. Watkins finished planting
corn on May 20. He Is hustler,
w. R. A. Wilson Is on the sick
list and W. F. Clark Is waiting on
him.
R. J. Miner U. S. Mail contract
or purchased farm on Point Pleas,
ant Creek.
J. B. Lacy was hunting up hands
one day last week. He said they
were hard to find.
Miss Edith Miner Is visiting her
friends at Moundsville and will re-
turn home Sunday.
Clifford Morrow, Of Sistersville,
was seen passing through here
yesterday on business.