Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1903-08-05

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It is announced that the populist
will hold . state convention at Dea
Moines August 7th.
The housewives (and husbands too
will hail with delight the news tina
several hundred Swedish servant girl
are on their way to Iowa.
The receipts of the state of low,
from all sources for the biennia
period ending June 30th were $6.177,
855. so. OF this sum nearly q quartel
of q million came from collateral in
heritance tax.
That new fad among the girls is no
cigarette smoking, however much i
may appear to be. 1t is simply tn,
carrying of wands of Chinese punk
which give forth an aromatic odol
and is said to drive away mosquitoes
A whole lot of fools have been bit
ing of late upon new fake PROPOSE
tion of selling schools books upon the
installment plan. the purchasers il
each instance giving their notes in ad
vance payment for books which fail t(
arrive.
Adjutant General Byers has received
from the Rock Island arsenal for the
Iowa national guard regiments l,59(
Krag -Jorgenson rifles, with belts
bayonets and scabbartis. With the 5O(
the state already had, this is enough
to equip the entire guard.
In its session at Des Moines last
week the Iowa Bankers Association
passed resolutions offering rewards Of
$1,000 for the arrest and conviction Of
any bank robber in the state, or gang
of robbers, and $500 reward for infor.
nation leading to the conviction Of q
bank robber.
The Iowa Indians in Oklahoms
have q bed quilt that is novel in the
extreme, and not the sort of thing q
man would wish to sleep under. 1t il
FIVE feet square and made entirely OF
human scalps. 1t is one of the most
sacred relics of the tribe. and is sup
posed to cure any disease.
There's a good joke OH the Crestor
a good democratic paper
which is enthusiastically booming the
of its fellow citizen and the
candidate for governor oi
Iowa, Hon. j. B. Sullivan, in that i,
asserts that the rumoret
of Mr.. Sullivan from Crestor
to Des Moines is absolutely without
Ottumwa retail merchants have de-
cided by q unanimous vote of their as
sociation that they will no longer ad
vertise in programs. railway time
cards, church and society directories
etc. Most Of the money spent in thii
way is money thrown away. and the
frequency with which calls of thil
kind are made is drain upon many
business men.
The Gear Of Russia is in favor oi
universal peace, still he has the larg
est army in the world. He has more
officers than we have officers and mer
in our regular army. His troops ex
ceed 1000, 900. He could increase the
number to 8, ZOO, 900 and could put into
the field 500, 900 Of the best horses il
the world. A private does not receive
more than one cent q day.
Iowa day at the Trans. Mississippi
exposition will be June II. 1904. Thil
will be the 2Slst anniversary Of the
discovery Of Iowa by Marquette and
Joliet. It will be great day for thi'
state as preparations are already being
made to have very low excursion
rates and everything will be done
to make the day grand one in thu
history of the state and the exposition.
Announcement 10 made by the ex
ecutive council Of The Modern Wood
men Of America that Lieut.. Gov. w.
A. Northcott, Of Greenville. ILL.,, hal
been appointed past head counsul at 8
salary Of $4,000 year. He has beer
engaged to write . history Of thu
order. to revise the ritual. and Il