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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-11-01
CALM AR.
from our regular correspondent

from our regular correspondent
Oct. 80, 1905.
Mrs. Dolly and Eva returned from
Chicago Tuesday.
The class of 1906 was entertained
by Miss Minnie Meyer Friday evening
Sivart Kittlesbv was at Minneapolis
Monday.
Mrs. Ellingson entertained the Ger
man Ladies' Aid Society Tuesday
afternoon.
Mrs. Ralph Johnson's mother, Mrs.
Ostrander, of LYLE, Mimi, has come
to make an extended visit here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Addy Jewell, of De-
corah, were here between Trains to
visit relatives Tuesday. They were
over to see Floyd Sanders, who is
slowly recovering from typhoid fever.
Mrs. Joe Becker entertained about
thirty ladies at cards Thursday eve
ming.
The Ladies Aid Society is soil
citing for a rummage sale which is TO
be in progress III about two weeks.
A surprise party was given for Mrs.
Sever Grundeland Wednesday evening.
A very ENJOYABLE time was reported.
Paul Ode entertained a number of
little friends at a birthday party
Saturday afternoon.
Truman Wolfe is now attending
the Valdez Business college at DEBORAH
The John Mcdonald Concert Com
pany went TO Cresco Saturday to give
a concert there that night.
Pete Peterson and Miss Bertha
Miller have returned from Chicago.
Miss Vashti Kaye is visiting re-
latives in Cresco this week.
Very unique invitations have been
sent out by May Millward inviting
her girl friends TO Halloween party.
Mrs. S. Clark gave quilting bee
Wednesday afternoon.
The girls basket ball team of Cresco
challenged the Calmar girls in Il
match game Saturday afternoon at
Cresco. A game was also arranged
between the boys of the two places.
They were met at the train by the
Cresco team, the game resulting in
score of to s in favor of Cresco for
the girls game, and the boys being
to il, also in favor of Cresco. This
being the first match game for the
Calmar teams they are not dishearten-
ed, and expect return game with the
Cresco girls next Saturday. AT Gal
mar. The Cresco people are royal en-
tertainers and nothing but praise is
4 heard from all for the fairness and
courtesy received. A reception was
held in the evening at Edna Mabon S
home.
Miss Annie Winger returned from
DEBORAH Saturday.
Misses Title ..sand Francis" Hauber
Awere at Ossian2 Friday. - , = 1900
Frank Deily went to Austin Satur-
gday. -: -.
News came to Mr.. and Mis-. Dostal
that a child was born to DR.. and Mrs.
Walendar, of Wenatchee, Wash.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-11-01

y Barney Wenthold has rentedi the
200-acre Holohan farm six miles south
east of Ossian, and expects to move
thereon in the spring. He is at pre-
sent on the Theo. Rosa farm, and will
move in time to make room for his
successor, Geo. ]. Brother, of Festina.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-11-01

Miss Isabel Bake, of Washington
Prairie is the guest this week or John
Moe and family. She is cousin of
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-11-01
CANOE
m our regular correspondent

. From our regular correspondent
Oct. 30, 1905.
Miss Nellie Slinde returned to her
home in Wisconsin Tuesday after an
extended visit with Canoe friends.
Nels Fadnes is having new furnace
put in his house.
Henry Spilde returned home Tuesday
from Willow Lake, South Dakota
The new school house is being
finished this week with the intention
of opening school Monday, November
9Th.
Ole Nelson, of DEBORAH, transacted
business in this vicinity Friday.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-11-01
Insist upon having Funk's chloe,

Insist upon having Funk's choco-
lates. Pure. delicious. wholesome.
Funke on each piece. Hills restaurant.
Try the San Felice five cent
straight cigar. Brunt & Parmau.
-By-and-by" is half brother to
"I-for-got. Have Reynolds make
your photos and do it now.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-11-01

In 1919. Deceased left one son living
in Spring Valley, Minnesota, who was
present at the obsequies. The funeral
was held at the U. b. church Thurs
day. Rev. Smith, of Calmar, preached
the funeral sermon.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-11-01

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FOR RENT-Three big rooms. En-
quire Even Olson at Pcsten. 42-3
FOR SALE-Two good heating stoves.
George M. Stevens 44-1pd
FOR RENT-Four rooms over O. j.
Ness grocery store, eight dollars per
months E. @. Shaw. 43tf
FOR SALE-Two good building lots
in West DEBORAH near college
Grounds. Atty. G. S. Boice.
LOST-A ladies' gold watch and
chain. Finder please return to I.
this office. 44-1pd.
FOR SALE room house in South
DEBORAH, 31a acres of land. Inquire
BIZ at this office.
PASTURE-Fine pasture and stable
room for horses during the winter.
Write Jefferson Gaffney, r. II. D.,
No. /, DEBORAH. Iowa 43-2pd
WANTED-Hides and Poultry highest
price paid for the same. Fred Reum
d 90. 1878
ROOMS FOR RENT-Four nice
rooms for family or Office rooms,
over Hedges bakery. Emil Rosen-
thai. Aft
FOR RENT-Store building three
doors from post office. Inquire this
Office or 500 Winnebago street. 4ltf.
FOR RENT Good warm house for
small family. Inquire Mrs. 0. w.
Emery.
LOST-Girl's gold bowed spectacles.
Finder please return TO Herb.
Headington. 1873
WANTED-A position as stenographer
for evening work. Address Phi
Koppa, care of Public Opinion.
44-lpd
FOR SALE OR RENT-My residence
in West DEBORAH. AZ lots. room
house. barn, wood house. cistern and
well. All in good condition. w.
o. Nordheim.
THE WARMEST HOUSE in town,
near school, above high water, in
first class repair. If YOU want it
quick, it's $3.50. One-half down,
balance to suit. See w. f. Baker
at the National Bank. 43 tt. . ..:e...
FOR SSALE- Twenty-Five rams,
thoroughbred Shropshires. Also
angus bulls. Write F. H. Lyon,
Worthingon, Mimi, or inquire \.
w. Lyon, Winneshiek bar. DEBORAH.
42-4 pd
WANTED Gentleman or lady with
good reference to travel bv rail or
with a rig. Salary S1.012 per year
and expenses: salary paid weekly
and expenses advanced. Address
with stamp, Jos. a. Alexander,
DEBORAH, Iowa. 43-1pd.
FOR SALE-Two yearling Poland
China bears and fifteen spring boars.
Also some Chester White boars and
sows. Farm three miles northeast
of Burr Oak. Can deliver TO De-
corah. Nicholas Richert. Prosper.
Mimi. 40-4pd.
WANTED-By Chicago Manufactur-
ing House. person of trustworthiness
and somewhat familiar with local
territory as assistant in branch office.
Salary SIS paid weekly. Permanent
position. No investment required.
Previous experience not essential
to engaging. Address, Manager
Branches. Como Block Chicago. Alp
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-11-01

COLUMN

Rates-One Cent per word. Nothing
less than ten cents.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-11-01

-Funke's Chocolates. Name ON
each piece. None better. Few as
good. Hills restaurant.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-11-01
:. NJ. & St. P. Excursions to Minneapolis

November 3rd, good TO return until
November 9Th for the Wisconsin Min
nesota football game, S5.SS for the
round trip. November 18th good to
return until November Goth, for the
Minnesota Nebraska football game,
So. 3S for the round trip.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-11-01

-" Peerless" wa fers. velvet to the
touch. The best Lozenge made. DC
per package. assorted fiavoIs. Insist
on having Peerless. Hills
restaurant.
We want to make a good show of
Winneshiek County's corn. 1t only
takes four of your best ears of corn
ana We can make the finest display in
Iowa. Bears.
The Daytona gazette=news. (Daytona, Fla.) 1901-1922, 1905-02-18
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MIR Wan ). Crane, ot California Md,
suffered for two years from rheumatism
aud lumhaGo He was finally advised
to- Try Chamberlain Pain Balm which
hc did and 1t effected a complete cure.
This lium,ut i Tor sale los all druggists
The Daytona gazette=news. (Daytona, Fla.) 1901-1922, 1905-02-18

Col : II. NorvaI, Of tn | :.
army, and Adjutant General J c.
X. Foster. are to begin this week
the annual inspection Of the Florida
state troop. in their various quarters.
The Daytona gazette=news. (Daytona, Fla.) 1901-1922, 1905-02-18
TWELVE HUNDRED CONvlClS.
This il The Number G!Aon,iclS That
Makes Revenue Of SiS0.O0O
For florida.

Under the terms of the present
lease system the State Of Florida re-
ceives, quarterly. in advance, from
the Florida Naval Stores Company,
the present lessees, Sl5l % per cap
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-12-30
Gown a Newspaper Hit.

Superb paper gowns have been
seen before, but some of the cos.
tunes at TuXedos paper ball last
week showed what the folk of the
smart set really can do in this line
once they put their minds to it. The
women were pictures in exquisite ere
atoms designed by Paris dressmakers
while the men made rather poor
showing in comparison. Of course,
things were easier for the women,
for to make pretty gowns out of pa
per IS not so very difficult. 1t was
hard to believe in some cases that
the robes were not of some other fab
rio, so graceful and dainty were they,
with the latest touch of fashion about
them. One very lovely one was OF
white crepe paper decorated with
wreaths of tiny pink paper roses and
leaves. 1t had a full skirt, just trail"
ing a little, with a deep f1ounce, set
on with a large cord piping just as
silk and chiffon evening gowns arc
being trimmed. The pointed girdle
was of green paper on frame to hold
it firm, and there were small puffed
sleeves with decorations of little ros'
es like those on the skirt. One wo-
man departed from the crepe paper
scheme and appeared in a most at
tractive dress of newspapers, gather
ed from all corners of the globe. The
skirt was made on foundation of
crepe paper and had three f1ounces.
all made of the titles of newspapers.
The bodice was completed by the
skillful arrangement of smaller head
lines finished by black paper girdle.
This gown furnished the wearer with
plenty of topics for conversation and
also furnished up the wits of others.
"That gown ought to make a hit in
the papers," was the jealous COM
ment of one particular observer who
had been known to run after the So
ciety reporters with typewriter de-
scriptions of her robes.-New York
Press.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-12-30
Highways of sweden.

At the st. Louis Good Roads conven-
ton Captain A. H. Bernhardt, of Stock
holm, Sweden, referring to the matter
Of how the Swedish government and
Congress gave their aid and support in
building good roads, said that the
means for building roads were appro-
priated by Congress in funds partly for
estimating the cost and partly for the
construction of the roads.
The means are distributed by the
government and Congress, with sug
gestions from the State Engineering
Department" he said. 1.-The whole
country is divided into road maintain
ing districts, each one being independ-
ent of the other. All expenses of main
tanning the public roads are betrayed
by the respective districts, with the ex-
ception Of 10 per cent that is paid by
the State. When a road is to be built
application is made for an estimate of
the cost of same and specifications, and
this work is carried out by officials Of
the State Engineering Department.
IF these estimates meet approval
the road district can apply for means
from the fund to carry out this work.
and if the government feels satisfied
that there are good reasons for the con-
struction Of this road the government
appropriates twO-thirds Of the estimat-
ed cost and authorizes the proposed
specifications. Then the district has to
sign a contract with the State Engi-
neering Department, in which it is
specified mainly that the road is to be
constructed in specified time and in
accordance with the specifications and
thereafter to be maintained, and it is
also subject to forfeiture in case Of not
being in accordance with contract
''While in progress the work must be
in charge Of an engineer recommended
by the State Engineering Department,
and the work is supervised by an Off
cial Of the same department"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-12-30
Good Roads Method.

A correspondent of the Michigan
Farmer, in speaking Of the Good Roads
convention held in Port Huron, COM
mends highly the address Of Hon. A.
w. Campbell, Of Toronto, who ex-
planned the system in vogue in Toron-
to. He said they used to have the
statute labor law by which each town
ship had a great number Of overseers.
He knew Of one township that had
tifty-twO overseers, and in that town
ship there was generally a new one in
each district each year. One Of them
would build the road eighteen feet
wide, another twenty-five feet wide,
and some forty feet, and the next year
a new one would reduce the width
where one made it wide and another
would widen the narrow road, so it
was always being changed and a share
Of the work lost each year. SO they
never had any good roads until they
adopted their present system, which is
the payment Of road tax in money
and they have one commissioner In
each township to oversee all Of the
roads and eXpend the money. He adj
yocated the establishment of gravel
pits where good gravel could be gotten
to put on the roads, and said his ex
perience had been that good, clean
gravel would outlast most of the
broken stone. He was in favor of ce-
ment culverts-said they had molds,
four different sizes-and they put
gangs Of men in gravel pits and made
up the blocks and left them in pit ali
winter to season, then next season got
them as they wanted them. For very
large culverts they arched them over
even to the width Of twenty and thirty
feet. He said do not be afraid to use
plenty Of cement. This authority
claims there can be no progress made
on our roads under a statute labor
law. He claimed any good competent
man could build roads, and he advo-
Gated about a twenty-foot roadway,
with nine feet of gravel surface, with
a gradual slope each way to bitches,
and, above all, good bitches and drain
age
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-12-30
s'S't3ra1ah
2z5SzGstoy1N

One Of the best known featherad
creatures in India Is the paddy bird.
A traveller says Of him: The paddv
bird is not afflicted with shyness. He
is far too lazy to be disturbed by the
approach of human beings. So confid-
ing is he that the natives OF India
call him the blind heron. l once saw
one of these birds standing notion
less at the waters edge, within ten
feet of a gruntlng, perspiring washer
man who was dashing some clothes to
pieces against stone in a dirty duck
pOnd-that is the way washing is done
In India. Neither individual took the
least notice of the other"
OF the methods used by birds to
teach their young to swoop down upon
game: II heard the distant scream
ing Of a hawk, which I shortly saw
swiftly approaching from the moors.
As it came nearer it was greeted by
answering screams from the trees on
the steep and lofty river bank oppo-
site, from which a couple Of hawks
darted upward, when the fastening
bird, above them, suddenly dropped or
flung from its feet toward them d
dead bird, apparently a thrush, after
which they instantly dashed, but
seemed to miss it, as it appeared to me
to have dropped through the trees to
the ground. No doubt the parent bird
was thus giving a lesson to it's young"
OF heronry a naturalist says: ut
Is not, to put it mildly, a savory place.
On the island in question nearly every
available building site was occupied.
The nest Is roughly put together plat
form of sticks and does not strike ono
as being at all a safe nursery. Baby
herons are, If possible, uglier than the
ordinary run Of nestlings, their appear
ance being rendered most grotesque by
patches Of long hairlike feathers stud
ded over the body. I took down one
young bird in order to have a good
look at him. While handling him a
whole frog, fully two inches in length,
dropped out Of him, and, judging from
the distention Of his corporation there
must have been several more inside
him! tried to return the frog to him,
and most amusing were the attempts
he made to swallow it; but 1 lacked the
skill of his parents, and in the end
was obliged to cut up the frog and
force it piecemeal into his gullet."
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-12-30

This was a great experiment, as It
was only six years before this that
Stephenson had run his famous loco
motive, the Rocket" from Manches-
ter to Liverpool, and as yet the whole
of Canada did not possess single line
Of railway operated by steam power.
Her crew consisted of twenty-six
men, and she was we'll armed with five
nine-pounder guns.
On Aug. %, 1885, under command Of
Captain David Home, the Beaver, in
company with the Columbia, sailing
vessel of $40 tons burden, built by the
Hudson's Bay Company as an escort,
babe farewell to England and started
on her long and memorable cruise.
Although designed and constructed
for the use Of steam, and in every req
uisite fully equipped steamship, it
appears unlikely that the Beavers en-
g1nes were used continuously during
the whole of the Atlantic passage.
Still, the distinction Of being the first
steamship to cross the Atlantic from
east to west is undoubtedly hers. The
first attempts to cross the ocean with
steam as motive power were made by
ships sailing from the west. The Roy
al William, built in 1S3O-1S31, at Que
bec crossed in 1888 from Pictou to
London, making the passage in twenty
five days, but it was not until 1898
that vessels succeeded in making
nearly, if not quite, the entire west
ward journey under steam.
The Beavers destination was the old
Hudson's Bay trading post-Fort Van
couver, on the Columbia river, oppo-
site the site Of the present city Of
Portland, Ore The Atlantic ocean
was safely crossed and Cape Horn
reached without incident, and then
Captain Home turned his midget
steamers Prov northward into the
Pacific. "She was the first that ever
burst into that silent sea-" Cumber-
land harbOr, Island of Juan Fernan-
dez, rendered immortal by Defoe as
the scene of the adventures of Robin
son Crusoe, was reached on December
II, 1875, and Honolulu, Sandwich ISL
ands, on February 4, 1886, whence,
after brief stay to procure wood and
water, she proceeded on the compile
ton of the historic voyage.-Re-
Sources
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-12-30
RUSSIAN BUSINESS MAN.

County LeschfnSIy, Only %, ut
Head of Giant Corporation.
It was considered remarkable when
e. r. Thomas, at the age of %, be-
came president of the Seventh Ma
tional bank for a short time, says the
New York World, but now the circum-
stance Of a transatlantic voyage has
revealed a young man from Russia
who at % is president of a construc-
ton company which is building 5000
miles of railroad in southern Russia
and reaching out after canal work
and other big contracts.
This precocious individual is Judah
Leon Leschinsky, a STRIPPING in ap-
pearance, but, according 20 his own
account, a count and head OF the
Michael Leon Leschinsky Company,
which has contracts with the Russian
government to make the southern part
of that country between Rostov and
Baku look like trout net.
The count lives In Brooklyn with a
wife and 4-month-old daughter. He
came to this country last December
and set up housekeeping in an apart
ment at 163 South 9th street, Williams
burg, with the purpose of making pur-
chases of American materials and roll
ing stock for his prospective railroad,
which, like all railroads In Russia, will
be turned over to the government at
ter it is completed. AS told by the
World, he arrived on the steamship
Pennsylvania day before yesterday
from a business trip to Europe.
The other two partners to the Mich
ael Leon Leschinsky Company are 40
and so years old, respectively. They
stay in Russia and look after construc-
ton. Young Judah Leon does the
travelling and the buying. He unblush-
in purchasing hundred or more loco
motives of the latest American makes.
with passenger cars and freight cars
to match, not to mention a few mil
lion tons of steel rails and equipment
The locomotives, for the most part, are
to be the ten-wheel type, with 72-inch
drive wheels. The count says that
American-made railroad equipment is
good at the price and that the shops
in Russia are too busy to furnish the
cars and locomotives needed.
The count is the youngest person III
Russia at the head of an incorporated
construction company He might easily
be mistaken for a brokers' clerk at ST
week. He talks English without an
accent having spent considerable Of
his life in New York.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-12-30
SHE NEEDED REST.
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'Well, hOney-bug," said one OF the
the fat in partnership with her, isn't
it fine that we're both off duty at
once? Lie down on the couch there,
and tell me about your case, and then
I'll tell mine"
Agreed, on one condition." said the
other, dropping down on the couch
Don't call me honey-bugr'
why, deary! You never objected
to my nice little pet name beforev
Don't say deary! My name is
Mary"
Your name is fuss-budget! What's
the matter?"
Nothing in the world, except that
I've been for the last two weeks
where pet names are mania. The
first night | was there my patients
husband came into the room and said
to her, We'll, queenie, I've been NOW
ing the lawn, love, and it's made my
back ache, darling"
Mary
mo joke; / remembered that YER
batim, purposely for you. And that
isn't a circumstance! By the second
day 1 found that if Mrs Blackall tod
me 'presh' thought thus and so-that
was short for precious you know-it
meant her husband And when he
asked after hum it stood for honey
his wife! 'Lambie' and birdie were
favOrites, too, and dearest and 'dar-
ling and sweetheart were the cheap
est kind Of bywords, tossed at every
body and everything on the premises.
The cat and the dog and the bird were
all sweethearts, and from the first
hour l was there Mrs. Blackall adj
dressed me-a perfect stranger-,as
'deary' whenever she spoke to me! The
last few days she has been calling me
'darl' That means darling What do
you think Of it?"
"W-well," came the judicial an
swer, don't you like that sort Of
thing better than coldness and cross
ness?"
"Foolish question! Might as we'll
ask whether l prefer too much mo-
lasses, or too much quinine! l don't
want too much anything. Yesterday,
just before 1 left, Mr. Blackall came
in and found his wife sitting up, and
what do you think he said? why, you
little apple-dumpling dearv And she
looked up at him-big burly mani
and said, %, do you really think look
better, pet-heart?"
"Vaudevillev' laughed the judicial
one, suddenly turning human.
Continuous Do you wonder that |
want to be called plain, straight Mary
for at least a week? / need complete
restr'-Youths Companion.