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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-06-28
Them'S 0nr Sentiments Too.

To the average man one OF the most
foolish things that the fair sex Of the
churches is heir TO is the dinner or
supper racket. We know that we stand
in danger of trial for heresy for writ
ing disrespectfullv of such a time
honored institution as the church
suppeI, but here goes just the same.
The manner of running this game is
something like this: a committee
writes out schedule which designates
the articles and amount each family
is supposed TO donate. This averages
from 80 cents to 81 per family. Then
these same families are supposed to
attend the supper, and eat the grub
that they have contributed, paying
30 cents per for that great privilege.
Meanwhile a number of the church
sisters have been working, stewing and
perspiring tosserve the supper. wash
dishes etc. and are SO tired that they
can hardly do their home work for
two or three days. Then comes the
announcement that the church supper
has raised $50 or $50 for the support
of the gospel. Wouldn't it have been
better for the various families to
contribute so cents each. and save all
the fuss and feathers? We believe in
sociability, and think it good idea
for the church members to get
together, eat supper and socialize
once in a while, but there is little
sociability at the regular church sup
per. 1t is gather. giggle. gobble, git,
with whole lot of energy expended
or a small bunch of coin. -Oelwein
Register.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-06-28
THE SINGING GIRLS
Oh
HPASHA OF BAGDAD"
An operatic Electromagnetic OF Rare
Excellence.

Al Ben Ali. "Pasha Of Bagdad" =; r, II. Logan
Hassen Bey, "A Soldier: -. A. l.: Marentette
Abdel Nusfid "A Soldier" C. A. Broadbridge
Torand. "A Mexican Gentleman. :.s..... e.
Haydad, Deserters from Royal Navy-Jolly
........, VIM. II. Brown, Geo. c. Wolf
OF the Pasha" ......
............ :. Miss Lucille Reynolds
Balah Alti-"Queen of the Harem". $500.
LADIES OF THE HAREM:
Misses Lille Clay, Iadeth Allen. Ella
Logan BOsOmi Harris, Mabel Bowden,
Faerie Towensend Corini lngraham.
Clair Edmonds, Annie Harris.
Mrs. katZeniamer. 49,. ........ .fetta Rosch
HER FAMILY:
Jessie Lewis. Jenny Adams, Mabel Bart
let. Carrie Smith, Bessie Cook, Lizzie
Ward, Title Streats, Nellie Carr.
AMERICAN BOYS:
Ethel HOulaud, Viola Mayo, Clara Rose,
Belle Miller. Nellie HOword, Nettie
Stein, Rosie Murphy, kittie Wells.
SPECIALTIESs
Americas Greatest APOLLO QUARrETrE,
Logan, C0cheran, Marentette, Broadbridge.
Premier Danseuse
HENRlETrE
From Theatre Royal, Berline, Vienna. and Met
ropoltan Opera House, n. y.
THE THREE FAMOUS NUDOs,
Bertha, Richard. Marie
in their great Gymnastic Novelty, the
FRAME OF LIFE.
THE LATEST NOVELTIES IN MUSIC.
Mr.. James @. Kenny, Director.
Under the Immediate direction of Col. w. A.
Layelle, Spectacular Producer 4 Stage Director
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-06-28

HAY-160 acres of first class tame hay
in Howard county for sale or rent
A. L. Abbey, DEBORAH. Iowa. 25-2
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-06-28
CHURCH NOTICES.
| M.-


OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES will
be Communion service ut the Con-
gregational church next Sabbath
morning. There will be no evening
service.
UNITY-The Childrens Day Service,
which was postponed from June
IS will be held next Sur day az 10 80
a. m.
Bishop Morrison of
the Diocese of Iowa will visit Grace
Church for the purpose of Con-
firma lion Friday evening. June Both.
Service commences at ! 80 p. III. All
are welcome.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-06-28

HOUSE FOR RENT-On Broadway.
Inquire of Mrs. Bertha Mott. 26-l
HAY-16O acres of first class tame hay
in Howard county for sale or rent.
A. L. Abbey, DEBORAH. Iowa. 25-2
FOR SALE OR RENT-My property
on Winnebago ST. Enquire j. H.
Mackenstadt 24-tf.
FOR SALE-Four thoroughbred
heifers. Cheap if taken soon. ID. E.
Reed.
WANTED-By Chicago Manufacture
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.
Business established. Previous ex-
perience not essential to engaging.
Address. Manager Branches, 323Dear-
born ST., Chicago. 25-6
NOTICING trespassing is allowed
in my berry patch. Any person
found there picking berries will be
prosecuted to the full extent of the
law. Maurice T. Holleran. 25-4pd
FARM FOR SALE-120 acres one mile
west of Protivin, Howard Co. Iowa,
choice land, good buildings, easy
terms if taken soon. Address or call,
Box AZ, Protivin Iowa. 23-4pd.
WANTED-Agents for our new State
Map and Booklet. Good territory
vacant. Iowa Phi Co., Davenport,
Iowa.
FOR SALE-SiX room house on Wash
ington street, south. Lot 70x2l0 TT.
Wood shed and store room, cistern
and city water. Excellent location,
high and dry. Call at No. III Wash
ingtOn st. or this Office l6tf-pd
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. or lady of
good standing to travel with rig or
by rail. Salary, $l.072.0 90 per
year and expenses paid weekly and
expenses advanced. Address. with
stamp. Jos A. Alexander, DEBORAH.
Iowa. 26-lpd
FOR RENT-My farm five miles
south OF Chester, Howard county
consisting of $50 acres. Twelve
buildings. three barns double thick
ness Of lumber with tar paper be
tween, one 46x90. long half square
six foot high wind brake for outside
feeding purposes, donbie corn crib
with scale in driveway, good dwell.
ing, never failing well Of good
water with windmill and gasoline
engine for pumping, 10 miles of
fence; within one mile of school
Tenant to own the teams, tools and
help enough to properly farm the
place, and be able to carry one
third of the cattle and hogs. Will
rent for cash but prefer share rental.
Present tenants winding up a two
term lease. M. ]. Carter, Ossian,
Iowa. s6sl
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-06-28

FOR SALE OR RENT-My property
on Winnebago ST. Enquire j. H.
Mackenstadt 24-tf.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-06-28
Found a Cure Tor Dyspepsia.

Mrs. S. Lindsay, of Fort William,
Ontario, Canada, who has suffered
quite a number years from dyspepsia
and great pains in the stomach, was
advised by her druggist TO take Cham
berlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets.
She did so and says, II find that they
have done me great deal OF good.
have never had any suffering since
began using them Ii troubled with
dyspepsia or indigestion why not take
these Tablets, get well and stay we'll?
For sale by Engbertson's Pharmacy.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-06-28

If you want windmill. pump,
tank, or anything III this line, call on
Helmer Hendrickson q Co. on Wash
ington street. They will treat you
right.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-06-28

When anything in the drug line is
wanted you'll save time by coming
here first If it is to be had its here
and it is of the quality you should
have, the prices are right too. Brunt
IL Parman.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-06-28

-"Chicago Park" lawn seed has
been used all over northeast Iowa and
Southern MINI. Sold by n. II. Adams
e Son
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-06-28
Cheap Rates.

Very low rates are now in effect to
Denver, Portland, Calilf. points, and
various other places via the Rock Is
land. U. G.. Gruver, Agt.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-06-28

Twenty thousand rainbow trout have
just been deposited in the streams
about Waukon.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-06-28

New spring styles in photos and
at Reynolds studio.
Ben Bear Block.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-06-28

COLUMN

Rates-One Cent per word. Nothing
less than ten cents.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-06-28

Headquarters for everything in
staple and fancy groceries. &. ).
Marsh
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1905-07-13
A Phenomenal Berry Yield.

Whether raspberries and other small
fruits can be proftably raised upon
the soil hereabouts remains no longer
question. This was fully demon
strated to us on Wednesday morning,
when. with Mr.. Ludden, we visited the
farm of Jos. Nokes, about a mile from
town. The principal attraction on
this farm lies in that portion set apart
to the culture of raspberries, where
several rows which would total in
length a quarter of a mile if placed
end to end meet the view. The bushes
are as high as the average man and
the phenomenal quantity of berries
which they have to sustain has made
It necessary to tie stfong c0fu afonnu-
them for the purpose of support. The
fruit itself is exceptionally large and
OF most delicious flavor. In addition
to raspberries Mr.. Nokes has some
blackberry and current bushes. the
former carrying an enormous weight
OF fruit. and it is safe to say that the
yield will equal. if not surpass, that
Of many fruit farm in the famous
Minnetonka district.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1905-07-13
SUMMER SCHOOL NOTES.

Supt. S. NJ. Pinney is in Duluth
this week.
Mr.. Royce of the Twin City Supply
company is in attendance this week.
The teachers in attendance are we'll
pleased with the instructors and their
methods.
The enrolment up to yesterday was
sixty-fve and the work is progressing
most satisfactorily.
Several members of the school
board called to talk over educational
matters for next fall.
Prof. Cranston of the American
Book company, gave short talk at
Wednesdays session on the duties
of teachers. It was brimful of com
mon sense and was we'll received.
Prof. Alex Forbes of PHILADELPHIA
delivered very interesting lecture at
the M. 3. church on Tuesday evening,
his subject being Culture The
following day he addressed the
students of the training school on
Reading
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1905-07-13
Cabbage Masgot Doomed.

AL exchange says that the State en-
tomologist has conquered the cabbage
maggot, which has so affected rad
ishes, turnips, cabbages and cauli-
flower as not only to disgust those OF
US who try to raise them on a small
scale, but has in the last two years
caused loss of many thousand OF
dollars to market gardeners, some
having lost their entire crop of cab
bages and caulihowers.
The entomologist finds that capbolic
acid emulsion, made from crude car
bolic acid and soap, is very effective,
applied in time and at the proper in
tervals. The emulsion is made by
dissolving ten pounds of hard soap
in ten gallons of boiling water, and
adding ten pints of crude carbolic
acid, churning it up with a force
pump so that the acid is thoroughly
mixed with the soap. He uses one
part OF this to thirty parts of water,
by actual measure, and pours half a
pint around the roots of each plant
three or four times, beginning six or
seven days after the plants are first
set out. On radishes he uses one part
of emulsion to thirty-fve parts of
water. Care must be taken with
radishes that it is not too strong or
they will be injured, nor should this
emulsion be used on radishes just be-
fore they are gathered for the table.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1905-07-13
The Sandstone Bow is Lost.

Two weeks ago the Union gave an
account of the search which had been
made near Sandstone for the two
year-old boy of Martin Benson. No
trace Of the child was found and a
peddler who had been seen in the
neighborhood was suspected of hav-
ing kidnapped him. The peddler was
found near Albert Lea with little
boy and was arrested on suspicion.
but when Benson went there he found
that the boy was not his. Hope of
finding the child alive has been aban-
doned and the ponds and streams in
the neighborhood of Benson's home
are being searched for it's body.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1905-07-13
JOHN BOYN'S COUSIN
Theodor NJ. Strotl, an Iowa Station
Agent, Claims the Crown of .
Kingdom of Servia.
John B0yn's Father Murdered in Bel
grade While Seeking to Estab-
lish Right to Throne.

TheodOr Maximillian Strou, an
Iowa railroad man, and cousin of
John Boyn of Princeton, will, ac-
cording to a press dispatch, shortly
journey to Belgrade for the purpose
of establishing his right to the Ser
Wan crown.
The grandson Of King Lazar, An
dria Lazar, who alone Of all the mon
arch's family escaped death at the
hands of the invaders some 200 years
ago, was the great-great-great-grand-
father of Theodor Maximillian Strou,
station agent and telegraph operator
or the Rock Island road at County
Line, little town twenty miles south
of Ottumwa On the Missouri border.
Strou regards his claim to the Ser
Wan throne as valid one.
John Boyn of Princeton, whose
father was murdered some twenty-five
years ago in Servia and relieved of
documentary evidence of his right to
the throne. stands in more direct line
to the sovereignty than Strou, but
Boyn was led by the murder of his
father to renounce his claim to it.,
thus leaving the station agent at
County Line the sole claimant, so far
as is known.
The story told by the documents in
Strou's possession is one of ,the most
thrilling and interesting of Old World
historical romances. Its scenes are
laid in Servia, Saxony and America,
and it is full of color, incident and
plot.
Already Strou has asked the par
lament of Servia to proclaim him
ruler of the land. He, moreover has
placed in the hands Of the American
minister at Belgrade, the American
minister at Saxony, the Servian min
lister at London, and a firm of attor-
neys at Manchester, Ia, copies of the
documents which he holds as proof OF
his right to the throne. The originals
OF these documents he keeps under
lock and key in the little railway sta
tion at County Line.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1905-07-13
Glover on Sandy Soil.

The raising of clover on the sandy
soil in the neighborhood of Princeton
is no longer experimental. It has
been demonstrated that the crop is a
paying one and is reasonably sure.
AS a fertilizer the scientists tell us it
can not be surpassed and it is being
raised extensively for the double pur-
pose of furnishing hay and enriching
the soil. It has been found that in
all places where the snow covers the
ground through the winter there is a
full stand of clover the next year, but
on high places exposed to the wind
the ground is often left bare and the
clover freezes out. Farmers would be
we'll paid for. their time in covering
the high places with straw or old
hay to keep the snow from blowing
off.
.saas
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1905-07-13
The Situation at Pierre

The waters of the Bad river have
now receded and the people of Fort
Pierre are beginning to take stock of
their belongings. They find that
seventeen houses went down the Mis-
souri, and that forty three are more
or less wrecked, while all which with
stood the flood are damaged. A trip
over the flooded district shows pitiful
attempts to save something out of the
wreck and slime. One man who was
working on his lot was asked for the
location of his house and pointed to
two piles of wreckage some distance
apart, which was all that was left of
his home. Reports from the valley
show wrecked homes, and there is
scarcely ranch building standing on
the river valley between Fort Pierre
and Midland. The water still stands
from bluff to bluff at BOONE, and the
only way of travel is to make wide
detours to get across the streams run
ming into Bad river. At the Bowley
and Hollis ranch every building is
gone, and nothing can be learned Of
the whereabouts of the occupants.
The party of women from Fort Pierre
has not yet reported, and it is known
they did not reach the ranch they
started for. So far the only deaths
known for certainty are those of
Brinake, at Bovine; Arthur Austin
at Midland, and the Wheeler boy, a
short distance up the river.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1905-07-13
Louis Jesmer SURPRISED,

On Wednesday evening the friends
of Louis Jesmer to the number of
thirty surprised him at his home by
appearing loaded down with hand
some rocking chair, huge cake, etc.,
in honor OF his birthday. Encircling
the cake were forty-three candles,
signifying the number of years Louis
had lived. Addresses were made and
at II O'Clock supper was paratken of
and shortly after the guests left for
their homes. Louis avows that the
surprise was genuine one, he not
having received the least inkling of
the affair in advance. He thanks his
friends for the honor bestowed.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1905-07-13
What Luther Burbank Has Done.


For thirty-fve years Luther Bur-
bank has been at work creating new
forms of plant life and improving old
ones. In that time he has created. by
breeding and selection, more than two
thousand five hundred distinct species
of plants, says an exchange. Some of
his creations" are:
The primus berry, fruit unknown
before, made by the union of black
berry and RASPBERRY, which union
scientific men said was impossible.
The white blackberry, very beauti-
full, with delicate flavor.
The phenomenal berry, similar
creation, cross between a raspberry
and California dewberry, having
the color of a raspberry and the shape
of a blackberry, but larger than
either, far more productive. and with
flavor of the Bartlett pear.
A walnut first so thin of shell that
the birds could peck through it, after
wards bred backward along the path
it had come until a shell of the re-
quired thickness was secured.
he has produced new thornless
cactus, a combination of many other
varieties, which bears fruit, too, for
man and beast, and which will redeem
the desert places of the earth.
He has done all these, and many
other marvellous things which can not
be mentioned here for lack of space.
Mr.. Burbank's work has followed
two main lines-breeding and selec-
ton. By breeding is meant, primarily.
he creation of a new plant life by
placing the pollen of one flower upon
the stigma Of another. This is the
prime, basic act. Ten thousand cir
cumstances before and after the birth
of the flower must be taken into ac-
count when the work is of the magni-
tude of that we are considering,
Selection is the unfailing choosing
of the best, out of million plants if
need be, taking the best one of all for
future work and, from the progeny
of this one plant, selecting the best on
and on until the standard set is
reached. Sometimes Mr.. Burbank
uses thousand plants in the process
of creting one new one, sometimes ten
thousand. sometimes, indeed, mil
lion plnats before the end is reached.
While making the white blackberry
and the phenomenal berry he used
sixty-ive thousand bushes in test. At
last, after long study and selection,
all of the many thousands were re-
jected and burned, excepting a few of
each new berry: and when it came to
the final selection, one bush of each
was chosen.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1905-07-13
Good Roads.

We believe that it is in season to
speak little on the question of good
roads rather than to wait until next
spring when they become almost i'm
passable again, says the St. Paul
Farmer.
We have known Of those who had an
indefinite idea that in some way or
other the railroad and the trolley
would supersede the wagon road and
that large expenditures of money to
improve the latter would be unneces-
sary and wasteful.
Wagon roads existed centuries be-
fore any one ever thought Of either
steam or electric cars and always will
exist and their Improvement should
concern every farmer throughout the
land.
Too often this fact is realized in the
early spring, only to be forgotten
when the roads dry up and become
passable of their own accord.
We have often heard it said that
better wagon roads were not neces-
sary. that he country had always had
dirt roads and had prospered as those
countries that have good roads had
never done. This is true so far as
prosperity is concerned, but the fact
must not be lost sight of that this
country still contains virgin soil,
when compared with European coun-
tries, that our methods of agriculture
are more modern and our railroad
facilities more perfect.
Railroad managers are spending
millions of dollars annually in the
Improvement of their road beds be-
cause they realize that it is money to
the company to do so. Have those
who live from ten to twenty miles
from station Or town ever consid-
cred the amount of wear and tear on
their horses and wagons as we'll as
upon themselves, not to speak of the
fact that bad roads injure the value
Of their land, and that if these condi-
tions were reversed their property
would, as it were, be picked up bodily
and placed nearer the town?
By "good roads" we do not mean
simply throwing the mud into the mid
die of the road. Good roads were
never made that way, and the men
who practice that sort of "road-mak-
ing" should be speedily relieved of
their Office.
Various laws regarding the i'm
provement of country roads are in
vogue in different states. Some where
the farmers work out their road tax,
others where they pay certain pro-
portion of the expense for having the
road adjoining their land made per-
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1905-07-13
A Child of the North.

Mr.. and Mrs. j. r. McVicar, who
had been visiting their son, J. W. of
Greenbush for two weeks, left for their
home ia Boston last week. They in
tended. TO make some visits and pass
some time on the way. Mr.. McVicar's
history is somewhat unique. He is
seventy-eight years old and was born
in the Hudson Bay country, where his
father had trading post in 1925. He
was the first white child known to
have been born so far north. In 1925
Sir John Franklin with his Arctic
expedition passed through the terri
tory in which the elder McVicar's
trading post was located, on his way
to the Mckenzie river, which he fol-
lowed to its mouth. While pssing
through the Hudson Bay country the
members of the expedition missed
their bearings, and were in an exceed
ingly tight place, but the Indians con-
nected with the trading post found
them and took them to the post where
they were recuper ated and sent on
their way. The boy whose career was
started in British America grew up to
sturdy manhood and was an inhab-
liant of the United States during the
time of the civil war. He enlisted and
served short time. suffering injury
to his eyes from which he has been
blind for forty years. Both he and
his estimable wife are healthy looking
and have the promise of many years
before them.