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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-08-28
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THE ROCK ISLAND-TICKETS MAY
be purchased at the city ticket Office.
1929 Second avenue or C.. r. I. q p.
depot, Fifth avenue. foot Of Thirty-flrst
street. Phone west 1898, west 1922.
FRANK II. PLUMMER, c. p. A.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-08-28
PATENTS.

PATENT AND TRADE MARK ONCE.
room IA. Mitchell Il LyDde building.
Rock Island James +. Murphy, as-
sociate, branch of Moore q Co, pat
ent attorneys, Washington, d. c.. and
Chicago, Ill.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-08-28
CLAIRvoYANTs.

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DIR. MARY YATES-Magnetic healer
and business medium. Hours, to 10
p M Residences 7O5 Fourth avenue.
Take the Blue line west
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-08-28
AUDITOR AND ACCOUNTANT.

c. A MAST-Public auditor and &C.
countant Davenport Iowa
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-08-28
STEAMERS.

WHITE COLLAR LINE CLEANERS
May 20 to Oct. Is, for MHscatine, Bur-
lington, and all intermediate points,
Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 4
p m. Str. Columbia leaves Rock Island
Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday at 4
For Andalusia, Buffalo and Muscatine
only, Str. Helen Blair leaves Rock Is
land Sunday at p. m. Round trip to
Muscatiiie by boat and back by rail
same evening, 81. Excellent meals for
90 cents. Special rates TO round trip
parties. c. J. MANGAN,
w. A. BLAIR, Agt., Rock Island.
Manager, Davenport.
Dock. foot Of Nineteenth street.
STEAMER ECLIPSE-DAILY CLINTON
Packet - Leaves Davenport p. m;
leaves Rock Island SIS ?; m; arrives
Dock. foot of Nineteenth street
DIAMOND 10 LINE STEAMERS-FOR
st: Louis and st. Paul, Steamers St
Paul and Quincy. Time card. For st.
Paul and points between, leave at IL a
m, June "a, July /, 6, 10, is, 10, "a and
%. For st. Louis and points between
leave at 9:15 a. m. July L. 8, 10, IL, ~
90 and %. GEORGE LAMONT, Agt.
Office, lis Seventeenth street; landing
at foot of Seventeenth street Telephone
los west; 61e5 new.
For Muscatine, Burlington. Keokuk.
Quincy and ct. Louis, the steamer Du-
buque viii leave every Thursday a.
SIS p IL
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-08-28
CONTRACTORS AND BUILDERS.


JOHN VOLK & CO.-Contractors and
builders: Also manufacturers of sash.
in plate window and art gI7sg. Of
fees and factory, 81 to s2e Eigh-
teenth street.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-08-28
GOING EAST.
Arrive. Lea !
From

FROM
| California, Colora- -
do, Omaha, Des o.aso.
| Moines, Lincoln. z'4O am z'4S am
SIOUX P Fans MONIES . s:45 am $3.50 am
Dallas, FIT Worth
GIBSON st fit JOSEPH A5 Sis am $50 am
Minneapolis, ST r.
rails ! us' SIOUX s:O5 am 6:1O am
Davenport -. 49, 7:4O am 7:4O am
Des Moines, Iowa
ty Yves. h'oer. k12:sO pm : 1880 pm
ton: Muscat iae" x12:4O pm '125O pm
Pueblo, Col. Springs
Omaha, Des Mn ON x12:45 pm '12:5 pm
Davenport -. -. 1.3O pm 1880 pm
Omaha, Des 'i NJ. $3.50 pm . 500 pm
omaha, ID. Moines
Iowa City, west
Topeka. X city 5:55 pm . 600 pm
ST, Joseph $50. 80. '11:1O pm '12:s5 am
Omaha, d. Moines
Cedar Rapids =. x12:15 am 1926 am
cedar Rapids, Ell
mira, Upton 49,. 10000 am
Cedar Rapids. Ell
mira. Upton -. x1O:O5 am
Brooklyn, 10. City,
w. Libery 49,. x 6:15 pm
Eldon. Fairfield Co
lumbus Junction.
Muscatine. Wash. x $50 pm
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-08-28
LAUNDRIES.
FLORISTS.

HENRY acknowledgement Chip
piannOck nursery. Cut flowers and
designs of all kinds. City store 16e7
second avenue Telephone lilo.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-08-28
Mckee G. co.
BOTH PHONES.
225 Eighteenth Street
Real Estate.
Out They Go

To see William H. Brown company
lands in North Dakota. They have
over 100000 acres to select from
This is no WORKOUT land; it is rolling
prairie, and in many cases the this
years crop will more than pay for the
land that is under cultivation. There
is an abundance of good water and coal
easy to get. Seeing is believing, and
that is what We want You to dds to
make a trip with us and see for your
self. We can get you cheap excursion
rates. See us for transportation and
further information.
S2,700 buys a fine six-room house on
18th street opposite Long View park;
best location in the city.
a nice, new sIx-room house for rent,
with city water, for $12.
Insure with us. We write Fire. Tor
nado, Plate Glass, Accident, Sickness,
and all kinds of Liability Insurance.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-08-28
FUEL.

FUEL.
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EMPIRE COAL e. COKE COMPANY.
Wholesale and retail dealers in BIZ
luminous and anthracite coal. Prompt
delivery service. once 1718 First
avenue
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-08-28
ARCHITECTS.

LEONARD DRACK-Architect and SUI
perintendent- Skinner block. second
floor. Office hours, 10 to IL a. m, to
$50 p. m.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-08-28
GOING WEST.
e. I Leave


| Des Moines. Omaha - -
Falls 80 ... 800 2:15 am . 2:2O an
Col. California Ia :. s:15 am . 1925 ar
| Des Moines, OMAHA
BelleVille -. -. 6:15 am $3.50 an
and K. City c ..... 600 am " 6:25 ar
cedar Rapids. Des
Moines, Omaha . 600 am $3.50 an
ka: Ell Paso. Cal cal 1880 pm '12:55 pm
Des Moines, Omaha
Lincoln; Col. .... ::12:5o pm 100 pm
Davenport 80. 80. 1885 pm 1885 pm
Ign. D. Moine eSoA 1880 pm < 800 pm
Muscatine. Burling-
ton, washington
Davenport ...:::: 700 pm K ZOO pm
.. Rapids Mime
apolis, St. Paul
Sioux Falls ...l TX 9:15 PM" 9:2O pn
Des Moines, Omaha,
Lincoln, Denver.
eblo -, -. x1O:O5 pm 1910 pm
Kan. City. Fort
Worth. Dallas, Ell
Paso and Cal. sIO:25 nm l'lO:3O On
Upton, Elmira, c. pm
Upton. Elmira, G. O''0 a"
Rapids -. -. 4:3O pm
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-08-28
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

WANTED-Men, our catalogue explains
how we teach barbering in a few
weeks; mailed free. Moler college,
Chicago, I'LL
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-08-28

urban)-Station, 1T Brady street,
Davenport. Telephone, Central Union.
North 740. Fare, one way, between
trip. $1.2e- Five hundred mile book.
$75O.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-08-28
FOR sALE-FARMS.

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FOR SALE - Forty acres, four miles
from Milan; will sell or trade for city
property. Reidy Bros.
FOR SALE-Fifty- eight acres on Long
Island. three miles west of Andalu-
STA: a good fiVe-room house; corn
crib. chicken house, barn, and n fine
crop of corn now standing. If sold
by Oct. will go for $1,500: 20 acres
farmed and the rest in timber APP
ply James Bremmer.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-08-28

DE CIANTAI-A home school
conducted for girls by the Sisters of
the Visitation. documentary and
higher branches and all polite accom-
plishments taught. Twentieth street
and Fifteenth avenue, Rock Island.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-08-28
RocZ I.Innd Z. Peorin nivi.inn.

daily; X daily except Sunday.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-08-28
ELECTROLYSIS.

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HAIR AND MOLES
trio needle without pain; treatment
given at the home, unless otherwise
desired. Address Miss A. NJ Kit
tredge. 929 Twenty-second street.
New phone 5791.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-08-28

WANTED-Four gentlemen to board In
private family, living near twentieth
street and Fourth avenue. Address
* Y. T. care Argus
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-08-28
FOR NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..


FOR SALE-A good canopy top buggy
Apply to Andrew Sinnett at Cralle S
livery.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-08-28

FOUR acres, with house situated on
corner Twelfth street and Cemetery
road, in South Rock Island; fine place
for gardening, florist, or poultry rails
ing. The heirs are DESTROYS of sell
ing these properties as soon as posi-
BILE. For further information apply
to D. F. Krell, 519 Eleventh street
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-08-28
ron sALE-crrY Property.

FOR SALE-SiX of the most beautiful
lots in the city, located on Twenty
first and Twenty-second streets. south
of Sixteenth avenue, size 50X145 feet.
fine shade trees on each lot, all front
east but one. brick paving. sewer.
water and light, Longview cars, with
in half block, only $3.50 to $3.50, on
easy terms. Enquire f. II. Kelly, at
court house.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-08-28

FOR SALE - Five-room cottage on
Fourteenth-and-a-ha street; heat,
electric light, gas and gas stove;
cement cellar. well, and city water;
lot 46X105: fruit trees and grapes;
price, $1,000. Inquire of G.. L. Boards
ley, 217 Eighteenth street, or 1104
First avenue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-08-28

WANTED - Highest prices paid for
mems and ladies' second hand cloth
ing and shoes and carpets Peutch
Bros. 500 Twentieth street. Phone
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-08-28

FOR RENT-A fine business location,
the store room and building consist
ing of six excellent living rooms up
stairs and two down stairs, formerly
occupied by ]. Mosenfeldef at the cor
ner of Sixth avenue and Seventeenth
street. as his home and the store
room for a grocery, is vacant owing
to his retiring from business. This 10
cation is admirable one. 1t IS Tor
rent to the proper parties. Refer
ences will be required. Inquire of j.
Mosenfelder.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-08-28

FOR SALE-A beautiful home of nine
rooms, with every modern convent
ence; nicely located; corner lot; east
desires to leave city; a bargain If
taken soon. Apply to Beecher Bros,
151315 Second avenue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-08-28

ROCK ISLAND CHAPTER, NO. -26s, o.
E. S.-Regular meeting second We'd
nesday of each month. Helena War
necke, w. IL; Vashta Bolfman. secre-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-08-28

GEORGE H. SIDWELL & CO-COm-
mission merchants. Grain. hay and
provisions. Members of the Chicago
board of trade and Chicago stock eX-
change. Established 25 years. No.
542 and 543 Rialto building. Long dis
tance phone, Harrison, 1866.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-08-28
MONEY TO LOAN.

WE MAKE A SPECIALITY of loaning
money on household goods, horses
wagons, etc, without removal and in
quiet way. Call on us for quick
loans. Fidelity Loan company, room
IS, Hiitchell & Lynde block
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-08-28

WANTED Household goods to move,
store, pack or ship at reduced rates
to Pacific coast and other points. For
the hest service at lowest rates write
or call on Ewert & Richter Express &
Storage company, 322-326 East Fourth
street. Davenport, Iowa Tel 59S.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-08-28

FOR SALE A black cocker spaniel
dog at 2201 Fulton avenue, Daven-
port. Colonel Green.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-08-28
FOR RENT-RooMs.

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Iron RENT-Furnished rooms at 1906
| Third avenue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-08-28

w NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. at German house,
1905 Fourth avenue, formerly Seven
teenth street German house all mod
ern improvements, first class room
and board, or table board alone, at a
reasonable price. Mrs. F. G. Hahn.
old phone S24Y.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-08-28
EDUCATIONAL.

AUGUSTANA COLLEGE-Business de-
partment A thorough business train
ing given for entry into commercial
life. Terms reasonable. Apply at
Augustana college.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-08-28
Brains

., daily except Sunday
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-08-28

MASONIC BOARD OF CONTROL
d. Mack. president; F. T. Myers. sec
retary.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-08-28

FOR SALE--Cheap, nice level lots. cor
teenth avenue facing Long View
street car track. Also for sale, one
half acre lot. Also for sale or trade,
one-half acre lot with new seven
room house. Terms to please pur-
chaser. Inquire of E. Thonn, 1915
Twenty-seventh street.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-08-28

FOR SALE-To close estate, the beau
tifuI home No. 732 Seventeenth street;
modern improvements; east front /;
eight rooms; fine location; best of re-
pair. Cali and examine.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-08-28
FOR NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
INSURANCE.

INSURANCE on dwellings and house
hold furniture q speciality. Z. h
Chamberlin.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-08-28

THE wo-story brick store building,
situated at 1917 Second avenue, now
occupied by Dindinger, the printer.
This is a good investment.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-09-23
AN ACQUAINTANCE BY MARRIAGE.

publisher Lord North
by people his employ who
be adjusted
employment
all of this 1t nothing
lifted authority
to the depths o subordnaion overnight
He he especially
whatever
Amt the elevator to make
he
fellow at the controller whose face
seemed familiar and who evidently preparing something
ell wn' foestal the YOUTH and
who youf''
why Alfred" reply 81 youngest brother
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-09-23

official who had served long in India,
while defending that country against
the charge Of being unhealthy for
white men to live in, said: "a lot of
young fellows come out here and they
eat and they drink, and they drink
and they eat, until they die; and then
they write home to their friends and
claim it was the climate that did it.
WHY PAT LET GO.
At public meeting one of the
speakers was interrupted by some
people who kept talking among them
selves. Finally his irritation became
so great that he called to a policeman:
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-09-23

for several hours. When he finally
came around he was asked why he did
not hold on a little longer. Although
still somewhat dazed he replied: 81
let go because L was afraid the
damned wire would break"
The extraordinary faculty of the Irish
people for discovering the ludicrous in
any incident. doubtless has no better
Illustration than in the remark of one
of the gallery gods at a Dublin theater.
During performance of Faust the ac-
tor taking the part of Mephistopheles
was rather portly, and when it came
time for him to descend through a trap
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-09-23

What is the matter? Can't you keep
those people quiet?" And this was the
answer: mo. your honor, have tried
and can't keep them quiet unless
let thenf make a noise" A
workman who was assisting in the re-
pair of the roof on one of the highest
buildings in Dublin, lost his balance
and fell. AS he went down he struck
a mass of electric wires, and all Of
them broke but one, to which he
managed to cling. His fellow work
men shouted to him to hold on, but
after few seconds Pat shouted "shtand
from undher,' and dropped to the
ground. The shock of the fall was so
great that he remained unconscious
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-09-23

an unbroken pony to ride. After
lively siege of bucking, one of the
horses leg became entangled in the
stirrup, causing Mike to remark:
Faith, If you are thinking of getting
up here tits time for me to be getting
down." An old squire wrote letter
to his family physician urging him to
come at once and bring some medicine
for the govt. After the medical ad-
visor had examined his patient he said:
why, man, you haven't the govt, you
are suffering from rheumatism" The
old squire hesitated for a moment and
replied reluctantly: ST know it, but
there was no one here in the house
who could spell that word" An Irish
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-09-23

told has uss thrown
i painful What to do
bout | tried arnicaf'New Orleans
Pieayune.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-09-19
To Cure Snake Bite.

This is the time of year when rattle
snake bites are to be dreaded. In a
good many instances the bite is on the
hand or foot. especially is this the
case when chilrden are bitten.
In such cases the following is said
to be a splendid antidote for the
rattler's bite, providing it is used i'm.
mediately after being bitten. Take a
pan or bowl and pour in enough
kerosene oil to cover the wound. 1t
will draw out the poison Immediately
and in the course of few minutes turn
perfectly green; then pour out the oil
and refill the bowl, being careful to
put in enough oil to cover the wound.
Leave the foot or hand in until the oil
turns green. Then put on poultice
of plain table salt and sat lrate
thoroughly with OIL Keep this up
for about an hour and there is scarcely
any danger of fatal results.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-09-19
When TO Quit.

An English journal requested a
number of its largest advertisers to
give their opinions concerning the
best time to stop advertising, and the
following replies were received:
When the population ceases to null
tiply and the generations that crowd
on after you and never heard of you
stop coming on.
When you have convinced everybody
whose life will touch yours that you
have better goods and lower prices
than they can get anywhere else.
When you stop making fortunes right
in your sight solely through the di
rect use of the mighty agent.
When you forget the words of the
shrewdest and most successful men
concerning the main cause of their
prosperity.
When younger and fresher houses
in your line cease starting up and
using the trade journals in telling
people how much better they can do
for them than you can.
When you would rather have your
own way and fail than to take advice
and win.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-09-19
Accident at School House.

What came near being tragedy
occurred at the school house last
Thursday morning about 8 O'Clock
shortly after work had commenced on
the building. Two of the workmen.
l. ID. Truax and Ernest Bender were
doing some painting near the top of the
building, on swinging scaffold, when
the rope broke and both men were pre-
cipitated to the ground distance of
about 30 feet If there is such a thing
as lucky accident, this certainly was
one, as both men escaped without fatal
injury or broken bone. They
were brought to their hotel and
medical aid summoned and everything
possible done for their comfort. When
it was learned that their injuries were
not fatal there was general rejoicing
about town at their narrow escape.
Both were quite severely injured about
the back and badly shaken up by the
jarring they had received. -Lawler
Dispatch.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-09-19
Kannine Korn.

1t is estimated that during the pre-
sent season there will be turned out
by the Kelley Canning Company o.
500, 900 cans of corn, besides by prod
ucts. Employment will be given to
about $50 persons, and the weekly pay
roll will no doubt total 81, 900. The
average season is five weeks in length
To understand the Importance of a
factory such az this to any town, it
may be noted that there is here a
single item of about $50, 600 in wages
which is distributed in this com
munity, while there is vastly
greater amount distributed throughout
this locality through the purchase of
corn and the various necessaries nee l.
ed in the process of carrying on the
business. -Waverly Democrat.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-09-19
Escapes Death.

That the little three year-old son
of Mr. and Mrs. Casper Leichtman of
Jacksonville township is alive and
apparently uninjured is almost
miraculous. Friday morning the
little boys father was engaged in
loading load of corn, the wagon
standing between two cribs. Whe
the loading was done. Mr.. Leichtman,
not being aware of the presence of the
boy, started to lead the team out.
AS he did so, the little fellow who
was on the wheel on the opposite side
of the wagon was thrown under the
wheel and the wagon loaded with 40
bushels of corn passed diagonally over
his body from the hip to the opposite
shoulder. The fact that a considerable
thickness of straw and manure was
in the path of the wheel probably
explains how the child escaped serious
injury, or death. No bones were
broken and DR.. l. X. Gardner, who
was called Immediately, reports the
little fellow as being uninjured. 1t
certainly was fortunate accident in
the outcome. New Hampton Tribune.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-09-19
Skull Sawed Open.

A distressing accident occurred on
the Nelson farm, one mile east of
Little Port last Wednesday. Henry
Strum of Mederville was engaged in
drilling well and had a device at
tached to his engine with which he
could saw his wood. In endeavoring
to push the belt off from the device
his arm got entangled, drawing him
suddenly into the heavy wheel of the
engine, cutting off his right arm ami
throwing his body with such force
that his skull was tract ured, the
injuries proTing fatal within half
hour. He leaves wife and three
little girls in poor circumstances.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-09-19
One Hundred Years AGO.

Few persons today stop TO realize
how different things were in this
country century ago Here are a
few things TO think of
Merchants wrote all their letters
with quill pens. Sand was used to
dry the ink as there were no blotters
There were no street letter boxes ;
letters had TO be carried to the post
Office. 1t cost 1919 cents to send a
letter from Boston to New York and
% cents from Boston TO Philadelphia.
Every Observation-Disclosures for
example-were a queue; many pow
dered their hair
Imprisonment for debt was common.
Virginia contained one.fifth of the
whole population of the country.
The Mississippi valley was not so
well know as the heart of Africa
now is.
Two stage coaches carried all of
the travellers between New York and
Boston. and six days were required TO
make the trip.
There was not public library in
the United States. A day laborer re-
ceived two shillings a day.
Stoves were unknown. All the
cooking was done at an open fire
place. And this was only 100 years
ago
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-09-19
Greatest Dam In the World.

Following are some figures concern
ing the great dam across the Missis-
sippi at Keokuk:
1t will cost $40, 900, 900, besides
stroying So, 900, 900 of property.
1t will be a mile and half long
less 10l feet-and will be thirty eight
feet high.
1t will dam the Mississippi river
where tie current is swiftest.
1t will furnish so, 600 electrical
horse power and 10, 900 at the high
est stage of the river.
1t will be built in two years and
will be the greatest work of the
kind in the world.
1t will furnish power for factories
as far south as ST. Louis. and even
o Chicago.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-09-19
Fayette County Memorial Hall.

A petition has been filed with the
board of supervisors asking the sub
mission to the voters at the coming
election of a proposition to levy a
one mill tax to aid in the erection
OF a memorial hall in honor of the
Union soldiers, the same, if built, to
contain tablets bearing the names of
all who went into the war from Fay
cite county. and also the names of all
veterans who have died or may here
after die and are buried in the coun-
ty. This is the revival of a move
ment started soon after the war, and
we hope for its favorable considera-
ton by the board and the people. -
West Union Gazette.