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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-09-12

My doctor kept me on strict diet, but
as his medicine was not helping me,
I began using Doan's Kidney Pills.
They helped me at once, and soon all
traces of sugar disappeared. 1 have
regained my former weight and am
perfectly WELL"
Sold by all dealers. so cents a box.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-09-12
EVERYBODY Drau.

when the smiles of spring appear,
Drag the roads;
When the summer time is here,
Drag the roads;
When the corn is in the ear,
In the winter cold ana drear,
Every season of the year,
Drag the roads!
when you've nothing else to do,
Drag the roads;
If but for an hour or two,
Drag the roads;
It will keep them good and new,
With a purpose firm and true,
Fall in line! It's up to you!
Drag the roads!
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-09-12
Tripped,

Gunner-So you think the DeBlow-
ers are taking about their extended
European tour?
Guyer-I should say so. They said
there were so many Americans in Ven
ice that many hcd to walk in the mid
die of the street.
Gunner-Well?
Guyer-Why, the streets of Venice
are canals.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-09-12
New zealand's Good Work.

New Zealand has set aside 9,000,0 600
acres of land for endowment for the
purposes of education and old age
pensions. Custom duties have been
reduced on necessaries of life, and in
creased in other lines to protect in
duStrieS,
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-09-12
oIdtime Kite Carriages.

The present aeronautical activity
recalls the kite craze of 55 years ago,
when kite carriages were being ex-
tensively built and experimental with.
With the aid of two large kites car
riage was pulled 25 miles an hour.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-09-12
How's ThisP

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any
of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Halls
Catarrh Cure.
We, the undersigned, have known f. j. Cheney
for the last IS years and believe him perfectly hon
orable In all business transactions and financially
able to carry out any obligations made by his frm
WALDINa, KINNAN & MARVIN,
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, o.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting
directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the
system. Testimonials sent free. Price IS cents per
bottle. Sold by all Druggists.
Take Hall's Family PITS for consultation.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-09-12

that my Homework
was becoming a bur-
den. l tired easily,
had no ambition and
was failing fast. My
complexion got yell
low, and I lost over
so pounds. My thirst
was terrible, and
there was sugar in
the kidney Secretions
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-09-12

This is true philanthropy that buries
not it's gold in ostentatious charity,
but builds it's human hospital in the
human heart.-Thorold
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-09-12
Shake Into Your Shoes

Aliens Foot-Ease. 1t cures painful, swollen,
smarting, sweating feet. Makes new shoes
easy. Sold by all Druggists and Shoe Stores.
Don't accept any substitute Sample FREE.
Address A. S. Olmsted, lie Roy, N. Y.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-09-12
Natural FIv-Paper,

The pingulcula is a plant which is
natural fiy-paper. Its leaves are
constantly covered with a sticky sub
stance that traps all insects alighting
thereon
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-09-12

1t is proof positive of mans es-
sential soundness if he improves as he
grows old-James Parton.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-09-12
American Money for Canada.

The value of settlers effects taken
into Canada by American immigrants
in 1906 fiscal year was $1,158,933,
against only $11,223 by British immi-
grants.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-09-12

Some men fail because they are
honest and some because they are not.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-09-12
No Headache in the MORNING..

diligence in food or drink Druggists, 25c.
Norman Lichty Mfg. Co., Des Moines, Ia.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-09-12

don't think much of a man who is
not wiser to-day than he was yester-
day.-Abraham Lincoln.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-09-12
Cream and Poultry.

Top prices, quick returns, square deal.
Ship to us to-day. Write for tags & prices.
r. E. COBB, St. Paul. MINI.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-09-12

If time is money you can't accuse q
lazy man of being stingy.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-09-12

The easiest way to get popular with
people is to let them bore you.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-09-12
Guns, Traps, Decoys, Etc.

Lowest prices. Write for free catalog Mol
n. w. Hide & Fur Co., Minneapolis, Mimi.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-09-12

Mrs. WinsIow'B Soothing Syrup.
For children teething softens the gums reduces In
nammation allays PAIN cures wind colic 25c bottle
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-09-12

If all men paid their debts prompt
ly there would be fewer financial
panics.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-09-12
Photograph Dealers Wanted.

Victor, Edison or Zonophone. WriteW j.
Dyer & Bro. Jobbers, 10 w. 5th ST., st. Paul.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-09-12
McMurray's Vanilla

Worth dollar drop, sold by all Gro
GERS at a low price.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-09-12

When life's all love, tbs life; aught
else, It's naught.-Sidney Lanier.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-09-12
We Want Your Cream.

Write to-day for tags and prices. Nor
Star Creamery Co., Minneapolis, Mimi.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-09-12

Ship Your Cream to Us.
We always pay the highest market price.
Samels Bros, Minneapolis, Mimi.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-09-12

Trust than man in nothing who has
not a conscience in everything.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-09-12
WORN TO A SKELETON,
A Wonderful Restoration Caused a
Sensation in Pennsylvania
Town.

Mrs. Charles N. Preston, of Elkland.
Pa, says: Three years ago 1 found
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-09-12
We Pay Top Price for Cream.

Cash every day. Write for prices and
tags. Miller & Holmes. st. Paul. Mimi.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-09-12
High Cream Prices.

Write us to-day for particulars and tags
MILTON DAIRY CO., st. Paul, MINI.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-09-12

And occasionally soft answer gen
crates wrath.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1907-11-27
Was II the Citron Tree?

Was the citron tree the tree of knowl-
edge of good and evil in the garden
of Eden? Some persons think it was.
In any event, it appears that "citron'
would often be the right rendering in
passages where the authorized version
of the Bible gives apple" For in
stance, in the Proverbs, "A word fifty
spoken is like apples of gold in pic
lures IF silver" And, In the Song OF
Solomon, "As the apple tree among the
trees of the wood, so Is my beloved
among the sons" And again, stay
me with fiagons, comfort me with APP
pies. for / am sick of love-"
The origin of playing cards is un
known The invention has been at
tributed to the Romans, to the Chi
nesa. to the Arabs and also to the
French. The invention in all proba
bflity belongs to the Chinese. Play
ing cards have been known In Europt
since 1275.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1907-11-27
He Was a Good Booster,

A minister was assigned to small
New England town not long ago and
upon his arrival found his new field Of
effort almost all that could be wished,
with one exception, this exception be-
ing old Bill johnson. Old Bill was
very much addicted to looking upon
the wine when it was red. and the
new minister ut once announced his
Intention TO bring him to see the error
Of his ways.
"Waal. of course. we know you mean
right, parson." one of the elders said
slowly. stroking his white beard. but
1t would he mighty bad thing for the
town If old Bill was to quit drinkin'."
"Why, what do you mean. brother?''
the puzzled minister asked.
"Waal, parson. it's like this" the
elder explained. There amt Il more
conyincin' talker nowhere than old
Bill, an every time he gets drunk
and sobers up he gets somebody TO
sign the pledge with him, an the other
fellow pretty nearly always keeps It."
-Harpers Weekly.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1907-11-27
Pardonable Offenses.

After a careful canvass these have
been found to be pardonable sins:
Lying about fish. One can hardly be
expected in explaining the length OF
his fish to use microscope.
Saying you're not at home. This is
the pardonable sin Of social circles usu-
ally, and OF men who have calls from
collectors frequently.
Lying about your remarkable chill
dren. OF course fellow doesn't real
ly lie, but when he thinks of something
bright his four-year-old might have
said he hesitates through modesty to
admit authorship, and so 1t is properly
attributed to the four-year-old.
Suppressing. altering or otherwise
Disgusting the facts of your age, false
hair and wrinkles.
Beating the other fellows story.
Example: Jones has just finished a
story; Smith waits impatiently to the
end and then begins: That's nothing.
Why, when l was touring the west
with Custer" etc.-Baltimore News.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1907-11-27

I'm GOING TO HAVE PICNIC ALL BY
MYSELF"
boat for Beaver island and the Sunday
school picnic; fare one kiss; all
aboardv'
Kitty summoned her courage and
made leap, landing in the strong
arms and finding herself transferred
to wicker armchair softly cushioned
and delightfully."- shaded by the awning.
On a locker stood a box of candy In
willingly open. and Guy was smiling at
her from funny little pen up front.
"Now we're Off" he announced brisk
". "Shall we catch up with the
steamer or beat them to the landingT'
You can't get there first in this lit
tie thing" she said, with a sigh. Can
you, Guy"
Sure he declared confidently.
Wen be fishing from the dock when
hey come up" He pushed some fun
ny levers and things, and the coughing
began again, to rapidly change to a
sharp staccato bark. The high pow
cred motor ran so smoothly and they
slipped through the water so easily
that Kitty did not realize how fast
they were going until she turned to
look back at the dock and found that
It was rapidly dwindling.
"Were going awful fast" she called.
"That's what we want" he answered
over his shoulder I'VE shall catch the
Republic In no time at all"
IL wish Mabel was here she said
regretfully. Guys lips set in a
straight line. His heart echoed the
wish even while he knew that, had
Mabel been left behind, too. he could
not have come to the rescue. 1t was
only a lovers quarrel. but for two
weeks II had made him miserable to
think of It. He was too proud to beg
when he was in the right and he could
not tell from her laughing face that
she was as miserable as he.
Don't you wish Mabel was hereY
demanded Kitty. receiving no reply to
her first remark,
the Republic. What's the use q wish
ing for what you cannot have?"
The child lost the meaning Of the
wistful tones. "You haven't beer
around lately" she commented. 81
don't like 1t when you don't come
Why don't your"
Blanchard smiled grimly. How was
this child to understand?
~ have not had the time" he sait
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1907-11-27
THE GOVERNORS PROCLAMATION.
Gov. Cummins Has Issued the Following
Thanksgiving Proclamation.

State of Iowa, Executive Depart
ment77By the Governor:
The president OF the United States
has designated Thursday, November
2Sth, as our annual Thanksgiving
day.
The day is not set apart from Others
merely to preserve meaningless
custom. 1t is not ordained just to
furnish an opportunity to rest from
ordinary labor. 1t is not dis.
tinguished from other days in order
that the appetite may be satisfied at
beautifully laden tables.
1t is put above all other days of the
year because we need one day upon
which the nation as whole may
return it's thanks and express its
gratitude to Almighty God for his
goodness and mercy to US as indivi.
duals, and to the country of which
we are citizens. and to the world of
which we are part.
We ought to be thankful because we
are living in peace and harmony with
the other governments of the earth.
We ought to be thankful because
our harvests have been abundant, our
people profitably employed, our
homes filled with plenty and our lives
full of happiness.
We ought to be thankful because
every good cause is making Roadway,
virtue getting better grip on vice,
right strengthening it's hold on
wrong. righteousness winning greater
victories over unrighteousness.
We ought to be thankful because
the government is moresactive and
efficient than ever before in exposing
and furnishing the ong-doer
whether in high station or low sta
tion. whether rich or poor. and thus
We know that our civilization is adj
vancing. not declining.
We ought to be thankful because the
public conscience has been awakened
and there is sweeping over the land
an imperious demand for honesty, for
sobriety. for strict obedience to and
enforcement of the law, for the best
ideals in private life and the most
scrupulous fidelity in official place.
Therefore l, Albert B. Cummins,
governor of the state of Iowa, in
consonance with the action of the
president, do hereby proclaim Thurs
day. the 28th day of the present
month as Thanksgiving day, and |
earnestly ask all the people of the
common wealth to suspend for that
day, insofar as practicable, their &C
customed labors, to meet in their
houses of worship and express their
gratitude TO the Ruler of all things
for a year over-running with divine
favor.
In witness whereof, | have hereunto
set my hand and caused to be affixed
the great seal of the state of Iowa.
Done at Des Moines this 18th day of
November. A. ID. 1907.
ALBERT B. CUMMINS.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1907-11-27
Blanchard's
Fares. ao
BY LILLIAN WHITMARK.
Copyrighted, 1907, by NJ. NJ. Cunningham.


whats up?" Blanchard smiled down
into Kitty's tear filed eyes.
1.-THE boat" she sobbed. ut left me-"
"Most discourteous boat" said
penn"
Il was late" she explained. "They
had just thrown the ropes off, and the
!, horrid captain would not tie them up
again, and there's all the girls, and
can't CO.
"Thats the Sunday school excursion,
isn't it," he asked.
Kitty nodded her head. They're GO
ing to Beaver island. and I've got a
brand new dress. and Ted had the
lunch box, and the house is all shut
up because everybody is on the boat.
and I've got to sit on the steps until
they come home. and
STOP" implored Blanchard laugh
ingly. Three more 'ands' and you
will have totaled the worlds unhappi-
, ness. Not for millions would | have
you sit on the front stoop all this pleas
ant day bereft Of your family and
friends. This is serious matter,
Kitty. l think that we shall have to
go after that boat and make the cap
tain apologize. Now, you wait here a
little while and see what happens"
He perched the child on a dry goods
box on the dock and went off toward
the street. Kitty looked out over the
lake at the departing steamboat, but
her tears had dried. There was some
thing so comforting about Guy Blanch-
ard He was so big and strong and
so kind to little folks. He would do
something; he said he would.
Presently she heard soft coughing
sound, and then came Blanchard's
voice in CHEEKY hail. She slipped from
her perch and peered over the edge of
the dock.
There, just below her, was Blanchard
standing in front of a gayly striped
awning that all but concealed the gun
wales of a saucy little power launch.
Jump, kidlets," he called cheerily.
"Don't be afraid. I'll catch you. This
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1907-11-27
A Lona Drawn Out mo"

There is Il well known clubman IN
Washington, a man of such conserva-
tism that he Is rarely known to an
swer a plain yes" or mo- to the most
trivial question.
On one occasion two women of his
acquaintance were discussing this pc
culiarity of the clubman when one OF
them announced that she was willing
to wager that she could make the con
sentative Individual say mo- fatty
The wager being accepted, she ad
dressed the clubman thus:
"Let me see, Mr.. Robinson, you are
a widower, are you notT
"As much widower, madam" he
answered, with polite bow, "as it IL
possible for a man to be who was neV
er married"
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1907-11-27
Procrastination and Ideals.

A man is much less apt to fall In
fove at twenty seven than at twenty
two. and woman is much less likely
to be fallen In love with at twenty-five
than at twenty. The damsel therefore
who makes up her mind that the prop
err age for her to marry Is twenty-five
and the proper age for her husband
twenty-eight and who acts up to this
idea in her youthful days runs great
risk of achieving something quite diff
terent from her deal.-London Truth.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1907-11-27

evasively. I've an idea he went On
to change the topic. suppose you
hide when we go past the steamer.
Then when they get there and find you
waiting for them you can tell them
that you flew like Peter Pan"
Kitty clapped her hands at the con-
ceit. 'Thatll be fine" she declared.
How can we doit:"
''Unfasten the awnings on that side
and let them drop" he explained. 1T
will be impossible to see you if you sit
right in the middle"
Kitty flew to carry out Instructions,
and she was just in time, for the
launch had gained rapidly on the
steamer, and presently they were slip
ping past the slow moving excursion
boat. 1t was still an hours ride to the
island. and the Republic would take
an hour and half Kitty was so full
of her new idea that she forgot the
earlier conversation, and Blanchard
give sigh of relief when at last she
was safely landed without having pur.
sued her investigation further. He
was backing away from the dock when
she called 10 him. He ran alongside
again.
You forgot your fare" she remind
ed as her little arms went about his
neck and the full red lips We're laid
against his own.
Il am afraid that / am poor cap
tain to forget to collect my fares" he
laughed. Take care of yourself, kid
let's, and don't fall off the dock. 1t
will be half an hour before the boat
gets here"
"Why don't you stay?" she demand.
ed. Mabel will give you some of our
lunch"
Il have some here" he laughed as
he indicated a locker. Pm going to
have picnic all by myself"
He was clear of the dock now, and
the launch gained speed. At tho
south end of the island was little
cove where he could go ashore and
have lunch. 1t was a short task to
broil the ham over the Goals and heat
the coffee. Then he filed his pipe and
lay back to enjoy smoke before
starting back to town.
The cove was difficult of access from
the picnic grounds, and not even an
echo of the merrymakers reached him.
He drowsed off and finally fell asleep
to dream of Mabel.
He reused to find her sitting on the
sand beside him.
You are not very courteous to your
guests" she scolded in mock anger.
"Here I've walked all the way from
the picnic grounds to visit you and
find you asleep"
Il wasn't expecting company" he
said How did you know 1 was
hereY
kitty said you had gone off to have
a picnic by yourself. and guessed
where you had come. You brought me
here twice last year. 1t was awfully
good of you, Guy, to bring the poor
child"
"She seemed so broken up" he ex-
planned awkwardly. Manlike, he hat
ed to be thanked.
"And I want to tell you," she went
on bravely, that 1 am sorry that I
was so horrid the other day"
1--WE were both to blame" he con-
ceded. ''but it's all right now, dear"
"And, please. will you come around
to the picnic grounds" she asked.
'For the same fare that Kitty paid
he offered as he took her In his arms.
But Il took Kitty for half fare" he
added. and their lips met again.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1907-11-27
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.
Filed in the Office Of the County Recorder
for the Week. Ending Nov. 10th.

w. Z. Libbey and wife to @. O.
Burgess, NE IA. S3-l0-10; consider.
alton $1,000.
John Wildman and wife to Frank
Wagner. W 1-2, NE IA, 338-10
consideration "a, 200.
Frank Seim and wife to John j.
Jarosh. lots 1-l9-2c, blk IL, Conover
consideration $500.
Minnie Warn and husband tC
Ammon Urness. lots rs. blk AZ.
Bacon's Add to Freeport; considera.
tion $3.50.
The Columbus weekly dispatch., 1907-06-06

This most estimable lady passed
peacefully to her eternal reward at
her home in the eastern section of
the county, Wednesday evening, May
20, 1907. She was born in Decem-
Der, 1925, being nearly eighty-two
years of age. She was buried at
Tabernacle church, Pickens church, j.,
Ala, by the side of her lamented
husband, who preceded her to the
grave some twenty-eight years She
leaves two sisters and one brother,
and one daughter, Mrs. Tom Nc
Crary, and all who knew her to
mourn her departure. Nearly sew
enty years of her long life were spent
as a true, faithful, sweet-spirited
Christian, and member of the Bap-
tist church. She was the sister of
Mr.. w. l.. Ellis, Sr., of New Hope,
and of Mrs. Ben Bell, of Pickens
county. If any one ever reaches that
blessed home beyond the skies, Aunt
Eddie as she was affectionately
called by intimate friends and loved
ones, surely will, to which all who
knew her will gladly attest, for her
life was above reproach and as near
perfect as ever mortal attained.
The Columbus weekly dispatch., 1907-06-06
Improved Telegraph Service.

The patrons of the Western Union
Telegraph Company in this city will
be glad to learn that Miss Mariah
Smith, the manager of the local of
fee, has been authorized to employ
an additional operator, and that the
position has been accepted by Mr..
Jno. Butler, who is a splendid opera
tor and an exceedingly clever gentle
man. Since Columbus has been ad-
mitted to the Cotton States League
the business of the company has
greatly increased, as the games are
reported in detail and local CORES
pondents also send in their reports
by wire. The additional operator will
be appreciated by the public, as bus
iness will be greatly expedited, and
when occasion demands the Office will
be kept open late at night.