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The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-01-10
Charmed Life. This.

Columbus, O.-Falling 400 feet in a
mine cage did not result fatally to Ed
ward Garighty, a miner, who was re-
ceived at ST. Francis hospital for treat
ment An examination disclosed that
bruises about his legs were the only
injuries he sustained
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-01-10
No Smoke Nuisance.

NO." said the pessimist, dismally,
'T don't expect to get to heaven. My
luck Il be the other place, Ill bet
you
''Well," replied the cptimist "even
if we do go there we may find that
they use hard coal. Philadelphia
Press.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-01-10
Akin Law Valid.

Cincinnati.-The Akin liquor tax
law, which increased the old Dow liq-
uor tax, is valid law. This is the
decision of the superior court in gen
eral term. The per curiam opinion de-
cides in favor of the law, as the bur-
den of proof to show its invalidity has
not been sustained
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-01-10
Attempt To Organize All Trades.

Cleveland, O.-Concerted effort is to
be made by the American Federation
of Labor to organize all the trades in
the state of Ohio. This city will be the
headquarters of the movement. T. F.
Flynn, national organizer, will have
direct charge of the work.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-01-10
Judge Banker Sued.

Findlay, O.-Probate Judge Gideon
G. Banker was sued by his sister, Mrs.
Flora McConica, for $2O7, alleged to be
due for boarding his daughter Mamie.
Mrs. McConica Is the wife Of T. H.
McConica, an attorney for the Stand
ard Oil Co.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-01-10
Books Show Discrepancy.

Dayton, GA gigantic discrepancy
is said to exist in the affairs of the
Dayton Gas Light and Coke Co. Ac-
cording to present figures, it amounts
to 100000, with the possibility of its
being increased to half a million.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-01-10
ro Eorno Aero club.

Cincinnati.-Norman G. Kenan viii
urge the business mea of this city to
form an Aero club Mr., Keuan in.
vited the Aero Club of America to
start the international balloon races
from this city next October. The club.
however, selected st. Louis
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-01-10
HamlTton's Growth Shown,

Hamilton, O.-The growth of Hamil-
ton was attested by the report of the
Hamilton post Office for December.
The receipts for the month were 81
279.47, an increase of $1.075.9S over
December of the previous year.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-01-10

Upper Sandusky, O.-Herman E.
Stutz was granted a divorce from
Grace Stutz. Of Toledo. The proceed
ings were the outcome of his damage
suit for $4,000 against former Prose
cutting Attorney Benjamin Meek, which
was decided in the defendants favor.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-01-10
Treat For the Commissioners

Columbus, o--Gov Harris end At.
torney General Wade Fl. Ellis have
accepted invitations to address the an,
nual meeting of the ohio Association
Of County Commissioners to be held at
Dayton January s.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-01-10
Wavlald and Stabbed.

Youngstown, O.-Waylaid in an al
ley in this CITY, Joseph Woodowitch
was stabbed in the groin, by Joe Saph,
er, he says. Both men are Slavoks.
There was an old grudge between
them
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-01-10

bed you have builded for them whether
it be fair or foul, and it is 'up to you"
Mr. Farmer, to spend your money at
home, and in this way you can solve
the greatest problem that now con-
fronts this country.
Will you do it?,
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-01-10
Widow Mediums His Downfall

Youngstown, O.-Widow mediums
were the downfall of Leonard A. Ulle,
according to the allegations of petit
tion for alimony filed by his wife, Jen-
ME B. Ulle She names two widows
who, she says, are Spiritualistic me-
diumc
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-01-10

Findlay, O.-During the year 1906
341 marriage licenses were issued in
Hancock county, against 374 for 1905.
There were Is divorce petitions filed,
making one in every fourth couple
agree that marriage was failure
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-01-10
BOY WANTED THE MONEY

mo, sir" the boy promptly replied,
whereupon Prof Park threw his head
back in his characteristic way, and
laughing heartily, handed the boy a
dollar bill.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-01-10
The American
Woman
in Alaska
BY Mrs. Of. ". Geely e

, BY Mrs. Of. ". Greely g
Wife Of Famous Explorer Tells
of Her Experiences in the Far
North A City Where 1t Is
Nearly Always Raining The
Gateway to the Klondike =
Hardships Endured by Army
Officers Wives and Other
Women.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-01-10

the vegetable dyes, which produce the
tender, mellow tints for which Alas.
kan baskets we're formerly noted, for
the aniline dyes with their crude.
bright colors. The supply of local bas.
kets does not equal the demand and
many are imported from the United
States, to be brought back by trav.
elerS
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-01-10


Skagway, the termination of the In
land passage, was reached on q Sun.
day in August.
Skagway resembles Juneau in the
character of its rough frame build
ings, but there are fewer indications
of woman's taste. One good stone
building attracted our attention. We
were particularly struck with the evi.
dence of precaution against fire, OF
which there is great dread in Alas.
kan towns. There is an army post
here and the soldiers have acted as
firemen very efficiently in many in.
stances. We attended the Episcopal
service, which was held in small
room over store in one of the rough
buildings peculiar to Alaska. There
were about 80 persons in the congre.
cation. A small parlor organ was
very well played by Minneapolis
woman, a teacher of music in the
town, and the choir consisted Of four
persons.
Such a wonderful trip as we had
over the White pass! Skagway and
Dyea, situated on either arm of Lynn
canal, unheard of in June, 1897, were
towns of some thousands, Of inhabit
ants the following October. They are
the gateways respectively of the
White pass and the Chilcoot pass
The only two convenient entrances
to the Yukon country, these passes
were made known to the world by the
misery resulting from the rush
through them when gold discoveries
were first made in the Klondike re
gion. AS the White pass was selected
for the railway, Skagway steadily
grows.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1907-12-25

his bundle that he had , pairs of
ladies hose. a pink girdle, size 2S, an
inner bicycle tube and box of corn
cure
There is no use in kicking or trying
TO get errors rectified. Everything
goes and you take your chances.
Taken as a whole the bidders get bar
gains and this accounts for the wild
Jam TO get where the eye of the auc-
tioneer can be discerned. However,
it is a fact that hundreds of ladies
damage expensive hats aud dresses in
order TO get misfiJ hose or a faded
crocheted shawl at bargain prices.
1t is estimated there are nearly one
hundred thousand different articles OF
merchandise dumped into the dead
letter department every year which
are SO lacking in marks of identified
tion either of the sender or person
addressed that there is no clue TO trace
them in either direction. The depart
ment invariably exhausts every means
To locate one party or the other. and
vast mass of merchandise lost in the
mails as result of poor packing or
rlsrking, is returned either TO the
sender or forwarded to the one ad-
dressed. If people who have been ex-
pecting goods which do not arrive.
enter complaint at the postoffice de-
partment. and the goods can be found,
they are forwarded. Therefore this
accumulation of 100, 900 articles, and
the number increases. annually, rep
resents goods absolutely lost in the
shuttle and which have not even been
called for. Truly we are careless
people.
About 80, letters and parcels,
containing drafts, money orders,
money, stamps, photographs and mer-
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1907-12-25
DEAD LETTER OFFICE
Mr.. STILLMAN DESCRIBES ANNUAL
CLEARING SALE.
Annual Sale Of Articles Unclaimed at DeaG
Letter Office Proves Interesting Fea.
ture Of Holiday Time in Washing.
ton. The U. S. Fleet Of
Battleships.

Washington, d. c., Dec. 23.-Spe-
cial Correspondence Once each
year, usually just before the holidays.
Uncle Sam INDUCES in a thorough
cleaning out down at the dead letter
Office. On this occasion the merchan-
disc accumulations of the preceding
year are sold under the hammer to the
highest bidder. The event is as good
from an entertainment point of view.
as vaudeville. and it is free. One
may stay. all day and good share of
the night without other expense than
having his bunions trod on and his
countenance marred by umbrellas and
the quill ends of feathers that adorn
the: ::head-gear oftthe dear ladies. You
bet the ladies are there in numbers and
they are nearly all of the robust, ANA
zonish type of figure. The reason is
plain. Three-fourths of the articles
sold are of special interest TO the fair
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1907-12-25

sex. hand painted corsets, girdles,
corset covers, and lingerie being in
cluded in nearly every prize package.
OF course there are bound to be bar
gains and il is quite certain there are
blanks
The years accommodations are assert
ed in three classes jewelry. books and
miscellaneous The latter includes
everything not books or jewelry and
that means everything mailable will
be included. The plan of the depart
ment is TO Lunch into bundles mer-
chandise in such manner that all
bundles will be somewhere near OF
the same value. OF course the value
is what people will pay, but expert
ence has proven that from 20 cents co
25 cents is the average. Catalogs are
given out describing each bundle in
detail For instance:
No. 4. $50 cigars. mans sus-
penders, silk handkerchief, zephyr
muller, women's hose. wash cloths,
framed picture.
No. 3d. "3 cheap razors, ? graphic
phone records, A pair mems cheap
suspenders, pairs cheap garters, ,
doilies. cheap harmonicas. >
No. 81. ''Woman's cheap watch,
white lawn shirt waist pattern, ,
cheap belts, remnants ribbon, 3
kitchen knives, mans silk handker-
chief, necktie. cheap stand cover.
infants hose. tooth brush
No. 3li. Panama hat. 20 handker-
chiefs. . fringed napkins. turnover
collars, corset girdle, (20) lace trim
ming, necktie, gas mantles.
These descriptions, taken at random
from the catalogue which contains
about Z 900 bundles, will give an idea
of the contents and probable value.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1907-12-25
a CHRISTMAS PRAYER.
BY Charles Wagner.

Beloved Father, while all Christen.
dom kneels around the manger Of
Bethlehem. send us new spirit. teach
us new songs. give us the very
Christmas mind. Turn the hearts oil
the fathers to the children and the
hearts Of the children to the fathers;
give Joy to the hopeless. bring into
the right way those who are going
astray. give confidence to the trembl.
ing ones. free bonded hearts, open
blind eyes and unstop deaf ears. As
on this day we make the hearts Of
the little ones joyous, so. o Merci-
fuI Father, let US all become chill.
dren again. with simple faith. with
trustful hearts. with ready wills. with
pure endeavor.
And this blessed birthday Of Jesus
shall become the birthday Of new
creation and awaken among US a
spirit which beareth all things, be.
lieveth all things. loveth all things.
Amen.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1907-12-25

The reader in Iowa has just as gool
an idea what these things are worth
as the person on the ground. The
cigars may be the viles type of wall
paper wrapper and straw filler, or
they may be clear Havanas of the 10
cent variety The same may be said
of every article, although the use of
the word cheap is frequent and
merited
The aggregation includes vast num-
bers of shoes, handkerchiefs. gloves,
hose, knives. watches. etc. The num-
Der of razors Of all kinds lost in the
mails is appalling aud the catalog is
full of them.
| attended one of the sessions this
week TO get first hand inspiration for
this story. Imagine a room % feet
wide and 100 feet long, so tightly
packed with humanity that if per-
son tainted he could not fall the
goods" and the aactioneer in the far
end !; and nearly 5000 bundles to SELL
The auctioneer earned his commits
sion.
While the bundles usually check
out, there are some errors. l saw a
lady who had supposed she was get.
ting 80 pieces of sheet music and 3
doilies, discover that she had captured
| 3 mems shirts, bottle of castor oil
and a knife. A man who paid Sl.1O
for 100 damaged stogies and pair of
buckskin gloves, found OH prying into
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1907-12-25
Haueen Gets Chairmanship.

In the allotment OF committees in
announced by Speaker Cannon on
Thursday. Congressman Haugen of
this district gets the chairmanship of
the committee on expenditures in the
interior department. 1t was general
ly supposed that he would be advanced
from second place to the chairmanship
of the committee on agriculture, but
for some reason Scott of Kansas was
advanced past him to the chairman
ship of this committee. Mr.. Haugen
could have had the chairmanship of
the committee on war claims, but did
not care for it, owing to It's laborious
and often unimportant duties. He
still retains second place on the COM
mittee on agriculture, however: (which
is very important committee,
especially for his constituency. On
the whole he is advanced, but his
friends would have been better pleased
had he been given this Craftsmanship.
Appointments of other Iowa con-
gressmen are as follows:
Kennedy-Coinage. weights and
mes sures. second place.
Neutrality-suspicious. in the de-
partment of commerce and labor,
second place.
Cousins-Foreign affairs, chairman.
Kennedy-Levees and improvements
for the Mississippi. second place.
Hull-Miliuary affairs, chairman.
Hamilton-Mines and mining. third
place.
Keunedy-Pensions, second place.
Hamilton-Public lands, second
place.
Birdsall-Railways and canals.
second place.
Dawson-Reform in civil service,
second place.
Hubbard-Revision of the laws,
second place.
Birdsall- and Harbors,
second place.
| Hepburn-Interstate and foreign
commerce, chairman.
Between 200 and $50 miners were
entombed by a terrific gas explosion
in the Darr mine of the Pittsburg
Coal company near Jacobs Creek, Pa.
Thursday. The force of the explosion
and the position i'll which the men
were caught leave no hope that any
of them will be taken out alive. Only
one man of the hundreds who went to
work escaped alive from the shaft.
He was Joseph Mapleton, pumper,
who rushed out of side entrance,
bleeding and badly injured. This was
the third mining catastrophe within
the month in this bituminous mining
region, the fatalities in the accidents
at Monongah, W. Va, Fayette City,
Pa, and this shaft totaling almost
eco. In ALL this latest crash brings
the total mining deaths of the year TO
over 1900.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1907-12-25

Stats Anzeiger: The old prohibit
tion battle cry of: A school house
on every hill and no saloon in the
valley" has long since been relegated
to oblivion. But out in Kansas they
have adopted new rallying cry and
every saloon at Butler has this sign :
Hush, little saloon. don't cry you IL
be drug store by and by. F"
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1907-12-25

The North Iowa Times at McGregor
has very sensibly been reduced from
an eight-column, blanket sheet TO the
six column size, which makes a
much better appearing and more read
able paper.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1907-12-25

The way some of the Cummins tag
wearers are attempting to squirm out
of his direct promise never to run
against Allison is amusing. The fact
remains, and cannot be successfully
refuted, that Gov. Cummins promised
repeatedly upon his honor never to
oppose Allison for the Senate. and
won his last nomination and election
on this promise.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1907-12-25

chandise, are turned in to the dead
letter office every working day in the
year and it is worth trip to Wash
ington to see the accumulations as
they, come in and witness the celebrity
and system with which the army of
clerks dispose of them. Incredible as
il may seem hundreds of thousands of
dollars in actual cash are placed in
letters without addresses or date line
to Indicate location of sender, each
year, and this money after being held
four wears, during which time every
effort is put forth to find the owner,
is turned into the treasury of the
United States. Every year approxi-
mately $40, coo in cash is found loose
in mail bags, having fallen from
letters.
From time TO time, as articles uni
que or interesting IL character are
held at the dead letter Office, instead
of being sold at auction, they are
placed in the postoffice museum,
which is rapidly accommodating a
great collection of such articles.
There are now on exhibition, human
skulls. fingers and toes. ard an ear,
teeth. starfish, lamps washboard. re-
volvers, dirks, vast collection of
watches. card bearing a lock of
Guiteau's hair, a dried snake, dried
alligator, etc. A mail pouch still
covered with blood which a carrier in
the far west gave in his efforts TO sa"e
the mails from Indians, is on exhibit
tion. A long shelf is given up entire
ly TO a collection ofsdolls, varying in
size from the tiniest to those as large
as 2-year- old children.
This sale lasted practically six davs
and nights this week and netted the
department. about 81, ,00o.
OF course the daily papers have long
since told the wonderful story of the
departure of the great fleet of battle
ships from Hampton Roads, in de-
tail, but here are few boiled down
facts that possibly were not mentioned
and which are worthy of being pasted
in scrap book for future reference
and immediate contemplation
In this fleet is nearly quarter of
million tons of armament-223.S S36. to
be exact--the greatest amount of ton
mage that ever followe flag The
ships are the newest and best that the
navy owns, the original cost approxi-
mating close on to 500. 900, 600. In
the battle of Actium, battle fought
for no less stake than the dominioR
of the world the fleets of Caesar and
of Antonius. the Egyptian division.
and Cleoptra's galley, altogether
cost less than any of these two.
The ships carry in their main bat
teries 362 high powered rifles To fire
a single broadside from one of the
guns would cost $50. 900, sum
equivalent to the salary OF the presi-
dent of the United States for one
year. Ii i'll action, with every gun
engaged, the fleet would expend its
at the rate of $50, 900 a
minute This ammunition consists of
362 rounds for the thirteen and twelve
inch guns. 500 rounds for the eight
inch, l. $50 for the inch, and
2l000 for the six inch.
This rule by the state board of
health is good. The boards rule
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1907-12-25

The u. s. Supreme Court rendered
a severe blow to the American FEEDER
alton of Labor. last week III decision
in the labor union. boycott case OF the
Buck stove works, when it sustained
the injunction restraining the union
from boycotting this concern.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1907-12-25

"Have you ever looked death in the
face?" asked the beautiful young
widow. Yes answered the major
II once put on cotton trimmed suit
and played Santa Claus among lot
of lighted candles.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1907-12-25

Gov. Gummins will keep that
promise to give Si,00o TO charity just
the same sis he mas kept the many
other political promises he has made.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1907-12-25

Is there single home in Decorah
that will be devoid of Christmas cheer
this year? We sincerely hope not.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1907-12-25

A German farmer called at bank
with a $500 check and demanded the
money. The banker told him the
bank was perfectly sound but that
they could not let him have more
than $50 in cash although they could
give him a draft, or check for the
balance. After assuring him re-
peatedly that they were "all right. q"
and telling him about the panic in
Wall Street. they asked him If he un-
derstood? ''Oh veil tink SC" was
the reply. lit is yust like dis, mine
frau und der papy und me goes to pet
last night, und der paby cries for
milk, mine frau him goes to der GOO
bard but he don't could hnd some
milk, den der baby cry some more.
Mine fran goes to look in goddard vor
milk some more. und den him hnd
five cent milk check. ven der paby
see milk check her laf' like der POM
ernikel. " Vas, Vas check vas goot
for old und young"
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1907-12-25

Sec. Taft is home from his triI
around the world, and the presiden.
tial mill is grinding.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1907-12-25

This rule by the state board of
health is good The boards rule,
makes it unlawful to dispose of cast
off clothing, bedding, carpets, etc.
without first having them thoroughly
disinfected. This applies to all second
hand stores, rummage sales. and farm
public sales-in fact to any person or
persons Offering or having second hand
goods for sale.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1907-12-25

The childless home at this happy,
joyous Christmas time is like day
without sunshine.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1907-12-25
AGAIN.

Again at the old homestead's door
Dear friends ana kindred meet once more
To ; around the hearthstone's glow,
Ana hark to bells across the snow.
They talk of youth and hope and love,
And gently speak of those above,
The missing ones. with faith sublime,
At Christmas time
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1907-12-25
Omce..3l7 West Water Street
Both Telephones, Number IS.
Current Comment.

The doleful tune has now been
changed to "What has Cummins
done -
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1907-12-25
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