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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1908-10-14
IF YOU ARE Durable
WE CAN CURE YOU

View II tell you why and how you can be
cured If you call at our Offices or II you will
write all about your case. We will send you q
letter written just as we would talk to you If
you were here.
Our treatment will tell you its own pain
story, story that has meant comfort. health
and happiness to thousands.
Without asking single question we will
diagnose your disease so well that YOU will
be astonished. This is done with special ties,
ing instruments used by no other doctors.
The durable cases OF today become the incur
ables OF tomorrow and all afflicted people
should heed the warning in time.
Extraordinary diseases require extnordi-
nary treatment. 1t Is easy to cure simple dis
orders. Most any ordinary doctor or medi-
cine will. Complicated cases that defy ordi-
nary treatments require extraordinary rem
edies to vanquish them. Our treatment as
com pa red with others differs as does the sun.
light from talow candle. IL does net taKe
FAITH. does not take CONFIDENCE. does
not Ia Ike even HOPE to get cuies. 1T TAKES
ONLY A TRIAL all we ask. Ii cures whe-
Their the sufferers believe in IL or not
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1908-10-14

her departure to North Dakota, where
the Griebels will make their home in
the future This estimable family will
be missed by their large circle of friends
here, who wish them success and hap
piness in their new home.
Last Friday evening Roy and Carroll
Tillotson gave party to thirty of their
friends. The evening was spent in play
ing various games which were on the
Sala -gun-di" order At eleven
o'clock delicate lunch was served,
after which the young folks returned to
their respective homes after having spent
one of the most enjoyable of evenings.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1908-10-14

I Miss Hagar Delaney spent Sunday
with home folks in Freport.
Selmer Moen of Washington Prairie
visited at A. Criminals several days last
week
Misses Phoebe and Lilly Sorenson were
guests of their sister, Mrs. A. J. Heading
ton, in Glenwood township, Saturday and
Sunday.
Miss Lizzie Williams, who is teaching
at Spillville, spent Saturday and Sun
day with home folks.
A. Nesheim went to DEBORAH this NOR
ming with a fine load of potatoes.
Mds. James Welsh and John Gold of
DEBORAH called at the w. Williams last
Friday.
Messrs. Edwin and Henry Gross were
calling on Torkel Martinson's in Glen
wood township Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Sorenson spent Sun
day at the III. Sorenson home in Glen
wood.
Mds. Kenyon and Colin Birdsell of De-
corah visited Mrs. Ammon Nesheim yes
terday.
Mr.. Carl Erickson spent Sunday with
friends in DEBORAH.
Mr.. and Mrs. Adam Wapler were the
guests of Mr.. and Mrs F. c. Sellman in
DEBORAH Sunday.
Gross Bros. finished threshing last
Friday. All grain on an average was
very poor. Most farmers in the hail
district didn't any more than get their
seed back
Mr. Andrew NToen and Mr.. and Mrs.
Albert Moen and children of Washing
ON Prairie We're guests at the Albert
Gamma home several days last week.
Mrs. Adam Wepler goes to Mason City
today for a two weeks visit among
relatives and friends.
About forty young folks gathered at
the M. Griebel home last Saturday eve
ming. The evening was spent in dane
ing and a very enjoyable time is re-
ported
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1908-10-14
SPIELVILLE.
From our regular correspondent

rTOIH our regular cOrrespOnutnt.I
Oct. IL, 1905
j. l.. Klimesh returned from Cham
berlain, s. ID. Friday last. He filed
an application for homestead in the
newly opened Rosebud Indian reser-
walton.
Mrs. Heuser. an aunt Of Mrs. j. III.
Haug, accompanied by Miss Lou
Haug. departed for Fort Scott. Kansas
Thursday. Mrs. II. spent the sum.
mer here with relatives
Anton Balik spent the past week at
Chelsea, Iowa. attending the Catholic
workmen's convention.
Mrs. y. H. Hauser spent few days
at Oresco with relatives, returning
Friday.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1908-10-14
Notice in Probate.
o Whom ii Nav Concern.

To Whom Ii May Concern:
You and each of you are hereby notified 10
appear at the Court House in Winneshiek
County, Iowa, on the 10th day of November A
ID. 1905. at 80 O'Clock D M, to attend the pro-
bate OF an instrument purporting to be the
last will and testament of
TORGER K. LANDSRUD,
late OF DEBORAH Township, in Winneshiek
County, Iowa. deceased, at which time and
place you will appear and show cause il any,
why said Will should not be admitted to pro-
bate.
In testimony whereof have hereunto sub
scribed my name and aft xed the seal of said
office, this 18th day of October, 1908.
lSealI 4. K BRICKNER,
AS Clerk District Court
By OLAF kallevang, Deputy.
c. s. Bolce, Attorney.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1908-10-14
CALMAR
From our regular correspondent.

from our regular correspondent.
Calmar, Oct. II, 1908.
Nj. Moen was in DEBORAH Friday on
business
Mrs. j. Sobolik spent Saturday in
Austin.
Mrs. Sherwin of Story City visited
her daughter this week.
Mr.. Dibble of New Hampton supplied
the pulpit Sunday night for Rev. Wyatt,
who is attending conference.
Mr.. Van Tassel is on the sick list this
week.
Miss Eva Dolly was at Austin Satur-
day and Sunday.
Floy Segerdahl and Ray Walker at
tended the funeral of their aunt at Law
Ter Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Peter Graf are at Aus
tin visiting.
Floy Hill is guest at the Deily home
this week.
Misses Edna and Libbie Hitler of De.
corah were guests of their sister, Mrs.
Carrie Meyer.
Miss Gena Gunderson spent Sunday at
her home here.
Adolph Winkler returned to his home
Thursday.
Mrs. Otto Peterson entertained at
cards Saturday evening.
Mrs. Bjornerud entertained the Norwe-
gian l.. A. S. this week.
Mrs. Campbell will enertain the NJ. /
A. s. Thursday.
A number of ladies surprised Mrs
Wyatt Monday afternoon.
Mrs. Carrie Meyer went to st. Pau
Tuesday morning
Nf;ss A,nn.o DoI,,,o, nxo,,@ 4
her home in DEBORAH.
Mrs. III. J. Giesen and children went to
Decorah Friday to visit Mrs. Giesen's
folks.
Mrs. Morris of Sioux Falls is a guest
s9f VIM. Murphy and mother.
Barney Schrandt went out west to
register for land at the Rosebud agency.
Misses Till Hauber and Helena Dos
tai went to Charles City Thursday.
Miss Anna Riehl came up from Fort
Atkinson Sunday.
Theodore Knutson from Alden, Mimi,
has been here visiting his old home.
j. l.. Sanders was in DEBORAH Sunday.
The Postville high school team came
up Saturday, Oct. 18th, expecting to shut
Calmar high school out. The game was
not as good as it might have been had
the weather been warmer. The game
resulted with score of Is to 8 in favor
of Calmar. Deily and O'Neil were the
pitchers. Hits off O'Neil IL, off Dolly 3.
Struck out, by O'Neil 8, by Deily Ii.
Jim Hurlbut started the game with
8 base hit, the only long hit that was
made. Calmar H. S. has played 3 games
this season and won them all. Dolly
pitched every game.
The Lincoln literary society gave the
following program:
Piano solo . Gertrude Slabiska
The Average Man ....... Clara Pletka
Mr. Wrinkle Puts on Skates. .....
Rawlin Smith
School Paper Eddie Grundeland, Ger
trude Slabiska, Jim Hurlbut.
Corns Will Tasting
Vocal solo ............W Walter wager
Debate. :" Resolved, That the Chinese
Should be excluded from the U. S.
Affirmative-Zephie Fisher andHarry
Lutz. Negative-Eva Deily and Porter
Hertz.
Original Story ....... Agnes Flaskerud
Vocal solo ........... jeanette Golfer
Current Events 900. Will Poshusta
Dialogue" The Way He Manager.
Evelyn Miller, Ray Walker, Cora Moe,
Louis Deily.
Piano solo ............. Mabel Wyatt
On Wednesday, Oct. 7th, occurred the
marriage of Frank Rooms and Miss Mol
lie Peterson, at the home of the brides
mother, Rev. Paul Koren officiating.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1908-10-14

Mrs. Northrop of Waucoma was a
business caller one day last week.
Adolph Seifert began his winter
term of school Monday last, two miles
southwest of town.
The following transfer of property
took place last week Mrs. Horn to
+. Woldcn.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1908-10-14
Average Time to Cure
No Knive Blood or Pain

You will be surprised how quickly and
easily these cures are possible when you be-
come fully informed concerning our new
methods. y
To enable you to test the merits OF our
cures, we offer one weeks treatment FREE.
Including medicine, IL you write now for dates
with any of our doctors. Private Sanitarium
and Museum OF Anatomy in connection.
Write today TO
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1908-10-14
EAST CLAY HILL.

Prom Our Regular Correspondent.
East Clay Hill, October IL, 1908.
A nice rain would be welcome.
Albert Grinna was a bushes visitor
in DEBORAH Wednesday.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1908-10-14
SPRING WATER.

From Our Regular Correspondent.
Springwater, Oct. IL, 1908.
Thompson and Denning threshed for
Ellingson and Myrah last week.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-04-09
IN Campaigner at the Capital

sided. Since their marriage Mrs. Nc
CURE has campaigned with her husband
from one end of their adopted COM
monwealth to the other and entered
upon the social duties of her position
in Washington with the same enthusi-
asm when in the last days Of its terri
torialism Oklahoma sent Mr. Mcclure
to plead her statehood cause in the
lower house of congress.
Long afternoons were spent scatter
ing her own and her husbands cards
everywhere official etiquette required
and sometimes where 1t did motif
only the opportunity offered chance
for her making friend for the would
be youngest state in the union. More
over, she never failed to be in the fam
lily gallery of the big house on the
hill' whenever there was anything on
the tapis concerning the future of Ok.
lahoma. Thus, for four years she
watched the rise and fall of the state
hood hope of that vast section of the
middle west for many years marked
Indian Territory" on the map of the
United States, and which was finally
admitted to Uncle Sans bosom.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-04-09

greatest charm OF many beautiful
faces.
Why the presence OF the purple.
blue pigment In the eyes OF so many
daughters OF the town Is problem ms
perplexing AS II Is unpromiEing OF soln.
ton.
My attention has been called fire..
quently 10 the matter" said DR. W l..
Lessenger. n prominent southeastern
Iowa surgeon. III IL exceedingly difli.
cult OF explanation. The cause proba.
bly, lies back several generations. But
even though II were true early settlers
Of Henry county happened TO have
violet eyes. there must be some phyni.
cal condition here. either In the AT.
mosphere or In the chemical compost.
ton OF the soil TO preserve the dis.
tinetive coioring II Is strange
anomaly.
IT is seldom possible. in instances
or such irrcgnlarity, To advance expla.
nations sure 10 be correct"
Old residents declare southeastern
iowa skies are the buest In the Mis-.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-04-09
MAGDALENA BAY. LOWER GALL
FoRNIA, IN DREARY WASTE.
Anchorage and Strategic Facilities Ex-
ceiIent, But Shores pesoIate--
Ships to Engage In
Target Practice.

Washington Sans greatest
armada In history, numbering 53 ships
of war-l9 battleships. II cruisers and
IL auxiliaries--is now assembled for
target practice In the magnificent port
at Magdalena bay, Lower california's
grim harbor OF tragedy and romance,
which has been leased by Mexico to
the United States for three years as a
coaling station.
Admiral Evans feet. which passed
around the Horn. sailed from Callao on
February 30. and arrived in fine con
dition at Magdalena bay on March IL.
II was the longest lap on the eventful
voyage. a distance OF 3.i02 nautical
miles. There are no wireless telegraph
stations on the coast Of South and
Central America. and was no commn-
nication by this means. rhe vessels
were not heard from until they reached
the bay, The torpedo squadron will
arrive April 6, The men will there
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-04-09
WHERE OUR FLEET RESTS.

engage In the usual spring target prac.
tice.
Magdalena bay Ii the cnly deep
water harbor and perfect shelter from
storm on the long. barren coast ~
Southern California. II is one OF the
few great harhors on the Pacific coast.
and compares favorably with the best
iE the world Located IN the vast
solitudes OF forbidding and unpro-
duetive coast. II Is Of such proportions
that II could handle the traffic OF New
York and Liverpool without conges.
ton.
The bay proper, exclusive OF shall
lows. lagoons and tributary iniets. In
~ miles long and fs miles wide In.
side OF the fiyefathom line. of the
depth OF 30 feet, which would be safa
anchorage FOR the biggest ships There
are 100 square miles OF this safe an.
ohorage ground. ranging In depth
from 80 10 1870 feet In the village Of
Magdalena there are ordinarily %
houses and 30. inhabitants, but to-day
the place IL a community.
With only one entrance. safe and
wide. but easily defended. the great
natural harbor OF Lower California Ia
declared by naval experts to be tha
finest station In the world for naval
base. The right to use II as n coal.
ing station and for the rendezvous OF
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-04-09
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When Drenton Found Out ~
All By MARTHA MCULLOCH WILLIAMS in
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By MARTHA MCULLOCH WILLIAMS
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Billy was coddled and nourished until
he was driven to protest Something
must be done. and quickly, before
there came the pinch of winter.
Drenton could do 1t. at no more sac.
rifice than that OF a little pride. He
owed II to Billy. and especially to
Mary. TO make the sacrifice. II was
only his word. rash and ill-condi-
toned, that would need to be broken
Late. so late his candle had begun
to gutter. he sat staring at a letter.
brief and blurred. Elizabeth II ran.
Il said would ask for nothing. am
not asking for myself, but for the best
people alive. They are husband and
wife, UNNECESSARILY rich In each
other, yet so poor a thousand dollars
will be wealth TO them. Send II,
please. He is cripple and helpless,
She does everything 70, him, and he
loves her enough to rejoice. not re-
bel
There was little more beyond the ad-
dress and signature Drenton crept
out to mail il, half hating himself for
writing 1t. yet somehow deep down
there was a song In his heart. The
song strengthened all the next day
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-04-09
f the District Government

he who. while prying about dark a,
leys and on vacant lots. found tho
wandering Thomas. AS a reward foT
Stott's great act of kindness the cats
owner showed a crisp dollar bill in the
officers hand as he relieved him Of the
pet.
Aside from being a brave and cour.
ageous policeman, Stott is a stickler
for duty. and after receiving the dollar
he hurried to the commander Of his
precinct, Capt Boyle, and told him OF
his good fortune.
This was the starting point OF the
big ball of red tape that was to wind
around that crisp dollar bin before
Private Stott could really call 1t his
own.
The next day Maj. Sylvester re-
ceived a letter from Capt. Boyle re-
lating the facts In the case. Capt.
Boyle in turn forwarded the document
to Commissioner West.
After carefully reading the commu-
nication and looking up the laws upon
the subject Commissioner West placed
his stamp Of approval on the docu-
ment. The paper was sent to Com
missioner mcfarland and Commits
sioner Morrow in turn, who. after due
official consideration. followed the ex-
ample of Commissioner West and gave
their rubber-stamped approval.
Then the jacketed document started
upon its return journey, and some day
Stott will get his dollar.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-04-09
NICE EAT UP CERTIFICATE.
Soldiers Widow Almost Kept from
Getting Pension.

Union Hill, y J,--Ssveral hungry
little mice. which found uouriShmept
in a well.sessoned marriage eertin-
cate. almos, robbed Mrs Phoebe Law
less. a soldiers widow. of a pensioa
she sought for six years. II IL had not
been for government officials who
found the record Of her marriage to
the soldier. who died in 1909. Mrs.
Lawless would not be receiving 81 a
month. nor would she have $500 In
back pension in the banks,
When her soldier husband died. Mrs.
Lawiess searched high and low for
her marriage certificate, Ii was not
until a few days ago that the rem
nanis OF Il wefe found under an old
bureau Everything Was devoared ex-
eepi the signature ot the witnesses.
Thea the United States commits,
sloner Of Jersey City found the rec
ord OF the marriage aud Elsie II. You
mems. 81 years old. Who bad attended
the wedding. Mrs. Lawiess has par-
chased a mouse trap.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-04-09
VIOLET EYED GIRLS
EPIDEMIC or THEM FOUND IN
SOUTHEASTERN IOWA.
Cause Battles EspIanstIon--oid Resi.
dent Says Hue Comes from
Heaven--TheIr Possession
Exeites No Comment.

Mount Pleasant, Ia.--Are violet eyes
always indicative of a beautiful face?
Ia there n subtle relationship be.
tween the hower-hued pigment 10 the
iris and whatever mystical physical
operation IL Is that fashions features
In alluring form and gives TO complex.
ions texture and tint of the rose
petaly
BE that as IL may. there IL an cpl
demic OF violet eyes In Mount Pleas
ant Whether or not II has connection
with the comeiiness boasted by scores
OF young women here--a boast so
worthy that when President Roosevelt
passed through last fall be exclaimed:
Il never before have seen so many
pretty women In a place this Size"--is
another matter.
From the eyes of a strangely un.
usual percentage OF girls In this uni.
versity town the hue of the violet is
reflected
There are violet eyes OF many
shades. One pair OF optics may pos
sess the pale. almost colorless blue
marking the tiny harbinger of spring
dug from beneath it's covering Of
snow. In other instances eyes are so
deeply tinted they are thought black
Dozens of varying shades mix In be
tween.
Violet eyes are so common here that
their possession excites no comment.
Yet Il is not to be denied eyes 81
Mount Pleasant girls constitute the
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-04-09

Mrs. William X. Vanderbilt, Sr.. re-
Gently bought out the entire seating
capacity of the New Amsterdam the
alter. where Henry w. Sayage's splen-
did production Of The Merry Widow"
Is playing. and gave an extra matinee
performance. disposing Of the 1900
seats tn the playhouse to New York $
-Four Hundred. Mrs. Vanderbilt
bought the seats at the usual price
and sold them at a premium. Her
transaction netted 5000 for the Mas.
saa hospital. in aid Of which the per
Torrance WAS given
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-04-09

sissippt valley and that eyes OF the
daughters OF the land catch their hue
from the heavens.
violetest eyes Of ali has Miss Gladys
Garvin. daughter Of Mr. and Mrs. 3.
w Garyin. In a town where violet
eyes are usual attractions, her eyes
are unusually attractive.
Mt. Pleasant Is the seat OF the Iowa
Wesleyan university. Intermlngling OF
college and city social interests has
given The place the name OF "vassar
OF the West National sorority ON
GERS live here. Miss Ellen Bail is ma.
tional treasurer OF the Alpha NJ Delta
sorority She " president Of the r r.
G. sisterhood here. where the society
was organized.
Photographs from local studio
substantiate Nj. Peasants claim 70
being the home Of beauty and violet
eyes, Misses Ethel Basser. Stella Sni.
der, Classic Fraker and Mrs Nell
Stahl Stevenson and Mrs. George
Crane are among the fairest women
OF southern Iowa
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-04-09
After hydrogen Was Discovered.

In 1867, following Immediately after
the discovery of hydrogen. Dr. Black
of Edinburgh pointed out that a YES
sci filled with this gas would rise in
the air. Almost simultaneously the
brothers Etienne and Joseph Mont.
golfer. who were paper manufacturers
as result of reading Priestley's Eek,
periments Relating to Different Kinds
OF Air" invented the hot-air or fire
balloon and on June 5. 1888, the FIRST
Montgolfir assembled at Annonnay,
Auyergne. France. In August Of the
same year Prof. Charles of Paris sent
up the first balloon filled with hydro
gen. or ''infismmable air After trav
cling is miles this balloon was torn I'd
pieces by the supersttious peasantry
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-04-09
DEATH STATISTICS FOR 1906.

ts,b52--about 1909 per 100000 Rail
way accidents were responsible for
1880 lives, and 1873 persons were
killed in automobile accidents
The entire death rate OF the states
and cities In which statistics were
collected was 1871 per Loco Of popu-
latiOn. The annual average rate dur
ing the same period for England and
Wales was 10. for Scotland. 1853. Ire
land. i7s; Germany. 1913. and France.
1915 Comparing these figures with
previous records. Il appears tina, the
world has now reached mn era Of low
mortality Several foreign countries
formerly had az high death rate as
IS per 1000.
The death rate among negroes was
more than co per cent. higher than
that for whites. in the section exam
ined. being EST per 900
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-04-09
Reporter Fails to Please

trict when he learned that in his we'll
meant effort to hand his constituency
all the unattached public documents
in Washington he had inadvertently
flooded his district with the monthly
issue of the local telephone directory.
Having thus shown to an admiring
world the many sterling qualities pos
sessed by James S. Davenport of the
Third Oklahoma district In the way of
energy, acquisitiveness and love for
his constituency. the gentle reporter
ial soul and violet plucker set back In
a receptive attitude, waiting the
thanks of the violet
They never came. Mr. Davenport
fell out of his high chair while quite
young, and, as result of the compli-
cations that ensued, 1t. was found nee.
essary to amputate his sense of hu-
NOR But he is long on dignity and
has an active stenographer and an
elaborate vocabulary. He worked all
three over time. He hopes eventually
to be able to tell each Of his constitu.
ents personally, or over his own un.
forgeable signature, that the tale of
the telephone directories was an out.
rageous. malicious and unqualified
shorter and uglier word. He is work.
ing at the job right now.
And while James s. Davenport of
the Third Oklahoma district writes
letters. one Jimhay. a gentle reporter
ial soul. is waiting for the thanks that
never came.