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New-York tribune., 1908-05-17

T. N Stair of Detroit: J. W. Blodgett, of Grand
fsapids: r w Giichrist of Aipena, and James
NcIaughlin OF Calumet. They werc instructed
for Taft.
Ten district delegates were elected.
The .,h District convention held Cassopolis on
MAY IL elected Frank Cummings OF -, '9Tx Tsbet,
County. and NJ. l.. Cook. OF Barry Courts' ii'
The efh District convention. held al Hover On
May u elected r olds GINS Of lIshsb Tbey noVeT We're
instructed for Taft. r,or. tIuro,
The 7h District oonSenSoniz II hs Wallace. of Huron
90 COUNTY. i and James Foster, Of sanilao County,
The 5th District convention hed at Gan@ Of erand
sRapids. and W b: Heath. of Ionia- They were
insrpSsea n;p ler convention held at Grand Rapids
on May T. elected Jerry Sullivan OF Seos[ o, anu in
structed.
MONTANA.
The Montana State Convention, held at Butte
- ,,er 1a elected as 5elegates-at-large Charles
p Leonard. T. A NARROW, Charles H. Bialr, a
r,o,n.+t ] O. Blair and F. NJ Malone. 1hey
were instructed for Taft
NORTH DAKOTA.
IT, Eort,, Dakota state Convention, held at
,,,,o, an MAY IA elected as delegates-at-large
II Johnson. 1. c Pettibone, C r. Meredith
II sa,,dsser. Victor Rose Judson l. Larnoure'
q Lord and c. II. Stebbins They were IN
etructed for Taft
OREGON.
r-,. orevon State Convention. held at Portland
on Nav IA elected as delegates-at-large United
States Senator C. w Fulton, OF Astoria; George
p Williams of Portland; A N Gilbert OF Salem
and C G.. Huntley, OF oregon City. They We're
instructed for Taft
Four district delegates were elected
The list District oonvention held at Perans ecln on
s3 Max ~ Tseg S,e9fH T.re s instructed for Taft.
District o held and at PSrtaRS % 4RSnp qn
son They were Instructed for Taft.
WASHINGTON.
The washington State Convention. held at
snnkane on May IA. elected as delesates-a1-larse
IL Mccormick R. A Baalnger, Frank t Post
Emerson Hammer. Robert Moran. w j Dtcker'
r W Eaton. A. L. Miller, .. T. Hamm and ].
c, McCauley They were instructed for Taft.
TEXAS.
ans Texas State Convention. held at Fort
worth on May Is. elected as delegates-at-large
Cecil A Lyon. of Sherman; c. v ogden, OF
San Antonio: Henry Masterson, OF Houston
sus G A Cray. OF Fannin County. They were
Instructed for Taft A boiling faction elected
Moses Harris. Of Bexar County: O. H. Baum, of
FL Paso County: ID. NJ. Mason, Of Dallas County,
and L. E. Woods, OF Bexar County. They were
not instructed.
District deleEates were efecteu- I@iHfeh uls-
1ricts with twenty-five delegates, failed 10
report.
The "a District convention held at Tyler on May
y, elected 7. r Meeks, of Van Zandt County,
and C. ". i. Smith. of Rush County. They
were instructed for Taft
The Sth District convention. held At Conroe on
May 12. elected ! NJ Sloan, OF Navasota- and
J. n. Atkins. Of Houston They were in
structed for Taft
The 9Th District convention. held at Toakum on
May - elected g NJ. Hughes of Wharton
and A. F. Lessine, Of La Grange. They were
instructed for Taft
The 12th District convention. held az Fort Worth
on May u. elected Samuel DaSidson, Of Fort
Worth, and c Q Li1tletoD. of Weatherford
They instructed for Taft
New-York tribune., 1908-05-17

1-,e 1afh District convention, held at Floress1ile
~ on Nav II elected Eugene Nolte, of Seduln
and r C. I.asater. of Fslfurrfas A resoiu-
fion Endorsing Taft's candidacy was passed
New-York tribune., 1908-05-17
RIDGELY'S rns FIsASSlA. HSI.4,

when stated in this column last D-csnlbss
that We are In the early stages OF bull market.
my predictions of 150 for Union, I25 for Reading.
and that many low priced stocks would double in
price. were laughed at: but now they 90 not look
50 absurd Most persons missed those chances
but the market is stiII hero and there is still
money 20 be made IL you about "a in the right
way We think we can help you. ard you must
bear In mind that there Is time 20 sell we'll
as time TO buy. Our charge for Daily Letter,
30 per month, Is very small fraction OF phss
you pay your broker You need 1t az Our
SUBSCRIBERS caught six points profit IN two DAYS
on e. & o.. and there are others. Special msrkss
circular, Just issued, free
A n. RIDGEIY, 90 BROAD sr NJ.
New-York tribune., 1908-05-17

which viii be imposed upon the next PrssdsT, Prad.,r
who viii be confronted with the task OF seiecuhs
certainly q large plumber. possibly mslorlS @, =,
the judges upon the bench OF ths Supreme Ccurt
of the United States to fill vacancies arising gu
ing his Administration. Mr.. Tsft's legal tralnint.
his pride in nationet judiciary. his familiarity
with the reQuir OF that highest OF our W
bunals ernnently him for the task OF ssiecrtns
Its members without fear. favor affection Anu
solely for their qualifications for the place.
It IL OF imrneasurable Importance In q pontcat
campaign to select candidate whose views ON
ali public topics perfectly known. In tniS
respect the career OF Mr.. Taft is open book; hs
opinions every conceivable topic have ceen
clearly and unhesitatingly expressed.
Chairman Hay plainly showed his pleasure st re-
ceivfng this eulogistic fniorsenent OF Tsfr. rs
said: General Porter has sounded o note that
should strike a chord OF harmony IN the heart or
every loyal Republican Cohesion never so
necessary TO party success now
III prior 10 the convention IL IL conceded thar hr
Taft has sufficient delegates pledged to norinatn
him. would be a graceful. unprecsdented.
glorious all other candidates 20 sacrifice Ger
sonai feelings and cast the convsntion's entrs %oss
for Mr.. TAFT the fret ballots
"As the unanimous choice he would laA1 nv
publican army ss unsrsxsn srcas 70 stsssss - ~
rells neat Ne~smbas.'
New-York tribune., 1908-05-17

.HNected primaries First Choice Roosevelt S7'0"'
choice. Taft.
Note-Contess affecting PreSdentis Gf I'VE dele
ATS aected sixte!ght credited to Tafs1ee IN
aabama six Florida. six in Tennessee hou y. So,r
onoa four in North Carolina. two in
teen in Louisiana six in Kentucky four IN - Wssonrs
81 IN ohio Four are credited 70 Hushesa All IN a.
Tv.ntv-tpro uninstructedtwo in Aianana- sh, IN
Arizona, six in Georgia tHo IN SCUM O
Missesippi and two in Missouri - 1908 aso
membership OF the cohNe"'ioh u NN0'
Necessarv 10 choice, 4a1
New-York tribune., 1908-05-17
Novelty Wash Fabrics

SALE OF 10000 YARDS PRINTED SILK Cl O.
MULLs, STRIPED AND CHECAED Nol
gINGHAMS AND MADRAS, &C.
Regular prices, .35 to so I'd,
New-York tribune., 1908-05-17
sAy STATE DISTRICT FOR BRYAN.

Eoston NAV le-Resolutions instructing dele
ga+es in favor OF William ]. Bryan for President
we're adopted to-day by the 18th district Democratic
convention The delegates chosen were Colonei
A. C. Drinkwater of Braintree, and George b.
Cooke of Milford, and the alternates FREQ SUNNI
or o@ Newton and John D. Rattisan Of Hyde
Park
New-York tribune., 1908-05-17

The 10th District held Nis at af seain
on May u; eleSteo ~ rfufsis talf,rrias Tesoiu-
ton indorsihg Tafts candidacy was passed
NEW JERSEY
Four district delegates were elect ID.
The 9th District convention held at Jersey City on
May ls elected Pierre Garven; of Bayonne; ana mo
J. A. Dear, of Jersey City They were not IN
The 10Th District ccnyention held at Terssy i, CITY
and George Gonzales. of Hoboken They Were
not instructed.
Six district delegates were elected
The Sd District convention, held at Eaton on M May
sey, Of Montgemery County and s oscar ea1s' W
cry County. Both acts of delegates were in
The 18th District convention. held at ceshocton on
II BeTtoette' te Of woosteT they were instructed
In Re fSth district two conventions were held on
May IS, one at Portsmouth and one at Jackson.
parts, one faction eleeting Philo Clark. of
TRey We're Instructed for TAFT The other
f9n an m e. s Elmer n Wsc Of
No report was received from the Jackson con-
Nention
SCATTERING DISTRICTS.
The 18th MASSACHUSETTS, District eonvention: held
Maiden sn a1d nd @ a f. i Hastings. f1ss Of Lynn TAFT
The d msne Of se Ss at
May IL elected S. NJ. Carter, of Auburn
and W. c. Thompson, Of Bristol. They were
instructed.
The % North Carolina District contention. held
at Kinston May ID, elected D. w Patrick
and W. F. Autland; They were instructed for
A seceding faction elected w. Watson
and P Pearson and instructed them for For
aker
The 4th Arkansas District convention. held at
Mena on May I2. elected F. l.. Mallory. of
De Queen, ard Alvis Smith. of Van Buren,
They instructed for Taft.
The 37th New York District convention held at
Olean May 16, elected State Senator A. T.
Tancher. of Salamanca and Cyrus Z; Jones,
of Chautauqua County They were not in
structed.
The distribution by states and territories
among the various candidates of the 95S dele
gates SO far elected is shown in the following
table:
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1908-09-16

BOY WANTED-To learn printer s
trade. Inquire this office. 37tf
FOR RENT-A house of four rooms
at So per month. 703 franklin
street. 3S-lpd
FOR RENT-Flat over H. Jaeger's
barber shop. Inquire 81 Day
street. 1872
FOR RENT-Flat on Winnebago
street. Inquire this Office. 1871
FOUND-A case of surgical instru-
ments. Inquire at this office.
LOST-A pair of eye glasses last Mon
day. Finder please return to this
Office.
WANTED-Lady clerk. Write wv"
care Public Opinion.
FOR RENT room house, Washing
ton street. High and dry. Good
water Rent low. Apply HI. j.
Hutchinson. 36tf
FOR RENT-Fine office room in opera
house building. Inquire Weiser q
Bear
FOR RENT-Dwelling house to rent,
six room frame house one block south
of college, West DEBORAH. Enquire
G. S. Boice.
HOUSE FOR SALE-Inquire of o.
S. Boice. l6tf
FOR SALE-Good family horse not
afraid of automobiles. Carriage
and single harness. Inquire L. J..
Miller at laundry. 35tf
FOR SALE-Ten room house in good
repair, above high water. Inquire
612 River street. 35tf
FOR RENT-My farm in Hesper
township, 300 acres. Inquire
Luther Reed
WANTED-An experienced man and
woman to run farm Dairy farmer
preferred. E. q. Meagher. Herreid,
South Dakota. 36-4pd
FOR SALE-Eight room house,
corner Grove and Vernon, high and
dry, good house, also some out-lots.
Thos. O'Brien, 292S-16th Ave So.
Minneapolis. l3-6mo-pd
FOR RENT-Splendid home for re-
tired farmer. @. H. Dayton. De-
corah, Iowa. 31-3mo
WANTED-Glrls to work for Luther
College Boarding Club commencing
Sept 8th. Easy work with good
pay. Enquire at this Office. 32.tf
TO RENT-Desirabl location for
small family. rooms, electric
light. bath, city water, furnace, etc.
Enquire sos West Broadway.
FOR RENT OR SALE-House and
lot on Maple Ave. Inquire d. E.
Reed. 32tf
FOR RENT-The DR.. Daubney resi-
dence corner Main and Court streets,
opposite court house. Hard wood
floors, CRATES, modern heat, water,
electric lights. Barn on premises
All conveniences. +. w. Daubney
36tf
FARM FOR SALE-1S5 acres, three
and one.half miles east of Cresco
The southeast quarter of section 33,
township 80. range 10, and lot /, IN
the northeast quarter of section A,
township SO, range 10. Price fifty
dollars per acre. Terms to suit pur-
chaser. Henry r. Ringoen, New
Salem, N d. 1854
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1908-09-16
DEMOCRATIC HOPE SrDETRACKED
Taft and Foraker Shoulder to Shout
der for Republican Principles.

Taft and Foraker Shoulder to Shout
der for Republican Principles.
Another Democratic hope has been
sidetracked. That was that United
States Senator Foraker would not sup
port the Taft candidacy, and would
thus impair his chances of carrying the
State of Ohio.
The two big Ohioans fttingly met
at the G. A. r. reunion in Toledo, and
publicly and good-naturedly cast what
differences may have existed between
them to the air.
Mr.. Taft's contribution to the treaty
or peace was as follows:
ut is a pleasure for me to be here
with Senator Foraker, because when
governor of Ohio he gave me my first
chance and took a good deal of risk in
putting a man of % on the bench Of
the Superior Court of Cincinnati. We
are about to enter-or rather have en-
tered-a great oratorical campaign. 1t
is pleasure to think in this presence
that we are going to stand in the
campaign shoulder to shoulder, with
the full strength of the Republican
party"
In response Senator Foraker denied
that enmity had existed between Mr..
Taft and himself, and said:
Under the circumstances 1 hope l
may be pardoned if l say here in this
presence-the first time l have had
opportunity to say it-that there is not
now and so far as l know there never
has been the slightest Ill feeling Of any
kind between Mr.. Taft and myself.
az there is anything l have a right
to claim beyond another, it is that
am Republican three hundred and sixty
five days in the year. / have my pref
erences sometimes as to who should
receive the honors of the party, and
everybody generally finds out what they
are. But / am one of those old-fash-
toned Republicans who settle every such
question at the convention. When the
Chicago convention nominated Mr.. Taft
to be the Republican candidate for the
Presidency this year, that instant he
became my leader. He has been my
lender ever since, and he will be my
leader until the polls close on the night
OF the election"
Mr.. Foraker followed with an esti-
mate of Judge Taft's fitness for the
office he seeks by repeating what Bishop
Fallows had said before him.
81 want to repeat it," he said, that
his experience on the bench, in the
Philippines, as Secretary Of War, in
the construction of the Panama Canal
in all the positions he has filed, has
been such as to qualify Mr.. Taft al
most beyond every other man for the
Presidency We are going to elect him,
and If he does not make success Of
it, it will be his own fault"
Senator Foraker followed this state
ment with review of his early ac-
quaintance with Judge Taft, and the
favorable impression he then gained OF
him.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1908-09-16
If YOU ARE Durable
WE CAN CURE YOU

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Our treatment will tell you its own plain
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Without asking single question we will
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The durable cases OF today become the incur
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Extraordinary diseases require extraordi-
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FAITH, does not take CONFIDENCE, does
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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1908-09-16

LOST-Pocketbook at the fair grounds
on Thursday. Please leave at this
Office. 1871
FOR RENT-Seven room house in
West DEBORAH. High location. Many
shade trees. Suited TO small family.
Address *" care of Public Opin-
ion. 3Stf
FARM FOR SALE-The Odson farm
at Springwater. Canoe township.
one nile west of the mill, six miles
north of DEBORAH, Iowa, for sale
Excellent stock farm of 100 acres
Address Edgar Odson, 202 E. Broad
way. DEBORAH, Iowa 3S-2pd
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1908-09-16
But He Runs on Forever.
(From the New York Sun.

(From the New York SUM-
What will Mr.. Bryan say
After next election day?
DIr Bryan will insist
That he is an optimist.
Beaten three times! What of that7
He's the one great Democrat
Willing for his fellow men
To be beaten once again.
Read the Commoner and learn!
Mr.. Bryan, Mr.. Kern,
Sail together on this trip
In the old, oft stranded ship.
(They have quarters in the sternl.
In this antiquated craft,
While they gaze at Mr.. Taft
Miles ahead-the race near done
And by Taft and Sherman won
MIR. Bryan, ever wise,
Doubtless will philosophize
And to Mr.. Kern recite
That remark, already trite,
All prepared and often sprung;
Beaten? Yes, but I'm still young.
can wait another four
Years, then try the race once more,
/ have got this thing down pat,
I'm the one great Democrats"
Julian Durand.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1908-09-16
THE HEADSMAN.
He Used the Sword and Not the A,
Prior to 1888.


Prior to 1888.
/ am inclined to think that prior to
1883 the sword and not the AK was
usually employed as the weapon for
judicial decapitation and that a block
was dispensed with. the victims receiv-
ing their doom "meekly kneeling upon
their knees" and in this opinion | am
fortified by the concurrence of an emil
nent clerical historian. This learned
writer agreed with me that the ak did
not become the regulation" lethal inn
plement until after the rough and ready
heading" of Lord Hastings on the
Tower green, when he was summarily
dispatched by order of the protector.
Gloucester
In this instance. according to the
chroniclers, the victims neck was
stretched upon a piece of timber then
church of St Peter ad vincula. prob
ably a "putlog." part of the scaffolding
which, we read, conveniently lay in
the way" Contemporary accounts
seem to indicate that the executioner
straddled over the prone body. and
from this position infer that the de-
capitation was effected by the tool
known as an adj, the cutting edge Of
which is at right angle to and not in
plane with the haft
l may add that the only contempt
rary reference | have come across Of
the use or proposed use of an ak and
block for infiicting capital punishment
prior to this tragedy is in one Of the
Pastor series Of letters describing the
peril of an unfortunate captive of Jack
Cade's rebels "a. d. 1850. a generation
before Lord Hastings was so clumsily
hacked to death.-London Notes and
Queries.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1908-09-16
WHERE SHERMAN STANDS.
Approves Legislation to Improve the
Conditions of Labor.

Approves Legislation to Improve the
Conditions of Labor.
(From Sherman's Speech of Accept
ance.)
The Republican party believes in the
equality OF all men before the law;
believes in granting labor's every re-
quest that does not seek to accord
rights to one man denied to another.
Fair-minded labor asks no more, no
less, and approves the record of the
Republican party because of that par
ty's acts.
l have helped to make my party's
record in the enactment of the Eight
Hour law, the Employers Liability
act, the statutes to minimize the haz.
ard of railroad employees, the Child
Labor law for the District OF Columbia
and other enactments designed especial
ly to improve the conditions of labor.
i cannot hope to better state my posi-
tion on injunctions than by specific
endorsement of Mr.. Taft's Cincinnati
declaration on that subject. That en-
dorsement / make.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1908-09-16
FISH sUPERsTITloNs.
Queer Old Time Notions, Some u
Which Still Survive.

VUtSU Skhh SoTNtNCs
The one fish medicine of which mod
ern science thoroughly approves is COO
liver oil, and this. though in far less
nauseous form than formerly, is swal-
lowed in tons every year.
In old days much wider use was
made Of fish as cures for various evils,
and some of these practices have sur
vived to the present day. Some little
time ago boy died of epilepsy in a
north Wales parish. The doctor, called
in too late. inquired if the deceased had
been given any medicine. "Oh, yes,"
was the answer. 1--WE caught a trout,
drowned it in new milk and gave 1t to
the boy"
Eels are supposed to possess all kinds
Of virtues. In the dark ages of medi-
cine powder made of eels' liver was
considered an absolute specific for deaf.
ness and was also employed in cases Of
ague or fever A decoction of eels' fat
is still used by Dutch peasants as u
remedy for falling hair.
But the most valuable part of the eel
oSNOhdAiS " populdl SupClotillOn, - llS
skin. Many an old farmer wears a
belt of eelskin as preventive against
rheumatism, and some believe that a
garter made of the skin of this snake
like fish worn next to the human skin
as preventive not only against rheu-
matism, but also against sprains or
similar injuries.
Another cure for rheumatism, which
finds favor with salt water fishermen,
is red herring. The herring being the
most plentiful of all the sea fish, a
number Of superstitions have attached
themselves to it. For luck through the
ensuing year one must be sure to eat
a herring on New Years day.
Fishermen believe that each shoal is
headed by a king herring, which is
more than double as large as any of its
followers. They believe that when one
of the "kings" comes up in the net it
should be thrown overboard; otherwise
the next days fishing will be failure,
-Pittsburg Gazette-Times.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1908-09-16
Farmers National Congress at Madison.
Wis.,, Sept. "a TO 80.

Are you going to attend the conven.
tion of the Farmers National Con.
gress at Madison, Wisconsin. which
will be Eeld September "a to 30? II
so. see that your railroad ticket to
Madison reads via the Chicago, Mil
yankee d st. Paul Ry Excellent
train service to Madison via this rail-
way from most points in the Central
West Complete information about
railway fare, train service. ETC., free
from your local agent. #. A. Miller,
General Passenger Agent. Chicago
37-2
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1908-09-16
Making or Keeping Promises.

The difference between Mr. Taft's
promise OF tariff revision and Mr..
Bryan's pledges in the same direction
is that Mr.. Taft IL elected will be In
position to redeem his pledge, while
Mr.. Bryan If elected would be power
less to accomplish anything with
Republican Senate arrayed against his
free trade plans Omaha Bee.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1908-09-16
WANT
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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1908-09-16
Average Time to Cure
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Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1908-11-27
Marrx ! olrl eraau,t.. sIr.

The physician gazed with delight up
o. that snowy hillook ~ girl grad
natcs tier on tier with their pink
ehcess. their shining eyes and their
soft. abundant hair
Marry girl graduate. boy he
said 70 bis SOU From high school
or from college. the eirl graduate
makes the best wife Sir William Gull
has complied a table OF statistics
about sirl graduates and marriage
This table shows that the giri grad
ugte wife has better health than the
Ordinary wife. she Is divorced less
frequently than the ordinary wife. Her
have better health than the
ordinary wife's children. The per
ceniaee OF childiess marriages is less
by 4 tenth Ia her case