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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1909-12-15
ORIGINAL NOTICE.

To Augusta G.. S. Wilcox, widow of
Phineas C. Wilcox; Charles S. Will
cox, Addie j. Wilcox, Wilson G.
H. Wilcox, and Beatrice C. A. Will
cox, heirs at law of said Phineas
c. Wilcox; c. S. Wilcox and =
Wilcox, his WIFE Catherine Ko-
pet; mary X opet; and all
heirs, spouses, devils ees, legat-
ees, grantees, and transferees
of the above named defendants;
and all guardians of any of
the defendants herein; and all
of the unknown owners or claim
ants of any right, title, or interest
in or to the North one half IN. "
of the Northwest one fourth IN.
w. NJ of Section Ten (1O),
Township Ninety-six (96 North,
of Range Ten (10) West from the
Fifth Principal Meridian, Winnie
shiek county, Iowa, defendants:
You and each of you are hereby
notified that on or before the Six
teenth day of December, A. ID. 1909,
there will be on file in the Office of
the Clerk of the District Court of
Iowa, in and for Winneshiek county,
the petition, in equity, of the plain
tln, Frank Kopet, in which he states
that he is the absolute owner in
fee simple (save and except a life
estate of his mother, Catharine Ko-
pet) of the following described real
estate, to-wit: The North one-half
IN. 12 } of the Northeast one-fourth
On. E. "a of Section Ten (10)
Township Ninety-six (96) North, Of
Range Ten (10) West from the Fifth
Principal Meridian, Winneshiek
county, Iowa, and said petition prays
that title thereto be quoted in said
plaintiff, and that you be barred and
estopped from ever having or claim
ing any right or title thereto adverse
to the plaintiff. Now, unless you
appear thereto and defend before
noon of the second day of the jan
uary term, 1910, of said court, which
will commence on the Thirty-first
day of January, 1910, at the court
house in DEBORAH, Iowa, default will
be entered against you, and a de-
cree rendered therein as prayed.
C. S. BOICE,
Attorney for Plaintiff
The foregoing Original Notice is
approved. and the same is ordered to
be published four consecutive weeks
in the Public Opinion, newspaper
of general circulation, printed in the
English language and published and
issued weekly at DEBORAH, Winnie
shiek county, Iowa, the last of said
four publications to be not later than
January 9Th, 1910.
L. f. FELLOWS,
Judge of Thirteenth Judi
50-4 cial District of Iowa.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1909-12-15
A Happy Home.

/ have peeped into quiet parlors
where the carpet is clean and not
old, and the furniture is polished
and bright, into rooms where the
chairs are neat and the floors car
peted, into kitchens where the fam
lily live, and the meals are cooked
and eaten, and the boys and girls
are as blithe and joyous as the spar
rows overhead, and | see that it is
not so much wealth, or learning, or
clothes, or servants, or toll, or idle
ness, or town, or country, or station.
homes happy or wretched. And
see, too, that in town or country,
good sense and kind feeling anil
Gods grace make life what no teach
ers or accomplishments or means. or
society can make 1.-THE opening
stave of an everlasting psalm the
fair beginning of an endless and
blessed existence-the goodly. mod
est, well proportional vestibule to a
temple of Gods building that shall
never decay, or wax old, o. vanish
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1909-12-15
Leases Beard Diary.

]. C. Beard has leased his dairy
fran and milk route to Roney Bros,
who will take possession March 1st.
These gentlemen understand the
business thoroughly. being expert
enced men, and no doubt will con-
tinue 10 receive the large patronage
which Mr. Beard has enjoyed.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1909-12-15
The Night Before Christmas.


Twas the night before Christmas,
when all through the house
Not a creature was stirring, not
even a mouse;
The stockings were hung by the
chimney with care.
In hopes that Saint Nicholas soon
would be there.
The children were nestled all snug
in their beds,
While visions of sugar-plums
danced in their heads,
And Mamma in her kerchief and
in my cap,
Had just settled our brains for a
long winter nap.
When out on the lawn there rose
such a clatter,
l sprang from my bed to see what
was the matter,
Away to the window l flew like
a flash,
Tore open the shutters, and
threw up the sash.
The moon, on the breast of the new
fallen snow
Gave a luster of midday to OBJ
jects below,
When what to my wondering eyes
did appear,
But miniature sleigh and eight
tiny Reindeer;
With little old driver, so lively
and quick,
knew in a moment it must be
Saint Nick
More rapid than eagles his coursers
they came,
And he whistled and shouted and
called them by name
''Now Dasher! now Dancer! now
Prancer and Vixen!
On Comet! on Cupid! on! Dunder
and Bitten!
To the top of the porch, tc the top
CT the wall.
Now dash away, dash away, dash
away ALL"
AS dry leaves that before the wild
hurricane fly,
When they meet with an obstacle,
mount to the sky.
So up to the house-top the coursers
they flew
With a sleigh full of toys, and
Saint Nicholas too.
He spoke not a word but went
straight to his work,
And filled all the stockings, then
turned with a jerk,
He sprang to his sleigh, to his team
gave a whistle,
And away they all flew like the
down of a thistle;
But / heard him eXclaim, ere he
drove out of sight,
Merry Christmas to all, and to-
all a good night
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1909-12-15
CHRISTMAS SERVICES.
Congregational Church Next
Sunday.

The churches of the city are max
ing elaborate preparations for their
holiday services. In nearly all of
them there will be special Christmas
services in addition to the Christmas
trees and Sunday School programs.
The Congregational church will
hold its services next Sunday morn
ing and evening, when the following
programs will be given:
MORNING.
Prelude-Largo from New World
Symphony ...... .Dvorak
Invocation
ReSpons Soulie
Responsive Reading.
Hymn.
Anthem-"Christ Awake!"
OCuueCkST.
Scripture Reading
Anthem-"O Holy Father" ..Gaul
Mr.. Hill, Mr.. Mason, Mr.. Rich
ter, Mr.. Adams, Miss Berg,
Miss Thompson.
Prayer.
Offertory Solo-"In Old Judea''
............... .Geibel.
Miss Margaret Thompson.
Sermon for Children.
Hymn.
Sermon.
Hymn
Postlude-"Triump March"
....... =. Dudley Buck
EVENING.
Prelude-"March of the Magi Kings"
Hymn.
Anthem-"Sing, o Heavens!" Tours.
Scripture Reading.
Holy Night, Silent Night"
Mr.. Hill Mr.. Mason, Mr.. Rich. :.
ter, Mr.. Adams.
Solo-Mrs Walter Adams.
Flute Obligato-W. C. Adams.
Prayer.
Offertory-Pastoral Symphony
Anthem-"Bells at Morn" .Harens.
Violin-Oscar Amundsen.
Hymn.
Sermon.
nthem-"Alleluia."
Postlude-Postlude in G Flat, Read
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1909-12-15
A CinCh.

I'VE are not much of a sport
says an Algona editor, "but when we
meet a cinch in the road We recog-
nize it. We made the following
bargain yesterday. We were to
stand at a given point half an hour
and watch the ladies who passed.
For every lady who reached her hand
back to see if her skirt was gaping
we received a nickle and for every
one who failed to do so in walking
a block, we were to give a dime.
We got 60 nickles from him and
gave him one dime-a lady with
both arms off came along"
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1909-12-15

We have but one suggestion to
cffer as a Christmas gift for your
child-a Savings Account in this
bank. This with one or our Record
ing Steel Safes, which we furnish
free, is the most practical gift you
can make and one every child should
have. One dollar will do 1t. We
pay four per cent interest. The
National Bank of DEBORAH. 1873
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1909-12-15

This is supposed to be an econom-
ical Congress and yet they are talk
ing of billion dollar appropriation.
Uncle Sam is gay old spender,
sure.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1909-12-15
Mission Services at Catholic Church

Mission Services at Catholic Church.
Mission services will open next
Sunday at st. Benedict's Catholic
church and continue throughout the
week. These services will be con-
Quoted by a Redemtorist Father of
st. Louis, and there will be morning
and evening services. All are in
yited.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1909-12-15

Fred j. Rosenthal sells the
Singer, New Home, Wheeler &c VIII
son, Standard, White and Domestic
sewing machines, and carries a com
plete assortment of all kinds Of sup
plies, oil, needles, etc. Repairing
promptly done. The above machines
are the best standard makes, and
have no superiors. Call and see me
If you want a sewing machine. 48-4
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1909-12-15

The King of Sweden disguised
himself as a coal HEAVIER to get at
the views of his people. He prob
ably had a much better time than
sitting in a gilt chair in the stiff
palace.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1909-01-27
Broad River News IT?o:ss.

TO the Editor Of The Dispatch:
The health o: orr comaaHnity is
very good.
Mr.. james Lever ana family spent
Friday and Saturday with Mrs. s. c.
Amick.
W. w. Anicl. has recovered from a
severe case of the TlIrlE*.
Messrs James Lever, Johnstnne
Shealy an>i the A!nioiz Brothers went
rabbit hun:iDg lasJ Saturday, but on
account Of the weather the catch
was not SO good.
The price of cotton is going mp and
the farmers have it IL their power TO
keep it up if they will stand together.
The price of cotton can be raised to
scents, but it cannot be done so long
as the farmers listen to the merchant
and sells his cotton when the mer-
chant tells him to do so. When the
farmer sells his cotton for less than
10 cents per pound he is rejecting
upon the intelligence of the south.
". w.
Irmo, 10. 2, Jan. O..
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1909-01-27
Uppsc Union Meeting.

The regular meeting of the upper
division of the Lexington Baptist as
.sociation will meet with the Gilbert
Baptist church on Saturday, Jan. 80.
Programme.
Introductory sermon by Rev. James
Hite or Rev. Evans Hall.
Let query: What are the quali6ca-
tions and duties of deacon's office?
Opened by Wade Hall or J. J. Boat
wright.
2nd query: How may know that J
am Christian and my Christian duty?
Opened by Rev. w. L. Hayes OF Rev.
B. I. Reynolds.
3rd query: What constitutes a call
to the gospel ministry? Opened by
Rev. James Rite or Rev. J. S. Sean.
Sunday Morning.
10:30. The Model Sunday School.
conducted by Rev. Joab Edwards and
Lewie Hallman.
II. Missionary sermon by Rev. D.
A. Guuter or Rev. W. L. heele
Adjourned.
J. T. Sawyer, Clerk.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1909-01-27
Beware of Frequent Colds.

A succession of colds or a protracted
cold is almost certain to end in chronic
catarrh, from which few persons ever
wholly recover. Give every cold the
attention it deserves ard you may avoid
this disagreeeble disease. How can you
cure cold? Why not try Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy? 1t is highly
recommended. Mrs ~ White, Of But
ler, Tenn, says: "Several years ago I
was bothered with my throat and lungs
Someone told me of Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy. I began using it and
it relieved me at once. Now my throat
and lungs are sound and Well" For
sale by Kaufman Drug Co.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1909-01-27

"That noble woman," said the mag
nate, "made me what am today"
"Why, I didn't know you were mar
ried," said We.
81 am not. She refused me-"
Husband (dronping letter)-It has
come.
Wife (alarmed)-Oh, John, what is
it? Not notification from the Black
Hand?
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1909-01-27

Said John Burns to an audience of
workmen in London; II believe that
the best and most simple remedy for
drink is abstinence; but this must b,
supplemented by local legislative ac-
ton"
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1909-01-27
Muscular Pains Cured.

During the summer of 1903 | was
troubled with muscular pains in the ill
step of my foot" says Mr. s. Pedlsr, of
Toronto, Ont. LAT times it was so
painful I could hardly walk. Cham.
berlain's Pain Balm was recommended
to me, SO tried it and was completely
cured by one small bottle l have since
recommended it to several OF my friends
all of whom speak highly of it, For
sale by Kaufman Drug Co.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1909-01-27
Subscribers.

aw 70 sUBSCRIBERS-Tn remit
ting by bank checks for payment Of
your paper, please bear in mind that
the banks charge ten cents exchange,
and, therefore, we lose ten cents
Make your checks for s1.10, or remit
in greenbacks.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1909-01-27

The difficulty with liquor laws is
said to be that they are ahead of pub
lie sentiment. To which Athe Boston
News once suggestive1y added:
THAT'S what's the matter with the
Ten Commandments, too"
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1909-01-27
For Sale.

-Four or five yokes of young oxens,
la .ye size ard we'll broke. Apply to
II. z. Adams, Leesville, s. G.
4HI4
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1909-01-27

Mothers don't give your baby any
thing that contains opiates or any
other injurious drugs, but insist on
having DR.. Thornton's "Easy-Teeth-
er'', as it is the best medicine on the
market for teething babies, and is alb
solutely harmless as it does not con.
tain any opiates or injurious drugs e.
any kind. 1t is guaranteed under
Pure Food and Drugs Act, Guaranty
No. 1854. Price 35 cents. For salf
by D>rrirk Drug Co.; or Easy Teeoth
er Medicine Co.,, Hartwell. Ga.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1909-01-27

IN the mountain regions of Cuba
there ara many ridges and valleys of
extremely fertile land, nearly all un-
touched, and existing practically as
they did before the time of the Span
iards.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1909-05-19
Wednesday, May 10, 1909.
uttered in the postoffice at New U1m,
Mimi, as second class matter.

Speaker Rockne, we believe, voiced
she true sentiment of the people Of
southern Minnesota regarding the
aonnage tax proposition when he said
in an interview the other day: 'The
farmers of Minnesota can be trusted
to do the right thing. They do not
want anything that is unfair or I'M
just, as the tonnage tax undoubtedly
was. The veto of the bill will have a
tendency to place its merits and de-
merits before the public, something
shat had never happened before. The
only thing that made the tonnage tax
strong was the cry of the steel trust. ,
at the mention of that name every
body took to cover. The fact of the
matter is that it did not particularly
touch the steel trust, but did strike at
northeastern Minnesota and at Duluth.
Suppose some such hostile measure
lad been directed against Minneapo-
His in the sawmill days. Minneapolis
would not be what it is today. The
sawmills are gone now, but Minneapo-
dis went right ahead and is now a
great city, and that is what will hap
pen at Duluth. Even assuming that
the additional revenue claimed by Mr..
Bjorge would have been added to the
state funds as a result of the proposed
bill, it would have meant only about
seven cents to every quarter section.
All that will be necessary in the
southern part of the state is to put the
facts before the people. To insinuate
that the farmers of southern Mime
sofa want something that is unfair
and unjust is libel to the residents
of that section"
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1909-05-19
TYPHOID THREATENS ST. PETER
Conditions Existing There Nov
Akin TO Those Preceding Epi-
denic in MankatO.

An epidemic of bowel trouble has
been prevalent in st. Peter the past
few days, cases having been reported
in upwards Of twenty families. The
symptoms are somewhat similar to
those which marked the early stages
of the typhoid epidemic at Mankato a
year ago, and in most cases they can
be traced to the drinking Of city water.
AS soon as the trouble was reported
Health Officer G. F. Merritt ordered
the water cut. off from the public
school buildings and bulletin was
issued warning all consumers to boil
the water before using it for drinking
purposes. It is thought that the in
lection may have resulted from seepage
into the city reservoir, and cultures
Of the water have been sent to the
state board of health.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1909-05-19
The Minnesota River.

"A staff correspondent of the st.
Paul Dispatch, who made the trip on
the Steamer Lorene from ST. Paul to
Mankato, has this to say of the river,
it's present conditions and it's posi-
bilities under an intelligent system of
dredging:
"Thegovernment boat, the Barnard,
is to make a trip up the Minnesota
this summer, bat if it ventures on the
business of removing snags as it goes,
the journey will be tedious. Only
dynamite can remove some of these
long cottonwood trunks where they
have stood for decades settling lower
and lower into the mud bottom.
ssThere are no landing places. At
Shakopee where an occasional excur-
sion boat makes in the summer, it was
possible to snub to a tree and make
footing. But at Carver the Lorene
harbored for the night against sand
bar; at Henderson the mayor ventured
his Sunday suit to save the pilot
house top works from crashing into
the bridge; at LIE Sueur it was plain
that no boat was wanted; at st. Peter
there is the old natural sandstone
landing against which the river has
rushed these ages without making i'm.
pressions: at Mankato there is nothing
| whatever and the boat had to tie up al
| North Mankato, which is across the
river and not even in Blue Earth
county.
"The bridges are in a parlous con.
dition, and many a parley is needful
before they open to navigation. q
| the Minnesota again becomes a high.
way, it will be necessary to improve
the bridges as well. as control the
river. And above LIE Sueur, which by
rail is not more than sixty miles from
the mouth Of the stream, no bridge
need open its draws. This is neither
the fault nor the credit of LIE Sueur.
st. Peter may claim all the concern.
For st. Peter needed another bridge
at the upper end of town to keep into
country trade, so it had Congressman
Davis labor with the war department.,
which finally declared lie Sueur the
head OF navigation, so the stationary
and cheaper bridge was placed at st.
Peter. Yet this is the town of greatest
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1909-05-19
MEMORIAL DAY IS proc AIMED
May 3lst Set Apart as a Legal
Holiday for the Commemora.
ton Of a Nations Heroes.


& Gov. Johnson on Monday issued
the following proclamation:
Though nearly threescore years
have come and gone since the sound
OF Sumter's guns, the recurrence of
each Memorial day brings to US again
the debt of love and duty it is our
privilege and pleasure to pay to the
memory OF the nations defenders.
"This is not a new bereavement, but
one which time, the healer OF even the
most poignant grief, has softened.
These are not new-made graves we
garland, for over them all nature has
already spread the memorials of her
love. They have received the bene-
diction of her sunshine and her tears,
and above them her vines and grasses
have spread the mantle of Immortality.
"The Civil war ended long ago, and
but remnant of the grand army of
veterans remain. Those spared to
life's activities are worn by the
ravages of time and weakened by
wounds and disease. Soon will the
lone survivor be gathered to the
silent portals, and the annual march
of the boys in blue become but mem
DRY. Other lips and other hands will
perform the service of love and deco
ration that belongs to the heritage of
the soldier. But the army of the
soldier dead will be with US as long
as patriotism swells the heart, it's
campfres burn as long as liberty
lives. Time enriches their memories,
and to the farthest day the heroes
who gave their lives for their country
will be honored by agrateful posterity.
''It is fitting that we should on one
day of each year lay aside our ac-
customed duties and join with our
fellow citizens 10 appropriate me-
mortal to the patriot dead; therefore,
I, John A. Johnson, Governor of
Minnesota, hereby designate Monday,
May 31st, 1909, to be public holt
day, and ask that the significance of
the day be commemorated.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1909-05-19

The New Ulm delegates to the annu-
al convention of the Second District
Federation of Women's Club, which
was held at Sleepy Eye last Wednes-
day and Thursday, report a most en-
joyable and profitable meeting. Win
dom was selected as the next conven-
ton place and officers were elected as
follows: President, Mrs. Bingham of
Sleepy Eye; vice president. Mrs.
Green of Window: corresponding sec
rotary, Mrs. johnson Of Window;
recording secretary, Mrs. Olsen of
Sleepy Eye; treasurer, Mrs. Mo of
Springfield.
At the thirty seventh annual session
of the Pythian grand lodge in ST.
Paul last week Attorney Frank Ellis
worth of St. James was chosen grand
chancellor and Rev. F. S. Atwood,
the "blind optimist," grand prelate.
Fred Wheaton of Minneapolis con-
tinues as grand keeper of the records
and seal and W. r. Hodges of Sleepy
Eye rem aims on the board of trustees.
Delegates from Courtland and La
| fayette townships and from New Ulm
appeared before the board of county
commissioners of Nicollet county at
st. Peter Wednesday and requested
an appropriate for the raising and
Improvement of the Lafayette and
CORTLAND roads leading into New
Ulm, but the board refused to take
any action.
The pupils of the high school will
give a public entertainment at the
Turner Theatre next Friday evening.
The program will include musical Sc
lections by the high school orchestra
and glee clubs and the presentation OF
one-act farce entitled "The New
Squire. =
Senators are said to be anxious 10
adjourn because of the hot weather at
! Washington. Unless they improve
the tariff bill now under consideration
they will find it much hotter at home.
st. Paul Dispatch.
/ Harry Halbert of Missouri paid a
visit yesterday to his cousin, Mrs. J.
L. Schoch.
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