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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1909-01-20
CASFALIA.

jail OH, IOVO.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Hunter are re-
Joicing over the arrival of baby son
since January ION.
The VIM. McCabe minstrel show
ut the hall Friday evening was quite
well attended and gave excellent sat
isfaction.
Mr. Fortkamp of Ossian is visiting
his daughter Mrs. w. T. Cook.
Mrs. James Hunter went to Des
Moines Tuesday to visit her parents.
Her mother is convale scing from a
recent illness.
Miss Nora Floody was an over Sun
day visitor at Ossian.
Cards were received Saturday an
nOuncing the marriage of Miss Ethel
Burhans to Mr.. Mat Burhans, Janu-
airy 14th, at the home of her parents
at Sanbcrn, MINI. They will be at
home in GAINESVILLE, Wis, after March
1st.
The class of '09 were entertained
at the Henry Meyer home Saturday
evening.
Ray Allen went to Mason City
Monday.
Misses Cecile and Rosetta Johnson
of Ossian were visitors in town over
Sunday.
The l.. A. S. of the NJ. E. church
will give dinner at the Helmuth
Meyer home, January 81. Those
wishing to attend meet at w. H.
Haefner's store.
w. c. Winn was an Ossian visitor
Monday.
w. A. Gibbs returned from Council
Bluffs Monday.
Mary Sasz was born in Germany,
December, 1925, and passed away
at the home of her daughter. Satur-
day, January 8, 1909, age 80 years,
after short illness from pneumonia.
She came to this country in 1867 and
in 1869 she was united in marriage
to William Pupka. They resided In
Clayton county until after the mar
riage of their daughter in 1889 and
since then had made their home with
her until their demise. Her husband
preceding her to the Great Beyond
in 1904. The deceased left one
daughter. Mrs. III. w. Neverman and
two sisters, Mrs. Kate Rath of Far
mersburg and Mrs. Doris Harneck of
Postville to mourn her loss. The
funeral services were held at the M.
Il. church Tuesday forenoon, Rev.
Paulson of Luana officiating. A large
number of old friends and relatives
were present to pay their last re
spects to the deceased Interment
took place at Postville where she was
laid beside her husband.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1909-01-20
NORDNESS.
Jan. 18th

Jan. 18TH, 1903.
Miss Mary Garden returned home
Thursday from her trip to Colorado.
Amelia Moe spent Wednesday at
O. Orvella's.
A. III. Stevens and family spent
Sunday at Ed. Youman's.
Julia Anderson is visiting at
Berg's.
Amelia Moe went to Ossian Sun
day where she intends to remain for
while at the home of her brother,
John Moe.
A large number of young people
"tripped the light fantastic toe" at
Berg's Saturday evening. A fine
time is reported.
A merry load of young people from
Freeport sprung a pleasant surprise
on 0. Fl. Stevens and family Sunday
evening.
Lily Garden left for Colorado Sat,
rrday where she intends TO file on a
"'aim. Her sister Marv viii teach
IN her place during her absence.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1909-01-20
Canning Factory at Postville.

Canning Factory at Postville.
The stock holders of the recently
organized Postville Cooperative
Canning company held a meeting
Monday at Turner hall 10 select a
site for the factory, which they de-
cided to locate along the milwaukee,
rightofway on the J. B. Hart farm
east of the stock yards and on the
north side Of the track. The work
of constructing the factory will begin
shortly and it will be ready for bust
ness this season. That it will be a
paying investment there can be no
doubt III all join heart and hand
to make it so. Postville farmers have
made a success of their creamery and
their stock company, and the same
pulling together in harmony will
make the canning factory winner.
canning factories with profit, and
Postville farmers can do what other
farmers have done. Everybody lend
a helping hand and a good word. =
Boost!-Review.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1909-01-20

-Heare are some of the names of
the real "Stronghearts" in the Car
lisle-Indian Training School. 1.-TWO
dogs-in-the-Snow," Little Old Man. 4"
"Archiquette," "Strongheart," "Lu-
po," "Cat-Face," Mud Horse" Man
afraid of his Horses" "Yellow-Ham-
mer," "Headflyer," Man with a
Hole in His Pants"
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1909-01-20

Over $4,000 names were removed
from the pension roll during 1908
by death of old soldiers, over a.
900 of whom were soldiers and SAT-
ors of the Civil war.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1909-01-20

Seventy-one people killed. fifty in
jured, thirty of these fatally, is the
result of an awful collision on the
Denver & Rio Grande railroad near
Glenwood Springs, Col, Friday night
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1909-01-20

A little matter of $4,000 to
$4,000 will be paid by Uncle Sam
as toll to send his battleship fleet
through the Suez Canal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-17
is among the precious treasures of the

| is among the precious treasures of the
Iseaman'S "ditty box
| From Samoa the fleet went to Mag
dalena Bay, Lower California, where
tice was held. They stopped a month
at Magda1ena Bay and went from there
to Central and South America, stopping
the the following ports: Amapola, Hon
duras, Panama; Talcahuana, Coquembo
and Valparaiso, Chile; Callao, Peru;
the Galapagos Island. Ecuador; Carinto,
Nicaragua. and back to Magdalena Bay
for spring target practice. On this
cruise, at Chile, the fleet was repaint-
ed the color being changed from white
to the war color, slate-gray. which has
since been adopted by the entire Amer
lean fleet. After target practice at
Magdalena Bay the fleet went back to
Anapola, Honduras, and then to Pan
anna. Here the Topeka boy was trans
ferred for a few days to the Buffalo
with other enlisted men whose time was
about to expire and was transported
across the isthmus to Colon where they
took a government transport for the
states, arriving in Norfolk, Va, where
they were discharged in April Whar-
ton had risen to the rank of petty Off
Ger and held a coxswain's commission.
Such a bare relation of the adventures
of George Wharton since he left Topeka,
a fifteen-year-old lad, almost six years
1t tells nothing of the strange sights he
has seen by land and sea- of the countries
he has visited with their unaccustomed
scenes, their foreign customs, their diff
ferent civilizations. AT every port men
| toned in his bare narrative of his ser
vice, the man of war on which he was
| serving stopped for from half week to
| a month, the men had shore leave and
time and opportunity for sight seeing. un-
der circumstances which the average tour
| list can not enjoy. One must read between
| the lines of the simple, modest tale he
| tells his proud kin and admiring friends,
| the boys and girls he used to go to school
with for the story of discipline and duty,
| scenes of travel on his youthful mind,
| which made his term of service an in
valuable experience regardless OF what
| Inducements offered the men when
| they receive their discharge from the
navy to re-enlist. They may do so, at the
end of four months without loss of pay
| for the interval, and without missing the
| advantage of raise in pay for. continuous
not yet decided whether he will re-enlist
| or take up some occupation in civil life.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-17
Dress Suit Mania in Germany.

An amusing controversy has been
waged between the leading lights of
the royal playhouse here regarding
the precise style Of dress Englishmen
wear in the afternoon. The dispute
arose at the rehearsals of the English
play, Mrs. Dot" which will be initial
ly produced here January r.
In the first act the men come from
lunch at their club to take afternoon
tea at O'Clock. The predominant
party at the royal playhouse insists
that these Englishmen on the stage
must wear full evening dress, or at
least a dinner jacket.
The minority, who declared that or
binary black frock coats would be
worn at that hour of the day by Eng
lishmen, have been laughed to scorn.
The order has gone forth that full
evening dress must be worn.
This dramatic edict emphasizes the
prevailing German mania for wearing
dress suits at all hours of the day
Ultra-modern Berliners delight in
appearing at breakfast at 8 a. M in
the full glory of evening dress. Many
guests at the fashionable Berlin hotels
wear dress suits at-Tuneh. The same
phenomenon can be, observed at after
noon parties, GARDEN parties In the
summer and at funerals and we'd
dings.-Berlin correspondence of Lon
don EXPRESS
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-17
Decides Not to Die.

Phineas Wright thinks he slipped
the church folk one Sunday and he is
tickled at his own naughtiness. He
shocked the members of religious or
CARNATIONS last year when he had his
headstone put up, his grave dug, his
coffin bought, and his cemetery lot
staked out. On his gravestone he had
the inscription carved, "Gone, but
know not whittier"
Phineas made plans to celebrate his
eightieth birthday last week, and his
scheme got rumored around Connecti-
cut generally. The religious organi-
cations thought 1t a good time to ex-
press their minds to PhineaS about
the premature inscription on his head
stone, and they wrote him a regular
endless chain of letters, all of which
took up the question asked on the
gravestone. All answered it, and told
him where they thought he was going.
and, by strange unanimity, all ex-
pressed the opinion that he was head
ed for the same place.
After Phineas got through celebrate
ing his birthday by taking a walk out
to his cemetery lot and looking over
the inscription. he decided to answer
all the letters from the church folk.
He sat down and penned this letter to
each one who had written him:
Am in tiptop health and am not
going anywhere for several years."
Phineas still keeps his coffin in his
parlor. He has grown stouter since
he had it built, and he had 1t enlarged
a few weeks ago.-Putnam (Conn.e
Dispatch to New York Press.
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Reading in Proportion.

Tomorrow you may have some
thing to eat" promised the doctor to
the patient, who was now GONZALES
cent and correspondingly hungry.
The patient realized that there
would be a restraint on his appetite,
yet he hoped for a modest, steaming
meal.
Here is your dinner said the
nurse next day. as she gave the pa
tent a spoonful of tapioca pudding
land the doctor emphasizes that ev-
erything else you do must be in the
same proportion"
Two hours later the nurse heard a
frantic call from the bedchamber.
Nurse" breathed the man, heav-
lily. 81 want to do some reading;
bring me a postage stamp. It'll Bits.
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ERROR is CORRECTED.
Shake Up in Revenue Office at Terre
Haute, Ind.

Washington, May 17.-Secretary of
the treasury MacVeagh today correct
ed what he believes to be gross poll
teal injustice in the Terre Haute,
Ind, internal revenue collection dis
trict. On January is, last several
gaugers were promoted to be gaug-
ers. The civil service commission
made an investigation of the charges
that the changes were made for po-
litical reasons and reported their
findings sustaining the charges.
1t was reported by the commission
that the eleven men promoted were
Republicans and the seven men who
were reduced and subsequently sus-
pended were Democrats. 1t appears
that President Roosevelt on March 2.
1909, directed a reversal of the in
structions of January IS. This order
was carried out by the commissioner
of internal revenue only so far as to
restore the seven Democrats to the
position of gaugers, but the eleven
Republican storekeepers gaugers who
had been promoted, were allowed to
keep their places, making IS men
serving as gaugers. Today's action re-
stores the original status of all the
men.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-17

Reports from South Africa to the eff
feet that ex-President Roosevelt was
journeying inland on COW catcher
were rather astounding to most Ameri-
can readers not familiar with the
method of travel in South Africa. AS
a matter of fact this is the observa-
ton car of the Uganda railway. While
it would be entirely impractical on the
fast trains of America, it affords the
best and most highly priced seat on the
African railway, for from this point
one can observe the country as far as
the eye can reach on either side, and
an interesting spectacle it is.
The Uganda railway was constructed
by the British government at enormous
cost for the purpose of opening up the
territory inland. 1t was not expected
that this would be on a paying basis
for many years, but such has been the
growth of South Africa that the
Uganda railway is at present on a
paying basis and even has declared
small profits. From the railway one is
able to see an entire menagerie during
the trip inland from Mombasa. Pra2-
ticaIIy every animal familiar to the
visitors to the American ZOOS is seen
from the COW catcher of the Uganda
railway
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-17
A Poor Salesman.

Carey Johnson Lud1am, the South
ern philologist, said at a dinner: 81
hope that the salesman who accosted
me on my way here this evening will
take in one of the many schools of
craftsmanship an eight or nine years
course. I'm sure he needs it.
This salesman, shabby young
man, laid his hand on my arm and
said:
"'Say. friend, femme sell We a box
of this here patent cement
''I shook off his filthy paw.
Cement sneered, annoyed at
his familiarity. What do l want with
cement?'
Why cried the man, in apparent
surprise 'ain't We broke? Ye look
it ''-Philadelphia Record.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-17
Industry That Has Not Suffered.

while times have affected nearly
all manufacturing enterprises. the cor
set business has not suffered" said a
salesman of feminine wearing apparel.
1.-THE company 1 represent has been
making corsets for the last 55 years
and never had two months like Janu-
airy and February of the year.
Buyers are corset mad The de-
mand is keeping the machines work
ing day and night. The change in
dresses and suits has resulted in this:
The corset that would do two or
three years ago will not do now, and
more high-priced corsets are being
sold. ''-Kansas City Journal
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-17
ALL FOR A WOMAN'S HAT
Would Be Hero Thought 1t Covered a
Drowning Human.

New York, May 1.-THE useless bravery
of Michael Conlon of West 13Sth street
nearly cost him his life last night. From
the Madison avenue bridge over the Har-
lem river he saw peach basket hat
floating down the stream and believing
there was a woman under it, he valiantly
leaped overheard and swan to the hat
only to find it untenanted. But his shoes
and clothing were so heavy that he was
unable to reach a dock unaSsisted and
had gone down several times when he was
rescued by the police He was sent to the
Harlem hospital where it was said he had
been almost drowned.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-17
church Announcement.

The Baraca class of the First NJ. E.
church will give a dramatic and mu-
steal recital Wednesday evening, May
10, with EUGENE NEWTON SEE
VERS OF CHICAGO AS READER
A special program has been arranged
containing a miscellaneous selection of
over twenty (20) original poems.
SOMETHING NEW, DELIGHTFUL
AND ENTERTAINING. You should
not fail to hear this young and talent
ed author. Remember the date, We'd
nesday evening, May 10. Admission,
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GLIDDEN CAR COMING.
Will Reach Topeka Tomorrow on the
Way East.

Denver, May 1.-THE Glidden path
finding car left Oakley, Kan, last
night on its return journey from Dem
yer and will probably stop tonight at
Ellsworth. Unless muddy roads inter-
fere, it is planned to reach Topeka or
Lawrence tomorrow night. The car is
following the tracks of the Union Pa
cific across Kansas
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bad said Mr.. Mathews, "thirty-five
citizens described themselves as men
who rob with threats of violence, 20
were howlers at funerals, 226 men
said they. were fatterers for gain, 25
were hereditary thieves, and las de-
scr1bed themselves as ear cleaners.
I'm addition to this remarkable list,
there were nine professional false
Witnesses IA hereditary painters of
horses with spots, and rs makers of
crowns for idols. New York Times.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-17
Where Natives Are Truthful

According to Charles Mathews. an
American tourist who returned Satur-
day from a trip around the world. the
natives of India are truthful to a, re-
markable degree when they are re-
quested to give the government Off
Gals facts as to their means of getting
a living
''In the census returns at Alfalfa
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-17
POLICE J0TTINCS.
Usual Number of Drunken Men
Are Arrested.
Include the Regular Customers
of Hotel Eaton.
STOP BIG CRAP GAME.
Officers Got Over City Bound
aries in Doing So.
Players Discharged and Rear
rested by ''the State.'
STOP BIG CRAP GAME.

That Saturday night is the big
night with the police department and
Sunday the busy day. is obvious
from a casual glance over the docket.
Since Saturday evening the police force
has made A arrests and investigated
scores of complaints and suspicious
persons. Most Of the arrests are for
drunkenness and vagrancy. The num-
Der of DRINKS varies but a little Sun
day after Sunday, invariably including
number of old timers and always a
few new ones. 1t is ever the same class
brought before the police judge. If any
of the booze organizations put on any
special services for closing Saturday
friends other than the every ready
policemen.
Detectives are today investigating
the supposed incendiary case of the
Stamey fire. They report several clues
but further than that say nothing de-
cisive has been learned. 1t is quite evil
dent that piles of hay prevented the
horses from breaking from the stable,
having presumably been piled in front
of the exits, according to reports of the
investigation.
A great game of seven come eleven
in operation in the little park just
west Of Garfield Park in North To-
peka Sunday afternoon, to which
game eleven came and seven were
caught, furnished a great deal of trou-
BILE for the police court this morning
and was finally turned over to the
county for handling.
Complaints of the game had been
made during the afternoon to the
North side policemen and Patrolmen
Mead and Pinkston walked over that
way. When they had approached to
within a hundred yards of the open
air amusement, the gang jumped to
their feet and four made their cross
country getaway. The seven who
stood ground were J. c. Cohee, B. A
Palmer, L. M. Higgs. Walter White
head, D. Bicfle, NJ. G. Kistler and L.
c. Juno. OF these Cohee and Palmer
furnished bonds but forfeited them
thereby discriminating the others.
Higgs, Whitehead, Bickle and Kistler
engaged the services of Attorney w
A. S. Bird and were brought up for
trial this morning pleading not guilty
While they were waiting for the Of
ficers, Juno. who had not been includ-
ed in the defence squad, was brought
out and seeing the others all lined up
thought they were done for so upon
being asked his plea said: 81 guess
l am guilty like the rest of Them"
and was fined $40. AS the trial of
the others was continued this testi-
mony OF Juno ana the On1cerS ap-
peared to have cinched conviction
when the attorney for the defence in
formed the judge that the game, If it
was held, was held outside of the city
limits. That called for the services
of the city engineer who was called
with his maps. His testimony proved
that the game had been in progress
about two hundred feet past the last
alley belonging to the city. Hence,
the prisoners were discharged, but
Mead, who is also deputy sheriff,
held the men for trial in the county
courts where the case will still be con-
tinued.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-17
Treasurer sredlicott Returns.

Stanley Medlicott has just returned
from Lawrence, where the county treas
llrers of the state met in annual ses-
sion. What was intended to be a three
day session lasted five days on ac-
count of bad weather A very enjoy
able session of the money-handlers' ac-
ISOLATION is reported
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-17

Island was ushered into the room
with a host of his Indian friends. His
hair was long and hung down to his
shoulders, his face wore sanity ex-
preston and he smiled kindly upon
the assembly, in fact he looked all the
part of the mildest. and sweetest
puritan and his skin was very light
But the Illusion did not last long for
his Indian company could all talk a
little English while he could only
smile. John Saumuty is his American
name. He and his band had Success
fully evaded the pale faces restric-
tions and broken the white mans con-
fines slipping out of the river bottoms
with the scalps of dozen old Red
Tops hung below their belts and
staggering from tn weight. Sous
ed'' was a mild term for their con-
dition. All were in the same state but
several had been here before while
the old missionary looking fellow
and another had not for that reason
drawing SIS assessment as against the
$40 of the others.
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1.-THE climate is considered very healthy
here I believe remarked the tourist in
Arizona. Yves, if you mind your own bus
iness,', replied the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
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A murmur of establishment ran
around the police court room this
morning as a man whom all supposed
to be Roger Williams himself con-
jured up from the swamps of Rhode
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-17

Another party of drunks included a
delegation from the Hebrew highlands
included stephen Isreal Joseph Elias
and Little Simon. They were making
a pilgrimage on a freight train.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-17

Still another ''troup of tremens''
was driven out of the haunts of
Quincy street and into the deep
dungeons of the Eaton Cure San
itarium Sunday afternoon by Gilbert
They added $40 to the collection for
the town pump
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-17

Gold filed spectacles $3.50. Chas.
Bennett, optician, 730 Kansas ave.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-11-11
BAD SHOOTING SCRAPE
Family Quarrel Responsible for At. tempt by Charles Holt to Kill W.
 I. Stewart Near Janssen.

According to telephone mes- sage received by The Star, serious shooting affray occurred Tuesday near Jansen, in which Charles Holt fired three shots al w. F. Stewart, the first bail striking button on his vest and glancing off, the second going through his hat and the third missing entirely. Holt was be- fore Justice Allen on a charge of shooting with intent 10 kill.
 It seems there had been fight between Holt's wife and Stew arts two daughters, sn the par ties being brought before a jus tice of the peace Monday. The quarrel and shooting resulted.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-11-11
NO MORE TEMPER FOR HIM.
Young Man Takes Oath to Never Again
 Get Angry or Pout.

Tuesday Justice of the Peace w. J. Hay had an experience en- tirely new and one that he will probably never have again. A young man about 20 years of age, neatly dressed and of gooJ ap- pearance, came to him with a typewritten statement which be wished to sign under oath. IL was ID the nature of an oath that he would never during his life get angry or pout. MT. Hay fixed him up all right and told him that with the proper determina- ton he would succeed.
 Mir. Hay gathered from the young mans conversation that he had done something while angry that he regretted later, and he wanted to fix himself so he wouldn't do it again.