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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1909-01-06

Champ Clark, Democratic minority
leader in the House, has been col
lege president, farm hand, country
store clerk, country newspaper edi-
tor, and cross roads lawyer. The diff
ficulties Of all these jobs put together
will seem trifiing before the eques-
train feat Of riding 165 Democratic
Wild Horses.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1909-01-06

The suggestion that Decorah have
q home coming" q real one, this
year, meets with our hearty approval.
and we hope that the matter will be
properly taken up and carried out
to the credit of the city. 1t can be
made. notable occasion in the his
tory Of .Decorah. -.....s
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1909-01-06

Sicily Is so fertile. its soil requir-
ing little labor on crops. that the big
exodus that may be expected will
probably not depopulate the island.
There will be plenty to take the risks
for the easy return of agriculture. II
we had to make home there. we
should want to live well out in the
suburbs. In q one story houss with
solid walls and be ready to run on
seconds notice.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1909-01-06

Poor Sicily will have to miss this
winter the silver and copper stream
If tips usually gushing out Of the
American turists pocket-book. Quite
an item.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1909-01-06

The Troy Press says there Is no
reason for raising the presidents
salary above $4,000. inasmuch as
Bryan, Debs, Hisgen and other good
men stand ready to take the job at
present figures. Yes. and no doubt
$4,000 per as we'll.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1909-01-06

This is the time of year when the
merchant has to advertise to get bus
mess, even more than at any other.
The public is tired with shopping,
but open to conviction If the bait is
dangled persistently and skillfully be-
fore it's eyes, Mr.. store-keeper!
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1909-01-06

The earthquake was not noticed in
Washington. Probably the seismo-
graph hardly noticed the quake COM
pared with the tremors when
congress and the president whang
each other.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1909-01-06

TIE Duke of Abruzzi has to go
exploring, and Miss Elkins turns
nurse so as to forget. Rank and
wealth often cost high in life's
satisfaction.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1909-01-06

The fact that the Red Cross Soc
iety is to distribute the earthquake
relief fund will make 1t sure that
the money will be well spent. The
Red Cross shelters no graft and no
politics. Give. with full assurance
that the money will help some poor
souls survive their agony.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1909-01-06

We miss familiar note in our
exchanges, the annual fail
ure Of the Ice crop. Can 1t be that the
trade Is neslecting one regular feat
ure of their advertising.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1909-01-06

There were 900 fewer marriages
in Boston in 1908 than 1907. Girls
that. wear spectacles and conjugate
Greek verbs need to be coy in the
way they exercise the leap year
privileges.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1909-01-06

1t is estimated that $4,000. 900
people have been killed by earth
quakes during the history of the
world. How characteristic of happy
go lucky human nature to keep on
living In district that catches all
the tremors radiating from volcanoes
like Vesuvius and Aetna.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1909-01-06

A prophet announces that in ten
years women will cease to wear hats
No doubt by that time all the mill
liners will have become rich and ready
to retire on the profits of present
prices.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1909-01-06

Patting the editor on the back and
telling him that he 10 making good
paper doesn't help him pay the print
or. The best way to prove that you
Ike the paper b to subscribe for It.
---ent ~ ysar n advance.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1909-01-06
LITTLE JOHNNY JONES.
COMING TO THE GRAND TO.
MORROW EVENING.
Geo. M. COhan's Great Success Will
be Seen by DecOrah's PlaygOers
at the Grand Opera
House.

season it made such an emphatic
and instantaneous success that the
entire country was soon singing its
rraises, and it's author and composer,
Geo. M. Cohan awoke to the fact that
he was famous. Mr.. Cohan previous
to this had given to the stage two
very acceptable musical plays, "The
Governors Son" and Running For
ONCE" both of which have attained
great popularity, but Little Johnny
Jones', proved so original and such
= gorgeous entertainment that his
reputation as an author and composer
was assured after the first night.
Little Johnny Jones" caught the
fancy and liking of the metropolis to
such an extent that it scored a run
CT six months in New York, several
weeks in Boston, four weeks in Phil
adelphia and over four months in
Chicago. No musical production was
made last season that attained such
a record, and the fact that our theat-
regOing public are to witness Little
Johnny Jones" in this city tomorrow,
Thursday night conveys with the
announcement much pleasureable
anticipation. and can easily be con-
sidered one of the most notable book
ings of the season. Little Johnny
Jones" differs greatly from any other
musical play of recent times mas
much as it contains a dramatic story
which at times almost borders on the
sensational, and for this reason per-
haps it has been called a musical
melodrama. The story tells of the
fortunes and advantages of an Am
erican jockey who goes to England to
ride the races, meets with all kinds
of adventures, is finally ruled of the
English turf, Is accused of the theft
Of valuable papers and meets with all
stnds of narrowing experiences. All.
hOyeSpes1nsnefe right Untrue melo-
dra]pic fashion. the william is punish
ed, md the hero and heroine happy
before the final curtain. The story
has given Mr.. Cohan an opportunity
to introduce in logical and sane
maner twenty musical numbers all of
which have obtained such an immen-
Sc vogue that their delightful melody
is now familiar to every home in
America. The production as it will
be seen here is promised to be on a
scale of massive completeness, the
same in every detail as it was seen
last season in New York, Boston,
Chicago. and all the principal cities.
The chorus is composed of over forty
attractive girls whose singing qualit-
les are highly spoken of, while the
cast composed of many notable
favorites. The company in all num-
bers seventy-five people, one of the
largest on tour this season. The in
terest in the engagement of Little
Johnny Jones" in this city has been
so pronounced that a crowded house
is already foregone conclusion.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1909-01-06

President-elect Taft is agin grand
father clauses framed to disfran-
chise negroes. He believes "A mans
a man for a. that and a. that"
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1909-01-06

The Davenport Democrat suggesta
that Iowa's memorial to the late
Senator AllNoh be building. known
a. the Allison Hall. on the grou0ds
of the state university or the state
agricultural college. Let the oitisena
Of Dubuque have . monument erect
ed In his home city. if desired. but
let the general memorial b some-
thipg moro expressive than Z qoI6
= ~
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1909-01-06
Ssbscriptien Price $50 . Year

AlvsstlsaA6 aatess-Dbplay. y cent? ~ inch
sacA insertien. lat sts Csntyaeh for
~ imeAD ~ esab ~ inch. Lscab 10
ee0h pes Tina
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1909-01-06

Some of the men who are wearing
those noisy neckties must have got
q Christmas in the neck.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1909-01-06

The hunted bachelor may.10fe his
head ont 81 cover and Gee II the
maidenly clouds have rolled by.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1909-01-06

II you are worrying because 1909
came in on Friday. remember the
earthquake come Monday.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1909-01-06
Omo0..015 West Waeos Otsoot
Doth To1opAenss. uunhss q.
Current Comment.
Whoa, January!

The sheath gown wearer is now
called the tube woman" Too bad!
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1909-01-06

1t is rumored that hens are laying
again. Probably they are afraid that
otherwise the Farmers Uplift Com
mission will summons them.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1909-01-06

You can now send q letter to Ger
many or Great Britain for two cents.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1909-01-06

The best New Years thought from
the poets: Browning's phrase, Greet
the unseen with cheer
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-11-09

AMERICAN race waste more serious
than race suicide is pointed out in
Census Mortality Bulletin No. 1O4, in
which it is estimated that annually in
the United States from 100000 to 2O0,-
900 babies under five years of age die
from preventable causes. This great
loss Of life among the little ones at the
period when they are most loving and
most lovable could be prevented, is the
opinion of DIR. Cressy L. Wilbur, chief
for vital statistics of the
census bureau, who prepared the bull
letin, on the basis Of present day
knowledge of sanitary measures. For
the accomplishment of effective pre-
ventive work in this direction. DR..
Wilbur holds that the prompt regis
tration of all births and the more
careful and precise statement of
causes of death by physicians are
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-11-09
NEW JERSEYS FINANCES.

The news contained in State Comp
troller Vests telegram to the Cover
nor, at the close of tile States fiscal
year at noon on Saturday, will be ex-
ceedingly gratifying to the people of
the State, who for the past two years
have been led to expect deficit in the
treasury. The State fund amounts to-
$3680,S 81, from which must oe de-
Quoted 1886, 881.21, which will be at
once apportioned to the various coun-
ties for school purposes leaving a
4" free balance for State purposes" of
81, 304, 001. 40.
AS has been frequently explained,
the balance in the State treasury at
the close of the year is very substan-
tial. Monday the appropriations made
by the Legislature for the new year
became available, and they are suffi-
cient in amount TO extinguish the bal
ance. Besides there are uncompleted
contracts that will consume large
amounts. But the fact remains that
there is balance quite as substantial
as those which have been reported an
nually for the past fifteen years, in
stead of the deficiency that had been
freely predicted. There is nothing in
the showing to warrant return to
prodigality in expenditures, and that
the detailed report to be made by the
State Comptroller to the Legislature
will no doubt make clear.
Next January, under the provisions
OF a joint resolution passed at the last
session, the Comptroller will furnish
to the Legislature :. in simplest form
the financial condition of the State
and the moneys available and expendi-
lures necessary for the current and
coming fiscal years." and this state
ment, read in connection with the an
nual and supplemental appropriation
bills, will enable the public to make
itf own comparisons.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-11-09

The tie vote for alderman and free
holder in the third ward is remark
able feature of the election on Tues
day. The vote for the different can
didates varied considerably in the two
, districts, but came out together in the
addition. The law in cases of this
kind provides that the votes may be
recounted on the application of eiLher
party interested, he having to bear
the expense if unsuccessful, while if
the decision is in his favor the munich
pality bears the expense. If there is
no recount the vacancy Gao be filed in
each case by the board of aldermen.
1t is reported that there is one more
ballot on the string than there we're
names recorded. If this is so, as the
last ballot is democratic, the board of
aldermen will simply be carrying out
the popular will by appointing the re-
publican candidates. 1t was also re-
ported that a recount would be de-
manded in the mayoralty contest but
so far no one has shownSa disposition
to finance the venture. 1t would be
remarkable, however, if the matter
should go through without a lawyer
getting a round fee for trying to block
it. Every improvement so for has had
to pay toll.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-11-09
The ncopnsrv Versus the Piadns

'
Chicago policemen are having a hard
time of it under their new chief. Colo
mel lie Roy 7. Steward, who has an
idea that patrolmen ought to stay So
Der at all times. The word has gems
forth from the chiefs Office that, le
Colonel Steward can make It 90, the
force will be teetotalers' brigade.
One day recently the chief had six
men broken" for drunkenness, and
the crusade is to be carried on vigor-
ously, with the fate of the six held up
as an example to the rest of the men.
MANY outrages against citizens have
been committed III the past by drunk
en- policemen" says Chicago news
paper Even the most superficial OBJ
server ought to know that not alone
the drunken policeman, but the police
man who drinks on duty, is peril.
Therefore, while the civil service COM
mission is wedding out the drunken
wearers of uniforms it must punish
with proper severity policemen who
drink while on duty"
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-11-09

IT is now in order to renew the sug-
gestion made annually, to make Christ
mas purchases early and prevent as
far as possible congestion in the stores
and to some extent Tighten the labors
of the employees. All Of the stores are
amply stocked with goods suitable for
holiday presents, useful and ornamen-
tai, and the early buyers cannot get
as much satisfa ,tion later as they can
now. Everyho iy has some experience
of the Inconvenience of the "rush'i
days, and will if wise endeavor to
avoid them this year.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-11-09

THE voters of Morristown, or ma
jority of them at least, have again
demonstrated at the polls that they
will not be deluded by the sophistry of
those who would impede the progress
of the town by the cheese-paring pol
icy favored by the democrats. They
want results and are willing to pay for
them If the money is spent judiciously.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-11-09

SOMEONE suggests that it is rather
remarkable that the fourth ward
where about all the republican officials
live, should have been carried by the
republicans, while the second ward,
where the men live who had appropri-
ated the near officers, should have
been carried by the democrats. This
is an intimation that office holding
present and prospective stimulates
political activity. Perish the Thoughts;
this is reflection on patriotism.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-11-09
Worked Eleven Years For $40.

H. Buckley of Spokane and Fred So
denberg of Seattle have reached Port
Townsend after prospecting eleven
years for gold in the Interior of Alaska
without seeing civilization. A small
pack of furs and spoonful of nuggets
worth $40 are all they have for their
eleven years work.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-11-09

THE State Board of Health got an
injunction against Railway to prevent
it from continuing sewer extensions
not approved or authorized by the
board. A good many municipalities
have learned what their counsel is
worth by coming in contact with state
laws which the counsel should have
steered them clear Of.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-11-09

To Improve the class of jurymen the
court at Wilkesbarre, Pa, has asked
clergyn en of the county to send in
lists Of men they recommend. The
pastors will send in names picked from
their congregation and expect to elm
mate politics from iuries
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-11-09

THE usual campaign stories were
put in circulation about deals, crook
edness, etc, but the simple fact is
that If the Republican leaders and
workers hadn't put forth all their
energy the result would have been
different. The party was up against
the stiffest local fight it has had in
some time. But we got there all the
same.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-11-09

EVERY man who holds public Of
fee is a target" says the T" Long
Branch Record" It's unfortunate
that it is so, but it, is. 1t makes no
difference how honestly or faithfully
he discharges the duties OF the office,
he will be attacked. The very fact
that he is an efficient public servant
is bound to make him enemies.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-11-09
MARRIED.

TELL-HOPSON--At Danbury,
Conn, at the residence OF the brides
parents Saturday, November 9th,
1909, Roland p. AxFell to Miss AIDE
line Huhbel Hopson, by the Rev.
George w. DavenpNrt, rector of ST.
James Episcopal church.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-11-09
In Cologne the Salvation Amy work.

In Cologne the Salvation Army works
with the police during the night hours.
Members Of. the army go around with
an ambulance wagon. in which they
place the drunken persons found and
either take them home or remove them
to special shelter, where they re-
ceive first physical and then moral
treatment
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-11-09

Hawk and Weasel In Death Duel.
A hawk and weasel were after the
same hen in Elston Trowbridge's farm
nyard at Fairfield, N. j.. when the hawk
got the weasel by mistake The wea-
sci chung to the hawk. and they fought
In midair until they dropped and killed
each other. on the ground.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-11-09
DON'T THROW 1T AWAY

Make it new. An old chair with small can Of T. y
Home Finish Varnish Stain. Any old furniture with
floor, with small Of the L. & M. Home
Paint Old kitchen chairs, benches, any old sma
4 pound or two Of the L. & NJ G1ome Finish D,
carriage buggy, with about dollars VIC
Home Finish Carriage Varnish Paint Pore
swings iron ratings with small can Of T.
Porch Enamel Paint in FL colors An u
tight, with Of Eclipse Roof and Br
things made new with these little cans of
Paints. Cost is traing. Be sure to getI
Day, Morristown p 9 Henry, Baskne
Whippany
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-11-09

After the fashion Of big business adj
yertisers. the combined Protestant
churches of this country will early in
January begin campaign to adver-
tise social, racial. economic and re-
ligious problems which imperil Amer
lean life and American institutions.
The advertising win be by newspapers,
magazines, periodicals. posters, BILL
boards and literature.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-11-09

A curious ornament is worn ny the
German empress, which she has de-
clared her intention of keeping on her
person until her death. 1t was pre-
scented to her by the kaiser and is a
bracelet consisting Of seven gold
plates. On each plate there is an en-
ameled portrait of one Of her children,
and a pendent gold heart bears the Pic
ture Of her husband.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-11-09
PEOPLES PULPIT.
SECRET FAULTS PRE-
SUMPTUOUS SINS.


Cleanse Thou Me From Secret Faults; Keep
Back Thy Servant Also From Presumptuous
Sins; Then Shall | Be Upnght, and Shall
Be Innocent From the Great Transgression"
psalm XIX. Il, 49,.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-11-09
TO AID THE FARMERS WIVES
Department Of Agriculture Has the
Project Under Way, and Details of
the Movement Are Already Decided
on-"Farmers Institutes For Wo-
men, Is the Slogan.

Convinced that the countrywoman is
not getting the necessary training in
the way to manage a home and be-
cause of the fact that instruction in
domestic science is for the most part
confined to students in towns and cities
the department of agriculture has TAX
en- up seriously the question of how to
train the women of the rural districts
to do their work and manage their
homes.
The individual brought up in the
country may suspect that the farmers
wife knows more about running home
properly than her sister in the city, but
the department of agriculture doesn't
feel that way about it. 1t finds a great
need for instructing the farmers wives
and daughters in domestic science and
purposes to make beginning through
farmers institutes for women.
Results of Ignorance In Home.
According to report on the subject
by John Hamilton, farmers institute
specialist of the department Of agricul-
ture, comparatively little is being done
in training women and girls who live
in the country in domestic science or
the management of the home. The
rural schools do little, and other OPP
portunities are few. Ignorance in the
home of the proper way to manage it,
Mr. Hamilton points out, means food
Improperly prepared and sanitary con-
ditions neglected. Moreover, the selec-
ton and cooking of food and the keep
ing of things clean are not all the items
in the duties of the countrywoman.
Other problems exist, such as those
connected with the rearing and educa-
ton of children, the clothing Of the
family and the social, intellectual and
aesthetic improvement of the housewife
herself.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-11-09
Radical Change In Methods.

According to the census of 1900,
there were 37,244,145 women and girls
in this country. About 35 per cent, or
over 100000, lived in the rural dis
tricts. Mr.. Hamilton says that to reach
this great multitude with even limited
educational facilities for the study of
domestic science and household art
will require, as Mr. Hamilton views it,
radical change in the methods here
tofore pursued. The Introduction of
the study of domestic science and
household art into the rural schools,
the high schools and the normal
schools is only part of the work that
will be required.
winter schools for adult women
will have to be organized says Mr..
Hamilton. movable schools in large
numbers will have to be sent out; suit
able demonstration schemes will need
to be devised; expert advisers to visit
countrywomen will have to be en-
ployed, and publications adapted to
the capacity and needs of rural house
wives will have to be introduced into
their homes"