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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-02-17
"Frauds Upon the Public"

is what some physicians haye called
patent medicines, and II is undeniably
true that some are frauds and some
are even worse, because they are In
furious. On the other hand, there are
many patent medicines such as Ly-
dia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
and others. which are of real worth,
and are recommended by physicians
of recognized standing.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-02-17
j. S. SENATE IS NO
PLACE FOR POOR MAN
SEN ArOR FLINT PRESENTS
INCONTROVERTIBL FIGURES

shows The Expenses of
Sitting in the Higher House-In-
come Entirely Inadequate-Many
Multi-MIillionaires Set Expensive
Pace.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-02-17

contributions to the party; its out of
the question to think of them put
ting up money for the candidate per-
sonally.
II must say that | like the senator
ship, If 1t We're not for the sake of
my family, would like nothing bet
ter than to stay here the rest of my
life. But. owe my family some
thing, and If l spend $4,000 or $780,
000 every six years for the campaign
and then come to Washington and
spend more than my salary-as l
have during the last six years-it
would only be question of time when
| would go broke"
Many Multi-Niillionaires.
Here is a list of the multimllion-
aires IN the senate with whom SEN
ator Flint is now associating:
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-02-17
Ladies Soles Sewed.

With my new machine I can sew
your soles on for Csc per pair. They
will look better and last longer.
A. EKLUND.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-02-17

Other senators whose wealth Is es
tmltcd 90 be over a million are
Briggs Of New Jersey; Smith. of
Michigan. McEuery of Louisiana;
Owen OF oklahoma; Penrose of Penn
sylyaua Perkins Of California, Ray
rer ol Maryland and Bailey of Texas.
Among the poor" senators are
Du'om If Illinois; Cummins Of Iowa;
Dick of Ohio. Gore the blind senator
from oklahoma; Stone and Warner
90 Missouri. and Beveridge Of Ind ana.
Many Of the senators of moderate
means help out their incomes on the
lecture platform Ia Toilette of Wis
.pnsn is paid $3.50 or $500 talk
ay the Chautauqua, and does a great
deaf of lec,uring in the summer
months. Dolliver Of Iowa, is another
popular lecture card" ANA draws
$3.50 a lecture
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-02-17

A woman's idea Of genius is a
man whose neckties match his COM
plexion.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-09-21
YOURS FOR II CTS.
A DAY.

we annOunc-
ed this new
sales plan re-
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-09-21
CLAY HILL.
September 10, 1910.

september ~, 1911.
Mrs. ]. j. Rosa went TO Cresco
Tuesday to visit her parents, re-
turning Wednesday. She was &C
companied by Mrs. VIM. Davidson
of Rowena, S. d., who has been
visiting with her for few days.
Mrs. Van Prang of Decatur, Ill.
is visiting her aunt, Mrs. H. Nj.
Cummings. She came Friday
Mr.. and Mrs. Chris. Enger and
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Goettleman of
Frankville township were entertain
ed at the ]. Dinger home yesterday.
Mrs. Henry Severson of DEBORAH
spent Sunday with her parents
here.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. j. Seegmiller and
son Edward visited with Gideon
Seegmiller and family at Locust on
Sunday.
Mr.. Mike Banning of Cresco and
Mr. Frank Daniels of Ossian were
visitors at the J. ]. Rosa home the
past week.
Walter Cummings is the lucky
boy who captured first and second
prizes in the corn contest at the
fair last week. Good for you, Wal
ter.
Mrs. Fred Tillotson and son Car
roll returned from st. Paul last
Wednesday. where they spent a
week attending the fair and visiting
relatives.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-09-21
CALMAR.
September 10, 1910.

September 10, 1910.
Lawrence Falck and wife of
Strawberry Point visited at the
Lutz home this week.
Mr.. A. A. Stromsodt left for Hen
hing, Mimi. Thursday, where he ex-
poets to so into business. His fam
lily expect to go to Henning in a
few weeks. Mr.. Stromsodt was &C
companied by Mr.. n. N. Stromsodt.
Mr. and Mrs. Kotchell of Mason
City visited at the w. V. wager
home Thursday
Mr.. H. Wesselmann and family
drove over to the fair at DEBORAH
Thursday.
Miss Beatrice Wager left for
rake university Monday, where
she is going to school.
Mrs. g. A. Golfer left for a visit
at Toledo Friday morning. She
was accompanied as far as Chicago
by Mr. Golfer. Mr.. uolter returned
Saturday morning.
Cliff Parker of Lawler was in
town Thursday.
Misses Mabel Binrud and Clara
Pletka were DEBORAH visitors Thurs
day.
Mrs Reed of Chicago came Fri
day for a weeks visit with her
brother, Mr.. Will Milward.
The fair at DEBORAH was we'll at
tended by people from Calmar and
Postville. Calmar and DEBORAH
played ball the first day. DEBORAH
had several new players. They were
Wickland and Fraser of Chicago,
and Sanders and Newcomer of
Strawberry Point Calmar was
strengthened by Pierce and Garzee
of Hastings, Neb., O'Boy of Cas-
talia and Scheutz of Strawberry
Point. The umpire favored DEBORAH
from the first. The score should
have been 1 to 0 in favor of Calmar
but the umpire gave some peculiar
decisions and DEBORAH tied the
score. In the twelfth inning Uher
got home but the umpire called him
out. Calmar quit and the umpire
gave the game to DEBORAH, 8 to 0.
Mrs. G.. A. Golfer and daughters
jeanette, Alice and Phyllis were
DEBORAH visitors Thursday.
Mrs. T. w. Hazelton left Thurs
day for a visit with her brother at
Usage, Iowa.
Miss Dora Foss returned from
Cresco, where she has been visiting
friends Thursday.
Miss Dena Olson left for a visit
with relatives at Waterloo Friday
The ladies of the Calmar Gene
terry Association are preparing to
hold a rummage sale in the middle
of October.
Mrs. Martin of Mason City came
Friday for visit at the j. S. Roome
home.
Miss P.etre Dahl left Thursday
for her school at Valparaiso, Ind.
Mrs. Strobe of Minneapolis came
Thursday night for a visit with
friends here.
Miss Maud Overhaul left Satur-
day for a visit with friends and
relatives at Waterloo.
H. ]. Giesen was DEBORAH visit
or Saturday morning.
Lyle Kaye left Saturday for his
school at Knoxville, Illinois.
Mr.. Kiel of DEBORAH came Satur-
day for an over Sunday visit here
with friends.
Misses Dora and Martha Foss
were DEBORAH visitors Friday.
l.. M. Jack of Jackson Junction
was business caller here Monday
afternoon.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-09-21
A 500 Typewriter
for IL Cents a Day!

Please read the headline over
again. Then its tremendous signi-
ficance will dawn on you.
An Oliver Typewriter-the stand
ard visible writer-the 500 ma
chine-the most highly perfected
typewriter on the market-yours
for II cents day.
The typewriter whose conquest
of the commercial world is matter
of business history-yours for II
cents a day!
The typewriter that is equipped
with scores of such conveniences as
1.-The Balance Shift"-"The Ruling
Device'-"The Double Release
1.-The Locomotive Base"-"The Au-
tomato Spacer"-"The Automatic
Tabulator"-"The Disappearing In
dicator''-The Adjustable Pa
nor Hin
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-09-21
LINCOLN TOWNSHIP.
September 10. 10

September 10, 1910.
Quite a few have started to cut
corn for fodder.
The autumnal equinox appears
this week.
Some of Chas. Goth's calves have
gone astray.
Mrs. Lee Robinson departed for
her future home at Stewart, Neb.
the fore part of the week.
An Italian beggar, who claimed
that he had been injured in a stone
quarry, was around here last week,
asking aims of our people.
Mr.. Emil Koch departed for Ca
YOUR, S. Oak. last week, to look af-
ter his crop and to see the country.
Miss Addie Scheurer went back
to DEBORAH last week, after a stay
of week at home.
Miss Tillie Scheurer has been
sewing for Mrs. Fred Butz few
days the past week.
Quite a number of Lincolnites
took in the fair at DEBORAH last
week.
Grandpa and Grandma Kuntz are
visiting at the home of Sam KuntZ
in Cresco this week.
DR.. j. c. Lewis of Ridgeway was
professional caller at the Henry
Michael home one day last week
Mr.. and Mrs. Chris. Schild visited
at Rudd and Cedar Falls last week,
returning home the fore part of the
week.
Miss Haakenson is attending
Valder's Normal school at DEBORAH.
Paul Qualley drove to Washing
ton Prairie last Friday to see his
mother who is at present quite ill.
He returned the next day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Glass of
Strawberry Point were here this
week visiting a number Of their
relatives and friends. They re-
turned to their home the fore part
of the week.
Parties from Albert Lea, Mimi,
enroute for McGregor in an auto,
met with an accident about IN
miles from Ridgeway. The machine
turned over in going down grade,
killing the chauffeur almost in
stantly, seriously injuring the other
gentleman, besides bruising the la
dies. Physicians were hastily sum-
moned from Cresco to the scene,
The cause of the catastrophe seems
to be uncertain, but is supposed to
have been caused by the motOrist
using the wrong lever.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-09-21
A Quarter of a Million People
are Making Money with
OLIVER
I typewriter

The Standard Visible Wrzfey
The oliver Typewriter is money
maker, right from the word "go!"
So easy to run that beginners soon
get in the expert" class. Earn as
you learn. Let the machine pay the
II cents a day-and all above that
is yours.
Wherever you are, there's work
to be done and money to be made
by using the Oliver. The business
world is calling for oliver operators.
There are not enough to supply the
demand. Their salaries are consid-
erably above those of many classes
of workers.
''An Oliver Typewriter In Every Home
That is our battle cry today. We
have made the Oliver supreme in
usefulness and absolutely indispens-
able in business. Now comes the
conquest of the home.
The simplicity and strength of the
Oliver fit 1t for family use. 1t is
becoming an important factor in the
home training of young people. An
educator as we'll as a money maker.
Our new selling plan puts the
Oliver on the threshold of every
home in America. Will you close
the door of your home or Office on
this remarkable Oliver opportunity?
Write for further details of our
easy offer and a free copy of the
new Oliver catalog. Address
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-09-21

cently, just TO
feel the pulse of the people. Simply
a small cash payment-then II
cents day. That is the plan in a
nutshell.
The result has been such a deluge
of applications for machines that we
are simply astounded.
The demand comes from people of
all classes, all ages, all occupations.
The majority of inquiries has
come from people of known financial
standing who were attracted by the
novelty of the proposition. An i'm
pressive demonstration of the i'm
mense popularity of the oliver
Typewriter.
A startling confirmation of our
belief that the Era of Universal
Typewriting is at hand.
A Quarter of a Million People
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-09-21
The Oliver typewriter Co.
The Oliver Typewriter Building
Chicago =: Illinois
E.. III. Valdez
Local Agent

A specific remedy for each all
ment, the best that brains and
money can produce-the "Meritol'
line of the American Drug and
Press Association, Brunt e. Parman,
local representatives
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-09-21

-Meritol Chocolate Granules, a
product of the American Drug and
Press Association, are positively
without an equal as a bowel regula-
tor. They do the work without the
slightest evil effect. Try them once
and you will never be without them.
Brunt & Parman.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-09-21

~ .
THE Scientific
Condensed Key.
board
Holbrook argus., 1910-09-20
Giving He Parents a Shock.

Young Edwin Higbee made his parents quicken their respiration and look up from their papers the other evening in a hurry.
 Father" began the young man, ''hOw far should e fellow 50 with c girlg"
 why, eh-uh, that-that depends, !" stammered William T. Higbee, the parent. What do you meant"
 "Well, went just as far as could. I didn't know whether her folks would like it if I went any further. So I just"
 "How far did you go?" broke in the father, excitedly, wondering what sort of mesalliance in the family he might have to face some day with such Don Juan for a son.
 "Oh, didn't go any further than the gate. I had a notion to walk clear up to the door with her, but I didn't know whether I ought to or not, so I just stopped at the gate and said good. by and"
 The parents were already breathine deep sighs of relief.-Cleveland Piair Dealer.
Holbrook argus., 1910-09-20
GERTIE HAD GOOD SENSE
At Least Her Father Thinks So, and That's Why He Is Happy-Fig-
 ure 1t for Yourself.
Louis Gordon was all smiles.

Louis Gordon was all smiles.
 You appear happy, MT. Gordon" said reporter. May inquire why ?''
 May you inquirer" repeated MT. Gordon. Didn't you hear about it? Of course, how could you? But surely she is chip of the old block. It was just like my Gertie. Oh, the man who gets her gets the finest girl in the country. God bless her"
 The news spread that Miss Gertrude Gordon was about to marry and tine proud father was asked to tell all about it.
 Tt was this way" he said. "of course you all know about the big weddings gave each of my five mar ried children. There was never any thing like the Gordon weddings. Well, this morning Gertie comes to me and this is what she says to me:
 Pop she says, how much does it cost you every time one of the chil- dren gets married? She meant for the hall and the entertainment. Well, figured 1t out and told her 5000.
 Pop says that smart girl to me, how would you like to make $1,000?'
 "'You're en- says to Gertie. Show me how
 Pop she says, I tell you. You give me $5,000. and you keep the $1 .000. l will get married quietly in the house and you don't spend the $6,000.' What answer did 1 make? What foolish question! 1 told her to go ahead
 Miss Gordon is to marry Adolph Rothenberg, hat manufacturer, March 2, in her fathers home, 2026 Seventh avenue.
 I tell you,' said Gertie to me, how think we can spend the $5,000,' Gordon continued. eff my husband buys goods on 30 days notice I can pay the cash and thus make the dis count Then she said that after five years they could have fine tin wed. ding in hall. Now do you wonder tbat am happy with such sensible daughter at home? I tell you we are proud of her."-New York World.
Holbrook argus., 1910-09-20
Her Threat.

The little grass widow and the man from the west had dined together sev- eral evenings at Balogh's, but the handsome man at the other end of the table never had looked at them once, says the New York Press. No matter how interesting they purposely made their conversation he never batted an eye, just sat there over his wine and his paper.
 Isn't he the handsome brute?'' whispered the little grass widow. And never to notice mel"
 T believe" her companion whis. pered back, that he listens to every word we say. I don't believe he misses anything
 You just wait" warned the little grass widow, "till some fine night when I come down here all by myself and ask him for the salt. Then see what happens!"
Holbrook argus., 1910-09-20
BEAT THE CID MAN
LOVERS FoRcEFUL APPEAL Un.
 ANSWERABLE.
He Didn't Want Mir. Gotrocks' Daueh. ter, She Wanted Him, and That You Must Admit Was
 Different Thing.

AS the young man entered, the old man looked up and scowled.
 'Well?' said the old man, shortly.
 Your daughter" began the young man, but the old man cut him of ab- ruptly.
 I've noticed that you've been hang ing around here good deal,'' he said me that you love her and want to marry herr"
 "No," replied the young man, calm ly. I've come to tell you that she loves me and wants to marry me-"
 "What?" roared the old man.
 She says so herself" persisted the young man.
 T never heard of such an exhibition of egotistical impertinence," said the old man.
 Then you misunderstood me-" ex- plained the young man. My assertion is dictated by policy and not by i'm pertinence. You see, it's just this way. What I want Is nothing to you; now, is it?"
 "WhyVer-not-exa
 T might want $1,o0o, but that wouldn't matter to you, would it?"
 Certainly not"
 You're under. no obligations to sup. ply me with what want are you?"
 Hardly
 Then what foolish proposition 1t would be for me to come to you and say: Mir. Gotroeks, have been very favorabiy impressed with your house and furniture or I think I'd like your daughter or anything else in that line. But when. your daughter wants anything it's different. Now, isn't it different?'
 Tt certainly Is different" admitted the old man. cautiously.
 Precisely" said the young man. "She and figured that all out very carefully last night. You see, I have no particular prospects, and we could both see that there wasn't one chance in a hundred that you would give her to me. Then she suggested that you had never yet refused anything that she wanted, no matter what the cost might be, and that perhaps 1t would be good plan to change the usual order somewhat. We sort of felt that 1t wouldn't be right to ask you to do anything for me, but it's different in her case, as I remarked before. So I'm here merely at as her agent to say that she wants me, and that she wants me very much. and to ask you, to please see that she gets me. She never has wanted anything so much as-she- wants me- and I am so favor ably disposed toward her that, if you care to make the investment, shall be quite willing to leave the terms en, tirely to you and her"
 Naturally, she got him. No wide. awake business man Is going to over. look a chance to get such fine sam pie of nerve in the family.
Holbrook argus., 1910-09-20
Bound 10 Be UnIucky,

A man whose wife has her pet su- perstitions" confessed recently what happened when he attempted to humor her. He owned, and frequently wore, an opal stickpin. The opal is consid. cred an "unlucky" stone. At any rate, whenever anything annoying, distress ing or accidental occurred, the opal was blamed.
 "At last" the husband declared, "A business deal in which I ventured a small part of my capital went to smash, and of course my wife insisted that the opal was to blame.
 "'Not everybody connected with the business wore an epal!' my friend said.
 "'No, but one opal was enough re- turned myawife, calmly.
 You know what the constant drip. ping of water does to stone--it wear the stone away. That is precisel what constant nagging will do C the common sense of any man. 1 was convinced in half-hearted way against my own better judgment.
 "So, partly believing, partly disbe- lieving, went to jeweler, who hap pened to be friend Of mine, slapped the opal down on his counter, and said: Here, give me anything you choose for this and it is yours. I'nl tired of It.
 "I don't want to give you anything for It, he replied, after examining 1t carefully. It's glass
 T returned home rejoicing, really glad that my gem had proved spuri ous. My wife, however, only shrugged her shoulders and said; But just think how much worse your luck would have been had that opal been genuine!' Chicago News.
Holbrook argus., 1910-09-20
What Music Intsrrunt..

At the far end of the room the Musicians were grouped around the piano, playing softly. so softly the people at the other end could hardly hear.
 "They seem to love their own music" said she. T like to see them playing so softly. It's nice."
 "They can't play too softly for me" |" said he. What would please me most Is to cut 1t out altogether. It's a great Interruption to conversation music Is,"
Holbrook argus., 1910-09-20
His Daily "Stunt."

Rameses II. was showing his royal guest from Babylonia through an Egyptian newspaper office.
 Here" he explained, "are copies of our paper, all ready for mailing. Each copy is two feet thick, weighs 800 pounds. and Is made of the finest limestone. That crowd of young men on our left, busy with mallets and chisels, are our reporters and special writers"
 How interesting!" cried BetShaf, Uz ", but tell me-who is the young man, carving grotesque hieroglyhics on wonder lofty pillar?"
 "Oh!" chuckled the Pharaoh, that Is the humorist, getting up his funny column!"
Holbrook argus., 1910-09-20
SURELY POET KNEW
"sWEETLY UNREASONABLE" SAID
 HE. OF THE GENTLE SEX.
At Least to the Shoe Clerk His Words Are as Gospel-The Comedy In Selection of her New
 Footqear.

When a woman has a new pair of shoes sent home," said the cynical salesman "she goes to work at 'em very unlike man under similar cir cumstances.
 She never shoves her toes into them and yanks at 'em till she's red in the face, nor after getting them on at last does she go stamping around, telling those shoes with great frank ness what her opinion is of 'em and of herself for ever countenancing 1 'em. No.
 She pulls 'em carefully part way on; twitches 'em of again to take an other look at 'em to see whether she has got the right shoe on the left foot and left shoe on the right foot; pulls ! 'em all the way on; looks at 'em dreamily; says they seem to fit so well that she's afraid they'll get too big by and by; takes another look at 'em; twists 'em around to take side view, gives a little scream, and exclaims:
 "'Oh, my, there's wrinkle al- ready! Mercy, how loose they are!' i Then she looks at 'em again, square in front; works the feet around to find if she cant induce the shoes not to hurt quite so much; takes the shoes off, looks at the heels, the toes, ! the soles, and the interior; puts 'em oD again; walks up and down the room once or twice, and declares posi- lively to her husband, sitting by:
 They're hOrrid! I won't have them at any price!'
 Then she tilts down the looking ! glass on the dresser so she can see how they appear viewed from all the positions the mirror will reflect 'em to her, backs of, trips sidewise, steps nearer, nearly dislocates her neck try ing to see how they look from impos- sible points of view, takes another farewell glance at 'em from all posi- tions, sits down and says:
 They make my feet look too horrid for anything, and as if I were wearing at least threes and half! They never will do in the world'
 Then she takes 'em off, turns 'em over, inspects them heel, toe, sole and Inside all over again, smooths out a wrinkle, pulls at the buttons and says:
 Every button on them will drop off the first time I go out in them, I know! And those heels! They look almost ridiculously low enough to be common sense heels. The ideal
 Then she draws lem on again, takes 'em of, puts 'em on, looks 'em over again in the mirror this, that and the other way, takes 'em of and says:
 John, dear, won't you give me your idea about these shoes? You have such excellent taste and judg- ment in such things
 'Then if John is wise he will look 'em over and say that they look to him absurdly high as to heel, thin as | to sole and too tight around the in- step.
 Oh, do you, desr? she will say, and thank him sweetly.
 Then she will try 'em on again, show them off before the mirror, sit down, run her hand over 'em gently, smile, ring for the maid and say to her;
 You may tell the messenger, Jane, that I will keep the shoes
 And everybody is satisfied So much better than a mans is the way of a woman with pair of new shoes"
Holbrook argus., 1910-09-20
Why He Got Up,

It was only about monday. but the commuter yawned. He yawned heav. fly two or three times.
 "Got up at six o'clock" he explained, "Had to catch my train. When my wife walked me, I said to her: Six o'clock! The chickens haven't begun to crow yet, have they? Why must l get up before the chickens do. I'd like to know
 "T don't know. she said, unless it's because you're no chicken"
Holbrook argus., 1910-09-20
No Precedent.

'Why should my client be convicted of murdsr?' demanded counsel for the accused. No other man has ever been convicted in this jurisdiction on such a charge"
 The prosecuting attorney admitted that it hadn't occurred to him in that light, and the prisoner was according. lY discharged.--Central Law Journal.