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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-09-07
WANT COLUMN.
Rates-One Cent per word, Moth
ing less than ten cents.

LOST-Collie dog, Sept 6. Finder
return to A. Peterson, DEBORAH.
36-1pd.
FOUND-A bicycle Owner call on
d. c. Graham 1872
WANTED-Boy to learn printers
trade. Inquire at this office.
HOUSE TO RENT-West side Mrs
a. l.. Abbey. 36-2pd.
GIRLS WANTED Table walters,
second cock and dishwasher. ST.
Cloud Hotel. 36-2.
FOR SALE-Two complete thresher
outfits. 16-horse engines for
both. Will be sold cheap. T. O..
Storla. 35tf.
WANTED-Immediately apprentices
in dressmaking. MARITIME David
son. 35-4pd.
WANTED-Apprentice girls to learn
millinery. Mae Wall, DEBORAH.
WANTED-Boy or young man to
learn drug trade. Brunt & Par
man, DEBORAH. 35tf.
FOR SALE-Poland China boar
pigs weighing from $50 to IT'S
pounds. George Frye, R. ID. No.
4, DEBORAH. 34-tf.
FOR SALE-Work horse, 1900 h.
Black mare, yrs. old. Inquire
R. HI. Tracy.
FOR SALE-Safe, Cash Register,
Roll top desk and shelving. In
quire Tracy G Hanson. Phone
No. 81.
FOR SALE-Household furniture,
or OF
Main street. Mrs. G. P. Hong,
33-4
FOR SALE-Almost new fly shut
tie carpet loom. Inquire of Min
ME Street, Hesper, Iowa. 34-tf.
FOR SALE-Duroc Jersey boars,
splendid stock. Lawrence Drake,
DEBORAH, R Z. 34-tf.
FOR SALE-Elegant quarter Sec
ton in German-American neigh
borhood near Wesley, Kossuth
county, Iowa. Improvements over
$4,000. Price of land $4,000.
For particulars address Geo. F..
Barsalou, Mason City, Iowa. 34-4
FOR RENT-East End Livery and
Feed Barn. D. f. Reed. 19tf.
FOR SALE-Dyrland's Cafe. Reason
for selling, other business. G. A.
Dyrland. 2tf.
FARMS have for sale a number
of the best farms in Winneshiek
county, ranging in price from $40
per acre up. if taken soon. Call
on ]. H. Blaess, DEBORAH, Iowa
lift
LUMBER-Sawed lumber in lengths
from 8 to so feet for dimension
timber, in 2x4, 2x6 and 2xS. Phil
False. DEBORAH, Iowa. R4. lift.
FOR EXCHANGE Desirable in
come property at DEBORAH to ex-
change for an improved farm in
North Dakota or Minnesota. Ad-
dress owner. Box 252, Fargo, n
ID. 34-4.
WANTED-Cosmopolitan Magazine
requires the services of a repre-
sentative in DEBORAH to look after
subscription renewals and to eX-
tend circulation by special meth
DDS which have proved unusually
successful. Salary and commits
sion. Previous experience desir-
able but not essential. Whole
time or spare time. Address, with
references. III. c. Campbell, Co.'S
mopolitan Magazine, 1889 Broad
way, New York City. 35-2.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-09-07
BURR OAK.

September 5, 1910.
LATE Cox has been on the sick
list for the past week.
l.. A. S. will meet Thursday,
Sept. with Mrs. Fannie Whitney.
Miss Selma Jacobson went to
Rushford, Mimi. Friday for short
visit with relatives.
Mrs. j. A. Thompson returned
with friends and relatives at Ar
lington.
Public school opens Monday
morning with Miss Lemen of De-
corah as principal and Miss Turk
as primary teacher.
G. H. Kimball went to Elgin, Ia,
Friday to take charge of the res
taurant and pool room, while his
brother Frank took in the fair at
Minneapolis.
Mrs. Ella Delay expects to go to
Montana Monday to visit her son
CHARLES and family.
Henry Emery and family from
near Casey Springs visited at the
Joseph Wemett home Sunday.
Miss Iowa Briggs expects to go
to Winona, Mimi. Wednesday,
where she will attend school the
coming year.
Miss Minnie Mccormick visited
in DEBORAH a few days last week,
returning home Saturday.
Mrs. Ed. Sharpe and two chill
dren visited at the home of her
mother, Mrs, E. ID. Weldon last
week.
Ernest Reed and wife and son
Paul went to Minneapolis Thurs
day to visit relatives aid attend the
state fair.
Jack Whitethorne of Ramona, S.
Oak. is visiting relatives and
friends in and around this vicinity.
Nina Horden of Wisconsin was
visiting old friends in this vicinity
last week.
Misses Grace Shaw and Gertrude
Gossman of DEBORAH visited at the
Jacob Gossman home near Canton a
few days last week.
Several of the young people gath
cred at the home of Clifford Reed
and helped celebrate his sixteenth
birthday.
Mlo. u. II. hlIlDdll VIII ~ "
Canton, Mimi. Tuesday. where she
will be the guest of Miss Nettie
MILFORD for few days.
j. +. Briggs and family took
supper at the home of Father Gal
lanoe's, near Plymouth Rock Sun
day.
A Mothers meeting was held at
the Central Hotel Saturday in hon
or of the birthdays of Maude
Sharpe and Ross Roberts.
There will be social given at
the Central Hotel Friday evening,
the proceeds to go towards the pas
tors salary. Candy, cake, pie, cof-
fee, doughnuts, sandwiches, etc.,
will be served. Everybody come.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-09-07
Outhit Humboldt But Lose.

After losing two games at Hum
boldt Monday and Tuesday of last
week, DEBORAH met Humboldt at
the Forest City base ball tourna-
ment and were again beaten, to 2,
in what is reported to have been
one of the greatest 1O-inning games
ever played in that neck of the
woods. DEBORAH outhit Humboldt,
having 8 hits to Humboldt's Z.
Bidne lead the onslaught with two
3-baggers and a single, besides re-
ceiving free transportation in the
tenth. Scovel pitched for Decoroh
and Pitched fine ball. Rogue was
not with the team and there is no
doubt but what his absence had
something to do with the result.
Still, DEBORAH made an excellent
showing, and there is increased
respect in the ranks Of the Hmm
boldt stars for our aggregation.
Humboldt finally won the tourna-
ment on Friday, defeating Charles
City 2 to l.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-09-07
Varied Causes of Death.

Some figures of interest are pre-
sented in the statistics sent out re-
garding the number of deaths in
Iowa in June and the causes there
of. 1t is perhaps surprising to learn
that organic diseases of the heart
were responsible for more than any
other ailment. Heart diseases OF
that class caused 1913 deaths, while
cancers and tumors caused Ill, tu-
berculosis of the lungs 106, senile
debility 104, pneumonia ninety
nine, nephritis and Bright's disease
seventy-siX, accidents siXty-siX, con-
gestion and diseases of the brain
fifty-seven, inanition fifty-two, apo
plexy fifty, typhoid fever fourteen,
smallpox none, homicides one, and
suicides sixteen
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-09-07
ORIGINAL NOTICE.

In the District Court of Iowa, in
and for Winneshiek County, Sep
TENDER Term, 1910.
John L. Opfer, Plaintiff, VS.. The
Unknown Claimants of Lot Is
and all of Lot IA lying on the
East side of the right-of-way of
the c., NJ. & st. Paul Railroad
where same crosses said Lot, all
in Block in Townships Addi-
ton to the City of DEBORAH, Iowa,
and Lot 10, Subdivision of
Block l, original plat of said
City of DEBORAH, Charles Hal
version, William Day, Hans A..
Hegg, X. o. Hjelle, Ole X. Faus-
Ike, A. o. Peterson, Chancey c..
w. Freeman, L. D. Townsley,
Lloyd Townsley, Charles w. Cur
ney, Emily Montgomery, Sarah
Jane A. Day, r. V. Day, R. ".
Day, Guardian of Eliza Day,
Eliza Day and Eliza Day Good
rich, Defendants.
To the above defendants and un-
known claimants:
You and each of you are hereby
notified that there is now on file
in the Office of the Clerk of the
District Court of Iowa. in and for
Winneshiek County, the petition of
THIS plaintiff, claiming of you and
each of you that he is the absolute
and unqualified owner, in fee simple,
of the above described real estate,
and alleging that the unknown
claimants are the surviving spouses,
heirs at law, devisees, assignees,
legatees, grantees, creditors or
successors in interest of defend
ants CHARLES Halverson, Hans A.
Hegg, X. o. Hjelle, Sarah Jane A.
Day and of the other named de-
PENDANTS herein, or some of them,
and that as such they claim to have
some right, title or interest in or
to said real estate by conveyance,
purchase, devise, inheritance, as
signment or otherwise from or
through said named parties. or
some of them; that the mode of
evolution thereof, as we'll as the
extent of such claimed interest is
unknown to this plaintiff; that
plaintiff has sought diligently to
learn the names of the unknown
claimants defendants, or their
place of residence, but plaintiff has
been unable to ascertain the same /;
that the plaintiff and his grantors,
each in his turn, is and have been
for more than ten years last past
in the actual, visible, continuous,
open, hostile and adverse posses
sion of all of said real estate, I'M
der color of title and claim OF
right and in good faith as against
all persons whoms oever, including
defendants herein; and asking that
all the defendants, whether known
or unknown, be forever barred and
estopped from having or claiming
any right, title or interest in and
to said real estate or any part
thereof, and that the title to said
real estate be quieted in this plain
tiff and that plaintiff be granted
such other and further relief as to
the court may seem just and equit-
able.
And unless you appear and de-
fend thereto on or before noon of
the second day of the next Septem-
Der. 1910, term of said court,
which will commence and be held
at the court house in DEBORAH, Win
neshiek County, Iowa, on the 10Th
day of September, 1910, default
will be entered against you and
judgment and decree rendered
thereon as prayed.
For further particulars you are
referred to said petition.
Dated Aug. 18th, 1910.
III. E. TAYLOR,
33-4. Attorney for Plaintiff.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-09-07
Bakery Goods Advance in Price.

Owing to the advance in price on
-four and all other material used in
our bakeries the undersigned are
compelled to make a slight advance
in their prices for the future begin
ming Sept /. Bread, formerly sold
six loaves for 25c, will now be sold
at &c per loaf straight. Buns, Gin
namon rolls, wine breads, tea rolls,
fried cakes, Bismarcks, and all
kinds of cookies, loo per dozen
straight. Pies 15c. 35-2.
Respectfully,
p. j. NESS,
OLE DOTSETH.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-09-07
Fair Week Attraction.

The attraction at the Grand opera
house for fair week will be the fam
Gus Angels Comedians. This COM
pany has been here before, is well
known throughout the northwest,
and is one of the most capable
repertoire companies on the road,
so that our people are assured a
satisfactory performance each eve
ming of next week.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-09-07
A Three Million Dollar Rank,

We are in receipt of a copy of the
statement of the condition Of the
First National Bank of Fargo, ~ D.,
E. j. Weiser, vice president, show
ing footings of $2,956,965.59 al
most three million dollars, with de-
posits of $2,3S9,973.59. DEBORAH
ians are always glad to note the
progress of institutions with which
its former citizens are connected.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-09-07

Chicago girls are learning plumb
ing. Another generation will see
the price of a sweet smile tackled on
the bills.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-09-07
There Is n Reason

Why the Ben Bear store is success
full. Strictly square dealing.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-07-15

separate the fertile plains Of Minu-
sinsk from the vaster plains Of north
ern Siberia.
Coming TO our own country, we
have in addition to the streams al
ready mentioned, gorges and canons
on a most impressive scale in the up.
per part of the Susquehanna river,
where the east branch cuts across the
Allegheny mountains south Of the
state of New York, and forms the
beautiful Wyoming valley, which is
wholly one of erosion. The west
branch has likewise cut a gorge Of
equal dimensions so miles or more in
length west Of Williamsport, which is
fully 1000 feet In depth, as one can
see by the fact that here the coal
mines on either side are that dis
tance above the bed of the stream and
Of the railroad track Coming to the
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-07-15

matters-consults his wife. AT last,
carefully considering the official and
social position of the persons and fam
lilies interested, he suggests that a Ger.
tain Miss Chrysanthemum would
make a most desirable bride for the
learned son of the honorable house
of Tamura."
Once more Orio's father consults his
wife and sundry other relations, and,
having no fault to find with the 60
between's suggestion, instructs the
latter to proceed The marriage bro
ker's next step is to approach the
parents of the young lady he has in
view and arrange a formal appoint
ment for mutual inspection-it is
known as the "look-at-each-other meet
ing'-between the prospective bride
and bridegroom at the house of the
brides father, and in the presence Of
that gentleman and the go-between
himself
The meeting usually takes the form
of a conventional tea party, at which
the prospective DIlue uoSo LuS HohOl %.
1t is perhaps unnecessary to add that
she does not wear the oldest clothes
on this occasion. Here, for the first
time in their lives, the young lady and
Orio set eyes on each other Etiquette
forbids them to speak to each other,
but nevertheless they are doubtless
very busy taking stock" of the
others appearance and manners.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-07-15
Fate of a Merchant of Fez

The merchants of Fez are to be
found all over Morocco. In due course
Ali Mahmoud launches out into bust.
ness on a large scale, says the Lon
don Graphic He prospers exceeding.
!y and presently purchases a black
female slave to assist his wife in her
duties. Ali Mahmoud takes a house
in the pleasant olive groves. In course
of time he buys two more slaves and
is fairly set up as a householder.
When his first daughter is born
there is great rejoicing. The baby is
Immediately stained all over its little
body with henna and then smeared
literally with butter and wrapped in
wooden clothes. On the seventh day
these are removed and the child is
washed for the first time. When the
girl has reached her first year her
head is shaved, leaving a little tuft
by which Mohammed could catch her
up to heaven if he were so disposed.
In her seventh year her hair has
grown long again. She is then yelled,
and her proud father sets about look
ing for husband for her 1t is still
the custom to betroth children from
infancy.
All Mahmoud prospers, and, save
for few domestic troubles, his life
runs smoothly. In the evenings Ali
will sit and smoke in the bosom of
his family. On Thursdays and Satur-
days he visits his friends They pass
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-07-15
DEER IN A DRUG STORE

The bull in a china shop was out
done in Newburgh, N, Y, by a doe In
a drug store. The deer, two years old
and weighing about 150 pounds. ran
through the principal streets Of the
city. leaped through a piate-glass win
dow in the store of Ennis pharmacy
and then through a plate-glass mirror
that stood across the main aisle in the
store. The animal turned, retraced its
steps. and leaped through the same
opening in the window through which
1t came. Cut and bleeding. the doe
crossed Broadway to a place where
improvements we're being made. II
leaped the boards in front, about five
feet in height, and fell between the
iron girders TO the cellar. 70 feet
below.
Dr. Willet Kidd, assistant chief game
protector, had the deer removed to a
barn, where II will be kept until II re-
covers from its injuries. and then will
be released. The deer made SAD
havoc in the drug store.
The deer is presumably the one that
escaped death by the Empire States
Express across the Hundson, swan
the river to Bannerman's island, rest.
ed, and then came to the western
shore.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-07-15
SWALLOWS HANDFUL OF PINS

Mrs. Frederick B. Malkin, prominent
socially in South Norwalk, Conn, died
in agony as the result of having swal-
lowed a handful of pins. Mrs. Nal.
kin bad been acting strangely for
several weeks. Not until she was
taken with spasms did it become
known she had swallowed the pins.
She writhed in agony for six hours
and the physicians we're unable to re-
lieve her suffering. She was thirty
years old, and left husband and a lit
tie daughter. Coroner H. H. Hunting
ton was called in the case and an
autopsy was performed. While there
was no doubt the pins caused death,
the doctors were eager to ascertain
actual facts and data, as the case is
a most unusual one. Although not sus-
pected previously, it,is now thought
Mrs. Maxim was unbalanced mentally.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-07-15
Matchmaking of Japanese

Mr.. Orio Tamura. as we will call
our young gentleman, is about twenty
years old, an article in the Wide
World says. He is an up-to-date Jap.
anese, and has put off all thoughts of
matrimony until this comparatively
late date-for Japan-in order to fin
ish his university studies. Now, how
ever, he has finished his training, and
has intimated to his father, as a duti-
full son should, that be would like to
marry That is all he is required TO
do, at present; it is the business of
his parents to take the next step.
Orio's father, presumably, has some
quiet talks with his wife on the sub
ject, and then betakes himself to a
professional matchmaker, or go-be-
tween. These marriage brokers are a
class apart-discreet men of the
world, with a good deal of insight in
to human nature. For the sake of
his own reputation and future the
go-between usually does his best to
please all parties.
oOuellulGSi III IIe east as III lue
west, love laughs at restraints, and
somebody or other conveys a hint to
the marriage broker that a meeting
between Mr. A and Miss Z
might not be unacceptable to both;
in which case the task is easy. Usual
ly, however, he takes time to look
around him, and he in turn-how in
the ladies are in these
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-07-15

the time in simple games of cards or
in listening to the weird efforts of
itinerant musicians. Our merchant
gets stout as he approaches middle
age. One day his world tumbles
about him. Such is the uncertainty
Of fate in Morocco.
He was serving in his shop when
the customer suddenly raised his
voice and cried out that he was get
ting false weight The accusation was
terrible, and Ali vehemently protest
ed his innocence 1t was an arranged
charge by an enemy Of the merchant,
who philosophically bowed his head
with this saying: "Kismet! Mine en-
emy has found me, and the serpent
requires milk" The arbitrators we're
called, and, having been bribed previ-
ously, they find Mahmoud guilty and
sentence him to the usual punishment
meted out to givers Of false weights.
He is dragged to the southern wall of
the city, to a place where a tall gibbet
is erected. BY the irony of fate 1t is
within sight of his own house A
rope is made fast to his right wrist
and hoisted up until his toes can just
touch the ground. Here he is left till
sunset. The idlers jeer at him and
the gamins of the quarter pelt him
with stones and refuse, AT sundown
his friends carry him home Broken
and disgraced, thus ended his career
as a respectable merchant
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-07-15
~ Ihis. Thla summer.

The very next time you're hot, tired
or thirsty, step up to a soda fountain
and get a glass of Coca-Cola. 1t will
cool you of, relieve your bodily and
mental fatigue and quench your thirst
delightfully."-. At soda fountains or
carbonated in bottles-5c everywhere.
Delicious, refreshing and wholesome.
Send to the Coca-Cola Co., Atlanta,
Ca, for their free booklet The Truth
About Coca-Cola." Tells what Coca
Cola is and why it is so delicious, re-
freshing and thirst-quenching. And
send &c stamp for the Coca-Cola Base
ball Record Book for 1910-contains
the famous poem Casey At The Bat"
records, schedules for both leagues
and other valuable baseball informas
ton compiled by authorities.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-07-15
NO MORE THAN He DESERVED
Constituencies lnterrupter Of sufira-
gette Meeting Probably . saddsr
and Wiser Man.

The suffragette meeting a IN fun
blast Enthusiasm was rampant and
every remark the distinguished leader
made was cheered to the echo.
and now we come 10 personal cour
age" cried the speaker, exoitedly;
"Our masculine enemies try 10 derido
us with such illusions as frail fem
ininity' or weaker vessels but we can
show more bravery than men,"
AYE. aye. sister!" echoed a mighty
chorus.
when It comes to real danger we
fear nothing"
AYE, aye, sister!"
Now, take sister Horn, our worthy
fighter and vote getter Of this district.
She fears nothing. TWO nights in
succession sister Horn came home
from one of our enthusiastic meet
ings and found man under her bed"
There was a short pause. Then a
little emaciated chap who had crept
to the front unobserved arose and
stretched his arms.
'H'm!" he calculated, with a deep
yawn "T'll bet a dollar agin a plug
Of tobacco that man was her husband
seeking safety"
And when the little emaciated chap
finally recovered HIS bearings he was
on the sidewalk minus hat and collar.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-07-15
SNAKE TWISTS OWN HEAD OFF

Fred A. Schermerhorn, a guide and
trapper living on Toms Mountain,
Conn, who piloted party heaCed by
Rev. Franklin y. Elmer of Winsted
over the Tacomic mountains. tells of
witnessing a remarkable fight between
a rattler and a blacksnake.
The rattler was coiled and the black
reptile sped around the poisonous
snake in a circle. steadily increasing
its speed. The rattlesnake turned its
head so fast to keep track of its enc
my that 1t broke its neck and the
blacksnake emerged triumphant from
he battle, which in reality was a ring.
around-a-rosy marathon.
Schermerhorn catches blacksnakes
in their dens' with his hands. He has
10 large, lively ones in a box on his
back porch which he handles without
gloves: Two of the pet snakes win.
tered in his cellar.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-07-15
A REAL TREASURE HOUSE

Mrs. J. w. Madden, who lived over
a grocery store, run on her behalf by
her foster son, Ed HALEY, died re-
Gently at Memphis. She was an in
valid and had not left her room in II
years, and mystery surrounded the
whereabouts of her fortune, consisting
of rentals and other dividends from
considerable holdings, as she didn't
believe in banks. HALEY engaged a
friend to assist him in the treasure
hunt They discovered $4,000 in
gold and silver under the carpet and
behind old pictures the nrst day
Policemen were used to guard the
premises. and the final days hunt
ended in S1S4,O0O in all being deposit
ed in the savings bank HALEY and
his friend have booked for a trip
round the world to celebrate the dis,
covery of the domestic gold mine.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-07-15
Writing Their Biographies

Club members are taking much in
terest in the genealogical records.
Several have found relationships hith-
erto unknown. 1t is expected that the
biographies will be printed under the
auspices of the Congressional club
next winter and that copies will be
furnished to each member, as the
Congressional Directory is distributed.
"An idea of the book originated in
the brain of Mrs. Champ Clark, wife
of the minority leader, who is spon-
sor for the venture. Her interest in
the wives Of her husbands associates
and her faculty for collecting data
about the persons she meets gave rise
to the idea. Mrs. Clark is a close
student of American history and gene
alogy, and in pursuing these sub
jects has come upon some interesting
information about congressional fam
lilies.
i have been new congressman's
wife," said Mrs. Clark, IAN ex-congress-
mans wife and old csngressman's
wife. and long acquaintance with the