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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-03-11
PRETTY WEDDING LAST
NIGHT,

A pretty wedding occurred last
evening when Miss Ida Louise Mint.
ger, daughter of Rev. and Mrs. 0.
w. Mintzer, became the bride of
Rev. Maurice H. p. Stoute at the
Mintzer home, South 524 Hilliard
street.
The home was beautifully decor.
ated with green foliage and a pro.
fusion of flowers. The parlor was
decorated in color note of green
and white, white chiffon and flow
ers being intermingled with lyrata
and smilax. The bay window where
the bridal party stood during the
ceremony, which was read by the
brides father, assisted by Rev. H. 1.
Rasmus, was banked with palms.
A color scheme Of pink and white
predominated in the living room
and reception hall.
The bride wore charming gown
of white silk and lace and carried
brides roses. She was attended by
Miss Alice Stafford, who wore a
dainty gown of blue messaline and
carried pink carnations. DIN Yves.
ley Mintzer, brother of the bride,
was best man.
Preceding the ceremony, Mrs.
Alice Andrew Ham sang a solo and
during the bridal procession Miss
Merna Brown played Mendelssohn's
wedding march.
Following the ceremony supper
. was served. The young couple left
last night for their future home at
Mohler. Wash.
Mrs. Stoute is we'll known among
the younger set of the city. Mr..
Stoute Is the son of DR.. Richard
StOute of the West Indies.
MRS. BYRNE ENTERTAINED.
The members of the Woman's
Missionary society of the En-.
manuel Baptist church were enter
tanned yesterday afternoon by Mrs.
John G. Byrne at her home on
Tenth avenue. The program was in
charge OF Mrs. Bogardus.
& & Z
cULTUs CLUB MEETS.
The Cultus club was entertained
Wednesday by Mrs. F. H. Crombie,
the new president of the club. at
her residence, 615 Sixth avenue.
The study of the revolutionary per-
Tod of American history was re-
sumed.
Several interesting papers were
read by the members Of the club.
z 4 q
MRS. PoINDExTER BETTER.
Mrs. Miles Poindexter, who has
been at the st. Luke's hospital for
several weeks has recovered from
her operation and will probably be
removed to her home today.
WILL GIVE ST. PATRICK
SOCIAL.
Decuries s and 9 of the st. Paul
Methodist church met last evening
and arranged for a social to be
given by them the evening of ST.
Patrick's day at the church parlors
A special Irish program will be pre-.
pared for the occasion and a supper
will be served.
q & 4
CHURCH SOCIAL YESTERDAY,
The Ladies' Aid of the Corbin
Park Congregational church gave a
social last evening at the home of
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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-03-11

Proposals received the first
day ............ .0OV
Proposals flatly rejected 300
Held in allegiance .198
Under serious consideration 80. 2
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-03-11

WE CAN NOT
ALL BE RICH
but we can improve our condi-
tion by taking advantage of
every opportunity offered. The
Want news in The Press is OPP
portunity's call. 1t pays to read
Press Want ads. 1t pays to use
Press ads, too.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-01-19
winneshiek County slandered.

Over in Winneshiek they are hold
ing hugging socials and friend of
ours gives an account of how they
are being organized in that vicinity.
The meeting of the first one netted
$500. He says old farmers for
miles around Joined and are active
members. The schedule of rates
are:, Girls under sixteen years. fif-
teen cents for hug of two minutes
or ten cents for a short squeeze.
Girls from sixteen to twenty years.
fifty cents. Girls from twenty to
twenty-five years seventy-five cents.
Schoolmams forty cents. Another
mans wife $1.00. Widows, accord
ing to looks, from $500 to $1,000.
Old maids three cents or two for a
nickle and no limit to time. Preach
ers not charged. Editors pay in adj
vertising, but are not allowed to par
ticipate until everybody else is
through. Waukon Standard.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-01-19
"ST. ELMO" COMING.
Will Be the Attraction at the Grand
Wednesday Evening, Jan. Goth.

Though the book from which it is
taken is not less than forty years
old, the ''St. Elmo" which is to be
presented at the Grand on We'd
Desday evening, Jan. 26th, is new
with the present theatrical season.
SO remarkable was the furore Great
ed by the novel when it first came
to the attention of fiction lovers, and
so lasting has been it's popularity, It
is not to be wondered at that wide-
spread success is predicted for the
play, 1t makes capital stage story.
st. Elmo, it will be remembered,
thought his first love was a lasting
one. Disappointed in it, he entered
upon wild career and became a
wretched cynic. Then he met the
one girl" She was a simple coun-
try maiden, whose purity of chai-
acter shames him into repentance
and reassertion Of his nobler self.
1t is a play of thrills and hear. ill.,
terest and has a lofty tone that
makes its own appeal. At the Grand
opera house, Wednesday evening,
Jan. a6til.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-01-19
A Few WHY'S.

The philosopher on the Gate City
at Keokuk gets inquisitive after this;
manner: If you think you're wise
and we'll informed just see if you can
answer these questions: You have
seen hundreds of white horses, why
did you never see a white colt? Why
does horse eat grass backwards
and cow forward? Why does a
hop vine twine to the left and a.
bean vine twine to the right? Why
does a horse staked out by a rope
unwind 1t while a COW winds it up
into hard kinks? Why does horse
get up on his front feet and cow
On her hind feet? And why does
dog always turn around three times
before lying down?
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-01-19
Only One WAY.

There is only one way to adver-
tise, and that is to hammer your
name, your location and your busi-
ness so persistently. so thoroughly
into peoples heads that If they walk
in their sleep they will constantly
turn their steps toward your store.
The newspaper is your friend in spite
of criticism. 1t helps build the COM
munity that supports you. When
the day comes that the newspapers
are dead, the people are on the edge
of the grave with nobody to write
the epitaph.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-01-19
HOW TO ATTRACT THE BUYER.

An advertising expert tells this
story: One Saturday afternoon two
bootblacks were trying to draw
trade. Their stands were similar in
appearance, the boys looked alike,
and their locations were of equal
value. One called out, Shine,
shine, get al shine here" brislzly
enough. The other called out, "Get
your Sunday shine, get your Sunday
shine" The second boy did a rush
ing business while the first was idle.
Quite a lesson there for the ad-
vertiser. The second boy won out
because he called the attention Of
people to a need they had already
felt and recognized. He knew that
a lot of them would need shine
the next day, and he simply called
their attention to a want they had
already felt. The successful adver-
tiser calls attention to a want the
public has already felt. He wastes
no breath or space In trying to per-
sade them of some need that they
had not recognized as a need. If
the public wants cheapness first the
successful advertiser emphasizes pri-
ces. If the public wants style first
the good advertiser conveys the i'm
preston of fashion and modishness.
II good wearing goods are what il
wanted, the advertiser emphasizes
durability.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-01-19
Idleness a Crime.

The sooner children are brought
to understand that idleness is a
crime, and that no amount of fine
culture can make them pass for valu-
able in the worlds eye If they are
unable to earn a livelihood and SO
must become hangers on" for 9TH
ers to support. the better for them.
The daughter who helps her mother
cook and scrub is far more worthy
than she who only paints and plays,
and obliges her overworked father
to pay servant that she may not
soil her dainty hands.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-01-19

Sleeplessness-Its Cause and Cure.
Sleeplessness is one of the most
annoying complaints that We have to
deal with in this strenuous age. The
strongest man will soon become a
weakling If he is not able to secure
the necessary amount of sleep. 1t
is during sleep that the nervous en-
ergies of the body are renewed. 1t
is at this time, when the voluntary
powers of the body are at rest, that
it absorbs energy and renews the
supply of power which is essential
to properly run" the human ma
chine.
An excellent method of dealing
with sleeplessness is to take an Or
dinary face towel, wet it in cold wa
ter, wiring it out and fold it up and
bring it snugly around the neck
Be careful to see that it fits closely
around the back of the neck. rhis
will often produce results when other
more vigorous methods have failed
another method is to wet a towel in
Geld water, fold it over until it is
from four to eight inches in width,
wiring it out and then pin il snugly
around the waist over the naked
body. A dry towel can be placed
over this and the quieting influence
of this particular remedy is in many
instances amazing. Where there is
no strong inclination against cold
baths, cold shower or tub bath can
often be used to advantage. Run
cold water into an ordinary bath tub
until it is two inches deep, spent four
or five minutes walking around in
this water in bare feet, and you can
usually expect results of favorable
nature.-Bernarr Macfadden, in jan
uary Physical Culture.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-01-19
Canoe School House Burns.

Wednesday noon the school house
in District No. 8, Canoe township.
burned to the ground, fire starting
in the woodshed, supposedly from
spontaneous combustion. The build
ing was completely destroyed, but
the library, seats, stove and practic-
ally everything were saved. The
school house was about thirty years
old, but in first class condition Miss
Anna Winger is teacher, and there
were twenty-three pupils enrolled.
School will be held at the home of
VIM. Dresselhaus for the remainder
of the term. and. in the spring a
new building will be erected.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-01-19
A Norwegian Almanac.

We are in receipt of a copy of the
annual almanac of the Lutheran
Publishing House of this city. 1t
is comprehensive booklet, bound
in leather, containing blank entry
spaces for each day in the year,
memorandum pages, a list of Nor
wegian ministers and professors of
the Synod, and other matters of gen.
eral interest. 1t is neatly gotten up
and reflects credit upon the institu-
tion with whose compliments it is
presented.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-01-19

The message sent to congress on
Friday by President Taft on the
conservation of public resources is
everywhere conceded to be one of
the most straightforward, business
like documents of sound reasoning
ever presented to that body. and has
been generally commended. The
policy of the president in this res
pect in brief may be outlined as fol-
lows:
Law expressly authorizing the
secretary of the interior temporarily
to withdraw public lands from entry
and validating Withdrawals already
made.
Official and definite classification
of public lands and their contents.
Disposal of the surface of agri-
cultural lands, while retaining coal,
oil, asphaltum, natural gas and other
treasures.
Federal control of water power
sites which could be rented under
proper restrictions.
Drainage of swamp lands and i'm
proved treatment of soils.
Bond issue not exceeding $780,
000,00J for completion of western
irrigation projects.
Provision in river and harbor bill
for continuing contracts for compile
tion of Ohio, Mississippi and Mis-
souri, river improvement projects.
Repeal of timber land acts OF
1898 and new law providing for pub
lie sale of timber.
Scientific treatment of the 190,-
100000 acres of forests within the
United States.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-01-19
Supreme Court Amrms Case.

Last week the Iowa supreme
court handed down a decision in the
case of the Live Stock National
Bank of Sioux City VS.. ]. M. Collins,
affirming the decision of the lower
court. Collins was formerly resi-
dent of Ossian, and now resides in
Kansas City. The case was primar-
lily in the matter of a mortgage fore
closure, and then the question of
the priority of the mortgage in
question became involved.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-01-19
Electricity at Poor Farm.

A. M. Sherry of the Upper Iowa
Power Co. last week finished the in
stallation of electric lighting facili-
ties at the county home at Free
port. Over 100 lights We're put in.
all the buildings. insane, poor. bak-
cry, barns, residence, and even the
yard being lighted. This will be a
great convenience for the inmates
and those in charge.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-01-19
A MAGNIFICENT PRODUCTION.
"The Prince of Tonight" Comes Un-
der Extenuating Circumstances
and Delights Crowded
House.

The little country theatre which
in the days gone past has smiled
complacently upon Walker White
side, Robert Mantell and score
more of the greatest American stage
artists, doffs it hat to Henry Wood
ruff and his superb supporting COM
pany in "The Prince of Tonight"
without doubt the most elaborate,
most metropolitan production ever
seen upon the local stage.
Managers Weiser and Bear took
long chances when they booked the
production for Decorah Friday night.
just four days ahead of "The House
of Thousand Candles" which had
already been announced for last eve
ming, but they said that they be-
lieved the people had confidence
enough in them to support both
attractions and rather than let the
opportunity to get it pass, they
would book the company, and take
the chances on the large house neces-
sary to make it pay. The fact that
the house was crowded, despite the
lateness of the raising of the cur
tain, shows how we'll the patrons of
the theatre backed up their judg-
ment, and they are entitled to the
gratitude of everyone in that De-
corah is able to see such a magni-
f1cent production. Manager Salter
also comes in for a full share of
praise for bringing the company
here, considering the extreme diff
culties. he had to surmount. Had it.
not been for his personal effort and
refusal to be balked on the way, the
company would have been held up
en- route and Decorah disappointed.
Finally, the special train arrived
about eight o'clock in the evening,
and at 9:45 the curtain was raised,
q remarkably short space of time,
considering the immense amount of
equipment to be moved and put up.
During the evening the audience was
given a pleasing diversion, as prom
ised by the management, in the drop
curtain being raised between acts
and seeing the preparation OF the
stage for the next act.
"The Prince of Tonight is with
out question the most elaborately
equipped, the most gorgeously cos
TUNED, the. most beautifully staged.
the best appointed in every detail of
any production ever seen in Decorah.
Many beautiful attractions have
been here which lacked the COM
pleteness, the finish, which makes
for excellence, but in this produc-
ton there is little of anything left
to be desired. The beautiful and
elaborate settings of the different
acts, the splendidly trained choruses,
the lighting effects, the novelty of
conception and construction of the
entire production kept the big audi
ence in delight and wonderment
from the raising of the curtain at
9:45 until it finally dropped at
12:45. 1t was production that
easily ranks first of its kind in a
theatre which has almost had it's
choice amid the great galaxy Of
theatrical productions.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-01-19

Congressman Dawson of the Sc
cond Iowa district, announces his
retirement after his present term
of Office, feeling it his duty to his
family to enter active business and
provide a competency for the fu-
ture. His rise from an obscure posi-
ton was rapid, and his service of
much value to his country and the
district he represents.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-01-19

Col. L. B. Raymond, the veteran
editor of the Hampton Recorder, one
of the ablest editors and most prom
inent men of central Iowa, has sold
his interests in that paper and re-
tired from business, on account of
falling health. He has scores of
friends throughout Iowa, who will
wish him many years of health and
happiness.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-01-19

The stock exchange is trying to
look good by disciplining the men
who juggled Rock Island stock 80
points. 1t would be more useful to
convince the little woody lamb to
stay in his secluded pasture until
he grows horns and hoofs.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-01-19

DR.. Felix Adler says the ministers
are deteriorating. AS the old timers
used to preach three hours at a
stretch, we should view with alarm
proposal to return to those ath-
letic times.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-01-19

Predictions of a Republican split
from the Ballinger-Pinchot row be-
come very numerous, but it has to
be remembered that the mortality
among third party organizations has
been something like 999 per 1000.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-01-19

The district attorney of New York
finds much evidence of the white
slave traffic, There are plenty Of
men who would just as soon make
money by buying and selling souls
as by trading in cotton and pork.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-01-19

A 10 years old Harvard student
startles the professors by theory
about the fourth dimension, but the
spectacled kids of Boston will de-
plore his mental sluggishness.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-01-19

The House of Representatives
room at Washington is to be made
smaller. If it has at last dawned
on the congressman that it is worth
while to hear each other talk, the
House may become a deliberative
body again.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-01-19

Now the ice man thinketh hard
as to what excuse he can give for
high prices next summer. 1t will
rattle him some not to be able to
talk about the short crop.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-01-19

The first garden vegetables from
the gulf coast market gardens have
gone north. And the number of
people who will pay five times the
regular price to get a thing five
weeks earlier is larger than ever.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-01-19

Most men lose ten minutes out
of every business day, because they
lack the resolution to get up that
much earlier to have the time to fix
the furnace.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-01-19

Wall Street has been expecting a
Jan. 1 boom from reinvestment of
dividend money, but it has taken all
this to keep the old speckled hen
working.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-01-19

Pugilism excited more interest in
1909 than ever, says the N. Y. Sun.
We still have something left from
the old ancestors who used to thump
each other with stone clubs.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-01-19

Although forecasted as an era OF
good feeling, this administration is
proving an Unexpectedly lively mar
ket for war paint, and the toma-
hawk has been very thoroughly ex-
cavated.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-01-19

A show leopard nearly killed bis
woman trainer in New York
museum the other day. He was
probably about as hungry as the
Tammany tiger is this winter.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-01-19

There is hiatus in the patriotism
of the man who shouts himself
hoarse over the flag, and then buys
all his goods of some distant mail
order house.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-01-19

The Boston library places DR..
Cooks works on the takers shelf.
Now IL they will only include all
political platforms it will be good
class.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-01-19

Many wizened-up dry goods clerks
in the big cities feel pretty sore
about now, as they read of the top
prices for all their fathers farms
used to raise.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-01-19

New York now has a chance BY
Mrs. Harriman's gift to save the
glorious Hudson Palisades. Many
utilitarians, however, think the see
merry would be more glorious by cut
ting it into house lots.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-01-19

Reckless automobile driving will
never be stopped until generation
has been brought up in this country
that knows not the hazardous joys
of the bob-sled.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-01-19

San Francisco votes three to one
for city ownership of street rail-
way. The principal result would
seem to be an enlargement of the
pickings of grating city govern
ment.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-01-19

Upon learning that Mr.. Pinchot
is millionaire, we abandoned the
purpose of offering him shake
down at our place until ne could se-
cure another job.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-01-19

Boston defeats the reform candi-
date for mayor, and joins the other
great cities that regard reform as
very like the Puritan Sunday.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-01-19

The federal grand jury is after
a combination of 140 paper makers.
The indictment will be declared not
to be worth the paper it is written
on.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-01-19

Our enterprising metropolitan
journals will soon be hustling al
most as hard to bag the first inter-
view with Roosevelt as they do to
write up the gowns of the Smart
Set.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-01-19

Aviator Latham reached height
of 5000 feet the other day. nor did
he have the English channel below
him as spot to fall into.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-01-19

Much as Forester Pinchot's re-
moval is regretable, no soldier how
ever brave can stay in an army when
he no longer obeys the captain,
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-01-19

The thermometer used to be a
sober go-to-meeting sort of chap,
but he is as frisky as Salomo
dancer this winter.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-01-19

The railroads may. not oppose the
proposition for national charters
very hard. They may not object to
exchanging 46 bosses for one.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-01-19

The first step in the campaign
for reelection for Mississippi val
ley congressman is to produce wit
nesses showing that he has shaken
his fist in the fact of Uncle Joe Can
nOu
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-01-19

Bradstreet says there's a lull In
trade. There usually is after the
sober second thought of the Christ
mas bills.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-01-19

The man who can write 1910
without miss seems to be capable
of making himself at home under
the most unfamiliar surroundings.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-01-19

A feeling of moral complacency
fills some of us at least once year.
in being able to get up as early as
the sun.