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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1911-07-26
CENTENNIAL.


Ole NJ Anderson and family of
Anderson and wife from Saturday
until Sunday.
George Allen was business call
er in Ossian Sunday.
Lalla Lee sewed for Mrs. Dora
Daniels from Tuesday until Satur-
day.
Rae Runkle and family were
among the business callers in Ossian
Friday.
Bert Daniels and wife of DEBORAH
came Saturday for visit with their
son, Charles and family, returning
home Sunday.
William Aberham and +. Schoon-
maker are helping August Lansing
in Ravena.
George Allen and family. Henry
and Amanda Ginapp, Mat Wiltgen,
viii Boeckman, Theodore Rosa, Mr..
and Mrs. Dora Daniels and daughter
Nellie, Freda Koch and Blanch Rath-
bun spent Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs.
Rae Runkle.
Mrs. Fred Rekward and daughter,
Mrs. Alfred Anderson were Decorah
visitors Wednesday.
Henry Schari delivered some po-
tatoes to Ossian Saturday.
Theodore Rosa was a caller at the
Mrs. l.. ID. Burrows home today.
Mrs. Rae Runkle was on the sick
list one day last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dora Daniels and
daughter Nellie. Miss Lalla Lee and
Mr.. Theodore Rosa were guests at
the Webb Rosa home Friday even
ing.
Fred Rekward is on the sick list
Mrs. Ed. Youman and children and
Daisy Van Wey were guests at the
Mrs. Mary Stevens home Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lewie Rekward were
guests at the John Russell home on
Saturday.
Will Boeckman was business
caller in Ossian today.
Mabel Rekward. who has been Wis
iting her sister, Mrs. Lawrence Steele
near Burr Oak, returned to her home
in this vicinity Wednesday.
Herman Rekward spent Sunday
with home folks.
Lalla Lee and Nellie Daniels were
guests of Mrs. George Allen Thurs
| day evening.
Fred Funke was a caller at the
George Allen home Wednesday.
Herman Funke assisted his father
in stacking a few days last week.
Fred Funke is working for his
uncle, William Funke, south OF Us
sian.
John Murphy of Ossian was seer
in Centennial one day last week.
Mrs. John Murphy and Mrs. Dan
iel Murphy of Ossian passed through
Centennial Saturday on their way tt
| Frankville.
A few farmers near here have
started to thresh.
Alma Schoonmaker went TO De
| corah Wednesday for visit with hel
sister, Mrs. George Moore.
George Allen and Herman Funke
Jr. were business callers in Castalif
! Wednesday.
Mrs. George Allen and daughters
Bernice, Blanche and Jerrene were
guests at the Dora Daniels home oil
Wednesday.
Will Boeckman spent Sunda!
night with his sister, Mrs. Joe Ehler
MIR. and Mrs. Fred Rekward were
guests of Alfred Anderson and WIZ
! Sunday. 8.
Mabel Rekward is working 10
Mrs. Gunder Finderhoit'
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1911-07-26
BURR OAK.
July "a. 1911

July "a, 1911.
beautiful shower came to oul
burg last Saturday night and Sun
day and everything looks fine.
Mrs. George Morrison left for La
Crosse, Wis. last Wednesday to con.
suit a physician.
II. G. Ward sold his driving horse
to Al Truman & Co. of Canton, Mimi
c. C. Ward left Tuesday for Out.
look and other points in Canada.
j. E. Briggs made a business trip
to Canton Tuesday.
Pierre Feltis returned Saturday
from Canistota, S. ID. He says that
the crops are almost an entire fail
ure out there.
Roy Wanless is enjoying a visit
from his brother of Cresco, la.
DR.. w. H. Emmons went to La
Crosse, Wis. Thursday on business
Jno. Kessel and ]. E. Briggs left
Thursday morning for Satire, where
Briggs will cry sale for Kessel.
Mrs. Fred Leonhart arrived We'd
nesday night from New Underwood.
S. ID. and gives a glowing account
of that country.
c. A. Knowlton of Prosper, MINI.
was in Burr Oak Thursday.
A party of our young folks are
camping at Button for a few days.
Will Evans of La Crosse was do
ing business in our town last We'd
nesday.
H. G. Ward is spending a few days
with relatives at Spirit Lake.
Jess Beach of Canton autoed
through town last Thursday.
Henry Webster of Ossian is in our
midst again, selling gooseberries.
Ern Reed has a machinist expert
with him again.
Henry Willsie of La Crosse is in
town.
Harry Harvey, who has been i'll
morning, and is doing fine.
Mrs. Ben Ward spent Friday with
her daughter Mrs. Stephen Pierce.
Nick Nelson and wife were in our
Nellie Abbey returned to her home
village Sunday.
Nellie Abbey returned to her home
in DEBORAH Monday
Macie Emery came home Wednes-
day from DEBORAH, where she had
spent a week with relatives.
Mrs. A. B. Wanless and sons For
rest and Paul, who have been visit
ing at Roy Wanless' returned to
their home in Cresco Wednesday.
f. NJ. Reed made a business trip
to DEBORAH Wednesday.
Harry Harvey had another attack
of appendicitis Tuesday and was TAX
en- to the Kessel hospital. The opera
ton was performed Wednesday and
he is doing we'll at present.
Hazel Briggs spent Thursday and
Friday visiting at the E. H. Heading
ton and f. l.. Wanless homes.
p. Decker left Saturday for visit
with his children at Chester, Ia.
Audrey Ward visited her friend
Inez Sullivan a few days last week.
Mrs Earl Pierce drove down from
Canton Sunday and was accompanied
home by her sister, Mrs. Agnes John
son.
Mrs. ]. Headington and Mrs. Geo.
Sullivan were shopping in Decorah
Thursday.
Master Teddy Emmons went to
DEBORAH Sunday for a short visit at
the Abbey home.
r. Nj. Reed drove to DEBORAH Sun
day and brought home his wife and
son, who have been visiting at c. n.
Masters.
Fred Lentz and Vera Wanless of
Cresco visited Saturday and Sunday
at the Roy Wanless home.
Frank Ryan enjoyed visit last
week with his brother Ted from Da-
kota.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1911-07-26
Watch Your Kidneys.

Their action controls your health.
Read what Foley Kidney Pills have
done for your neighbor. Mrs. ii. w.
Allen, Quincy, H., says: About a
year ago my kidneys began bother
ing me. had swelling In my
ankles and limbs. then headaches
and nervous dizzy spells, and later
severe backaches. / was getting
worse, when | began taking Foley
Kidney Pills. kept on taking
them until | was once more treeu o,
all kidney trouble and sunering'
have a great deal to thank Foley
Kidney Pills for and snail always
recommend them" X. A. Ehgpert-
son. '"''
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1911-07-26
Uanpiest Girl i'm Lincoln.

A Lincoln, Neb,, girl writes
had been ailing for some time WIN
chronic constipation and stomach
trouble. began taking ChamDer'
lain's stomach and Liver Tablets
and in three days ! was able 10 d.
mn and got better right along. !
am the proudest girl In Lincoln U
find such a good medicine. Fol
sale by all medicine dealers. Jul!
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1911-07-26

For summer diarrhoea in children
always give Chamberlain conc,
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy ana
castor oil, and a speedy cure Is GER
tain. For sale by all medicine deal
-. July
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-08-12
HANDBAGS

\ The separate handbag h dat, sus-
pended on cord and Of fabric that
Is delightful In It's nswness and Ia
the possibility Of matching costumes
with which 1t is worn st email cost.
That Is the hopeful message Of FASH
Ions mandate. You can make most
OF the fabric handbags.
There's a tapestry bag with Z
pointed nap that Is called IN s'enve.
lope bag" It's edges ane bound with
linen tape or gilt esiloou. aud It
fastens either by button and loop
or BY .. patent clasp that can, be
bought 1t any notion counter.
Linen bags can be made OF odd
scraps OF goods left from your frocks.
There u no reason why you should
Mt have little handbag to match
every summer street dress. The
SHAPES can be oblong. square, circu.
lar. oval. Drawfng-strings Of cotton
cord are easily run through castings
or crocheted rings on the outside.
Hand embroidery can be added u
the top surface Of the bar. soutache
bratding y another effective wy.
Ihe fabric hAgs ~cau - auiohpd
M!sn metal topa = you wish. but ~
$500 metAed y INT - rooa IA =
1eole eaeseg 6o1 ~ 1Akee.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-08-12
BRIDnk
LINGERIE
BY EDNA EaAN.

Dimity is greatly employed for
night dresses and combinations,
those dainty little pieces Of corset
cover. skirt and drawers ali in one
which seem the acme OF luxury and
coquetry.
But the new dimity weaves are by
no means like the old ones. The
sheer white 10 woven with bars,
checks. spots. squares and littlc fioral
designs. which, since they, too, are
white, only serve to increase the
delicate look OF the background.
With this 10 combined Val lace or
insertions Of double-edged embroid-
cred galoon. with soft ribbons m inch
wide used Tor the draw strings.
An entirely new night gown ma.
tcrial In imported crinkled crepe,
which 10 " veii-ltke hneness. Q bias
OF fine lawn beinx used with this for
neck and sleeve bands. through
which which colorsd ribbons are
drawn. Domestic crspes Of a coarser
sort. SONS with crfhglsd stripes which
look like ssersucker. also appear In
night dresses. all Of which, by the
way, IL they are 1t al Of a stylish
nature, are low-necked and short
aleevedA-.s3 Nc Ia A. s.8sss "A sseias sss..Ss
Separate drawers and short petit
coats are Ia the majority. The HIP
Less gowns will not allow evea the
extra fullness of the bands OF these,
20 the three-piece combtnation. or !
long slip to ,e worn over tights, will
be offered the smart woman. The
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-08-12
Wedding Lawn

An effective method OF Kidding
lawn OF dandelions IL TO 10 over the
yard and put drop OF sulphuric acid
from \ medicine dropper into the
heart OF each dandslion plant. being
careful not to touch the surrounding
grass with 1t. One drop will be suf-
ficient TO cause the death OF the
roots OF q small plant, but large
plants Of old growth may need Sec
ond application. II a lawn is
watched carefully for season or
Two aud the sulphuric acid applied to
all new plants. YOU may soon re-
joice In dandclionless lawn. Use
caution III handling the suiphuric
acid and do not let It touch your
skin.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-08-12
CREATING FASHIONS
"A Tedious and Exdctinq Profession
Explained
by MRS. KINGSLEY.

With regard to the actual proceed
hre OF evolving a new style. some
Of the cleYerest dressmakers start
from some dominant idea which they
endeavor to materialize by trying It
on the most elegant and picturesque
model. studying the effect Of t. ma
tsrial. measuring. selecting. discard
Ing, just as the result appears sat
isfactory or the reverse. They play
with lace, ribbons. silks, embroidery.
try them in a thousand different
ways until they find their ideal. OBJ
viOusiy this is often i nerve rackfng
business for both tho artist and the
model.
Sometimes these models are stolen
by unfaithful employees. heavily
hrib1d by Inscriptions Arms eager
70 secure the latest Others en-
pl0y clever women to 90 and sketch
models under the pretenee or giving
orders for costly gowns, which they
are allowed to inspect and see tried
on.
No sooner does such. 4 pirate arm
obtain nav model than It ID cut up
and distributed In sections 10 ! num-
b6r Of workrooms. Thanks to
minute division OF labor. he can re-
produce. In an incredibly short spacs
Of tia11, complete dress, frequently
using quite inferior materials and
s'sweatShop" abor.
These he duplicates In immenss
quantities. and. long before the open
Ing Of the real Paris season. pisces
than In his windows with the de-
aertpti0n. --latest Paris Models."
His customers seldom realize that
they are being defrauded ~ : pirat-
Cd or stolen model or By some ~.
hash OF last years fashions.
These exploits explain joalousy
with which dress secrets are pSo-
served In Paris.
Nothing is more loathsome to the
really elegant woman than the idea
OF wearing a dress acceanibie to other
women. So far IL this faa carried
that > select number 81 wealthy
women have al their dresses special.
y designed: their matorial q No.
cially woven for then; an4 ~ ~.
ors specially blended - M 3 tAa4
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-08-12
Put Away Gasoline Stove,

1t will soon be time to put away
your gasoline stove or gas plate. and
then you will want TO clean the
smoke-begrimed Kitchen wall TO do
this put scant teaeup OF washing
rod. In n pail Of eesd water hsv1nKi
first dissolved the soda with hot wa
ter. The solution msy be lukewarm
but not hot; do NOT use soap When
washing ~ done ruiz the wall with 4
flannel rag dipped In boiled oil. The
walt will look ~ II newly painted.
The soda will not hurt the hands. but
do not use SOAP.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-08-12

the couturier may always obtain the
desired effect.
But IL 10 not. sufficient to invent
and design = new fsshion- Il has to
be launched In the most diplomatic
manner In order to secure itS sue.
cess. There ara, OF course. several
methods Of attaining this desirable
end.
But the new fashion, no sooner
launched, II already doomed to BE-
eclipsed BY something else within
a brief period. Ter netting Ii more
svanesceut. Tho ,craxe. for, noveIty
has to DO satisfied. that being the
principal element In the big shops
success.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-08-12
Worth Knowing

Worth Knowing,
Nut megs should always be grated
starting from the blossom end. They
sra1s better that way.
The ribs Of a discarded umbrella
may bs utilized for tying iip tall and
wtilowy palms In pots
Most housekeepers are agreed that
hetter work can be accomplished by
aasing Z heavy iron than light one.
When boiling fresh potatoes try put
ting sprig OF mint in the waller to
give delicious Favor 10 the vegeta-
l.es.
Cream TO be whipped must be one
day old. No sugar should be added
either before or after II Is beaten,
The ewsetening should be in the mud
ding or cake with which Ii is served,
Turpent'ns should be SPRAYED mr.
srrinkiett I'D the haunts III cock-
reaches. II will often quite destroy
the pests and will always disperse
them.
New linen fer working upon should
be rubbed over with. dry cake OF
soap. This viii render the fabric
eofI 10 that drawing threads or en-
oroider.ns upon It will be much ia
cilitAted.
TO remove safstehes on furniture,
MP woolen rag In boiled linseed oil.
and with II well rub the scratched
article. which should then be var
nished with shellac dissolved in al
c0hpi.
When making glue yon will Aud
kha& the addition Of a little slycerin
uacreases its adhesive quality and
mA&ea Il more elastic. One part OF
Elycerin 20 three parts OF glue Ii
- right proportion
--~~~-~~----- y e--~--e4-
Grease Spots.
when frytng hot fat may be spilled
- - door. In that ease az once
fUo0e eejd water on IL The cold va
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-08-12
Hu1ls ma Scalds.

For burnt and sealds there Is moth
Ing more soothing than the white Of
N egg. which thould be poured over
the wound. II Il softer than coIlO-
dion - : vArnish for burn and, be-
Ing always At hand. can be applied
Immediately. It ID the contact with
the air which gives the extreme pxin.
White OF egg excludes the air and
prevents indammati
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-08-12
Very Important.

An important beauty confederation
is the poise Of the head. u should b
tipped slightly backward ~ ~ 70
make the eyes seem larger. Lower.
Ing the chin causes wrinkles, and
also has tendency TO form q double
chin. which ID special bughear Of
every woman. thin Or mt,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-08-12
Tint II ulout Woman.

Practically evory scout woman who
dsploF@1 her sup1%ahundAnco ot
avoir6Gpots. Will, - most cases re-
sort % oorDot iacin1. And almost I'll
draw the corset 1t the middle Of the
waist. Snakinx the form even larger
than u natural. 70 hidS excoaaive
NeGh of hipo Or stomach wear the
stroight-front corset and lace Il Ct
the lower portion. This b the only
hX1ionte method Of doing 70 that
WI ~ 3159rt thu p1rS0n or petard
Gtoogelea. n greatly decreases tha
otpor9ne ~ ot tho waist, yet
t1feNU ~ upper half 81 the body to-
eo3h1s anl tho 6ro1s waist viii at
bette md the skirt hang more grace
fully II this Ii done.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-08-12
Kitchen Aids.

A busy housewife can save herself
and maids great deal of labor by
covering all the larder. cupboard and
seullery shelves With oiicloth. This Is
easily kept clean The kitchen table
is also covered In the same manner
while . few odd door tiles OH which
saucepans can DO put are equally use-
full. as they are ~ easily wiped
clean
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-08-12
6D!bS
ENDSj

lei Will cause the fat to harden,
when II can Re taken up, with knife,
instead OF being allowed 10 sink into
the wood or stone of the floor.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-08-12
Grease Spots.

When frytng hot fat may be spilled
- - aoor. In that cass at once
fpoue eeid water on II. The cold wa
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-04-21

and il piled into fantastic drifts. Some
times 1t is swept with a roar through
the mountain gorges faster than the
swiftest railway train ever Travelled. 1t
covers to the caves some OF the big
hotels. In summer time these places
are buzzing with life. but in winter
they are pictures OF desolation. almost
indistinguishable from the rest of the
landscape beneath the enshrouding
snow. II the caretakers wish to get
out they have to obtain exit from a
window on one of the upper floors
Tall trees buried in the snow appear
like bushes. The general aspect OF the
country is entirely changed
Masses Of Purest White In Place Of
Brilliant Hued Rocks.
The incompatible wonder of the
Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone, that
huge cash In the earth whose walls
glow with every tint of jewels and
flowers, is a mass of purest white save
where here and there the winds have
swept away the snow and left the bril-
liant hued rocks exposed. Their reds
and yellows and puppies and crimsons
glow the brighter in contrast with the
surrounding whiteness. The black To-
liage OF the pines stands out sharply.
Where the water slides over the preci-
pice and forms the Great Falls of the
Yellowstone 1t roars down as white AZ
carded wool. Down at the bottom of
the gorge. where the waters are swift
and deep. they are black. There are
immense icicles 200 feet long. An ice
bridge a hundred feet high is formed
at the base of the falls.
The great geysers play endlessly,
each at its appointed period. although
no one is there to see them. Every
seventy minutes Old Faithful sends its
column Of water and steam 800, 500.
sometimes 1000 feet into the air and
holds it there for three minutes. Some
times the winds unfold from its top an
iridescent banner of spray; at other
times the fountain form is a perfect
cone. In winter its boiling hot water
gives of a vast cloud of drifting steam.
At nightfall of January evening this
immutab1e water clock of the Yellow
stone becomes spectre of ghostly
white, sight so strange and startling
that even those who netghbor with 1t
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-04-21

up to each other In the same cave ana
sleep the winter away. It II In winter,
too. that the cubs are born. When the
baby bear comes into the world he is
not much bigger than a rat. but he
grows and grows In his cave, kept
warm by his mother until spring.
When he energies into the light he is
full grown cub. quite able to take
care Of himself ana tight anything of
his size.
A Paradise For Wild Things.
Millions of trout come up into the
smaller streams to spawn in the spring.
Bears live mostly on berries and fish.
when they can get them. Since there
are no berries in the spring the bears
break their fast on fish. They wade
into the creeks and scoop them out
with their paws When the little bears
gdk tired OF catching fish in the shallow
pools they go hunting for moles and
work as industriously as puppy dogs
digging them out Of the earth Spring
time. when the bears are lean and hum
cry. is their busiest time.
Three-fourths Of the Park IL a dense
forest, primeval wilderness. Away
from the few hotels the roads and the
trails the Park today is what 1t was
DeIOTo even FndTdOn IelSneo III
Egypt. 1t Is such a paradise for the
wild things that roam at will there
that they have less to fear, even from
each other and from the elements, than
anywhere else In the wilderness When
the fury of the winter storms drives
the elk. deer. mountain sheep and an
telope into the sheltered valleys and
canyons they have nothing to be afraid
Of except the pelting, driven steel dust
Of the mountain blixxards. Nature is
kind even to the birds. On the great
terraces where the stupendous springs
of hot water flow necessarily gather
great fiocks OF wild ducks and other
| fowl.
| In this region. nearly 5000 feet above
/ the sea, where the mercury sinks away
below zero from December to March,
there Is far more wonder aEsi mystery
| in midwinter than the summer tourist
| ever gets a hint of. Civilization is
miles away across a wilderness of
1 shining. snowclad mountains The gale
| driven snow dances over this waste
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-04-21

never lose their awe OF fits majesty.
All about the geysers the foliage OF
the trees is heavily laden with ice, Civ
ing them a thousand fantastic shapes.
A cloud of vapor. like the steam from
some great manufacturing city. hangs
and drifts over the geyser basfns-the
workshop of nature.
The "sisterhood" Of the 'osyssrs.
There are more than nifty in this
giant sisterhood OF geysers- Not even
In Iceland or New Zealand or any
where else where the earth IL still be-
ing made is there such q convent of
their order as in the Yellowstone. No
one ever has been able TO describe
them adequately in words any more
than 1t has been possible to tell on the
printed page the extent OF the wonders
in this workshop OF the Almighty" II
Is a place where almost every form Of
creative eccentricity in nature is found
But the geysers play unseen. and the
agents that are molding the earth keep
at their tasks In solitude all winter
long. The great streams and water
falls never rest In their toll Of tearing
down the heights and building up the
valleys. Only during three months in
to see this Titanic work of Nature In
progress. If those who travel for
pleasure every summer knew how curl
Gus and beautiful place the Park IL
there would be as great an influx OF
visitors between the 18th Of June. when
the season begins. and the 18th of Sep
TENDER, when It ends, as now sail away
to Europe for rest and play.
To get to the new gateway to this
wonderland by the most direct route
the traveller branches of from the
main line of the Union Pacific at Og-
den, Utah. A nights ride In a Pullman
lands him at Yellowstone station. the
western entrance of the Park. ready for
the 15s mile tour in the Monida and
Yellowstone stages that are awaiting
him. The trip through the Park may
be made in Eve days. or it may be cut
down to two by visiting the region OF
the Geysers alone.
Many, Many Wonderful Thinss-
There are rSany wonderful things on
the road Before one gets to the Yellow