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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1912-03-27
Republican County Convention.

In pursuance of a call of the Re-
publican State Central Committee of
Iowa, a delegate convention of the
Republicans of Winneshiek County
will be held at the Court House in
DEBORAH, Saturday, April 18th, 1912,
at 1870 p. m. This convention is
called for the purpose of selecting
fifteen delegates to attend the Re-
publican State Convention, which
selects four delegates at large and
four alternate delegates at large to
represent Iowa at the Republican Ma
tional Convention, and also to at
tend the Fourth District Congress
sional Convention, which elects two
delegates and two alternate dele
gates to represent the Fourth Con-
gressional District at the Republi-
can National Convention. Both OF
said conventions meet in Cedar Rap
ids, April oath, 1912.
The basis of representation in
said Winneshiek County will be one
delegate from each precinct and one
additional delegate for every TWEEN
ty-four or fraction thereof not less
than twelve cast for the Hon. B. F.
Carroll for governor at the general
election for the year 1910 as shown
by the official canvass on file in the
Auditors Office in DEBORAH, Iowa. On
this basis the several precincts will
be entitled to the following number
of delegates:
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1912-03-27

We are selling more of the Meri' ol
Cough Remedy, the new product of
the American Drug & Press Associa-
ton, of which we are members, than
any other preparation. This large
sale is due to the fact that mothers
have no hesitancy in giving 1t to chill
dren, as 1t contains no opiates. is
pleasant to take, and marvellous in
results. We heartily recommend 1t.
e. j. Parman. Mar
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1912-03-27
How Cold Causes Kidney Disease.

Partly by driving blood from the
surface and congesting the kidneys,
and partly by throwing too much
work upon them. Foley Kidney Pills
strengthen the kidneys, give tone to
the urinary organs and restore the
normal action of the bladder. They
are tonic in action, quick in results.
Try them. r. A. Engbertson. Mar
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1912-03-27
Child Drank Turpentine.

New Hampton, Ia, Mar. 23.-Clif-
ford, the Is months old son of Mr..
and Mrs. Harry Alcock, drank some
turpentine, but probably will recover.
He climbed upon chair and reached
the bottle on shelf.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1912-03-27
SeedBarley
"ODERBRUCKER" BARLEY OF

"ODERBRUCKER" BARLEY out
yields from five to ten bushels per
acre any other variety. Also has the
stiffest straw and will stand up
where other kinds won't. "oDER-
BRUCKER" has been perfected in
Wisconsin where the big breweries
are located, and is regarded by them
as the best possible mailing variety.
We have small amount of SOD
ERBRUCKER" Seed-Barley, grown
right here at DEBORAH, from Wiscon-
sin Seed which cost $500 per bushel
last year. Our price on this choice
variety is only $1.35 per bushel. Call
or phone the c. NJ. & st. P. Elevator
or
THE ADAMS SEED CO., DEBORAH, la.
Seed Flax, Seed Oats, Seed Corn,
etc., etc. If
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1912-03-27

You can say goodbye to constipa-
ton with a clear conscience If you
use Chamberlain Tablets. Many
have been permanently cured by
their use. For sale by Engbretson's
Pharmacy. Mar
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1912-03-27

| Total ......... ........ .133
March Is, 1912. By order of the
Republican County Central Commit
tee.
| C. N. HOUCK,
| 1912 Chairman.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1912-03-27
CHICAGO MERCHANT
MAKES STATEMENT,
After Spending Thousands of Dollars
and Consulting the Most Eminent
Physicians, He Was Desperate.

AuysicldLs, nc was desperate.
CHICAGO, ILLS.-Mr. j. G.
Becker, of "a Van Buren, ST.,
well-known wholesale dry goods
dealer, states as follows:
81 have had catarrh for more
than thirty years. Have tried
everything on earth and spent
thousands of dollars for other
medicines and with physicians,
without getting any lasting re-
lief, and can say to you that
have found Peruna the only rem
edy that has cured me per.
manently.
:"Peruna has also cured my
wife of catarrh. She always keeps
1T in the house for an attack of
cold, which it invariably cures in
a very short time"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-07-08
MISS WILDE BANKERS BRIDE
Welded at Atlantic City to Avoid
Notoriety of City Marriage.

philadelphia. July Miss Mary McKim
Wilde daughter OF Mrs. George McKim
Wilde, OF No. 80 East s7th street, New
York. and a granddaughter Of Robert v
McKim. OF New York. was married 10
Reverdy johnson Daingerfield. Of Baltl-
more. at the Episcopal Church OF the AS
cension. in Atlantic City, by the rector. the
Rev. c. NJ Niles The bride and bride
groom were attended only by Samuel F.
Swayze. Of Washington. a lifelong friend
OF the bridegroom.
After the wedding Mr. and Mrs. danger
field came to this city. and are spending
their honeymoon at the BellevueStratford.
The bride was happy to-day over the affair
and said that It was not an elopement. but
an effort on their part TO escape the uoto-
riety which would have followed their
marriage in New York. I'VE have known
each other about a year, and we would
have been married in three months, any
way, so we Just thought we might as well
20 down TO the shore and be married
there"
On Thursday Miss Wilde left New York
and the following day her fiance arrived
from Baltimore. Mr.. Dalngerfield Is In the
banking business In Baltimore. and he and
his wife will make their home In that city.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-07-08
ASTOR GIVES FANS" A PARK
May Build New Mansion at
Fern Cliffe.
rRy TeleFrnph 10 no Trlbnne

[By Telegraph 20 The Tribune
Poughkeepsie. July 1T became known
to-day that Vincent Aston, the young mas
ter OF Fern Clife. had presented a park 10
the baseball club OF Rhinebeck two days
after he learned that the club needed a
place to play
The plot is n part OF the Aston estate,
tust outside the village. The land Is level
and desirable for baseball diamond and
ether sports Mr.. Aston is a baseball
fan" and he says that he expects to see
some OF the games here. He has made
favora BILE impression on the residents OF
Rhinebeck, as he is democratic and IN
clined to be soclable, and gives promise OF
filling the position which his father Colonel
Astor, held in that section. vincent mas
told the leading men OF the town that ne
wants 10 be regarded as citizen OF Rhine
beck, and has assured them OF his interest
In the community.
Young AstOr expects TO spend most or
the summer at Fern Cliffe, supervising the
improvements in progress. great deal OF
work is under way. and II Is said MI
Astor plans the erection OF new mansion:
This was under consideration by ColoneI
Aston before he went abroad with his bride
last winter.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-07-08

Vile died to-day from heart disease at
Rockland Breakwater, his summer home.
He was prominently connected with the
cement business and owned several coal
mines. He was also interested in street
railways and telephone companies. The
body will be cremated in Boston to-mor-
row.
James Breckenridge Speed was born at
Louisville sixty-eight years ago and was
educated in the public schools Of that city.
His first business experience was gained
while he worked as a bank clerk in Louis
vile and later in Chicago. In 1861 he en-
listed as a private in the Union army.
finally rising TO the rank Of adjutant in the
9th Kentucky Regiment He took part in
the campaigns In the West. After the war
he returned to Louisville and engaged in
the cement business.
At the time OF his death Mr.. Speed was
president OF the Louisville Cement Com
pany. the Louisville Street Railway Sys-
tenn and the Ohio Valley Telephone Com
pany and head of the firm OF j. B. Speed &
Co In 1868 Mr.. Speed married Miss Cora
Coffin. daughter OF George w. Coffin, OF
Cincinnati
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-07-08
MORE VACATION SCHOOLS
Fifty two, with Attendance Of
10000, Will Open To- day.

Fifty-two vacation schools will open to-
day, to continue for six weeks They will
be attended by more than ten thousand
children, almost all Of whom are from fam-
lies whose parents were born in foreign
countries. Last week two training schools
were open for four or five days each. At
one were 10 young men and women, at
the other fifty. One school was held at the
hall of st. Marks, in the Bowery, the other
at the Second Avenue Baptist Church,
across the avenue from st. Marks.
This St. Marks corner Is headquarters
for vacation school work in the whole
country. The work was begun by the Rev.
Robert c.. Boville while at the head Of the
Baptist City Mission Society, with head
quarters in the church named. He left
the society, started on national vacation
school campaign and changed his base to
st. Marks. The City Mission Society con-
tinued the work. joining with the New
York Federation Of Churches. So now New
York has two systems. not related. with
training schools on opposite sides OF the
same avenue
Teachers for the national schools come
from the colleges. Columbia, Barnard, the
General and Union theological seminaries.
Yale. Vassar, Smith, Wesleyan, Cornell and
Mount Holyoke furnish them. The pay is
81 80 a week, but IT was found on inquiry
at the school where these people were being
trained that few Of them worked for the
salaries.
c. H. Barry a Brooklyn young man, who
has been taking a civil engineering course
at Cornell, said he taught for love of the
work. Edward Gabler, OF the General Theo-
logical Seminary, said IL wGs good training.
Miss Ethel Parks and Miss Mabel Segee.
both we'll known in their colleges for help
ing others, said they preferred to teach. II
is better. they said. than staying at the
seashore. One has just been graduated
from Barnard.
The money these teachers receive is often
used to buy material for children TO work
with. Children are taught sewing, II girls,
and weaving hammocks, II boys. The girls
Of certain schools make dresses for dolls
and the boys make hammocks that are
really of good quality. The teachers pay
for the material used, and many a we'll
dressed doll and comfortable hammock fnd
their way TO beds of sick children in hos
pitfalls. Children in the schools are taught
to play and get fun out of games There
are calisthenics and Bible stories, and this
year there are TO be outings.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-07-08
NEW YORK FROM THE SUBURBS

Blowing up automobiles with Fourth of July
explosions IS a new form OF entertainment de
vised by ingenious New York patriots. Syracuse
PoEt-Standard.
A New York policeman who was stationed at
a fixed post shot himself because OF melanchoiia.
There lie no corner in ST. Paul 70 dreary as TO
produce such a result as that.-st. Paul Pioneer
Press
twenty-five per cent OF the fires in the city
o, New York it is estimated by FIRE exIerts, are
OF incendiary origin. The vigorous action taken
by the authorities TO round up hrebugs ought
therefore to have good results IN reducing fire
losses Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
II Is a great question in New York whether
more buildings shall be erected In Central Park
or some that are there shall be removed. II
may NOT be as important II seems. however.
since Il will not he great while before that
beauty spot Of the metropolis is fenced In on all
sides by skJ scrapers, as 1t now is on some sides
- Philadelphia Iless.
While the population Of New York City in
creased 3s per cent between 1900 and 1910 It's
foreign born population increased SO per cent.
II is this increasing preponderance that makes
New York racially the most cosmopolitan city In
the worId.--Boston Advertiser.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-07-08
SARAH PLATT DECKER DEAD
Was Former Head of General
Federation of Women's Clubs.

tBy Telegraph TO The Tribune.l
San Francisco, July Mrs Sarah 5. Plat
Decker, OF Denver. died at the Adler Sana-
forum here at $50 o'clock tonight: Mrs.
Decker, who came here to attend the meet
ing OF the General Federation Of Women's
Clubs, was operated on few. days ago for
obstruction OF the bowels
Sarah s. Platt Decker was generally re-
garded as the national leader Of the woman
sufrragists. AS a resident Of Colorado she
played an active part in the movement
which resulted in giving the women OF that
state a voice in public affairs, and as the
movement spread to other states Mrs.
Deckers advice was often sought and fol-
lowed
Mrs. Decker declared recently that she
expected there would be women sitting In
Congress within ten years. She also said
she dreamed OF the time when women gov
errors and women mayors should pave the
way for a woman to occupy the Pres!-
Dental chair, not as sole ruler, however,
but as q co-worker with the President
New England was Mrs. Decker's birth
place, her father being Edwin Chase, CT
Holyoke, Mass. who was known both as
The Praying Deacon" and The Fighting
Deacon" Her mother belonged to the old
Adams family. The Chase home was
centre for reformers OF all sorts, having
originally been station on the under
ground railway"
Mrs. Decker first came into prominence
in women's activities when she was made
president OF the Women's Club OF Denver.
IL HrSt Wiz
of the General Federation Of Women's
Clubs and later served four years as presl-
dent Of the organization.
Always an ardent believer in progress
sive political ideas. Mrs. Decker plunged
with great intensity of purpose into the
first campaign for Bryan. During the sec
ond Bryan campaign Mrs. Decker presided
at one of the largest political mass meet
ings ever directed in the United States by
a woman.
Gradually extending her activities into
every field of social and political service,
Mrs. Decker became the first woman men,
Der of the State Board Of Pardons, and In
1898 was appointed member Of the Colo
RADIO Board of Charities and Corrections
which has general supervision over all
penal and reformatory institutions OF the
state. She was member OF the National
Child Labor Committee and a member or
the State Civil Service Committee. and
was called into consultation at the White
House by President Roosevelt and the
governors of various states in regard to
the child labor question.
Mrs. Decker marshalied the army or
Colorado and American suffragists and
for years bore the banner or suffrage. the
people of Colorado had importuned her TO
become a candidate for the United states
Senate this coming fall. and her name had
even been proposed as possible candidate
for the Presidency Of the United States.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-07-08
KA|SER'S NEW VENTURE
Aims to Supply German Woman
hood with Ostrich PIumeS.

Copyright. 1912, by the Brentwood Company
Emperor William has just embarked in
the business of raising ostriches on his
100, 0oo-acre ranch in German Southwest At
rica, with a view to furnishing plumes to
the home trade. He has done this on the
advice of Carl Hagenbeck, the greatest
Wild animal dealer in the world, and on the
recommendation Of German colonial Of
fcials rs the best means Of making his
ranch pay. Indeed. Hagenbeck, who has
q big ostrich farm in the colony himself,
has undertaken to stock the Emperor's es-
tate with birds and to organize the breed
ing establishment for him. 1t seems that
the soil OF the Kaiser's property is par
ticuarly favorable to the scheme. The EN-
peror expects that the success of his new
venture will encourage men OF wealth to
follow his example, and result in the de-
velopment Of profitable trade, which may
make a hitherto unremunerative colony
pay for it's upkeep.
William and his family are very fond Of
old Carl Hagenbeck, who is one Of the
greatest characters in the empire At the
instance Of his sovereign he took charge
some time ago of the creation of a great
geological garden on the so-called Jung
fernhaide, in the outskirts of Berlin. The
park is to be organized much in the same
way as that of Hagenbeck at Stellington,
near Hamburg; that is to say, the animals,
birds and reptiles are to have enormous
space at their disposal. the safeguarding
iron fences being so concealed by the art
Of the landscape gardener that they ap-
pear to be at liberty. The work upon the
park is already under way, and its open
ing to the public is looked for toward the
end Of next year. When completed it will
be one Of the principal attractions OF the
German metropolis. and will be superior
to anything else OF the sort in Europe
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-07-08
SAVING C|TY'S BABIES
Work of Welfare Association
Lowers Infant Mortality.

Heat and humidity began taking their
infant toll last week, the first seven days
Of the three months dreaded most by
baby welfare workers. Nevertheless the
records show a distinct gain in baby lives
over last year and nearly thousand more
registered at the milk stations.
There were 2s7 deaths from all causes
Of babies under one year in the greater
city last week. as compared with 222 for
the week before. yet there were so fewer
deaths than in the corresponding week
last year. That rate continued through
out the year would mean more than four
thousand baby lives saved. So far this
year 416 fewer babies under one year
have died than up to this time last year
Milk station maxims for mothers are
being prepared by the Babies Welfare AS
ISOLATION and will be spread throughout
the tenement districts this summer. Here
are few of them:
Take your baby to a milk station, and
you won't have to take IT to an under
taker
Ten bottle babies died to one breast
fed. The milk station will teach you how
to keep we'll, 50 you can nurse your baby
II you must use bottle, 1t will teach
you to use IT right.
ION ask your nelgnDor aQVlce-that 8
what the milk station Is for.
A summer weaving means fall funeral
They will tell you why at the milk sta
ton.
Last week was a busy one at the central
Office Of the Babies Welfare Association.
at Centre and Walker streets Nearly
fifteen hundred ice tickets were distributed
to the various milk stations OF the greater
city. The map of the city has been plotted
by districts for Ice distribution. Some dis
tricts which have not been reached hith-
erto are to be provided for
Last week appeals were received at as
ISOLATION headquarters from two sections
OF the city where there are no stations ask
Ing that stations be established there as
soon is possible.
The New York Diet Kitchen opened an
other station during the week at No. So
West 1Ssth street Two rev stations OF the
Health Department began work last Mon
day.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-07-08
COLONEL J. E. BYRAM DEAD
Defed Political Leaders and Never
Failed of Election.
IBy Telegraph to The Tribune.


PHILADELPHIA, July colonel James
Emory Byram, Phladelphias most interest
ing figure in the municipal legislature. died
to-day In a hospital at the age of seventy
three years. Byram was a veteran cf the
Civil War, and never failed to use his
patriotism as a political issue. and despite
all the efforts Of the leaders OF the Republic
can organization. with wealth and patron
age at their command. he withstood their
united attempts to accomplish his defeat
Time and again he ran for Councils. When
they would prevent his obtaining the Re-
publican or Democratic nomination he
would run independently and never failed
to win at the polls.
At one time to decide his seat In Coun-
ellis he challenged his competitor to plunge
into the municipal bathhouse pool. and when
the def was not accepted the old veteran,
undaunted, clad in evening clothes APP
peared on schedule time. and without d.
yesting himself of his clothing. In the dead
Of winter, plunged into the water and swan
for fifteen minutes. He leaves two mar
red daughters.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-07-08
PARK LAWNS WITHERING
Not Enough Laborers to Use the
Hose,

Central Park and most OF the parks
throughout the city presented large with
cred areas yesterday. The absence Of rain
for nearly a month has worked havoc with
lawns and foliage that had been more
luxuriant during the early part Of the
summer than for many years.
Park officials say there IS plenty OF water
and large supply of hose on hand. but
that there is a reduced laborlng force be-
cause OF the summer vacations. and the
men are doing all they can.
There has been criticism, however, ABOUT
the way In which the watering OF some
lawns has been done, the laborers being
blamed fos turning on the water and let
ting It soak into only a corner OF the lawn
and not attempting to sprinkle the grass
Neither is the practice advocated ny
George Hilty Of the office OF the Commits
sioner Of Accounts, when he was acting
SUPERINTENDENT year ago, now being fol-
lowed. Mr.. Hllty had a force of men TO
water lawns and flower beds after sun
down. so they would not be scalded as they
are now, when the sprinklIng Is done at
midday.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-07-08
GIVES PARK MACS FOR TOXIN
Slower Will Replace Veteran Horses
with Younger, Minus Tails.

Four carriage horses in the Park Depart
ment service will be turned over to the
Health Department for antitoxin purposes
as reward for getting stiff-legged In
their years Of service.
Louis +. La Roche. Commissioner Sto-
ver's right bower, said yesterday that the
poor skates" would make hne antitoxin'
but were no good for driving
ITS shame to drive them any longer,
he declared. THEY ought TO have been
retired five years ago"
With the disposal of the poor skates"
which have long tails. Mr.. La Roche Will
supplant them with horses having locked
tails. The first one has been purchased-a
roam. The old carriages are to so also,
lighter ones taking their place
When the dock-tailed horse appeared In
the department stables yesterday the older
employees nearly had heart failure.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-07-08
SHUBERTS ANNOUNCE SHOWS
New Productions To Be Put On at All
Theatres, Except Golfers.

The Shuberts announced yesterday a list
OF the productions which will open all OF
their local houses this fall. with the oxcep-
ton Of the new Palace Theatre and that
under construction in West 44th street. All
Will have new pieces. except at Golfers,
where "Bunty Pulls the Strings" will enter
Its second season under the management Of
the Shuberts and William A. Brady.
The Lyric will open on September with
the first metropolitan presentation Of
Rex Beach's The Ne'er Do Well" Inder
the Authors Producing Company.
The Casino will open about August with
The Merry Countess" produced in London
as The Night Birds"
The Broadway Theatre will open on Au-
gust with "Hanky- Panky," which mad 4
successful tour last season.
The Thirty-ninth Street Theatres first
attraction will be Edgar James's comedy
The Master Of the House." on August %
1t will be staged by Julius steger. and the
cast will include Malcolm williams, Flo
renee Reed, Forrest Robinson. Ralph Nor
gan, Helen Reimer and Grace Reals.
Maxine Elliotts Theatre. about the mid
die Of August, will be opened with Ready
Money" a farce. by James Montgomery,
which enjoyed a tremendous success in Chi
cago last season. Harry Frazee. who has
recently affiliated himself with the Shubert
interests, will direct It's presentation.
Days Theatre will open with Lewis
Waller. under his own management. in
modern drama, to be followed by Shake
speare's Henry" Msdge T1theradge, who
won Broadway fame In a Butterfly on the
Wheel" will be his leading woman
The New Princess Theatre. in West 3eth
street, will first see Miss Annie Russelrs re-
vival Of old English comedies, as recently
announced.
The Hippodrome will open about septem-
Der 1 with an elaborate spectacle. and the
Winter Garden will be supplied with n new
autumn production after the engagement Of
The Passing Show OF 1912" and The Bal
let of 1890" now In rehearsal and sched-
uled to open about July IS.