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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1912-12-25
RAVENA.
Monday, December %, 191.

Monday, December %, 1912.
Wish every one a merry Christmas.
Henry Huinker of Ossian did some
carpenter work for P. Barthelma,
Sr., the past week.
p. Barthelma, ST., was passenger
for Chicago Tuesday.
Miss Tomine Ness visited at the y.
o. Lomen home near Nordness the
past week.
Henry Schweinfus and family at
tended a wedding south of Ossian on
last Tuesday.
Frank Schweinfus who has been
working for A. p. Etteldorf the past
season has resigned.
Mrs. Will Eimers and son VIII OF
Parkston, S. OAK, arrived here last
Wednesday to spend the holidays at
the home of her son, Ben, and other
relatives.
A. P. Etteldorf and Wenzel and
August Lansing each delivered hogs
to the Ossian market the past week.
julius Brown called at DEBORAH on
Saturday.
Leo Barthelma arrived here last
Friday from school duties at Du-
buque to spend his Christmas vaca-
ton with home folks.
Miss Olga Soreide returned to her
home at Glenwood after several
months stay at the o. Anderson res
idence.
School district No. closed Friday
for the fall term.
George Rovang of near Nordness
called on Joe BrOghammer last FIJI
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Miller called
at DEBORAH last Friday.
Wiltgen brothers of Centennial
sawed wood for F. Schroeder last
Wednesday.
Rae Runkle and family spent last
Sunday at the B. Elmer home in Gen.
tennial
| X. Tonson and George Brother
each delivered several head OF cattle
to Ossian on Saturday
| Dave Weitgenent of Ossian called
at the G. Brother home last Satur'
day.
DIR. j. A. Juen of Ossian was
professional caller in Ravena las'
Wednesday.
! Fred Remcke of Postville spen'
/ last Sunday at the j. o. Meyer home
Mr.. and Mrs. j. 0. Meyer and chill
dren spent Sunday at the t. w Des
sci home at Ossian.
Henry Black and Chris and JOE
Harnick of Postville spent Sunday a
the John Duyee home.
4 Louis Kaut of Lawler spent Sun
day at the A.. Lansing home.
August Lansing and children lei
i Monday for st. Paul to spend th'
holidays with relatives there.
4 Mr.. and Mrs. Ole Anderson spen
Sunday at X. Toyson's home.
/ Carl Moe OF Red Oak called at tn
Sven Tovson home Saturday.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1912-12-25
CENTENNIAL.

Monday, December %, 1912.
Miss Gertie Rubenow of Waverly,
Iowa, came Tuesday for visit at the
Charles Ginapp home.
School closed Friday with weeks
vacation.
Henry Ginapp, who has been visit
ing his brother, Will, and wife, near
Glendale, Mimi, returned home on
Tuesday.
George Allen and daughter Bernice
one day last week.
Grandpa Decou is very low.
Miss Nellie Daniels was guest of
Mrs. l.. ID. Burrows Wednesday.
Miss Amanda Ginapp, who has been
visiting in Chicago the past couple
weeks, returned home Monday.
Mrs. Rae Sunkle and son James
spent Friday night at the Charles
Daniels home.
:. Henry Ginapp and sister Amanda
and Miss Gertie Rubenow were guests
at the Herman Pankow home last
week.
Elmer Lennon made a business
trip to Waterloo the last of the week.
Rae Runkle is saving wood in
this vicinity.
Henry Heinan is visiting in Fort
Madison.
Will Boeckman spent a few days OF
last week at Joe Ehlers'.
Laura Boeckman, who has been
attending school in Sparta, Wis.,, ar
rived home Friday to spend the holi-
days with home folks.
Herman Funke and family and
Mrs. Gertrude Lansing departed fol-
Cottonwood, Idaho, Tuesday. where
they will make their future home.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1912-12-25
HESPER.

Monday, December 23,. 1912.
John Peterson was visitor at the
c. j. Steno home Friday.
Philip Stoskopf sold his farm to o.
Danielson for Sis an acre last week.
Fritz Falck bought the skimmer's
route of Andrew Seversgaard last
week.
The scarlet fever is an unwelcome
visitor at the Alvin Hawks home.
Ben Kuene has been helping G. j.
Steno the past few days.
Henry Earth was a caller at the
Steno home Friday.
Bernice Feltis, teacher in No. 8,
went home Saturday for Christmas
vacation.
Several from here attended the
Christmas program in the Knoke
school house.
Willie Ramlo and Halle Hitchcock
of Canton, were joined in holy we'd
lock in DEBORAH on Thursday, Dec
18th. They have a host of friends
in this vicinity who join in congrat
ulations.
Hilda Ramlo was shopper at Ma
bel Saturday.
A dance was given in Tabor's hal
Friday evening. A large crowd wa!
in attendance and a good time wa!
had by all.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1912-12-25
Notice.

Notice.
To George w. Graham
You will take notice, that there is
now on file, in the Office of the Clerk
of the district court, of Iowa in and
for Winneshiek county, the final re-
port of the undersigned, executor of
the Will. and estate, of d. C. Ora
ham, deceased, which report shows.
that all of the matters connected
with the said estate, excepting 5
shares of Opera House Stock, 5 shares
of Hotel Stock, one promissory note
of $4,000, and real property, viz. Lot
3, and west ends of l and 2, Days
addition to DEBORAH, Iowa, have been
finally and fully settled, and your
interest in these four items will be
protected by proper orders of Court,
and the report further shows among
other things, that after the settle
ment of all matters, there is coming
to you, as your portion of the said
to the orders of the Court, in the
matter of the Ford garnishment"
proceedings against you.
And you are further notified, that
the said report, asks the Court, for
an approval thereof, and discharge
of this executor from further duty
herein and the discharge of his
bondsmen, and upon filing proper
vouchers for his expenditures, and
distributions as shown and contem-
plated by the said report, and the
payment of the costs Of this settle
ment of said estate.
And you are hereby further noti-
fed, that the said report will be call
ed up for hearing and consideration,
by the Court, on the first day of the
next term thereof, namely, the Bird
day of February, A. ID. 1918, which
said term, will begin at 1880 o'clock,
p. m, of said first day of said term,
and the said term will be held at the
City of DEBORAH, Winneshiek county,
Iowa, and unless you make objection
timely, that is, on or before noon
time of the said 3rd day of February
A. ID. 1913, at 1880 o'clock, p. M,
the said report will be approved and
this executor and his bondsmen dis
charged
December 4th, 1912.
r. H. MILLER,
Executor of the estate of d. c.
i Graham, deceased, by Frank
Sayre, his attorney. 49-4
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1912-12-25
Always a Selection.

Lancet-Clinic Journal of Medicine:
There has always been selection
of those who were capable of self
restraint, as we'll as those who had
physical power of resistance. Quite
often the two tendencies are we'll IL
Illustrated by one and the same per-
son, in whom we find physical STAN
ina that makes light OF consider
able quantity of alcohol, coupled
with self-control that enables him to
stop drinking at the proper time, "
Adv
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1912-12-25
NOTICE OF FINAL REPORT.

In the district court of Iowa, in
and for Winneshiek county, February
term, A. d. 1913, in the matter OF
the estate of d. c. Graham, deceased
Notice of final report by the executor
r. H. Miller.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1912-12-25
A New Discovery.

One of the sensations of the twen-
tieth century is Meritol Rheumatism
Powders. A boon to every sufferer.
The best known remedy for rheuma-
tism in all its forms. Ask those who
have tried it. Sold by E. j. Parman,
Druggist & Jeweler, DEBORAH, Iowa.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1912-12-25
Your Chicago Paper.

Remember that we still club with
any of the Chicago daily papers at
the same rate as heretofore, and Will
he glad to get them for our readers
at greatly reduced prices. We can
get you either the Record-Herald'
Tribune, Inter Ocean or Examiner to-
sether with Public Opinion for $40
per year, making the price OF the
Chicago paper only $2.75. 4s-ti
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1912-12-25

Some of the best things our most
men have picked up had
been previously passed over by those
who are cussing their luck.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-10-23
ANONYMOUS Aid for Detective.

"The sleuths in Uncle Sans en-
ploy get some of their best tips
through anonymous letters" said a
man who was for many years a mem
Der of the secret service. "In the old
days my speciality was to look after
the makers of counterfeit money, and
more than once l got clues that led
to the capture of dangerous criminals
through a communication which was
either unsigned or signed with some
fictitious name.
Generally the writer's Of these I'M
signed favors are men who have been
connected with the illegitimate prac-
tees. which are revealed by them.
They have been ill-treated by their
principals and the peaching is done
with a view to even up things. Very
often a woman who has been ill-used
or Tilted by violator of the federal
statutes will do the same informing
act from motives of revenge. The
lawbreaker who tips off his hand to a
woman had better be square with her,
or else one day when he is least ex-
pecting it he will find himself in trou'
BILE"
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-10-23
EX-CONvICT AN EVANGELIST
To Help Other Men to New Lives
Work of Alderman Burke Of
PhiIadel phia.

delphIa.-William Burke, who
resigned from the common council
and then fled the city when he could
no longer meet blackmail demands OF
former prison cellmate in the
Charlestown (Mass.) prison, leaving
behind written confession in which
he declared that up to his coming to
Philadelphia, about three years ago,
he had been a criminal ever since he
could remember, has become an evan
gelist
Burke, since his return TO Philadel-
phia, has been running cigar store
in which he had been established by a
business man whose interest was
aroused by Burkes published life
story.
Mr.. Burke will join the Inasmuch
Mission workers, located in "Hells
Half Acre." this city, and labor with
them to save wrecked lives.
Mr.. Burke made this announcement
the other day at the religious service
at Lemon Hill, when he responded to
all invitation given by Rev. DR.. James
B. Ely that he speak. He told the story
of his life, and said that since his re-
turn to Philadelphia he had received
hundreds of letters from ex-convicts
asking him to aid them to mend their
lives as he had done his own. The let
tiers, he declared. have induced him TO
take up the work.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-10-23
Dual Temnerament.


It seems to me that the chief stress
of my life has arisen from the civil
war of two tendencies-the artistic
and the practical.
My artistic self and lie under the
pine tree in the back yard, staring
blankly and gloriously into the blue;
we purr and bask and begin to see
vision-when up bounces my practical
self, fetches us a slap on the ears and
cries; up! Up! The stockings are to
darn, the pickles are to brew, and
there's company coming to support!
Or again, my practical self and
are being happy over trimming hat
or refreshing a sorrowful chair with
q glad garment of black paint. We
pin and tie, or mix and slap with
swinging brush-stroke, when my arts
tic half peers in at US, and smiles
cynicaIly. Folly" he says, in the
scornfuI music of his heaven-haunted
voice What earthly treasure you
prepare for moth and rust! The hat
is a cheap vanity; the chair will
molder in the garnet; and here am I
with a song to sing, and a vision of
strong angels to body forth. Come
away! Come away!"-Atlantic.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-10-23
IF ONE WOULD DRESS WELL
Poiret, the Famous Partisan Dress
maker, Lays Down Ten Com
mandments.

To the woman who would be well
dressed, Paul Poiret writes THE Ten
Commandments in the autumn fash
ion number of Harpers Bazaar for
October as follows:
1. Choose whatever is most be-
coming to your beauty-tightly fitting
garments or loose-fowing ones, the
strictly tailor-made, or the more elab-
crate.
2. Choose the colors which go web
with your complexion, your hair, your
eyes.
8. Observe the decorum and wear
appropriate dresses in appropriate
places. 1t is because of her ability
to understand the eternal fitness of
things that the Parisienne is so often
the queen of large social functions!
A. This year, for instance, am
bringing out more dresses built Cd
straight lines
5. If fringes such as 1 border
gowns with do not fit in with your per
sonality, dare to wear any other kind
of trimming that does!
6. I am keeping the light chiffon
over-skirt which harmonizes or con-
trasts with the silk foundation. But
if that is not suitable to you, dare to
wear heavy brocades and satins.
Z Personally l like strong colors,
colors of life and poetry, but If pastel
shades are becoming, wear them, no
matter what is the fashion!
s. If the high waist line such as
still advocate does not reveal the good
points of your figure, do not adopt it!
9. Have the waist line wherever it
is becoming to you!
10. 1 like the tight skirt and am
making it this year. But if you look
better in a wide one, do not sacrifice
your beauty in a vain attempt at being
fashionable!
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-10-23
NECK RUCHE HERE TO STAY
Despite Its Being Discarded by Paris
ians American Women Regard
1t With Favor.

AS most of us have already noticed,
the tuIIe neck ruche is coming along
in great shape and rapidly becoming
a fashion. That is, on this side of the
ocean l made note to this effect
not long ago. Some one who read the
item asked me if l didn't know that
the Parisians were laughing at us
about this little matter of the ruche.
l said no, why were they laughing
about 1t and he said because they'd
fooled US. They gave out that neck
ruches we're to be in order, everybody
doing it, that sort of thing, don't you
know and we "bitl" Whereas no one
who really knows anything about such
matters would ever be guilty of wear
ing ruche. Think of it! The
atrocity! The bfunder! THE social
error!" To wear a ruche when a
Partisan wouldn't! Isn't it awful? l
said l thought the joke was not on
us but ON Paris. Well wear our ruff
fles If we want to. There are moments
when think that Paris might well go
way back and sit down-Exchange
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-10-23
NEGLEGEE AND ITS SETTING
Harmony With the Surroundings Is the
Desired End 1t Is Sought to
Achieve.

Imagine a kimono of China blue and
white silk in one of those Elusive de-
signs of the far east, and let it be the
gown to be donned only in room dec
grated in the Chinese style so preva-
lent in modern day furnishing revivals-
There would be curtains Of rich blue,
with cretonnes of willow pattern COW
ering the armchairs, tall lamps with
shades of blue and white and few
vases of Nankin blue. What a fas
cinating, restful, retiring harbor for
tired woman, where she can sip the
fragrant beverage which is China, also,
in cups of egg shell daintiness.
Another fascinating fashion in tea
gowns is the Vatican style, which
gives scope for delicate color harmo-
MES, and which conjures up vision at
once of a Louis Seize boudoir with
pink and blue tapestries and gold
legged chairs and tiny tables. The
newest Vatican gown, made with a
box plat from the shoulders, hangs
loosely from the center Of the back
and is draped in graceful folds below
the hips.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-10-23
HAS RIGHT TO KILL?

all persons who look for advertise
ment in their profession.
Nine. Jane CatuIle Mendes, widow
of the poet and dramatist, believes that
love may cause crimes of passion, but
cannot in any way excuse them Il do
not see that modern literature is a fac
tor in multiplying these acts OF say
agery which seem to me to have their
origin in feebleness of hearts and
feebleness Of the CODE"
Nine. Rachilde argues that Ito COM
NIT the crime which was the motive OF
the second crime required two peo-
ple;" then why kill the woman and
spare the man? Because she loved her
husband the father Of her children?
If that was so she ought to have for
given. Literature has a broad back.
A true lover of letters would have had
the wit to fire in the air, II this form
of advertisement was absolutely nee
essary.
Nine Valentine de Saint-Point, the
lecturer on "Futurism," has no sym
pathy with Ienient verdtcts in crimes
of passion She says:
"A person who pretends to be acting
without consciousness OF what he IL
doing or under the influence of mad
ness is much greater social danger
than a conscious criminal and as an
individual much more insignificant
Nine Andree Corthis is unhesitat
fngly against Mime Bloch She says:
Il cannot understand love that has no
dignity, love that thrusts itself upon
and cIings TO its object, not this ex.
traordinary idea of longing to keep
man who fees from you. even If
scandal, force and murder are neces.
sary to hold him"
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-10-23
French Woman Writers Discuss
Case of Nine. Bloch.
Six to Two Against Woman Who Shot
Her RiVaI-Various Opinions
Sn Crimes of Passion and
Literature.

Paris.-Some French woman au-
thors have been giving their views on
the right of their sex to kill. Their
opinions are based on the case OF
Nine. Bloch, who wrote books signed
with the name of Frederic de Beau
lien and who shot and killed Mrs.
Bridgeman, who had won M. Bloch's
affections From the prison Nine.
Bloch announced that she had re-
ceived "innumerable letters OF con-
graduation" and that many OF them
came from her sister authors. Inc
suggestion that woman writer's sym
pathized with Nine. Bloch's act moved
lie Miroir to make an inquiry. or the
eight women of letters who gave their
opinion only two supported Nine.
Bloch's action. The first of this mi
nority, Nine. Marie de Vovet, writes:
Although murder inspired by jeai
ousy Is reproved by all in principle,
nothing is more difficult to judge IN
the various forms it may take. The
best thing, it seems to me, is to treat
it with charity, thinking that before
woman's hand could seize weapon
there must have been suffering enough
to constitute presumptive expiation."
Nine. Aurel, the other supporter of
Nine. Bloch, writes: IF rival had
dared to set me at defiance | believe
that / should have done as Nine.
Bloch did. 1t is none the Tess mis-
fortune"
AS for the six woman writer's who
condemn Nine. Bloch's crime, more
than one finds that a desire for self
advertisement, feeling that the &C
ton would boom her books, had some
influence on her mind. Nine. Daniel
Lesuer, the best known writer of the
eight quoted, says:
II hold that he who kills ought to
accept death; otherwise he is the
most cowardly of beings. On this con-
dition only can vengeance to death
be clothed with any grandeur"
Nine. Jeanne Landre would have
law passed that, except in cases of
self defense, no acquittal should be
allowed when & death has been caused
She casts doubts on the sincerity OF
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-10-23
MARATHON RACE UP MOUNTAIN
Remarkable Test of Physical Endur-
ance That Had Rather a HUI
morous Ending.

a Marathon race up a mountain In
the Swiss Alps is test of endurance
to which only the most vigorous
among professional mountaineers
would care to submit themselves.
The first event of this kind took
place the other day and despite the
obvious difficulties, proved a great
success. The mountain selected was
the Stanserhorn, 6,236 feet above sea
level, and the difference in altitude
to be covered was roughly 400 feet;
the starting point the little town OF
STAINS, being some /, 500 feet above the
sea.
About $500 spectators took the
funicular railway up the mountain
side, or made a leisurely ascent on
foot to cheer the winner, who proved
to be Karl Hug, a young Swiss Alpin-
ist Of Alpnach, his time being hour
and 4 minutes. The second arrival
took eight minutes longer and the last
of the ffty-two competitors finished
forty-five minutes later.
The promoter of the race was a
wealthy German who had offered
valuable prizes and who rather fan
cied himself for the championship. He
was greeted with sympathetic cheers
when he arrived, putting and blowing
at the goal, half an hour after the last
competitor had inocently asked IF
any of them had been sighted yet"
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-10-23
Pannier Gown Sash.

The pannier gown is incomplete
without girdle or sash. In fact, the
girdle of soft silk, velvet or satin Is
a very admirable way to retain a slen'
derness at the waistline and to con-
ceal the attachment of the pannier at
the top. Girdles can be from two to
six inches wide, depending on the
length of the wearer from neck line to
waist line.
Long WASTED women may wear high
girdles with grace. Their less for
tunate sisters should cling to the mar
row ones, and use end of material in
long, straight lines or loops to en-
phasize height
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-10-23
WOULD GIVE GIRLS TRAINING
Dusseldorf Professor Advocates Com
puIsory Military Service for
Women.

Berlin.-Compulsory military service
for German girls is advocated by Pro-
lessor Witzel of Dusseldorf. An army
of nurses should, in his opinion, follow
each army of male combatants, not
only to care for the wounded, but to
attend to everything connected with
food and clothing
Every healthy German girl. says the
professor. should look on training for
this object as patriotic duty and
the knowledge will be useful in the
home if it is not utilized on the bat
tlefeld
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-10-23
Ideal Match.

But" says the candid friend, Il
cannot for the life Of me understand
why you intend to marry him. He
has a wooden leg and the other one is
bowed. and he only has one eye and
is bald in patches, and positively has
the ugliest whiskers l ever saw on
a man. Why. no woman in her senses
could love him!"
I'VE shall be ideally happy" ex-
plains the beauteous girl. Il shall
never be jealous of him, for the rea-
sons you have cited And he will al
ways be so glad and proud that 1
married him that he won't care how
much I flirt."-Judge.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-10-23

of white felt faced with black velvet.
In accordance with the characteristics
of the season, the brims are fancy,
one. of them showing a wing-shaped
extension and the other the slashing
and turnings that have proved so adj
vantageous to the trimmer.
Small, fiat bows, covered buttons,
button and button hole trimmings ap-
pear on models of this class. Most Of
them have soft crowns made over
rice net with very little wiring.
These hats do not require bandeaux
except for heads smaller than the av-
erage. In such cases it is better to
Introduce a padded headband in the
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-10-23
RIdlcuIed Suffrage Parade.

In an equal suffrage parade in Eng
land banners were carried bearing
portraits of women of accomplish
ments through the ages. AT the very
end of the procession, where the wom-
en- could not see him, came lone
man with a sense of humor. This in
dividual bore a pike, from which hung
a large fig leaf framed. and at the
top of which was an apple-a modest
tribute to Eve, who had been quite
overlooked in this brilliant galaxy.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-10-23
kits Comma.

The side plaits that have been so
cleverly introduced into skirts this
summer are merely advance agents of
the killed skirt, that is coming back.
Oh, it will not be the all-enveloping ar
rangement of heavy folds, but will fall
from fitted yoke around the hips.
Already very exclusive models are be-
ing designed for soft silks that exem-
pity the idea yet are unobtrusive in
The change of style