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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1912-09-25
FIRE PREVENTION DAY.
Governor Carroll Issues ProcIanla-
ton Naming Wednesday, Oct.
9th, as State Day.

Throughout the United States there
is a general movement to lessen the
great annual fire loss by teaching the
people how to prevent fires. States
and cities are leading in the move
ment, and it is generally believed
that a careful study of methods OF
fire protection and less carelessness
this immense annual waste. The
following proclamation of Governor
Carroll of Iowa makes Wednesday
Oct. 9th, State Fire Prevention Day
and gives some interesting statistics
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1912-09-25
4 prOclamatiOn.

During the past few years public
attention has been properly direc,eo
tc the enormous fire loss which take;
place in the United States, and as 6
result a strong sentiment has de-
veloped in favor of better fire pro
lection, as well as more efticien
means of fire prevention. Many
states have made provision by law
for the Office of state fire marshal
whose duty it is to investigate the
canse and origin of fires and to en-
courage, by educational and othel
means, their prevention. In severa
states a day known as Fire Proven
tion Day has annually been set apart
either by law or by executive procla
nation.
while no portion of our country
was visited by any great conflagra
tion during the year 1911, the los;
by fire in the United States during
said year nevertheless exceeded
S217, 100000. Our own good state
contributed about $5,500,00O to this
loss.
when it is remembered that this
represents property absolutely ami
Inflated, the economic loss to our
state and country becomes the more
apparent.
THAT a large percentage of the
fires which annually occur in this
country may be prevented is conclu-
sively shown by the fact that while
the per capita FIRE loss in the United
States in 1911 was about $2.33, dur
ing the same time it was 81 cents in
France, SO cents in England and 21
cents in Germany.
I'm the light of these figures, the
question of fire prevention becomes
one of the important economic prob
lens of our times, and any move
ment having fer its object the lessen
ing of the large. and unnecessary hre
wai:te which annually takes place in
the United States should have the
hearty support OF all good citizens.
For the reasons herein set forth
| have deemed it proper to set apart
day to be devoted to the inspection
of property and the education OF the
public in the causes, dangers and
prevention of fires, and | therefore
hereby proclaim Wednesday, October
9. 1912, as State Fire Prevention
Day, and | would earnestly recon-
mend that upon that day the teachers
in our public and private schools and
educational institutions give special
attention to the causes. dangers and
prevention of fires; that the mayors
and councilmen OF the various cities
and towns give attention TO the mat
ter OF better building regulations.
better fire protection and better fire
prevention, and that they see to it
that all public buildings which are
not properly equipped with ire
escapes be so equipped; that there be
a general cleaning up OF dilapidated
buildings which are especially liable
to fire, and that the owners OF prop
erty give personal attention to the
removal Of all rubbish and debris
from their premises and to the set
ting of their heating appliances and
chimneys in proper condition Tor
winter use.
I'm Testimony Whereof, | have here
unto set my hand and caused 10
be affixed an impression OF the
Great Seal of the state of Iowa,
this 9th day of September,
A. d., 1912.
b. f. CARROLL,
Governor.
Attest:
w. c. Hayward,
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1912-09-25

The interstate commerce commits
sion has suspended the freight rates
on grain proposed by the North
western and st. Paul railroads from
points in Iowa to Chicago and the
east. Some time ago the roads were
directed to readjust Iowa grain rates
to conform to rates from other parts
of the middle west. In readjustlng
the rates the roads proposed increases
varying from three-tenths TO eight
tenths of cent per hundred pounds.
The new tariffs We're to have become
effective Thursday, but at the last
moment the commission suspended
them until January 18TH next and
ordered an investigation.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1912-09-25
Coffee Importers of United States.

More than one-third of the, two
and one-half billion pounds of coffee
annually entering the international
commerce OF the world is consumed
in the United States, its imports OF
that article being twice as much as
those of Germany, three times those
Of Netherlands, four times those OF
France, nearly ten times those OF
Great Britain, and half as much as
those of all Europe, next to the
United States the great coffee-con-
suming section OF the world.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1912-09-25
Relyino ON Ilcalsay.

Omaha Bee: The spinster VINO
descants on the advantages OF single
blessedness and maintains that
woman is happier without a HUSBAND
LAYS herself open to the charge OF eN
parte judgment, never having eN,
perienced the joy OF having reai
live husband.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1912-09-25

Iowa City Republican, The Des
Moines Capital likens Rooseyelps s
statements that il Standard Oil
contributed 100000 to his campaign
fund of 1904, he didn't know ito
Lorimer's defense-that ii 10000
was spent in Securing his election to
the senate it was without his knowl-
edge. The comparison is pat and
forceful. Roosevelt secuted Lori
mer's plea as unworthy of belief
How about his own?
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1912-09-25
The People Aroused.

burlington Gazette te-Hon. George
McNutt addressed an enthusiast tic
audience of seven persons III Burning.
ton last night in the interest Oh
Roosevelt and Johnson.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-02-27
Deeds Filled.

Deeds were tiled yesterday at Inc
oliice OF tho county clerk for record.
llg as follows:
~ "a. Jolllfte to Robt. ]. Conley. a
parcel OF land on Grant street; cOnsid.
eration STAND other valuable cOnsid
eratlons.
HI 3, Barnes and'wtfe to Charles
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-02-27

Bilious? Dizzy? Stomach upset? usi
Prune syrup-Pleasant and Prompt
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-02-27
INSURE
A INSIDE CLEANLINESS
The Millions Of cascaret Users Never
! Have Headache; Constipation, BIZ.
Iouspess or Sick stomach.

"a . " y y 2.
It is more necessary that YOU keep
your bowels, Liter and Stomach clean,
pure. and fresh than it is to keep: the
sewers and drainage of large city
free from obstruction.
Are you keeping clean inside with
Cascarets-or merely forcing pas
sageway every few days with salts,
cathartic pills or castor oil? This is
Important.
Cascarets Immediately cleanse and
regulate the stomach, remove the
sour, undigested and fermenting food
and foul gases; take the excess bile
from the liver and carry out Of the
system the decomposed waste matter
and poison in the intestines and
bowels.
: No odds how badly and upset you
feel, a Cascaret tonight, will straighten
you out by morning. They work while
you sleep. A 1O-cent box from your
druggist will keep your entire family
feeling good for months, Don't for.
get the children little insides
need a good, gentle cleansing, too.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-02-27
EuNERAl.g;

The remains Of Joe Bacalak, WHO
died at the Miners hospital on Sun
day from injuries received in a mine;
and which have been at the Jones
morgue awaiting the arrival OF rels'
.tiycs was buried this afternoon in the
Holy Cross cemetery. Father Lexis;
ton, OF Monongah, the Polish priest,
conducted brief services at the
morgue. Relatives OF the man came
here from clarksbprg to attend the
funeral. 4
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-02-27
ANOTHER PLAY /
H00SE FOR CITY
MORE AMUSEMENT is PROMISED
THE PEOPLE OF FAIRMoNT---
PICTURE SHOW PLACE TO BE
OPENED. "

1t is now strongly rumored, and IN
fact, youched for by one member q
the proposed company, INA. Fslrmoni
is, within a short time, to have anotE6ss
five cent moving picture theater to be
located in the business section OF this
city, on Main street. u
Tie new place will be under ths
management .! a young man vel
known in this city, and who for quite
a long time has been connected with
the moving picture business 9
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-02-27
LIGHT PUMPER
is SHOWN IN A WELL DRILLED
ON THE LOWE FARM NEAR
SHlNNsToN.

In the ShinnstOn pool, Clay dis
trict, Harrison county, the South Penn
Oil Company has drilled its No. 4
on the W. L. Lowe farm through the
5O-root sand and has a show for a
light pumper. On Jacks run in the
same district, the Big 1njun Oil and
Gas Company is down 1000 feet it
its test on the Silas ogden farm.
On Tenmile creek, Eagle district,
). Il. Griffin Is drilling a test well
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-02-27
ARE lRILLING Faithfully
LOCAL COMPANIES ARE RECRUIT.
ING TO FULL STRENGTH AND.
5PRAcTIclNG THE MANUAL OF
ARMS.

The companies of the West Virginia
National guard, which are located IN
this city, are drilling faithfully IN their
respective drill nights during the
week, and are fast becoming excellent.
ily trained. The companies .aTe all
most recruited to full strength al:
though there are still few vacancies
for those who might wish to join the
guard.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-02-27
sIREE7SGLEENEl
STREET COMMISSIONER GAVE
CRY THoRoueHFAREs A COOP
WASHING YESTERDAY. 3

Most Of the side streets in the main
part Of the city were washed of With
the street cleaning hose, yestsrday,
and are now in excellent condition.
Hundreds Of people watched tue
cleaning away OF the accumulated dirt
and debris. - ~ W
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-02-27
INFANT BODY FOUND

PARKBRsBURG-The partly de
composed body OF an infant was found
Sunday afternoon under the floor q
the old wire nail. factory on the river
bottom a short distance above the city
limits by Ernest Chapman, of the p
& o. police forge.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-02-27

OH the Lydia Griffin farm. On the
West Fork river in the same dis
,rlct, the Philadelphia Company has
drilled its test on the River View
Companys property
the fourth sand and has a
light show OF oil. On Shinn's run,
the same company is starting test
we'll on the Susan Neeper farm. On
Blngamon creek, Clay district the
same company is due in the sand in a
lest on the A.. E. WadswOrth farm On
The West Fork river, Coal district, the
Consolidation Coal Company has the,
rig completed for a test on its own
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-02-27

Musgrave. the sewickly coal under
lying parcel of land on Pharoah's
run in Paw Paw district; consideration
81 and other valuable considerations.
Smith Hood, Jr. and wife to Charles
Musgrave, parcel OF land in the vii.
Iage of Rivesville; consideration SiOO'
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-09-25
FORTY THOUSAND
BABIES DIE DAILY
Plans For Diminishing Infant Mortal
ity Is Discussed at Congress- on
Hygiene and DemOgrnphy.

Washington, D. c., Sept 95.-Edward
Bunnen Phelps. OF New York city, be-
fore the 18th International Congress on
Hygiene. and DemOgraphy, today dis
cussed the worldwide effort to diminish
infant mortality and its present status
and possibilities.
Demonstrating by data that approx
mately $1,000, 900 babies are born each
year and that about 15.000,0OO die be-
fore the first year Of life Mr. Phelps
declared the worlds infant mortality
probably reached the enormous figure
of 10000 babies deaths each day, year
In and year out, which practically
means that an infant death occurs
There are the best of reasons for
believing that at least 80 percent of
the worlds present infant mortality IS
readily preventable," said Mr.. Phelps.
and the civilized countries are just
beginning to awake to that fact
The story of the redemption of the
people of Porto Rico from the hook
worm disease after its centuries Of
ravages, was told by DR.. Bailey K Ash
ford, Of the medical corps Of the United
States army in Porto Rico. He related
how scientific treatment had made a
whole people so percent better phys
ically and has caused a 400 percent in
crease in Porto Rico's commerce
DR.. Helen MacMurchy. of Toronto.
Canada, contributed a paper on what
medical inspection Of schools can do
for the teacher.
Suggestion Of means which may
give to man an absolute immunity from
rabies of dogs, without reference to
the time elapsed after being bitten.
was offered by DR.. J. L Harris. city
bacteriologist and pathoIogist Of St
Louis, Mo.
Giving a summary Of his own work
DR.. Harris described a series of expert
ments with dogs and rabbits by which
immediate and direct immunization
against rabies was secured by the in
lection of fractional parts Of a grain
Of non-infective rabies virus Of a spe-
cial type Of virus produced from the
brain of a dog, dead OF rabies. frozen
with carbon-dioxide, snow dried in a
vacuum at a very low temperature and
kept in an icebox.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-09-25
WIRELESS
STATION At POST
The Equipment Is Received;
Headquarters to Be in
Touch With Border.

A wireless station will be established
at Fort Bliss this week in order to
communicates with the border patrols
along the Mexico United States bound
airy. This viii enable Gen. E. T. Stew
or in the local headquarters of the Ell
Paso district to. communicate with the
Hachita, n. 81, and Nog3les, Ariz. At
these points already wireless stations
have been erected.
A 'teiefunken'' apparatus was re-
pany I of the signal corps which re-
mains at Fort Bliss. The apparatus
was sent here from Fort Omaha, Neb.
1t consists of the portable wireless
apparatus which will be used in the
establishment of the local wireless sta
ton. 1t contains a go foot bamboo
sectional pole, an engine and gener-
2tor and sending and receiving appar-
atus. The bamboo pole is about three
inches in diameter and is in II Sec
tons. With this apparatus the wire
less messages are sent and received.
The entire ''telefunlen" is Of German
manufacture.
Maj Leroy S. Lyon. of the inspector
generals department, in Washington,
is expected to arrive in Ell PasO about
the middle of October to inspect bat
toned in 81 PaSo. When the Wash
ington officer arrives the battery viii
so to Goes ranch, New Mexico, &c
miles from Fort Bliss, and there hold
target range. The practice will in
clude the entire battery of 10 men
and four guns, which is now at Fort
Bliss, and viii last about two weeks.
A "su bcahber" practice will be held
at the local artillery range, beginning
September 80, by battery B of the
Third field artillery. This practice
viii last about a week. With the
"Subcaliber' practice, the artillery VIII
use q shell very different from the reg
1llar three inch shell used in battery
guns. The cartridge win be of the
same size, but the caliberi OF it viii
be 80, the she'll having a central
tube of this size
Only one squadron Of the 18th regi-
ment of cavalry remains at Fort Bliss.
the other two Squadrons being placed
on the border for patrol duty The
third squadron, consisting of troops
I. K, L and NJ. are at the fort. The
resimental Headquarters of the 18th is
stationed at Fort Haehita, N NJ
Troop B is the only representative
of the Third cavalry now at Fort
Bliss. the remainder of the troops
which have come to Ell loasO also be-
ing on duty on the bodrer.
The school of eQuitatfon is taking
up the greater part of the afternoons
of the cavalry Officers at Fort Bliss.
The new mode OF riding which is be-
ing inaugurated is proving popular
with the officers and although only
Eeutenants are required to be present
at the riding. school, nearly all of the
cavalry officers attend it daily. The
Fort Riley style Of riding is being
used.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-09-25
Those Peruna Testimonials
How Are They Obtained?

may be made for p prOprietary medf-
cine 1t is manifestly unjust to refer
such questions TO a body OF men who
are already convinced Of the worthless
ness Of proprietary medicines. To give
such a body of men the unlimited an
thority to decide whether our claims
Tor Peruna are valid or not is a mani
fest violation of my constitutional
rights,
Ny claims are based both on cred
table theoretical grounds and upon IT.
REPUTABLE statistics. But I am quite
willing to have our claims as to the
composition OF Peruna properly and
thoroughly investigated. and if found 20
be false q proper penalty should be
fixed Or If I am making any state
ments concerning disease, as to the
nature, symptoms OF danger OF any dis
ease, If am making any such state
mentS as 10 unnecessarily fr1Shten the
people by false assumptions, I am will
ing to submit to any unbiased tribunal
or investigation.
Mrs Alice Boyle, SOS Clinton St. Cir
cleville. Ohio, writes. Il want to in
form you what Peruna has done for
me- have been afflicted with catarrh
for several years 1 have tried different
medicines and none seemed TO do me
any good until I used Peruna have
taken six bottles and can praise it very
highly for the good it has done me.
also find 1t of great benefit 20 my
children"
Peruna is for sale at all drug stores.
SPECIAL NOTTCE-Mary persons
are making inquiries for the old-time
Peruna- To such would say, this for
OF KA-TAR-NO, manufactured by KA-
Company Columbus. Ohio
Write them and they viii be pleased
to send you a free booklet
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-09-25
BLIND TOM DECIDES
TO STAY IN Ell PASO
Finds Selling FL PasO HeraIds Pleasant
Work; Is Blind, but Not
a Mendfcrnt.

a MendicGnt.
Ell Paso's colony of street corner win
ter tourists has been increased by one.
He is Blind Tom, who is Tom Kelly, of
county Kerrey, south of Ireland
Blind Tom lost one of his eyes while
working on a Colorado railroad many
years ago. His other eye lost its sight
through sympathy, Tom says, and he
has been blind since. He sells papers
on the street corners and is not a mem
dicant. for he supports himself from
the sale Of mis- papers and shOestrings.
Tom Kelly was a husky lad of boy
when he came over from the 'sauld sod %
Toms identical words He is vet bit
of a man, in spite of his affliction, and
he hits good swinging gait when he
goes from the distributing department
OF The Herald to his beat. on the cor
ner of Oregon and San Antonio streets
Tom has been through a number of
newspaper strikes, boycotts and fights
While ne was selling papers on the
corner OF First and Spring streets Los
Angeles the papers there started a
fight and Tom got sucked into the
whirlpool by selling papers from the
opposition establishments. One then
boycotted him and Tom swears that
paper lost soc subscribers among his
regular customers as a protest against
the papers treatment of a blind man.
Blind Tom also had his picture in the
rival paper and, although he never saw
1t, all of his friends told him about it
Tom has come to Ell Paso to stav
He is not one of the tribe of mendi-
cants who blow down here in the win
ter to return with the robins in the
spring to the north, he would have the
public understand. He stays at least
three years in a city when he selects
IL as his field of legitimate endeavor
and, Tom says, he will be on the Coles
building corner every day for years to
come.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-09-25
THE TEN AGES OF BEAUTY :: Tn
uslraOns From Good Housseepg agazne For gptenaer

nEOPLE talk 50 much about the high cost of living.
about immodest and impossible fashions. that we
women frequently forget that We living IN
the very best time that ever was and are enjoying more
freedom than our has been allowed to indulge
N before.
The days of chvalry. with their tournaments of love,
Their courts of honor and then queens of beauty. had
very seamy side. and women IN most ways little
better than slaves.
Before the French revolution the arstocrahc woman
of wealth may have queened her surroundings. but
vast numbers of her poor sisters tOiled unspeakable
misery and degradation.
It was only after the beginning of the 18th century
and well along toward the middle of that women were
permitted to have some sort of an education; and only
of late-that IS in the last 20 year-that Of the
idotic barriers of fashion which have mpeded the progress
of the sex have at last been rdcued into the limbo of
bygone horrors.
Look at the beauty in the picture. Your mother
dressed this way. for this pretty girl anayed IN the
popular fashion Of the late seventies.
She traled a dress which contained from 20 to AZ
yards of material through the dust for the unhygenic
train necessary to her status and grOwnp lady
went without one.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-09-25

on may rai against the short hobble skirt but million times
more heathtu than these trains with their yards of aOped and ped
material and the great, big buncdup buse which today seems
positively groesque.
Under this frOck the girl of the late seventies wore the tghest
oOrse she could squeeze herself waist of IS inches which
considered too small for the webu girl of today would
been laughed at being far big for hgbred geneoan
the seventies who punched her vital organs 10 inches of space and
then wondered what the matter with her,
On her feet this lady shoes least smaller than her
tOO tor the with big feet desperately mortified and con-
dered that she hide them and suffer untold agony shoes that no
sane woman of today would think of wearing
Comparatively few pads nowadays and good figures
are developed by exercise and athletics In those days almost every
woman pads Of simulate perfect figure which nature
had denied her,
The modem girl when she had the puff rat habit would
feel ridiculous she the amount of false hair which pressed
upon the overheated head of the girl of 1879
10 be fashionable those days had risk ones health and
s dressed these garments could enjoy oneha
OF the healthy pleasures of the girl of today
Croque looked upon spirited and almost unconventional
game oday almost forgotten So do styles change Let us
be thankful
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-09-25
STUDENTS MAKE QUEER ANSWERS
IN LIBRARIANS EXAMINATION.

Chicago, I'll. Sept 25--Examiners
who made known the tests Of appli-
cants for the training class at the
Chicago public library threwW ood
side lights on the results attained in
high school course. Forty one young
women over the age OF 20, all high
school graduates took the examination
and 13 failed.
Some thought that Miss Clara Bar
ton, founder of the Red Cross society,
is still in charge Of juvenile work IN
Chicago. Another wrote that Charles
Dickens spent part o.. mis- life in pri-
son, Woodrow Wilson was given a seat
in the United States senate and dorado
Taft was given the presidential chair
One would be librarian said that La
Fayette was former president OF the
United States. Another said Bismarck
took part in the American revolution
what is meant by the reca1T' was
one of the questions. The recall is.
used commonly in speaking Of a SOL
diers recall to duty read the answer.