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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1914-11-11
OSSIAN.

Nov. 3, 1914.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Bedrus went
to Waukon Tuesday to visit their
daughter, Mrs. Fred Lier.
Asa Fan and lady friend of New
Hampton spent Tuesday at the home
of his folks.
VIM. Laner of Eldorado was an
Ossian visitor Wednesday.
John Boyle was visiting friends
in DEBORAH Wednesday.
Mrs. Tom Dowd, Mrs. Ross Winn
and Mrs. Lewis Woolsey of Castalia
were shopping in Ossian Wednesday.
Mrs. Frank Figge and Miss Mar
garet Heck attended the funeral of
Philip Heck at McGregor Wednes-
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dave Weitgenant
went to Monona Thursday for a few
days visit with their daughter, Mrs.
l.. l.. Logsdon.
Miss Agnes Lee was DEBORAH Wis
Itor Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Billiard and
children went to West Union yester-
day for visit with her mother, Mrs.
Zoller.
Rev. Mitchell of Fayette preached
in the M. e. church Sunday evening.
Mrs. VIM. Mrllaney entertained
the Five Hundred club Thursday.
G. It. Gunderson and family spent
Sunday in West Union.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lern and son, Mrs.
Miller and Mrs. Dorman of Fayette,
spent Sunday with Mrs. Andrew Lee
and her daughter
Clarence Lee returned to his home
in Minneapolis today after visit
with relatives, he was accompanied
by his mother, who will make him d
visit.
Jennie ChristiGnson was in Calmar
between trains yesterday.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. A. Meyer and
daughters visited friends In Calmar
and Festina yesterday.
Miss Dorothy Gilbert entertained
her Sunday School Glass Saturday af
ternoon.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1914-11-11
owe my HEALTH
l was
Gradually
Breaking
Down From
Confinement
to Store.

Mr.. G. N. Petersen. dealer in fine
boots. shoes and cigars. No. 1872 South
Main ST., Council Bluffs, Iowa, writes:
II cannot tell you how much good
Peruna has done me. Constant con-
finement In my store began to tell
on my health and I felt that / was
gradually breaking down.
Il tried several remedies prescribed
by my physician, but obtained no per-
manent relief until I took Peruna. /
felt better Immediately, and five bot
ties restored me to complete health.
have been in the best Of spirits
since. and feel that I owe my health
to It,"
Catch Cold Easily.
Mr.. Arthur G.. Peterson, r. f. d.
81, Box 81, Ornro, Wisconsin. He
was in the habit Of catching cold
easily.
He says: at has been seven
months now since I have taken any
Peruna and I haven't felt the least
touch of cold since. and / am positive
that / am now rid Of the tendency to
catch COLI Peruna is a wonderful
remedy"
Those who object to liquid medi-
cines can now procure Peruna Tab
let's.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1914-11-11
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"WANT ADS"

Is just Another name for
Opportunities. Every one
of the want ads" that APP
pear in Public Opinion is an
opportunity for someone
To the man out of work, it
means position-To the
person who is dissatisfied
with his present location,
it means a new home, or
a new room-To the person
with money, it means a safe
and paying investment.
Want ads are not for any
certain class OF people
they are universal-They
mean as much to the million
aire broker as to the humble
laborer.
You'll never know the
good things that the want
ad" column hold for you, I'M
til you start reading them.
Turn to the Want Column
of this issue and you will
find an advertisement that
interests you, even though
you scorn the idea now.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1914-11-11
Winneshiek County Farms.

l have for sale 25 farms surround.
ing DEBORAH, ranging from 40 acres
up to 800 acre farms at very reason.
able prices al terms. l also handle
Becker County and Red River Valley
lands and city properties, for prices
and particulars, write or call at my
office over Mott & Co. store.
I'D X. HOVDEN. DEBORAH. Iowa
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1914-11-11
CORRESPONDENCE.
CENTENNIAL.

Several from this vicinity at
tended the election at Frankville
Tuesday.
Jim Birdsell delivered hogs to Os-
sian today.
Irving Hughes of Frankville
thrashed for w. P. Rosa Wednesday
and Thursday
Will Duff and wife visited with the
George Allen family Sunday after
noon.
Isaac Duff and wife were guests
at the George Allen home several
days last week.
Mrs. G. w. Rathbun and daughter
Blanche of Osslan visited at the c.
o. Daniels home Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Boeckman en-
tertained a number of friends and
relatives at their home Sunday.
Carl Spinner is husking corn fer
Webb Rosa.
A number of friends were enter
tanned at the Knute Lee Sr. homo
Saturday evening.
Pierre Feltis was calling on Ray
Runkle Saturday.
School closed in the w. P. Rosa
school Friday.
Theodore Rosa visited at George
Brothers today.
The Archie tones family spent
Sunday at the Crabtree home.
Charley Daniels and family were
entertained at the G.. w. Rathbun
nome in Ossian Sunday.
INhn Worno, opd cnpc Of Occio,
are doing some painting on the A.
Oxley farm.
Mrs. Joe Ehler and children visit
cd at Henry Boeckman's Sunday.
Theodore Rosa went to Frankville
Tuesday for a visit at the Oscar Mil
Ter home. He returned home Satur
day.
Miss Nellie Daniels assisted Mrs
Webb Rosa in cooking for thrashers
Wednesday and Thursday.
Mr.. Henry Ginapp is husking corn
for Will Wiltger.
Mr. Charley Daniels of this vicin-
fly and G. W. Rathbun of Ossian au-
toed to the Frank Klinkle home
near Monona Friday On business.
Mrs. James Phalen and children
of Ossian were entertained at john
Russell's one day last week.
John Russell and son Earl did
some concrete work for Mrs. L. d.
Burrows one day last week.
George Allen delivered some hogs
to Ossian market today. Ray Run
kle and Archie Jones assisted him
in hauling them.
Carl Sersiand sold some timothy
seed to DeGraf at Ossian today.
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Peckham and
daughter were guests at the Mrs An.
ma Daniels home Sunday.
Mrs. Elmer Lennon is entertain
ing company from near Postville.
Mrs. Ed. Youmans and children
were guests of her mother, Mrs
Mary Stevens Sunday.
Will Wiltgen and family visitet
at the Ted Uhlenhake home neal
Festina Sunday.
Alfred Crabtree is improving yer.
slowly.
Ed Mann and family of Castalia
John Wiltgen and wife of near Os
sian, Dominic Wiltgen and wife o
Ossian, Rena and Marie Breitsprech
er, Andy, Florence, Ed and Philli
Wiltgen. Laura and Angaline Boeck
man, Charley Ginapp and children
Bernice Feltis, Nellie Daniels an
Mrs. l.. D. Burrows were entertaine'
at Frank Boeckman's Sunday eve
ming.
Miss Frieda Heiman who is at
tending school in Ossian spent Sat
urday and Sunday at home
A few from here attended tn
dance at Louie Rewards Saturda
evening
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1914-11-11
Women Suffer Terribly from Kidney

Trouble.
Around on her feet all day-no
wonder a woman has backache, head
ache, stiff swollen joints, WEAKNESS,
poor sleep and kidney trouble. Foley
Kidney Pills give quick relief for
these troubles. They strengthen the
kidneys-take away the aches, pain
and WEAKNESS. Make life worth liv-
ing again. Try Foley Kidney Pills
and see how much better you feel.
Engbertson Pharmacy. Nov.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-12-21
iERMAN PRINCE IS
WOUNDED IN FRANCE

Paris. Dec. 21.-By a French coup
rinee August Wilhelm, fourth son
the kaiser. has been wounded.
A French army observer near
helms recently noted from his place
concealment a vast amount of prep
alton for some sort OF a ceremony
shind the German lines. Troops
ere drawn up for review, bands
iaying and he was convinced that
rince August Wilhelm, known to be
this particular section, was to in
)ect the troops.
The observer gave the range to a
rench battery and the guns We're
srved so cleverly that when an auto
tobile which carried the important
ersonage for whom the troops were
rrayed came into close range a shell
.ruck 1t. The French observer claim
1 to have seen Prince August. n OF
lose in the motor car, lying wound
1 in the head and leg from this shot.
Dispatches from Berlin on Dec. Il
slated that Prince August Wilhelm
as in Berlin recovering from inju-
es he received in an automobile at
he front" 1t was not stated whether
lese injuries were the result Of gun
re or of an automobile accident.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-12-21
THREE BANKS CLOSE DOORS
Two Involved by Earlier Failure in
South Dakota.

Pierre, s. d., Dec. 21.-State Bank
Examiner Wingield reports that the
Farmers and Citizens State bank OF
Bryant. the Bank of Willow Lake and
the First State bank of Faith have
turned over their affairs to the state
department.
The Bryant and Willow Lake banks
were connected in a business way
with the Syverson bank which failed
at Bancroft. This. with paper which
cannot be realized upon at present.
caused their assignment.
The Bryant bank was capitalized at
$4,000 and carried deposits of $780,.
900. The Willow Lake bank was cap
italized at $4,000 and carried s12O. 900
in deposits. The Faith bank was cap
italized at $4,000 and carried but So,
0n0 danasifs
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-12-21
German AeropIane informed.

London, Dec. 21.-A Copenhagen dis
patch to the Exchange Telegraph com
pany reports hat a German aeroplane
has been stranded on the Danish isle
OF Fano, in the North sea OFF the west
coast of Jutland. The aviators, an Of
ficer and a soldier, were arrested and
will be interned in Denmark.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-12-21

A decree issued by the kaiser at the
beginning of the war that no petit
coat strategists should be allowed to
influence Germany's operations is
being vigorously observed. The kaiser
has consented, however, to one ex-
ception being made to this iron rule.
His only daughter, Princess Victoria
Louise, wife of the Duke OF. Bruins
wick, has, it is stated. been allowed
to give her opinion on Won Bern
hardt's plan OF operations, which the
kaiser has adopted. This special con-
~cession is due to the emperor's re-
spect for his daughters grasp of mill
tary issues.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-12-21

Q 1912. by American Press Association
DIR. Alexis Carrel of the Rockefeller
institute, after years of experiment,
has successfully grated the arm OF
one man on to another.
General Trumelet Faber, whose
arm had been torn off by a shell dur
ing the fighting in Belgium, was the
man on whom the arm was grated
and a private soldier, whose life was
despaired of, sacrificed a good liraA
t. make his superior a we'll man again
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-12-21

Baron Sonnino, the Italian foreign
minister. is the nan of the hour in
Italy and is doing all in his power to
keep his country out of the war. The
action of Turkish soldiers in dragging
the British consul at Hodeida. an
Arabian port. from the protection of
an Italian official has produced a
grave crisis in ltaly's relations with
Turkey. Italy has demanded the i'm.
mediate release of the Englishman
and has called on Turkey to make a
injured Italian.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-12-21

A complete line, all widths
and colors. AS long as they
last at
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-02-18
Voice of tine People


To the Editor of The Times Dispatch:
Sir.-i wish to call attention. through
the columns of your paper, to an i'm
portant measure nos pending IN the
General Assembly, which should com
mand the support OF business men in
every city and town in Virginia / re-
Ter TO the measure popularity known as
tho commission form OF government
hin the purpose of which is 20 pro-
vide method whereby every city and
town IN Virginia can, If the peopl,
so desire, adopt a modern form of gov
eminent in place of the antiquatcd and
inefficient plan under which they are
at present governed.
THIS bin has been introduced In the
Senate by Senators Featherston and
Drewry. and ia The House by Delegates
White. Reed and Willis 1t has been
reported favor!ibiy by the senate CON-.
mittee on Counties, Cities and Towns.
and is now on the Senate calendar
Ky TINS time ii may have been like
wise favorably reported by the House
committee, but as TO this am not at
presen, informed. Readers OF The
times lllii'', Dispatch will recall that AN
amendment of section III OF the Con
sutution OF Virginia, giving the Cen
eral Assembly power 10 prescribe diff
ierent forms Of government for cities
and towns than that now in existence
was adopted by an overwhelming vote
HHN II now oHiy remains Tor the Gen
eral Assembly 10 carry out Lhe wishes
OF the people by the passage OF suit
able act
The bill now pending in both houses
was carefully drawn by committee
OF the Virginia League of Municipali
ties. OF which the writer was n mem
Der and OF which Hon. w b l.. Talia-
ferro, city attorney of Hampton, was
chairman.
The work OF this committee was in
dorsed BY the league. and the bill in
iroduccd at the request of tie league.
IL is not my purpose to attempt to
give an analysis of THU dill, as it's gen
eral purpose has been set out already
IN the press. Sufficient TO say that IL
rs a purely local option measure, and
gives TO each city the right to adopt
by vote OF It's citizens one of three
modern plans OF city government. fully
set out and described in the bin. In
the opinion OF the writer OF this arti-
Gle, the enactment OF rms bill into law
VIII result in tremendous benefits to
the cities OF Virginia. and Will mark
an epoch in their history. 1t will give
them the power to rid themselves Of
the present unsatisfactory, expensive
and cumbersome form OF government
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-02-18
presidcn, sna rrce Tolls.

10 the Editor of The Times DISPATCH.
SIT am sorry to see that the Presi
-ie*s III the Panama Canal tolls I.I"s
non Some one who would commaud
the attention OF the people should nre.
sent the many objections To the exernp-
ton from tolls granted TO coastwise
shipping, most of which objections the
people have not thought OF, or surely
not considered.
Public attention has been directed to
the objection that the exemption is n
Violation OF the Hay-Pauhcefote treaty.
rious objections to 1t that condemn IL
as n measure OF domestic policvs
II there is TO be no Discrimination
against any OF the users of the canal.
as tho treaty provides. no ships can be
charged more than their share OF its
cost and expenses. and. therefore. to
relieve any users of the canal from
payment of their share of the charges
Is equivalent to granting them that
amount out of the national treasury
and burden. OF building the canal has
done enough for the Intercoastal ship
ping. and should not be asked to 20
further and pay this shipping's share
of the tolls.
This exemption is not only a subsidy,
but an uncalled-for and unjustihabie
subsidy. and 1t is because OF this fact
that those. seeking this exemption In
sist on this subsidy being granted in
ms lndi sxS,, way Gongress could
ping without raising any question or
objection about Ii being n violation OF
the treaty, but IL this were proposed
1t would be recognized at once that
steamship lines to South. America, have
n much superior claim for government
aid, md TINT our ,constwisa shipping,
protected and fostercd by our naviga-
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-02-18
chivnlry and Other .Thlne..

To the Editor of The Tirkes- Dispatch:
Sir,-The gentleman writing In your
columns from Cascade attempts to Ore
his guns at me and does it He cx-
claims, Great Scott. Have we come TO
the point where we are willing to say
That association with the women of
virginia viii lower our standard OF
courtesy tsld chivalry toward them %
would answer In stentonan tones,
NO.. But that association must DO rs
of old. II must be the association with
women not as equals and rivals" but
rs superiors spun OF finer stuff, and
moving In AN entirely different plane
a plane which Itself demands chIvalry
ana courtesy. and requires that we be
never IN their presence save with a
feeling of noblesse oblige and a sen
sation as Of association with n being
from world higher than this one,
whom we must honor, but not approach
on terms OF equality.
Any student OF psychology or any
man who can observe well enough to
tell you that intimate and daily assoc
citation with women as equals or even
rs friendly rivals gradually lowers
the pedestal oa which you have been
accustomed to put them. have seen
men approach salesladies with head
covered In Richmond. Yet. il he were
he ever, ever stand with covered la?
Is raising the hat courtesy? Does as
ISOLATION with women on n plane OF
equality or even friendly rivalry" tend
II
virtue OF the KNIGHT? I think so.
must disagree with Mr.. Porter In this
There Is gentleman whom know
that will never forget how Inundated
he felt tho first time n girl usher show
ed him to his seat in theatre In Phil
adelphia He wanted TO do it for her
One theatre In Richmond has girl
ushers. Did you know tt? That's In
Richmond, Va. They've got their
rights
reckon I'll see the day when wo-
men vote, sit on juries maybe with
negroes. as some are elirible 10 jury
service, go to school with men. police
and are butchers. and I've got my
doubts about whether I'll give her nv
seat on street car or not I honor
them for what they are: not what T
am. II woman Is going TO be equal to
man ana full6l the same purposes In
life. in the name of Eve the First what
did the good Lord make 'em for?
There are some women in Virginia
chat don't want to go to school with
men. There are some men In Vlr-
gir'a that don't want to go to school
with women No woman objects to going
To school with women; no man Objects 10
going to school with men. Draw Your
own conclusions and poke your hand
ont with tho thumb tucked In and nut
the hlc IN G." on that coetlucatiopal
coordinate, contra Sc. ro'e"n PROPOSE
ton. IAN ALUMNUS."
Surry. Va.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-02-18
The Rappahannock
Rhapsodist
The ,Iud-Iso,e In the Road.

a mud hole in our road know
And every year I've watched il grow.
II used 10 be a small affair,
That we, by exercising care
Could. with but little trouble pass
THAT was before twas worked" alasi
they cut some pieces OF pine bough
And threw them headiong in the slough.
ON this they piled q lot OF clay
Ana. well contented. went away.
The clay quite quickly turned to mud.
The naked pine sticks soon. upstood,
IN sharp and threatening array,
Like some old fossil vertebrae
They plowcd and dug about its naree.
Which did its compass much enlarge.
Thus work ed" the mud-hole grew so
wide
We could not pass on either side.
Hut like our old friend, DR.. Foster.
We reached our middle when we cross.
ed her.
Now rs this mud hole larger grew
Twas quite II source OF revenue
To those who had, with proper skin,
So nursed and tended 1t until
II needed patching every day.
IT travel still would go that way
Moral: IT YOU viii but bcstow
The proper work, YOU can. | know.
Make cen mud hole thrive and grow.
THOMAS LOMAX HUNTER.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-02-18

gress recommending IN amendment of
the Constitution freeing the slaves and
providing FOR their compensation. and
yet only one month la,er-January
/. lSG3--he pronounced the slaves ire.
throughout the South. and did not mem
tion compensation. No sane man can
doubt that he and those associated
win MIN calculated upon an insur-
( rection OF the slaves which must, OF
course; have been attended with the
most horrible atrocities. Then again,
though In his second inaugural adj
dress he declared himself with malice
To none and charity TO an he carried
sherman, sheridan. Butter and Hunter.
on lines OF destruction and outrage
TO which modern history affords no
RaI,aii;ei, except In o the rayages OF the
there Is one act which by Itself shows
how unsubs tantial are the claims OF
Lincoln.s frio ndliness to the South. We
know that, In direct contradiction OF the
policy imputed TO him. he pcrem ptorily
dismissed the Virginia Legislature after
causing II to be summoned. threaten
ing punishment II any OF the members.
except the resident members. showed
their faces In Richmond. This was one
Of his last public acts and In reversing
himself he yielded, as is believed, and
as he had often done before To th,.
superior Will OF Edwin NJ Stanton his
Secretary OF War Lincoln was good AT
phrasemaiing. and he had a way OF
saying catchy" things which has
served his admirers TO good purposc
and his nature. unlike that OF many
of his associates. was not necessarily
hioodthirstv But neither was he
humane. General Don Plat. another
OF his intimate friends. described him
as indifferent to suffering. and Indeed
oniv man of callous disposition
could havo approved what Hunter and
sheridan did in the Valley, and Sher-
man did In Georgia.
That he submitted to Stanton is no.
torious, and as Stanton the inycterate
enemy OF the South. would have con.
unued In his Cabinet, do not soc how
the South could have expected any
realities from his promises ANYWAY
IL seems to me that to found an nDpoaI
TO southern gratitude on what Lincoln
might have done had he lived is
reailH one of the most far-fctched
thlngS In the world. No one really
knows what Lincoln would have done
ON one point. ut least, we may agree,
Ills assassination was n most denior
able event 1t aroused the most sov
age animosities in the North and has
ptVeh' as YOU say, fictitious import
ance 10 Lincolns name Worse than
that' 1t has falsined history. South
ern men have been drapooned into
nraising Lincoln in order to commend
themselves to their Northern friends
or Tor fear Of doing injury to them
selves. II they did not IL is hooed nov,
mat as. nearly hair century has
passed sine" Wilkes Booths foolish ACT
all our southern writer's and sDenknrs
may he free to utter their rca, senti
menus. INTER ESTED
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-02-18
a DIscipIe OF MnIthns

To the Editor of The Times Dispatch:
Sir,-lt Is extremely doubtful IL Vlr>
as many people as some, of the dcnsely
populated countries of Europe are now
supporting, and as the years roll by
port Il dense population unless some
thing ~ done to save her natural re-
sources. chief of which Is her land.
Lands cut all TO pieces with gullies and
the soil washed away arc practically
beyond redemption. With a growing
for cultivation each year. we will some
day be face TO face with very serious
proposition. II our legislators will find
some way to stop the burning OF OF
broom straw and hen nest grass fields
and Swimming the land with little one
horse plows just deep enough for tho
II off as deep as plowed. they will con-
fer bcneft upon this and future
generations that will last as long as
erected in Capitol Square bearing the
name of each. with the inscription:
These are the men that saved the
farm lands of Virginia from destruc-
ton The work Of the national and
state Departments OF Agriculture arc
ing people are concerned, but you do
not and cannot reach the ignorant that
way any more than you can keep the
numerically by talking to him. Tho
only thing that will teach people OF
this kind anything is some kind or
punishment. or at least the fear OF pun
ishment. The ignorant and don't-caro
people are destroying, one way, and
pie. with the aid OF the Agricultural
Department. can build them up. with
steads in the West practically 't thns
of the past. 1t is high time we quit
talking about the matter in, a general
aa vdu an' FARMS Ge1 down 'S aeta5 RaS IN
Nathalie. Va.