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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1914-02-04
RuyS n Farm,

Gus Hamre has purchased the IS
acre farm two miles north of Decor
ah, on the Burr Oak road, known
formerly as the Frank Headington
farm. Consideration $50 an acre.
John Blaess made the sale.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1914-02-04

Princeton university, founded IN
1746, was chartered as the College
of New Jersey, and did not assume
its present name officially until it's
one hundred and fiftieth anniversary
in 1896,
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1914-02-04
Dairy Lunch.

Oyster stew, salad, doughnuts,
sandwiches, tea and coffee will be
served by the Fortnightly club at the
Congregational church Thursday p.
M, beginning at four o'clock.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1914-02-04
Advertised Letters,

The following letters remain un
claimed at the DEBORAH post Office:
Eva o. Stokes.
Thos. Lyons.
l.. Eckert.
A. o. Halstad.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1914-02-04

Just received a new line of Jer-
sey sweaters, button at neck. GER
MANN, Clothier.-Adv.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1914-02-04

--Clearence sale on mackinaws, all
wool, $3.50. GERMANN, Clothier.-
Adv.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1914-02-04

Subscribers will confer favor upon
us by notifying us at once OF rail-
ure to receive the paper regular
ly.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1914-02-04

This paper presented free of charge
for one year to Winneshiek county
brides who remain in the county.
Evening star., 1914-07-19
THE writer not long ago entered flower
I store p11rchaSed caraatiora for his hut.

THE writer not long ago entered flower
store, purchased a carnation for his but
tonhole, and laid his coin purse containing
two or three dollars into the hand of the
clerk who had waited on him.
3Here, Sir!" called out the clerk. 3What
do you want me to do with this?"
@How stupid of mel" 1 said as walked
back, took the purse, and started to hurry
from the store. l had reached the door
when the clerk stopped me with:
@Here, Sir! Excuse me, but you haven't
paid me anything yet
When still smarting from this humiliating
experience l determined to watch for other
persons as absentmindedly foolish as my
self, and the very next week l saw digni
fed and scholarly looking man, deeply alb
sorbed in his book on streetcar, deliberate
ly remove an upper set of teeth and hold
them between his thumb and finger while
his gaze was riveted on a page of the book.
When the conductor came for the fares the
teeth were gravely held out.
"What do YOU mean?' said the conductor
gruff1y, evidently lacking sufficient sense of
humor to enjoy the situation. Then the
astonished and mortified man came to his
senses, popped the teeth back into his
mouth, paid his fare, and hurried out of the
car amid the giggling of the passengers.
Shortly after that l CHANGED to ride in
the same streetcar with similarly digniied
and scholarly man, evidently parson, who,
becoming aware that he was attracting con-
siderable attention from myself and other
passengers, glanced down at his feet, to dis
cover that he had on pair of gray cro-
cheted bedroom slippers.
Next l found a young woman at a soda
water fountain in a crowded candy store
trying to poke the long spoon she had taken
from her glass into her hat for hatpin.
Following close after that l saw well
dressed woman, in an equally bad fit of
mental alteration, get up from the table at
which she had been dining in a restaurant
and start gathering up the dishes until the
amazed waitress exclaimed:
Evening star., 1914-07-19
WHEN THE MIND WANDERS
BY MORRIS WADE

Excuse me, Lady, but I'll take care of
the Dishes"
"Oh, mercy on u.s." exclaimed the absent
minded one. II thought I was at home"
A sane enough looking man hurried up to
the ticket Office of an elevated railroad sta
ton and bought ticket, proffering for it
dollar bill. He was given ticket and nine
ty-fve cents in change. The train was COM
ing in, and he rushed to the gate, dropped
the ninety-five cents into the glass recepta-
Gle intended for tickets, and tried to pass
He had to give that up before he could go
through, of course.
Most have heard of the college professor
who gravely apologized to the cow he had
run against, and when he really ran against
lady a little later said, Here you are in
my way again, you old beast you-er-er-
l beg pardon. l thought you were cow!"
But one of my college friends, a profess
sor noted for his WOOL gathering fits of alb
straction, sat at table in large city hotel,
and when his dinner was served he gravely
peppered his tea, put sugar on his beefsteak,
and salted a baked apple until it was white.
Many people have carried away hotel
napkins without intending to do so; but it
cover on reaching home after dining with
some friends that he had in his pocket not
only very fine napkin belonging to his
hostess, but also solid silver oyster fork
When questioned by his wife as to how this
had happened all he could say was:
"Igive up"
you'd better give it up!' said his wife
dryly.
But what shall we say of an cratic and
querulous neighbor who couldn't get his
cook to boil his breakfast eggs to suit him,
II T.. =
them? Two and half minutes in boiling
water was his rule; so out came the watch
to time them But he soon found himself
looking intently at one of the eggs in his
hand: the other two eggs and the watch
were in the bubbling water.
Evening star., 1914-07-19
BY RUTH EVERETT

Saint Patrick's Day, we shall have to wear
a green ribbon or, "It's Holy Week, and
we will take a purple ribbon" or @We're
going to a wedding, and it must be white,
or "a funeral and it must be black"
The dog never failed to bring the color
asked for. To prove that there was no signal
given, the boys would issue their orders to
the dog when they were out of the room
where Brace could not possibly see them.
They would say:
@Now, Brace, Uncle is going to see his
best girl tonight. l know it by the way he
is barbered up. Go into the hall and from
full not to rub the fur the wrong way"
From among three or four hats the dog
would get the one asked for and bring it to
his master, who would perhaps say:
@You did pretty we'll; but there is slight
roughness here. Bring me Uncles silk
handkerchief. tits in his overcoat pocket, the
upper, left-hand one. When we get that we
can take out the marks of your careless
ness"
The dog would get the right handkerchief.
IN those days and in that city the street.
cars were so built that our dog could jump
against the regulation of the companies to
have dog in a car with you. For that
privilege you had to buy permit. So the
conductor would say:
MADAM, is that your dog?'
@Yes."
@Well, you'll have to put him out. 1t is
against the rules
"All right, put him out. He'll find his
way home. You can't lose him.
The conductor would put his hand down
to take hold of the dogs collar Brace was
not large enough to inspire terror by his size;
but as the hand of the conductor got near
him there would be low growl, and then:
@Will he bite?"
II don't think So 1 never knew him to
bite anyone.
Another attempt by the conductor, and
another growl by the dog.
with you."
4All right Return the fare 1 have paid,
and 1 will get off,
Of course by this time everyone in the car
Evening star., 1914-07-19

was gr1nnlng in sympathy with me and my
dog and at the discontinue of the conductor.
No matter how many times that car
stopped to let passengers on or off, that dog
never budged until his owner was to alight.
Then he was up and out in a jiffy. He
would laugh and jump around as if to say:
Didn't we put one over that conductor,
thought"
Even from his puppy days Brace had a
a compass in his head. You could take him
miles away from home and lose him, and
then when you reached the house he would
jump up and bark and show his delight as if
to say:
"My! but I'm glad you've got home safely!
l was afraid you were lost.
Brace had a pillow on which he slept. A
clean case was put on it every day. If by
chance or design this change of his sheet
was neglected, he would beg most piteously
to have clean sheet before he would go to
bed. Put that pillow any place you pleased,
and there the dog would sleep.
DOOR little fellow! He had city-wide
bay windows were on the drawing room floor
only. From the living room above Brace
used to jump out on top of the bay window
to lie in the sun. One day someone must
have pulled the window down bit; for
when the dog wanted to come in out of the
sun, and with that intent made his usual
spring, he struck his forehead against the
lower sash of the window, turned completely
over, fell, and struck against the iron railing
below. He must have broken his neck; for
he never moved a muscle after striking.
We certainly mourned our loss. Although
he was in reality our dog, he had in sense
belonged to all the boys in our set, and now
that the little fellow was dead all our boy
friends claimed the right to do honor to their
pet and playmate.
From all about the boys contributed to
the fund. They bought real little coffin,
and Brace lay in state with flowers all over
him for one entire day. We buried him in
our back yard, and one of the boys preached
a little sermon, and another one said short
prayer.
The children also bought the dog tomb
stone, and up to the time of the fire and
earthquake in San Francisco one could read:
Here lies dear Little Brace
He was an all-round good dog,
And the best ratter in the
City of San Francisco.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-10-15
TORPEDO BOAT IS
ON WAY TO QUINCY
"somers" Passes Alton on Way to sta
ton for Naval Reserves Of
Illinois

Quincy Journal: The torpedo boat
"Somers'' c. S. N, which has been
turned over to the Quincy division Of
Naval Reserves, is proceeding up the
river from ST. Louis, in charge OF
Lieut.. William A. Johnson, commander
of the Quincy sailors. Lieut.. Earl
Caldwell, and Ensigns L. G. Book and
W. C. Edwards are awaiting word from
Lieutenant Johnson. when they will
leave for Louisiana, Mo-, to accompany
the craft the rest Of the way to Quin-
cy A wire to the Journal this morn
ing from Alton, H.. said that the
"Somers" had put in there last night
and had left at o'clock this morning
to continue her trip. She has been at
st. Louis. taking part in the Yelled
Prophet celebration, and is expected
to arrive here some time tomorrow.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-10-15

and feeling thousand times better. .
Miss AMELIA JAQUnI-ARD, 1861 Te-
houpitoulas St, New Orleans, La
St Clair. Pa my mother was
alarmed because I was troubled with
suppression and had pains in my back
and side, and severe headaches. had
pimples on my face, my complexion was
sallow, my sleep was disturbed, ] had
nervous spells, was very tired and had
no ambition. Lydia e. Pinkham's Veg
etable Compound has worked like q
charm in my case and has regulated me.
I worked in mill among hundreds Of
girls and have recommended your medi-
cine to many Of them. Miss EsTELA
MAGu1RE, 10 Thwing St, St Clair, Pa.
There is nothing that teaches more
than experience. Therefore, such let
tiers from girls who have suffered and
were restored to health by Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound should
be lesson to others. The same remedy
is within reach Of Ill.
II yon want special advice write TO
Lydia e. Pinkham Medicine Co. (conff.
dentiaD Lynn, Mass. Your letter will
be opened, read and answered by
woman and held In strict confidence.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-10-15
SALEM
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Members Of the NJ. e. church, Salem,
Cottonwood and Wesley, gave re-
ception at the Salem parsonage, on
Monday evening for Rev. and Mrs.
E. S. Hehner and their. daughter,
Bernice. Refreshments were served
in the lecture room of the church.
On Saturday evening, October II,
the first number of the lecture course
will be at the opera house. This will
be an entertainment by Wassman, a
magician and illusionist.
High school and grammar school
were closed Thursday and Friday. The
teachers spent the time at Mt. Pleas
ant attending Henry County Teachers
institute.
Rev. and Mrs. F. c. Sebert and the
latter's father, ]. C. Maris. shipped
their household goods and departed
Friday for their new home at New
Providence.
Mrs. John Edwards, Mrs. C. A. Ed
wards and daughter, Ruth, spent last
week at the Frank Edwards and Mrs.
Nora Mulkin's homes at Fairfield.
Miles Cough filled the vacancy at
the depot while Station Agent Leon
Smith and family visited the formers
parents at Birmingham.
The drama. "The Hoosier Girl" at.
tracted large crowd to the opera
house Thursday evening. All present
were pleased with the play.
DR.. C. o. Van Wrinkle and family
were Sunday guests of the formers
sister, Mrs. j. E. Peyton, at Burling-
ton.
| Mrs. Forest Mcyey and daughter
Ruth. are guests of their grandmoth
or, Mrs. John Long, at Canton. Illinois
Mrs. E. A. Stewart and son, James
went to Quincy, ILL.,, to visit the doc
tors mother. Mrs. NJ. J. Stewart.
| Misses Nettie and Laura Cammack
attended teachers institute at Mt
Pleasant. Thursday and Friday.
Mrs. Will Johnson and son were
guests of relatives at Mt. Pleasant
Thursday and Friday.
Mrs. Alonzo Barr, OF Dayton, Ohio
is visiting her cousin. Mrs. A. David
son.
Miss Maude Collatt came from Bur
rents. Mr.. and Mrs. J. H. Collatt.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. H. Cook and daugh
ter Miriam went to Keokuk Thursday
to spend few days with relatives.
Merle Banta is home from trip
which he made on his motorcycle, t.
Petersburg, Mo.
Mrs. Fred Feldman entertained hel
aunt. Mrs. Arthand, from Washington
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-10-15

stood Ray slept. Witness worked for
Joe Frese. The witness started to
work on a Monday a week following
the Pfanschmidt fire, moving an out
house on the Frese place. He discov-
cred a suit of clothes
Sheriff Joe Lipps. on being called to
the stand, testified as to finding the
clothing previously described in a
vault back of Joe Frese's place in
October. 1912. On being shown the
khaki coat witness stated that ten or
twelve pieces had been cut out Of II.
There was tag on the pants when
witness found them. There was a
class pin on the left lapel of the coat
wstnes~ took piece from the coat to
DR.. Hektoen, and DR.. Hektoen cut on.
other pieces from the garments In Chi
cago There have been no other
changes in the garments.
When found the pants we're turned
inside out and were soiled somewhat.
Mr.. Young OF Chicago was with wit
ness when he went out to get these
clothes. Witness identified the head
OF an axe shown him as having been
brought to his Office by the Lier boys
1t was taken to Chicago. to DR.. HEX
toen. who examined it as to blood.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-10-15
Quickest, Sxresf Cough
Remedy Is Home.
Made
Easily Prepared In . Few AIin.
utes. Cheap hut Unesualed

Some people are constantly annoyed
from one years end to the other with a
persistent bronchial cough, which is who'll
ly unnecessary. Here is home made
remedy that gets right at the cause and
will make YOU wonder what became of it.
Get 2 " ounces Pinex so cents WORTHY
from any druggist, pour into a pint bottle
and fill the bottle with plain granulated
sugar syrup. Start taking it at once.
Gradually but surely you will notice tho
phlegm thin out and then disappear al
together, thus ending cough that YOU
never thought would end. 1t alsoi1oosens
the dry. hoarse or tight cough and heals
the Inflammation in a painful cough with
remarkable rapidity. Ordinary coughs
are conquered by it in "a hours or less.
Nothing better for bronchitis, winter
coughs and bronchial asthma
This Pinex and Sugar Syrup mixture
makes a 4 full pint-enough to last q
family a long time-at r cost of only 81
cents. Keeps perfectly and tastes pleas
ant. Easily prepared. Full directions
with Pinex.
Pinex is special and highly concen-
trated compound of genuine Norway pine
extract, rich in guaiacol, and is famous
the world over for its ease, certainty and
promptness in overcoming bad coughs,
chest and throat colds.
Get the genuine. Ask your druggist
for "21s ounces Pinex" and do not accept
ANYTHING else. A guarantee of absolute
satisfaction. or money promptly refunded,
yoes with this preparation. The Pinex
70. Fl. Wavne- Ind.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-10-15
CASCARETS FOR
YOUR BOWELS IF
HEADACHY, SICK
Tonight! Clean your bowels
and end Headaches. Colds.
Sour Stomach.
Get 4 Decent box.

Get q 10-cent box.
}. Put aside-5ust r once tho Salts
Pills. Castor OIL or PurEativo Waters
which merely force q passageway
through the bowels. but do not thor.
oughly cleanse, freshen and purify
these drainage organs. and have no
effect whatever upon the liver and
stomach. 90 -
Keep your "insides" pure and fresh
with Cascarets. which thoroughly
cleanse the stomach, remove the un.
digested, sour food and foul gases.
take the excess bile from the liver
and carry out Of the system all the
constipated waste matter and pois.
ons In the bowels.
A Cascaret tonight will make You
feel great by morning. They work
while you sleep-never gripe. sicken.
and cost only 10 cents box from
your druggist. Millions Of men and
women take a Cascaret now and
then and never have Headache, Bill
iousness, Severe Colds, Indigestion,
Sour Stomach or Constipated Bowels.
Cascarets belong in every household
Children Just love to take them.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-10-15
A Message To Thin,
Weak, Scrawny Folks
An Easy Way to Gain 10 to 80 lbs. Of
Solid, Healthy, Permanent Flesh.

Thin, nervous, undeyeIoped men anG
women everywhere are heard to say
II cant understand why / do not ge,
fat. eat plenty of good. nourishine
food" The reason Is just this: You
cannot get fat, mo- matter how much
you eat, unless your digestive organs
assimilate the fat-making elements
of your food instead of passing them
out through the body as waste.
What is needed is a means OF gent
ly urging the assimilatiye functions of
the stomach and intestines to absorb
the oils and fats and hand them over
to the blood. where they may reach the
starved, shrunken, rundown tissues
and build them up. The thin persons
body is like dry sponge-eager and
hungry for the fatty materials of
which it is being deprived by the fail
ure of the alimentary canal to take
them from the food. The best way
TO overcome this sinful waste Of flesh
building elements and to stop the
leakage of fats is to use Sargol, the
recently discovered regenerative force
that is recommended so highly by ply
sicians here and abroad. Take a lit
tie SargoI tablet with every meal and
notice how quickly your cheeks fill
out and rolls of firm, healthy flesh are
deposited over your body, covering
each bony angle and projecting point
Wilkinson & Co., and other good drug
gists have Sargol. or can get it from
their wholesaler. and will refund your
money If you are not satisfied with
the gain in weight it produces as
stated on the guarantee in each pack
age. 1t is inexpensive, easy to take
and highly efficient.
Caution:-While Sargol has pro-
duced remarkable results in overcom-
ing nervous dyspepsia and general
stomach troubles, 1t should not be
taken unless you are willing to gain
ten pounds or more. for 1t is Won
derful fiesh-builder.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-10-15
CRITICAL MOMENTS
What the war teaches

Every life has its critical moments.
health is staked upon the care he
gives to it within few hours. His
system may be run down, blood laden
with bilious poison and lungs or skin
affected.
Twenty-four hours after you start
to take DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical
Discovery, poisonous matter and
blood impurities begin to leave your
body through the Liver. Bowels, Kid
neys and Skin.
So powerfully penetrating is this
purely vegetable remedy tina.
through the circulation OF the blood
1t reaches every fibre, muscle and
tons and drives them out Of the
body
1t brings new activities to the liv.
er, stomach and bowels in a short
time, thus causing sallowness, indi.
gestion and constipation to disappear
1t enters the tiny blood vessels OF
the skin, bringing with II fresh vi
talized blood. and abiding faith in its
wonderful cleansing power has come
to thousands, when pimples, boils
carbuncles, rash, eczema, acne and
other skin troubles dry UP and dis.
appear.
Good blood means good health
good health means strong men and
women, full of vigor and ambition
with minds alert and muscles ever
willing. Any medicine dealer will
supply you with DR.. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery in either liquid Oh
tablet form. Remember it is purely
vegetable, and free from alcohol OF
narcotics and is not secret remedy
for all its ingredients are published
on wrapper.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-10-15
HUSBAND BOUGHT
v|N0L FOR WIFE
Mrs. Kerns Suffering from
Nervous Breakdown Thought
She Would Never Be Well
Again, But Recovered.

So. Cumberland, Md" For . long
time suffered from a general nervous
breakdown of the system, and thought
] would never be strong again.
''My stomach troubled me 20 could
not eat, and sometimes was 90 weak
was not able todom Homework. Finally
my husband heard about vinol and asked
me to try it After the first bottle I
was greatly improved. have now
taken five bottles and il has done me .
wonderful amount of good. ! sleep
soundly, am well and strong, and feel
like new woman and you may publish
this for the benefit Of every nervous,
rundown man or woman who wants
good health. Mrs. D. w. KERNs, So.
Cumberland, Md.
1t ID the combined action of the curA-
tive elements Of the Gods livers, aided
by the blood-making and strength
creating properties OF tonic iron con-
tanned in vinol which makes it 20 eff
Gent in restoring health and strength to
weak, nervous, over-w0rked, rundown
men and women.
Try bottle Of vinol with the UNDER
standing your money will Be returned II
1t does not help you
AcGrath Bros. Drug Co., Keokuk, ID
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-10-15
PRoHIB TICKET
PUT IN FIELD
Rev. w. l. HawkInson Of keokuk 10
Running for State Senate
on This Ticket.

Another Keokuk preacher is run
ming for once. Rev. w. L. Hawkin-
SON Of the Swedish Mission church is
candidate for state senator On the pro-
hibition ticket. L. Peltz is nominated
for treasurer on the same ticket. The
nominations were filed with the clerk
OF the district court at Fort Madison
yesterday and are AS follows:
State senator. w. l.. Hawkinson;
treasurer, L. Petz: coroner, Henry
Peterson: sheriff. l. F. Hedrick; mem
bers OF the board, Chas. Fruehling and
L. E Denmire. The treasurer and
senator nominees are from Keokuk.
the other three hail from Montrose
township.