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The evening world., 1914-05-06
CONGRESS ADJ0URNS JULY 10

WASHINGTON. May s.-congress will
adjourn by July 10. That was the con.
f,dent prediction Of Senator Kern. Dem
ooratic floor leader and chairman Of
the Senate Steering COMMITTEES. after
a conference with President Wilson by
4 ub-committee consisting OF himself.
to-day.
The evening world., 1914-05-06

older persons with vicious tendencies.
Were she rlngleader. I should
sentence her to six months In TIE
workhousc. the extreme penalty. Asa
tool, she deserves punishment, and
whatever sympathy the Court may feel
for her position. must be subordinated
to his duty to the community"
The evening world., 1914-05-06
4. as .. 1.1a:s 80: .4s

A crowd which thronged Pier A on
tho North River to-day watched four
men a. they demonstrated the efflci-
ency Of specially constructed rubber
suits as life saving devices. When
the exhibition ended the crowd and
representatives Of several steamship
companies voted the demonstration a
success.
Thct suits. invented by David N.
Aud. who was one Of tho demon
strators. were donned In ten minutes.
Shoes weighing Ave pounds were first
put on and then y regulation cork
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1914-02-25

ed that this tremendous public will
respond to any material concession
in prices and, once enticed into lux
urious theatres to witness plays pre-
scented by players in the flesh, the
real has been found so superior to
the simulative that success such as
has not been known in this class of
playhouse in ten years has resulted.
1t is the dollar show in what were
two-dollar houses that is now SEEM
ingly a solution of all managerial
problems, and scarcely a city of any
size in this country has not at least
enc of this class, while the conditions
created by such change have alrea-
dy resulted in concessions in admis-
sion prices in the majority of thea
tres though in some instances the re-
duction is hardly announced. R O.
bert Grau in February Lippincott's.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1914-02-25
Best Buttermaker in Iowa.

The best butter maker in Iowa in
the whole milk class is ]. ]. Drummer
of Strawberry Point, Clayton county,
according to the judges in the annual
contest of the Iowa Buttermakers'
association, which is now in session
in Fort Dodge. Mr.. Drummer yester-
day was awarded first prize in this
class and Carl HOMELAND of Lake
Mills, second.
Others awards were made as fol
lows:
In the gathered cream class-H. ].
Nelson, Joyce, first; Herbert Saballe,
Coulter, second.
Out of the 139 tubs none scored
lower than 90, with Brunner's score
961k.
The results of the state education
contest conducted during the last
eight months to raise the state stand
ard of butter were:
Whole milk class-T. E. Sadler,
Oelwein, first; ]. j. Drummer, Straw
berry Point, second.
Gathered cream class-F. D. War
ner, Northwood, first; H. Soballe,
Coulter, second.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1914-02-25
The Handling of PoisOns.

SO many deaths occur through &C
cidental taking of bichloride of mer-
curry, that Congress has been petit
toned for an act regulating its sale.
But Congress can not make care
less people careful. Them that
know nothin' fear nothin'," as a
rural sage once remarked.
The more people know about poi
sons, the more caution they eXer-
else. A successful druggist once
told the writer that many people
even in his profession do not real
ize the dangers that go with hand
ling or keeping deadly drugs.
He felt it so keenly that he had
saIl the poison jars in his store clos
Led tight by special fastening,
Which took some little time to open.
His store was a gossiping place for
/. a neighborhood. People got to tel
ling stories and laughing, when
some one would come in with a pre-
scription containing poison. He
feared that in some moment of alb
sorption in conversation, his clerks
or even he himself might fail to-
concentrate attention, and give an
overdose of a deadly drug. He fig
ured that the Moment of time re-
'quired for opening this fastening
would lead one to concentrate his
mind on his work
II a careful, methodicai, expert
encet. pharmacist felt that such care
is necessary, what should be said of
ordinary people who keep bichlor-
ide OF mercury tablets on the same
shelf with cold medicine or stomach
pills? Labels wash off or become il |
legible, and there is nothing to
mark the medicine but a vague
memory of the shape of the bottle
These accidents happen right along
They kill many more people than
great tragedies like the burning of |
the steamship Volturno. Occurring /
in an isolated way, one never real
ICES how many homes are sorrowed |
by this tragic carelessness.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1914-02-25
Borrowing on Life Insurance.

Half a million dollars of life in
surance protection has been taken
away from the wives and children OF
the country by the habit of borrow
ing on life insurance policies. These
figures are the result of a recent in
vestigation by the Life Insurance
Presidents Association.
OF course the elquence of the life
insurance agent accounts for much
1t is easy to save money while his
facile conversation runs on. Only
a cigar or two less a day, and you
have paid for a thousand or two in.
surance, according to age. OF course
if you find you want the money, he
plausibly adds, all you have to do i:
to borrow on your policy, which es
tablishes your credit.
Under persistent solicitation, ap
pealing to the feeling of moral obi
cation, many policies are taken GU
| by men with no self-control in mo
ney matters. They never judge o
an expenditure by it's relation t.
their total income. If the money i
in their pocket, it is right to spenC
it. The fact that a premium pay
ment is due next month is ignored.
When a man borrows on his policy
he expects to pay it back soon. Thi
investigation by the insurance presi
dents showed that few of thes
loans are ever repaid.
The modern married woman is il
fitted to cope with the world. Tn
time that might have provided he
with a bread winning equipment
has gone to service to husband an,
children. 1t is q pretty mean heart
ed man who does not do everything
possible to leave some degree of com
fort behind him, and to leave it in
tact, unmortgaged either by person
al extravaganza or business ambi
ton.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1914-02-25

At last the gentlemen who cater
ing public in what are called the
first-grade theatres are awakening
to the idea that only by a material
price concession at the boX-office can
they entice into their establishments
a portion of the millions of new
Observation-Disclosures created by the
photo-play and popular-priced vaude-
Vile. Also the producers of plays
now the smallest in number in thirty
years are in accord with the effort
now in evidence throughout the
country to attract this new public,
already increasing its expenditure
for amusements as result of the
advent of what is known as the fea-
ture-films, such as "Quo Vadis" and
The Last Days of Pompeii."
So successful has been the out
movements in widely different parts
of the country since the opening OF
the present season, that many of the
inactive producers of plays, who
have either capitulated to the lure
of the camera-man or else have aban.
doned the amusement field for the
time being, are now emboldened tc
tempt fate in what many believe will
result in an epidemic of high-clas!
plays at bargain prices of admission
1t is truth that no popular-priceC
movement having the true ring t.
it has ever failed of a public re
Spouse. This does not mean tina
the o-dollar-a-seat playhouse hal
been affected materially, but in 9th
er days the play-producer will
moderate success on his hands haC
a chance. Today there is no sucl
thing as moderate business in the
playhouse zone, unless for some O.
the real successes, which at times
are so numerous that even some O
these fail to attract profitable bust
ness. The partial success, such a!
was wont to endure for several sea
sons in the past, more often than no
is forced to the store-house instanter
so CHASTITY have been the box-offict
records. -,
The amazing vogue of the photo
play has driven off the road cheaI
melodrama and kindred amusement!
of popular-priced nature, and ha:
emptied the galleries of even the
first-grade theatres; has, in fact at
tracted an average of about ninety
per cent. of the population, of every
city from ten thousand up. OF this
ninety per cent. not one in ten haG
ever been patron of the. regular
playhouse, but gradually in various
parts of the country it has been prov
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1914-02-25
quarters. Terms made reasona-

quarters. Terms made reasona-
BILE. j. j. Marsh. So
FOR SALE-Good 5 room house and
lot, electric lights, cement walk,
good we'll; or would trade for
small place of few acres. Address
p. O. Box No. 1913, DEBORAH, Iowa.
7-3pd.
FOR SALE-Grade Hereford bull,
one year old. Percy Dow, RI, De-
corah. 7-2wpd-tf.
FOR SALE-Seven room house, Clio
River ST. Inquire Of DR.. Barfoor.
5-4wpd.
GIRLS WA. iED-St. Cloud Hotel.
7tf
FOR SALES room modern house
with or without acres of land,
one block from Water ST. A. p.
Rudy, 80 Mill st. DEBORAH Stf
LEFT-in the National Bank of De-
corah, package containing two
bingham dresses. S-2w
FOR RENT-Farm of ESQ acres,
about miles below Bluffton on
the river; 120 acres under cultiva-
ton, 80 acres meadow; pasture
for 60 head Of stock, good water;
stone house and barn; gravel in
river and | will insure you can
get 500 for pasture and gravel.
Will rent for 3 years, or less, at
option of renter, at $1.50 per acre.
William H. Smith 410 E. Water
ST., DEBORAH, Iowa. S-3w
FARM FOR RENT-One of the best
farms in Winneshiek County, En-
quire at ]. c. Boards Real Estate
Office, DEBORAH, Iowa. Stf
HOUSE FOR SALE CHEAP-Seven
rooms, gas, city water, wood shed,
coal shed, chicken coop, two lots,
fine location, high and dry. Near
college park, West DEBORAH. In-
quire of Kristian Prestgard, De-
corah Posten office. Stf.
FOR SALE-Three nice residences
and two fine building lots. w. L.
Tobiason, DEBORAH, Iowa. Enquire
at Marsh Music House. 53tf.
FOR SALE OR RENT-A farm of
333 acres in section IL and IA,
] Bluffton township, now occupied
by Terrence Mcconnell. Inquire
of w. H. Smith, DEBORAH, Iowa.
41-tf.
FOR SALE CHEAP-My farm Of
107 acres, miles east of DEBORAH.
| 60 acres under cultivation, the
rest good pasture and timber
Albert Ellestad, DEBORAH. 6-3w
FOR SALE-Ford automobile. Run
since June LIST. Inquire at this
office. 6tf.
FOR SALE have some very good
bargains in houses and lots. Call
at Worth's Music store. 3tf.
FOR SALE-Eggs for Matching and
stock in season from the famous
Ferris Improved S. C. w. Leg
horns, trap-nested birds. Write for
prices. Do it now. Let me tell you
what they are. Donald j. Haugen,
DEBORAH. 6tf.
REAL ESTATE BARGAINS have
for sale a lot of improved farms
in Red River Valley and Becker
II County, MIMI. on very easy terms,
and a few Winneshiek County
farms. Also six residences in De-
corah. For prices and particu' hrs
i see Ed. X. Hovden. agent. .1-tf
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1914-02-25
Peculiar Horse Disease.

viii Fisher had quite a misfortune
Thursday night, losing a valuable
COW which he had just purchased for
$40 and two year old colt which he
valued at $3.50. The colt had been
pastured with eight other horses
where there was a stagnant pool from
which the horses were in the habit
of drinking and it is thought that
they became affected with intestinal
parasites. Lon Sutherland lost three
head, John Bolam one and Mr. Fish
er one.
Mr.. Fisher informed us that when
the horse was cut open the worms
swarmed out by the thousands, and
they appeared to be about an inch
long and resembled the thousand
legged worms The horses lost their
flesh and became pitiful looking OBJ
jects.-Nashua Post.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1914-02-25
WANT COLUMN.

Rates-One Cent per word. Moth
ing less than ten cents.
FOR SALE-Several young working
horses. A. K Ulen. S-4pd.
FOR SALE, 900 oak post Inquire
of M. E. Barth, DEBORAH R4. S-2pd
FOR SALE-My' residence in Fifth
ward in DEBORAH, Iowa, reason for
selling, it was built for a large
family, but now that there is only
two we wish to get in smaller
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1914-02-25
safe For Babies, Effective Fo
GrOMn-UpS.

That's Foley's Honey and Tar
Compound. 1t has the confidence OF
your druggist, who knows it will give
you satisfaction. w. w. Nessmith,
Statesboro, Ga, says:-"I have used
Foley's Honey and Tar Compound in
my family and have sold 1t in my
store and it never fails to cure" Re-
fuse a substitute. Engbertson Phar-
macy.-Ady. FeD.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1914-02-25
The skin and Not the Blood.

Until recently it has been gen.
orally accepted theory that eczema
was a disease of the blood. Scientific
Investigations have taught us that
eczema is positively a skin disease
and durable through the skin alone,
Meritol Eczema Remedy is applied
directly TO the diseased skin. Dc
not delay trying Meritol Eczema
Remedy. E. j. Parman, Local Agen.
cy.-AdV. Feb
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1914-02-25

Some Of the meanest men on earth
can lie down with their conscience
and sleep like babe until the break
fast bell rings.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1914-02-25
WHY?

Does it not seem to be a queer
thing that ninety million people,
dwelling together in a very rich and
very broad land, with the power of
government absolutely in their own
hands, should tolerate so much
wrong as exists in America? Why do
we submit to the injustices that OPP
press us? Why do we sanction in
stead of Stay the perils that face
us? Why do we follow, in such
numbers, the leaders and the infiu-
ences that will in the end involve us
in ruin?
Consider some of the foolish
things we do. We often elect dis
honorable and greedy men to rule
our communities and make our
laws. We tolerate vices that sap
the physical, mental and spiritual
| life of the nation, spreading disease
and death. We submit to industri-
al and commercial unfairness. We
allow thousands of young women
to be caught in the meshes of an
unspeakable business, which, we
are told, is conducted in a cold.
blooded, cool-headed fashion like
an ordinary commercial enterprise.
Why are all these things so?
They need not be so. They are so be.
cause the American people want
them to be so, for the foundation
principle of our government is that
the people can have what they like,
We are getting what we like. Why
do we like it?-The Christian Her
aid.
To IoIH ~,
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1914-02-25
TO OUR READERS.

We want you TO know
that we appreciate it when
you bring a job of printing
TO the Public Opinion office,
We are exceptionally we'll
equipped in new and up-to-
date type faces, the best
quality of papers of all
kinds. and the presses up
on which to print it. A large
force of competent and
obliging printers is always
at your service.
Quality and price right.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1914-02-25

The largest double runner sled in
lightweight adults or one hundred
children down the hills of Farming
ton, n. H.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-03-14
NIELSEN AT LINDSB0RG
VIII Take Part In Messiah Festival
April S to II.

Lindsborg. Kan, March 1.-THE
thirty fourth annual Messiah festival
at Lindsborg will be held this year
April 5-12. The Messiah" will be
rendered by a chorus of more than
500 trained voices on Palm Sunday,
Good Friday and Easter Sunday.
Bethany Symphony orchestra will
furnish the accompaniment. Miss
Alice Nielsen, the popular Boston and
New York opera prima donna, will
open the festival Palm Sunday after
noon. April s. Eugene Ysaye, the
worlds greatest living violinist. will
appear in recital Easter Sunday after
noon. Other outside soloists who will
appear during the week are: Mime.
Luella Gibson Ohrman Of Chicago,
soprano: Miss Christine Levin of New
York. contralto; Mr.. Enrico Palmetto
of Chicago, tenor. and Mr.. Gustaf
dition. there will be recitals by MEM
bers of the Bethany college faculty
and concerts by Bethany band. Beth
any Symphony orchestra, Musical Art
society, children's chorus and other
organizations. In all there will be 18
concerts and recitals during the week.
This festival will prove to be the
greatest musical event Of the west
Excursions will be run from the fol-
lowing points: April sylvan
Grove, Ellis, Abilene Florence. Nc
Pherson and SaMna. April 12-Great
Bend, Council Grove, Hutchinson, Sa-
lima and Mcpherson.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-03-14
FAKE FIGHT IN SCHOOL
Principal Arranged Affair as Psyche
logical Test.

Alta Vista, Kan, March 1.-THE
high school was thrown into a panic
Thursday morning when two senior
boys started to fight in chapel. They
seemed to be quarreling when they
entered the room and were asked by
the superintendent to leave all per-
sonal troubles out Of school. How
ever, one of the boys could not con-
troll himself and calling the other q
liar" struck him in the face. They
were separated Immediately. Con-
steraation prevailed in the school
room: girls became hysterical and one
Of the lady teachers wept. The other
boys were dumfounded.
1t was learned this morning that
the tight was merely a psychological
experiment staged by the senior class
and the faculty. The rest of the
school was ignorant of the plan. 1t
was q success in every way and no
one suspected that 1t was a frameup.
The fact Of the affair was broken to
the school by the boys walking into
chapel with their arms interlocked
The three English classes were in
structed to write themes on the fiasco.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-03-14

The Union Pacific railroad won
frst blood in the case OF Carl Moore
against the railroad. in the United
States district court.
Moore II sheriff OF Cloud county.
Kansas, and u the owner OF several
valuable bloodhounds- In october.
1912, two Of the bloodhounds were
wanted at Louisburg. Kan. to trace
down = person accused OF murder.
Moore bought q ticket for Kansas CITY
on the Union Pacific and shipped his
two dogs in . baggage car paying
80 for the passage Of the animals
When the train reached Kansas City.
1t was discovered that one OF the
dogs, Daisy Dean. was seriously IN
jured and unable to be OF any further
service to the sheriff In tracking
criminals.
To recover his loss. he sued the
Union Pacific for $4,000. In their an
swer to the suit, the attorneys for tho
railroad made their defense on rules
laid down by the interstate commerce
commission. The commission says
that no dog valued ut over SIS can be
shipped on baggage cars and that Tor
loss Of such property, the railway
company Is liable only for damages TO
the extent Of SIS. The plaintiff then
filed a petition with Judge Pollock to
strike out this part OF the defense.
Judge Pollock sent his decision. deny
ing the motion to strike out the state
ment, and it arrived in Topeka tins
morning
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-03-14
FRIEND OF WASHBURN
Law School Plans to Dedicate TAbleI
to Memory of l.. III. Greenwood.

In recognition Of the loyalty and the
services of L. II. Greenwood OF To-
peka. to the Washburn law school and
Washburn college as a whole, the trus-
tees have planned to place in the Ii
brary a rome tablet bearing the fol-
lowing inscriptions:
The Greenwood Library. Dedicated
to the Memory OF Lewis H. Greenwood.
l967-1911 BY the Trustees Of WASH
burn College. In Grateful Recognition
Of His Devoted Services to the School
Of Law"
L. H. Greenwood. who died nearly
four years ago. was always active in
the interests Of Washburn college and
especially the law school. He was the
founder and one of the first lecturers
OF the school. His family has con-
tributed literally to the new law school
building and his name always will go
down in the annals Of the college as
one Of honor and loyalty.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-03-14
FOR PHI BETA KAPPA
Washburn VIII Attempt to Procurs
Honorary Fraternity for Students.

Washburn is after a chapter of the
we'll known scholastic honorary frater-
nifty, Phi Beta Kappa. A petition to
obtain membership into the wearers of
the key has been prepared by the col
lege authorities. A large number of
Topeka collegians, admitted to Phi
Beta Kappa, through their attainments
in collegiate work, are supporting the
Washburn petition.
Washburn in the past always has ad-
mitted her honor students to a local
honorary scholastic fraternity known
as Tau Delta Pi. Phi Beta Kappa il
a like organization. national in its
scope. Washburn is as large and yields
much more influence than many Of
the schools that have been given chap
tiers and the local school believes 1t
could bring honor to the national So
ciety. !
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-03-14
Bull DING News.
Local Architects Busy on Plans
and Specifications.

This week showed no marked devel-
opmentD in Topeka building circles.
and while the realty men were busy
showing property to prospective buyers.
comparatively few transactions were
actually closed. The weather was ideal
for the contractors. and they pushed
exterior work on building In course Of
construction. The showing In building
permits thus FAR this year has that
for the same period of 1913 eclipsed 100
per cent.
uation Fred b. Cooper. In the Con-
struction News, has the following to
say:
There are few contractors. archi-
tects or supply men who are not hg-
uring at least one job and many are
figuring several The warm weather OF
the past few days has started the
builders to talk and Topeka IL UNI
dOubtedly on the verge Of experiencing
a busy building season. To say that
the spring Of this year will be the
best ever, is perhaps making TOO
strong an assertion. Ten days from
this date will be a much better time
to Judge Of 1914 building"
Building Permits.
Following is a list Of building permits
issued this week:
500 buchanan street. ....-....$ 200
Mrs. Gordon Clary. addition to dwell
ing $50 Morris avenue. Is
Whiteker Bros, two-story brick and
concrete barn, 32x90 feet, liz Kan
SdS avenue. ~so.v
w. N. Bartlett, barn, 1&2c Lane St.: Is
v" East H Thirteenth street. ~ $500
E. c. Howes, addition to dwelling,
141S West Tenth avenue. .............. 100
William Rehhan, one-story dwelling.
512 North Kansas avenue............. 900
A. Beach. addition to dwelling, IA
East Fourth street. B
Totar s6lS
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-03-14
ALTA VISTA FIRST.
Methodist Sunday School Is Largest in
Wabaunsee County.

Alta Vista. Kan. March 14.-From
a report Of the Wabaunsee County
Sunday School association for the year
just closed, Alta Vista has the largest
enrolment of the Methodist churches
in the county, with an enrolment of
241 members. Eskridge NJ. E. church,
with an enrolment OF 231, il second.
These are the only two schools in the
county with over two hundred enroll
ment. Only five schools have an en-
rollment Of over one hundred. Under
the supervision of l.. c. Case, as super
intendent. the enrolment has gradual
" increased. 1t has. under his eff
cient leadership, ranked first for the
last three years.