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The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-04-15
TO WIN FIRST
Scrub Underwood and His volley
Ball Men Go to Meet.

Captain Scrub. Underwood and
his contingent of volleyball experts
leave over the, Rock Island for Des
Moincs, tomorrow morning to partici-
pate In the state volleybaM tourna-
mont which Will be staged tomorrow
on the Des MONIES. Y. M. g. A. courts
Il is expected that fifteen men Will
The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-04-15

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(Please mail this pledge to Ethan
i. Brown, Oskaloosa, Iowa.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-04-15

The graduates OF the Piano Depart
inent gave q public recital In the
chapel recently. The enrolment In
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-11-03

A javelin sometimes misses its
mark, but boquet, never.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-11-03
CARE OF OLD ANIMALS.
There is Much ThOughtlessness in
Care of Aged Animals.

An interesting news dispatch the
rast week reports the death of Nan
cy Hanks, champion trotter from
1892 to 1894. She breathed her last
at the estate of j. E. Madden of Lex
ington, KY, who bought the horse
several years ago to pension her.
There is SO much thoughtlessness
in the care of aged animals, that it is
pleasant to see this notice of consid-
Grafton. Too many faithful beasts
of everyday life are pushed ahead
until they drop. No halo of the race
track follows their heads.
There are all extremes of sentiment
in this matter. Some people are so
sensitive that they will not take the
life of an aged horse or dog, even
where the animal has passed any en-
joyment of existence. They feel
keenly the individuality of animals,
and putting them out of the way with
chloroform seems almost like taking
the life of a child. This over sensi-
tiveness to animal life is rare.
The faithful horse who has drawn
a family's burdens for lifetime
should be something more than a
mere drudge If he has been treated
with kindness, he makes known his
affection for his masters, and well
comes their approach with the cheer
full neigh.
He has contributed his share to
the household labors, in return for
a meager wage of hay and grain. He
has toiled through heat and cold and
storm, and has got no satisfaction
out of life beyond the bare pleasure
of good digestion. 1t seems one of
the anomalies of existence, that so
much can be given so willingly and
faithfully for so small return.
He ought to have something com
ing to him in his twilight, by way OF
TEST, some free seasons in a good
grassy pasture where he can kick up
his heels and enjoy sleep and food,
untroubled by heavy loads, chatting
harnesses, and the toll of the road
The pensioned horses should not in
clude merely famous racers and fam
lily pets.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-11-03
SOCIAL LINES AND TRADE.
Relations of Society to Mrs. Gait,
the Presidents Finance.

The Washington newspaper re-
porters are gossiping about the re-
lations of Society to Mrs. Gait, the
presidents tiancee. She is reported
to have been snubbed in the past by
some social circles because she was
in trade Her offence consisted In
being the proprietor of a large bust
ness inherited from her husband.
There has been tendency among
some of the Smart Sets" to draw
social lines against small merchants
and their families. The golden pow
er of the dollar, however, is pow
erful argument with social arbiters
IL man conducts only small retail
business, he and his family may be
doomed to outer darkness. But it
his business grows and if he makes
money, he is gentleman and enti-
tied to enter with the elect. And
yet some people say this Is a demo.
cratic country.
The falsity of all this needs no
argument. The man with a small
business, and his family, may have
all social graces and charm of man
ners. The big fellow may by nature
be hog, whose arrogance and osten-
tation are multiplied by the power
of money. 1t is the inability OF so
many cliques to look beneath the We
neer that disgusts one with the cir
cles which in so many places assert
themselves to be Society"
AS a whole American life is not
deeply affected by tinsel and tawd-
riness. In many places the old demo-
cratic spirit of democracy still lives
and people are accepted and CLASH
fled on their merits. The people who
have always had wealth are indiffer-
ent to it. Frequently they choose
friends among those of small means,
pre- ferring their simplicity and sin
certify.
Sobbishness occurs much more
among the Climbers" the newly
rich, the recently arrived, who are
not quite sure of themselves and
their position. They are fearful of
embarrassing relations with people
outside the pale, and can afford to
swap social favors only for value re-
ceiyed.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-11-03
RURAL SCHOOLS AND HEALTH.
Many Teachers Are Careless About
Ventilation,

DR.. Thomas ID. Wood of Columbia
University makes the statement in
the last number of the Journal of
Education that the rural school is
the worst type of building in the
community. He says that rural
schools are less well adapted to their
purpose than prisons, asylums, and
almshauses.
Statements like these may sound
exaggerated, and no doubt are, vet in
a great many rural communities all
interested in schools know there is
some truth in them. 1t would be a
good idea now that school work has
begun, for the parents to happen
around and consider thoughtfully
how far these conditions are an OBJ
stacle in the way of developing
healthful young people.
Many country schools maintain
sanitary conditions that none but the
most ignorant parents would toler-
ate on their own premises The ex-
cuse is given that all kinds of chill
dren attend the school, and that
many of them have unclean habits.
Probably the real trouble is that
many teachers dislike to deal with
such fundamentals of conduct. 1t is
quite as important that child learn
to be clearly as to learn to perform
examples in partial payments.
Many teachers are careless about
ventilation. If they happen to be
little anaemic and unaccustomed to
outdoor life, they feel shivery the
moment a cool day comes. They then
close up windows and doors and work
with their little charges in box for
the rest of the season. No wonder il
they all get colds and more serious
infections.
Where country children are scat
tered around at small schools, there
is specially liable to be neglect. Par
ents never visit the building from
one year to another. Water supplies
may be unsanitary, the building may
be poorly located, imperfectly heat
ed and out of repair generally. All
which is poor business policy. A clean
sanitary school building reduces doc
tors bills and makes a town attrac-
tive for residence purposes.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-11-03
What a KilOwatt Hour Will DO.

a watt is a unit of measure for
electricity just as the quart is the
unit Of measure for milk and the
bushcl is the unit of measure for
corn. kilo is a Greek word meaning
900 and a kilowatt is 1000 watts.
The watt takes it's name from James
Watt, the famous physicist.
Here are few things a kilowatt OF
electricity will. do:
1t will keep an old fashioned 16
candle power Edison lamp burning
for Is hours.
Keep 25-watt Tungsten lamp
burning 40 hours.
Keep a 40-watt Tungsten lamp
burning % hours.
Keep a 6O-watt Tungsten lamp
burning 6 hours.
Run inch electric fan % hours.
Heat 16 pound fiat iron slightly
over two hours.
The energy produced by kilowatt
hour of electricity running through
motor should run small motor
cycle at top speed for an hour.
The energy produced by a kilo-
watt of electricity running through
motor will raise twenty-five tons
of coal 60 feet in one hour. That is
more than the biggest horse found in
the scotch coal mines could do
when James Watt tried to measure
the strength of one horse. The big
horse Watt used raised sixteen and
one+half tons of coal 60 feet in one
hour. The efforts of that famous
horse are known as one horse power
and is used in measuring the power
of engines.
An electric meter is used in deter
mining when one kilowatt hour OF
current has been consumed. AS cleo
tricity runs through the meter lit.
tie disc inside turns around just as
water wheel turns around when a
stream of water runs through it and
strikes the paddles. After a thous
and watts OF electricity have rur
through the meter the dial at the
front registers one kilowatt hour,
Exchange.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-11-03
WANT COLUMN,
Rates-One Cent per word. Moth
ing less than ten cents.


WANTED-Good lady cook. viii
pay good wages. Doe & Haugen
restaurant, DEBORAH. 44-2
FOR SALE-Good sewing machine,
very cheap l.. l.. Caldwell. 44tf
FOR RENT OR SALE-My farm p
miles southwest of Ridgeway. Ole
t. Juve, DEBORAH, Iowa. 44-2pd.
FOUND-Feater Doe. Owner can
have same by calling at this Of
fee 44-2w.
FOR SALE-Good stove, burns eth
err hard or soft coal or wood. En-
quire Mrs. j. G. Lamm, 22S Water
st. 43tf
FOR SALE OR RENT-My residence
at 4O5, Washington st. d. E.
Reed. 43tt
LOST-On Water ST., Friday, one
Tigers Eye belt pin. Finder leave
at this Office or return to Mrs. G.
H. Kimball, Burr Oak, Ia 43.2
FOR SALE-Modern 7 room house
in first class condition. Inquire of
John Boehm, 405 Winneshiek
Ave-, DEBORAH, la. 43-3pd.
FOR SALE-A few Chester White
boar pigs. Sold reasonable if TAX
en- soon. c. w. Pilgrim, r.. 8, De-
corah. 43-2wpd.
FOR RIENT-Furnished or UNI
furnished rooms. Hot water and
electric lights. Enquire G.. Hamlet.
201, Broadway 42-3
FOR SALE--Residence and three
building lots. Prices reasonable.
Thos. Rossley, DEBORAH. Aft.
FOR SALE-Six Registered Hereford
bulls, Is months old. ]. f. Dyr-
land, Calmar, Ia, r. 8. 41-3e7o-p
FOR SALE-A few choice Poland
China Pigs, from registered stock,
both sexes. Jno. A. Jewell & Son,
r. 8, DEBORAH 40tf.
FOR SALE-Poland china stock
hogs, weight from It's to 200
pounds. Geo. Frye, route A,
middle Hesper road, DEBORAH. 41tf
FOR SALE-Upright folding bed,
good as new, Enquire X. S. Toll
stad, or this office. 3S-tf
FOR SALE-Two we'll improved
Winneshiek county farms. Will
be sold reasonable. Prospective
buyers will do well to investigate.
J. A. Holkesvik, Route 4, DEBORAH.
40-tf
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-11-03
Three Chickens Bring S25.

John Sexton, the Abba grocer
and chicken fancier, has sold COO
kerel and two pullets of White Leg
horns to the consolidated schools at
Barnes City for $25. Mr.. Sexton
makes a speciality of these white
birds and takes many fair premiums
on them each year.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-11-03
ELBEI,T BEDE SAYS.

Talk is cheap-so why not speak
a kindly word now and then.
Some folks are just naturally crazy
and with others it is case of too
much base ball
No one likes to hear a man contin-
ua.ly brag about what he has done,
but he is way ahead of the man who
trays of what he is going to do.
A person of whom it is said that he
has ability but doesn't use it, has
more to be ashamed of than the per-
son of whom it is said that he is a
natural Ounce.
A method has been perfected for
making from certain parts of the HUI
man body an ink that is absolutely
fadeless and unaffected by acids.
That's new way for some people to
make mark.
Vice-President Marshall has been
threatened with death half dozen
times within very short time. 1t
took something of this sort to bring
us to realization of the fact that
our vice-president is alive.
There is considerable talk about
girls being better students than boys
and many more girls than boys COM
pleting high school. If figures were
available, however, it probably would
be found that despite their small
number more boys than girls are max
ing use of their education.
A county correspondent describing
the clothes at wedding, finishes by
saying: "The groom wore his usual
SMILE" In the interest of modesty
we trust it was one of the kind that
wouldn't come off and we wish to re-
mark further that if the correspon-
dent told the literal truth about the
groom's rainment, the bride did not
get all the attention upon this oc-
casion.
The preacher on the chautauqua
platform gets better audiences than
he did in the pulpit, and in addition
they pay to hear him, when he may
not tell them any more than their To-
cal preacher or tell it any better an
the same audiences would consider
it almost a crime to put more than
cents on the platter to hear the
same preacher in church.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-11-03
LUXURIES AND NECESSITIES.
Human Lives Vary i'm Requirements
Of Living Says WallaCe's
Farmer.

Every human life varies from 9th
err individual lives in its requirement
for living. Many people can not live
and do their work unless they have
conditions which bring out their
best. One woman's nature will de-
mand books; she will deprive her
self of what others might call neces-
stiles to buy them, because to her
books are a necessity. Other women
must live up to their own standards
of clothing. We know colored wo-
man working by the hour and day,
who wears most expensive, fine lin
gerie. She claims she could not do
her hard work without something
fine to help her, and the knowledge
that next to her skin she has as fine
clothing as any woman, sustains her
and gives her courage for the day,
The same pride which prompts her
to do her work as well or better than
anyone else, makes correct groom
ing of her body q necessity.
Webster defines luxury as extra
VACANT indulgence in the pleasures
of the senses" Necessities, he says,
are things necessary to human life"
but who is to say which are the lux
uries and which the necessities? An
acquaintance whose salary is over
900 year declares he has never
felt rich enough to afford two pairs
of suspenders at one time, but he
spends probably fifty dollars year
or more on neckties. He says he
can't work if he knows he is wearing
a shabby tie.
Some women, very properly, save
time by folding sheets smoothly and
using them without ironing; other
women iron every sheet Smoothly
ironed sheets to them are essential
for their physical welfare; they can't
sleep at night on unironed sheets.
Yet the women who used unironed
sheets may insist on well launder-
ed tablecloth, and the ironed-sheets
women may be happy with an oil
cloth on the table.
A woman who loves flowers but
Las no ear for music, spend from ten
to fifteen dollars each spring for
flowers and bulbs. Her next door
neighbor, with practically the same
income, is lover OF music, and she
spends as much or more money each
year on records of the best music
Each thinks the other extravagant,
but not one of US is wise enough to
define the extravaganza of another.
An exchange, in speaking of war
time prices, says "In spite of all the
worries and sorrows, flowers, of all
modern Injuries, if they be not actual
necessities when regarded from
psychological POINT of view, have
been most in demand" The value of
an expenditure is not determined SO
much by what 1t costs as by what it
buys. If a purchase brings in more
than it cos S, even if Others might
call it a luxury, we are justified in
thinking it a necessity.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-11-03
Advertised Letters.

The following unclaimed letters
remain at the DEBORAH Postofiice:--
Caroline Peterson, James Madden,
l.. l.. Dolson, Anderson's Variety
Store.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-11-03
Old Songs Retwistcd.

IT'S the last rows of some hair,
Left growing alone,
All their thrifty companions
To the discart have gone.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-11-03
WEDDING STATIONERY.

Printed or Engraved in the latest
style. Quality the best. Samples
may be seen and prices quoted at
Public Opinion Office. 12-tf
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-11-03

The name Eskimo is derived from
an Indian word meaning Eaters of
raw meat"
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-11-03
EATING A PLEASURE

when you have normal appetite.
Loss of appetite indicates that the
stomach needs to be cleaned. sweet
ened, and stimulated to healthy &C
The weekly soliphone. (Paragould, Greene County, Ark.) 1907-1918, 1915-08-20
Caraway and Hodges.

JonesbOrO Tribune, Wednesday:
A large crowd from this city is
expected to attend the picnic at
Monette tomorrow, and a good
time is promised by the people of
that town. There will be a ball
game between Monette and Leach
Vile that is expected to be hotly
contested match. The teams are
strong and each will put out the
best line up possible. Copeland and
Williams of this city will play
with Monette.
Congressman Caraway and Earle
Hodges. secretary of state, have
both accepted an invitation to ad-
dress the people on the occasion.
Mr.. Hodges is an avowed candidate
for governor and Mr.. Caraway is
considering the matter Of becoming
candidate.
The weekly soliphone. (Paragould, Greene County, Ark.) 1907-1918, 1915-08-20
MEMBERS SCHOOL
BOARD ARRESTED
Action Follows Dispute With Con
tractors Over New Building at
AshdoWn.

Ashdown, Aug. 19.-The latest
development in the dispute be-
tween the school board and Jones
& Harrington, who secured the
contract for the erection of a
school building here, is the swear
ing out of warrants for the ar
rest of all members of the board.
They are charged with misappro-
priation of public funds. 1t is al
legged they loaned $4,000 to H. G.
Sanderson. Three members of the
board were arrested, the others be-
ing out of town.
The board sent an ultimatum to
Jones & Harrington to the effect
that if work on the building were
not resumed in three days the con-
tract would be declared void. Work
was not resumed and the contract
was declared Cancelled and the ar
rests followed.
The board will meet Monday to
decide whether to award a new
contract or whether to employ a
foreman and have the building con-
structed under the supervision OF
the members of the board.
The weekly soliphone. (Paragould, Greene County, Ark.) 1907-1918, 1915-08-20
FORTRESS OF K0VN0 IS
TAKEN BY THE TEUT0NS

Berlin, via London, Aug. IS.
The following official statement was
issued here today:
Eastern theater of war: Army
group of General Field Marshal vol
Hindenburg-The fortress of Koy-
no together with all it's forts aud
innumerable quantities of material,
including more than 100 cannons,
fell into German possession in tIe
course of the night. The fortress
was taken by storm in face of the
most stubborn resistance on the
part of the enemy.
''The armies of Con. Won Sch olz
and Gen. Won Gallwitz penetrated
further towards the east. Our
foremost divisions are approaching
the Bialystok- -Bielsk railway.
Before Novogeorgievsk two
further forts on the northeastern
front were captured by storm. We
took 600 prisoners and captured 20
cannons.
"Army group of Field Marshal
Prince Leopold of Bavaria-The
left wing met with renewed strong
resistance yes terday in the KAN
ionka section on both sides OF
Siemiatycze. On the Bug and
southeast of Siemiatycze we forced
our way across the Kamionka see
tion. The enemy was driven back
Ito - (name deleted). Our right
wing reached the southern bank OF
the Bug.
Army group of Field Marshal
Won Mackensen-This army group
has driven it's enemies across the
Bug into outer portions of the
fortress of Brest-Litovsk. East OF
Wlodawa our troops penetrated
across the railway line of Chelm-
Brest-Litovsk in an easterly direc-
tion.
The weekly soliphone. (Paragould, Greene County, Ark.) 1907-1918, 1915-08-20
TEN MILLION CUT
FROM RAILROADS
Interstate Commerce Commission
Decision Reduces Price on Coal
in Eastern Districts.

Washington, D. c., Aug. 10
The interstate commerce commits
sion has handed down its long ex-
pected rate decision in the case
lof the anthracite railroads.
In addition to ordering a drastic
reduction il he freight rates on
anthracite Coal which it is estimat-
ed will cost the carriers close to
$40, 100000 annually in revenue
the commission urged the depart
ment of justice to prosecute several
of the carriers for flagrant viola
tions of the interstate commerce
act.
The commission charges the roads
with sitting Independent coal op-
orators by making concessions in
joint and through rates to coal
companies wholly controlled by the
railroads, as we'll as by loans al
low interest rates, and leases o.
valuable properties at inadequate
rentals.
The weekly soliphone. (Paragould, Greene County, Ark.) 1907-1918, 1915-08-20
WYNNE TO HAVE
NEW HIGH SCHOOL
Board of Directors Awarded Con
tract for Erection of Build
ing to Cost $4,000.

Wynne, Aug. 19.-The board Of
directors of the Wynne pubic
schools has awarded the contract
for the erection of new 100000
school building to H. A. Bell OF
Memphis, the contract calling Tor
the completion of the building
within 80 days, the contract price
being $4,000 The new building
will be built on the grounds nov
occupied by the present scnool
building, but will include besides
the building now standing, two
wings, which will be divided into
recitation rooms, laboratories, an
auditorium, etc.
The new building will be mo 1ern
in every respect. One heating
plant will heat the entire plant.
The contract for the heating and
plumbing is separate from the con-
tract for the building. w. A. Les
ter, the architect, says that when
the building is completed it will
be one of the very best in the state
The entire property will be valued
at $4,000.
The public and high schools will
both commence Sept. Is, and the
board will provide temporary quar-
ters for holding sessions until the
new building is completed.
The weekly soliphone. (Paragould, Greene County, Ark.) 1907-1918, 1915-08-20
II DEAD in GALVESTON:
PROPERTY LOSS MILLIONS

these we're cottages. No word has
been received tonight from Port
Bolivar, directly across the narrow
est part of the bay from Calves
ton, the last report saying the city
was entirely under wafer.
In the Beaumont section Port
Arthur, Sabine, Sabine Pass and
Rounk Lake were deluged and are
reported to have been heavy losers.
! CITY ISOLATED FOR 4S HOURS.
For more than forty-eight hours
Galveston was wholly out of touch
with the world except for a few
feeble wireless messages, which
told but scraps of news. Shortly
after 6 o'clock Monday night the
wirest went down after several dis
patches to the outside points told of
increasing vigor of the storm,
which had been brewing all the
afternoon. From that time until
late today only the wireless has
been able to send a few fragments
of fact from the United States
transport Buford to the army wire
less station at San Antonio.
1t is stated the wind reached it's
highest velocity at 3 O'Clock Tues
day morning, when it blew 92 miles
an hour The frail wood cottages
on the boulevard along the sea
wall crumpled under these blasts
and scattered into flying timbers.
The waters of the Gulf, whipped
into fury, tore away bits of the
sea wall until an opening had
been dug into the tough cement,
then the battle between water and
concrete began.
Despite the fact that 1000 feet
of the wall was battered away Gal
weston attributes it's salvation as a
city to the big dyke, which was
built few years after the storm
of 1900. One break of 25 feet wide
in front of the Galvez hotel let in
most of the water that damaged
the residential section.
The mayor proclaimed the city
under martial law, and after sur
vey of the losses announced that
Galveston would not Call on other
communities for aid.
The surprisingly low loss of life
is due probably to the lesson of
1900. The population Monday
night sought refuge in the strong
er buildings of the city, whereas
in the disastrous storm of fifteen
years ago the residents remained in
their homes, feeling secure against
the gale which took the lives of
5000.