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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-02-03
Catherine Mapalia Banning

AS stated in these columns last
week, Catherine Mahalia Banning
died at her home in Ossian, Iowa, on
Wednesday, Jan. 20, 1915, death be-
ing due to hemorrhage of the brain,
following an illness of only three
days duration.
Catherine Mahalia Oxley was born
in COshOcton county, Ohio, April 10,
1S49. When seven years Of age she
with her parents came to Winnie
shiek county, settling on a farm in
Bloomfield township. December %,
1867, she was united in marriage
with Mr.. j. w. Banning, and together
they operated the farm until 1903
when they retired and moved to Os-
sian, where they conducted the Ban
ming hotel until the time of her
death
This union was blessed with eight
children, as fOllows:-Addie G., de-
ceased; Mrs. Fred C. VIM, Ossian,
Mrs. Grace Webster, Ossian; Her
bert c., st. Lawrence, S. D.; Lulu
M, Ossian; Mrs. C.. S. Dewey, West
Union Mrs. Geo. Wiltgen, Ossian;
Vern, Ossian. Besides her children
she leaves to mourn her loss, her
husband, her aged mother, Mrs. G..
w. Oxley, four sisters and three
brothers, all of whom have the SYM
pathy of the entire community in
their bereavement.
Funeral services were held at the
house last Friday afternoon at three
O clock, and thence to Centennial
church, and burial was made in Cen
tennial cemetery, Rev. A. E. Hursch
of Castalia officiating. Those who
Oore her to her last resting place
were &c. w. Rathbun, II. Daniels,
M. j. Klein, Dave Weitgenant, Geo.
Webster and JOS. Weitgenant.
Out of town people attending the
funeral were:-Peter Banning and
wife, Fayette; Jake Vance and wife,
Mike Banning, Cresco; Tom Logs
don and wife, Ida Oxley, John Rosa
and wife, Ernest Oxley, Burr Oak.
Ed Oxley and wife, Corwith: Mrs. w.
A. Harvey, Mrs. Chas. VIM, Mrs.
Walter VIM, Mrs. Chris Thornton,
Mrs. Lewis Woolsey, Castalia; Mrs.
Julia Crescy. Chicago; Herb Banning
and family, st. Lawrence, S. ID.
Mrs. Banning was good woman,
patient, loving and self-sacrificing.
Those nearest and dearest to her will
long for her with unutterable long
ings-long for a mothers counsel
and advice, and a wife's gentle ana
loving sympathy. May she rest in
Bee.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-02-03
Sleep in Tent; Burned.

Corwith, Feb. William Jen-
nings, foreman of the Corwith Hust-
Ter office, was severely burned Sun-
day in his tent on his boarding
house lawn, where he has slept for
months. About a. m. he was made
conscious by pain that reused him
from sleep. His tent and bed were
on fire and he was severely burned
before he could reach the open air
He does not know how he got out
in pajamas and bare feet, into ten de-
grees below zero atmosphere. Every
thing in the tent was burned. The
only heat he had in the tent was az
Gil stove and he can not determine
how the fire originated.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-02-03

POstOfIice and Three Stores Entered
and $500 Secured.

Des Moines, Feb. Polk county
officers and federal officers are to-
day searching for three robbers who
blew open the safes of the postofIice
at Sheldahl on the border line be-
tween Polk and Story counties and
other safes in nearby stores and got
more than $500 in stamps and made
their escape without arousing the
residents of the place. Only one wo-
man who lived in a residence near
the postoffice, heard the noise of the
explosion. They are believed to have
entered an automobile and escaped
before the robberies were discovered
Aside from the postoffice the safe in
the Sheldahl Auto company and the
office occupied by the B. A. Lock
wood Grain company and the w. ID.
Stevens Machine company, were ri
fled. The knobs of the safes were
hammered off with a sledge hammer.
The explosive was then applied and
the doors blown from their hinges.
The poStoffice safe was new, recently
purchased by Postmaster Fred Har-
mer.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-02-03
Here's a Puzzle,

In Missouri, where they raise
more mules and children than in ANY
other place in the world, a certain
resident died possessed of seventeen
mules and three sons. In his will he
disposed of the mules as follows:--
One-half to the eldest son, one-third
to the next and one-ninth to the
The administrator who
went to divide the property drove a
span of mules out to the farm, but
when he went to divide the seven
teen into halves, thirds and nintlls
he found it was impossible with live
mules. Mules not being very valu-
able he unhitched one of his own,
putting it with the other seventeen,
making eighteen, which he proceeded
to divide as follows: One-half, or
nine to the eldest; one-third, or six
to the next son, and one-ninth, or
two, to the youngest. Adding up
nine, six, two, he found that it made
seventeen, so he hitched up his mule
and went home joicing.-Ladies
Home Journal.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-02-03
HIS SMOOTH SCHEME FAILS.
Fort Madison COnyict-s Pass Was
Forgery. Caught Short Dis
tance From Prison.

Fort Madison, Ia, Feb. 1.-WiI-
liam f. PEBBLES, serving a five year
sentence from Woodbury. county for
arson, made a peculiar and unsuc-
cessful attempt to escape from the
penitentiary Thursday. He succeed
ed in getting two blocks away before
he was apprehended.
His attempt was in some ways
amusing. He is ordinarily employed
about the old cell house, which is
near the front gates. Watching his
chance, he followed wagon out the
big iron doors, depositing with the
tower guard pass which he had
written and which read
Deputy. PEBBLES, 1037S, wants
to bid Mrs. Sanders goodby and to
get an armful of straw at the barn to
pack his things. He goes home on
parole tonight. Armstrong, guard
The tower guard caught the for
gerry at once, though PEBBLES was
perhaps a hundred yards away be-
fore he had hoisted and read the
note. Luckily two guards happened
outside the wall at the time and, at
the instance of the tower guard, gave
chase, overtaking the prisoner near
the river.
To the prison force the amusing
part of the performance is that Mrs.
Sanders does not even know PEBBLES
by sight.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-02-03

In. conversation confidence has a
greater share than wit.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-02-03
DROPSY TREATED FREE.
DIR. Franklin Miles, The Great Drop.
sy Specialist, Sends Remark
attic New 1913 Treatment
Free as Trial.
Many "Incurable Cases Soon Cured
Alter > to Is Doctors Failed,

AT first no disease is apparently
more harmless than dropsy, little
swelling of the eyelids, hands, feet,
ankles or abdomen. Finally there is
great shortness of breath, smother
ing spells, sitting up to breathe,
cough, faint spells, sometimes nausea
and vomiting, even bursting of the
limbs and lingering and wretched
death if the dropsy is not removed
DR.. Miles has been known as a
leading specialist in this disease for
80 years. His liberal offer is GER
tainly worthy of serious considera-
ton. You may not have another OPP
portunity.
The Grand Dropsy Treatment con-
ssts of four dropsy remedies in one.
also Tonic Tablets and Pura-LaXa
for removing the water. This treat
ment is especially prepared for each
patient and is many times rs success
full as that of most physicians. 1t
usually relieves the first day, and Of
ten removes swelling in six days. De-
lay is dangerous.
Mrs. Elvina Snders, Decatur, Nebr.
cured after 10 physicians failed. M.
R. Burfford, Bannister, Mich, after
failed. Mrs. Lizzie Ewing, So.
Charleston. Ohio, after failed. Mrs.
BERTHE Holmes, Marion, Ind, 1902
w. First St., after 5 failed. Mr..
Samuel Steward, Arkadelphia, Ark,
after failed Mrs. r. f. Fisher,
Cleveland, Ohio, 1880 East 10th ST.,
after dozens failed. z. l.. Usry's son,
Celeste Tex after ! failed Mrs
Julia Breault. Dugdale, Mimi, after
failed. Dr. Miles Book contains
many remarkable cures.
All afflicted readers may have his
new Dropsy Book, examination
Chart, Opinion, Advice, and a 1915
Treatment, FREE, as a Trial. Write
at once. Describe your case. Address.
DR.. Franklin Miles. Dept. DID,, S65
to S75 Main Street, Elkhart.
Indiana. 5-3
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-02-03

and every dollar of it was spent III
the state.
The shipment includes siXty-five
car loads of shelled corn; twenty
two car loads of flour; eighteen cars
of corn meal; two cars of rolled
oats, six cars of canned corn,
six cars of meat products, and one
car of condensed milk, making TO.
tai of 100 cars already shipped and
five additional cars are being loaded
for shipment next week.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-02-03
Shenandoah Coal Bill S13O.OOO.

Shenandoah, Ia, Feb. 1.-Shen-
andoah's coal bin holds &c, BUSH
els of coal and the bill for year is
$4,000, according to the figures
regarding the coal shipments here.
During the year that was just ended
522 carloads of coal were shipped
into the town, and this much fuel
was used by the factories, stores and
homes.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-02-03
EIkader Farmer Is Killed.

Elkader, Ia, Feb. 1.-E. L. En-
bertson a prominent farmer living
near here, fell from the top of 90
foot silo Thursday morning, suffering
a fractured skull, which caused his
death a short time later. Three broth
ers, all bachelors, were managing
the farm.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-02-03
Five Gents Proves II.

A Generous Offer. Cut out this
ad, enclose with cents to Foley G.
Co., Chicago, ILL.,, and they will send
you our trial packages of Foley's
Honey and Tar Compound for coughs
colds, Group, bronchial and lagrippe
coughs: Foley Kidney Pills and
Foley Cathartic Tablets. For sale in
your town by Engbertson's Pharma-
cv. Feb.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-02-03
IOWA s BIG HEART.
Iowa Donated 125 Car Loads To
Belgians.

Iowa had donated 125 car loads
of food to the suffering women and
children of Belgium, according to "A
letter received from ID. S. Chamber
lain, chairman of the Iowa Belgian
Relief Association. The people OF
Iowa contributed $4,000 to the fund
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-02-03
Card of Thanks.

Hereby we express our sincere
thanks to relatives, friends and
neighbors who showed sympathy and
assisted us during the illness and
death of our dear husband and faith
err.
q MRS. H. o. JOSVANGER
Pd. and Children.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-02-03

DR.. Stockdale Is true specialist
having gained his knowledge In the
best Medical Colleges and Hospitals
and through many years of hard stu.
dy and experience in special prac-
tice.
The doctor does not pretend to
cure all diseases known to mankind,
but he will accept for treatment any
one suffering from a chronic disease,
AZ I'm his Judgment the case is cura.
BILE Bear in mind that Dr. Stock.
dale personally examines each pa
tient.
All Chronic Diseases Treated.
Especially successful in Chronic
Catarrh; Diseases of the Eye, Ear
Throat, Lungs, Stomach, Liver and
Kidneys; Dyspepsia, Constipation
and Rheumatism.
Men who are suffering from Ner'
vous and Physical Weakness.
Also Blood and Skin Diseases.
Consultation Free.
II you carnot call on the doctor
write.
DIR. B. A. STOCKDALE
Des Moines. Iowa Utica Building
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laILE NILE GERMAN
8 s.... " ARlIlIES EA Z INTO RUSSIA

eabsuar official essn so0ress
.csrm.n Army bssaaustssre Report q ssssnSsr 22
ths nsl Neht e tesrs ii n1htn ven = .sst
1n3
2ooo osyna the
sidtSs6f 3ib6tnid
armies
Of Modxad the Russar 1tt
sipsk taiIosd 1900 a.sses es6
nsaH
oops I.hsny deisane ns nsss e e drssoA e
English aeropane shot German fighting
Neu pilot being killed
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r- - 81. ~ Z - rysH,gs--a
RetuIgee's From, =. =
Roland Hope For
Work IN States

Shartly after the China docked this
morning, scene resembling Ellis Isl
and more than It did the usual Homo.
lhlu debarkation. was enacted, when
several dozen Polish Jews, driven
from their home country by the war
now devastating It, came ashore here
for . few hours
They are en- route to the states
where they hope to find work. accord
ing to ships officers. The men were
OF distinctly Semitic cast of counter.
ance. with the pathetic gravity char.
scteristic OF men OF their long perse.
cHted race
Herding together, they inquired
their way ashore, and walked around
town, dressed In clothes widely diff
ferent from those worn by Asiatic i'm
migrants. Ships officers said the ref.
ugess fed from Poland to Russia, and
thence 10 Japan. They boarded the
China at Yokohama.
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AAlsocIated Press ssryIcs Dv Rederal Wlrkleull

WASHINGTON, d. G. Sept . Germany has Yielded Is
the United States another point submarine warfare insisted
American rights at and legitimate comerce between
nations
Germany latest note, dealing with the submarine cam
pag says that the German naval forces have been ordered rot
TO destroy American merchant vessels carrying cond6no
contraband of when international law
conditions might permit them to do So, S
The Herman commanders says the note ordered
tQalow the vessels to continue their impossible
to take them to German port await the decree Of prize
eonrt.
The 6ernlan communication that the note IS given
70 pFpyeto America that Germany intends to maintain
1923 being arbitraed The American suggestion that
perts hx the indemnify where vessels Wron6o
detained DESTROYED Is accepted Germany says She n6
the right to destroy vessels carrying absolute oo
aband wherever such obstruction 4 pefssbIe according
to the Declaration Of London IS = IS
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FURNISH ROOMS
FOR Thirty | ||| | ! ! MORE |
lSAIIORS III HOME
Committee Of Seallen's lnsti.
tate Holds Annual Election
{ and Chooses Officers

Following the anniJAl meeting of the
committee OF the seame1,s Institute.
held late yesterday afternoon IN the
institute building plans are being
made today aor the fan and wiHtAf's
work, which win be opened With 0
concert about the middle or October
At the neeting yesterday a healthy
growth In an departments was shown
In the reports presented by Chairman
L. Tenney Peck. Supt. Charles r.
Mant, and other officials. The elec.
ton resulted IN the naming OF three
new members on the committee w.
G. Hail. H. NJ. Won Holt and w. a.
Bowen. Those reelected were L. Ten.
ney Peck, H. Mex. Harrison, Fl. w,
NJ. Mist, Gen. Edward. Davis, Al. ~.
Cooper, T. Give Davies, w. C. Hob
dy. NJ. D., and il r. Cooke.
This makes the officials of the COM
mittee for. the ensuing year as f0i.
lows: Chairman, L.. Tenney Peck;
vice chairman. H.: MEyon HOlts treas
urer, H. Mex. Harrison: secretary,
Ed Towse;; auditor, H. W. NJ. Mist;
Right REV, Henry Bond
81 (Continued on page twoI
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CANNED GOODS
ISLUAlRY IN
!. FAR OFF BURMA

Canned goods are q rare and costly
luxury, In Burma at the present time,
according to Mrs. J.. S. Seiple, wife OF
q Burma oil man, who Is In Honolulu
today with her husband. going to the
states on visit.
'fTRopound tins Of lard cost two
rupees eight annas. or rs cents Ameri.
can money" she said. American tin.
ned goods have gone away up. The
size can OF beans which sells for Is
cents in the states costs % cents In
Burma today. Fresh meats and ma.
tive provisions sold in the bazaars are
net much higher than before the war
began" :. >
|. Mrs. Seiple Is an American girl. Her
young son. John Seiple, Jr., although
not yet iQar years old has been around
the world, :. ii
War hasn't affected Burmas to any
noticeable q extent, according to Mr.
Seiple. =. I
You-would hardly know a world.
war Is In pfogress II you were in Bur
ma now he said. Business is much
the same as usual There are not
many German refugee freighters in
india with the exception OF onesat Han
goon and 1--WE In Calcutta"
Me-, Seipiets headquarters are up
country ID Burma, about 50s-+ miles
from Raugoon. They are =. ons asix
months: cave or absence and may pos.
sthly go to ssotlaad on a visit later
- . '-.
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To- See
WHY WAIKIKI IS
EHEALTHF BEACH
DC. SHo TisirO VIII Follow Up
Investigation Made By Dc.
]: A. h. Heppner Z ast Year

News reached the .Hawaii Promotion
Committee this morning that Dr.. siro
Tisiro, the famous biologist who Will
arrive in Honolulu on the Wiihelmina
on September .2S. Is 10 make a study
oIi the relations between sea water
and the human blood. trying to 1iseog.
er why the bathing at W6ikiki Beach
Is SO peculiarly beneficial to the ner.
yuus system and such q stimulus to
and upbuilder of good blood While
he Is here the Promotion Committee
plans to invite him to speak before
them. = - -
. Several theories as. to the causes
for the beneficial effects of Hawaiian
waters have been advanced by we'll
known physicians. among others by
Dr.. A.. H. Heppner of San Jose, Cali
fornia, who. spoke before the Promo
tion Committee May %, 1914. = -
In his talk delivered at that time
Dr., Heppner stated that the ocean
waters at Waikiki are IDEAL for bath
ing. and particularly =. for sufferers
from nervous or internal diseases. be-
cause the temperature OF the water
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M'DUFF|E NABS
IMAM in ACT OF
GO0II|VG OPIUM
LuH ChuR Chinese, Boiling
Powdered Drug and Water
When Detectives Arrive

Taks dsialtity OF grannlated
optam,a cammnhlk called lowdefad
opinnf. ana mix With little water
Boilsovst slow IRE until ths mixtafe
beooHis IS thick akink care ia. skim on
pllSfhe frofh. when Jaiily shlcks TN
move from Hl6 flr9 anai allow to cool.
This. aonlr1fne TO Captain of ne,
tectises McDntiie. a. one way 10 Sc.
cure q good grade 81 smoking ol,iuin,
This tvfn OF the drug IL said "a 'ht
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SU6ARI||'P|RICES 4.
. .DEPRESSEDB BlII
!. BRITISH TAX!
War Measure Proposed by The
Chancellor Of Exchequer viii
Make Sweets Real Luxury
EXPECTED TO REDUBE
DEMAND FOR ENGLA AND
Internal Revenue Tax M. 80
in Addition to import Duty
of 81 Per Ton IS Plan

Great Britain.s plan TO put such .
huge war tax upon sugar as 70 inake
the commodity truly q luxury, with
the inevitable lessening Of the ron
sumption OF sugar IN the British Isles.
IS thodsht Dy local sugar men To be
one of the causes Of the recent mark.
ed decline ID the price Of raw sugar
In New York. One week ago cables
quoted sugar at 4.5l5; today the price
Is $50, q decrease OF Just $3.50 per
ton In one week.
Several weeks ago the news leaked
out that sugar would be hard bit by
the new taxation plans Of Reginald
McKenna TX. G., Chancellor Of the Ex.
ehequef OF Great Britain, whose task
1t Is to raise war funds for Enel1nd.
The size OF the tax was not dreamed
OF, however, until McKenna rose IN
the House Of Commons Tuesday and
presented his budget, which. accord-
ing to Associated Press dispatches Of
that date, calls for q new tax OF $3.24
per 100 pounds on gngar-at tax Of
$3.50 per ton. In addition 70 this
Great Britain already has an import
tax Of approximately 81 per ton on
sugar so that the taxes win total
$51. 80 per tonE =
8 sneh high taxation. 1t is figured.
viii be certain 10 put the retail price
OF sugar ID England 50 high that the
consumption will be greatly dimins
iEbed, releasing Q large part of the
Cpbanscr normally taken by Eng
Ian for absorption in United States
and automatically depressing the
price 4 49, ~ ss.esAs "a 8 "a
New Low Rall Rate.
sAn0thef recent Associated Press.
despatch has aroused great interest
among Hawaiian eneor nlnn hat De-.
taiIinL tn NII0fts sof the Southern Pa
eilic RAILWAY - obtain permission
from sfft Ini sfelate Commerce Com
mission t0 b,ieIilh q rate Of 20 cents,
minimhlk $4,000 pounds, from. the.
California uo1boafd to New York and
Atlantic le4bohfd points.
The pfob18e1 new rate Is q cut OF
just one -h1Il ft0m SIC to IS per ton.
but win. Il Ii kaid IN Honolulu. make
no differeiitk n the routing Of Ha.
waiian sugars to the Atlantic coast
They will continue, as ct present to
90 on shipboafd by way Of the Pana
ma canal. and even greater cut in
the all-ran freight rate would not at
tract tonnage from here. because of,
the memory Of the tremendous loss In
transit sustained In former times.
Raw sugar, shipped in d single, bag.
sifts out ut every jar OF a freight car.
but when sent by steamer the loss Is
negligible, &
The new rate OF IS q ton. II allowed
By the Interstate Commerce Commits.
sion.s will open up q big interior ter
ritory to the Pacific coast refinertessi
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JAPANESE SEARCH st4IP
j For SPIES or GERMANS

n Among other interesting things
% happening on the Pacific Mail
e liner China on her last voyage.
q according to Rhip's officers when
q the boat reached here today, was
y the presence OF q japanese secret
R agent on board between japanese
q ports, 20 see that no suspicious
a German refugees, who might be
q spies In disguise, came ashore.
= "a JapAnese government detec-
q tive was on board from Naga.
q saki to Robe" said one OF the
q ships officers, "but he took no
q one OF. g" At each japanese port.
q 20 Japanese policemen. Nippon.
u ese imitators of Old Sleuth and
q Sherlock Holmes, proWled around
g and made e their chief duty to
q see that no Germans took any
q pictures OF japanese ports, or did i.
9 anything which might be regard
q ed as st1yihE. y, z,,ry.f* ~ .5.tgi
zEEEHkkHE7zAzzA1 A1.
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M'cARN'S NEW DEPUTY
ADMITTED TO- PRA CTiSE

Horace ". Vaughan, former member
OF Congress who halls from Texa-.
kama, Tex, and who. on Octobef 1,
win assume the duties OF assistant u.
s. district attoeley, today was admit
ted to practise law In the local federal
court, having taken the oath before
Judge Charles r. Clemons. NIr. Waugh.
an w;ll succeed j.. Wesley Thompson,
who forwarded, his resignation to
Warrington, D, G., last. Friday Mr..
Thompson has announced that lfe win
Practise law ii fionoiutu, and that he
may enter one OF the local Law firms.