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The Holt County sentinel., 1915-04-02
Roseiius.

our hearts ~ uur 10 kccncsl sym.
p,thy to Mr. aud Mrs. T.. A. I;Ose d.
ius. of Corning, by reason NJ ne dea, h
OF their IL year old daughter, Mary,
which occurred at Mar,ville, Nilsson.
ri, where she vas a student at the
Northwest Normal. on Monday even.
Ing. OF this wsek, March 18th. The
body was brought to the family home
Tuesday, where funeral services we're
held Wednesday afternoon. We hope
for an obituary for our next issue.
The Holt County sentinel., 1915-04-02

oregon, whrrr lac lived l. years n
ls'n Il. moved Ia near Mound city,
where hc Heed until his death, ON
December -. ipi, Mr., Saaim Vas
married to Miss Hannah llrdprcuck,
" lao survives this marriage,
In $50 Brother swain MAS convert
81 ~ Nickeli's Grove. under the min.
isrry II Rev J. u, Kiplinger, and
united with the Evangelical church.
and remained u faithful member I'm.
~ death.
lie was man of strong convict ions
and great devotion. His life MAS one
Of service for the church and his Mas.
ter, In whatever community lie
lived lie proyed himself a leader In
spiritual things. Tie last months Of
life were times Of pain and suffering,
yet there Was u great calm, for he
saw tod In his life, lie died March
~, lpl5, AZ the aye OF II years. 10
months and :, days, lie leaves a
wife, ) sons, u daughters, ; brothers,
J sisters, and ~ grandchildren 10
mourn his departure. The funeral
services we're conducted by Rev. A.
F, Rice, assisted by Rev. j. u,
| Walker, a. the Methodist church In
Mound City. Interment was made at
Mt Hope cemetery. u,
| Card Of Thanks.
| "" Wish 10 thank our friends and
neishbors for their help and sympa'
thy during our recent bereavement.
| Mn-, & +. SWAIN ASD CmiLDREN.
The Holt County sentinel., 1915-04-02
I o,,n,c.

Tor almost nineteen wears DOE "
Cuuncr liy,d With sand during hcsc
nineteen years ir vas IN honest, up.
right yunug man, having = suite Tor
every one H." met. and Ice was ,ik.d
hy all Who knew lin,
Iur Il. Cplnnrp Nas born April Hth,
l>H,. aud was tie srcuui son u Mr.
and Nt>. Henry tuuucr. IhnS" ~
his relatives Nhu haNn gun" bciuf"
him are his father. Henry Cpnucc,
Who died IN l>'n aud . ~. sister,
Nhp diri IN infancy ~ l'ln. ""
lr,,rS 80 niputn hts uniim"ly death a
devoted aud towing mother, vito iaN
been ~ faithful IN Matching over him
dufinp hi> lifetime: his Strpfa'l"r, :.
4. l.uud,; tNo brothers, Noah amt
,.rntr- COuurc: one sister, Mr., Ruth
Errkman. two half sisters, Marie aud
I Jennie, aud one half.hto,h-r. JuniI
: i.undy. aud the entire nniglbnthood,
whn mourn with IL" relatives IN luis
their hour ~ bereavement, briub.r
| larh. 1914, Iue hcam" a member ~
ia. Wnodm,u AT IA. Wn,ld Hir.lon
c,mp. M. 4; and vasau ,n,husIas
,,c m.mb.- taxing sick , short time
AFTER ,oInipr the order with that,
dreaded disease. tuberculosis, whicl,
,,,duaIIy sann,d his M. away until
m, end cam, a, Il O'Clock last SUNDAY
no,,,,y March ns,h. l,I, Abou,
H.. u..u. h.,o,. MS d.a,,, a. mad,
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With Sickle Keen.
holland.

Mrs. James holland, living in the
Walnut Grove district. near Napier,
was stricken with apoplexy on frids,
last, March Goth. and died Munda, 4,
March Goth, aged about u years She
Is survived by her husband and =
daughter. Funeral was he'd
Tuesday, ~ this week, conducted 10y
Rev. Martin. The burial being at the
lloyd Genet ~.
The Holt County sentinel., 1915-04-02
Swain.

Columbus Franklin Swain was
born In Davidson county, North Caro-
lima, April -, 1919, and resided there
until he grew To manhood.
At the outbreak Of the civil war he
enlisted In the Confederate army.
lie was a member Of Go. T., 2lst y. &,
Infantry. This company was re-
cruited at Salem, \, e., early In '6l.
The 2lst Regiment Was re0rganilsd
In the spring OF ~, Company Il and
Company A were then detached and
formed the LIST Battalion Sharp Shoot
or. Mr.. SWAIN enlisted IN Company
II, March 10th, 81, and remained
with said company until August, 'd3,
lie was then made Lieutenant Of Co.
q, Ind Battalion, y, G. Infantry, and
remained as such until close Of the
war. lie was captured on the 22nd
Of September, ~, and was In prison q
months at 1T. Delaware.
On April Z, 1869, he was married to
Miss Temperance Irene league, who
died July 30, 1890. Eleven children
were born to this union, 8 sons and q
daughters, Ill OF whom are living.
In April Of 1872 Mr.. Swain came to
Holt county, Mo-, and located nsaI
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Card Of Thanks.
The Methodist Epis, O pal Church.

The series of meet ings closed sun
day night with splendid attendance
and a tine sermon by the Rev. Cokely,
In fact, all Of his sermons were good.
Some say the finest series Of sermons
that haye been preached In Oregon.
Personally want TO renew the ex'
preston OF appreciation Of the many
courresies extended by the other
churches during these meetings,
The monthly meeting Of the W. +.
". :. will lie with Mrs, win Morris
on Friday afternoon Of this week.
sunday morning the pastor viii
preach an Faster sermon. There viii
he some special music.
j. W, ANDERSON, Pastor.
II will nav yOu 10 see Glare Castle
The Holt County sentinel., 1915-04-02
One and Seventy.

Just as sure as the month of March
comes, and q. ". Cummins lives TO
the 2ath day u that month, just that
sure In he TO have birthday, and
Mrs. Cummins sees TO u that lie
members OF Meyer Post enjoy the &c
casion by being their guest, AT theit
regular monthly meeting ~hetberthe
birthday arrives just before or just
following the day.
On saturday last, March 9th,
Mayer pcet VAS their guest IN houbf
Of their, cUmmander's-. seventy iirst
birthday, and sixteen comrades an.
swered roll call a. they we're seated
around Mr. aud Mrs. Cummins' hos
table board en- arrival, each COIN
tade had a iias ant cafnatiOn pinned
upon the lapel of hls coat and cor
dially greeted and welcomed ny tile
kindly host aud hu.ipS>.
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transacted rs regular u'drr of bust
nr.S. after Which iiry wrir invited
into the linning room, where a most
reliShabc two.cuurSc luncheon wdS
served hy Mrs. CunminN, VIA wiS
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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-08-04
THE MARRIAGE RATE.

Usually the number of weddings
is a fairly well fixed proportion,
about as dependable as rainfall ex-
cepting this summer. Some discus
sion has been started by notable
falling off in the issue of licenses to
marry in the city of New York. For
June the figures were 13 per cent un-
der last year.
The officials attribute it to war
and war conditions. In Chicago
there has been a falling off of about
II per cent attributed to cool June
weather. Boston also shows a de-
cided decline, while Washington AMI
Philadelphia show small gains.
The question how far the marriage
rate is affected by social, economic,
or other conditions is an interesting
subject for the debating society.
People of alien birth who have
friends suffering misfortune across
the water, might now feel less in
clined to wedlock. An unusual per-
iod of stormy weather is said to af-
feet business. 1t not merely keeps
the public at home from shopping
expeditions, but merchants do not
feel as hopeful and confident. Posi-
bly, prospective bridegrooms view
the support of a family with less
buoyancy.
PROFESSIONALLY periods of slow
business do have an effect to delay
weddings. Modern produce has wan
dered some distance from the Love
in a cottage idea. Indeed if the
average couple contemplating matri-
mony could see cottage, they would
feel better. Love in a tenement
would express better the prospect
confronting many modern lovers. Ii
young people have kept their troth
for several years, and have not been
able to accumulate a bank account
and life insurance policy, there is
commonly some fault or lack. Too
frequently it is the unwillingness TO
start in small way.
Other couples have found better
way. They have learned that where
sentiment and romance exists very
little space is needful for strong am
bilious young people. An apartment
of a few rooms in a towns outskirts
costs little, and a chicken yard and
vegetable garden make savings pos
sible. ......
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-08-04
SIGNED NEWSPAPER ARTICLES.
w. j. Bryan Says Every Newspaper
Article Should he Signed by
the Writer.

Some attention has recently been
excited by a proposal made by Will
liam j. Bryan, to the effect that ey-
cry newspaper article should be sign
ed by the reporter or editor who
wrote it. This idea has often been
proposed by people who had griev-
ances against the newspapers.
Manifestly the purpose of such n
custom would be principally to iden-
tify the individual who wrote arti-
cles offering some criticism or maxi
ing some damaging statements. This
would muzzle the average newspaper
writer. Where the writer has to
spend his time quarreling with peo-
pie over every little phrase in his
work, the temptation is strong to
write colorless and milk and water
stuff.
The great majority of reporters
and other newspaper writer's are
honest young fellows that do their
best to present things fairly. If the
reporters news story is damaging, it
is usually because the truth hurts.
If the editors comment is false, it
reacts on the newspaper that prints
it.
Too many things are hushed up.
If the truth was sure to come out,
people would be more cautious about
their acts. Young men running down
rumors and printing the truth as
nearly as they can learn it, perform
a useful service.
They should be given all possible
protection so long as they are hon
est. If they print false statements
that are damaging, they lose their
positions, which is ample check on
indiscretions.
There are other practical objec-
tions to signed newspaper articles,
but the one named above will always
be sufficient reason against them.
In the case of the smaller news
papers, it is usually pretty well
known who writes what, so that the
individual writer has already lost
much of the freedom that goes with
the anonymous work of the large
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-08-04
THE SUB-NORMAL MAN.
Buns Are Mostly Sub-NOrmal People
Who i'm School Were Backward.

In a number of The Outlook mag
azine for July, w. S. Rainsford has
a most interesting account of
Buns. He writes from many
years experience with shiftless ne'er-
do-wells in the New York slums.
DR.. Rainsford's theory is that
buns" are mostly ''sub-normap
people, who in school were backward
children. They found the class
work too hard for them. They fell
behind, became discouraged, and
got into the habit of slipping through.
with their tasks unfinished. The
boy who can't keep up in school may
become later the man who can't
keep his job. Yet he may have done
the best he could.
Some of these boys who can't do
book work have common sense and
native shrewdness, and do very well
when they get to work. But others
fail to hold their jobs and in a few
years lose their nerve and grip on
life. They take seasonal jobs like
harvesting crops, shovelling snow,
etc., tasks in which almost any kind
of labor is acceptable.
DR.. Rainsford believes that much
more care ought to be taken with
backward children in the schools.
He finds that the sub-normal child
costs the state far more than the
cost of properly educating him would
be. The majority of petty criminals
come from this class, and the pauper
accounts are largely for help to such
people.
The sub-normal child often needs
nothing except little more explain
alton thar the ordinary child gets.
The teacher of a full class room can't
stop to make everything clear to the
one backward boy. She would never
get her classes into high school If
she did. Consequently these pathetic
little stupids drift along, never get
ting any real grip on life and work.
If group of them could be placed in
one class at school, where they would
keep digging at subject until they
knew it thoroughly, they might come
out very we'll, and make good faith
full, efficient workers with their
hands.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-08-04
ORIGINAL NOTICE.

To John P. Bachelor; Mrs. John p.
Bachelor, his wife; Lagomar-
cino-Grupe Company; E. r.
Acres; Nj. j. Carter; Mullaney
& McManus; Swift & Company:
Cudhay Brothers; Jacob E. Dec
ker & Sons Defendants.
You and each of you are hereby
notified that on or before the 10th
day of September A. d. 1915, there
will be on file in the Office of the
Clerk of the District Court of the
State of Iowa, in and for Winnie
shiek County, at DEBORAH, Iowa, the
petition of Plaintiff Clarence Chris
ten. as Guardian Of the Estate of
Moses Perry, Person of Unsound
lind, asking that the deed made to
Defendant John P. Bachelor. by
Plaintiffs Ward, Moses Perry, con-
veying the Northwest quarter of
Northwest quarter of Section %,
Township SO North, Range Z West
of the 9Th p. Nj. Winneshiek County,
Iowa, and recorded in Book 116,
rage 63S OF said Winneshiek Coun-
ty, Iowa, Deed Records, on June 9TH
l9l1 at o'clock p. Nj. together
with the Life Lease which was tha
consideration for said deed, executed
by Defendant John p. Bachelor to
said Moses Perry, dated June 3rd
1911, recorded in Book 100, Page
1874 OF said Winneshiek County,
Iowa, records, on the 9TH day of
June 1911 at $3.50 o'clock P. M.
both be cancelled and annulled by
reason OF the failure of said John
+. Bachelor to perform the terms
and conditions OF said lease, and that
said premises be decreed the abso-
Lutte property of said Moses Perry,
and that the title of said Moses Perry
in and to said premises be establish
ed and quieted in him against all
said defendants; and that all Defen-
dants be forever barred and estopped
from claiming any right, title or in
terest in or to said premises; and
for such other relief as may be
equitable in the premises.
And unless you appear thereto and
defend before noon of the second
day OF the next Term of said Winnie
shiek County, Iowa, District Court,
TO commence on the goth day of
September A. ID. 1915, and be held
at the Court House in DEBORAH, said
County, your default will be enter
ed and judgment and decree rem
dered thereon against you as prayed
for in said petition.
For further particulars you are
referred to said Petition.
Dated this 18th day of July A. ID.
1915. 31-4
e. w. CUTTING and
BURLING & BURLING,
Attys. for Plaintiff.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-08-04
NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT.

Notice of the Appointment of an
administrator of the Estate of l.. J.
Anderson, deceased.
Notice is hereby given, that the
subscriber has been duly appointed
administrator of the estate of l.. J..
Anderson late of DEBORAH township,
in the County OF Winneshiek, State
of Iowa, deceased, intestate, and has
taken upon himself that trust by
giving bonds as the law directs. All
persons having demands upon the
estate of the said deceased are re-
quired to exhibit the same; and per-
sons indebted to said estate are call
ed upon to make payment to
GEO. MIZENER,
Administrator.
Dated at DEBORAH, Iowa, July .,
1915. 27-4W
E. w. CUTTING, Attorney.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-08-04
Origin Word Jitney.

Would you really like to know the
origin of the word 'jitney," or at
least, an origin that would satisfy
your credulity? So many theories
have been advanced, each one more
stupid or improbable than the last,
and it remained for an ex-school-
marin from Indiana to hit upon one
that has something tangible to rec
ommend it. For half a century :. e
word jitney has been the western
slang name for the 5-cent coin,
which was not in use until recently,
because there was nothing cheap
enough to demand it. The oft-repeat-
ed story that "jot or title" has been
inverted to tot or jittle," and then
little" had been corrupted to cit
ney," and used as a term of con
tempt for the scent piece, is only a
little beside the mark. In Indiana
and Ohio, sixty years ago, our small
coins had a curious set of names.
The 25-cent piece was called "shil
lun," not shilling, mind you, and
anything smaller than a shillun, was
some kind of "bit." There was
the actual bit, which was half of the
shillun, and below this came the 'te'
penny-bit," the "sixpenny-bit," the
"f'penny-bit" and the "thrip'ny-bit"
These were commonly shortened 10
"tepney," 'fpeny" and "thripney.
When the gold craze carried hum
dreds of men from the Middle States
to California in 1910, this nomencla-
ture went with them. Also, a few
went with them, and these
were called "iipneys" The minors
from the other parts of the United
States perverted the word to ''iitney
ecause they did not recognize the
"five-penny" origin of the term. If
this is not true, at least it is more
plausible than the other etymolo-
gies.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-08-04
Two Common Summer Ailments.

I . 7 y. = .
AUBOLEE & NELSON, Attorneys.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-08-04

Two Common Summer Ailments.
Thousands of hay fever and asth-
ma victims who are not able to go
to the mountains find relief in Fo-
ley's Honey and Tar Compound 1t
allays the Inflammation, soothes and
heals raw and rasping bronchial
tubes and helps to overcome difficulty
in breathing, and makes sound, re-
freshing sleep possible.-Engbert-
sons Pharmacy. Aug.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-08-04

subscriber has been duly appointed
administrator of the estate of Andrew
Danielson late of DEBORAH township,
in the county of Winneshiek, state Of
Iowa, deceased, intestate, and has
taken upon himself that trust by Civ
ing bonds as the law directs. All
persons having demands upon the
estate of the said deceased are re-
CURED to exhibit the same; and per-
sons indebted to said estate are call
ed upon to make payment to
ALBERT ATKINSON,
Administrator.
Dated at DEBORAH, Iowa, July II,
1915. 29-4
AUBOLEE & NELSON, Attorneys.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-08-04
gnblie 0piniun.
Our EnyiOus NeighbOrs.

Cedar Rapids Gazette: Find city
which has no parks, no tennis courts,
no bathing beaches, no public base
ball diamonds, no golf links or other
places of recreation and you have
found place where poor health
abounds, dissatisfied residents are
numerous and conspicuous and civic
pride is at low ebb. Cedar Rapids has
same fine parks. But the day will
come when it will need more. 1t
has several tennis courts, but it needs
more right now. 1t has two made
quate bathing beaches. 1t has some
baseball diamonds and there is an
immediate need for more.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-08-04

Hints on courtship abound. Every
magazine will tell you how to win a
wife. Anybody will gladly post you
on the etiquette of love making.
What's on your mind?
But after a man marries he has
to shift completely for himself.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-08-04
Saline Solution.

Among the questions asked of a
Sunday school class by visitor was,
why was Lots wife turned into a
pillar of salt?"
For a moment there was silence,
and then small boy piped OUT
Il s'pose it was cause she was too
fresh"
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-08-04

When one rips out threads they
wish they had three hands. Use a
fine crochet hook and the work is
easily done. Pull out hastings the
same way.
The country is to be deluged with
wheat this year. In years gone by it
was not out of the ordinary to hear
a farmer declare that he made more
money out OF small crop than q
big one, the latter generally depres-
sing the price SO that there was not
much profit in raising it. But his
season, the crop promises not only
TO be large but prices high.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-08-04
NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT.

Notice of the appointment of an
administrator of the estate Of An
drew Danielson deceased.
Notice is hereby given, that the
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-08-04
WHERE THE MONEY GOES.
Ten Years Show Average Taxation
Increased From 1922 to
$13.91.

The Census Bureau states that
the average rate of taxation per
capita has increased from 1922 to
1891 in 10 years. Few would have
supposed that the raise was as large
a proportion as this. 1t is the
greatest single advance in cost OF
living. Other necessities have gone
up, but few of them are 80 per
cent more than they were 10 years
ago.
Where has the money gone? OF
course public work is usually eX-
pensive. The public officials idea OF
efficiency is often cajoling voters
and cultivating useful political
friendships. But these conditions eX-
listed equally 10 years ago, perhaps
more so.
The American people within the
past few years have realized the in
adequacy of a great many public
services. AS a better educated gen.
Grafton comes on, it demands still
better facilities. AS humanitarian
ideas spread, more generous treat
ment of the unfortunate is called
for. Good roads, prison reform,
charities, these eat up money fast.
No item of expense ever slips
through more easily than a school
appropriation. And in most places
no department has advanced more
rapidly in cost. Teachers wages
have risen rapidly. Our people are
no longer content with home train
ed teachers. They want sanitary,
healthful, ventilated, airy, and sun
shiny school buildings. They ought
to have them.
Increase in cost of government
seems inevitable. But there are a
thousand petty wastes that could be
saved. And many needless extrava-
gances could be cut off. The town
that was once satisfied with plain
unornamented school house now de-
mands stone or buff brick. A simp-
Ter building would serve every pur-
pose, except that of rivalling other
towns. A halt must be called some
where. Handsome public buildings
do not draw in new residents as fast
as high tax rate drives them away.