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The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1917-04-20

again and with mere enjoyment. Every
Kindness done To others in our daily
walks advances Us nearer those great
souls which make the ase they 1--we In
memorable.
Every man, every woman every child
has some talent, some power, some ops
portunity OF getting good and doins
good Each day offers some occasion
for using this talent. As we use II It
gradually increases, improves and be-
comes native To the character. As We
neelect 1t ii dwindles, witbers, and dis
appears This is the stern but benign
law by which we live, This makes char
acter real and enduring, this makes
progress possible; this turns men into
angels and virtue into goodness.
$500
We have no. desire TO throw any bou-
qlets at ourselves, but believe there Is
not family that reads this department
in our paper from week to week that
Is not benefited and stimulated to bet
ter things Ii encourages all, that is
good and discourages all that Is evil.
II YOU agree wifh ns speak il good word
land help us to place our paper in every
home in the community,
i r 80
Cheeffulness is gospel that every
woman should possess; II Is worth
more than creed or DOGMA. Ask the
man who fights the hard battles Of lift
what it means to go home 10 a cheer
fui fe. Cheerfulness Is a Jewel either
Iin prosperity or adVersitytA low-spir-
lifted, fault finding wife can KIM the last
Ebit Of hope ana enthusiasm remmninf
in a troubled heart While the cheerful
hopeful one leads Il 20 press On Qr /,
h gin over again with = "hgaft Tor any
fate"
An author is known by his writing.
la mother by her daughter. fool b.
his words. an men BY their compan-
ions.
| Marriage never seems. so much a fail
ure to a man as when something goes
wrong at home that he can't possibly
blame on his wife.
Happiness ought to be contagiou!
and to make il SO the good things q
n life must be shared. Not merely viii
our family but with our neighbors ans
acquaintance, our townsmen, and 'th'
strangers within our gates We shoull
use our blessings. not pct them up u
lavender leaves. or camphor balls c
keep-but scatter them hroadCistshar'
them with others.
Usually If we postpone a worry fo
a day or two II win fail to keep II!
/ appointment
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1917-04-20

There is great deal said about
making home attractive so the young
people VIII not want to wander away
from them; but it is private opinion
one hardly dares TO express, that there
is too much being done for young
America in the we'll to-do classes; they
are coddled and hundred and given
places, while the parents take the rough
ones, until the parlor has come to be
looked upon as their orbit, while the
being in the kitchen.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1917-04-20

Herds headed by Banfl Goods ss75ss.
a red bred hy ~, II Jones. Williams
vile. Ill Champions for ten genera
lions Lord Ripley s9s6ss by tho
$1,000 90 Lord Alhn out OF Imp, Rosie
1903 and Cloyctieaf Favoriie as7574. a
double grandson OF tho fnmous Max
walton Sultan.
Visit the herds and see fof yourself
before buying HOLTQN CATTLE
FCo.. Trinity, KY
WANT ALL THE EGGS YOU
BRING TO OUR STORE.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1917-04-20

An author is known by his writings
Ia mother by her daughter, a fool b..
his words. an men BY their compan-
ions
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1917-04-20

again and with mere enjoyment. Every
kindness done TO others in our daily
walks advances Us nearer those great
souls which make the ase they 1--we In
memorable.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1917-04-20

than tears. The world needs TINS man
Why are there so few of them? Can he
be created Can he be evolved? Why Is
he not in every house, turning rain in
to sunshine and winter into summer all
the year around unit life is perpetual
season OF joy?
Isn't it remarkable when good books
and papers are so cheap that men and
women read 50 little and neglect the
minds God has given them 10 improve?
II we would make our homes and our
home life pure, happy and elevating we
must seek knowledge On the various
topics that are daily discussed. Too
many boys and girls grow up now that
by the time they have entered their
teens have cultivated such a taste for
trashy, impure literature which is scat
tered broadcast over our land, that
anything solid or that would improve
their minds or character is considered
dun and uninterestlng.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-01-03
STATE HAS FISH TO SELL.
Offers Thousands of Buffalo at Sew.
en- Cents a Pound.

E. c. Hinshaw, state fish warden
has thousands of buffalo fish which
he will sell to the people Of Iowa al
Z cents a pound, as means of as
'sisting in reducing the cost of liy-
ing.
At present the buffalo which are
being caught in the Okoboji lakes
are being shipped in carload lots to
New York City.
The state fish and game warden
says that he knows the people OF
Iowa would like to have some Of
this cheap food, if they only knew
where to get it.
The department will sell the fish
in lots of 100 pounds or over, f. O.
b. Spirit Lake, at Z cents pound.
Money orders, bank drafts or ex-
press orders sent TO the warden at
Spirit Lake will receive attention.
All the fish will be frozen and alb
solutely fresh, the warden says.
This is a matter of accommoda-
ton on our part, and is done to pre-
vent our cheap food from going
cast" Hinshaw says.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-01-03
CHRISTMAS THUNDERBoLT.
Windmill Tower Wrecked and Win
dows Shattered.

Pocahontas, Ia, Jan. About
8 o'clock Christmas night during
the storm lightning struck the wood
en- windmill tower on the Charley
Luft farm a mile west of town, com
pletely wrecking the tower.
The force of the shock also broke
open the barn doors, new poultry
house standing about twenty-five
feet from the tower had the glass
broken out of the windows, two
sashes being shattered and windows
in the residence hundred feet dis,
tant were broken out.
A window was also broken out of
a house across the road nearly TWEEN
ty rods distant but NO person wa:
injured and the family did not even
feel the shock.
Mrs. Luft saw the dischargc
which she describes as huge ball
of fire coming down the tower and
exploding when near the ground.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-01-03
Judge Rules Who's a Farmer.

Davenport, Dec. 26.-Judge NJ j.
Wade, of the United States district
court for the southern district If
Iowa, has filed a memorandum opir
ion in the Office of the clerk of Unit
ed States district court deciding that
William Spengler, of East Locust
street, Davenport, should be adjudg-
ed a bankrupt. The opinion as filed
by the judge contains a dissertation
of the merits of gardening and farm
ing in explaining the term "tillage OF
the SOIL"
A question arising in the Speng-
Ter case as to whether the defen-
dant was an agriculturist or not, the
judge says, "A man can not be prop
erly classed as a farmer who farms
about two acres, who had about thir-
ty-five bushels of corn, one horse, a
cultivator worth So, pillow worth
So, two cows and two heifers; a man
can not be properly classed as far.
mer who buys hogs, buys the feed for
them and who sells them. Farming
has been interpreted to mean tillage
of the soil. A man who tills but two
or three acres and has small pas
ture is not engaged in the tillage oi
the soil, nor in farming within the
ordinary meaning of the term"
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-01-03
A Hopeless Case.

A Nebraska farmer, who had been
counted doubtful at the best, greeted
in most unexpected way three Pro-
hibition workers who approaches
him. He was big, sturdy giant, and
out in the field picking corn. AS the
crew from the Federation came
toward him, headed by stocky bust
ness man, whose flushed face belied
his habits, the farmer stopped his
team, squared himself around, as
sumed a defiant attitude, and cried
Come on, boys. Come on and talk
to me all you want to. But tell you
right now, no matter what you say
and what you promise, I'm going TO
vote her dry. THE Christian Her
aid
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-01-03
$4,000 Men and Women to Receive
Bonus,

George C. Taylor, President of the
American Express Company, an
nounced today that all employees in
the service of the Company for one
year or more who receive a salary of
$4,000 per year, or less, would be
awarded bonus of an extra month S
salary in recognition of their excel.
lent service to the Company, and to
the public, during the past year.
This bonus will be payable in quar-
terly instalments on the 1st of jan
uary, April, July and October, and
those employees who have not been IN
the company's service a full year,
will receive subsequent installments
as their twelve months period is
completed. 1t is estimated that
about $4,000 employees will share
in this bonus, and the total amount
involved will be about $1,250,O00.
The Wells Fargo Express Co. has
made similar bonus to their EN-
ployees.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-01-03
RECORD PRICE FOR BEEF.
Herefords Sell at Patterson For ST 1
| Per Hundred.

Winterset, Jan. Joseph Gun.
bingham, of Crawford, township, de
livered thirty head of steers in Pat.
terson Monday, that were weighed
over the scales in Patterson at tbs
record price of $11 per hundred
The steers were Herefords raised
and fattened on Mr.. Cunningham
farm and averaged 1000 pounds
They were bought by Charles Cessna
of Des Moines and were shipped east
The easterner who buys steaks from
these juicy beeves will pay a good
price for it. This sale is said to rec.
ord the highest price paid for FAT
cattle in Madison county. The only
possible exception would be durins
the days following the civil war and
we doubt if any cattle feeding was
done in Madison at that time.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-01-03
AGED LADY BURNS TO DEATH
MRS. GERTRUDE o. NESHEIM OF
PLEASANT TWP. MEETS
FRIGHTFUL DEATH
IN FLAMES.
Her Clothes Caught Fire and Death
Resulted in Few Minutes.

Mrs. Gertrude o. Nesheim, aged
81 years, lost her life by burning to
death at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Andrew Gavle in Pleasant township
east of Satire, last Wednesday after
noon, between the hours of three and
four O'Clock. Mrs. Nesheim made
her home with Mr.. and Mrs. Gavle.
Her room was on the ground floor
and hallway separated it from the
rooms occupied by the Gavles. A
short time before her death Mrs.
Nesheim had been visiting with Mrs.
Gavle and after she had gone back
to her room, the family smelled
smoke. Mrs. Gavle rushed to Mrs.
Nesheim's room, but was unable to
enter, as the room was filled with g
heavy, dense smoke. Other members
OF the family came Immediately, AMI
after some effort finally made their
way into the smoke filled room and
found Mrs. Nesheim lying on the
floor and tried to pull her out, but
her clothes were burned off and the
flesh all over her body and face was
badly burned, and she was dead at
the time.
A few years ago Mrs. Nesheim's
clothes caught or fire in her room.
and some of her clothing, books, etc.
in the room were burned, but she es-
capped serious injury that time.
Mr.. Gavle called up the authori-
ties here and notified them of the
accident and Coroner Jewell and
Sheriff Ellingson went out and an
inquest was held. Amin Anfnson,
Edward Lund and Ole Gavle, COM
posed the Coroner's jury, and their
decision was that Mrs. Nesheim came
to her death from her clothes acct
dentally catching fire either from
the stove in the room or matches
held in her own hands.
A lamp was in the room and the
chimney was off setting on the Ia
BILE, and perhaps the unfortunate
woman was in the act of lighting a
match to light the lamp, when her
clothes took fire.
A pillow in the rocking chair in
the room was burned, but the room
didn't catch on fire, and only a few
spots ON the floor were burned a 1T
tie, where the poor woman had laid.
Mrs. Nesheim would have lfsen
so years old next March, and was a
pioneer resident of this county, AMI
her sad death is shock to many old
| friends.
The funeral services were held
Sunday afternoon from the Big Ca
noe church, Rev. Seehus officiating,
and interment was in the cemetery
there.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-01-03
1T HAPPENED IN 500 CITY.
Hula Hula" i'm "a Church; Lyceun
People Blamed.

A Sioux City, Ia, special to the
Chicago Tribune says: MEN
blushed, women walked out and
young people giggled in Grace Meth
odist church when in the course OF
concert number presented by Nor
ningside college, Hawaiian gir'
clad in picturesque seaweed, sidled
out upon the stage, really the pull
pit rostrum, and began an energetic
hula hula
The concert committee explained
later that it was all mistake; that
the lyceum bureau had slipped one
over on them by substituting a
quartet of South Sea dancers for
what was scheduled as an 'intellec-
tual Interpretation of Hawaiian mu-
steal trends.'"
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-01-03
JAPAN NOW HAS 100000
Island Kingdom Shows 1,67O,S3. In
crease in Year.

A total estimated population oil
,77,2S9,596 in Japan, Corea and For
mosa and the Japanese half of Sag
halien island, is announced officially
This shows an increase of 1870
S35 over the estimate year ago. The
increase for the last year in Japan
proper was SS1,343, or an average
increase per 100 inhabitants of Is
per cent, the same percentage of in
crease which has prevailed for the
past four years.
The population Of Corea or Cho
sen leaped from 16,SO4,O13 to II.
519,S64, an increase of 1851 OIL
4.26 per cent.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-01-03
---O---
NOTICE IN PROBATE.

To whom it may concern:
You and each of you are hereby
notified to appear at the Court House
in Winneshiek County, Iowa, on the
9Th day of February, 1917, at $500
o'clock p. M, to attend the probate
of an instrument purporting to be
the Last Will and Testament OF
William III. Smith, late of Frank
vile township. in Winneshiek coun-
ty, Iowa, deceased, at which time
and place you will appear and show
cause, IL any, why said will should
not be admitted to probate.
In testimony whereof have here
unto subscribed my name and affixed
the seal Of said office, this 18th day
of December, 1916.
OLAF KALLEVANG,
Clerk of District Court.
BY S. J. MOORE, Deputy. STA
WILLETT & NELSON. Attorneys.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-01-03
CAUGHT IN BURNING CAR.
AutOists at Iowa City Have Narrow
Escape From Cremation.

Iowa City, Jan. Caught inside
the closed portion of burning Ford
coupe, Don Price and Mrs. Edith Ste.
venson, the latter from Chicago and
a guest at the home of the youne
mans parents, Mr.. and Mrs. M. r
Price, were barely able to escape
from the automobile without being
burned to death. Both were severe.
ly burned about the face and hands
Mr.. Price had his clothing partly
burned from his back, and lost al.
most all the hair from the top of his
head.
He mad just met Mrs. Stevenson
at the Rock Island depot and was
driving her to the Price home in his
automobile. Kerosene had been mix
ed with the water in the radiator to
keep it from freezing, and on the
way home steam escaped from the
front of the car in such quantities
that the auto was stopped once Ia
make an investigation. Then, about
half mile further on, there was a
muffled explosion and the whole cal
seemed enveloped in flames.
The blaze seemed to break out ev-
erywhere at once, and the cloth
trappings inside the body of the car
were on fire almost Immediately
Fortunately the gasoline tank did
not explode, and the fire was finally
eXtinguished by chemicals upon the
arrival of the department.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-01-03
NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT.

Notice of the Appointment Of an
Executrix of the estate Of Andrew
Barth, deceased.
Notice is hereby given, that the
subscriber has been duly appointed
Executrix of the estate of Andrew
Barth, late of DEBORAH township, in
the county of Winneshiek, state Of
Iowa, deceased. testate, and has taxi
en- upon herself that trust by quail
flying as the law directs. All persons
having demands upon the estate of
the said deceased are required to ex-
hibit the same; and persons indebt-
ed to said estate are called upon to
make payment to
KATHERINE BARTH,
Executrix
Dated at DEBORAH, Iowa. Decem-
Der 16, 1916.
BoICE & HOOK, Attorneys. 5l-4
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-01-03
Invent. New Sausage sturer.

Hampton, Ia, Dec. 29.-W. T.
Rule, our prominent butcher, has
patented a linking attachment for
a sausage suffer and has had one
of the machines manufactured and
installed in his market. The ma
chine will tie either single or double
role sausage and is sure to prove a
valuable machine in any meat mar
ket. In the larger packing houses
girls are hired to do this work and
it is thought that this machine can
do the work very much more salts
factorily and do more of it in the
same time. Mr. Rule has had sever
al flattering offers for his patent.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-01-03
DEBORAH ASTONISHED BY MER.
CHANTS STORY.

A merchant relates the following /:
For years / could not sleep without
turning every hour. Whatever l ate
caused gas and sourness. Also had
stomach catarrh. ONE SPOONFUL
buckthorn bark, glycerine, etc, as
mixed in Adler-i-ka relieved me IN
STANTLY." Because Adler-i-ka
fushes the ENTIRE alimentary tract
1t relieves ANY CASE constipation,
sour stomach or gas and prevents ap-
pndicitis. 1t has QUICKEST action
OF anything we ever sold. r. A. Eng
bertson, druggist.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-01-03
When Buffaloes Were High.

Waukon, Ia, Dec. 29.-The IF
teen years ago" item in this week 5
Republican tells that: The buffalo,
old Tom, was killed by Burgess &
Hanson at Luana. The head brought
$500 for mounting purposes, the
hide brought $500 and the meat so
cents pound, SO the proprietor will
probably realize $1,000 for the ami
NAL"
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-01-03
Lightning Hits Barn.

Prescott, Ia, Dec. 27.-During an
unusual electrical storm here tonight
a large barn on the Fred Sheffel farm
near Prescott was hit by lightning
and destroyed with four horses, four
head Of cattle, thirty tons of hay and
much other personal property.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-01-03
Atkinson Goes to Waterloo.

GAINESVILLE, Ia, Dec. 28.-W. I.
Atkinson and wife have moved to
Waterloo, where they will make
their home. Mr.. Atkinson will be
associated with syndicate of lyce.
um bureaus.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-01-03
Pleads for Liquor, Says Stock
Needs II.

Giving evidence in favor of the
retention of license to sell liquors
in small suburb of London, farm
er said that he found the solitary
inn a great convenience. He said he
was in the habit of giving quart Of
beer to the cows after calving, and
that he also gave them pint Of
whisky occasionally. The stock
would suffer, he said, if deprived of
these beverages.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-01-03

We buy ashes after your proper
ty is burned, but first of all you
must buy a FIRE Insurance policy
of us. Will Abbey writes all kinds of
insurance. STA
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-01-03

The annual consumption of pota-
toes in New York exceeds 100000
600 pounds.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-01-03
Scratch Feed
S2.0O per 100 lbs.

From time to time we accumulate
odd lots OF mixed grains not good
enough for seed. which we can offer
at a low price for feed purposes. At
this time We have some old corn
which we have cracked and mixed
with Barley, Wheat, Oats, Buck
wheat, etc. Sample sent on request.
Phone your order and we will deliv-
er 1t.
The Adams Seed Go,
Phone IS. Marsh Building
DEBORAH, IOWA.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-07-26
Extra! Something Cheaper
at Last! It's Light Bulbs

Minneapolis, July 23.-This is really
very, very Important 1t is important
because in most households the most
useless of all useless things in the
! world is an electric light bulb that
has ceased to shine. Bits of the din.
ner roast can be foisted on the family
as croQuettes; or even hash. Old pa.
per can be converted into new paper.
Anticipated garments interest dealers
of a kind. But an old light bulb has
always been something for little VIII.
lie to ''bust" on convenient rock.
Enters company whose headquar-
tiers are at Danvars, Mass, which has
found that these bulbs can be reflled
and it is now doing big business in
purchasing them. Representatives
have just left Minneapolis after the
purchase from companies and persons
of thousands of bulbs The city was
combed for them. They will return
and so all exhausted lamps should be
put in safe place against that time.
According to officials of lamp COM
panies in Minneapolis, these refilled
lamps are sold as half the price that
new ones cost and are only worth that
much. 1ncandescent lamps, they say,
are one of the things which have not
increased in price during the war.
There has been a reduction in price
of this article of so per cent within
the last year, 10 per cent decline be-
ing scheduled last year. This is due,
it Is declared to improved methods of
manufacture, cheapenina cost of pro-
duction. Ga
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-07-26
Coal Compromise Ventilated

Evidence accumulates that, when
the soft coal operators made their
great concession" Of three dollars a
ton at the mine, they took Secretary
Lane in very neatly. This tentative
price evoked from the Secretary enthu.
siastic praise for their sacrifice of
profits to patriotism.
Yet Governor Goodrich of Indiana,
himself a man of practical experience
in coal mining and railroad operation
demonstrated to Senate Committee
yesterday that $175 ton at the mine
would yield the operators in his state
good profit, taking their own figures,
and that $3.50 ton would cover all
costs, overhead included.
Nor did the Governor stop there.
He showed that the buck" cannot be
passed to the railroads, which are Civ.
ing the mines a hundred per cent ser
vice. And he wound up by promising
a special session of the Indiana Legis.
lature to regulate coal prices in that
state, if Congress fails to give the
public relief from present extortionate
prices.
If any one thing is clear at Washing
ton, it is the duty of Congress to fix
coal prices, or to give commission
power to do so. Coal is a natural re-
source. 1t is the life blood of industry
There must be an end to the condi
tons that result in so wide a margin
between the cost of coal and the price
of coal. More power to Governor
Goodrich's arm!-Minneapolis Journal
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-07-26
Mr.. MELTON TAKES CHARGE

Litchville Bulletin: The City bar,
Der shop changed hands Monday, Mr..
Harold Melton being the new proprie-
tor. Mr.. Melton is an Al barber and
a fine young man and has now charge
of the finest barber shop in the state,
barring none. That he will have a
profitable business in Litchville is as
sured.
He has leased the cottage, recently
vacated by VIM. Van Werven on north
Pine street, and as soon as same can
be repaired, repapered, etc., will have
his wife and little daughter come to
make their home amongst us.
Mr. Stuart, ex-proprietor, will be as
sistant at the barber shop until next
spring, when he expects to move to
Canada. with his family, where they
will make their home on a claim.